The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-03 00:00:00

WARRINGTON

The inhabitants of Warrington, from the highest to the
lowest, have proved themselves " a right loyal people."
Never, in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, has there
been such a public demonstration as that witnessed in this
town on Thursday last, the day appointed for the coronation
of our beloved Queen. For more than a fortnight, active
preparations were going on; and, for a season at least, poli-
tical differences were allowed to slumber—if not to be for-
gotten. The decorations in front of the houses were both
extensive and tasteful. Numberless were the arches of
evergreens suspended across the leading thoroughfares;
some of them forming wreaths for inscriptions, such as—
" God bless the Queen," " Long live Victoria," " May she
long reign over us," " Welcome, England's Queen," " May
commerce flourish," " May our Queen prosper," " Church
and Queen," and the like. Messrs Booth, the booksellers,
in addition to other embellishments, displayed over their
shop-door a huge bible, surmounted with a crown. In a
garden adjoining the Bridewell was a well-executed model
of a church ; and in Winwick-street, as if to show the ruling
passion, a butcher had " the roast beef of Old England"
beautifully designed in flowers, as a motto for the front of
his shop. Union jacks, and other national flags, were ex-
ceedingly numerous; and, taken as a whole, the embellish-
ments were most complete. Between two and three o'clock
in the morning, such of the inhabitants as had found time
to sleep were aroused from their slumbers by a heavy can-
nonading, which proceeded from some miniature batteries
erected at the factories of Messrs. W. Hadfield and Co.;
Messrs. Hadfield & Frost, of Latchford; Messrs. Caldwell,
Parker, and Co., of Scotland-road ; Messrs. Lee, 'Watson,
and Co., of the Bridge Foundry; and some guns on board
the Briton flat, lying in the Mersey. Shortly before nine
o'clock, the school children formed themselves into proces-
sion in Winwick street, and moved in the following order:—
Town crier, the apparitors of the church, the church-
wardens, constables, and overseers; band, Blue-coat Boys;
the Blue-coat school ; the Ladies' school ; St. Paul's
school ; Orford school ; St. James's school ; Bank Quay
school ; Wilderspin and Stocktonheath school ; Grap-
penhall school ; band, National school; Parish Church
schools ; the Wesleyan school ; Friars' Green Chapel
schools; St. John's school; Stepney school; Salem school;
Friars' Green school; band, Blue Coat Boys; Primitive
Methodist school; Roman Catholic school; Baptist Chapel
school; Workhouse children. They were accompanied by
the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, rector of the parish; the
Rev. J. Wright, incumbent of Latchford; Rev. J. Lowe, of
St. Paul's; Rev. J. Todd, of Trinity Church; the Rev. F.
G. Hopwood ; the Rev. G. Richards ; the Rev. E. T. Alder,
of Grappenhall; and other clergymen and dissenting minis-
ters. They proceeded six a-breast along Horse Market-
street, Butter Market-street, Mersev-street, Bridge-street,
Sankey-street, Golhorne•street, to a field in Bewley-street,
where the children sang the national anthem. The healthy
and clean appearance of all the children, their skill in music,
and general demeanour, was the theme of universal admira-
tion. The wands, surmounted by roses, carried by the Ro-
man catholics, attracted much attention. Shortly before 11
o'clock the general procession was formed, and moved along
the seine route in the following order :—A man in armour;
the royal mail; the veterans; a band of music; returning
officer; steward of the manor, and high constable of the hun-
dred; the magistrates; clergy of the town and neighbour-
hood; the ministers of ditto; churchwardens, overseers, and
constables of Warrington; the ancient order of freemasons;
the officers of excise. The different trades, 29 in number,
headed by a hand of music. The several clubs and societies,
22 in number. The various societies displayed their different
flags, and the majority of the persons walking in the proces-
sion wore white rosettes; but some few, contrary to the in-
structions issued by the committee, wore blue, red, and white,
elsewhere the national, but unfortunately, in Warrington, a
party colour. The mail was drawn by four beautiful grey
horses, and the national flag and a crown were carried by the
passengers on the outside of the coach. The guard, coach-
man, and horses, were decorated with the national rosette.
The next object of attraction was the tool-makers, in the
employment of Messrs. Thevrles and Griffiths, who carried
with them some highly-finished specimens of their work,
in the shape of watchmakers' tools, and several other dimi-
nutive articles. The butchers, as jolly a set of fellows as
anv town need boast of, wore blue coats and white aprons,
and carried a fleece in the middle of the procession. The
joiners and bricklayers displayed a very extensive collec-
tion of models, embracing the most parts of a house, from
the street door to a chimney, as well as the various tools
used by them in the course of their trade. The.painters ex-
hibited the pallet and the brush ; and the pin makers belong-
ing to Messrs. Edelston's manufactory had a model work-
shop fitted up for them in a van, so placed that the public, as
the procession passed, were enabled to see the whole process
of pin making. The printers, in like manner, were provided
with a printing press. It, however, remained for the glass
makers to hear away the palm in point of display. The men
employed at the works of Messrs. Alderson, Perrin and Co.
at Cockhedge, exhibited an immense number of highly-
finished articles both in blown and cut glass, a massive cut
Indian shade, a lamp, a coat of arms, two large decanters
capable of holding five gallons, a great goblet; and several
glass hats, swords, and spears, formed a portion of their col-
lection. Messrs. Robinson and Co.'s workmen, of the Ox-
ford Lane glasshouse, carried in the procession a decanter
of extraordinary dimensions, four ale glasses two yards high,
(real tall boys,) and some elegant specimens of cut glass in
the shape of celery glasses, lustre pieces, jugs, Mulgrave
vases, crowns, wands, &c. On the procession arriving at its
destination, " God save the Queen" was sung by the assem-
bled multitude, and thus terminated that portion of the re-
joicings. The dinner was the next consideration. In Ry-
land's Cloth Hall, a room 110 yards in length, and two un-
derneath, apart, of almost equal dimensions, nearly three
thousand persons in the poorer walks of life partook of a sub-
stantial dinner of roast and boiled beef, with a pint of excel-
lent ale. Nearly a pound of meat per head was thus distri-
buted, in addition to a proportionate quantity of potatoes
and bread. The shoemakers, master tanners, and pin makers,
dined at the Swan Intl; the file cutters at the Star and Gar-
ter; Messrs. Robinson's glass-men at the Little Horse Shoe,
and most of the clubs at the different club-houses. The
children of Latchford-school dined at the school-room, along
with the teachers and the Rev. J. Wright, their pastor. The
liberality of Peter Greenall, Esq., provided a similar repast
for the Wilderspin children; and last, though not least, the
more affluent and respectable of the inhabitants dined, in
the evening, at the Nags dead, and Millstone Inns. The
weather throughout the day was beautiful. At night, Messrs.
T. and W. Heath, ironmongers, Bethell's glass warehouse,
Mr. Davis, tin-plate worker, and the Gas Company, dis-
played some very tasteful gas illuminatedidevices. On Fri-
day afternoon there was a variety of rural sports for the Ira-
titication of the juvenile branches of the population, and the
coronation festivities were " wound up" by a grand ball at
the Lion Hotel.