The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

BROUGHAM INSTITUTE.

A tea-party and ball were given at this institution. Tea
was served in the reading-room and library, but from its
being too small to accommodate the whole of the visitors at
once, the beverage was served twice. The room was well
arranged, and the tables abundantly supplied with the best
and most substantial productions of the season, which gave
the greatest satisfaction. The ball was held in the spacious
lecture-room. The walls were covered with scarlet cloth
and drapery, and at the head of the room was a large bust of
our gracious Sovereign, over which floated the royal stan-
dard, surmounted by an arch of laurels. At the extreme
right and left were two union jacks, also decorated with
evergreens : between them were emblematic flags bearing
the inscriptions " Temperance and Sobriety," and " Thy
bread shall be given thee, and thy water sure." There were
present about one hundred couple, and the festivities and
the dance were carried on with great spirit and satisfaction
till a late, or rather an early hour.
DINNER AT THE BRITISH HOTEL, MOORFIELDS.
A. splendid dinner was given at the house of Mr. George
Evans, the British Hotel, Moorfields. About forty gentle-
men sat down. The entertainment was of a sumptuous cha-
racter, and did great credit to the catering abilities of the
host. The toasts were of loyal and social character, and
were each given with rounds of applause.

Yesterday afternoon, upwards of a hundred of the children
belonging to the school opened at Aigburth in June last, were,
by the bounty of Samuel Sandbach, Esq., regaled in the
school-room with abundance of good old English fare. The
children received each a medal, and after dinner walked with
appropriate flags to Woodlands, where they were drawn up
on the lawn in front of the mansion, and sung " God save the
Queen." We understand that a similar entertainment was
given by R. Harrison, Esq., to the St. Michael's Girl's
School.
DINNER AT EASTWOOD'S ROYAL HOTEL.
Between fifty and sixty gentlemen, of the highest respec-
tability, whose subsequent engagements for the evening
required an earlier hour than usual, dined at Eastwood's,
the Royal Hotel, Dale-street, at three o'clock. In speaking
of the dinner, its excellencies and its " amenities," to borrow
a phrase from bur Scottish neighbours, it will suffice to say, it
was produced by the culinary establishment of our old friend
Peter Eastwood. This dispenses with our speaking of a
recherche' dinner, choice dessert, and splendid wines, for
those who know him, where to get these desirabilities.
The toasts were distinguished by their point, and the
avoidance of anything political. The following are a few of
them :—" The Queen, and may she become the mother of a
race of princes."—" His Royal Highness Prince Albert."—
" Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent."—" The Illus-
trious Uncle of her Majesty, whose duties to his Brother,
the Duke of Kent, have this day been concluded by confiding
the hand of his child to her Royal Husband.,,—,, The Army
The Duke of Wellington."—"
and Navy."—'`The The Mayor
of Liverpool."—`' The Members for the Borough," &c. &c.
The utmost hilarity prevailed during the entire proceedings.
• THE BOROUGH GAOL. •
The prisoners on the debtor's side were regaled out of the
fund placed at the disposal of the Mayor for that purpose.
WAVERTREE.
A public dinner took place Itt the Temperance Hotel, in
this village, at which Thomas Franklin, Esq., took the chir.
The toasts were of the same character as those at the other
dinners we have noticed.
RUNCORN.
The royal nuptials were celebrated here with a spirit and
cordiality that would not have been discreditable to its great
neighbour Liverpool. Business was totally suspended, and
in fact all the inhabitants seemed to enterbriskly into the fes-
tivities. Lord Francis Egerton's workmen were sumptuously
regaled, and at four o'clock a splendid dinner was given, at
which most of the neighbouring gentry were present. Sir R.
Brooke, Bart. presided, and all the usual loyal toasts, inter-
mixed with good wishes for the happiness of the royal pair,
were given and received with unbounded applause.