The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT,

ARRANGEMENTS IN ❑ONOUR OF THE
ROYAL VISITOR.
We publish in another column the official programme
of the festivities at present in progress to celebrate the
visit of Prince Albert to this town, but we subjoin all the
addition Al particulars we have been able to collect. Our
readers may rely on their accuracy.
It is expected that his Royal Highness will leave London
on Thursday morning at six o'clock, by an express train,

arrive a 'little after eleven o'clock in the railway-station,
in Lime•street, in which a guard of honour will be placed
to receive him. The Prince will be escorted by the chair-
man of the united boards of the London and Birmingham
and Grand Junction Lines, Mr. Glyn, and the secretary,
Captain Hoist), who will proceed to London for the n--
pose to, ',Alt. On his arrival at I

-Arne-greet, he will
be met by the deputy-c:;airrnan, Mr. Lawnnce, the
directors, with the Mayer and the authorities of the town,
by whom he will be escorted to the Judges' lodgings. It
has been determined upon, in order to allow his Royal
Highness an opportunity of glincing at the various objects
of interest on the line, to'

travel at a moderate speed, other-
wise the Prince might have been transported to Liverpool
within a much less period. The station, when he arrives,
will be kept strictly private, the time fixed upon not inter-
fering with any of the ordinary trains, and the authorities
very properly not wishing his Royal Highness to be thus
early submitted to the naturally excited curiosity of the
public.
On leaving the railway station, his Royal Highness will
proceed, in the Mayor's State Carriage, to the Judges'
Lodgings, St. Anne•street, accompanied by a Guard of
II moor, consisting of the officers and a troop of the 4th
Dragoon Guards. He will be received there by a Guard
of Honour of the 68th Infantry, with a military band.
Here the Mayor will take his leave and proceed to the
Town-hall, leaving his Royal Highness to partake of re-
freshment. After a short rest, his Royal Highness and
suite, about twenty in number, consisting of the Marquis
of Abercorn, Lord William Lennox, the Honourable Col.
Anson, Col. Bouverie, &c., will proceed to the Town-
hall, by St. Anne-street, Islington, Commutation-row,
Lime-street, Ranelagh-street, Church-street, Lord-street,
and Castle-street, in one of the Royal carriages, drawn by
sLe horses, with postillions and outriders, where he will
alight under the protection of a second Guard of Honour.
His Royal Highness will be conducted up the Grand
Staircase, and through the Saloon into the Western
Drawing Room, where he will he received by the Mayor
and the whole of the Municipal Body. The Address will
then be read and presented to him by the Recorder,
Gilbert Henderson, Esq.
The Box to contain the Address from the Corporation to
his Royal Highness, and by Mr. Dismore, Bold-street, is
an elegant piece of workmanship. It is covered with royal
purple velvet, with, in the centre of the lid, the Prince's
Arms, in solid gold, much resembling the Royal Arms,
but slightly differing in the supp-rters and quarterings.
There is also a gold border, and richly chased corner orna-
ments. Attached to the box is a chased silver box, of
antique design, to contain the seal of the Corporation.
The whole will form a handsome present, even to royalty.
After being shown through the state-rooms, attended
by his suite and the Corporation, the Prince will re-enter
the :royal carriage, and proceed down Water-street to
Egremont Pier, where it is expected that he will embark,
between half-past twelve and one o'clock, on board the
Fairy yacht, in which he will take a cruise along the en-
tire range of docks; and, if time permits, will visit the
Rock Fort, and receive a salute in honour of the occasion.
Whilst upon this cruise, the royal yacht will be accom-
panied by a whole th-et of our river and sea-going steamers,
crowded no doubt with passengers ; and the old Mersey
will present a sight more splendid than was ever seen upon
her noble expanse, or will ever, in all probability, be seen

-We have seen a beautiful tbree-feet telescope, got up by
our townsinan, Mr. Chadlourn, optician, Lord-street,
which it is the intention of that gentleman to present to
his Royal Highness, and which will no doubt be used by
him during his trip upon the river. This instrument is of
the very best construction of this celebrated maker, and is
got up in a beautiful style. The barrel is of papier made,
with a painting of the port and docks of Liverpool running
round it in a spiral form. The slides are of silver ; and the
cap and mountings of gold. The case, which is of papier
mache, beautifully emblazoned with gilt, with the papier
macho barrel, have been got up by Messrs. Jennings and
Betridge, of London.
At, or about, three o'clock, the royal yacht will enter
the Albert Dock, as we have before described, at. the gates
at the north-west corner, followed by a heavily laden ves-
sel and a fleet of yachts, the latter of whom will form
themselves into a line, or a squire, in the interior of the
dock, whilst the Prince, in the Fairy, sails twice round to
receive the greetings of the assembled thousands. We
have already described the arrangement of the platforms
round the dock. They are now completed, and are cal-
culated to hold from ten to twelve thousand persons, for
nearly which number, we understand, tickets are issued.
..Whilst upon this subject of tickets, we may state-, as
calculated to prevent embarrassment to parties wishing to
attend, that the tickets for the 'interior of the dock are
printed upon three lyerent kinds of cards. The white
_cards admit to the north and north-east end of the dock ;
the pink admit to the south end, and the green to the
west side. The last is the preferable colour, as, tie option
being allowed to the holders of going into the warehouse
floors above, they may, previous to the arrival of his
Royal Highness, nave a splendid view of the proceedings
upon the river. The tickets for the dejeuner are marked
A B C D, &c., to correspond with the letters upon the
tables. Each person, therefore, on entering the room
will at once be able to take a seat at the table to which
his or her ticket belongs.

After sailing twice retina the dock, his Royal Highness
and his suite will land at the south-east corner of the
dock, from a stage provided for the purpose, which will
be covered with scarlet cloth, above which will float the
Prince's own flag. It was at fir,t arranged that they
should proceed direct to the dejeuner. This, however,
has since been altered : and his Royal Highness will, in
the first instance, inspect the various departments of the
new warehouses. In the meantime, the ladies and gentle-
men invited to the dejeuner, who have witnessed the
Prince's entry and the proceedings in the dock, from a
stage set apart for them upon the east quay, will proceed
up the Prince's staircase, to take their seats; and, after
they are seated, the Ptince will go up the same staircase,
and, passing along the south side of the room, take his
seat at the raised table, at the right of the Chairman of
the Dock Committee, who presides, the Mayor being on
the left hand, and the royal suite and principal guests
around them.

We have already described the arrangements making for
the dkjeuner in t' .e spacious warehouse room, at the south-
east corner of the dock. These are now completed, and
the appearance and comfort of the place of banquetting
even surpasses our expectations. The pillars are all
coated over stone-colour, and gilded at the cornices; the
floor is carpeted with scarlet cloth, and with the gay
flutings of pink, blue, and white drapery covering the
walls, does great credit to the task of the decorator, Mr.
Troutbeck. A thousand will be ►he number accon,-

modated. The ddeuner will only last about a quarter of
an hour, and the only toasts to be proposed are " Her Ma-
jesty" and " Royal Family." The Prince will most likely
reply, and taketheopportunity of proposing thebealthof the
Dock Committee. On leaving the breakfast-room, the
Prince and suite will pass down the east side, and proceed
down a temporary inclined plane into the yard, going out at
the south-east gate, corner of Salthouse Dock, where the
royal and other carriages will be stationed to receive
them. The cortege will then proceed to the South Cor-
poration and the Blue Coat Schools, both of which His
Royal Highness will inspect, after which His Royal High-
ness will return to the Judges' lodgings to preparelor the

o'clock, his worship the Mayor presiding. The guts
are expected to be 290, including a number of the nobility
and gentry of the neighbourhood, the members of the
Town Council and the Dock Committee, and the elite of
the merchants of the town. His Royal Highness will
afterwards pass the night at the Judges' lodgings.
We cannot conclude our notice of the arrangements for

this day's proce

weed of praise of the judicious
of the Dock Committee, not

.Icolateil to. do

capable of furnishing of plea-
it, but as conducive to the

fication to the entire community

provided

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pedal on the occasion ; and, although there may be, here
and there, a grumble of disappointment, on account of
tickets of admission not forwarded to parties who con-
ceive theniclves entitled to admission, in no case can i he
Committee, we feel assured, be blamed. The public were

really forewarned
have neglected to do 53 in proper season, they 1
themselves to blame.
On our own behalf, and that of our contemporaries of
the press, we have to express our sense of the great

3eir app

and consideration w ith which that

body were

invited

r toe purpose of

tl walk six abreast. The procession is expected to move
from St. Anne-street about ten o'clock.
The following is the cfficial order of the procession :
Fire Policemen......

Biue Coat Boys .....
Band

Rechabites,

Druids

Odd Fellows

Coop er and Blockmakers
Band.

-1000

Boiler Makers

Masons

Masons

Carpenters

Sailors

Committee of Sailors' Home
TROWEL.

The Freemasons

Corporation

Mayor.
PRINCE
Fire Police

We observe that the established clergy of the town
have been invited to assemble at Islington-terrace, at
half-past ten o'clock, to proceed in their robes to join the
procession in St. Anne-street.

Arrangements for procuring a sight of the procession
are making in every part of the route through which it
passes. Fortunate do they esteem themselves, who have
a window from which they may oblige their friends with a
glance at the principal object of interest, llis Royal High-
ness himself, or which will enable them to reap a golden
harvest from strangers. In front of many houses stages
are being erected ; and we should not wonder to see even
, the most dangerous roofs being made available to the ven-
turesome. We cannot omit to notice an excellent ex-
ample set by the well-known firm Messrs. Gilham, of
Lord-street, which it would be well if some of our ex-
tensive shopkeepers would imitate. These gentlemen
propose to let their spacious shop windows, from which a
fine view of the procession can be had for 7s. per head,
and to present the proceeds to the Sailors' Home Fund.
They expect to realize about £25.
The line will be kept clear by 700 of the police force,
twenty of them mounted, and three hundred pensioners.
On reaching the site of the Sailors' Home, those bodies
amongst the procession selected for the purpose, will
take their stand round the place fixed upon for the laying
of the stone, the remainder occupying the adjoining
ground. The Prince hav!ng advanced to the centre of
the assemblage, the objects of the charity will be ex-
plained in a speech from Mr. James Aiken, the
Chairman of the Sailors' Home Committee, after which
the proceeding of:laying the stone will be completed by
Prince Albert, who will spread the mortar, the masons
afterwards lowering the stone into its bed. his intended
to place copies of all the Liverpool newspapers in a glass
vase, to be deposited under the stone. Over this will be
placed a steel plate, engraved by Messrs. Yates and Hess,
of Lord-street, containing the following inscription :
"This Foundation Stone of the Liverpool Sailors' Home
was laid on July 31st, 1816, by his Royal Highness
the Prince Albert, K.G.. Consort of Her Most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria, Patron of the Institution, in

the Tenth Year of her Reign, and in the Mayoralty of
David Hodgson, Esq.
TRUSTEES.—RaIph Brocklebank, Robertson Gladstone,
Duncan Gibb, William Potter, Robert Rankin.
CommtrreE.—Chairman, James Aikin.—Vice- Chair-
man, Charles Cotesworth.— Treasurer, James Tyrer.—
Honorary Secretary, William John Tomlinson.—Au-
ditors: Thomas Darnley Anderson and John Irving
Currie ; John Lewis Phipps, Jcsias Booker, John Abra-
ham Tinne, William Prowse, James Bold, George
Kendall, John Clint, John Archer, Robert Bibby,
Thomas Clinton, Joseph Pinder, Joseph Williamson,
George Atkinson, John Bond, William Fergusson,
Thomas Berry Horsfall, George Grant, William Shand,
Andrew Low, John Palmer Younghusband, Robert
Cochrane Crosbie, Christopher Bell, R.N., Thomas
Sands, Robinson Duckworth, Alexander Cunningham
Dunlop.
CHAPLAIN.—The Rcv. William Maynard, M. A.

`IASCHITEet.—John Cunningham."
We have seen the splendid trowel, made by Mr. Dis-
more, of Bold-street, with which Prince Albert will per-
form the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the
Sailors' Home. It is a truly rich and splendid article,
and, in desigt and execution, does great credit to the ma-
nufacturer. It is of large size, the blade and ground-
work of silver gilt, but the raised ornaments of solid gold.
The handle is chased in foliated scroll-work, in the style
of Louis Quatorze. On the top of this part, within a
compartment, the royal arms are emblazoned in enamel of
beautiful colours; and it is otherwise enriched with nau-
tical emblems, a ship under full sail, an anchor, Bfic. ; also
the arms of the Prince. The angular part of the handle
is topped by a model of the quarter-deck of a ship-of-war,
with twn golden ter.' et the wheel. and behind them, nn
each quarter, are displayed two British ensigns apparently
floating in the breeze. There are also two guns on the
deck. The handle terminates in a beautiful golden crown.
The blade has a rich chased gold border, enclosing the
inscription, namely :

" Presented to Field Marshal His Royal Highness the
Prince Albert, K.G., &c. &c. &c., on the occasion of his
laying the first stone of the Liverpool Sailors' Home,
July 31st, 1846."
On the back of the blade there is a beautifully-engraved
view of the town of Liverpool, with the river and ship-
ping (including the Royal Yacht " Fairy," now here,)
taken from a fine drawing by our townsman, Mr.
M'Gabey. It were almost a pity to soil or scratch this
royal trowel by contact with common mortar, and it
is therefore to be presumed that some smooth cement,
free from sand, will be employed on the occasion.
The trowel may hereafter be used as a fish-knife, espe-
cially when a dish of (par excellence) the "royal stur-
geon" appears on the royal table.
When the stone has been finally bedded, a prayer will
be read by the Rev. 3. Brooks, the Senior Rector, after
which the sailors forming the procession will file off, and
the Prince and his suite will return to the Judge's lodg-
ings, whence they will proceed at four o'clock to the Rail-
way station, and start for London.
It is expected that the bulk of the shops throughout
the town will be closed un the occasion, during, at least,
the day of the procession. Some have announced their
intention of closing on both days, which appears to us
the most common-sense plan, as it is certain that nothing
like business will be transacted during the time of his
Royal Highness's stay amongst us.
The committee of the council have worked night and
day to give every satisfaction to the public, and their
efforts will, we hope, be appreciated. The Mayor has

always been in attendance, and, indeed, no excl.don has
been spared by any of the authorities to make the festivi-
ties in every way worthy of the occasion.

A few days ago, during a thunder storm, the lightning
ran along the rails, and entered a guard-house on the
Marseilles Railway, where 34 men had taken shelter.
One man was killed, and the others more or less hurt.
SLAVERY AND THE SUGAR DUTIES.—At a meeting of
noblemen and gentlemen interested in the abolition of
negro slavery, held on Saturday, it was resolved to re-
quest Lord Brougham to take the opportunity of present-
ing Thomas Clarkson's petition fur the purpose of making
a lordship's proposed
_statement against the ministerial
The noble and learned lord

slavery encouragement bill

has promised to comply with this request, and it may be
expected that, whether formally or otherwise, the subject
will be debated in the House of Lords this evening at
full length.—Herald of yesterday.
THE SUPPLY OF SUGAR AND THE WEST INDIA CO-
-Mr. Grantley Berkeley, in a letter published in
the London papers of yesterday, says, " 1 still draw my

ar estates

quaint

xoositio❑ from the colony with which I at
In Berbice there have been 472
granted for cultivation, extending over the distance, more
or less. of 250 miles up the river. Of these all are now
abandoned but 35. These 35 estates in the last year made

sugar; arc

you will permit us

abourers

For our

be made forthwith to return 35.500 hogsheads of sugar,
buildings and conveniences being already on the spot.
If I understood your L'rdsbip correctly, you stated that
all the free colonies together were incapable of supplying
the sugar required for the mother country ' • but, on con-
sideration, you will see that
_my county of Berbice, let

quibo, if simply placed in due position to receive your free
trade principles, would cover a vast extent of the demand.
The 472 estates quoted by me, extending over 259,50(
acres, every other acre being made to return one hugs•
head of sugar, would give, errors excepted, about 130,0 U(

INTERESTING AND GRACEFULP,

`RESENTATION TO TWC