The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

withstanding the fact that there are no less than eleven bridges
within the compass of a mile.
By the same conveyance a part of the cargo of the sh'p Or-
gan, consisting of guano, was despatched to Chester. It was
unloaded on the quay, put into the waggons, and carried direct
to its destination. This shows the complete success of the
directors—it was the ultimatnm of their wishes—and proved
that what had been considered an impossibility might, by per-
severance, be accomplished.

tions which were at issue between the two kingdams. He has
given to all these matters his personal attention: he has investi-
gated all these circumstances : he hs s considered the advantages
which, of course, must accrue to this country from a free and
unlimited and unchecked commerce; and. he has also studied
the facilities which our transatlantic neighbours afford for
the prosecution of our commercial enterprises,and weighing both
these advantages together, I will fearlesSly ask who could be bet-
ter qualified to afford his sovereign sound and rational advice
upon a subject so fraught with importance to the people of this
kingdom? He has on more than one occasion been called by
his sovereign into the service of the state ; and at present lie
fills the high place of Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests.
We will do our utmost to honour him on his present visit to
Birkenhead ; indeed, I should rather say we are bound to do
so, for his presence here to-day stamps the works on the banks
of the Mersey, at Tranmere, and at Wallasey Pool, with that
stamp of approval which its friends always required for it—
(hear, hear)—but which the public were not so willing, without
more than speculative proof, to accede to them. I hope it will
be remembered that these works are as much for the benefit of
public at large as for a private body. No doubt it must have
originated in the private enterprise of a company ; but, then,
I hope that they have a public character, and that they will
support the honour and dignity of that character. t hope you
will not forget, gentlemen, that after leaving this room we have
to go to open the Birkenhead Parks; and I do not know an
individual in the kingdom better suited to perform that cere-
mony than the noble lord on my right hand. (Cheers.) I
know the interest which he has ever taken on the sanatory con-
dition of the inhabitants of the towns of _this kingdom; and I
hope it will be a gratification to him to see in this town a large
piece of ground laid out in suitable parks for the people—to
see, in the midst of this quickly increasing town, a park laid
out, and guaranteed for ever and ever tti the use of the public.
(Hear, hear.) And I hope that the noble lord will always look
back with pleasure to the operations of this day, as baing cal-
culated to produce a vast deal of good to the people of this
part of the kingdom, for on this day he will open the Bir-
kenhead Parks. (Loud cheers.) I shall take this opportunity
of saying, that on an occasion like the present, where no
political feelings can enter, where we see in the practical pur-
suits of commerce, men of all parties got together for the pur-
pose of forwarding the great and mighty schemes, which alone
have raised this country to her present pre-eminent position—
I trust that we shall do all honour to the Noble Lord—(Loud
cheers.) it is my misfortune to sit (as they say in the House
of Commons) on the opposite side from his lordship;—(laughter)
but still I trust that neither I, nor any. gentleman here, no
matter what side of politics he may be inclined to support,
will be wanting in cordial regard for our noble guest, wnose
public and private life has ever been devoted to the advance-
ment of the welfare of the people of this country. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, I have tiow the honour of proposing the health of
"The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Morpeth. Drunk
standing, and with the utmost enthusism.
When silence was in some degree restored,

Lord MORPETU presented himself, and was received with
the most rapturous bursts of applause. He said : Mr. Chair-
man, ladies, and gentlemen, I assure you that I feel most sensi-
ble to the more than kind and cordial manner in which this
toast has been received. Ever since I have been called to the
office which I now have the honour to hold, and which connects
me with the property of the crown, I have felt the strongest
interest in the rising fortunes of Birkenhead. (Cheers-) Nor
is it. indeed, unnatural that I should do so ; for you are proba-
bly aware that besides that general parental interest which the
crown may be supposed to take in all that are represented in
the abstract idea of its subjects, it has also motives not so
purely abstract or disinterested in wishing well to the port and
town of Birkenhead. (Cheers.) 1 view it in this way the more
readily because it is quite obvious that the proportions in which
the undertakings here set on foot can become profitable to the
crown, must be according to the degree in which they are
made available for the accommodation of commerce, and
for the public good. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) As a well-
wisher of the public, as a servant of the Crown. and as an ad-
mirer of courageous enterprise, and successful perseverance—
(cheers)—l find a compression of claims upon me for feeling an
interest in the welfare of the town ; and for doing, in conjdnc-
tion with my colleagues, in my department—by whom I am
most willingly and zealously seconded, and in presence of the
example . set me by my predecessors in office—(cheers)—
all that in us lies to promote, by all legitimate means, the
permanent prosperity of Birkenhead. (Cheers.) With this
feeling, then, you may judge with how lively an emotion I have-
partaken in all the proceedings of the day. We have heard
sometimes of the gala (lays in Vnice, when the Doge went forth
in his gilded galley—pliating his faith to the people of his gor-
geous palace: 'that no doubt was a magnificent patTeant in its
way: but.we have seen something this oyo,' ' the tritunnhs

a uity oe,
of Venice even in her palmiest-days. (Loud cheering.) ?or
instance, such an array of magnificent steam vessels never
could have been witnessed in Venice. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)•
Although perhaps a steamer when viewed in it self may not be
so picturesque an object as a gondola, yet I would remind you,
that even in the palm►est days of all her pomps and argos►es,
Venice never could have sent forth a message which in, ten days
would have reached the harbours and roadsteads of the New
World, where her flag never waved. (Vociferous cheering.)
Never was the advantage of this country in that respect more
useful than at the present .time, when, as your chairman
has most appropriately alluded to the fact that, the cry of fa-
mine from our afflicted regions is careering on the winds of
Heaven to the western s ►ores, we, through the medium
of the skill and enterprise of our people, can transport
the rich crops from the fertile banks of the Ohio, and
from the endless streams of the Mississippi to our own
shores for the use of those who require it. And indeed
it would be a most pleasing omen, and I shall think of it again,
if this should be prominent amongst the uses to which this
ample basin will be appropriated, through which a vessel has
this day, for the first t►me floated. All this striking specimen
of engineering skill, and admirable masonry by which it is
sustained, should he applied to admit the surplus crops from
other climes—to admit their produce into this kingdom, and to
supply the bread which givetl► life (Loud and continued
cheers.) Next in the progress of tune (I hope in the course
of this very Autumn) you will be enabled to- bear
your part in accommodating the timber trade to the fullest
extent. (Cheers.) I will not proceed farther through these
long vistas of the usefulness of enterprise and suceess which I
trust will be strengthened by the future prospects of Birken-
head, and which I hope the proceedings of to-day will have
given an auspicious commencement and a powerful impulse to.
I would just express a hope in passing, that that good feeling
which has hitherto existed between you and the great city im-
mediately opposite you shall still remain undisturbed. (Bear,
hear.) Liverpool divides with London the supremacy of the
commerce of the entire world—(cheers)—and as London ccuid
. only be benefited by the success• of. Southwark, so Liverpool
never can have cause to repine at the wealth and prosperity
of Birkenhead. (Cheers.) Believe me, gentlemen, and I hope all

on the opposite aide of the water will believe me too, if even
both sides of your river were lined' by a double line of docks,
I hope there will not be more than room enough for the
corn and cotton—the fruits of the Western hemisphere—
which will be landed in them. (Hear, hear, and cheers).
I trust that we have this day forged a new and a binding
link in the chain of amity which ought to connect England
with America (Cheers) ; but I think this is not the time to dilate
farther on this point. It is well known that the attractions of
Birkenhead are not limited to its water frontage; and that if
the genius of Rendal is to complete its docks, the skill
of Paxton has laid out its pleasure grounds. (Hear and cheers.)
My most recent occupations could not permit me to forget
that this is one of the first places•which has given a statistical
attention to the physical comforts of the numbers of work-
men which they have called together, and to the im-
portant subject of public health ;—with these associations
about and around us, I feel that the pageant of to-day).
even when its glitter will have passed away and when its
shout is silent, will leave us ground to remember that it
has not been a triumph which bears its trophies from the
strife of nations or the rites of bloodshed—that it is not a mere
immolatinz sacrifice to despotism, but that it is a peaceful
offering which has fastened its roots in the soil of public enter-
prise, and that it will be productive of rich fruits of prosperity
in days that are yet to come. The noble lord then resumed his
seat, amidst the most rapturous demonstrations of applause.
in brief but eulozistie

terms, proposed the health of "The Members for the County."
Drunk with all the honours.
Mr. O'ToOle, in announcing the name of the responder, Sir
Philip De Grey Egerton, called him Tatton Egeaton, Esq. The

Sir PHILIP DE GREY EGERTON on rising was received with
loud applause. He said—My lords and gentlemen, the slight
mistake made by the gentlemen behind me, is quite pardona-
ble, for, in the absence of the senior member for this county,
Mr. Tatton Egerton, whom I expected to see here.to day, it

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devolves upon me to return thanks for the honour done us in
drinking our healths ; and I esteem this honour very greatly,
inasmuch as when I look round upon this assembly and see so
many strangers, eminent in their different spheres, some of
whom are new and some old in the service of 'll3r Majesty, I

say that in such an assembly I feel the honour bestowed upon
us, who are your county members, who are resident among
you, and who may be considered as your friends and neigh-
bours. I say I consider it an honour that your. attention
should have been called to our healths at so early a perod of
the day. '(Cheers.) We shall best repay your kindness by de
tabling you as short a time as possible • but, in the first place,
as the part of my colleague and myself, I ought to return you
our best thanks. For my own part I must say, that I been
deeply gratified the scenes I witnessed this day. I have
ever felt the deepest interest in everything which effects Bir-
Icenhpna. (hear. hear. and cheers.) I am not connected

netted with it by being engaged in any or tnose tempting pecu-
niary speculations which it afforded. My sole connexion with
it is as the member for the comity, and, as that member, I be-
lieve I may say that I have had connexion with every single act
of 'Parliament by which you have risen to your present state of
prosperity. (Hear. hear.) I trust that, in alluding to this, I
Risyrne be accused of boasting or of pride. I am quite sure

.
takings here will excuse me of arrogance if I feed a pride in
having taken a part, though an humble one, in promoting those
undertakings. (Applause.) Iris not longago—it is not more
than two, years ago—since I was invited to take a prominent
part in the first inauguration of these great works. I then in-
dulged in what some supposed to be extravagant anticipations
of these works. I did not believe them to be extravagant at
the time. (Hear, hear.) Had I thought so, I should have been
?ha leci fn iininitra in than will ennifPss honestly to von

now that I did not expect the realization we witnessed in so
short a space of time. Rear and applause.) To see and hear
in the public prints remarks upon what MB called the Birken-
. - I • • V. • In the,

neau onome—to near ui
very
air, and baths and wash-houses in the air, was not
plea-
sant ; but what has now occurred proves that my anticipations
were correct, and that others were the dreamers and not we who
have taken part in the substantialities of to-day. (Great ap-
plause.) We have occular demonstration of the reality of our
anticipations. We have docks—we have warehouses—we have
tangible works before us on this occasion; and if any other
guarantee is wanted as to,the bone.flde intentions a those who
undertook these works -in the first instance, and have so far
conducted them towards completion, that guarantee is afforded
by the presence of the noble lord on my right—Lord Morpeth.
(Loud cheers.) Xam Sure his lordship must have been highly
gratified with what he witnessed to day ,• and I am also sure,
entertaining the sentiments he does, and which, lie so ably ex-
pressed in the House of Commons last week, that if he pro-
ceeds through this town and sees the the churches built and
building, and sees the market-house which has been erected,
and all the great public institutions here, he will confess that,
although the great men of this community have_ engaged in

,reasuies of PUblic and private enterprise of no ordinary mag-
nitude, they have not been unmindful of the spiritual welfare
and Sanatory comforts and the healthy recreations of all classes
of thir townsmen. (Loud cheers). When last I had the. op-
portunity of addressing you upon this subject, I took the li-
berty of referring to the rise of this most extraordinary com-
munity—extra Ordinary and quite sni generic in the annals of
the British isles. I then compared the present state of the
townships with what it was a few years ago ; and, if we go back
a few years what a contrast does the past and present state of
things exhibit ? Six centuries ago this vast expanse of Che-
shire was a dense forest. The forest of Wirral! was reserved as
the exclusive right of the Earls of Chester ; and those who then
inhabited the priory of Birkenhead were afforded the opportu-
nity of killing a buck once in the twelve months, to celebrate
the anniversary of St. Werburgh. (Hear, and a laugh.) The
old inhabitants may have been proud of their forests, but the
present generation have better reason to be "mud of the adap-
tation of those forests to the habitations of man. They may
boast as they please of their forests of trees, but we shall soon,
I hope, •be in a position to boast of our forests of masts ; and
the couplet we received from Our ancestors may then be handed
down to posterity as a faithful record of the eminent indivi-
duals who undertook the present works, slightly transposing
the second line—

"From Birkenhead te, Hilbree
A ship may, sail from Mersey to Dee."
(Loud laughter and cheers.) I believe • these great workS will
progress, and that those who had the courage to adopt the gifts
of nature to the extension of civilization and commerce, will
have more reason to be proud than those who boast of the
lavish bestowal of money on' other matters. • i_conclude_by

drinking success to these itripor
my best thanks for the honour d
league. (Loud applause.)
The Earl of LINCOLN, on rising to propose the !text toast, was
hailed with loud and enthusiastic cheers. lie satd—l44 es and

my

Gentlemen, I am honoured by the command of your chairman
to propose a toast, and I arise to propose it under very mixed
feelings. It is with feelings of pride and gratification that I rise
to propose such a toast, and not unmingled with regret that
this duty devolves upon me, in consequence of the unexpected
absence of one who would be far more fitting to advocate its
claims—l allude to the unintentional absence of the Chairman of
the Customs, my respected friend, Sir Thomas Freemantle.
The toast is, " The commerce of the Mersey" ; and allow me
to comment on the liberality shown in this instance, as in so
many others, by the parties who commenced these magnificent
undertakings, in proposing this commercial toast of ihe even-
ing, in terms so general in their nature, as " The commerce of
the Mersey." (Hear, hear). Lord Morpeth remarked, just
now, that there ought to be an end of jealousy between Liver-
pool and Birkenhead ; and I trust, that from this day, no tee-
ing of jealousy or rivalry will exist between them, except that
generous rivalry which endeavours to do the greatest amount
of public good to the country, and to the world. (Great cheers.)
Gentlemen. I believe that it is almost unnecessary to propose
prosperity to the comrne •ce of the Mersey, and, therefore, that
was very wisely omitted from the toast, for all that can be re-
quired is, a continuance of the prosperity of the commerce
now enjoyed. The noble lord (Lord Morpeth) just now re-
marked, that London and Liverpool divided the greatest amount,
of commeree of the United Kingdom. My noble friend, in re-
marking that, stated the truth, but not the whole truth, for I
believe that in the list of the commercial cities of this great em-
pire the commerce of the Mersey not only equals but exceeds
that of London itself. (Cheers.) And I have no doubt that from
this date—this auspicious date—will commence an increase to
that commerce in this mighty river, which will not only con-
tinue to gain on the commerce of London, but will, after an
interval of a few years, amount to more than that of two or
three of the greatest commercial ports put together. And
when I say "this auspicious date," allow me to remark, that
while we have visible proofs now open to the public of the state
of the commerce of the Mersey, we have this day. a most
auspicious commencement of this port. I have been informed
that this very day coals will come down the railway and will be
this very day shipped on board the steamer lying in these
docks. (Cheers.) I have also been informed that an American
vessel is at this moment in the dock—that she will discharge a
portion of her cargo this very day, that cargo being guano, and
that it wilt be carried by the railway this afternoon, and will,
in all probability, be spread upon some farm before nightfall.
(Laughter and cheers.) Such is the energy of man, and such
is the extent to which the powers and energies of man can go ;
and I hope that those energies may be prospered, and that
while we are now suffering from the dire calamity of scarcity,
this may be an auspicious omen, and that this fertilising pro-
cess may end in an increased crop as regards this next . year.
(Hear, and cheers.) I have been reinind.ed by the chairman
that this is no opportunity for making long speeches, and I shall
not detain you longer, more especially as I have a toast that
requires no comment. lam now in a condition to say that the
ship to which I alluded before is at this moment safely moored
in the dock. I sincerely congratulate the Commissioners on
the entrance of this first vessel ; I trust that they may meet
with a most just reward for the spirited public efforts they have
made. Allow me to propose this toast, not as a local or merely
national toast, but as one in which the happiness and peace of

the world are concerned. Allow me to propose—" The Com-
merce of the Mersey." The toastiwas drunk with three times
three and loud cheers.

Lord MONTEAOLE, on rising to propose the next toast, was
enthusiaitically received. He said—Ladies and Gentlemen, in
obedience to the command of the chairman, I rise for the pur-
pose of proposing the next toast, and I do so with great and
sincere gratification, because to me it seems to involve a great
principle, which ought never to depart from our recollect:on,
but ought to be pre-eminently present to us on any occasion
like this. But, before I propose it, I may he allowed to thank
you, in the first place, as a guest, for your hospitality, and, in
the next, as a servant of her Majesty, to congratulate yon on
the memorable events and display of this day, for when I reflect
that I, as a member of the legislature, had the great satisfaction
of giving my vote in favour of the Birkenhead bill—that it is
two years since the foundation stone was laid, and when I see
all that I have seen this day, I am sure that the days of mira-
cles have not ceased, and that there are miracles even in the
times in which we live. But, not miracles in the ordinary sense
of the word ; the rewards held out by a beneficent Providenceare
rewards for the industry of man, the rewards held out to his
intellects—the rewards• held out to his interests—the rewards
conduce to the noble operations of his nature, his patriotism,
his love for his fellow man, and the exhibition of what is so
pre-eminently shown in Birkenhead, that men striving for just
and legitimate gain, pursuing the career of a noble, enterpris-
ing commerce; yet feel. that there are higher motives and. duties
that ought to inspire them, and that in the midst of pecuniary
calculations there are nobler motives that ought not to be for-
gotten.—(Hear, and cheers.) We have seen, towns that have
risen' to great wealth, great power, the deve:Opments of indus-

try, adding to the national resources, that I have yet to learn
that there ever was, within the length and breadth of this land,
a community before that assumed a start from the port with a
consciousness that there was something to be done higher and.
better than the acquisition of wealth itself. I know of no
community within this realm that has asserted that great prim.
ciple so firmly as the community of Birkenhead. (Loud
cheering.) My noble friend on my left (Lord Morpeth) and no
one was better authorized to speak to the point than he, who is
contributing elsewhere, so far as it is possible, to repair past
blunders, and to promote the benefits of health,which you have
endeavoured to insure for your future citizens. On that head
no one has felt more strongly than my noble friend; but how
easy his task would have • had B- 'hi

.-cett Arrningham, .anchester
and Leeds, all which places- have grown up without the know:
ledge that you have acquired, begun with the principles that
you have laid down. Had they acted upon those principles,
how easy would intellectual growth and physical superiority of
the people have been rendered! (Hear, hear.) I shall now,
with that reserve upon time waich is imposed upon me, explain
the toast it is my duty to-give. I give the toast with pleasure,
because I think. it involves a great principle ;—the toast I am
authorized to give- is—" Manchester and the manufacturing
districts." The principle that that toast involves is, that
there cannot be amongst created men any severance of interest,
still less nothing. distinct .or adverse. There is no clashing
amongst us. There may. be momentary. jealousies, but a real
severance of interest cannot exist. (Cheers.) Every pile your
engineer has laid to form your docks, every excavation he has
made, is not merely a promotion of the commerce of the
Mersey, but is an impulse to the whole industry of the
country. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) And in the community
of which, my noble friend. is the beloved representative,
there is not a step which you can take here that will not be
felt there, and not there only but at the extremest part of the
land. (Cheers.) Then, from the noble representation given
here—that your docks tend to the improvement of the agri-
cultural districts of the country as well as the manufacturing—
the conclusion to which I come is this.—that there being no
severence of interest.between one suction of the community and
the other, neither can there be any deviation of duty where all
are members of the one community, and we discharging our

and those others are advancing our interests. (Loud applause.)
I am sure that on the banks of the Mersey we may be allowed
to hold communion of interests, and that we may be allowed
to hold that divinest of all lessons, which is embodied in that
divine word—Peace. (Loud applause.)
The MAYOR of MANCHESTER briefly responded to the toast.

Lord MORPETH said it was now Mich time to drink of their
Chairman. (Loud cheers.) The Chatrman had especial claims
to their attention, for he was not only the Chairman of the
Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, but the Chairman of the
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Com=
piny. also. He hoped, use a metaphor more agricultural
than commercial, that each would bring grist to the other's
mill; but whether that were so or not, they owed him a debt
of gratitude for the able and graceful manner in which he had

disi:harged the duties of Chairman.
The health of the Chairman. was drunk with three times
three, the whole of the company upstanding.
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks.
Lord MoRPRTII gave" Prosperity to the Birkenhead Docks."
He expressed. his belief that, instead of squabbling about the
Oregon, upon the banks of the Columbia, it would be far better
to be discharging the Oregon in the new docks of Birkenhead.
(Cheers and laughter.)
JOHN LAIRD, Esq., briefly responded to the toast.
The CHAIRMAN next- proposed "The Earl of Lincoln, and
Ilia nthar onlocte how" hrynnilswi us from a distance.

e miler guests wno nave nonouveu
The Earl of LINCOLN returned•thanks.
The MAYOR of MANCRRSTKR proposed—

'The Dock (Ware-

Sir 'PH GREY EGERTON proposed—" The Railway
Interest connected with Birkenhead."
Mr: BURT returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN propose& the healths of Mr. Rendell and
Mr. Paxton. _ 99

The Hon. Captain HOWARD gave
CHAIRMAN proposed "The- Ches'
defewie terminated.

e Witches,'

" and the

Tit PARK.
There is no town in the kingdom, considering its com-
parative infancy, which is so well provided with what may
be called the rus hi tirbee as Birkenhead. The commis-
sioners, or main proprietors, adopted a wise and liberal
plan a priori for a combination of commercial conve-
nience and rural enjoyment. The PARK, within, it may
be said, the precincts of the town, comprises about 190
acres of land ; and the whole is enclosed within handsome
iron railings, and laid out in the most approved manner by

Mr. Paxton, landscape gardener to the Dile of Devonshire.
The land, though formerly a waste, is brought into fine
order and cultivation, and the aspect from any point
is extensive and delightful, the whole being on. a gently

th-west, from the
eastern coast of the Mersey, and withal so•undulated and
adorned with lakes, as to give' it, as Milton wrote of a
happier seat, " that diversity of hill and, dale that' earth
derives from heaven." Round the margin, about 60
acres are appropriated for detached villas, leaving, how-
ever, 120 acres for the use of the public for ever. There
are two extensive lakes, and some smaller ones, with,
Chinese and.other bridges spanning-the narrower strips of

sing tow

water ; also rockeries, pavilions,and other ornamental
works, including a splendid Grecian entrance, with
columns, not to be surpassed in design and execution by
-e ;,, 11,,,,ifind or in Europe ; besides

anything UI urtu AM. . A "
six lodges, or gate-keepers' residences, all o varied and
beautiful architecture. On the lakes, there are numerous
swans and other aquatic birds, who appear to have become
quite " domesticated," and afford much. amusement to
visitors. The land, over a great portion. of the surface,
throughout, presents an enlivening verdure ; and the
shrubberies, rockeries, fanciful boats,. &c.; are all that
can be wished by one of the most romantically inclined.
If any person has skill and taste to write poetry; here he
will, in summer, find the muses ready " courted," and
may spin away. In fine, this extensive park will
remain a perpetual ornament to the town and neigh-
bourhood, and a pleasing resort for health and recreation.
It will be surrounded by elegant villas, with lawns and
pleasure grounds. Amongst other interesting objects in
the neighbourhood, is Flaybriek Hill, covered with fine
heath, and commanding an extensive prospect; and behind,
and still higher, rises Bidston Hill, affording still more
extensive views in every direction, including the Welsh
mountains, an& the expanse of sea to the Ormsheads ; or,
it may be, in clear weather, to the Isle of Man. Mount
Claughton, the splendid new residence of Wm. Jackson,
Esq., is also an interesting feature in the landscape, as
are many other seats and villas.
The Park was densley crowded, and for some hours an
uninterrupted stream of people were pouring rapidly in.
The usual class of holiday makers were to be seen in
abundance, and the usual sort of amusement had been
provided for them. Greased poles were numerous, with
hats—tempting to the bare-headed—seductively hanging
from their summits—a safe speculation on the part of the
originator, as amongst all the candidates that we saw (and
they were many) there were none who stood the most re:
mote chance of having their efforts crowned with success.
Foot races also took place,, as did sack races. Alsotishat
popular feat so detrimental to the characterof En
manly
.beauty-r—grining through the horse-collar. Of
course, as is usual in these cases, the greatest amusement
was in the discomfiture of the unsuccessful essayists. A
slip from the greased pole, or a tumble in a sack was hailed
with roars, that sounded in the distance like thunder. A
party of bell-ringers were stationed in a neat little pavilion
on the margin of a beautiful piece of water, and played
a variety of popular airs.
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At abOut. -half-past four o'clock, when Lord Morpeth
and the rest of the guests were expected to visit the park,
a great rush was made to the entrance-gate, when a sharp
shower 'of rain came on, which created a considerable
amount of confusion, and in the midst of it, the cortege
drove into the park ; but instead of making any public
manifestation of themselves, the visitors were compelled
to remain covered-up carriages and closed windows.
After & drive round the park, they left the grounds,