The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

party—who for this heavy offence against the dig-
nity of a policeman will probably be henceforth a
marked man—will, next time lie is brought before
the magisterial bench, be treated with the rigour
meted out to an old offender !

We observe, by a notice on the paper, that Mr.
Tinne will, to-morrow, bring before the Council a
motion for the establishment of an additional num-
ber of baths in the town, for the accommodation of
the working classes, upon the plan of those whose
operation has been so successful in the south end of
the town. We hail this movement as a step in the
right direction ; and its proposal does infinite credit
to the gentleman who has originated it, and whose
efforts are unceasing to ameliorate the condition and
improve the health of his less wealthy townsmen.
We trust the Council will meet the motion with a
ready affirmative. It is one dictated not more by
motives of humanity than by sound wisdom; and
will carry along with it the hearty sympathy of the

public.
Whilst upon this subject, we cannot abstain from
congratulating Mr. Tinne upon the acquisition
which, through him, the Health Committee have
made, by securing for themselves and the town the
services of Mr. Nicol and Mr. John Stewart. Both
these gentlemen will bring to their aid a vast mass
of useful information and active zeal. Neither ought
we to omit recording our meed of thanks to Messrs.
A. Lace, W. Rathbone, H. Hornhy, J. Lawrence,
and other members of the Health Commiitee—we
scarcely ought to particularize any—for the ardent
efforts which they have been, and are making, for
the promotion of the great object committed to
them,—the securing for all classes of their fellow-
townsmen, and the poor in particular, a purer at-
mosphere, better cleansed streets, better dwellings,
and, as the result of these, better morals.

LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE OIF
THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.

On Saturday, the foundation stone of this most useful
undertaking, which is to bring the railway into the heart
of the town of Liverpool, was laid with great eclat at the
north end of the proposed vi :duct in Boundary-street.
It had been decided upon that a procession of the direc-
tors and gentlemen connected with the line, with the con-
tractors and their men, should meet at the offices in Dale-
street, and form a cortege to the locality where the cere-
mony was to take place ; and at one o'clock the men
employed by Messrs M'Cormack, the contractors for the
line, assembled in Moorfield•, with the foremen, over-
lookers, &c. The band of Mr. Jolliffe was stationed
here, and that of Mr. Stubbs opposite the offices in Dale-
street; and both alternately enlivened the party assembled
with a succession of overtures, quadrilles, &c. At about
two o'clock, the procession formed, consisting of five or
six hundred labourers, with banners, &c., he;ded by the
band of Mr. Jolliffe, and a considerable body of the fore-
men and superior men, neatly dressed and wearing favours
on their breasts. These were followed by Stubb's band ;
and the procession was brought up by the directors, sec-
retary, engineers, &c. and a considerable body of gentle-
men interested in the undertaking. The route was by
Dale-street, Exchange• street East, Oldhall-street, and
Great Howard-street to Boundary-street, where it passed
by a platform to the place where the stone was to be laid,
around which were stages filled with some of our fair
townswomen, and the gentry, and others of Liverpool,
Manchester, &c, and from the neighbourhood of the
works along the line.
About half-past two the procession reached the site,
and the usual ceremonial having been gone through, Mr.
WILLIAM STEWART apologised for the absence of the
Chairman of the Directors (Mr. James Brancker) through
indisposition, and after alluding to the occasion which
called them together, noticed the important fact, that the
Liverpool and Bury Line, in connection with the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway and its extensions, will con-
nect the Irish Sea with the German Ocean. Mr. Stewart
concluded his appropriate remarks by saying, that he did
not know how they could end the ceremony better, than
by invoking that blessing from on high, without which
their work would be in vain.

Mr. THOMPSON, addressing Mr. Stewart, then said,—
Sir, it now devolves upon me, as engineer to the Liver-
pool and Bury Railway Company, to request that you
will undertake, in the absence of our chairman, the duty
of performing the ceremony for which we have this day
met. I have, therefore, very great pleasure in placing
this trowel and the necessary accompaniments in your
hands, as the representative of our respected chairman.
In doing so, sir, permit me to congratulate you, as well as
your fellow directors, upon the success which has hitherto
attended your labours on behalf of this undertaking.
Few projects have, like this, had at the outset so many
difficulties to contend with, and such powerful opposition
to encounter; but you have triumphed over them all, and
have now the gratification to see not only the laying of
this foundation stone, but of seeing your works all through
the line in a state of rapid progress ; and from the very
place on which we now stand you can see them rising be-
fore you as far as the eye can reach, as if to congratulate
you upon this auspicious event. As regards our worthy
chairman, who has, it is much to be regretted, been pre-
vented by illness from performing the ceremony here to-
day, his absence allows me the opportunity of saying how
very much indeed the shareholders in the Liverpool and
Bury Railway owe to him personally for the success of the
undertaking. His never-failing spirit cheered ua in our
early times of adversity ; and his personal worth and in-
tegrity of purpose never failed of success in smoothing
down the rough edge of opposition. We have, sir, the
satisfaction of knowing that his warmest feelings are with
ns this day, though we must regret that he is so unhap-
pily absent from us ;—(hear, hear)—and I believe tbat, if
the stone you are about to lay could receive and bear the
impression of the feelings of our chairman, it would be
able, in after years, to tell how deeply, how truly, his
heart has been in the Liverpool and Bury Railway. [The
trowel was then presented to Mr. Stewart.]
Mr. HERON, the secretary. here read as follows the in-
scription on the brass plate on the stone about to be
laid :—" The Liverpool and Bury Railway, originated in
October, 1844 ; the act obtained in July, 1844 ; the works
commenced January, 1846; and the foundation stone of
the Liverpool Viaduct hid 29th August, 1846. by James
Brancker, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Directors."
Then followed a list of the directors of the company, the
names of the secretary. engineers, contractors, &c. Mr.
William M'Cormick and Mr. Samuel Holme are the con-
tractors for the viaduct.

A bottle, containing a quantity of newspapers and coin,
was then deposited. and the stone laid.

The Rev: Rector BROOKS offered up an impressive
prayer, and the company ihen retired to a d6tinpr,
which bad been prepared in a spacious warehouse near
the site, belonging to Mr. Thos. Park, and which had been
most tastefully decorated by Mr. Urquahrt, of Bold-
street. Four tiers of tables were placed along the room,
with a raised table for the Chairman and invited guests,
over which a drapery was hung, very prettily arranged,
and a handsome canopy descending from the crown of the
building to the sides, looped up in festoons, with devices
ornamenting the whole. The roof of the room was hung
with flags and evergreens, and the sides with coloured
drapery, of various hues; the seats being covered with
crimson cloth. Above the lower end of the room an or-
chestra was raised, from which Mr. Stubb's band played
a succession of airs during the afternoon.

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The dejeliner, which was provided by Messrs. Fisk, of
Castle-street, was beautifully set on the table. and the
viands abundant end vac-ellent, as were the various wines,
furnished, we believe, by a firm in South Castle-street.
Mr• War. STEWART took the chair. On the right of
the chairman we observed Mr. Honldsworth, Sir Thomas
Brancker, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Wood, Mr. Oaken-
shaw, engineer; and Mr. S. Darbishire, solicitor of the
company. On the left the Rev. Rector Campbell, Mr.
Turner, Mr. Smith, Mr. Thompson, the engineer; and
two or three other directors.

After the repast, the CHAIRMAN proposed the health of
" Her Majesty the Queen."
" The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, and the rest of
the Royal Family ;" also "The Lord Lieutenant of the
County ;" toasts duly honoured He then gave " The
Lord Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," coupled with
the name of the Rev. Rector Campbell.

The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL retu►ned thanks in an ex-
cellent speech. He said, although he was fully conscious
the clergy should be animated in the performance of their
duty by a higher notion than the desire to obtain the good
opinion of their fellow-men, yet he was conscious, at the
same time, that without that good opinion they could not
perfect the object of their ministry, (hear, hear) and,
therefore, it was a legitimate object of anxious desire.
With respect to the Lord Bishop of the diocese, he was
too well known to need panegyric from him; this how-
ever, he might say, that as he was in public so he Ms in
private, a model of gentleness, humility, and Christian
zeal, himself the very Christian which he wished all others
to be. (Applause ) In contemplating the triumphs of
commercial freedom, one of which they had assembled to
celebrate that day, be hoped he might be permitted, in
the spirit of that prayer which had been offered up by the
Rev. Rector Brooks, to express a hope that the extension
of commerce might be made conducive to the extension
of Christian civilization. It would not become him, he
said, to make any controversial allusion to the legislation
of the present day, or to express an opinion as to the ex-
pediency of those legislative measures, or the conse-
quences to which they are likely to lead. He might, per-
haps be allowed, without offending the Protectionists,
(for whom be had the highest respect,) as free trade was
now progressing in this country, he might be permitted to
hope and pray for the success of free trade all over the
world, (loud applause,) adding the humble but earnest
prayer that commerce, which is the child of peace, might
be permitted in the mercy of providence to unite all nati-
ons in the bond of peace. The reverend rector concluded
with some eloquent and appropriate remarks.
Mr. HouLnswowrit proposed "The Chairman and
Directors of the Liverpool and Bury Railway Company,"
which was drunk with loud cheering.
Mr. H. GRENFELL returned thanks on behalf of the
directors.

The CHAIRMAN then gave "The health of the En-

gineers

Mr. THOMPSON, on behalf of his colleague, Sir John
M`Neill, and himself, returned thanks.
Several other toasts were drank with much enthusiasm,
and the Chairman having presented Mrs. James Brancker
with the beautiful trowel, which lie, as deputy of Mr.
Brancker, had that day used, the meeting separated.

The workmen were provided with dinner in a large
room on the right of that on which the dijr aner was held.
About 500 sat down to a most excellent repast, furnished
by Mr. Latham, of Fenwick-street. The fare consisted
of the roast beef and plum pudding of old England, with
all the el cetera? in which moderns indulge. At the head
of the room there was a large slip of drapery, with the
words, " Success to the Liverpool and Bury Railway
Company," and " God, save -the Queen !" As in the
other room, an orchestra had also been erected, bear-
ing on its front drapery Nelson's inspiring motto,
" England expects that every man this day will do his
duty." Mr. M'Cormick, the eminent contractor, pre-
sided over the company. who, if not quite so polished,
were not one whit less joyous than their neighbours in
the adjoining room. After the repast the room was
cleared, and dancing was kept up to a late hour, the two
excellent bands of Mr. Stubbs and Mr. Jolliffe adding
very much to the enjoyment which everywhere reigned.