The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

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presented by some of the roofs in the nei
timid people shudder for the necks or lir
turous occupants. Before eleven o'clock tl
gan to be enlivened by the Guards of Honour,
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body of the police, horse and foot
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railway station

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
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The Council then
adjourned. Mr. Dismore, whose beautiful execu-
tion of the trowel for the use of his Royal Highness in
laying the foundation stone we described last week, was
in attendance. The Mayor then left in the state carriage
for the Railway Station, to attend upon the Prince, it
being understood that the Council was to be sittine to

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receive him.

ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE
STATION

AT THE RAILWAY

s train b

yelled left London at six o'clock in the morning, and
ed of the royal carriage, containing the Prince,
Is Anson and Bouverie, the Marquis of Abercorn,

and• Lord Morpetb, with four other carriages, containing
members of the royal suite and distinguished visitors.
The engine drawing the train was driven to Birmingham
by Mr. Edward Bury, one of the firm of contractors for
the locomotive department of the line, and his Royal
Highness was accompanied by the chairman, G. C. Glyn,
Esq., R. Creed, Esq., secretary, at the London station
and Captain Huis

h, secretary in

iverpoo.

sine was driven by Mr. Treiithick,
superintendent of the locomotive department at Crewe.
At the various stations on the route where the cortege
stopped. crowds of people were assembled to express the
feelings of loyalty with which they viewed the visit of the
consort of Royalty, and at the same time to gratify their
curiosity with a sight of their Prince. At Warrington
station a large concourse of people was assembled ; and a
similar crowd, consisting principally of ladies, welcomed
the arrival of the train at Edge-hill.
Precisely at half-past eleven o'clock the whistle an-
nounced that the Prince had entered the tunnel, and the
official parties assembled at the station were immediately
upon the alert to receive our distinguished guest. - Amongst
the parties admitted to the railway yard we observed,
connected with our town, Lord Sandon, in his carriage,
with three ladies, his sn orship the Mayor, Charles Law-
rence, Esq. (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors),
George Grant, Esq., Thomas Sands, Esq., George Hall
Lawrence, Esq., Mr. Booth (the treasurer), Mr. Braith-
waite Poole (manager of the merchandise department),
Joseph Sandars, Esq., Lewin Mozley, Esq., Joseph
Langton, Esq., with other directors. Amongst those
present not immediately connected with the line we
noticed the Rev. Anson, Dean of Chester, and his
lady ; Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant of Stafford ; Captain
Evans, acting conservator of the Mersey •, Samuel Holme,
Esq. ; Captain Fane, 4th Dragoon Guards, Generals
Warre and Arbuthnot, and other officers. A guard of
honour, consisting of a company of the 36th Regiment of
Infantry, under the command of Captain Ridge, was
stationed in the yard to receive the Prince ; and on his
arrival the band played the Royal Anthem. Another
guard of honour, consisting of a troop of the 4th Dragoon
Guards, was stationed outside the gates in Lime-street,
where an immense crowd of eager expectants had assem-
bled, which the police had some difficulty in keeping
from obstructing the way. Two royal carriages, each
with four bays, were brought up alongside of the plat-
form, to receive his Royal Highness and suite ; and four
outriders, in scarlet, were in readiness to accompany the

mingha-m the

cortege.
An unusual time was spent by the train in descending
the tunnel, it being twenty minutes to twelve o'clock,
when it emerged into the yard. On alighting from the
roykt _carriage upon the plattorm, which was covered with
crimson sloth, the Prince was received by his worship the
Mayor, whom he very promptly recognised, and conversed
with for a few moments ; and, after shaking hands with
Lord Sandon, and bowing frequently to the other parties
around him, he entered his private carriage, accompanied
by Colonel Anson, who sate on his right, and the Mayor
and Lord Morpeth facing them ; and proceeded from the
station, welcomed by the cheers of the assembled thou-
sands, and escorted by a body of the police force, on
horseback, to the judges' lodgings, in St. Anne-street,
where he was received by a guard of: honour of the 68th
infantry with a military band. Shortly after the arrival
of the Prince, the Mayor left the judges' lodgings in his
own carriage, and proceeded to the Town-hall.
When the Mayor and the Town-Clerk returned to the
Town-hall, after having conducted the Prince from the
station to his lodgings, the guard of honour, fancying it
was his Royal Highness, presented arms, and the band
commenced playing the National Anthem. Much merri-
ment was excited by the mistake.

SENTATION OF THE ADDRESS

After partaking of refreshment, the Prince and his suite
proceeded by the route laid down to the Town-hall, where
Le was received by the members of the Council, who were
drawn up in a body, in the vestibule. We need Searopl
nrinsP to say that e

hailed with the enthusiastic cheering of the assembled
population, windows, balconies, and platforms being
crowded along the whole line of his progress from place
to place in the town. Having arrived in the Town-hall,
his royal highness, accompanied by Lord Morpeth, G. E.
Anson, Esq. and others of his suite, attended by the Mayor,
the Recorder, and the Town-Clerk, and Lord Sandon and
Sir Howard Douglas, members for the borough, proceed-
ed up the gra id staircase, followed by the members of the
Council, walking four abreast, and by gentlemen con-
nected with the press and others, to the ante-room, where
the following address was presented by the learned Re-
corder, Gilbert Henderson, Esq. :

TO HIS ROY AL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT.
- - - - -

" The Humble Address of the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool.

" MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS,—We the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Liverpool, desire to
greet your Royal Highness with a cordial welcome, and to
express the satisfaction and joy which the arrival of a
Prince so exalted in station, and so justly entitled to every
tribute of respect and esteem, has diffused throughout this
loyal borough.
" This visit to a seat of mercantile industry. your con.
sent to sanction and grace by your presence the opening
of new accommodations to trade and shipping, and your
purpose to take part in founding an institution for the ad-
vantage and welfare of sailors at this port, are manifesta-
tions to us most gratifying of your princely regard for the
commerce of that wide empire with the destiny and his-
tory of which your royal highness, in sacred union with
our most gracious Sovereign, is so auspiciously, and, as
we fervently hope, so lastingly connected.
' Our town boasts not of monuments of ancient art and
magnificence, but the flags which, from every quarter of
the:
globe, countless in number, now wave in sign of
welcome on the waters and along the shores of the Mersey,
attest the successful energy by which, under the blessing
of Providence, the port of Liverpool has been rendered
conducive and subservient to the progress of manufac-
tures, the intercourse of nations, and the happiness of
mankind ; and we trust that a view of various public
works an buildings now advancing to completion here
will satisfy your royal highness that a spirit of useful en-
terprise still lives amongst us to derive fresh vigour and
encouragement from the proceedings of this day.
" Filled with sentiments of the most respectful attach-
ment and regard, we pray that your royal highness may
long share the happiness of a Queen who reigns in the