The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

THE Pnocr.ssfox.

This was formed in Hamilton-street, opposite the pre-
sent Town-hall, and in Hamiton-square Lnd the streets
adjoining.
The high constable of the hundred. Mr. Palmer ; M r Miller,
hea constable of Liverpool; Mr. Mess, general superinten-
dent ; awl Mr anithey. police inspector, i ended the pi% cession
on horseback, and a ted as conductors. They were followed
by a few other officers on horsi back.
F.Jur Trorm.eters, on horseback.
The Champion,
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in complete poli-hett steel armoar, and mourted, as Seneschal
of the Pri :ry of Birkenhead.
Lind n Assurance Fire Engine.
drawn by tour horses, with postilions in scarlet.
Firemen in uniform, with helmets.
Norwich Union Fire Engine.

late'y presented to the township, accompai,ied by Mr. Hewitt,
superintendent of our fire police, and several of his brigade, in
uniform.

Printing Press,
from the office of Mr. J. Law, cn a large wagon drawn by two
hors,. As the procession proceeded, copes of the Birkenhead
coat of arms, with the in tto'• Homo prononit, Deus disnonit,"
a list of the Dock Comini sinners. and a notice of the occasion
Which it commemorate ►, were prii.t.,l off, a•"d handed to the
crowd, who evinced the greate t eagerness ti ni t.tin impres-
*pis, Copies also of two songs—one written by Mr. Morgan.
of the Imperi I Hotel. Liverpool, and the other by Mr. George
Cranmcr—were printed and distributed.
Temperance nand, in hamhkome uniform.
Gocd Samaritan lodge of Oddfetows,
v.ith ti, c digs arid regalia.
• rim ess Roy 1 Lodge,
with a splendil hanne , repr:.isenting her Majesty and the
Princess Th.. mill were ♦ery neatly dressed. and decorated
wi h rn°cttes. &e. Th? regalia was of the most costly
and beautitul demi, iption, .

C ve.s. mc un'ed on stout horses.
Grand tinit7d Or .er of C th thren, with regalia, &c,
Band, in grern, with ml,itary caps.
Band of the At Regiment of Foot.
.Loyal Liverp of '.odge of o.!thell .‘*s,
ace••mpanieu ,y a sp'endid banner.
Duchess of Lancaster Lodge.
Loyal stanley Lodge.
Loyal Perseverance Lodge.
Band of the nth Pregoon Guards.
Loyal neorge IV. li,dge.
Loyal Mersey Lodge.
The Coverial.t Lodge.
Friendly Society of Operative Masons.
Rechahites.
Star Tent.
Pand '1 the Cth Infantry.
flood Samaritan Lodge.
Liverpool Shipwrights.

These carried a fine model of a steam-vessel, and several ether
fine modes of vessels, and were preceded by a large flee. They
were very respectably dressed. A lance banner w.th a fienre
of the Duke of Wellioct9n, and another with a fig, e of Charles
the Second, were carried in this part of the processio:).
Ancient Order of Foresters,
many of them in the full costume of tr e order mounted. In
the procession were a hept•er ! and a shepherdess—the former
with a tine dog couchant at his re •t. ant the latter with a lamb.
Operative Stayers,
accompanied by a model shed ,r.d saw pit, in which two gro-
tesque-lookine automaton fieures appeared in the act of sawing
a balk of wood. Much amusement was created by this exhi')l-
-tion.

Pensioners' Band.
Iron Shipbui'ders in the empiny of John Laird, Esq.,
carrying beautiful moee a of iron vessels.
Men employed in 'he En:ioeer's Tug Yard,
carrying wands in their hands.
Stuhhs's Royal f armonic Band.
The Commissioners of Birkenhead;
J. D. Case, Esq., W. Jackson. Esq., and John Laird, Esq.,
taking the lead.
Several hundreds of Men employed in making the new Park,

six abrisst.

Several carts decked with fauW:Wievergreens, and filled with
Women and Children, brought up the rear.
The procession occupied about three quarters of an hour
in passing through Hamilton-square.
At twelve o'clock a discharge of cannon announced the
startingof the procession. As it moved along, the streets
were thronged by enthusiastic spectators, and the win-
dows of the noble mansions in the square and neighbour-
ing streets through which the immense phalanx, with nu-
merous flags and banners, including the Royal standard,
&c. passed, were thrmod by fair occupants, who waved
flags, banners, and handkerchiefs, in token of their ap -
probation ; while the roaring of the cannon, and the mar-
tialthe various bands, combined music of to produce an
effect at once magnificent and heart.stirring. At the en-
trance to Hamilton•street, and also in Church-stre-t and
other streets on the route, triumphal arches of laurel were
erected. On turning the corner of the yard of Birkenhead
Church, and
passing along Abbey-street, salutes wereannon planted .•n•
fired from time to time from pieces of (
the new river-wall enclosing Tranmere Pool on the north.
On passing the Wellington Hotel, a party of Scotchmen,
dressed in the national costume, presented themselves on
a stage which bail been erected for the use,purp at the one
end of the building; one of them struck up vyar. on
their favourite instrument, the bagpipe, which seemed to
excite much attention amongst the spectators.
The route through the principal streets, given in our
last, was adhered tn. The procession, in returning north-
ward, crossed Ilamilton-square,
and along Conway. street
to Parkfiel,l, where a line of dap was placed. It thence
passed along Cavendish-street to Corporation-road, where
it Lalted opposite Mr. Laird's iron shipbuilding yard,

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which was profusely decorated with flags. A triumphal
arch had been erected at this part of the road, and the
usual manifestations, incluiing salutes, &c., were again
give!). The whole line thence moved on to Woodside
Ferry, and thence along the new real close to the beach,
to the spot where the stone was to be laid.