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

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h union jacks, ensigns, &c.
The Sailors.
" The wooden Walls of Old England."
Large ensigns. &e.

Flag—

Flag, with anchor, "'fheSt;iiors' Home."
Sailors belonging to H. M. steam-packets.
Naval officers.

Beautiful flag.
The committee of the Sailors' Home.
Clergymen of_the church of England.

Freemasons

The Mayor's private carriage, in which were
Mr. Bramley-Moore, and Mr. Wright, Clerk of the Peace

- Outwriders, and escort of the
Fourth Light Dragoons.
Splendid state carriage, drawn by four horses,

containing his Royal High-ncss

The- Earl of Abercorn

occupied his left.
and Lord Morpeth and the Mayor,
sat opposite.
Fourth Light Dragoons.

Second state carriage, containing the suite of his Royal

Highness.
Fourth Light Dragoons.
Mounted police, on foot, brought up the rear.
As it would be impossible to give thedetails of the
whole procession, we shall endeavour to depict the most
striking portion, paotr ti
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centre amongst
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aawhichss Russell-street,
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period when the coopers and block makers were passing
their numerous and magnificent fllia-gs shall:8 tawhnheni elwer select
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same time the ship carpenters had f
at the one moment visible to the s
arrived opposite the
Prince's residence, on the balcony erected over the vesti-
bule of which his Royal Highness had stationed himself
at the commencement of the procession, wiiete he re-
mained until he took his seat in his carriage, graciously
acknowledging the hearty cheering which greeted him as
each separate body passed him; at this period what may
be termed the advance guard of the ship carpenters occu-
pied a length of not than 150 yards of the north end
of St. Anne-street, with their most splendid banners and
flags, one of the foremost of which consisted of a most
elaborately finished and exquisite likeness of Her Most
Gracious Majesty, with the words, "The Queen, God bless
her," inscribed thereon. The banner was inclined towards
his Royal Highness, so that he might have a full view of
the same. Three hearty cheers being also given by the
members of the trade, in which the spectators heartily joined
The excellent band of the ship carpenters at the same time
commenced playing "Kyle Britannia." This mark of
respect to her Majesty appeared most deeply to affect his
Royal Highness. The scene at this moment cannot possible
be described; the beautiful weather, the multitude, the
various bands, and splendid appearance of the banners,&c.
are totally beyond description. To single out a few of the
more remarkable objects, we may state that the ship car-
neoters had models of the vat p e
cst t raaetneodtr

from the skeleton to the full-rigged one. The boiler-
makers had various specimens emblematic of their trade,
both in the locomotive and naval departments thereof,
amongst the most distinguished of which was a complete
model of the skeleton of the magnificent steamer Ajax
(recently launched), together with two models (complete)
of steamers, the one fitted upon the screw principle, and
the other to be propelled by paddle wheels, in the ordinary
manner. The most interesting affair, however, was that

connected with the coopers, Who, in addition to the or-
dinary appendages attached to their flags, staffs, &c., had
a barrel, with several automaton figures attached thereto,
which by an ingenious contrivance were made to represent
t e
appliancesrepresenting
manual
the operative cooper in the various parts of his trade.
Many of these detatched automata were displayed, but
the senior apprentices bore a large platform, which sup-
these
automata,and
ofh
labour in the course of their business. This eroup was
everypc r t ed
positiondetached
f the groups
mechanical
Trost unique and beautiful, and elicited great applause.
The procession proceeded in the route described above,
without any material circumstance occurring.