The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-07 00:00:00

THE RECEPTION IN LIVERPOOL

The official programme (advertised in another column),
will place our readers in full possession of all the ar-
rangements affecting Liverpool.
The triumphal arch, of which plans were drawn by Mr.
Newlands, the borough engineer, and which it was in con,
temptation to erect at the boundary of the borough, where
the mayor will meet her Majesty, has been abandoned".
It was found that it could not be erected for the sum first
named, £250, but that it would cost at least £3OO. I-
The preparations, both in the interior and exterior of
the Town Hall, are going forward with great alacrity. The
interior of the building will present a very imposing sight',.:
The grand staircase, which has been so generally admired,:
has been repolished and cleaned by the artist, Mr..J.,3Y..

Ingram, of Birmingham, who undertook the work gra-
tuitously. It will be remembered that the staircase was
painted in enamel and otherwise decorated by Mr.lngram

on the occasion of Prince Albert's visit, five years ago. The

' great and smaller ball-rooms have been laid out by the
surveyor, but before the ballot for places the Council has
decided that the Mayor shall make his selection in regard
to his own six tickets. A handsome balcony has been
erected in front of the ball-room window of the Town_
hall, overlooking the Exchange flags. The Exchange-
square itself is being boarded off, so as to reserve the area,
and admit a speedy construction of a covered way to the
.Exchange Newsroom on the night of the ball.
The works at St. George's-hall are progressing rapidly.
The awning over the entrance was being put up on Fri-
. day ; and a statue of the late George Stephenson. which
arrived in town but a short time before, was raised to the
base beneath the great pediment ; it will be placed upon
. the pedestal adjoining the churchyard. The correspond.

ing pedestal is destined to support the statue of the
late Sir Robert Peel. Her Malesty will approach
the hall from the gate in Shaw's-brow, and proceed in
her carriage along a drive temporarily prepared to the
entrance opposite the Railway-station.
The street at the north-east corner of St. George's Hall
has been materially widened by the removal of the old wall,
and the pathway, when completed, will form a fine bold
succession to Lime-street.

The official sub-committee of the Dock Committee for
making arrangements for the reception of her Majesty
'reported on Thursday that, since the last meeting of the
general committee, the Board of Ordance had sent ten
brass chambers for the firing of the Royal salutes, and had
authorised Captain Franklin. the officer commanding the
detachment of the Royal Artillery, to furnish whatever
might be necessary. The Royal salutes are to be fired
from the north pier of George's Basin.
Arrangements have been made with Mr. Benj. Edging-
ton, of Duke-street, Southwark, to erect the neces-
sary awnings and tents at the Landing-stage, and also to
furnish a portion of the flags wanted for the decoration
of the stage. The orders received by Mr. Edgington are as
follows :—For the Larding-stage, 456 flags, consisting of
royal standards and national flags ; two circular tents, of
36 feet diameter, and one octagon tent for the entrance to
the stage ; 322 feet of awning for the two bridges, each
163 feet by 10 feet, are to be covered over, and the roofs
to be lined with scarlet and white drapery, and on the
floor of each is to be spread cocoa-nut matting; and there
will be suspended two shields,—one the Dock Company's
arms, and the other the Corporation arms.—The orders
received affecting Croxteth Hall are, two marquees,—one
of 116 feet by 36 ; this is to be lined with scarlet drapery,
and the object of the marquee is to dine within it 500
;persons. The other marquee, for a select party, is to be
.36 feet by 18 feet. A royal standard and 10 other silk
:flags are to he used as decorations. For the Manchester
.Exchange, Mr. Edgiugton has also received orders for 100
:national, with 80 decorative flags, and 4 royal standards.
Messrs. Garnock, Bibby, and Cu. are to furnish ano-
ther portion of the flags.

The special sub-committee of the Dock Committee
:recommend that flags should be placed on the Albert
'Dock Warehouses ; that a poll be erected and St.
George's Ensign hoisted on each extremity, north and
south, of the dock estate; that St. George's Ensign be
also hoisted on Victoria Tower, and on the island at the
entrance of the Canning half tide Basin ; that red Ensigns
'be hoisted on the arches of the gates on the west boun-
dary wall of the north docks, and the Union Jack on the
dock master's office. Two Union Jacks to be hoisted on
the North Battery.
it is estimated that there will be no fewer than thirty
:thousand flags displayed in the docks and on the river, on
the occasion. The Manchester people are busy manufac-
turing a large supply of flags and banners, some of which
'will cost as much as £3O a piece !

The military arrangements on the occasion rest entirely
with Lieutenant-General Cathcart, commanding officer of
the district.

At the meeting of the Dock Committee, on Thursday,
the Chairman said he understood from Colonel York that
the guard of honour and band would he on the plat.
form of the Landing-stage when her Majesty embarked
.and disembarked. The guard of honour would comprise
110 men, besides the band. When her Majesty disem-
barked, the guard of honour would go to the Town Hall
to receive her there.

The contract for erecting platforms on the parades has
been taken by Mr. Thomas Haigh, at ss. 6d. per running
yard, he removing all the materials. The parades are
to be closed during the time of erecting the platforms,
'subject to admission for purposes of business.
The judges' lodgings in St. Anne-street have been placed
at the disposal of the Earl of Sefton for the accommodation
.of some of his guests. The Council have resolved to invite
the Duke of Wellington to visit Liverpool on this occasion.
On Saturday afternoon, a special meeting of the Dock
:Committee was held to consider the propriety of presenting
an address to her Majesty on the occasion of her visit to
the Mersey. The chairman read a letter which he had
received from Mr. T. B. Horsfall, the chairman of the
Chamber of Commerce, stating that he had received a note
from Lord Grey, intimating that the Queen would receive
an address from the Chamber either on embarking from
or disembarking at the Landing-stage. He thought it
necessary to inform Mr. Turner of this, as it might cause
a re-arrangement of the tickets necessary. A discussion
took place, in which Mr. Bigham and other gentlemen
complained that the Chamber of Commerce had not
treated the Dock Committee with proper respect in this
.matter. Mr. Mason, the secretary, read a letter from the
Dock Committee to Lord Grey, requesting permission to
, present an address to her Majesty. The proposed address
'was read by Mr. North, the solicitor, and was in the usual
tenor of such documents. It was adopted on the motion
of Mr. Bold, seconded by Mr. Bigham.
After the sail on the river, the address of the Corpora-
tion of Liverpool will be presented to her Majesty in the
large hall-room in the Town-hall. The following is a
complete list of the persons invited to be present on the
occasion, exclusive of those invited by the councillors
individually :—The bishop of the diocese and Mrs. Graham,
two tickets; the lord-lieutenant and party, eleven; Lord
and Lady Stanley, two; the high sheriff and party, two;
the two rectors and their ladies, four ; the chaplain to the
mayor, one; Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., and Mrs. Brown,
two ; the stipendiary and borough magistrates and wives
(if any), fifty-three ; the two borough members and Mrs.
Cardwell, three; the collector of customs and wife, two;
Colonel Faulkner, one ; Lady Cathcart and lady and staff,
five; field officers in Liverpool, three; naval officers hold-
ing appointments in Liverpool, three; officers of her Ma-
jesty's yacht, three ; Sir Edward and Lady Cust, two ;
Mayor of Manchester and lady, two ; Captain Greig, one;
gentlemen who have passed the chair, not being members
of the Council, or otherwise entitled officially to tickets,
five; Mr. Thornely, M.P., one; the Recorder, two; the
Town-clerk, two ; the Clerk of the Peace, two ; the Sur-
veyor,one ; the Borough Engineer, one; the Treasurer, one.

,
Two tickets awarded to each of the members of the Dock
Committee give twenty-four tickets, and the sixty-four
members of tha Council taking six each, 384, which, with
twenty-seven placed at the disposal of the Mayor, make
up the whole number of 552,
Ladies are to appear in morning dress, and gentlemen
in evening costume; the members of the corporate body
wearing white cravats and vests.

A discussion on the vexed subject of the distribution of
tickets took place at the meeting of the Council, on Wed-
nesday. Mr. Bramley-Moore said he considered that the
course pursued by the Council had been one characterised
in a most remarkable degree by selfishness in appropria-
ting the whole of the tickets for the recep..ion of her Ma-
jesty to their own use and that of their families and friends.
The room for the reception of the Queen would accommo-
date 552 people, exclusive of the places appropriated to
the Council and the suite of her Majesty ; while the
smaller ball-room would be arranged to accommodate 250.
The consequence of this appropriation of tickets by the
Council was, that a great many persons who had a right
to be present on the occasion would be excluded. Not a
single merchant of the town of Liverpool was invited to
receive her Majesty as a merchant, not a single broker,
not a single banker. -The Exchange Committee had
placed 5,500 tickets at the disposal of the Council, but no
invitation had been sent to a single individual belowing to the Exchange in return for this kindness. Mr.
M'lver, who had presented them gratuitously with boats to
view the only sight worth seeing, had neither received an
invitation for himself nor his lady to be present at the
reception of the Queen. Not one of the medical or legal
gentlemen of the town had received an invitation. A
great fuss had been made about the children of the Colle-
giate Institution, but neither Mr. Howson nor Mr. Dawson
Turner, the principals of the two institutions which re-
flected so much honour on the town, had been thought
of. Mr. Brarnley-Moore concluded by moving, that,
instead of each member of the Council having six tickets
at his disposal for the larger, and four for the smaller ball-
rooms, only three tickets be allotted to each for the large
room, and that the remaining three, which altogether
would make about 190 tickets, be placed in the hands of
the Mayor, or of a small committee to be named by his
worship, for distribution among the principal inhabitants
of the town and gentry of the neighbourhood. Mr. Tobin
seconded the proposition. After some discussion of a
personal nature, the motion of Mr. Bramlcy-Moore was
put to the muting, and negatived by a majority of 39 to 3.
An amusing rumour prevailed in town, on Saturday,
that the Earl of Sefton had made application to the Mayor
for 400 tickets of admission to the Town Hall during the
presentation of the address to her Majesty. It was stated
that an intimation had been made to the effect, that, if
the application was refused, his Lordship would use his
influence to dissuade the Queen from calling at the Town

We understand that Messrs. Willoughby have cour-
teously placed at the disposal of the dock committee their
fine steamer, the Vernon, generally considered the fastest
ferry-boat on the Mersey, for the accommodation of Mr.
Jones, R.N., the marine sub-surveyor, who has charge of
the river arrangements on the morning of the Queen's
visit. She will be engaged in forming the line of steamers
to be moored off the dock piers, inside of which the royal
yacht and attendant suite of steamers will be steered
during her Majesty's marine excursion.
Tina ROYAL YACIITS.—The royal yachts arrived in the
river on Saturday afternoon, after rather a boisterous
passage from Holyhead, and proceeded to an anchorage in
the Sloyne. TLe Fairy is moored just off Tranmere slip,
at one of Messrs. W3lloughby's buoys, and the Victoria
and Albert a little more to the southward, and farther out
in the stream. During Sunday arid yesterday a great
number of persons availed themselves of the opportunity
afforded of viewing them by taking a trip in the Tranmere,
Birkenhead, and Rock-Ferry steamers ; and, as Messrs.
Willoughby's boats sail round theca nearly every trip, a
very
-good sight is obtained from them.

We under-stand that steps aro being taken to give the
children of the various public schools in Birkenhead an
opportunity of witnessing the Queen's progress on the
river. It is proposed to place them in line along- the