The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-21 00:00:00

SPLENDID MAHOGANY AND ROSEWOOD
BAGATELLE BOARDS,
Manufactured of well-seasoned Materials, beautifully French
polished, round corners, cushioned sides complete, with
IVORY BALLS, Mace, Cue, Bridget &c. &c., arranged to play

The NEW and FASHIONABLE GAMES of

MISSISSIPPI, TROUMADAME, AND SANS EGAL

Five feet long,
Six feet long

at the following
EXTRAORDINARY LOW PRICES
Mahogany.
~ £2 16 0
3 15 0

Rosewood

£3 3 0
4 4 0
5 5 0

Seven feet long .
LEATHER BACKGAMMON BOARDS

With Draught Men and Dice Cups suitable for playing the
Games of Chess, Draughts, and Backgammon
Thirteen inches long—Fourteen inches wide
Fifteen inches long—Seventeen inches wide
Eighteen inches long —Twenty inches wide

3s. Od
4s. Od
ss. Od

KENDALL'S
ORIGINAL. CIVET C
No. 5, CHURCH-STREET,
TRIM DOORS FROM WHITECRAPEL, LIVIIRPOOI
N.B.—Billiard and Bagatelle Balls accurately Turned

V UOYAi

(From the London Pap

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On Monday the ceremonial of laying the first stone of the
truly natio? al edifice, which must bear the title of the new
Royal Exchange, took place, as had been previously arrari-
.

. . _
gni.. The city- (min au early hour presented a most lively
and animated appearance, and long before the hour which
had been appointed by the beloved consort of our most gra-
cious Sovereign for his arrival amongst the denizens of

"great London town," groups of holiday folks assembled
in various parts of the line of route which it had been an-
nounced the cortege would take. Our readers are already
aware that the Latin and English inscriptions of the plate
deposited with the coins in the foundation-stone are from
the pen of the Bishop of London. At the hour it had been
announced at which his royal highness would arrive, all the
avenues in the vicinity became densely crowded with spec-
tators on the tiptoe of excitement. The Guildhall was kept
closed against the public generally ; but a few select indivi-
duals were admitted. On entering we found a large body of
the city wetermen in waiting with their banners, &c., to
form a portion of the procession. Precisely at half-past 12
o'clock, his Grace the Duke of Wellington arrived, arid en-
tered the hall unattended, and before any of the civic func-
His grace wore

tionaries were in their places to receive him
costume of Constable of the Tower. The only authority
corporate body was the venerable city
erlain, Sir James Shaw, Bart. His grace, after pro-
menading the corridors, remained some time in waiting in

connected with t

the chamberlain's office. The council chamber was soon
filled, by the visiters who bad obtained the advantage of the
entree. Of these the number of the fair sex greatly predo-
minated. A chair of state on the right hand of the lord
mayor was prepared for his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Exactly at one o'clock, the lord mayor, attended by the
sword-bearer, the mace-bearer, and usual state officers, and
with the Duke of Wellington on his, left hand, entered the
council chamber, amidst general plaudits, the company stand-
ing. The following ministers then arrived in the order in
which we have named them :—Sir H. Hardinge, Sir E.
Knatchbull, Sir R. Feel, (who was hailed with tumultuous
applause,) the Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Haddington, the Chancellor of the Excnequer, Lord
Fitzgerald, Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham. The
whole of these distinguished personages wore the usual court
dress of the privy councillors, with the exception of Sir R.
Peel, who was attired in the plain Windsor uniform, mad Sir
H. Hardinge, who appeared en grand tenue as a lieutenant-
general. Pending the time which elapsed before the arrival
of the prince, the Duke of Wellington kept up an animated
conversation with the lord mayor, Mr. Lambert Jones, and
the architect, Mr. Tite. The curiosity of the spectators was
at the utmost stretch, when Mr. Brown, city Marshal, an-
nounced the prince. His royal highness, who appeared in a
simple frock-coat, was most enthusiastically greeted, and
seemed much pleased with his hearty and cordial reception.
He was received by the lord mayor on the dais, and took his
seat amidst oft-repeated plaudits. The plans. &c. were then
submitted to his royal highness by the architect and con-
tractor, and then, after a brief retirement, and precisely at
a quarter past two o'clock, the royal and civic party set out
from the Guildhall in procession.
Exactly at twelve o'clock the doors of the avenue leading
to the magnificent pavilion in which the first stone of this
great national edifice was to be laid were thrown open, and
immediately afterwards, those who had been fortunate enough
to obtain tickets of admission began to arrive in quck suc-
cession.

The pavilion has been erected at a cost of about £2.000,
and the seats, which were all covered with scarlet cloth.
tastefully festooned and decorated, were built for the accom-
modation of 1,450 persons. The fluor of the pavilion was
also covered with scarlet cloth, and the entire presented a
most splendid appearance.
The stone, which is of granite, and several tons weight,
was divided into two compartments, the one portion being
fixed in its proper position, and the other suspended over it
at a height of about two feet by strong ropes and pullies, and
further supported by four upright pieces of timber. At the
end nearest the entrance the zinc plates were deposited,
wheron was a Latin inscription, of which the following is a
translation :