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r of the Order of the Garter

A. platform having
ling from the nearest stalls to the railings
1-vel with the floor of the communion
as were also the aisles, in r. similar
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of the altar six chairs of state richly
h superb purple silk velvet, and
eat with the star of the Order of
stool, in scarlet, was placed be-
I in the middle of the platform,
le baptismal font, on an ottoman
with a deep bullion fringe around
piece of plate consists pro-
Aded salver, on which rest a pedestal
ristening of Charles 11., regilt and
and Mortimer for this occasion. From
iond golden pedestal, surmounted by
richly chased and costly gold font in
s Royal was baptised. The communion

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the whole service of the Chapel Royal, St.
11 as that of St. George's, comprising, among
of costliness and splendour, six salvers, three
ensions, eight large tankards and flagons, two
smaller vessels, of gold or silver gilt. The
Knights Companions of the Garter, suspended
Ird, scarf, and arms of each, also served to
;city and animation of the scene; and when
!mselves took their stalls habited in the full
e order—when the Ministers of State and the
ad taken their seats—when the King of Prussia
and the Queen, Prince Albert, and their at-
red on the platform, it may well be supposed
presented a most magnificent and animating

for was the first among the distinguished
ted himself. He was immediately fol.
ether, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
r, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of

Earl of Haddington, Lord Wharoclitfe, the
ich. Earl Howe, the Duke of Buckingham,
Sir Robert Peel,"Count St. Aulaire,
. Goulburn, Lord Fitzgerald, the
r Commons. the Duke of Sutherland,
le Earl of Ripon, the Earl of Aber-
Lord Stanley, Sir .f. Graham,
the Earl of Lincoln, Lord
of Hamilton, Sir Willough-
14acdonald, Sir. G. Quentin, Sir W.
is Attorney-General of the Duchy,
fa, Sir J. Hansler, &c.
ltin the Windsor uniform.
occupied the front benches,
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Bishop of London, and the Bishop
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,d Rev. Mr. Moore. "

the r al procession' after leaving
n,, the passage leading to the
and his Royal Highness Prince
-wants filing off and entering the choir
the right. The King of Prussia and his
eft, approached the platform by a corre-
the left of the south isle. His Ma-
d in a field-marshal's uniform, entered
at nearest the font. Her Royal High-
Kent, who was led by the King of Prus-
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which had been brought
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'm with the sign of the Cross, (the arch-

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Willey then MOO the Oin of the Cross on the forehead of
his roy4l hiohneis,) in COkisil that hereafter he sboll cat be
ashamed to confess the faith of Christ cruciOed, and man-
fully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and
the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and Ser-
vant until his life's end. Amen."

"Seeing now, dearly belayed brethren, that this child is
regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let
us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and
with one accord make our prayers unto him, that this child
may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning."
_

His grace then handed the infant Prince back to the
Duchess of Buccleugh, who gave his royal highness to the

The Archbishop then proceeded with the service.
As soon as it was over her Majesty and Prince Albert,
having bowed to her royal visitors, retired with the royal
cortege in the same manner as it bad entered the chapel. Her
Majesty and Prince. Albert and his Royal Highness the in-
fant Prince, in the arms of its nurse, proceeded to the Chap-
ter room, which was elegantly and handsomely fitted up.

Again the sounds or artillery and military music were
beard, and gave evidence that the procession was returning
to the castle. His Majesty the King of Prussia paid great
attention to the ceremony, and from his great devotion in
the Protestant cause, it must have been one of great interest
to him. Not the least interesting portion was the infant
prince, a fair and lovely child, who was about to be initiated
into the principles of the Christian faith, and to buckle upon
him the armour by which alone he could safely fight the con-
test of life and death, and, insuring for
.himself an eternity
of happiness hereafter, be at once the safeguard_ and the
stronghold of Christian principles in this great land, over
which he is one day destined to rule—but be the time far
distant,—making it the sun and centre of the Christian faith,
until its rays are scattered over every land, and religious
light is given to the whole habitable world. The royal infant
went through the ceremony exceedingly well, though we
thought he winced slightly when the cold water was sprinkled
on his face. The scene, as a spectacle, beautiful as it was,
was by no means so brilliant as that which was exhibited at
the Chapel Royal on the occasion of the wedding of her
Majesty.- Perhaps it was in some measure owing to the in-
vitations having been so limited in number, and the chapel
consequently, so thinly attended. Very few of the seats at
the western end of the choir were occupied. Every facility
was afforded to the public. A gallery was erected in the
organ loft, from which a good view of the ceremony could
be had by those who had obtained tickets. The water from
the River Jordan in the royal font appeared to excite great
interest, and it was very soon exhausted by numerous fair ,
fingers, dipped into the font. Many handkerchiefs were
also saturated with it, and one little boy we overheard telling
his friends that he had well wetted his handkerchief that he
might squeeze the water out into a bottle. Some of the
same water was also contained in a pilgrim's bottle and a
stone and glass bottle, all of which- had been hermetically
sealed, and so brought from Syria, and thus its genuineness
guaranteed. _ The ceremony altogether was one of deep

solemnity and surpassing interest, and such as must live in
the memory of all who profess and feel deep veneration for
the beauties and the holiness of the Christian faith, which
has sustained, and will sustain, in undimitiished grandeur
this our native land, so long as its principles are worshipped

in simplicity and truth, and received with the same spotters
innocence as shone with a glorious lustre around the brow of
the royal infant prince.

THE BANQUET

The next attraction of the day to the visitors of Windsor
was the arrangement of the gold and silver plate at the ban-
quet to be given in the evening in St. George's-hall, by her
Majesty, to her royal and distinguished guests.

The following is'a description of the plate, which is valued.
at between £1,500,000 and £2,000,000, with the manner in
which it was displayed in the hall :—At each end of the hall
buffets had been erected, covered with crimson, and encased
in light Gothic screens. On these buffets the finest gold
shields, salvers, vases, tankards, and cups of the royal col-
lection were displayed among candelabra and sconces of silver
gilt, fitted with wax lights. The table for the banquet, which
was laid between these buffets, had a succession of gold can-
delabra and epergnes, reaching from one extremity to the
other, together with a great variety of vases and other orna-
ments of gold plate. The candelabra, which were of large
.size, contained wax lights: that in the middle of the table,.
opposite to the Queen's seat, was larger than any other, and
is known as the St. George candelabrum, the upper division
containing the combat of St. George with the dragon, in full
relief. The lower division has four figures, in full relief,
supporting shields, bearing the arms of England, Scotland,
and Ireland, and the Prince of Wales's plume. Near this
candelabrum were two others, one on either side, having a
representation of the garden of the Hesperides. The epergnes
were embellished with sculptured subjects, many of them from'
Flaxman's designs, and all of the most superior execution ;
dancing nymphs, piping fawns, and several allegorical marine
pieces were amongst the number.
Covers were laid for 140 persons, and the tables absolutely
groaned under the weight of the gilt silver plates deposited
upon them. For each guest a servant in the royal state livery
was in waiting, and even before the guests appeared the scene
in the hall was full of animation and splendour. When the
dinner was served, and the various viands were placed on the
side-tables, under the care of experienced carvers, a flourish
of trumpets gave notice of her Majesty's approach. At 20
minutes to eight o'clock her Majesty entered the hall, led in
by the King of Prussia. The band immediately struck up
the national anthem, and' continued playing it till her Ma-
jesty and the royal personages who are now her guests were
seated. Her Majesty, who wore a splendid tiara of diamonds,
which sparkled like stars, and which were surmounted by a
snowAvhite plume of feathers, was follbwed by her royal un-
cles and 'other noblemen. She took her seat between the
King of Prussia and the Duke of Sussex ; opposite to. her
was Prince Albert, who sat between the Dukes of Cambridge
and Wellington.
A short time before the dinner was concluded' the bag-
pipes of the 72nd regiment played a cheerful tune, and at the
conclusion of it two of the:pipers marched round the room,
playing one of their national melodies. At a quarter before
nine o'clock dinner was over, grace said, the cloth removed,
and a magnificent dessert, containing every delicacy both in
and out of season, was placed upon the table. Several pieces
of most exquisitely prepared confectionary, modelled under
the direction of Mr.:Mawditt, were then served up, and
from the profusion of flowers with which they were decorated,
it seemed as if a gay parterre had suddenly sprung up among
the other gay illusions of the scene. The wine sparkled on
the board. The Lord Steward then announced as a toast,

" His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." The company
then rose and drank it standing, her Majesty and the Prince
standing at the same time, and bowing their thanks. The
bands then played " Rule Britannia." A few minutes
elapsed, and the Lord Steward announced the next toast—
" The King of Prussia." The company then rose, the King
of Prussia standing at the same time and bowing thanks.
The Duke of Sussex stood awhile after the other guests were
seated, and we could not help suspecting that his Royal
Highness was inclined, in spite of court etiquette, to favour
the company with a speech. At last he, too. sat down, and
the wine proceeded, the band playing the Prussian national
anthem, " Vaterland."

The Lord Steward gave, as the next toast, " Her Majesty
the Queen." Again all stood, her Majesty among the num-
ber, returning her thanks by the most graceful and animated
bows. The band played " God save the Queen."
The next toast was, " His' Royal Highness Prince Albert,"
when the same ceremony was repeated by all present. The
band played the " Coburg March" in exquisite style, the
bugle notes being most skilfully introduced.
At a quarter to ten o'clock her Majesty rose from table,
and this was a signal for the ladies of her company to do the
same. Her Majesty waited till they were grouped around
her, and then returned to the grand reception-room. His
Royal Highness the Prince Albert then took the chair which
her Majesty had vacated, between the King of Prussia and
the Duke of Sussex, and the wine circulated freely for a short
period.

LONDON MONEY MARKET AND TRADE REPORT

WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The funds have been quiet and
firm to-day, with little business. There is no want of cash,
and the investments by the public, in the absence of other
operations, were just slifficient to support prices. Consols
for money closed 894 buyers ; Ditto for the Account, 804 to
1 ; Exchequer Bills, 17s. to 19s. premium ; Bank Stock, 1674
to 168 ; India Stock, 247 to 248 ' • Three per Cents Reduced,
891 to -1 ; Three and a Half per Cents Reduced, 994; Long
Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, 1860), 12 11-16 to 4 ; and India
Bonds, 10 to 12 premium.
The Foreign Securities were but little attended to ; the few
purchases in Spanish increased the value of that security,
and the Actives left off at 25+ to 4; Mexican, 204 to 30;
Danish, 804 to 814; Colombian, 22 to 4; Brazilian, 6-1 to
65 ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 334 to 34 ; Ditto, Three per
Cents, 20 to 1; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents, 51+ to 4;
Ditto, Five per Cents. 101. to 1.
In shares Cheltenham and Great Western were done at 14
to ; Great North of England, at 80; Great Western, at
86+; Liverpool and Manchester, at 199; Brighton, at 364;
Blackwall, at 114; Birmingham, at 169; Ditto, new. 284;
South Western, at 59 ; Croydon Trunk, at 12 ; Manchester
and Leeds, new, at 311; Midland Counties, at 80; Northern
and Eastern, at 33 : York and North Midland, at 921
Colonial, at 261 to 27 ; National Provincial Bank of Eng-
land, at 35 ex div. ; and Ditto, new, at 10 ex div.

TEA.—The sales adjourned from Monday, closed to-day;
8,869 packages passed, of which about 5,000 packages were
sold without alteration in prices; 179 packages of Assam tea

1O d.; Congou, 3s. 4d. to 3s. sd. • Campo,
ls. 2.sd. to 3s. Old. ; gouchong, 2s. 3d. to 4s. 3d. ; gouchong,
2s. Old. to 45.; Hyson, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 6 d. ; and young Hyson,
2s. lid. to 2s. 3d. Company's Congous are. Is. 101 d. per

—On the spot the_ price is quoted

at 48s. to

and for Februar

March, 48s

SUGAR.—There has been a good demand to-day for West
India, and the sales were 450 hhds. at about 6d. advance.
7,000 bags Mauritius, being mostly objected to as sulphury,
sold heavily at a deduction of Is. to 2s. per cwt. ; good to
fine, 68s. to 605.; yellow and gray, 58s. to 665.; 800 bags
Bengal sold at former prices, good and fine, 705. to 735. ;
mid. to good brown, 463. to 50s. Gd.
COFFEE.-200 casks and barrels plantation, chiefly Ja-
maica, partly sold at 635. to 81s. 6d. ; 653 bags Ceylon,
70s. Gd. to 735. for good to tine ord.; 260 bales Mocha, of
which 150 were taken in at 108 s„ and the remainder were
withdrawn ; 9.00 bags Porto Rico were taken in at 60s. Gd.
to 615., being high rates. The market is very firm.
Cocoa.-220 bags Trinidad were sold at 40s. to 425. 6d.
CASSIA.-1,560 chests sold at about Is. to 2s. decline,
middling fetching 745. to 755. Gd.
SALTPETRE.-400 bags Bengal were all bought in, mid.
gray, refraction 10, 265. to 265. 6d.

AWFUL VISITATION.—On Monday last, towards noon
a sudden and awful dispensation of Providence occurred to
Mrs. Elizabeth Hirst, wife of Mr. Samuel Hirst, of High-
street, Huddersfield. She had been most busily engaged
during the morning in her household avocations, and her pre-
parations for dinner were somewhat retarded; in order to
hasten the meal, she sat down to blow the fire, but in a few
minutes was seized with an attack of apoplexy, rose from
her chair, and staggered to the opposite side of the apartment,
sank down between two chairs, and, before any medical aid
could be procured, she breathed her last. She was 39 years
of age, of domestic habits, sober, and remarkably industrious.
She has left two young children of six and four years of age,
a son and a daughter, to lament her melancholy end.

A FACETIOUS WITNESS.—In a trial at our quarter ses-
sions, on Saturday last, for stealing
Willingham,
from the bed-
room of Mr. George Poynter, at 'Hingham, the_ following
conversation took place, on cross-examination,
prosecutor and Mr. Byles, counsel for the
Byles.--,Where do you live? Mr. Poynter.—At Willingham;
but lam not a Willingham man. What are
you ?—An en-
uineer ; I was apprenticed to Henry M a audsl partner. to
Sir lsambert Brunel, of Thames Tunnel notoriety.
what else are you ? Why, lam a gunsmith, locksmith, and
bell-hanger, iron-arm and lathemaker, edge-toolmaker, watch
and clockmaker and repairer, mathematical-instrumenta-
ker, weighing-machine, scale, &steelyardtnaker, knifemaker,
and grinder, publican and licensed-victualler, and an old man-
of-war's man, and was engaged in the glorious action between
the Shannon and the Chesapeake. In fact, lam half-brother
to Caleb Quotem. Are you not a conjuror as well?—Ohl
yes, that I am : Monsieur Testot was a fool to me ; and, if
you are willing, I will show you one or two tricks. What
can you do?—Well, if you will allow me, and not consider I
inn insulting, I will tell you. Oh! certainly; go on.—Then,
if you will just take off your wig, and get the gentleman next
you to greaseyour head, I will swallow you whole, and then
you wilr)# no more trouble to yourself nor any one else.
:(Loud iauehter, in which the court and the learned counsel
joiued.) Mr. tyles.—You may stand down, sir.—Cambridge
Independent.

ROYAL LIVER THEATRE,
CHURCH-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. HONEY,

And positively the Last Night of her appearance, being
engaged to pelform at the Theatre-Royal, Dublin, on
Monday next.
Mr. BALLS will appear for this Night only, on his way to
Dublin.
THIS present FRIDAY, Jan. 28, 1842, the Evening's
Entertainments will commence with the Operatical
Extravaganza, never acted here, entitled

HERO AND. LEANDER.
Leander (with songs) Mrs. Honey

By particular desire, Mrs. loney will sing, in character, her

celebrated song, " MY .EiEAUTIFT7i RHINE."
To which will be added, the laughable Farce, called
CORK LEGS.

Charles Paragon.. Mr. Balls. Kate O'Brien.. Mrs. Honey
To be followed by the laughable Interlude, called
THE FANCY BALL.
Captain O'Dedimus Mr. R. M. Raymond.
To conclude with a new Farce, never acted here, entitled

WOMAN 'S THE DEVIL.
Lady Brilliant
~,.
Spanish Dancer Mrs. Honey! !
Captain Bombshell. Mrs. Honey ! ! 1

TO-MORROW (Saturday), DESERTS OF SIBERIA,
TWO HUSBANDS, and SERGEANT OF HUSSARS.
On MONDAY next, Mr. COLLINS, the celebrated
Vocalist, from the Theatres-Royal Drury-Lane and Covent-
Garden, will make his appearance in the popular Drama of
PAUL CLIFFORD, being engaged for Six Nights only.

Ebr Zthrrpool attanbarif.

FRIDAY- MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1842

The approaching meeting of Parliament, of so much
moment to the nation for various reasons, is extremely
interesting in a theoretical point of view, as the first
for sessional purposes, since the passing of the reform
bill, in which the Conservative party are decidedly pre-
dominant in the House of Commons. It can scarcely
be denied by the most zealous of reformers that the
bill of " reform," par excellence, had a most deterio-
rating and injurious effect upon that assembly, and that
in the first and subsequent specimens which it afforded
of the " collective wisdom" of the nation, there was
a prodigious amount of collected folly. How many
eloquent gentlemen obtained seats from newly emanci-
pated boroughs in the first enthusiasm of victory, who
must have been most amazingly surprised to find
themselves invested with all the privileges and dignity
of parliament men, it would now be a difficult task to
calculate ; but every succeeding year made some seri-
ous reduction in their number. The nation gave many
symptoms of liking neither their method nor their
manners ; many of the worthies began to discover, on
their own behalf, that the discharging of parliamentary
duties diligently and effectively was a much less easy
or profitable task than they had supposed,—and that
declamatory speeches and protracted debates, wholly
unaccompanied by measures of substantial utility, were
far from giving unmixed satisfaction to their constitu-
ents. The waters began to settle after the revolution,
and by degrees the dregs, turned up by so much agi-
tation, sunk to the bottom and disappeared. The re-
formed House of Commons becomes at length tho-
roughly Conservative, and we are now about to witness
the operation of reform machinery successfully worked
by conservative hands—Conservatives and Radicals in
new characters, or, at least, in new places—and, we
should hope, a restoration of the good old times of
order, decorum, measured and moderate debate, with
much dispatch of real business, and all such improve-
ments in its conduct as time and the march of events
may have suggested or rendered necessary.

That the self-styled reformers will, in point of num-
ber, constitute an Opposition of great physical po-
tency, is a faCt which cannot by any means be gain-
sayed ; their morale is another affair; in this point of
view we are not aware of anything at all formidable
about them. Their morale was too rotten to keep
them, of itself, in office; and now that they are out of
it, we know not what purpose it can serve, but to hang
like a millstone about their necks.

An Opposition made up of such heterogeneous ele-
ments has but a single principle of cohesion, and that
is the common desire to possess themselves of the
good things of " place ;" but from a combination pro-
duced by such a cause, they gain no weight in outward
estimation. They must have, for this purpose, some
proclamation of popular measures—some catalogue of
grievances to he remedied, of rights to be established,
or of flattering hopes to be realized; and their moral
force will then greatly if not entirely depend on the
amount of pressure which, by the acceptability of these
ensigns, they may be able to get up from without.
Lord Palmerston, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Daniel
O'Connell constitute, it may be admitted, no ordinary,
or, if you please, quite an extraordinary triumvirate ;
but separately or conjointly, as chiefs on the adverse
part, what arc they, without a declaration of principles
or of measures, to invite the nation to support them?
And of this we have seen nothing but the abortive cry
of cheap sugar, cheap timber, and cheap corn—of
which the " three displaced" may stand as the repre-
sentatives, in whatever connection, seriatim, the reader
may think proper to assign them. " Free trade" is,
in fact, the single topic of which the Radical Opposi-
tion can hope to avail themselves for the purpose of
making
any impression on Sir Robert Peel's adminis-
tration. And even with regard to this solitary item,
how very remote will they find themselves from being
encouraged in its advocacy by an eternal support of
any real power or importance ? The frenzied and fa-
natical brawling of the Anti-Corn Law League has
long since emptied that solitary faction of all their

energy And all thPir influoucc; tho country goca no
with thorn; their fallacies have .last all power to de-
ceive ; and a parliamentary opposition which should
hope to do great things with such a lever would find
itself miserably deceived. What then have the trium-
virate to rely upon ? The distress of the manufactu-
rers.and the commercial difficulties of the country,
whatever they may be, are none of Sir Robert Peel's,
or of Conservative causation; and the nation is in-
clined to think that, with respect to the remedies ne-
cessary for their removal, the case is in quite as good
hands as it well can be. Unfortunately for the Oppo-
sition, the country is now in a very calm state, and
therefore extremely well prepared to give just appreci-
ation to discreet and moderate measures. It is a happy
effect produced by the personal influence of Sir Robert
Peel and his colleagues ; and this without a promise—
scarcely an intimation of any sort as to their future
plans, nor will thoSe plans, when they come to be
announced, militate in any degree against that influ-
ence, because they happen to be of a limited and pru-
dential character. In short, as the ministry of the right
honourable baronet had its origin in moral force, and
in the simple confidence which is created by talent as-
sociated with integrity, so we are convinced it will
continue to gain strength, and achieve greater victo-
ries, by a series of measures and course of action in
accordance with those powers. From an Opposition
so defective in all these important particulars, it has
nothing to fear. The contamination of O'Connellism
is upon them; they have even renewed their compact,
it is said, with that arch-disturber; and SO much the
better for ministers ; -for it is a damning faCt against
any party to be in alliance With that individual.

The nomination speech delivered by Mr. Gregory at
the Dublin election fully justifies the conservative party
in their choice of this gentleman, and shows him at
once to be a man of talent;and a very powerful speaker.
The " lord mayor " taunted him with his youth, and
dwelt at great length on Lord Morpeth's superior age
and experience The " age and experience " test, how-
ever, was shewn, by Mr. Gregory, with much force
and tact, to be anythiMg but satisfactory in the case of
his opponent. It may be a misfortune, certainly, some-
times, to be young and unknown, but it is not so great
in any case as to be ", old, and not trusted." The
worthy " lord mayor " stands forth himself a perfect
exemplification of the fact.
We cannot account for his offering himself as the
seconder of the absentee nobleman upon any other
principle than that of his entertaining a secret animo-
sity towards him. He probably looked upon the elec-
tion of any liberal as altogether a bad job, and there.
fore with the more alacrity undertook to do irreparable
damage to the cause of the noble lord: It is impossible
at all events to read Mr. Gregory's very effective speech
without believing that such was the fact ; he shows
that if there was any sincerity about the old buffoon of
the " red cloak and cocked hat," Lord Morpeth is one
of the last men whom he ought to support. Could the
old Jesuit have overlooked the fact that Lord Morpeth is
not the only one of the hated " Saxons," and not a repea-
ler, but of the pure blood of what the antiquated Ther-
sites has designated the " scoundrel aristocracy " of
England ? Could he have forgotten all his own
vituperation unsparingly poured out upon his lordship
for refusing to support his (O'Connell's) bill for a
sweeping enfranchisement in Ireland ? And could he
have either forgotten or forgiven the several occasions
(of which he was carefully and exactly reminded by
Mr. Gregory) in which the noble lord evinced his
determined, and as yet unrepented of, opposition to
the favourite scheme of the arch-demagogue--his one
and indispensable remedy for the grievances of his
country ? The inference naturally deducible from
such premises, is, that O'Connell was hypocritical in
his pretended support of the noble lord, and did not
care how soon, or how well, all his immediate creatures
or dependants became aware of the fact. There is yet
another ground for this supposition, in the seeming
hopelessness of " Sir Daniel " being able to reduce
the inheritor of the blood of the Howards into servile
dependence upon himself, so that he might count him
no more than an ordinary joint of his tail, like his son
Maurice or any other of his nominees. It is incon-
ceivable that Lord Morpeth would ever so degrade
himself as to become a puppet in the hands of such a
man; and of this O'Connell must have felt convinced.
Had he been sure of the return of a Liberal, Lord
Morpeth is not the man whom he would either pro-
pose or second.

The election of a member of the Dock Committee
to supply the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of
Mr Chapman will take place on Monday next; and we
beg earnestly to call the attention of the ratepayers to
the importance of securing the services of a gentleman
capable of efficiently discharging that important trust.
Mr. Chapman, we understand, has expressed his dis-
inclination to be again proposed ; and the Conservative
ratepayers have selected as their candidate William
Mann, Esq., of the firm of Stringer and Mann, an
extensive merchant and shipowner, a sound Conserva-
tive, and in every respect a gentleman calculated to
become a valuable member of the Committee. The
Radical party, we believe, are also prepared with a can-
didate, in the person of Mr. Benn, late alderman for
St. Anne's Ward, and a member of the Committee;
and we can confidently inform the ratepayers that a
strong effort will be made to secure his return.
Ws cannot too strongly impress upon our Conser-
vative friends the importance of unity and energy of
action upon this occasion. They may be told that an
election of a member of the Dock Trust is not a party
matter. We can assure them, however, that it is a
party matter, and must be a party matter. Upon the
eve of the election of a parliamentary representatise, it
is of the utmost importance that we should show to
the world and to the legislature that the Dock consti-
tuency—the commercial body in the town—is, like the,
borough constituency, eminently and decidedly C onser-
vative. At a moment like the present we can admit of
no hesitation upon this point ; and we call upon the
ratepayers of the town, as one man, to give their sup-
port to the Conservative candidate who offers his ser-
vices to them.

From his standing in business, his energy, and his
general and known ability, Mr. Mann, on merely per-
sonal grounds, possesses claims upon the Conservative
constituency quite equal to those of Mr. Benn, his
liberal opponent; and we do trust that our friends will
not he led by any appeal that may be held out to them
into a display of apathy and indolence on this occasion.
The contest, at such a crisis as the present especially,
must, we repeat, be a party contest. As such it is
viewed by our opponents; and as such, we do not hesi-
tate to say, a victory secuked for the Radical ex-
Alderman, by the neglect of Conservatives to do their
duty, would be represented to the prejudice of the
Conservative reputation of the borough at large.
We entreat, then, of every Conservative rate-payer,
to be at his post on Monday, and DO HIS DUTY.

We this day present to our readers a report of the
proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, held on
'Wednesday last, in the Cotton Sales Room, Exchange-
buildings, the results of which we have no doubt will
be highly gratifying to the shareholders. We regret
that we cannot give entire the very able document read
by Mr. Booth, their secretary, explanatory of the past
proceedings of the Board, and defining most satisfac-
torily their views with respect to the proposed junction
of the Liverpool and Manchester with the railways
south and east of Manchester. Its substance, how-
ever, will be found in the summary which we have
given ; and we have pleasure in stating that it was
received with the almost unanimous approbai ion of
the shareholders present ; and that, with respect to the
junction to be formed in Manchester, it fully corrobo-
rates the views which we have from time to time
maintained in the columns of the Liverpool Standard
upon this important subject.
To ourselves, as journalists, this identification of
opinion upon a question so momentous in itself, and
with respect to which the motives and even the per-
sonal honesty of the entire Liverpool and Manchester
Board have been unduly and, we think, shamelessly
attacked, is especially pleasing ; for, although in the
remarks which we have felt bound to make, in advo-
cacy of the very course which the Directors are pur-
suing, it has been assumed by a London contemporary
(the Railway Times) that we spoke as the organ of the
Board, we can assure our contemporary that we have
never had the slightest official communication with

that body upon thooubject, or recoi
preference at thGir bank although
plead guilty to some knowledge of Loe opinions gene-
rally held amongst tl
we do all other questions of public interest, upon
public grounds, and exercised upon it our own unbiassed
judgment. That we have been correct in the views
which we took the report now published will, we are
convinced, satisfy an impartial public ; and wo do think
that, after purusing that report, even the Railway
Times will scarcely persist in his present one-sided ad-
vocacy of the proceedings of the very self-complacent
gentlemen who compose the Manchester and Leeds
Board and their very presuthing officials.
Upon one point our contemporary insisted very
strongly in his last notice of our remarks upon this
subjectviz., the offer of the Leeds directors to gua-
rantee their present amount of dividends to the share-
hOlders of the Liverpool and Manchester line, in con-
sideration of their making the proposed junction. We
really cannot conceive how our contemporary could
suppose that the proprietors of a large and well ma-
naged undertaking, such as the Liverpool and Man-
chester Railway, could for a moment entertain the idea
of giving up, to the directors of a new and untried
concern, the entire management of their property,
which appears to be the only mode bywhich the proposal
of the Leeds and Manchester gentlemen can be legally
carried into effect. To lease the Liverpool and Man-
chester line to any set of directors under the sun is
about as preposterous a notion as we ever encountered ;
and 'the gentlemen who could make such a proposal
would certainly have no hesitation, on the score of mo-
desty, to propose leasing the Liverpool Dock Estate,
farming. our Corporation property, choosing our mayor,
aldermen and council, town-clerk, mace-bearers and

em. We took up the questi,m, as

all, and would even take off our hands the trouble of
choosing our two parliamentary representatives. We
are not Yet quite prepared to be dragged at the heels
of our magnificent Manchester neighbours after this
humiliating faShion.

Our Radical friends are very fond of proclaiming the
entire absence of party feeling at the various boards
and committees where they are the presiding genii,
and are incessant in their assertions that no instance
can be adduced of any political partiality being evinced
by those who belong to their side of the question.
We ask, however, if such be the case, why it is that
suchri. extraordinary discrepancy appears in the
amount paid for advertising in the Conservative and
Radical, press by the Board of Highways for the past
'half-year ? The sum of £23 18s. 4d. has been paid
to our opponents, whilst the whole of the Conservative
journals have:only received £ll 9s. 6d.
Is there no partiality here ? Are these favours
showered without distinction ? We wait for a reply,
and shall perhaps have something further. to say if we
obtain it.

On Monday next the Conservative constituency of
Liverpool will meet together at the Assembly Room
at the Queen's Arms, to determine upon a fitting can-
didate to supply the vacancy in the representation of
the borough, created by the elevation of Mr. Cresswell
to a seat upon the bench. Need we mention the
honoured name of the gallant offieer who will on that
'day present himself once more to the notice of the
electors? We need not. We venture to say that
&oar the-first hour in which the retirement of our late
member was known amongst us, the eyes, and the
affections, too, of nine-tenths of the loyal Conservatives
of Liverpool have turned towards him who has already
twice, and that, too, in days of difficulty and danger,
fought the battles of this constituency; and that on
Monday the voice of all that is loyal and conservative
within our loyal town, will be prepared to hail the
name of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS as that of the future
representative of this important borough.
Upon the eminent qualifications of Sir Howard we
need not enlarge. They have already been twice re-
cognised by the electors of Liverpool. As a soldier
jealous of the honour of his country—as a statesman
intimately acquainted with our colonial empire—with
high connections—of eminent talent and unswerving
integrity—and above all, of undoubted Protestantism
—Sir Howard Douglas possesses all the qualifications
required to enlist the suffrages of the electors in his
favour, if even we had no memory of his past services
to his country, or of his past devotion to the interests
of Liverpool herself—if we could forget that it was his
name which, in connexion with the honoured name of
SANDON, was first offered to us to aid in breaking
down the power of the Whig faction over our repre-
sentation. We trust, however, on Monday, and by the
issue of the approaching struggle, to be able to con-
vince Sir Howard, the public, and our opponents
in particular, that we are not thus forgetful—thus un-
grateful ; and that under the banner of their gallant
candidate the loyal Conservatives of Liverpool will
crowd together such a triumphant array of sound
hearts, and tried, and strong, and resistless hands as
will be sufficient to put down and defy all that craven,
abject, crestfallen Radicalism can bring forth to combat
it withal.

But will that pitiful thing, Radicalism, have the folly
to lift up its bruised head, or to lash its disjointed tail,
against us ? That is the question, we must confess,
which most interests us at the present moment. Ts
there spirit left in the poor insects that still swarm upon
the putrefying carcass of Liberalism to dare us to
brush them into the mud ? We fear not. The small
spechifyers who rant and rave in music-halls and tap-
rooms—the small-beer orators, frothy and acetous, who
hold forth weekly to bemused auditories upon corn-
laws and currency, salt junk, monopoly, and penny
postage the Heyworths and Rathbones—the Hol-
lands and Joneses—have, we are afraid, no more fight
in them than the leaves in a thrice-drawn temperance
teapot, or the hides and horns.of those sweet•smelling
cargoes which occasionally perfume the dock-sheds of
our port. The poor lost things will run about and
" look unutterable things" at us as we pasS in triumph
to the poll with our gallant candidate; but most as-
suredly they will attempt nothing of a more serious
natllre.

And yet there is one man amongst them—one dis-
tinguished man—upon whom we have a claim to fur-
nish us with a little recreation—Sir Joshua Walmsley,
Knight; where, pray, is he at this momentous crisis ?
Step forward, thou paragon of patriots—thou most
knowing of knights—and tell us what magniloquent
pen it was which, on the 30th day of June last, subse-
quent to the ever-to-be-remembered defeat of its owner,
recorded this solemn promise.
"I regard the present contest—which, so far as I
am concerned, shall not be the last—as but the begin-
ning of a series of contests, that shall not cease until
the abolition of all restrictions on industry and trade
shall either have been achieved by the party, who pro-
test against their injustice and impolicy, or wrung un-
willingly from those who now profit by them, and who
would persuade others that they are the source of ge-
neral welfare as they are of individual gain." In this
strain swaggered Sir Joshua Walmsley six months
ago. He, good man, would do all this; and most re-
spectfully and earnestly we ask of his friends