Huskisson Memorial

THIS TABLET A TRIBUTE OF PERSONAL RESPECT AND AFFECTION HAS BEEN PLACED HERE TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE ON THE 15TH OF SEPTR 1830 THE DAY OF THE OPENING OF THIS RAIL ROAD THE RIGHT HONBLE WILLIAM HUSKISSON M.P. SINGLED OUT BY THE DECREE OF AN INSCRUTABLE PROVIDENCE FROM THE MIDST OF THE DISTINGUISHED MULTITUDE THAT SURROUNDED HIM. IN THE FULL PRIDE OF HIS TALENTS AND THE PERFECTION OF HIS USEFULNESS MET WITH THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCASIONED HIS DEATH: WHICH DEPRIVED ENGLAND OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS STATESMAN AND LIVERPOOL OF ITS MOST HONORED REPRESENTATIVE WHICH CHANGED A MOMENT OF THE NOBLEST EXULTATION AND TRIUMPH THAT SCIENCE AND GENIUS HAD EVER ACHIEVED INTO ONE OF DESOLATION AND MOURNING: AND STRIKING TERROR INTO THE HEARTS OF ASSEMBLED THOUSANDS. BROUGHT HOME TO EVERY BOSOM THE FORGOTTEN TRUTH THAT "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH."