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EllEltiltit 4, 1855.1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Peopl e b °f l ee y.ntle who had peculiar opportu e.ajso a third acquainted with them. We iy , .. part of " The Imperial. Policy of .40f gl iZg much valuable information on . a el'Y With which the public is butlittle t o ,, • The deli htf 1 t - ` 4 tiee," i s g . u story entitled "Zaidee : fort continued with unabated interest .4d,t, ,le' of the heroine. In a review of vet tha t cgs Tennyson," the Poet Laureate itioarims, castigation which his maudlin pro , ePter of th e Illerits. This is followed byanother IL l crtl l .. v , e a musing " Notes on Canada and :oht Li f s2t State s of America." A paper on Oti ‘ ,l • ,t at „,_ Phr a ". l to th a re for the Holidays, Part 1.," is te 4 , ltl . "t e iprgan of slang, vulgarity, and 4' treatB far Life in London," which the ?oe a f ra ec to ,I .too tenderly. Such a paper is Ile icatitleelllsation. 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The piece we have i llt e l e o tte z ; the ' Morceau de salon," composed . ttit t 11 1 44 0 : second is one of a series of b"eiti k - ' ce maposed by Theodore Oesten, -41 ILe on; lkiggested by certain favourite 4 3 4; 4 rti ttil u efore us being from Rossini's l , fo t re t ko le et edi." The last-named is a ' It '-‘e • °Pen, of " Rigoletto," trans ' toid cli tlll 4 ll l l4ll o-fort e by W. Vincent Wal- ' et ed,hen 4 ,,eonsiderable taste and . judg- , 1 '0; 4 cr acuities of execution are -ezq, e a great favourite. 1 b b.2.1 - 1 / OR'S WIFE. 1 `-'oUnded on Facts.) . 1 44 1, :11 s . DY. kr 14 14 oirroN wrote a novel. -It was )le.ll extremely pretty study, abounding 4 4 7 8 , china inkstands, gold pens, green -448) mother-of-pearl leaf-cutters, musical 4140 f other incentives to literary labour. • it were read by the author to his lady-friends when he paid morning visits to them, and to gentleman-friends when they partook of a bachelor dinner with him • the hearers una nimously pronounced the work to be extremely interesting, and the reader fully coincided with them. Lorton was a man of independent fortune, and he resolved to publish on his own account. The proofs were corrected, and the novel came forth to the world, and Lorton appeared to "awake one morning and find himself famous," like Byron after the publication of " Childe Harold." But book-clubs and country libraries abstained from ordering it ; the superior reviews passed it over, the inferior ones thought it needless " to break a butterfly upon the wheel," therefore dismissed it with some such remark as, " A commonplace, insipid novel"—" A work 'singularly deficient in plot, character, and dialogue."—" We recommend the author of Cedar Cottage' to let his first work prove his last,"--and similar little specimens of mildly caustic disapprobation. Lorton was much to be pitied ; he had been so confident of the success of his novel, that he had introduced it to his friends with a flourish of trumpets, and had prepared himself most amiably to accept of the enconiums of the Edinburgh and Quarterly re views, a dozen invitations to stay at the country houses of literary peers of the realm, and a few friendly notes of congratulation from the leading novelists of the day. Poor Lorton ! after building so many delight ful castles in the air, it was very mortifying to find them so suddenly levelled with the ground ; however, his wounded vanity was destined to be healed in a very agreeable manner. Authors who are unfortunate in affairs of the heart, have been likened to Apollo, who " grasped at love and filled his arms with bays." Such an exchange was reversed in the case of Lorton ; the bays eluded his grasp, but love was favourable to him. At the house of a friend, Lorton was introduced to Ellen Tresham, the only daughter of a rich widow ; she possessed pleasing looks, engaging manners, an amiable temper, and an independent fortune, and it was evident that Lorton had made an impression upon her heart, for Lorton was young and handsome. Ellen Tresham read Lor ton's novel twice through, being the only person who had ever been known to have subjected themselves to such a penance. She declared that it was the very best novel of the season, (she must have been deeply in love to have thought so !) and she dimly hinted the possibility that it might have been kept in the background, owing to the machi nations of some of the jealous authors of the day. Nothing could be more prosperous than the whole course of Lawton's wooing. Ellen's mother gave a prompt and cheerful consent to his proposals, after she had ascertained that he had won the affections of her daughter ; and even Mr. Brans combe, the intimate friend of the family, found his enquiries respecting Lorton's funded property and moral character so very satisfactorily answered, that he did not make himself nearly so disagree able as friends of the family are wont to be on similar occasions. Branscombe, of course, made all arrangements concerning settlements and pin money, and some might have thought him rather exacting in the latter article, but Lorton received his dictation in very good part ; he had already an easy income—Ellen's fortune would make no contemptible addition to it, and he deemed it per fectly consistent that Ellen should have a hand some private allowance, feeling assured that she would never make an imprudent use of it. The wedding day arrived. Branscombe gave the bride away. Mrs. Tresham parted from her daughter with becoming fortitude, knowing that she was to live within the distance of a mile from her ; and the young couple took a delightful tour on the continent, and at the end of two months returned to Lorton's house, which had been in great part refurnished in honour of its new mistress. A year had elapsed, and Lorton, when the novelty of married life was over, felt a slight return of his old trouble—want of occupation, and said one day to his wife that " he had a great mind to try his fortune at another novel ; many Were unsuccessful in a first attempt, who acquitted themselves extremely well when a little more time and experience had matured their powers." Ellen was doubtful what answer to return to her perse vering husband ; it was true that "Cedar Cottage," as his work, appeared very interesting and clever in her eyes ; but she was aware that in this opinion she stood in a minority of one, and that Lorton's second work would probably be the means of renewing to him all the vexations and disappointments of his first. Something of this kind Ellen ventured to hint to Lorton ; but he was manifestly so wounded and grieved by her lukewarmness, that she quickly withdrew her opposition to his wishes, and the ensuing morning Lorton seated himself at his writing-table, and began his second novel. . When Mrs. Tresham was informed of her son in-law's renewed literary labours, she merely responded " Indeed, my love," to her daughter ; but when she next saw Branscombe, she expressed herself with more energy on the subject, saying that " she thought it quite a pity that Lorton should mistake his talent so much ; it was very evident that the public cared nothing about novels, unless they were extremely well written ; and there were abundance of ways of spending money far more desirable than transforming it into printed sheets of paper, to lay on the shelves of a publisher's warehouse." Such a speech from the gentle, placid Mrs. Tresham, was equal to a lecture or a lampoon from any other person ; and Branscombe imme diately called upon Ellen, and used all his influ ence with her to induce her to confer again with her husband on the subject, and prevail on him to burn the half-dozen sheets he had already written of " The Statesman's Daughter," such being the name of the new novel, for both Ellen and Lorton had considered that " Cedar Cottage" was far too simple and unassuming a title, and that it was desirable that the forthcoming work should enter the world under a more dignified appellation. Ellen, however, was quite resolved not to interfere with the literary propensities of her hushand ; "he loved employment," she said, "and what would be more elevating and delightful than the employment of the pen ? Lorton was perfectly happy at that moment in his study." "In proportion to his present happiness," said Branscombe, " will be his mortification when he finds that The Statesman's Daughter' will be quite as much neglected as Cedar Cottage.' " And are you sure it will be a defeat ?'"- timidly asked Ellen. " I was never more sure of anything in my life," replied Branscombe ; " and it is the office of a friend, and surely, Ellen, a wife ought to be the best and truest of friends, to tell poor Lorton that he is pursuing a cheating phantom, when he gives chase, a second time, to the capricious goddess Fame." _ _ " Might not friendship," said Ellen, " be shown in some other way than by giving unwelcome admonition ?" " I am at a loss to know in what way," said Branscombe ; "but if I can in any manner serve you or Lorton, Ellen, you must very well know that you may command my services." At length, " The Statesman's Daughter" was completed, and put into the hands of the pub lisher of " Cedar Cottage," and in due time was given forth to the reading world. Public opinion 1