The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-15 00:00:00

13ooKs THE BREEZE OF SPRING. Dull winter hastens to be gone, He's disappearing fast; The sunny hours are coming on, The stormy time is past. The ice no longer binds the Till, Nor snows their mantle fling. k and barren hill For every t 1 hear its music in the wood, s along the vale, where meiflowers in beauty r lingers in the dare; pon the primrose banks, And rests its merry wing; The drooping snowdrop kindly thanks The western breeze of Spring. well it knows where violets grow In the lone and shady lane; bids its sweet, blue fav'rites blow, And onward speeds again. It wakes the And they t , ivers of the field, flowers their sweetest cent the breeze c The blackbird, from t Renews his lively strain On topmost branches stands the t And times his throat amain: hawthorn bus' At close of evening calm and mild, He makes the forest ring With native woodnotes, clear and wild. He loves the breeze of Spring, The robin leaves his winter friends For hedge-rows far away— Above his mossy nest he ben And pipes his plaintive lay prising w merry mounting; s all his mizlit till A hundred voices fill the air, The sun shines warmly down soul•enlivenii g:—R. Townie LITERATURE. FOR REVIEW, &C, New Prints, Music, &c. ft at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red. sed " to the Editc ie LIVERPOOL STANDARD," IV they will be forwarde and rec attention The Cruise of the Challenger, Life-boat, and Voyage from Liverpool to London.—London : William Pickering. This smartly written publication runs full tilt against the popular error, that boats which can be upset, swamped, or water-logged by any contingen cies of winds or waves in the open seas, are worthy the name of Life-boats. " A Life-boat," say the authors, " should be so constructed as to take care of itself, no contingencies of winds or waves should be able to affect it." The most perfect principle of buoyancy known, they assert, is displayed in Colonel Blanchard's bridge pontoons ; and on this principle their tubular boat, " The Challenger," was built. To a detail of her advantages, and a relation of her exploits, the present book is dedicated. None have dared to accept her chal lenges. None have dared, like her, to take eighty persons on their side, and to let sixty rush and jump on board at once; to anchor broadside on, in a heavy surf; to tow before a gale of wind, with sixty fathoms cable ; to beach on a lee shore through a heavy surf, with one person on board to every foot in length ; land the passengers, and pull off again. As many of our readers know, she is a double boat, with a grated deck, on which her crew are carried high and dry. The buoyant principle is below them, and is hermetically sealed. "Life ships or steamers, of the largest size, as well as the smallest boats, can be constructed on this principle, and at a considerable diminution of expense. Vessels of the first-class might sail over sand-banks, in a few feet water, and enter shallow ports, even Tun ashore in sandy bays with safety." The account of the cruise of the Challenger from Liverpool to London, is written with great vivacity; and even the details of the journey from Manchester, where the boat was constructed, to the Mersey are not destitute of interest. While in the Mersey, Mr. Richardson's crew played some pretty tricks on the unsophisticated natives : A FRENCH INVASION Late in the evening we sailed for Lytham, and had some difficulty in threading our way through the shoals, which tested Sam Johnson's skill and knowledge. It was dark and foggy when we arrived at Lytham, still there were a great many people on the shore, and evidently alarmed at our novel, and sudden appearance ; this causing amusement, we hailed them in French ; and fired our brass swivel gun ; the effect was prodigious, all fled like a flock of frightened sheep, shouting that a French logger had landed. In the morning, also, when approach.. ing Southport, a fishing-boat with an immense lug-sail bore down for us, and, when nearly alongside, lowered their lug, and lay to to observe us ; we then fired our gun and steered for them, when with hurried haste they hoisted their lug, and put before the wind ; but, observ ing us laughing, soon after returned, declaring that they could not conceive what we were. These occurrences gave us the idea of procuring masks, which afterwards, in our voyage round the coast of Wales, caused such terror and amusement. With the fate of the unfortunate Rhyl boat fresh in his memory, no one can peruse the Messrs. Richardson's recital of their voyage without the deepest interest. Theirs was decidedly one of the most gallant deeds of modern days ; and while their log reads like a romance, it will be deemed still more precious as an assurance that a life-boat has at length been provided which will, doubtless, be the means of averting many calamities at sea. We heartily wish the public-spirited inventors that suc cess which they so well deserve, but which a suspi cious and eccentric public are so frequently un willing to accord. LAUNCHES. At noon on Saturday, the largest iron sailing ves sel ever built in Liverpool was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Jordan, and Getty, Sefton-street. Her dimensions are, 166 feet, length of keel ; rake of stern, 18 feet ; extreme breadth, 34 feet ; depth of hold amid ships, 21 feet 6 inches; re 1,000 tons. She has tereJ burthen, upward and elegantly a topgallant forecastle. tifully into the river, where her -rtions excited the admiration of a numL. 'Assembled to witness the launch. Her owner. Clint and Son. - carved. . . elliptical stern, lightly 'muse on deck and She has The nob ship glided beau symmetrical pro- rous com- the Australian trad e, for whic suited, althoug for the New Orle h she prop was struck away, geline," by Miss Cint and Son played several I we understand, intend She is peculiarly originally contemplated The moment before the last e was christened " The Evan The band of Messrs Rogers )wed into the operation. The vessel Brunswick Dock, where a large company, composed friends of the owners and builders, partook of a 6jefinci , provided by Mr. Fisk, of Castle-street. The Evangeline is the largest iron ship ever built in Liverpool. The figure-head, which is a very tastefully executed work of art, represents the gr ace f u l h ero i ne o f Long 'tpoem, where the lonely pilgrim of love, • in years and sorrow, becomes a Sister of The carving of the Evangeline, which was red for its chaste and effective simplicity, was Messrs. Allan and Co. The:Evangeline is a , ; will carry an immense cargo on a ter, Iron ancinz 31ercy much - ad ti :ecuted t fine-modelled ves moderate draft cf oected to sail fast, r great body, and is e. s a very good entrance -- - tine run aft. She is also an eligible ship for passengers ; her between decks are made lofty, say seven feet in the clear; her kelson is made girder fashion, to stiffen her bottom and carry water. Messrs. Jordan and Getty were the first to introduce this principle in a vessel they built called the Tubal-Cain, now in the service of the Govern ment at Calcutta and Rangoon. About noon on the same day an elegant and graceful screw-steamer, named the San Marco, of about 250 tons burthen, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Son, Brunswick Dock. She is intended for the service of the Australian Lloyds, in the Mediterranean, and is to be fitted with engines of GO-horse p ow er, which are being made by Messrs. James Watt and Co., of Soho, Birmingham, who have great celebrity as marine engineers. This vessel is similar to the San Guist° lately built by the same firm. They have also another vessel on the stocks, nearly completed, which is like them in all respects. We observe preparations in this yard for a large paddle-wheel steamer, for the Londonderry trade, which, it is expected, will be ready for launching in the summer. The engines for this vessel are of 320-horse power, on the side-lever principle, and are being e on _ structed by our eminent townsmen, Messrs. Fawcett, Preston and Co. . On Wednesday last, a barque, which, for some time past, has been an object of admiration to connoi sews was launched from the building,-yard of Mr. John Pile. The latest improvements have been made upon her iron plates. and outf i t, and her rigging will be set up w i t h plates. Her register tonnage is 700 tons, and she is classed A 1 ten years. Sh e i s the property of S. A. Gibb, E sq., and i t i s intended to lay her on for the China trade, her commander, being Captain Howard , late of the Panic, of Liverpool.—Sunderland News. OVERLAND INDIA MAIL.. BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH, MARSEILLES, MARCH 13. The India Mail has arrived. The dates are—Calcutta, Feb. 5 ; Bombay, Feb. 12 ; Rangoon, Jan. 13 ; and China, Jan. 13. In reference to the revolution at Ave, the Kin g h a d been deposed by his brother. An Ambassador had set out for the capital. Commerce in India was active. Exchange 2s. lad. STEAM-SHIP ANTELOPE. — This fine vessel left the RomAs's". LIBERALITY.—That eminent champion of Mersey at 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning, with her full Romanisrn, the Grand D u k e o f Tuscany, h as con f erre d co mplement of 140 passen gers , a l ar ge and valuable cargo, and a go o d amount of specie. She passe d t h e North the honour of knighthood of the Orde r of St. Joseph upon west Lightship at 12 10, was off Point Lynas at 4 p.m., the Jew Rothschild, in consid era ti on o f t h e serv i c e of and passed Holyhead at 6m. This is a good result, as that wealthy unbeliever in negot i at i ng a loan. C an the vessel was fully loade p d and had a strong breeze liberality go beyond this ? A Jew admitted to an order against her. She calls at Queenstown, Madeira, Cape de dedicated to the husband of the Blessed Virgin, and con- iVerde, and Cape of Good Hope, to replenish coals and ferred by a prince who imprisons men and women for fuel ; and we believe the arrangements are so complete daring to read the " Testament" of the Divine Son of i that the delay experienced by other steamers need not be that blessed Virgin ! apprehended. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1853. 1 DEPARTURE OF THE MARCO POLO. I DURING the latter part of last week the fine ship Marco Polo lay In the river, and her smart figure and ship-shape appearance, exciting general admiration, attracted not a few of the inhabitants riverwards, to obtain a parting glance of this favourite vessel. On Friday, an absurd rumour was spread through the town that her crew - hae. deserted. On inquiry in the proper quarter, the rumour was soon proved to be a mere emanation from individuals whose wish was doubtless " father to the thought." The Marco Polo was on that day the only vessel in the river with her full complement of hands-65 in numb worthy of note that these men receive the handsome sum of £5 per month, the average pay being about £3 103. On Saturday another rumour became current, to the effect that two hundred of the passengers had come ashore —the inference being that they took this step from dis- satisfaction with the arrangements on board. So far from this being true, we are able to say, from personal iobservation, that a happier or more contented body of passengers we never saw. Though a great amount of disorder necessarily prevailed on deck, and matters had not settled down into the comfortable routine which would follow the organisation of a constabulary force, on board, those who had spent several nights in the ship seemed the most contented and comfortable. The only people who complained, were a couple of Cockneys, who found fault with the berths, stigmatised the delicious soup served at dinner in the second cabin, professed that the waiting was the most inefficient, and who finally endea voured to originate and organise an emeute among the passengers. In this attempt, they were, fortunately, un • successful. A quiet old gentleman speedily took them down ,when they were proposing an " indignation meet ing," by a little pleasantry, at the expense of their ante cedents, which touched the representatives of Cockney dom to the quick, and in a moment destroyed all tile little influence they previously wielded over their fellow passengers. It is invariably found, we may here remark, that the most troublesome and offensive class of passen gers are the Londoners, and no agent or captain need try to remove the grievances of which they complain, while their fellow-passengers will invariably discover that they are as selfish as they are discontented. On Saturday night an incident occurred which put the passengers on the qei rice. One of our shrewdest detectives, accompanied by another officer, went on board, and taking a passenger on one side, said, " Your name is Ephraim Jacobs ?" " I have the honour of bearing that name." " You car ried on business in Fetter-lane, London ?" " I did." "You were seen, on Wednesday, in company with So and so, at Manchester." " I dare say I was." " You came to Liverpool on Thursday?'' " True," responded the astounded emigrant, evidently perplexed. " There have been two serious robberies of watches at Man chester, and it is suspected that you had some connexion with them. I must search your box." The man pro tested and swore; but the box was opened, and in it were found a considerable number of watches of every description. He asserted that they were his own pro perty, and that he was taking them out as a specula tion ; and the officers, being unable to identify any of them as part of the stolen property, were obliged to leave him in undisturbed possession. We have been assured that this man's stock of watches and valuable jewellery was of a most varied and extensive character. Mr. Ephraim Jacobs was attended by his better half, and no one could have dreamed from their appearance that they were the owners of a complete El dorado of watches, stored safely away in their berth. The Marco Polo, which then lay off the Prince's-pier, took her departure hence for Melbourne, about ten o'clock, on the morning of Sunday. She had 648 passengers on board, and £90,000 specie on freight, of which £73,000 was from London, and the remainder from Liverpool houses. Soon after daylight the ship was " hove short" for the purpose of waiting for the mails, which were brought on board about half•paet seven o'clock. The morning, which was somewhat dull and hazy, cleared up beautifully after breakfast ; and at a little after ten o'clock the anchor was weighed, and the noble ship towed out of the river by the powerful steam-tug independence. Hun dreds of people had assembled on the shore from an early hour, and as the gallant ship glided down the river-- schareing several parting salUtes—loud and hearty cheers burst from the pierhead, which were gratefully re turned by the crowd of emigrants on hoard. Mr. Baines and Mr. Miller ' two of the owners, and a nu m b er o f th e i r personal friends, proceeded in the ship several miles beyond the Northwest Lightship, returning with the pilot, in the Independence, in the afternoon. The day was serene and mild, and the ship glided through the water without any motion being perceptible by those on board. Everybody seemed in high spirits, and none more so than certain lonely maidens on the shady side of forty, who were betaking them selves to the land of gold, apparently with the hopeful trust that " a good time was comiug. ' We observed several young ladies, who were said to be under the care of Mrs. James, of London,—a Mrs. Chisholm on a small scale—and whose operations would appear to be conducted among a different class of people : one of her prot6.46es, a lively and vivacious girl, having been pointed out to us as the daughter of an influential banker. That there were not more of the fair sex on board, appeared to be a matter of much regret. One young gentleman, a broken-down " man about town" apparently, and whose incipient moustache and budding imperial showed that he was shaping his course for the diggings, was heard to express his sorrow that there were not more ladies amongst them, " they exercised such a humanizing tendency on man kind !" He expressed a lively interest in the banker's daughter, and we are afraid that the domain of the good Mrs. James will require to be carefully watched by that respected lady. The emigrants are composed principally of a highly respectable class, who must prove useful to a rising colony, and deprive the mother-country of a consi derable amount of labour, and some of her best and most spirited citizens. Among the first-cabin passengers, we observed a goodly number of Germans. We spoke to one lady, who sat aside, intently reading the " Progress," and whose early training, in the " North Countrie," was exhibited in the reserved Sunday like silence and abstraction which she maintained in the bustle and merriment of the crowd around her. She and a few more were Scotch ; but the English passengers preponderated. The sister isle was appro priately represented by a young barrister, a first-class passenger, who has left a good practice in London for the land of nuggets. He is a fine, jolly fellow, and, we believe, is a native of Belfast, where his family is one of the most influential and respectable. Dressed in huge sea-boots, a blue shirt, and a marine cap, he lent a ready hand in hoisting the anchor and spreading the sails, and joined in the boisterous refrains with evident pleasure. When the vessel had proceeded some distance past the Rock, the emigrants were ordered on deck for the purpose of answering to the muster-roll. " Search well below, doctor," exclaimed the captain, to an ebony cook bearing the patronymic of Dr. Johnson ; "and if you find any stow-a-ways put them overboard,slick." " Ugh, ugh !" chuckled the sable doctor, as he shuffled below. In the course of a little time be re-appeared from the lower regions with an unfortunate Irishman, whom he had found concealed in the berth of a married couple. " Secure him, and keep watch over the lubber ; and deposit him on the first iceberg we find in 60 South !" exclaimed the cap tain. The poor " stow-a-way" trembled in his shoes, for the fear of a righteous ducking in the salt brine evidently suggested if selfto the poor wretch. He was put on board the tug when she parted company with the ship, and placed once more on shore, a wandering " ne'er-do weel." One feature developed very prominently among the passengers was the passion for note taking. If only half the number who were taking fierce notes on board during the first three hours of the voyage continue to labour as industriously every day, and put each a portion of his lucubrations in print, there will be a fearful inun dation of naval literature in the land. On the poop, at the bows, and under the lea of the mainmast, indefinite articles, note book i❑ hand and spectacles on nose, watched with open mouth and eyes " tightly skinned" to chronicle the last cheer from the shore, the last chime of the church bells, stopping occasionally to jot down the captain's last joke, or the latest grimace of the ebony Dr. Johnson. To show that the passengers are not likely to be often troubled with the gnawings of hunger, we give a few items specify ing the amount of provisions on board :-40 tons of fresh beef, 60 live pigs, 40 sheep, 100 dozen of fowls. 5 dozen of geese, 5 dozen of turkeys, 400 barrels of flour, 600 barrels of bread, 350 tons of water, &c. . . Captain Forbes is taking with him a beautiful picture, by Mr. Walters, of Liverpool, which represents the Marco Polo coming round Crosby Lightship, under a very heavy pressure of canvass. He intends it as a present to the Town-hall of Melbourne. There is one fact with reference to the Marco Polo's sailing on a Sannay which is worth recording. it is Captain F . Orbes's favourite day ; and for this reason. He left Liverpool for Melbourne, on his last voyage, on a Sunday; crossed the Line on a Sunday ; sighted the Cape on a Sunday; arrived at Mel bourne on a Sunday ; left Melbourne on a Sunday ; sighted the Cape on a Sunday ; recrossed the line on a Sunday; and arrived in the Mersey on a Sunday. Capt. Forbes is, we understand, a native of Aberdeen, and it is not a little to the credit of that remote city of the north that, while her clippers are the smartest afloat, she has produced a seaman, who has accomplished the quickest passage to and from Australia on record, and who seems confident that he will again realise his first triumph. And when we hear practical men like Mr. J. T. Towson, the inventor of composite sailing, declaring that that unprecedented voyage was the result not of mere chance but of skill, and that Captain Forbes had combatted and overcome difficulties which had well nigh paralyzed the genius of a Columbus—we have good reason to believe that the distinguished seaman will realize his anticipa tions, and be once more in the Mersey ere s;rz months have elapsed. The owners of the Marco Polo have in their possession the model of a splendid clipper-ship, of 1491 tons burthen, w hi c h it i s t h e i r i ntent i on to h ave built in Liverpool f or th e A ustra li an trade. Capta i n Forbes will have the command, besides having an interest in the vessel ; and the command of the Marco Polo will devolve upon Mr. Macdonald, her first officer. We understand that Messrs. Jordan and Getty are the builders selected for the task of constructing this new vessel. Before concluding this account of the Marco Polo's de parture, we may mention that a coup l e of " detectives " i were on board, n company with a respectable lady, ad vanced in years, endeavouring to discover the whereabouts of some persan supposed to be on board, and who had, before leaving home, embezzled large sums of money. If the guilty party was on board —and a rumour to that effect was current—he certainly succeeded in evading the officers of justice, and the Independence tug b roug h t the latest strangers on board into the Mersey with no culprit on board save the miserable stowaway. CORRESPONDENCE. THE ROSCOE CENTENARY. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith; this is indispensably requisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. THE MAYOR'S SOIREE. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD have read the various newspaper accounts of the elegant entertainment given by his Worship the Mayor on Tuesday evening last with considerable disappointment. This soiree was one of a series which it is believed the Mayor in tends to give, and, with one exception, unprecedented at the To wn-hal I. As an experiment and improvement upon the stately and formal dinners to which hitherto civic hospitalities have been confined, I-expected the Press would have warmly encouraged the Mayor in his liberal design; hence its coldness and apathy are to be the more regretted. What could any rational lady or gentleman require that Tuesday's soiree did not supply ? What method of passing two or three hours could be more elegant or refined ? '—to say nothing of the splendid suite of rooms, adorned with exquisite flowers, and enlivened with delightful music—promenading— meeting at each moment with friends and acquaintances-- twenty minutes of charming music, requiring the conversation only to be-subdued, not suppressed —a cup of coffee—an ice—a glance at beautifully illustrated books or curious autographs— a few glees, a clever solo on the flute, and then an elegant supper—the Mayor mingling with his guests, tnd receiving and paying the usual courtesies of an host. Such w•as the enter tainment provided. The Mayor not only deserves great praise for his liberality, but also for his tact. The rooms were just pleasantly full, and no more. The company were admirably adapted in age and social position to each other; and as a large number of those present had seen the wrong side of forty, theabsence of dancing was rather pleasing than otherwise. The great charm of the entertainment consisted, however, in the presence of the ladies. Many of those invited, of whom I am one, feel grateful to the Mayor for the pleasing opportunity afforded us of escort- 17, our wires through that magnificent suite of rooms, and thus affording the ladies a gratification which hitherto has only been enjoyed by their husbands. This alone would be a suffi- cient justification for such a decided improvement in the civic hospitality of ci-derant mayors, rendered still more agreeable by the absence of headache, and aptness for busness the next morning. Had your contemporaries done their duty, this notice would have been unnecessary ; but I feel that remarks such as I have made are fairly due to Mr. Samuel Holme. One good effect of such re-unions I have entirely omitted to notice—viz., the im portant benefits conferred upon the tradesmen of the town by the necessary expenditure in articles of dress and luxury by the guests on such an occasion.—l am, Sir, your constant reader, H. C. B. Liverpool,l4th March, 1853, LETTERS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS.—No. DOMESTIC COOKERY To Me EDITOR of Me LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sr n,—l am not about to weary your readers with any details of those culinary processes, which, however interesting in (heir results, are usually eschewed by all but the actual practisers in the kitchen. Of all modern literature, cookery-hocks are the least readable, and for the simple reason that they repeat themselves in unintelligible directions to do certain things which none but experienced hands can pertorm,—and they seldom require such instructions. My object, however, is to direct attention to the utter want of originality and powers of invention in this all-important art, and the unmeaning same ness with which, day after day and month after month, an almost similar round of duties is performed. With few ex ceptions, the science of cookery is thought beneath the dignity of intellectual man, and its study is confined to those who scarcely think it worth a thought beyond that of preparing a limited variety of dishes after certain well-established modes of procedure. This ill-deserved contempt by the great ma jority arises chiefly from an erroneous notion of the great im portance of cookery as one of the chief arts of civilised life. We seem to forget that while Nature has provided abundance of food for all the animal creation, man alone has little that is suited for his sustenance without the aid of fire, and that the preparation of his food by this aid, in order to fit it for the nourishment of his body, constitutes the art of cookery. There is hardly a production of the earth, either of animal or vegetable matter, that might not, by a judicious and skilful application of heat, be rendered good for food. Our varying tastes lead us to desire a corresponding variety of aliment:mi yet, with an occasional dread of scarcity staring us in the face—as was the case when the late Sir Robert Peel made the potato disease an instrument of frightening the parliament into a repeal of the Corn-laws—we ring almost the same changes upon the same articles which satisfied the appetites of our ancestors. Of the four-footed beasts which walk the earth, oxen, sheep, and swine seem to content us; and to assimilate their flesh into nutriment, roasting and boiling are the only variation. Of the many birds which wing the air, how few does man sacrifice to his necessities ; and of the finny tribe, how small is the cata logue of the fishmonger compared with that of the ichthyolo gist. Of the seeds of plants, wheat forms our staple and almost our sole food; while of fruits and vegetables the list is very limited. It would appear as though man's inventive genius had been absorbed in mechanical contrivances for clothing, ornament, and means of communication, leaving the first great want—the one of all others absolutely indispensable —the sustenance of his bodily frame—as one beyond the reach of improvement, except such ingenious devices as may pamper the palate of the epicure. It may be, and no doubt is, difficult to induce people to accept as food things to which they have been unaccustomed ; but we must not forget that many commodities of almost uni versal consumption are only enjoyed through an acquired taste, for which, perhaps, fashion has set the exampre. Take the case of tea, which possesses anything but a pleasant flavour to the uninitiated, and yet it is largely consumed; and the same remark will apply to many other beverages which, pos sessing no attraction within themselves, have by use become to be considered almost as necessaries. I shall not, however, suggest any new element to be brought within the list of our sources of supply, but content myself with referring to those which are generally admitted into consumption. With them it is the mode of preparation which is at fault—for the simple reason that we seem content to tread in the beaten path of those which have gone before us, leaving all the inventive skill in this direction to be confined to puddings and tarts, and such things as make up the mere ornaments of a meal. With the many thousands in the middle ranks of life, to most of whom the expense is a matter of some importance, the routine of the daily meals is followed with unvarying regularity, as though there was a Kind of heresy in striking into a new path. For breakfast, bread, plain or toasted, and spread with butter, perhaps accompanied with an egg, a rasher, or a herring, and diluted with tea or coffee; for dinner, the joint of an ox, sheep, or swine, either roasted or boiled, with potatoes and perhaps some green vegetables and bread. The third meal is merely a repetition of the first, and those who study their health make it the last. Ido not propose that all this should be altered— that we should at once discard our well•tried friends to which accustomed, and take up the customs of the Continent, where, however palatable may he the dishes, an ignorance of their contents is bliss ; but I would suggest that much more attention is due to the subject than it has hitherto received in respect to the economical mode of preparation. Our cookery-books, instead of giving receipts for known pro cesses, should instruct our housekeepers in the art to which Liebig and others have given such valuable aid. The great end at which to arrive is the conversion of the cheapest mate rials, in the most practicable mode, so as to yield tl:e largest amount of nutriment; and if the science of chemistry had done as much for this end as it has done for our manufactures, I think it would be found that the cost of feeding the family would not form so large an item in the household expenditure we have been so for as it does at present, It will not be necessary to specify any particular mode by which this end may be reached ; but I might suggest that some little progress was made in this direction when the celebrated M. Soyer devised means for supplying the wants of the starving Irish population a few years since. He did, however, only point out the way, which was afterwards but little followed, and now almost abandoned ; and I have thrown out these few hints in the hope that some of those who are equal to the task will turn their attention to this important branch of domestic EPHRA. economy.—l am, Sir, &c., THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Although the motion for the repeal of the grant to Maynooth has been lost, Protestants have ample reason to be gratified with the steady progress of their cause. The London Times, hitherto a staunch pleader for the continuation of the grant, admitted that its days were numbered ; and there can be no question that, with perseverance for a short time longer, victory will be ours. Had the prefended objectors to State en dowments of religion acted according to their professions, the grant would have been repealed at the last division, as the fol lowing analysis proves:— Ayes Paired off Voted by mistake Accidentally excluded 162 Noes 10 Paired 0ff.... 1 Voted by mistake * Add Dissenters as per contra t Add ditto who abstained from voting _ Deduct Dissenters who say 12 they are opposed to en ' dowments, but who voted 7 contrarily . 193 Majority against the grant In this analysis I take no notice of the Romanist members of parliament, for although they, like the Dissenters, contend for the voluntary principle when haranguing at the hustings, no sane man expected that they would vote for the abolition of the grant.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, 8f h March, 1853 ANGLICANUS. * T. Barnes. Coffin, F. Crossly, G. Goodman, G. Had field, W. A. Wilkinson,NV J. Heywood, J. L. King, K. Milligan, W. P. Price, E. Strutt, Thornely. t C. Hindley, E. Miall, S. M. Peto, T. Alcock, W. Biggs, S. Carter, J. B. Smith. QUESTIONABLE SPORT. —The Court Circulars of the daily papers frequently state that " His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting:" But we remark that they never report his bringing home any game. PORTRAIT OF RICHARD COBDEN (FROM THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE.) We once asked a bluff, hearty specimen of the old English Radical, " What do you think of Mr. Cobden ?" We shall never forget his reply. His answer was terse and emphatic, and the sequel has shown it to be true — "You may rely uoon it, Cobden is sharp and shallow." To a clear head and an active temper, Richard Cobden united a fluent tongue and a vulgarly ambitious nature. Bred in Manchester life, be possessed the flippant and ever ready adroitness, the familiarity with current facts, and proficiency in the skin-deep political economy, which is ever found in the half-read sciolists of the saucy and sectarian school of Manchester politics. He came upon English political lire at a time when there was a want of an effective tribune and active popular speaker. Cobbett, Le rnair His worship the Mayor, in an eloquent speech, re joiced at the occurrence of that magnificent meet ing ; for it was a gratification in these days of ex citement, that then were. broad and neutral spots where men of all - . • ,• in talent worth a thousand (job . dens, had died in 1533: Henry Hunt was, in all senses of the term, no more. Mr. Joseph Hume had no talents for stirring popular assem blies or exciting the multitude; and the only exaggerations in which he was proficient were of the arithmetical kind. in amity, without 'the sacrifice of a single principle, but for the purpose of doing honour tl those who have been celebrated and illustrious. Whether they agreed in the political or r,digious opinions of their illustrious towns man or not, Ihey could all join in a tribute of admiration to the benevolence of his character, the singular elegance and cultivation of his mind. As he never obtruded his re ligious opinions,upon others, the theme was too sacred to be touched upon while he was mouldering in his grave.— (Great applause.) Mr. Holme was followed by the Lord Bishop of Chester, who addressed the meeting with an especial reference to the intimate and friendly connexion between literature and commerce. In the fame of Roscoe the happiest incident of all was that the writings by which it had been gained contained no single sentiment, no single line, that could weaken the principles of right and wrong, or taint or sully moral purity.—(Loud cheers.) His fame belonged to the nation, to the country at large, and to its literature ; yet his name possessed an especial claim to commemoration here, because Liverpool was his birth place, and his home, in its sunshine and in its shade. Having spoken of the influence of commerce in extending the range of learning, and made an eloquent appeal in behalf of circulating the Book of Life among poor emigrants, his lordship dilated on the influence which learning exercises in giving elevation and dignity to the pursuits of commerce. He alluded to the Collegiate Institution, which was under a most able principal, who was both an accomplished scholar and a popular man ; and, who, in conjunction with his immediate predecessor in that office, had recently made a valuable contribution to the sacred literature of our country, by his share in their joint work. " The Ministry of St. Paul." He also referred to the Royal Institution, and to Mr. Turner. the accomplished translator of Herodotus. Remem bering how closely Roscoe's name was linked with the literary institutions of the town, he hoped be would not be out of place in commending those institutions to their continued favour and an increased measure of their patronage. He also made an appeal that those present would be, what Roscoe was, in his day, patron of the education of the poor. The right rev. prelate concluded by stating that he had gladly joined in the proceedings of the day, to do honour to a learned man, a most eloquent historian, and, not least, a great benefactor of his native town. Mr. George Grote, with all the convictions, had none of the capacities specially required for an English Radical reformer, and, greatly to the advantage of historical literature, abandoned the impulses of progressive Liberal ism for the interest of permanent literature. Mr. Henry Warburton was a mere superannuated encyclopedia in breeches, full of facts that had lost their significance, sometimes consulted, but generally neglected. Mr. Thomas Duncornbe was a mere dandy demagogue, a plea sing declaimer of platform platitudes—a well-bred, good natured, political humbug, that laughed at himself and all mankind. Mr. Thomas Wakley, his colleague, had more talent than truth, more cleverness than character; a man whose tongue was often listened to, but rarely trusted. In those days, 1834 to 1841, there was only first-class democratic genius, one far-famed popular speaker, but a host of influences, which, over his recent grave, it would be invidious to characterise, interfered with O'Connell's influence over democracy in England. It was at such a time that Mr. Cobden entered into public life, the parliamentary spokesman of the factory interest, the guide and tribune of the Manchester party. The Whigs could not estimate the results of their own Reform Bill. The scions of their vaunted families were more skilled in figures of rhetoric than arithmetic—their boasted Russells. Normenbys, Morpeths, et hoe genus, had far more talent for similes than statistics, for com posing declamations, than for calculating budgets. With some fifty members to his back in the interest of the fac tory lords, with the want of a good popular " cry" at the time, with a substantial monied interest behind him, and the showy clap-traps of an ad captandum question at his command, full of practical details, and flushed with antagonism to a " proud aristocracy," Mr. Richard Cobden, a third-rate tribune, who could not have lived for an hour in rivalry with the Girondist chiefs of the French Revolution—a man without genius of intellect, or greatness of heart—sharp, quick, but superficial —was enabled, by the blunders of one party, the bullying of another—by trimming here, and tergiversation there—to aid in carrying a much disputed question. Nothing contri buted to this overrated man's notoriety more than the artful compliment of Sir Robert Peel, who, foreseeing that Lord John Russell would more suo endeavour to appropriate to himself the settlement of the question, by his allusion to " the unadorned eloquence of Richard Cobden," at once advertised the success of the Manchester agitator, and balked the monopolising ambition of the baffled and out stripped Whig leader. Fired by his triumph, and yet perhaps having an uneasy sensation at heart that his success was felt to be more accidental than deserved, Mr. Cobden has now aimed at a higher mark, and aspires to inaugurate a new popular party with dubious designs in politics. The Quixotic quietism which this unEnglish demagogue now professes must not induce us to treat his machinations with con temptuous ridicule or listless apathy. In the times in which we live there is a propensity to inflammatory folly, as if mankind wire " drunk with words ;" as if the phre netic flatulence of popular declaimers had a more than customary spell in disorganising and debauching those many-headed masses—" semper avidi novarum return." Let vigilance be maintained, and we do not despair in the least of the democratic designs of this Mancheste; agitator being overcome. Mr. James Crossley, president of the Cheetham So ciety, Manchester, in a brief but eloquent address, said the name and memory of Roscoe was still the richest heritage and proudest recollection of Liverpool, and that was certainly a wise and judicious commemo ration, which, while it paid due honour to the distin guished dead, read instructive lessons to the living. Mr. J. S. Mansfield, stipendiary magistrate, said with Roscoe he had little in common except what every other stranger had—admiration for his ge nius, esteem for his virtue; and genius and virtue were not local. He agreed with the Essays of Elia, that "for a man to be truly great his mind must be well balanced ;" and in the well balanced mind of William Roscoe might be traced the success of that distinguished man. In this he was fortunate, too, that it was not only left to him to write of the good deeds of others, but he had also left actions of his own which, after the lapse of a hundred years, had a claim upon their admiration ; and as long as genius commanded respect and virtue esteem, so long would the memory of Roscoe be commemorated. Mr. Mansfield concluded by suggesting that it was cer tainly a duty which we owed to posterity that these celebrations should take place. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. Raffles, a vote of thanks was accorded the noble chairman, and the com pany broke up. OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. FOREIGN SHIPPING.—An account is given in a parlia mentary return of the sums paid out of the Consolidated Duties of Customs, under the Act 59 Geo. 111., c. 54, and subsequent orders of the Treasury, in the year 1852, for the difference of rates and charges due to corporations, companies, or individuals for foreign vessels which, under treaties of reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted into the ports of the United Kingdom at the same rates of charges as British vessels. It appears that the amount paid under the reciprocity treaties up to the 31st of December, 1851, was £802,202 19s. 6d., and in the year ended the 31st of December, 1852, 441,857 6e., making 4844,060 52. 64 The opening of the Derby Museum in Slater-street was a highly interesting feature of the day's proceedings. About half-past one the Mayor (in his official robes), the Town Council, and other gentlemen walked in procession from the Town-hall to the Museum. Within the reading —..sat— room, a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen had --..--- The hundredth birthday of Willi am R o s c oe m us t eve r gathered. The Mayorand the Council proceeded to make On Saturday week a writ of enquiry was held befor e , th: , be distinguished in the annals of Liverpool. Tuesday a tour of the collection and natural history specimens be- under-sheriff of Nottingham, in the case of Hatay wreathed to the Institution by the late Earl of Derby. Morgan. The declaration set forth that Thomas Hardt: last, the Bth instant, was celebrated by a literary festival, This collection comprises in all 20,000; the stuffed speci- sues Herbert Morgan for damages sustained by the !e which, especially interesting in a local point of view, m i ens of animals numbering 600, of birds 11,000; while duction of his daughter and servant, Elizabeth Hardy, the remaining 7,000 are in the skin. Mr. Moore, the whereby she was delivered of a child and the plaintiff l 7l affords to England and the world a gratifying proof of the curator, has manifested much skill in the disposition of deprived of services for a long time, and the Pia' I ' s fact that literature and commerce have a close affinity to the various tribes, both of birds and mammalia. The claims £2,000. The plea stated that the defendant was each other, and are in no respect uncongenial—that, to birds occupy the whole of the four upper rooms. The not guilty of the alleged seduction. The plaintiff to ok adopt the words of the Lo r d Bi s h op o f Chester, " Corn- collection of imports made by Mr. Archer, a nd t ransm it te d i ssue upon th i s plea, which was, however, withdrawn e,. respect the handmaid of Lear n i ng ." u i merce is the great civilizes of thi s wor ld, an d i s i n thi s to the Great Exhibition, has been placed i n th e l arger o f the defendant and judg se ment signed, and the present r . the rooms down stairs. To the model of Li ver p oo l , w hi c h of enquiry instituted to as the damages. . 511- has been carefully completed under the personal super- O'Brien appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. De Lora, 9.! The idea of the Roscoe Festival originated with Mr. oftnd of Mr. Beloe, a place has been assigned in one the firm of De Lara and Fogg, attorneys, Manchester , ape James Boardman, one of the few surviving friends of the the upper apartments. Having completed the interest- behalf of the defendant. The plaintiff was formerly , aa poet and historian. Mr. Sansom, secretary to the Lite- ing tour, the corporation took up their allotted position until about two months ago, an extensive butcher, car ll ; 0 rary and Philosophic a l S oc i e ty, di sc h arge d th e d ut i es of i n the reading-room, where, having mounted a temporary ing on business in Nottingham, but, in consequence . secretary to the conducting committe e . . tr ib une, hi s worship delivered the inaugural address. his extreme age (72) and lameness, he had not, for tee The proceedings opened with a breakfast at 10 o'clock. He was sure that when they remembered that institutions last mentioned period, been able to attend to any business' Six tables running th e en ti r e l eng th o f th e spac i ous l i ke that were for the benefit of all, he much mistook the and was now in very humble circumstances. He bad a Philharmonic-hall were filled; the boxes, galleries, and spirit, the generosity, and the intelligence of his fellow- wife and six children, three of whom were d a ughters -- orchestra accommodat e d man y spectators, and hund re ds t ownsmen , if th ey wou ld not c h eer f ully contri b ute a small Elizabeth, to whom this action principally referred, twasli ~ of ladies lent th e c h arm o f th e i r presence t o t h e occasion, rate—amounting only to about a penny in the pound—for 20 years old, and the other two of the ages of 17, and On an elevated dais, e t th e en d o f th e room oppos i te the a few years at least, until the corporate finances enabled respectively. The defendant is a captain in the First orchestra, were placed two tables for the guests. Mr. them to carry out the proposed improvements, and to Royal Dragoons, and is the only child of a wealthy g el ' . Lawton, of the Bee Hotel, who, thirty years ago, was erect a more magnificent building. His worship con- tlernan at Bath. mine host" of the house in which Roscoe first saw the eluded as follows :—Hoping it may prove of that advan- The facts connected with the commencement of these' light, provided the entertainment. The president's seat tage to the great mass of our population which I trust quabatance of the parties were stated, by the unfortuna te was the oaken chair made from a part of the wood of the end hope it will, and expressing the debt of gratitude that Orlin her evidence :—I am 20 years old. I recollect bell house in which R oscoe was b orn , f urn i s h e d f rom Mr. I feel individually to that large class of my fellow-towns. at Miss Pearson's school. 1 remained there six years, arl Mayer's museum. In front of the guests' table was a men whose friendship I have always enjoyed, and whose lett when 1 was sixteen. I was then bound apprentice to marble bust of Lorenzo de Medici ; while a bust of his friendship I hope I shallever retain, I have now to declare, a milliner, but lived with my father at the time. It Wa ° eminent biograph e r, crowned with bays, stood in front of in my official capacity, in the name and on behalf of the on the sth of October, 1850, that 1 first met C a ptais the orchestra. Beneath it were suspended memorials of Corporation of Liverpoohand on behalf of thetrusteeswhom Morgan, as I was walking with Miss Newbold, to whi the great man to w h ose memor y th e popu l ar ovation was my Lord Derby has appointed to take care of this collection, he first addressed himself. I was then between 17 an d now offered. Up on eac h p l a t e were l a id certain presen- that it is from this day to be open to the public at large. 18. We walked together for about an hour. On the del tations—first, a poem printed by Mr. Marples, of L or d- Th e announcemen t was rece i ve d with loud applause.— after, when I was with Miss Newbold, we again met bi street, from the " Sacred Offerin g " of 1834. by its e dit ors , Th e R ev . Rector Campbell, on behalf of th e D er by an d wa lk e d w i t h hi m. H e asked us to his rooms in the the two daughters of Mr. Roscoe ; secondly, a beautifully- trustees, responded in a long speech. He said that in barracks. We went there together several times, and wer e printedcopyofDr.T ra ill' s M emo i ro f W m. R oscoe, given by such a parish as that of Liverpool. where, from the vast- waited on by his servant giri. After that I visited him at t Messrs. George S m i t h, W a tt s , an d C o. ; t hi rdly, a poem ness of the population, it was utterly impossible for him to his rooms alone, and he treated me with courtesy an" written by Jemes Stonebouse, and printed by Mr.Marples ; place himself in the communication that he should wish kindness. Once when I visited him, some time in S° . fourthly, a copy of M r . M a y er ' s essay on " R oscoe, and to place himself in with the labouring classes, it was im. vet:them be spoke to me about hi s father, who, he sal"' the influence of his writings on th e fi ne ar t s ," pr i nte d b y poss ib le for him not to be gratified with being pe rm itt e d h a d b een to see him a day or two ago. He did not knot Mr. T. Brakell ; and, lastly, a reprint of Washington to co-operate in a work where even harmless amusement where I lived, or he would have introduced me to bin' Irvine's Sketch of 'William Roscoe, printed by Messrs. could be provided for them ; because he knew perfectly He also said his father lived at Bath, that he should haat Harris and Co., successors to Mr. M'Creery, Roscoe 's well that amusem en t s were prov id e d b y the P anders of known what his father would say if he had seen me, as be original printer. vice, the only tendency of which was to corrupt and was very odd. He had not, at that time, made any be' A few minutes after ten, the Earl of Sefton took the degrade the mind.—Mr. J. A. Picton, in compliance proper proposals to me. I was in the habit of weikieg . chair, the vocalists, consisting of. four voices and a with the wish of the committee, made a few observations , with him almost daily. On one occasion, in November , chorus, led by Mr. Sudlow. meanwhile performing the with respect to the present position and future prospects ! I was in his rooms at the barracks, when he approached Roscoe anthem (music by Webbe). His worship the of the institution. In regard to the want of accommoda- Ime with rudeness. That intimacy continued while he re i : Mayor sat on the chairman's right hand ; Mr. William tion in the library and the museum, he said the corn- mained in Nottingham, and resulted in my giving bitw Caldwell Roscoe. grandson of the historian, on his left. mittee had made the best of everything, and be could to a child, which happened on the 16th of September , The Bishop of Chester sat next to the Mayor. In the not better illustrate the difficulty of their task than by 1851. The child is living, and is out at nurse at Wollatoe . boxes were the Countess of Sefton and party, and Mrs, stating that with respect to the museum, the problem they My father supports it. In the spring of that year, the re' Samuel Holme. The stewards were Mr. R. W. Ander- had to solve ens this : given 18,000 specimens of natural giment was ordered out of Nottingham, since which time. son, Mr. H. Behrend, Mr. J. C. Redish, William Ihne, history, to determine how to place them to advantage in I have received a number of letters from Captain Morgan: Ph. D., D. P. Thomson, M.D., Sir. J. Abraham, Rev. a space only calculated to hold 6,000. He threw out a In July, in consequence of his direction by letter, I wen; T. Moore, Mr. S. Martin, Pro. Rev. D. Thom, Ph. D., few hints as to how the institution might be aided ; up to town, and lived at Mrs. Brown's, of Brompten. ; Mr. Wilson Ronald, Mr. Reay, Mr. R. Whineray, Mr. expressed the conviction that, to be of any service, it afterwards lodged at Mrs. Ross's, 67, Coleshill-street , H. Howard, Mr. F. Horner, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. W. must be a progressive institution ; and enforced the fact j Eaton-seuare. I was introduced at both thes e places aS Weiehtman, Mr. R. Clay, J. B. Edwards, Ph. D., Mr. that its condition in future times would unmistakeably ' Mrs. Morgan. Before I left Nottingham I bad two let' H. S. Evans, Mr. N. Mercer, and Mr. W. Wright. mark either the rise or decline of local literature, art, tars from the defendant. I received one when I was Breakfast concluded, Dr. Hume read various letters of and science. At the request of the Mayor, the Lordp3ishop visiting at Mr. Burgess's, Radcliff-vicarage, and was a t apology from many intended guests who bad been invited of Chester delivered a few remarks- - The Mayor then ; home when I received the othe r . I destroy e d tho se letter° from a distance. Sir Archibald Alison felt "the greatest announced that the museum would, in accordance with for fear my father should see them. The defendant caw respect for Mr. Roscoe, both as a literary man and an the wishes of the noble donor, be closed on Wednesdays 1 tioned me to conceal what had occurred from my parents' historian, and should have had great pleasure in bearing to the public, in order that artists and others might have 1 I did so. I left L on d on i n March, 1852, at his requenstt testimony to both," had it been in hi s p ower t o l eave hi s an oppor t un i ty o f copy i ng the spec i mens; and that on las he said he could no longer support me in town. Pr", duties in Glasgow. Mr. N. W a lli c k , w h ose b o t an i c re- S aturdays it would be closed regularly for cleaning.— had said very frequently before, he should be obliged searches in India had obtained for him " the high honour Three cheers were then given for the Mayor, cn the call to leave the regiment because of hi s circu m stances' and privilege of Mr. Roscoe's friendship and patronage," of Sir. Picton, and the assembly dispersed. His regiment was then stationed at Christchurch, l e was obliged to be absent from long-continued indisposi- THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. • ' Hampshire. I came home to Nottingham, having written to my father and m o th er . I b roug h t my b aby with te e' Con. A letter from th e Ri g ht H on. B en j am i n Disraeli The Derby Museum opened, a l ar ge p ar ty assem bl e d i n was read amid loud c h eers, an d t h e other apologies were the theatre of the Royal Institution, to hear an address When I left London I had only just sufficient money let from Mr. John Gib son , t h e scu l ptor, who i s now at t from Mr. Joseph B. Y a t es . Th e var i ous d epartments of brin g me h ome . 1 h ear d f rom Captain Morgan twice jus t ' after my arrival, and received £2. 1 heard nothing mitr e ,. Rome ; the Prussian minister • Mr. A. Panizzi, of the this building were opened to the public, and the press that, three i b .t months. ead e f atbe being g e s o id expiration cut, he o ll tz b s t i e s P , British Museum ; Professor frail!, of Edinburgh ; Sir, from which the first edition of the life of Lorenzo de Me- Ingersoll, the American minister; 3lr. Henry Hallam •; ' t fr in o i m e I b t i o m un f tl er dici was printed was placed in the vestibule, by Messrs. Lord Mallon ; Sir E. L. Bulwer ; 3lr. T. B. 3lacaulay, Harris and Co., its owners. A poem of Roscoe's was tioned with his regiment et Manchester. I went t here , 31. P. ; Lord Ellesmere ; Lord Carlisle ; Lord Harrowby ; printed by it during the day, and sold for the benefit of leaving the baby out at nurse, and my father paying:th e Lord Derby ; 3lr. Clarles Turner, M.P. ; the Arch- I the Ragged Schools. Dr. Raffles, in proposing a vote of expenses of the journey. I saw the defendant at Man; bishop of Dublin ; Lord John Manners ; Mr. Charles thanks to Mr. Yates, indulged in some pleasing reminis- chester, and received from him a five pound note, whi e e e was more. to Thatbrin bring s m a e l I Name.tlie money I Dickens, and several others. Parliamentary engagements cences of Roscoe. The assembly then separated to peram.lhait:aeresirreiceeeivreedce.iveldiA was the general excuse of the absent guests. bulate the rooms of the institution, and also to visit Mr. After a portion of these notes had been read, the noble Mayer's Egyptian Museum and the Atheuteuna, in the written to him frequently, but have had no answers. 1- , spoke pi a oe y kt B e s c,t . oa a p t w hai e imb e k . .. f nursingo ile r trwgaaisi ab. weekt a h l e , pcaelfir after, e, l t d rm: eb ( lei Bft before eb A e l l r wd . ae D ny et afterLt oertah.)e.t chairman pronounced a warm eulogiurn upon Roscoe. " I latter of which were deposited numerous relics of Roscoe. may say," he remarked, " that Mr. Wm. Roscoe was not THE MAYOR'S SOIREE. barracks. s. m l y 'h fa e ti s m c r he u do a l s altogether unknown to me. For when I was a boy, as all sons do, I took the cue from my father, and I learned .The celebration was brought to a most gratifying ter- I eery 's. enr strict e eras ald in early life the high respect and admiration of my father mation by the siree .Ai e , iv . en ir tne eyenine at the i Town 'ya ' was not a milliner. I never told my father or any of tel for that great man."—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He hall, to which the r-3 or h A ad invited 'upwdras ot at a milliner's establishment nine months. Miss Newbol d concluded by calling upon thousand persons. The company began to arrive shorn after nine o'clock. The scene, on entering the Town- Mr. William Rathbone, a contemporary and in- family, that Captain Morgan was paying me any attention' hall, was remarkable for brilliancy and tasteful effect. timate acquaintance of their greatest townsman, who I only burnt two of his letters—the one I received The grand staircase was profusely decorated with fine 1 p a a r t v i e c r u y l a fir s t i r w a s t; traced the high intellectual and moral positionriadctiff, and the other that I received when at home. h exotic plants. At the entrance J rthe reception-room at to whch Rescue was self—viewing him as a cannot say why these two were burnt more particularit y was a portrait of Roscoe, and also a portrait of Sir. poet, a natureiism a patriot, an historian, a lover of, than the rest. I went twice to the barracks before the es' Gore, bookseller, the individual in whose nature, a patron of art, and, above all, as a Christian treme intimacy took pl ace . (R e-exam i ne d .) My f at her shop Mr. Roscoe serv e d fo ra mon th. The enter philanthropist.t ' filled the office of churchwarden about two years before! The defendant's letters were put in, and among then' The Rev. Dr. Hume next delivered a lengthy , tainments commenced with . a selection of music, by a few members of the Liverpool Philharmonic i Societ l y e , and brilliant oration on the prominent topic of thewere the following : under the direction of Mr. Sudlow. At ten o'cio . ck the , "My dearest Liz,- 1 have just received your note, l e t morning's meeting. In his estimate of Roscoe he "Torrington Arms, Monday. pointed to him as an example of " self-formation ;" as 'a , promenade commenced for the purpose of examining the ,! man who possessed such a wide range of attainments, and specimen and microscope tables. There were eigh i t tables, which a thousand thanks. lam going to ride the du such a high grade in each of them, as few men have ex- . presided at by the following Fer gentlemen i : 17. / c / tirisrfirzaefed ' chesnut 'up to town this afternoon, and shall just ha ve Books: Mr. Picton an d Mr. .rn rough. . zs e °us hibited ; in the town of Liverpool his life might be saidtime to send you a line before I start. I will go and se e Zoology and Botany : Dr. Dickenson and Mr. T. C. about a suitable lodging for my dear little worrier / o t o f - K m n o i r g r h o t w sb , r a i n d d g e, will an d send ti y d y e o u pa a rk l: aline l l t to-morrow to be written in her public institutions ; from the Town - hall buildings, in the commercial centre, " where the Archer (two tab les).—Local dre Antiquities: Dr. Hume and of 17°5e " that somewhere about ' Brompton,' in the neighbourboe merchants most do congregate," the effects of his efforts Air. t ;,Igyer._ .t/Y ates, Manuscripts and Books of Art : , Letters' to let you know the result of my search for one. 1 thi n s directly, and of his influence indirectly, might be traced Josdepeliat Articles Eeq.—Original ,c 1 of Ver tu : Mr. Boardman, wh se property outwards to the very circumference. In future his these an r es ae —Architectural and 11.1 chan o ical Models literary fame would rest mainly or exclusively on his two relics r ' It has the advantage of being a healthyandquiet situ's- AI H. P. H N 1 ' d Stereoscopes: - r. miler, Air. . 'ew ands, great prose works, " Lorenzo" and " Leo ; ' posterity be • tion, out of t. noise and bustle of London. Y ou m" an 11John G I and Ir. rant r . e t arn llioroscoves • Drs. Newman would name him in after times, as the enlightened did in' • not expect any thing very grand in the way o f lodging s -1. and J. B. Edwards, and Messrs. Byerley and Canty. this, " Roscoe, the Historian ;" he was one of the faithful darling, as I am too peer to be able to afford them. and. Mr. Boardman's mementoes included a letter from Miss few who occupied the fore front in the battle of humanity will secure you a nice clean and quiet bedroom O w Felicia Dorothea . Brown (Sirs. Hemans), written in 1809, --he contended against the hostility of the interested, sitting-room, and as I am a great deal in town I shall be to Matthew Nicholson, Esq., of Liverpool ; a letter from and the apathy of the unfeeling, neither fainting nor able to be a great deal with you, almost every d e l; Lafayette to Roscoe; and various autograph letters of the ; * * * faltering in his sacred enterprises; he was a literary man, Cheer up, my awn dear little ' Bet.' I shall be and and yet he fought valiantly throughout the whole "battle historieafn. Liverpool The local printedantiquities included several speci I so delighted to see you again. Burn my letters, as Your of life," neither deserting his post nor calling for quarter; 'ns e pottery ; a large_ volume of , father might get hold of them." () li t e r o b w e a e t vpe: :l e ~ sketches by b on ;. and . a snuff-box made from a his benevolent purposes corresponded with his high at beam of the house in which Roscoe was born. The tainrnents ; and that great assembly, a becoming tribute to the memory of hi m w h om Li verpoo l d e li g h ted to zoological curiosities were ex hibit e d b y Mr. Francis Archer and Mr. Robe r t 3l c A n d rew . Th e refreshment honour, was likewise a s il en t b u t so l emn p l e d ge t h at those who tread in the footsteps o f R o s coe an d hi s compan i ons room was thrown op en a t e l even o ' c l oc k, w h en an ample supply of the creature comforts were supplied. The cone in sustaining and extending the local literature would pang began to disperse . shortly after one o'clock, the meet with countenance and support.—ln acknowledgment latest visitors leaving about two—every one delighted of this address, with the nd and race manner in wch his Worship Mr. William Caldwell Roscoe, the histori an ' s gran d - the Mayor ki and Mrs Hol ful me had dispensed hi their hospitality son, spoke in wo r ds e l oquen t and f u ll o f f ee li ng. He felt that was not a common honour, which, on a working-day and in business hours, crowded a hall with men who had come from the flags of the Exchange, and the counting-house, and the docks. Liverpool was ac cused of too undivided an attention to commercial interests, but its inhabitants, by the honour done the memory of his ancestor, showed their belief that everyday business, though of the highest importance, was yet subordinate to a higher purpose, that of bringing intellectual culture into nobler development. For this reason, Roscoe himself, who always esteemed practical success above all principles, would most have valued the testimony of that day. As an historian, as a poet, as a botanist, even as a philanthropist, Mr. Roscoe could be judged of in other places. But here they could applaud him and honour him as a citizen and a man—the highest character in which lie could possibly be honoured. Mr. Roscoe concluded with an eulogium upon 3lr. William Rathbone, as the truest and best ex ponent of a good citizen, thanking him for his introduc tion of ti. HEARTLESS CASE OF SEDUCTION. " Christchurch, September 1 9 ' " My own dear Liz,—l received Mrs. R oss 's lett er ` , ` the bearer of such good news, in safety, and truly thank' ful was Ito hear that my dear little p e t b a d a t 104, 1 . : got over her troubles, and that both mothe r a nd baby were doing so w ell. Pray take care of Yourself, v 3.-, darling, and be sure not to get up too soon. Inclosed 1S a sovereign, the last I have ; however I must try on e procure money somehow to send you. Believe vs . dearest, it distress e s me d ee ply no t t o b e a bl e t o s end 4 y more ; but what I h ave no t go t myse lf I cannot ro&sl",,n send to you. Ch eer up, my d arl in g ; you will now s° be all right again, please God. " Believe me, my dearest Lizzy's ever affectionate it A. " Christchurch, Tuesday., ' My dearest Liz,—lnclosed is the second half of a five pound note, No. 60,799, which I trust may reach you in safety. I think, my dearest Liz, that your parents, have not behaved very kindly to you. I have done el' in my power to support you since you have been in tol; now some months, and if I were to add all the sirs." sums together that -I haveexpended for you and sent to Ye ll trent times, it would amount to a sum that Wo ul d. se you, I can assure you. Now do not roiEunderstal l me, dear girl. Ido not, God knows, begrudge or reg ret one farthing that I have ever given you. I only wish t° God that it had been in my power to have given Ye ., t " twice, ay, four times the amount that I have done ; alas ! that I could not do. All that I mean to say that I don't think that your parents have behaved (i'll o ) tc kindly to their daughter, knowing ( as I presume t h e y low small a sum I am able to affotd you, my poor LiZ' e , ave afforded you a little assistav e s tk me that they l-,-- do think they miOA have sonittimes. It appear, Ter ~Qa that you are their daught, _a that they consi.,_ provided for. You know now wretchedly poor lam, that I shall in all probability very shortly have to 1 0 ', the service, and live qui e tly a t h ome upon any sma ll 0 1 , 1 '; that my father may choose to allow tee. I Ilavp of my own, and am totally dependent upon him. not discuise the honest truth from you, dear Liz cannot (from want of means to do so) much lour to pay for your expenses in town, small as the rently is. One thing I faithfully promise you, ID,. dear little child shall never be in want, and sums for;o; support shall be regularly remitted to you. AS 0 myself, my troubles and em b arrassmen t s accumu late s o upon me that lam in de s p a i r . I k now no t which WaY,d turn, or what to do, and I s o meti mes am a l mos t c owar d enough to wish I were dead. Let me hear from you , V' • believe me, ever yours affectionately, s‘ One of the earliest letters, written to the girl !iefor e she had left her father's house et Nottingham, was s 6 follows : ." Swan Hotel, Market Harborough, May 4th, ISSI. " My own dearest Liz,—Many thanks for your dear little note, which was handed to me cn my arrival here . Now my own poor little pet, you must cheer up, a nd p°' be so miserable and down-hearted, as the parting will br, only for a short time. * * My dear little " Bet , , I am always thinking about you, and of the man y ball' hours that we have spent together in dear old Nottior bam. Now, my darling, you really must try and 10 7; up your spirits for my sake, as it m a k es m e qu i ke miserable to think that my own little Bird should fretting and making herself miserable and forlorn. 0 , shall write to you again this week, and let you know hoop we are getting on. * * In case " Miss should feel inclined to send her old man a line to cheer bl'; up on the road, 1 send a list of the towns where we sto l e 1 * Ido so wish that I had you here, my dear IRA " Believe me, yours ever affectionately, " HERBERT. pretty. Another was dated— " Army and Navy Club, Thursday evenie L g't, " My own dearst Liz,—Upon going down to Wl' e „ ri e stone to-day, I found your letter, which has made truly miserable. My own pet, I have behaved lik e to banand to you. Can you ever forgive me ? I o and despise myself for my unkind behaviour to DV C , 1 poor affectionate little girl. I tell you frankly t l33 "ue have striven hard to forget you, and have tried to teto up my mind not to write to you again. Each letter ti; le , I have received from you has made me the more rniser,,, o st as I have known all along that my behaviour was, " s or unkind and cruel. * * * I will do every thing I °,oll power to make amends for my past behaviour, if Yo ll o cl only forgive me. Inclosed is the half of a five P ° o I note, No. 71,837. * * * It i s b u t a p a ltry E... 50 31, know, and I wish that I h a d more t o sen d, but ha ve as usual, very hard up, as my expenses in town re ice been very great. Write to me i mme di a t e ly You re-cou' this, and tell me wh a t y ou wou ld h ave me t o do for,. it I am now quartered a t a p u bli c -h ouse at Whetstonbire, is but a poor place, and I am as lit t l e as pos sible t tb3s and almost always in London, I think, therefar.e'o. for it would be better for me to take a quiet little lcag in o T•rov l you in town here. What say you ? I will go t?" 1 boP e P morning and make inquiries about oze; darling, that this may reach you safely. Shew it to r and write immediately on the receipt of this. , c dri , May God bl ess ,y ou , m y own d ea r Liz. Cheer tir e l. to we shall meet very so on , an d I will do all in my P,5 ) .. ,ffec make up for past neglect. Believe me, ever tiona The ly, retrO ed The jury consulted fcr more than an hour , a nd a verdict fur 400 damages.