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

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 rill. Nor snows their mantle fling: For every bleak and barren hill Has kiss'd the breeze of Spring, I hear its music in the wood, It sighs along the vale, Where summer flowers in beauty stood, It lingers in the dale; It plays upon the primrose banks, And rests its merry wing; The drooping snowdrop kindly thanks The western breeze of Spring. Ah ! well it knows where violets grow In the lone and shady lane; It bids its sweet, blue fav'rites blow, And onward speeds again. It wakes the flowers of the field, And they their offerings bring; The flowers their sweetest incense yield, To scent the breeze of Spring. The blackbird, from the hawthorn bush, Renews his lively strain; On topmost branches stands the thrush, And tunes his throat amain : 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 bends, And pipes his plaintive lay. The lark uprising with the light, On merry mounting wing— Strains all his might till out of sight, And hails the breeze of Spring. A hundred voices fill the air, The sun shines warmly down ; Away with each intruding care, And leave the gloomy town. Come, roam along the woodpath green, Hear nature's favourites sing, Enjoy the soul-enlivening scene, And woo the breeze of Spring.—R. Totenleii LITERATURE. BOOKS FOR REVIEW, &c.—Books, New Prints, Music, &c., intended for review, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " _to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. The Cruise of the Challenger, Life-boat, and Voyage from Liverpool to London.—L on d on : 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 display e d i n 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 run 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. DEPARTURE OF THE MARCO POLO. 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 had 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 number. it is worthy of note that these men receive the handsome sum of £5 per month, the average pay being about £3 10s. 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 observation, 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 NJ the quick, and in a moment destroyed all the 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 qui rive. 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 £75,000 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-past 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— discharging several parting salutes—loud and hearty cheers burst from the pierhead, which were gratefully re turned by the crowd of emigrants on board. Mr. Baines and Mr. Miller, two of the owne rs , an d a num 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 coming." 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 proteg6es, 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 Mr& James will require to be carefully watched by that respected lady. The emierants 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 " Pilgrim's 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 he 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 itself to 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 in 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, GO 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 Sunnay which is worth recording. It is Captain Forbes'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 C a p e 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 six months have elapsed. The owners of the Marco Polo have in their possession the model of a splendid clipper-ship, of 1400 tons burthen, which it is their intention to have built in Liverpool for the Australian trade. Captain Forbes will have the command, besides having an interest in the vessel; and the command of the Marco Pols will devolve upon Mr. Macdonald, her first officer. W e understand th a t M essrs. 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 couple of " detectives" were on board, in company with a respectable lady, ad vanced in years, endeavouring to discover the whereabouts of some person 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 t ug b rought the latest strangers on board into the Mersey with no culprit on board save the miserable stowaway. Late in the evening we sailed for Lytham ' and had some difficulty in threading ou r wa y 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 h a il e d th em i n F renc h ; and fired our brass swivel gun ; the effect was prodigious, all fled like a flock of frightened sheep, shouting that a French lugger 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 t obgerv_ ing us laughing. anon after ret..,,,d, 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, 'lB feet ; extreme breadth, 34 feet • depth of hold amid ships, 21 feet 6 inches; registered burthen, upwards of 1,000 tons. She has an elliptical stern, lightly and elegantly carved. She has a house on deck and a topgallant forecastle. The noble ship glided beau tifully into the river, where her symmetrical pro portions excited the admiration of a numerous com pany assembled to witness the launch. Her owners are Messrs. Clint and Son, who, we understand, intend her for the Australian trade, for which she is peculiarly suited, although she was originally contemplated for the New Orleans trade. The moment before the last prop was struck away, she was christened " The Evan geline," by Miss Clint. The band of Messrs. Rogers and Son played several lively tunes during the interesting operation. The vessel was afterwards towed into the Brunswick Dock, where a large company, composed of friends of the owners and builders, partook of a cMjefitzer, 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 graceful heroine of Long fellow's poem, where the lonely pilgrim of love, advancing in years and sorrow, becomes a Sister of 31ercy. The carving of the Evangeline, which was much admired for its chaste and effective simplicity, was executed by Messrs. Allan and Co. The:Evangeline is a fine-modelled vessel; will carry an immense cargo on a moderate draft of water, from her great body, and is ex pected to sail fast, as she has a very good entrance with a fine 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 60-horse power, 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 Guisto l a tely 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 COO _ 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. seurs was launched from the building - yard of Mr. John Pile. The latest improvements have been made upon her hull and outfit, and her rigging will be set up with iron plates. Her register tonnage is 700 tons, and she is classed A 1 ten years. She is the property of S. A. Gibb, Esq., and it is intended to lay her on for the China trade, her commander, being Captain Howard, late of the Panic, of Liverpool.—Sunderland News. STEAM-SHIP ANTELOPE. - ThIS fine vessel left the Mersey a t 11 a . m . on T ues d ay m orning, with her full complement of 140 passengers, a large and valuable cargo, and a g oo d amount of specie. - She passed the North west Lightship at 12 10, was off Point Lynas at 4 p.m., and passed Holyhead at 6 p.m. This is a good result, as the vessel was f u ll y l oa d e d and had a strong b reeze against her. She calls at Queenstown, Madeira, Cape do Verde, and Cape of Good H o p e , t o rep l en i s h coa ls and fuel; and we believe the arrangements are so complete that the delay experienced by other steamers need not be apprehended. CORRESPONDENCE. 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, SIR,--1 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 Town-halt. 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 -soirée did not supply? What method of passing two or three hours could be more elegant or refined 7—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, and receiving and paying the usual courtesies of an host. Such was 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, the absence 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 affordedus of escort ing our wives 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-decant mayors, rendered still more agreeable by the absence of headache, and aptness for business 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, 14th March, 1853, LETTERS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS.—No. DOMESTIC COOKERY To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. .9111,—T am not about to weary your readers with any details of those culijary processes, which, however interesti n g i n th e i r results, are 'Wally eschewed by all but the actual practisers in the kitchen. Of all modern literature, cookery-books 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 perform,—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, and 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 or I. au,/ vegetables tile 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 example. 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 we have been so long accustomed, and take up the customs of the Continent, where, however palatable may be 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-hooks, 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 the 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 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 economy.—l am, Sir, &c., EPHRA THE ROSCOE CENTENARY. ligious opinions upon others, the theme was too sacred to be touched upon while he was mouldering in his grave.— (Great applause.) _ THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Although the motion for the repeal of the grant to Maynootl► 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 pretended 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 : Mr. Holmeßas 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, ho hoped he would not be out of place in commending those institutions to their continued favour and an increased measure of their patronage. Ile 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. 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 gu;shed 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. QUESTIONABLE SPORT.—The Court Circulars of the OPENING OF THE MUSEUM. daily papers frequently state that " His Royal Highness The opening of the Derby Museum in Slater-street was Prince Albert went out shooting." Bat we remark that 1 a highly interesti ng f ea t ure o f th e day's proceedings. they never report his bringing home any game . I About half-past one the Mayor (in his official robes), the Ayes Paired off Voted by mistake Accidentally excluded * Add Dissenters as per contra t Add ditto who abstained from voting The hundredth birthday of William Roscoe must ever be distinguished in the annals of Liverpool. Tuesday last, the Bth instant, was celebrated by a literary festival, which, especially interesting in a local point of view, affords to England and the world a gratifying proof of the fact that literature and commerce have a close affinity to each other, and are in no respect uncongenial—that, to adopt the words of the Lord Bishop of Chester, " Com merce is the great civilizer of this world, and is in this respect the handmaid of Learning." The idea of the Roscoe Festival originated with Mr. James Boardman, one of the few surviving friends of the poet and historian. Mr. Sansom, secretary to the Lite rary and Philosophical Society, discharged the duties of secretary to the conducting committee. The proceedings opened with a breakfast at 10 o'clock. Six tables running the entire length of the spacious Philharmonic-hall were filled:; the boxes, galleries, and orchestra accommodated many spectators, and hundreds of ladies lent the charm of their presence to the occasion. On an elevated dais, at the end of the room opposite the orchestra, were placed two tables for the guests. Mr. Lawton, of the Bee Hotel, who, thirty years ago, was " mine host" of the house in which Roscoe first saw the light, provided the entertainment. The president's seat was the oaken chair made from a part of the wood of the house in which Roscoe was born, furnished from Mr. Mayer's museum. In front of the guests' table was a marble bust of Lorenzo de Medici; while a bust of his eminent biographer, crowned with bays, stood in front of the orchestra. Beneath it were suspended memorials of the great man to whose memory the popular ovation was now offered. Upon each plate were laid certain presen tations—first, a poem printed by Mr. Marples, of Lord street, from the " Sacred Offering" of 1834, by its editors, the two daughters of Mr. Roscoe ; secondly, a beautifully printed copy of Dr. Traill's Memoir of Wm. Roscoe, given by Messrs. George Smith, Watts, and Co. ; thirdly, a poem written by James Stonehouse, and printed by Mr.Marples ; fourthly, a copy of Mr. Afayer's essay on " Roscoe, and the influence of his writings on the fine arts," printed by Mr. T. Brakell ; and, lastly, a reprint of Washington Irving's Sketch of William Roscoe, printed by Messrs. Harris and Co., successors to Mr. M'Creery, Roscoe's original printer. A. few minutes after ten, the Earl of Sefton took the chair, the vocalists, consisting of four voices and a chorus, led by Mr. Sudlow, meanwhile performing the Roscoe anthem (music by W'ebbe). His worship the Mayor sat on the chairman's right hand ; Mr. William Caldwell Roscoe, grandson of the historian, on his left. The Bishop of Chester sat next to the Mayor. In the boxes were the Countess of Sefton and party, and Mrs. Samuel Holone. The stewards were Mr. It. W. Ander son, Mr. H. Behrend, Mr. J. C. Redish, William Ihne, Ph. D., D. P. Thomson, M.D., Mr. J. Abraham, Rev. T. Moore, Mr. S. Martin, Pro. Rev. D. Thom, Ph. D., Mr. Wilson Ronald, Mr. Reay, Mr. R. Whineray, Mr. H. Howard, Mr. F. Horner, Mr. J. Murray, Mr. W. Weightman, Mr. R. Clay, J. B. Edwards, Ph. D., Mr. H. S. Evans, Mr. N. Mercer, and Mr. W. Wright. Breakfast concluded, Dr. Hume read various letters of apology from many intended guests who had been invited from a distance. Sir Archibald Alison felt " the greatest respect for Mr. Roscoe, both as a literary man and an historian, and should have had great pleasure in bearing testimony to both," had it been in his power to leave his duties in Glasgow. Mr. N. Wallick, whose botanic re searches in India had obtained for him " the high honour and privilege of Mr. Roscoe's friendship and patronage," was obliged to be absent from long-continued indisposi tion. A letter from the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli was read amid loud cheers, and the other apologies were from Mr. John Gibson, the sculptor, who is now at Rome ; the Prussian minister • Mr. A. Panizzi, of th e British Museum ; Professor Train, of Edinburgh ; Mr. Ingersoll, the American minister; Mr. Henry Hallam; Lord Mahon ; Sir E. L. Bulwer ; Mr. T. B. Macaulay, M.P. ; Lord Ellesmere ; Lord Carlisle ; Lord Harrowby ; Lord Derby ; Mr. Charles Turner, M.P.; the Arch bishop of Dublin ; Lord John Manners ; Mr. Charles Dickens, and several others. Parliamentary engagements was the general excuse of the absent guests. After a portion of these notes had been read, the noble chairman pronounced a warm eulogium upon Roscoe. " I may say," he remarked, " that Mr. Wm. Roscoe was not altogether unknown to me. For when I was a boy, as all sons do, I took the cue from my father, and I learned in early life the high respect and admiration of my father for that great man."—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He concluded by calling upon Mr. William Rathbone, a contemporary and in timate acquaintance of their greatest townsman, who traced the high intellectual and moral position to whch Roscoe was self-raised—viewing him as a poet, a naturalist, a patriot, an historian, a lover of nature, a patron of art, and, above all, as a christian philanthropist. The Rev. Dr. Hume next delivered a lengthy and brilliant oration on the prominent topic of the morning's meeting. In his estimate of Roscoe he pointed to him as an example of " self-formation ;" as a man who possessed such a wide range of attainments, and such a high grade in each of them, as few men have ex hibited ; in the town of Liverpool his life might be said to be written in her public institutions ; from the Town hall buildings, in the commercial centre, " where the merchants most do congregate," the effects of his efforts directly, and of his influence indirectly, might be traced outwards to the very circumference. In future his literary fame would rest mainly or exclusively on his two great prose works, " Lorenzo" and " Leo ;" posterity would name him in after times, as the enlightened did in this, " Roscoe, the Historian ;" he was one of the faithful few who occupied the fore front in the battle of humanity —he contended against the hostility of the interested, and the apathy of the unfeeling, neither fainting nor faltering in his sacred enterprises; he was a literary man, and yet he fought valiantly throughout the whole " battle of life," neither deserting his post nor calling for quarter; his benevolent purposes corresponded with his high at tainments ; and that great assembly, a becoming tribute to the memory of him whom Liverpool delighted to honour, was likewise a silent but solemn pledge that those who tread in the footsteps of Roscoe and his companions in sustaining and extending the local literature would meet with countenance and support.—ln acknowledgment of this address, Mr. William Caldwell Roscoe, the historian's grand son, spoke in words eloquent and full of feeling. 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 he could possibly be honoured. Mr. Roscoe concluded with an eulogium upon Mr. William Rathbone, as the truest and best ex ponent of a good citizen, thanking him for his introduc tion of the main sentiment of the day. 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 there were broad and neutral spots where men of all parties may meet in friendship and in amity, without the sacrifice of a single principle, but for the purpose of doing honour to those who have been celebrated and illustrious. Whether they agreed in the political or religious opinions of their illustrious towns man or not, they 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- UVLIILAND INDIA MAIL.. MARSEILdLaE t S t MARCH 13. e are—C a l cu tt a , BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. s The India Mail has arrived. The Feb. 5 ; Bombay, Feb. 12 ; Rangoon, Jan. 13 ; and China, Jan. 13. In reference to the revolution at Ava, th e Kin . ghad been deposed by his brother. An Ambassador had set out for the capital. Commerce in India was active. Exchange 2s. Igd. ROMANIST LIBERALITY.—That eminent champion of Romanism, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, has conferred the honour of knighthood of the Order of St. Joseph upon the Jew Rothschild, in consideration of the service of that wealthy unbeliever in negociating a loan. Can liberality go beyond this ? A Jew admitted to an order dedicated to the husband of the Blessed Virgin, and con ferred by a prince who imprisons men and women for daring to read the " Testament" of the Divine Son of i that blessed Virgin ! THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1853. I Town Council, and other gentlemen walked in procession from the Town-hall to the Museum. Within the reading room, a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen had gathered. The Mayor and the Council proceeded to make a tour of the collection and natural history specimens be queathed to the institution by the late Earl of Derby. This collection comprises in all 20,000 ; the stuffed speci mens of animals numbering 600, of birds 11,000; while the remaining 7,000 are in the skin. Mr. Moore, the curator, has manifested much skill in the disposition of the various tribes, both of birds and mammalia. The birds occupy the whole of the four upper rooms. The collection of imports made by Mr. Archer, and transmitted to the Great Exhibition, has been placed in the larger of the rooms down stairs. To the model of Liverpool, which has been carefully completed under the personal super intendence of Mr. Beloe, a place has been assigned in one of the upper apartments. Having completed the interest ing tour, the corporation took up their allotted position in the reading-room, where, having mounted a temporary tribune, his worship delivered the inaugural address. He was sure that when they remembered that institutions like that were for the benefit of all, he much mistook the spirit, the generosity, and the intelligence of his fellow townsmen, if they would not cheerfully contribute a small rate—amounting only to about a penny in the pound—for a few years at least, until the corporate finances enabled them to carry out the proposed improvements, and to erect a more magnificent building. His worship con cluded as follows :—Hoping it may prove of that advan tage to the great mass of our population which I trust and hope it will, and expressing the debt of gratitude that I feel individually to that large class of my fellow-towns men whose friendship I have always enjoyed, and whose friendship I hope I shall ever retain, I have now to declare, in my official capacity, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation of Liverpool ,and on behalf of the trustees whom my Lord Derby has appointed to take care of this collection, that it is from this clay to be open to the public at large. The announcement was received with loud applause.— The Rev. Rector Campbell, on behalf of the Derby trustees, responded in a long speech. He said that in such a parish as that of Liverpool, where, from the vast ness of the population, it was utterly impossible for him to place himself in the communication that he should wish to place himself in with the labouring classes, it was im possible for him not to be gratified with being permitted to co-operate in a work where even harmless amusement could be provided for them ; because he knew perfectly well that amusements were provided by the Panders of vice, the only tendency of which was to corrupt and degrade the mind.—Mr. J. A. Picton, in compliance with the wish of th e comm it tee , made afew observations with respect to the present position and future prospects of the institution. In regard to the want of accommoda tion in the library and the museum, he said the com mittee had made the best of everything, and he could not better illustrate the difficulty of their task than by stating that with respect to the museum, the problem they had to solve was this : given 18,000 specimens of natural history, to determine how to place them to advantage in a space only calculated to hold 6,000. He threw out a few hints as to how the institution might be aided ; expressed the conviction that, to be of any service, it must be a progressive institution ; and enforced the fact that its condition in future times would unmistakeably mark either the rise or decline of local literature, art, and science. At the request of the Mayor, the Lordißishop of Chester delivered a few remarks.—The Mayor then announced that the museum would, in accordance with the wishes of the noble donor, be closed on Wednesdays to the public, in order that artists and others might have an opportunity of copying the specimens; and that on Saturdays it would be closed regularly for cleaning.— Three cheers were then given for the Mayor, on the call of Mr. Picton, and the assembly dispersed. THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. The Derby Museum opened, a large party assembled in the theatre of the Royal Institution, to hear an address from Mr. Jnseph B. Yates. The various departments of this building were opened to the public, and the press from which the first edition of the life of Lorenzo de Me dici was printed was placed in the vestibule, by Messrs. Harris and Co., its owners. A poem of Roscoe's was printed by it during the day, and sold for the benefit of the Ragged Schools. Dr. Raffles, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Yates, indulged in some pleasing reminis cences of Roscoe. The assembly then separated to peram bulate the rooms of the institution, and also to visit Mr. Mayer's Egyptian Museum and the Athenaeum, in the latter of which were deposited num er o us re li cs of Roscoe. THE MAYOR'S SOIREE, The celebration was brought to a most gratifying ter- , mination by the soiree given in the evening at the Town hall, to which the Mayor had invited upwards of a thousand persons. The company began to arrive shortly after nine o'clock. The scene, on entering the Town- hall, was remarkable for brilliancy and tasteful effect. The grand staircase was profusely decorated with fine exotic plants. At the entrance of the reception-room was a portrait of Roscoe, and also a portrait of Mr. John Gore, bookseller, the individual in whose shop Mr. Roscoe served for a month. The enter tainments commenced with a selection of music, by a few members of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, under the direction of Mr. Sudlow. At ten o'clock the promenade commenced for the purpose of examining the specimen and microscope tables. There were eight tables, presided at by the following gentlemen :—lllustrated Books : Mr. Picton and Mr. Fernihough.—Miscellaneous Zoology and Botany : Dr. Dickenson and Mr. T. C. Archer (two tables).—Local Antiquities : Dr. Hume and Mr. Mayer.—Rare Manuscripts and Books of Art : Joseph Brooks Yates, Esq.—Original Letters of • Roscoe and Articles of Vertu : Mr. Boardman, whose property these relics are.—Architectural and Mechanical Models and Stereoscopes: Mr. H. P. Horner, Mr. Newlands, and Mr. John Grantham.—Microscopes : Drs. Newman and J. B. Edwards, and Messrs. Byerley and Canty. Mr. Boardman's mementoes included a letter from Miss Felicia Dorothea Brown (airs. Herons), written in 1809, to Matthew Nicholson, Esq., of Liverpool ; a letter from Lafayette to Roscoe ; and various autograph letters of the historian. The local antiquities included several speci- I wens of Liverpool printed pottery ; a large volume of sketches by Gibson ; and a snuff-box made from a I beam of the house in which Roscoe was born. The zoological curiosities were exhibited by Mr. Francis Archer and Mr. Robert McAndrew. The refreshment room was thrown open at eleven o'clock, when an ample supply of the creature comforts were supplied. The com pany began to disperse shortly after one o'clock, the latest visiters leaving about two—every one delighted with the kind and graceful manner in which his Worship the Mayor and Mrs. Holme had dispensed their hospitality. 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 upon 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, he 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, lie came upon English political life at a time when there was a want of an effective tribune and active popular speaker. Cobbett, in talent worth a thousand Cobdens, had died in 1835. , 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. 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 Duncombe 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, Normanbys, Morpeths, et hoc 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 captanduns 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 were " 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 rerum." Let vigilance be maintained, and we do not despair in the least of the democratic designs of this Manchester agitator being overcome. FOREIGN SHIPFING.—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, anies, or indi v id ua l s f or f ore i gn vesse l s w hi c h, under treaties of reciprocity or o th erw i se, are a d m itted into the ports of the United Ki ng d om a t t h e same ra tes of charges as British vess e l s . It appears t h at t h e amo unt 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, £41,857 Gs., making X 844,060 52. 61 162 ,Noes 10 Paired 0ff.... ..., 1 Voted by mistake. 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, ANGLICANUS. Liverpool, 8(h March, 1353 field, i v ß . a A rn . e ls a.,p k ' i . n C so o n ffin j ,. I F l . el C ., r o o o ss ci l , y J , G . L.K o in od g, m a an . , i‘ e t / il H iga a n d: W. P. Price, E. Strutt, T. Thornely. t C. Hindley, E. Wall S M. Pete T. Alcock, W. Biggs, S. Carter, J. B . Smith. S. HEARTLESS CASE OF SEDUCTION. On Saturday week a writ of enquiry was held before the' under-sheriff of Nottingham, in the case of Hardy r Morgan. The declaration set forth that Thomas Hardy sues Herbert Morgan for damages sustained by the se duction of his daughter and servant, Elizabeth Hardy, whereby she was delivered of a child and the plaintiff was deprived of services for a l ong ti me , an d t h e p l a intiff claims £2,000. Tile plea stated that the defendant was not guilty of the alleged seduction. The plaintiff took issue upon this plea, which was, however, withdrawn by the defendant and judgment signed, and the present writ of enquiry instituted to assess the damages. Nir- O'Brien appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. De Lara, 9f the firm of De Lara and Fogg, attorneys, Manchester, in behalf of the defendant. The plaintiff was formerly, and until about two mouths ago, an extensive butcher, carry ing on business in Nottingham, but, in consequence of his extreme age (72) and lameness. he had not, for the last mentioned period, been able to attend to any business,- and was now in very humble circumstances. He bad wife and six children, three of whom were daughters Elizabeth, to whom this action principally referred, was 20 years old, and the other two of the ages of 17, and lir respectively. The defendant is a captain in the First Royal Dragoons, and is the only child of a wealthy gen tleman at Bath. The facts connected with the commencement of the ac quaintance of the parties were stated, by the unfortunate girl in her evidence am 20 years old. I recollect being at Miss Pearson's school. 1 remained there six years, and left when I was sixteen. I was then bound apprentice to a milliner, but lived with my father at the time. It was on the sth of October, 1850, that I first met Captain Morgan, as I was walking with Miss Newbold, to whom he first addressed himself. I was then between 17 and 18. We walked together for about an hour. On the day after, when I was with Miss Newbold, we again met him and walked with him. He asked us to his rooms in the barracks. We went there together several times, and were . waited on by his servant girl. After that I visited him at his rooms alone, and he treated me with courtesy and kindness. Once when I visited him, some time in No vember, he spoke to me about his father, who, he said, had been to see him a day or two ago. He did not know where I lived, or he would have introduced me to him. He also said his father lived at Bath, that he should have known what his father would say if he had seen me, as he was very odd. He had not, at that time, made any im proper proposals to me. I was in the habit of walking with him almost daily. On one occasion, in November, I was in his rooms at the barracks, when he approached me with rudeness. That intimacy continued while be re mained in Nottingham, and resulted in my giving birth to a child, which happened on the 16th of September, 1851. The child is living, and is out at nurse at Wollaton. My father supports it. In the spring of that year, the re giment was ordered out of Nottingham, since which time I have received a number of letters from Captain Morgan. In July, in consequence of his direction by letter, I went up to town, and lived at Mrs. Brown's, of Brompton. afterwards lodged at Mrs. Ross's, 67, Coleshill-street, Eaton-square. I was introduced at both these places as Mrs. Morgan. Before I left Nottingham I had two let ters from the defendant. I received one when I was visiting at Mr. Burgess's, Radcliff-vicarage, and was at home when I received the other. I destroyed those letters for fear my father should see them. The defendant cau tioned me to conceal what had occurred from my parents.- I did so. I left London in March, 1852, at his request,• as be said he could no longer support me in town. He had said very frequently before, he should be obliged .to leave the regiment because of his circumstances. His regiment was then stationed at Christchurch, in Hampshire. I came home to Nottingham, having written to ray father and mother. I brought my baby with me. When 1 left London I had only just sufficient money to. bring me home. 1 beard from Captain Morgan twice just after my arrival, and received £2. 1 heard nothing more from him for three months, at the expiration of which time I found that, instead of being sold out, he was sta tioned with his regiment at Manchester. I went there,. leaving the baby out at nurse, and my father paying the expenses of the journey. I saw the defendant at Man- ' chester, and received from him a five pound note, which was to bring me home. I have since received X 3 more. That is all the money I have received. I have written to him frequently, but have had no answers. I pay Bs. a week for nursing the child. (By Mr. De Lara.) Met Captain Morgan by appointment the day after I spoke to him. It was a week after, before I went to the barracks. The school I went to was a very first-rate school. My father was very strict and particular. I was at a milliner's establishment nine months. Miss Newbold was not a milliner. I never told my father or any of my family that Captain Morgan was paying me any attention. I only burnt two of his letters—the one I received at . Radcliff, and the other that I received when at home. I cannot say why these two were burnt more particularly than the rest. I went twice to the barracks before the ex treme intimacy took place. (Re-examined.) My father filled the office of churchwarden about two years before. The defendant's letters were put in, and among them were the following : " Torrington Arms, Monday. "My dearest Liz,—l have just received your note, for which a thousand thanks. lam going to ride the old cliesnut ' up to town this afternoon, and shall just have time to send you a line before I start. I will go and see about a suitable lodging for my dear little woman to-morrow, and will send you a line to-morrow evening to let you know the result of my search for one. I think that somewhere about Brompton,' in the neighbourhood of Knightsbridge, and Hyde Park, will be the best place.- It has the advantage of being a healthy and quiet situa tion, out of the noise and bustle of London. You must not expect any thing very grand in the way of lodginOcr darling, as I am too poor to be able to afford them. will secure you a nice clean and quiet bedroom and sitting-room, and as I am a great deal in town I shall be' able to be a great deal with you, almost every day * * * Cheer up, my own dear little ' Bet.' I shall be so delighted to see you again. Burn my letters, as your father might get hold of them." " Christchurch, September 19. " My own dear Liz,-1 received Mrs. Ross's letter,. the bearer of such good news, in safety, and truly thank ful was 1 to hear that my dear little pet had at length got over her troubles, and that both mother and baby were doing so well. Pray take care of yourself, roY darling, and be sure not to get up too soon. Inclosed is, a sovereign, the last I have ; however I must try and procure money somehow to send you. Believe me, dearest, it distresses see deeply not to be able to send you more ; but what I have not got myself I cannot possibly send to you. Cheer up, my darling ; you will now soon be all right again, please God. " Believe rae, my dearest Lizzy's ever affectionate " 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 all in my power to support you since you have been in town, now some months, and if I were to add all the small sums together that I have expended for you and sent to you at different times, it would amount to a sum that would surprise you, I can assure you. Now do not misunderstand rne, dear girl. Ido not., God knows, begrudge or regret one farthing that I have ever given you. I only wish to God that it had been in my power to have given you twice, ay, four times the amount that I have done ; but,. alas ! that I could not do. All that I mean to say is, that I don't think that your parents have behaved quite kindly to their daughter, knowing (as I presume they do)' how small a sum I am able to afford you, my poor Liz. I do think they might have afforded you a little assistance sometimes. It appears to me that they have forgotten that you are their daughter, and that they consider you as provided for. You know how wretchedly poor I am, and that I shall in all probability very shortly have to leave the service, and live quietly at home upon any small sum that my father may choose to allow me. I have nothing of my own, and am totally dependent upon him. I can not disguise the honest truth from you, dear Liz, that I cannot (from want of means to do so) much longer afford to pay for your expenses in town, small as the sum appa rently is. One thing I faithfully promise you, that the dear little child shall never be in want, and sums for its support shall be regularly remitted to you. As for myself, my troubles and embarrassments accumulate so upon me that lam in despair. I know not which way to turn, or what to do, and I sometimes am almost coward enough to wish I were dead. Let me hear from you, and believe me, ever yours affectionately, 44 II." One of the earliest letters, written to the girl before she had left her father's house at Nottingham, was as follows : o a l l Brsdl here. dear Now my own poor little pet, you must cheer up, and no t Myat oe n 7 l wn -I ho dearest rsch ats Market zr; d_ H e a dA r i b ta o on r y o m u te g h l a : , nnu lk m l s a y y f oa 4 rr t r h yi v , lit ‘ tle ‘ be so miserable and down-hearted, as the parting will be only for a short time. * * * My dear little " Bet," I am always thinking about you, and of the many happy hours that we have spent together in dear old Notting-- ham. Now, my darling, you really must try and keep up your spirits for my sake, as it makes me quite miserable to think that my own little Bird should be fretting and making herself miserable and forlorn. r shall write to you again this week, and let you know how we are getting on. * * * In case " Miss Liz." should feel inclined to send her old man a line to cheer him, up on the road, 1 send a list of the towns where we stop. * * Ido so wish that I had you here, my dear little " Believe me, yours ever affectionately, " HERBERT." pretty. Another was dated— " Army and Navy Club, Thursday evening. " My own dearst Liz,—Upon going down to Whet stone to-day, I found your letter, which has made me truly miserable. My own pet, I have behaved like scoundrel to you. Can you ever forgive me ? I hate and despise myself for my unkind behaviour to my own poor affectionate little girl. I tell you frankly that I have striven hard to forget you, and have tried to make up my mind not to write to you again. Each letter that I have received from you has made me the more miserable, as I have known all along that my behaviour was most unkind and cruel. * * * I will do every thing in iinY power to make amends for my past behaviour, if you will only forgive me. Inclosed is the half of a five pound note, No. 71,837. * * * It is but a paltry sum I know, and I wish that I had more to send, but I am , as vsltal, very hard up, as my expenses in town have been very great. Write to me immediately you receive this, and tell me what you would have me to do for yot 2 . am now quartered at a public-house at Whetstone 3 is but a poor place, and I am as little as possible there, and almost always in London, I think, th e refore, tha t it would be better fo r me to t a k e a quiet little lodging for you in town here. What say you ? I will go to-morrow' morning and make inquiries about one. * * * I hope' darling, that this may reach you safely. Shew it to 7W :;: ne ,!, and write immediately on the receipt of this. * 1, May God bles s y ou , my own d ear Li z. Ch eer U P, girl, we shall meet ver y soon, an d I w ill d o a ll i n m y power t, make up for past neglect. Believe me, ever yourstit.ffec tionately, „ The jury consulted for more than an hour, an d r eturned a verdict for £6OO damages.