The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-11 00:00:00

VOUSVIELD TESTIMONIAL;

" Liverpool,. Oct. 8, 1800.
have been desired by the Mayor to aeknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the sth instant, and
also your very handsome donation of ten guineas.
The committee will be much obliged by your giving
them permission to publish your letter, as your high
authority in support of Lieutenant-Colonel Bousfield
will materially assist them in carrying out the object
they have in view—to present him with a substantial
testimonial.
The donations now amount to nearly £1,500.
The favour of an early reply will oblige your obedient
servant, WILLIAM ALLENDEIt, lion. Soo.
General Sir Duncan Macdougal, K.S.F.
112, Eaton-square, London, S.W., Oct. 3, 1860.
Stn,—ln reply to your letter of yesterday, I beg to
inform you that I can have no possible objection to the
publication of the letter I addressed to the Mayor of
Liverpool on the 6th inst., as no one can feel more
anxious than I do to promote the laudable, and I may
say pa,
triotic object of your committee.--I beg to remain,
sir, your faithful servant, D. lII`DotroALL.
W. Allender, Esq., Hon. See. Bousfield Testimonial.
112, Eaton-square, London, S.W., Oct. 5, 18€0.
Sin,-4 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 29th September, which reached me
on my arrival here ; and, in transmitting to youth
enclosed order for ten guineas, I beg to assure you that
it affords me a pleasure and satisfaction, the most truly
sincere, to o•
be allowed the gratification of contrilintin
towards the testimonial proposed to be given to Lieut.-
Colonel Bonfield, "as the promoter of the movement
which has resulted in our present large and efficient
volunteer force." _ _

In forwarding to the War Minister, on the 28th of.
April, 1859, Lieutenant-Colonel Bousfield's offer -or
service, I stated to General Peel that "his offer. to form
a Volunteer corps in 1857 had been -most injudfcionsly
rejected by, the Government," and I: further said that,.
"In the event of the Government's now. accepting the
services of the spirited and patriotic gentlemen of Liver-
-1.001, and holding out proper encouragement to others to
form similar corps, I am assured that hundreds of thou-
sands would soon enrol themselves as volunteers, and
would in a Atort time, efface the ridicule and disgrace to
which Great Britain had been exposed in Europe, in
Consequence of the defective state of our defences hav-
ing so repeatedly . led to the expression of fears of

invasion 1"
The result, of °the above communication to the War
Minister was a letter addressed to me' from the War
Department, on the 13th of May, 1859, informing me
that " a circular had been issued, informing Lord-
lieutenants of counties of the conditions on which the
Queen's Government will accept 'the services'of Volun-
teer corps."
It was, therefore, Lieutenant-Colonel Bousfield's offer
of servie,e that led the Government of the Earl of Derby
to Woe the circular from which has resulted the success
of 'the voluriteer roovement.—l have the honour:to be,
sir, your most obedient servant, D. M`DOUGALL.
The Worshipful the Mayor of Livcrpni.

. The liabilities of Sofiano, Brothers and :Comps 3, of
Manchester are stated at £60,000.
The creditors of Mr. Thomas Nokes, of Grays, Essex,
have accepted a composition of 6s. in the pound. The
liabilities amount to £lB,OOO.