Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.
SIR,—In attendinga meeting at the Collegiate
Institution, last Wednesday evening, I was much
gratified in hearing the opinions of the various
speakers, and to see such energy and determina-
tion displayed in carrying out the,,interesting
movement of the Rifle and Artillery Corps,,and was
no less pleased; to see on the platform, advocating"
in the strongest terms this really patriotic cause,
two of our most worthy and highly-respected
clergymen, I mean the Rev. Mr. Lomas and the
Rev. Mr. Macnaught, and hope to see them attend
these meetings , more frequently ; for, what was
said by them came with_ double weight and was
quite tothilpoint, but there has always b,een a strong
conviction on my mind that all the Rifle Corps in
England ~would be very incomplete and of little
avail in. case of an attack without that auxiliary and
great ,connecting link—a corps of Cavalry Volun-
teers, without, which, to use a soldier's ;phrase,
all will. be but moonshine, or a flash in the pan.
I would therefor urge upon his Worship the,
Mayor,.and the municipal authorities, the nacos-
sity,of calling a meeting on this very important
subject, and am sure the same patriotic feeling
will be shown,. and have no .doubt 400 or 500
would enrol, themselves immediately. The start
being made from this point is sure to succeed ;
andi at the same time,,l would, advise a consulta-
tion with the Earl of Derby, the Earl. of Sefton,
and Sir, Robert Gerard, Bart, who will be male
to say whether I am
-right or-wrong in the opinion
I have given. Hoping to see a corps fornied
before the close of 1859,—Your obedient servant,
A CAVALRY OFFICER.
December 2, 1859.

PEOPLE'S LECTURES

to a6Cordifice with public announcement,' Dr.:Lan-
kester, superintendent of the animal product and food
department at the South Kensington Museum, delivered'
the first of a course of six lectures on " Food,!' in the.
Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street;-yesterday evening, the
subject being -" Water ;" T. D. Anderson, Esq., Mayor,
presiding.
The c.umums.ii read a letter froth Mr. Horsfall, and
also -One* from "Mr. Ewart, expressing the re,;ret that
these gentlemen felt in not being
,able 'to attend. He
thaiPsaid he was aware that he owed the honour
olltlling the chair that evening to his official 'pod-,
tion, and he assured them that it. gave hiui very great
pleasure to be present,_u.s..,,a member of this great
community. People's lectures were going to be tried
igutlifit) town experikent, land were intended
for the working classes, mho: he hoped would 'avail
themselves of them... Several lectures had been given
in London and,Minehester.with very great,success, and
he believed he wag het' .vropLg'in stating that that course
Of Teetifrei been delivered by Dr.- Lankester,'aethe
request of the Committee. of the Conncil of Education, in
London:v/0A great deal had been done for the working
classes of -late—schools had been opened, and libraries
and other institutions had been established,-: which
had been of very great benefit to them ; and though
there had. been a very great. number. of lectures in this
town of late, none -of them had been for the working
claAses.., The Committee—or rather, he ought to say, the
indefatigable' secretary to the committee—had spared no
pai!ns or trouble in endeavouring to Make tbese lectures
acceptable, and with a view to getting.' as large a
number as possible of the working classes to -attend
the charge of admission had been made merely nominal.
Hetherefore sincerely hoped that the workuig classes
would avail themselves of the 'opportunity. The:com=
mittee had made these lectures as attractive as possible,
and the services of a lecturer, for that evening had been
secured'whote, name was sufficient to stamp the cha-
racter of the lectures. Dr. Lankester had lectured
at. Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, and he had also
kotured in the Collegiate Institution of this town
with great success. There was '."one thing which he
wished tormention; and that was, that after-the lecture
had been deliiered;l-gentlemen 'of 'position and expe-
rience would attend and give-their views of the articles
bf food of, which the ‘lecturer .would treat. Igle Veobld
not detain them longer, but tall upon Dr. Lankester to
ito;a:ddress *lra. (Applause.)
Dr. LANnesrnn commenced his address by observing
that- the, subject of which he was to treat was one ;of
greai interest and' importance.; to the . world. It 'was
necessary that every one Should understand the question
of food, as great evils had arisen from a want of know-
Iddge on the Itilbject.' He gave 'as instances the ravages
that-Scurvy often Made' on shipboard, during. long voy-
ages, and the. disasters that befel our army in the
Crimea. He—proceeded to explain the properties. of
food, by which the body is.-nourished, and the varions
elasses of food, .dwelling.more especially .on.,thp aqueous.
41a55...,,He showed that water was one of the ~most
essential,; constituents of the human .and indeed of all
bodies; and also, the-per centage of water that existed in
all-solid articles of food. He mentioned that in lieland
the quantity of potatoes • conSumed by the working
classes at one. time was extraordinary. Thislhe ac-.
counted for hY the large proportion of water in potatoes.
the'variont kihds of water were also-pointed out; and
On this point he mentioned that river -and surface,well
water was the most likely to contain, a considerable
quantity of organic matter. - Throughont -.the,Mt)
structive address the lecturer was frequently applartded
loudly by hia:litdience:
.• -vete.of thanks was then pralosecl IlaYior for.
hisk4. 4 attendance' e ; and he acknowledged,thergompli..
ripept,hy,ebeliv.44 that wben Mr. Samuelso:ii Oiled
Awn Juni to invitee bird to take the chair, ht: ..thonilit it
wag not his duty to decline the invitation,' though he
hatother pressing- engagements, as he feltl om the high
honour that his fellow townsmen haelilar,e 3hini, that it
lids his duty to encourage as far as his time *feuld,-,per-
Mit, anything that would be of benefit to-.his fellow
townsmen and to the massess of the community:: (Ap-
plause,) He was sure they had,:been instructed and
interested by the lecture which fney 'had jnst heard—
(hear, hear,)—and he would say, for one, that though ,he
expected much from what he laad heard of the lebturer,
lecture,
.a s
hie expectation had been more -than realised, and in this
he was sure they all amre,ad. •He congratulated Mr.
Samuelson'and Mr.- Kendall upon the success of the first
The meeting .anregeely attended, and Fie hoped that the mumbers.would
and a I use ) .1"
had never
ernheeerr, separated,seen ptph
applause.)
first . of: a course so