The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-01 00:00:00

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LITERA T LIRE.
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of every Meal of the Day, with those of the Nursery
and Sick Room, and Minute Directions for Family
Management in all its Branches. Illustrated with
Engravings, including the Modern Housewife's
Unique Kitchen and Magic Stove. By Alexis
Soyer, Author of " The Gastronomic Regenerator,"
(Reform Club).
The great chief of the Reform Club having, by the
publication of his " Gastronomic Regenerator," car-
ried the science of gastronomy to a degree of perfec-
tion which had been heretofore undreamed of, and
having thus made it a most important adjunct to,
if not a rival, of the science of diplomacy (none
know better than the French diplomatists the value
of a French Chef de Cuisine in bringing an im-
portant treaty to a satisfactory conclusion), and
having in his cheap cookery for the poor shown
the needy how they may procure a wholesome,
nutritious, and comfortable meal from materials which,
until he enlightened them by bringing the science of
chemistry to bear on the practice of cookery, they
were unable to obtain,—M. Soyer having thus opened
for the rich and for the poor the arcana of gustatory
science, he has now done the same good work for
the middle classes, and in this his " Modern
Housewife" has " taught us how to live." He begins
with the beginning—breakfast, and having initiated
us into the mystery of egg boiling, ham and bacon
cooking, fish cooking, bread and butter cutting, toast
making (a more difficult operation than the purveyors
of that leathern commodity with which, under the
name of toast, many a breakfast table is loaded, ima-
gine), tea-brewing and coffee-making, he proceeds to
discuss the subject of luncheons, nursery dinners,
cookery for invalids, dinners, from the simplest
family dinner up to the most ceremonious solemnity,
desserts, and refreshments for evening parties. The
receipts are all written in plain and understandable
language, and M. Soyer's " Housewife" is indeed
and in truth The Cookery Book for the Million. The
work concludes with a chapter on "Anti-Cholera Diet,"
which is especially worthy of study at the present
time. We understand that the members of the
Board of Health, and several of our most eminent
medical men, have expressed their high approval of
M. Soyer's suggestions. The " Magic Stove " is a
perfect wonder of invention. By its means the
breakfast may be cooked upon the breakfast table
itself. All who wish to enjoy a cutlet in perfection
should cook it themselves by the magic stove.

THE BANKRUPT LAW CONSOLIDATION
ACT, 1849 (12 and 13 Viet., cap. 106), with In-
troduction, Explanatory Notes, Forms, and a very
copious Index. By Edward Wise Esq., of the
Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
This is a useful edition of a most important Act of
Parliament. The explanatory notes are clear, full,
and understandable, and follow each section in the
body of the Act itself, being printed in a smaller
type. This is an improvement upon the old system
of foot-notes, and upon the still more inconvenient
plan of collecting all the notes in a mass at the eud
of the volume. The appendix contains all parts of
previous statutes which are left unrepealed, or which
are embodied in the present law ; and also the report
of the London Committee, to whose unremitting
exertions the passing of the Act was mainly owing.

THE MAYOR'S DINNER AT

LIVERPOOL.

_
The Mayor of Liverpool entertained at dinner, at the
Town-hall, on Thursday evening last, a distinguished
party, including Sir James Duke, M.P., Lord Mayor of
London; the Hon. George Bancroft, Minister to St.
James's from the United States; the Hon. Sir Edward
Cust, William Brown, Esq., M.P.. &c., Sir William
Warre, the Mayor of Manchester, Lieutenant-Colonel
Garratt, Lieutenant-Colonel French, Colonel Falconer,
Major Warre, Lieutenant-Colonel Nicoll, Captain Bluett,
Captain Mitchell, Major Mathias, the Rev. J. S. How-
son, the Rev. P. W. Brancker, Thomas Potter, James
Kemp, John Rosson, R. V. Yates, E. J. Mozley, W. J.
Myers, Charles Spencer, C. Bushell, J. B. Lloyd, W. R.
Sandbach, town-clerk; J. A. Tinne, Edward Moon, J.
Shipley, F. Hamilton, Esqs., &c.
I❑ the course of the evening, the MAYOR proposed Mr.
Bancroft's good health, and wishing him a prosperous
voyage to his native country.
The toast was drank with three times three.

The Hon. Mr. BaNeuorr rose to return thanks. The
words used by their respected Mayor were so kind, that
it added to the pain of the position which rendered it
necessary that he should say farewell. Three years ago,
when he landed in Liverpool, he had no sooner struck
his foot against the British soil than he was welcomed
by the gentlemen of Liverpool; and now, on his return
home, he was happy to say that everywhere he expe-
rienced the same kindness and hospitality. He found
that respect for America was deeply rooted in society,
and that the courtesies he experienced during his resi-
dence were not confined by considerations of secta-
rianism or interest, for he encountered them in equal
force wherever he went.—(Cheers.) He met them in
their schools, their colleges, at all their institutions—at
the festive board, whether the occasion was to compli-
ment a Prime Minister or celebrate the distribution of
prizes at an agricultural show. He found society over-
flowing with regard for America, and in every mouth
prayers for her prosperity. He felt proud in being able
to say that, in his country, these regards were fully re-
ciprocated. He was sent here as a messenger of good-
will; and now, on returning to his native land, he was
bound to say that the present Administration entertain
exactly the same views with regard to Great Britain as
the Government he had the honour to represent.
—(Cheers.) How could it be otherwise ? Look at
your exports, and then look at your imports. There
is as much good on one side as the other. The
prosperity of both countries are identical; and the voice
that now weekly crosses the broad waters is a voice of
friendship,—(Cheers.) The day has gone by for any
but reciprocal good feeling. He knew that the pros-
perity of Liverpool should create in them a spirit of en-
terprise; and the enterprise of this great town bespeaks
your high position among all the nations of Europe.—
(Cheers.) Your prosperity appears not only in your
noble charitable institutions, your elevated literature and
perfect science, but is consecrated in the memories of
your great men—your Roscoes, and your living men--
(Cheers.) These blend with your ability and enterprise;
and it is through the operation of commerce that you
have been led to foster those great principles of liberty
which give you so high a place in the great family of
man and the proud brotherhood of nations.—(Cheers.)
The principles exhibited from Penn, through Canning
and Peel, abound more and more, and will grow to co•
meet the bonds, not only of material, but of the finer
interests of intelligenee.—(Cheers.)
Several other speeches were made, and the company
rose at half-past ten o'clock.—Abridged from Liverpool
Journal.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
COWES, AUGUST 31.
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE

ARRIVALS.

AUG. 2 7.—Urania, schooner, Lord Rodney, from Dover.
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Plymouth.
31st. Frisk, cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., from
Jersey; Duchess, yawl, Viscount Somerton, from Wes-
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