The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-08 00:00:00

PRESENTATION OF PLATE.

We have great pleasure in publishing the following c'or
respondence:
CAPTAIN NYE. Liverpool, Dec.3o, 1835.
• DEAR 81R,—Having had the honour of being appointed a
Committee by and on behalf of our fellow-passengers in the
ship Independence, on her passage from New York to Liver-
pool, we have much pleasure in tendering for your acceptance
the accompanying Piece of Plate, as a lasting tribute of their
regard for your character as agentleman, and the high sense
they entertain of your qualifications as a Seaman throughout a
stormy voyage, just so happily terminated.
Your impartiality, uniform kindness, gond temper, added to
an unceasing attention, both to the ship and ourselves indivi-
dually, cannot easily he effaced from our memories.
Wi!, therefore, unite in embracing this opportunity of ex-
pressing our ardent hope; before parting, that the remainder of
your journey through life may be as prosperous and happy as
such conduct deserves.
With best wishes,
We remain, dear Sir,
Respectfully and truly yours,
JAMES MOORE.
HENRY W. GIBSONE.
GEO. NV: BLUNT.
The Committee appointed on behalf of those Gentlemen,
whose names we beg to annex.
Allan Gilmour Charles Browe
Henry Sharpies Henry Taylor
James Moore Kirk Henry
Thomas Curry • James Ogilvie
James James Burns
Dick
Isaac Buchanan Henry W. Gibsone
ames Scott A. W. Hart
Samuel Guppy William Maxwell " •
C. Starr
John Banister
C. Grimshaw John Halsey
Geo W. Blunt Sault. Rhodes, Jun.
Jasper Gilkerson and lady John Roach
Benj. Clapp and lady Thomas Firth
CharleS E. Levey John Higgins
To Messrs. JAMES MOORE, G. W.,131.UNT, and HENRY W.
GlesoNg, Committee on behalf of the Passengers per ship
Independence, on passage from New Y to Liverpool.
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Dec:.
. 0, 1835.
GENTLEMEN,—In acknowledging the rich memento of your
esteem which I have had the honour and pleasure of receiving
this day, I have to convey to you my due sense of its apprecia-
tion; and it gives me happiness to find that my humble eudea-
yours to promote your comfort have met your approbation.
With a • deep sense of gratitude for all Your kindness, and
with my best wishes for your continued welfare and prosperity,
I beg to remain, Gentlemen,
Yours, most truly,
EZRA N E.

ORIGIN OF THE ITALIAN OPERA.— About the year 1694,
three young gentlemen; allied by the similarity of their tastes
and studies no less than by friendship; and who were all exceed-
ingly fond of poetry and music, conceived the idea of reviving
the old custom of acclamatory chaunting which prevailed with
'the Greeks. The first step was to get the poet Itimeccini to
compose a drama, called The History of Daphne, for which mu-
sic was arranged by Pesi, the most celebrated composer of that
period. Count Corsi, simply an amateur, was at the same time
a very good musician, and assisted in the production. The
actors and singers were the ,author and his friends, and the or-
chestra of the first Italian Opera consisted only of four instru-
' mentS, naniely, a pianoforte. a harp, a violoncello, and a lute.
There were no airs in this opera, andi the recitative, if such it
could be called, was nothing more than a species
thof me
htasured
intonation, Which would, at the present time, be oug Tery
monotonous and fat iguing.—La Chameleon.
A GENTLEMAN MIXING in Sociivrv.—" Who is that gentle-
man who has just ordered his seventh tumbler of punch? lie
seems. to be a member of every society iu London. " I believe
he is, but I forget his name—he is evidently one who mixes a
good deal in society."