The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

DINNER AND PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO
MR. C. E. RAWLINS, JUN., LATE SECRETARY
TO THE ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.

Last evening, a very select company, composed of the
most influential members of the late Anti-monopoly As-
sociation of Liverpool, sat down to a most sumptuous
dinner, at Mr. Lynn's, the Waterloo Hotel, the occasion
of their being met together being to present to Mr. Raw-
lins, their late active secretary, a beautiful silver salver,
and other splendid articles of silver, as a testimony of
their sense of the great services rendered by him to the
cause of free trade. William Brown, Esq., M.P., occu-
pied the chair, Messrs. T. Thornley, M.P., and Richard
Shiel, officiating as vice-chairman. The gentleman,
in whose honour the dinner was provided, occupied
the seat to the right of the chair, Wm. Rathbone, Esq.
being seated on the left. Amongst the company present
we noticed also Messrs. Jas. Mellor, Rawlins, sen., C.
Paulett, C. Rawlins, R. C. Rawlins, Chas. Holland,
S. T. Hobson, T. J. Crooke, J. B. Cooke, M. J. Whitty,
R. W. Ronald, J. Stitt, W. Freme, &c.
dinner
The was on the table a few minutes after six
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o'clock, and consisted of all delicacies of the season,
accompanied by an ample portion of the requisite solids,
all of which were prepared and served up in the style for
which this hotel is celebrated. The wines also were of
excellent vintage, and of the Waterloo punch we need not
say a word. The room in which the dinner was given
was lighted up with candelebra, and looked well through-
out the evening.

fter the cloth was drawn, and a number of letters of
apology for non-attendance read, the Chairman gave
" The Queen," which was drunk with the usual honours.

The next toast was " Prince Albert and the rest of the
Royal Family," after which the army and navy followed,
and the chairman then proceeded to give the toast of the
evening, " Mr. Charles Edward Rawlins, jun." In
introducing the toast, the Chairman referred to the diffi-
culties which had been exnerienced at first in their attempts
to enlighten the public mind as to the advantages of free
trade, and dwelt upon the great assistance which had
been rendered to the cause by the exertions of Mr. C. E.
Rawlins, jun. After a few comments upon the prospects
of free trade, the chairman introduced the object for
which they had met together, as the most pleasing
for which they could be assembled ; and after passing a
high encomium upon the excellence of design and taste
which had been shown by Mr. Mayer in executing the
service of plate to be presented, he read a written descrip-
tion of the various articles, which, however, as we have
so recently described them in our columns, we shall not
here repeat. The chairman concluded a very neat speech,
by tendering the plate to Mr. Rawlins.
Mn. T. THORNLEY, M.P. begged, before the health of
Mr. Rawlins was drunk, to say a few words, and proceeded
to pay a very flattering tribute to that gentleman.
The toast was then drunk standing, with protracted
cheers.

Mr. RAwmxs then rose to reply, evidently under the
influence of great emotion, and assured the meeting that
he had faced the unbroken hosts of monopoly with far
less misgiving than he faced them on this occasion, to
return them his thanks for the enduring work of art with
which they had complimented him. He felt that too
much credit had been given to him, and too little
to the friends around him with whom he had worked ; and
particularly he referred to the exertions of Mr. Thorneley,
which, in London especially, had been most valuable, as
well as in the country. He dwelt also on the eminent
services rendered by Mr. Brown, who had brought to the
cause both the zeal of the missionary and the knowledge
of a world-wide commercial experience. Mr. Heyworth
and Mr. Holland had also contributed material assistance
to the cause, as had Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Blackburn, and
Mr. C. Robertson. They had also been undpr

_ - - sacy ',au. aim; ',curt unuer oritigations
to the council of the association for onerous duties per-
formed in writing and distributing addresses, written and
oral, in a number of places ; and in eradicating the
fallacies with which the subject of FrAe Trade was sur-
rounded. Mr. Rawlins also referred to the sssistance
which he had received from Mr. James Harvey and others.
Having entered into a brief apology for the working thus
far of Free Trnde policy, Mr. Rawlins expressed once
more in very feeling terms his thanks for his flattering
reception and the handsome testimonial presented to
him ; and concluded by proposing the members for the
county.

W.-13nowtr, Esq., M.P., repiied for himself and his
colleague, Mr. Henry, who was absent, in a neat and ef-
fective speech. A number of other toasts were given,
which protracted a very satisfactory evening's enjoyment
to an hour too late to enable us, with our other engage-
ments, to extend our report beyond its present length.
The following were amongst the remaining toasts :
"The National Anti-Corn-law League. Though its
body be dissolved, may its spirit, live to complete the
emancipation of human industry (with the health of
George Wilson, Esq)."

" Thos. Thornely, Esq. M.P., first president of the
Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Esq.,
William Rathbone, Esq., " May the progress of human
improvement never be retarded by religious or political
differences."
"Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures."

THE POPE AND THE GOVERNMENT.—It may be in-
ferred, from the answer given by Lord Lansdowne to the
questions recently put to him with reference to the mission
of the Lord Privy Seal to the Italian States, that one of
the first measures of the government, after the recess,
will be the introduction of a bill into parliament calcu-
lated to remove the leral doubts whirl, Pv;cl- oa

diplomatic relations with the Papal See. Lord Lans-
downe thought fit to declare, on the occasion to which we
allude, that, although Lord Stanley had abstained from
expressing any opinion on the propriety of establishing
such relations, the ministers of the crown make no secret
of their conviction that it is desirable that all impediments
to such a measure should be removed, and we presume
that, when the proper time arrives, they arc prepared to
act upon this declaration.—"''

COLLEGE I
Worcester College, uxtord, has been very prof,.,
lowed by his father to pass through the Insolvent Court.
It appears that he had from his father an allowance of
£250 per annum, or somewhat more than one-quarter of
his total income. The youth went into residence in Oct
1845, and, instead of applying himself to the stud;
sems at •

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a student at

to have given u to the fo of the
university. The trade harpiesself of the place atllies once fixed
upon their prey. From the statement of Mr. Cooke, the
counsel for the insolvent, it would seem that during the
first week of his residence fifty tradesmen visited him,
soliciting custom—wine-merchants, tailors, bootmakers,
cigar-sellers, &c. They never made a single inquiry re-
garding his means, nor the position of his father. The
success of their manoeuvres, and the best evidence of the
insolvent's folly, is to be found in the schedule of debts
contracted by him in a short space of time, which was pro-
duced before the commissioner. The consideration debts
were £1,865, of which £1,697 were due to Oxford trades-
men. Among the items are £56 for wine, £33 for sad-
dlery, £3Ol for tailoring, £46 for confectionery, £195 for
boats, and £9B for hats ! The youth had, besides, bor-
rowed money from a money-lender at Oxford, who gave
him £55 for two £lOO bills. As a fitting termination to
such an university career the insolvent had been rusticated
by his college, and his name had, finally, been removed
from the books at his father's desire.

SYLLOGISM.—A sailor is not a sailor when he is a-
board ; a sailor is not a sailor when he is a-shore ; but he
Must be either ashore or aboard, thcrebre a sailor is not

a sailor

THE PRIM.:EVAL FOPEST.—Trees of incredible girt
tower aloft, and from their tops one in vain endeavours to
bring down the desired bird with a fowling-piece. The
trunks are of every variety of form, round, angular, and
sometimes resembling an open network, through which
the light pastes in any direction. Amid these giants very
few low trees or little underbrush interfere with one's
movements, and very rarely is the path intercepted by a
fallen log. But about the trees cling huge snake-like
vines, winding round and round the trunks, and through
the branches, sending their long arms, binding tree to
tree. Sometimes they throw down long feelers, which
swing in mid air until they reach the ground, when, tak-
ing root, they in their turn throw out arms that cling to
the first support. .In this way the whole forest is linked
together, and a cut tree rarely falls without involving the
destruction of many others. This creeping vine is called
sepaw, and, having the strength and flexibility of rope, is
of inestimable value in the construction of houses, and for
various other purposes. Around the tree-trunks clasp
those curious anomalies, parasitic plants, sometimes
throwing down long, slender roots to the ground, but ge-
nerally deriving sustenance only from the tree itself and
from the air, called hence, appropriately enough, air-plart 3.
These are in vast numbers and of every form, now resem-
bling lilies, now grasses or other familiar plants. Often a
dozen varieties cluster upon a single tree. Towards the
close of the rainy season they are in blossom, and their
exquisite appearance, as they encircle the mossy and
leafed trunk with flowers of every hue, can scarcely be
imagined. At this period, too, vast numbers of trees add
their tribute of beauty, and the flower-domed forest, from
its many-coloured altars, ever sends heavenward worship-
ful incense.—Voyage up the Amazon.

HUNTING IN AUSTRALIA.—Opossums and flying squir-
rels, kangaroos (some standing nine feet high), and kan-
garoo rats, emus, ducks, and bronze-winged pigeons, were
the principal beasts and birds encountered during the
journey. Crocodiles were met with, and a few buffaloes.
Fish of many kinds, now and then turtles, were seen and
caught in the pools, rivers, and lagoons. Sand-flies, mos-
quitoes, and hornets, were very annoying, but the cool
night breeze usually swept them away. The melodious
note of the glucking-bird, so named from the sound re-
sembling "gluck, gluck," the noisy call of the " laughing
jackass," the hoot of the barking owl, the howlings of
native dogs, and the screech of the oppossum, were the
principal sounds that br..ke the stillness of the bush.
Kangaroos were a great article of provender ; the travellers
chased them with dogs, so long as the dogs lasted, but
these perished, little by little, until at last only one re-
mained—Spring by name,—a useful and valiant brute.
covered with honourable scars. He was of the breed
known as the kangaroo-dog, was exceedingly stanch and
valuable, and the means of obtaining a vast deal of game.
Of course, he was an immense favourite, and his masters
had rs-ekoned on his accompanying them to the er d of
their journey. They carried a calabash of water for hi
private use, as they were frequently very long v
meeting with any, and this precaution more than onc€
saved Spring's life. At last, during the latter part of a
toilsome day's march, poor Spring lagged. in the rear and
was forgotten. The next day two of the party returned
to seek him, and found him almost dead, " stretched out
in the deep cattle track, which he seemed not to have
quitted even to find a shady place. They broughl him to
the camp ; a id I put his whole body, with the exception
of his head, under water, and bled him ; lie lived six
hours longer, when he began to bark, as if raving." And
Spring gave up the ghost, to the great comfort and relief
of the emus and kangaroos, and to the deep distress of the
worthy doctor and his biped companions.—Blackwood.

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