The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-11-12 00:00:00

To TIIE EDITOR UP TEE LIPERPOOL ST.SINDARD.

Sir,—Glancing cursorily over your paper of Friday, the Bth
instant, I cast my eye upon the article relative to the life of the
late Mr. Roscoe, in which mention is made of an accomplished
young man of the name of Holden, to whom Mr. Roscoe was
indebted primarily for his introduction to polite literature;—
this, Sir, is a fact, and stands recorded-likewise in. Philip's
Literary Characters, published in 17b8,onder the article " Life
of Roscoe." As this extraordinary young man has been so
slightly noticed by -?Mir. lioscoe's biographer, it may not be
amiss to throw a little more information 'elating to him into a
memoir connected with the life of Roscoe. 'Mr. Holden, then,
was the son of Mr. Procter Holden, of West house, near Ingle-
ton, in Yorkshire, and was, at the time of his first acquaintance
with Mr. Roscoe, assistant teacher to his uncle, Mr. Richard
Holden, the original projector and calculator of the Tide Table
for this port, and which is still continued in the family, and is
at present calculated by the Rev. tieorge Holden, Minis-
ter of Maghull, near Liverpool. Richard Holden at the tune
mentioned had his school in Orange-court, turning out of
Castle-street; he afterwards commenced and conducted with
the greatest credit to himself and advantage to his pupils the
celebrated academy at Rainford, near Prescot, and was to the
period of his death considered the first mathematician in Eng-
land. -Francis Holden did nut remove with him to Rainford,
but under the patronage of some distinguished characters whom
he accompanied made the-tour of Europe, and so became ac-
complished in its languages and manners; on his return he
entered at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he matriculated
in 1784—his ulterior object being the bar, but owing to the in-
roads made on his constitution by intense study, he was induced,
at the instance of a distinguished friend, to make a voyage to
Jamaica, but he died on the passage, and was buried at Ma-
deira in April. liBs, at the premature age of 32. His attain-
ments in literature were of the most extraordinary cast, and he
seized as it were by intuition knowledge of •every description;
in his manners he was the most refilled gentleman, and in every
clime at home—the continental. languages were to him as fami-
liar as his vernacular English. In the classics and mathema-
tics he had no superior; in the fine arts his taste and judgment
were the criteria of refinement and excellence, and he might be
said and was allowed to be only second to the admirable Crich-
ton in the versatility of his genius and the attainments of his
mind. The- writer of this has frequently heard him speak of
Roscoe with enthusiasm, but he was far removed from his
friends, politics and creed; fin he was, as all his familyshad
ever been and are, staunch Tories and high Church of England
men. The writer has likewise in his possession an elegantly
penciled miniature portrait of Francis Holden, done by Mr.
Roscoe himself,.—a memento of she friendship ptithe iliusttions
.author of Lorenzo de Medici for his no less.d,stinguilied and
accomplished friend.—l am, eze, EVER`I OIN ENS IS.
Ncromber 9th, 1833.

CONCERT AT THE LIVER TAEATRE.
R. EYTON respectfully announ s to his Friends and
_Ai the Public, that his annual ;CERT will take place
at the LIVER THEATRE, on lURSDAY EVENING,
the 21st instant.

VOCAL PERFORMERS. '
Miss Leach, Miss lisherwood, Mr. J. Stott, Mr. E. Stott, Mr.
H. Dodd, and Mr. Davies, with a select Chorus.

INSTRUMENTAL.

Leader, Mr. ETTON—Second Violin, Mr. Brandreth—Violon-
cello, Mr. R. Davies—Flute, Mr. Brown—Conductor, Mr.
M. Maybrick.
The Orchestra, consisting principally of Gentlemen Ama-
teurs, will be formed upon the stage, and, with the Chorus, will
compose upwards of fifty performers. .
Tickets for the Boxes at 4s. ; Pit, 35., and Gallery, 25., With
Schemes, may be had at the Music Shops, and at Mr. Eyton's
Academy, 16:Portlarid-place, Roscommon-street.
Places for the Boxes may be taken at the Theatre on the
day of the Concert, cud the day before from Eleven until Four
(Mock.

Doors open at Seven o'clock, and the Performance will com:
mence at Half-past Seven o'clock.