The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

trusting its affairs of head or heart into his hands,

The literary rumours of the coming season inform us that,
among other novelties, we may expect a third volume of
Lord Joni RUSSELL'S magnum opus, " The Memorials
and Correspondence of CHARLES JAMES Fox," and Mr.
MecerLAY's long procrastinated fruit of promise, some one
or other of his endless volumes of romantic history. The
author of " B. DISRAELI ; a biography," likewise threatens
a book, entitled," Thirty Years of Foreign Policy ;" and the
pepperiness of the last " devilled merry thought," from the
pen of this dealer in literary condiments, has excited some
curiosity as to the promised rifacciamento. A tale, by
CHARI

LEVER, is also announced; and we are further
promised a new work, under the title of " Romany Rye,"

by Mr. GEORGE BORROW. While peacefully cogitating
on these promised luxuries, the attention of the literary
world is somewhat sternly demanded to note the phases of

.rkable phenomenon, "a storm in a tea-pot." It

appears that, two and twenty years ago, Mr. ROBT. Clam-
BRAS, of Edinburgh, was employed by Messrs. MACKIE,
of Glasgow, to edit for them a " Biographical Dictionary of
Eminent Scotsmen," which he did; but whether he in-
serted the proper designation of the English King who
lost the battle of Bannockburn or not does not appear.
These publishers have found it convenient, or desirable, to
publish an altered edition of this biographical work with-
out consulting him, and Mr. C. is not only inconsolable
but indignant on the sublect, and invokes the sympathy
and commiseration of the world of letters to sustain him
under the dire affliction. Surely he should have the
sympathy he seeks and justly merits.

The houses, as the theatres are technically called, are
beginning, one by one, to unlock their portals for the
season. At Drury-lane, Mr. BROOKE has, for the last few
nights, been performing a round of favourite characters,
and this evening, comet-like, he shoots from our theatrical
hemisphere, to re-appear at the Antipodes, at least so it is
said. It would probably be no easy matter to find a more
fitting arena for the display of his theatric skill than at
the Antipodes, and there, it is to
.be hoped, he will be
entirely successful. Old Drury has been crowded nightly,
and those who have had courage to brave the first piece
out, have.been repaid by the delightful and natural acting
of WRIGHT, in • " Deaf as a Post," "The Spitalfields
Weaver," and other pieces, in which he has borne a con-
spicuous part. The St. James's Theatre, under the
management of Mrs. SEYMOUR, has undergone con-
siderable interior modifications, particularly in the audi-
ence department, which has been brought more into
harmony with English notions, by the withdrawal of the
curtains, from most of the dress-boxes. As her opening ,
bait, Mrs. SEYMOUR has produced, what on the whole
must be'loolled on as a successful play, from the joint pens
of Messrs, CIIARLES READS and Tom TAYLOR. It is
called the King's Rival, and abounds in good dramatic
situations, well brought out ; and it is full of good writing
The heroine is well played by Miss GLYN. This lady is

generally well reported of, and her engagement will be a
source of rearsatisfaction to the patrons of the house. The
genius of Irish comedy has been revived at the Hay-
market, and is sustained by the genial humour and
admirable acting of Mr. HUDSON, who, during the brief
space of his engagement, has added not a little to his pre-
vious reputation. The Adelphi glides along, still buoyant
on the touching portrait of Monsieur JAcQuEs, by Mr.
MORRIS BARNETT. A revival of Pericles, Prince of Tyre,
is still a promise at Sadler's Wells, and, in the meantime,

it rubs on and through with other Shakspearean dramas
This evening the Princess's is to re-open with a new

drama, by DOUGLAS JERROLD, titled "A Heart of Gold."
Of course it is highly spoken of as a coming wonder. The ,
" New Wags of Windsor ' still keeps the stage, and tells at
the treasury of the little theatre in the Strand; and this
evening the Olympic re-opens under its old management,
but with a renovated and strengthened body of perfor-
mers, and such an array of promise as to justify the
expectation of improvement on even its form

r successes,

Tifis RAILWAY MILLIONAIRE.—Thomas Brassey is one
, of the chief of the aristocracy that has risen in these latest
times upon the foundations of commercial enterprise—a
prince of the new dynasty, whose dominion extends where-
ever civilisation is fostered by the rail, and whose domi-
nion coronet is of iron. He commenced life as a surveyor
at Birkenhead, and his first connection with a railway was
a contract to supply the stone for a viaduct of the "Man-
chester and Liverpool." Since that time his labours have
been incessant and extraordinary, both in his own country
and out of it. Since 1846, he has, upon his own responsi-
bility and credit, constructed upwards of 500 miles of rail-
way, representing an aggregate of £9,250,000 of contract
money. In France and Spain his joint contracts with Mr.
Mackenzie were for 189 English miles of road, and for
nearly £3,000,000 sterling. His engagements in Scotland
and England, with Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. John Steven-
son, from 1834 to 1851, comprised 511 miles of railway,
and an aggregate of £7,200,000. His hands are still full,
and his men are carrying out his behests in all parts of the
world. In :more senses than one the career of Thomas
Brassey may be described as princely. The Barentine via-
duct of 27 arches, on the Rouen and Havre line, tumbled
down when all but completed : and the casualty involved
a loss of £30,000. Mr. Brassey, the contractor, was neither
morally or legally responsible. He had repeatedly pro-
tested against the material used in the structure, and the
French lawyers maintained a different opinion. He had
contracted, he said, to make and mantain the road, and no
law should prevent him from being as good as his word.
The viaduct was rebuilt at Mr. Brassey 's cost. For the
construction of this stupendous work (accomplished in
seven months) 16,000,000 bricks were required, of which
14,000,000 were new, and made on the spot. Thomas
Brassey is beloved by his countless retainers. Riches,
power, influence, and dominion have not touched his sound
and feeling heart. We dare to speak the truth of this liv-
ing worthy, for his life is in all respects one of the highest
examples we can offer our generation, absorbed, as we are,
in the production of great industrial undertakings, and,
above all things, intent upon the pursuit of wealth.—Mark-
lane Express.