The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1857, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1857. THE FOURTH OF JULY IN LIVERPOOL. The Way the American Merchants and. the Officers of the Niagara Celebrated the Day There. Speeches of Mr. James, Capt. Hudson, Capt. Pen- mock, Mr. Train, Mr. Baylor, Mr. Whitte- more, Lieut. Guest, Lieut. Wells, Captain Rich, Captain Eld- ridge, and Others. Letters of Professor Morse, Hon. fir. Dallas, Gen. Campbell and Hr. Hawthorne, &o., &o., &o. Lavmnroon, July 8, 1857. A grand banquet was given on the Fourth of July, at the Adelphi Hotel, to they officers of the Niagara and a ‘mumber of others, by the American residents of Liverpool Tt was the first celebration of the national anniversary ‘whioh has ever taken place in this city, and from begin- ‘aing to ond was a most successfal affair. There are uly twenty-five American residents in Liverpool—a mall number, it must be acknowledged, but they were ‘ot, as they proved, too smal! numerically for what they ‘undertook, and what there is no doubt will serve as a pre Sige for futare imitation. following is a 7 of thy cards of invitation issu od ORO ROnnnnnnnnennnrnne nnener ree noe ‘The Committee on behalf of the American residents in Liverpooi request the honor of your compan ‘AT DINNER, At Ti ADELPAL HOTEL, ON SATURDAY, THE FOOKTH OF JOLY, AT 6 O'CLOCK. commrtTEE:— 8. B. Guion, ‘Waa. T. Whittemore, B. F. Babcock, Jas. MoBeory, D. P. Morgan, W. W. Martens, Anoarty anawer aidremed on B G ‘ o ye pA to uion, Esq., Tower ‘The offcers of the Niagara were all dressed in uniform, (and as the steamboat which conveyed them from the ship danded at the pier, they became the subjects of ihe most in- Gense curicaity to all who saw them, and wondering eyes displayed their anxiety to know what the whole thing meant. As they passed on their way up the pler the follow tng colloquy tok place between two of the most carious. “What are a] these officers do! ref—what does it ail mean [ wonder?’ inquired one of of the other. “That's what I've been trying to find out myeelf,” he replied, “but nobedy seems to know. I hear that they’re tbe officers of the great Yankee man-of-war that’s agin’ to take that ’ere cable, but what they’re a goin’ to do I don’t know.” “Tl tell what they’re about” said a third. chimit in—T' ‘ell you whatthe’re about: this ls the Fourth ot July, and they’re goiny to a great dinner.” But the more, so the this did not elighten them an: the particulars re- third party bad to give him some ing the day, and informed him that all the American ed in honor of the occasion. the oA of the eicers at the hotel, they were received by the committee, by whom they paced duced to the rest of the company. When the Of introduction was over, tht whole party proceeded to the dining hall. This apartment was handsomely orna- mented for the occasion. Over the entrance the American fag was displayed; at the opporite end was a rather fierce — — Steere of Jove, while upon the ie 8 it were bun; ravings of thé Celegraph fleet, tbe signers of the Tecetenn ot Inde. lence, ® portrait of Washiogtor, the American Senate session, and a fac simile of the Declaration itself Of ‘what was spread on the table for the guests, the best thing that can be done to show the sum»uous way in which —— been provided for, ts to give the following bill of COMPLIMENTARY DINNIR ont FOURIH OF JULY, 1857, n AMERICAN RESIDENTS IN LIVERPOOL, 70.7He OFFICERS OF THE UNITKD 8TAT WIAGaRe, ‘ES FRIGATE EIGHTY FIRST ANSIVARGARY OF AMIR ANS 34 OF Al INDEPEN DENOR sand Tord punch 3 sod Madeira | Turtie and green fat eup | ‘Mulets. Steinberger. White bait. Champagne. | Lamb cutlets ana c: Larded sweetbreads apd asparagus TABLE DE COTE—PINCES DE ESISTANCE Two seake of veniien stewes in Burgund; 0 ‘venison stew : Claret cup. | Boiled chickens, hams and tong aes. ” ‘Reest lamb and stewed. | SHCOND SERVICE. Champagpe. | Boast leverets, gorlings and duckiiogs. SWEETS AND ENTREWENTS, Jellies and marbree of fruits, Pickled crabs snd lobster salads. Artictokes and sauce piquant. Cuny a = cream and tourts. iy. — ENTREES. jayounaiee of lobsters, be. £o. Currant and raspberry tarts. Prawn RELEV ES, Mariaguiro. | POLO OL CODE ELEDODOLDODLE DE DALE LELOODIT TE | *rricot omelets. DEMERT—I0R CREAMS AND BISCUITS Old port. | Pines. Goove berries, Braadied Claret. Ho'bouse grapes. Cherries cherries, q Peachen Ourrants. stalized Nectaripes. ie Almond caices. eornoernee ‘The compsny sat down to dinner about balf past six, Mr James presiding, and Capt. Hodson sccupying the seat on his right. The following is a complete list of the gentle- men present OFFICERS OF THE NIAGARA. Captain Hudson, Commander Pennock, lieutenant Todd, Captain Rich, Murine Officer; Purser Bdredge, Lieutenant Gooet, Lieutenant Wel's, Lieutenant Kennon, Chief Engi- peer Everett, Assistant Surgeons Lynch and Washington, Aseistant Engineers Kellogg, Moore, Grier, McElwell and Kote; Mr Hodson, Captain's clerk, and Mr. Willard, First Lieutenant North, Palmer, Lieatenant ‘Whiting, Liectenant Macaulay, Lieutenant Boyd, and a umber of junior officers, were absent in come juence of Raving to attend duty on shipboard. CAN RESIDENTS OF LIVERPODL. Dante! , Wm Smith Bird, Bon) F. Batmock, John Garo, 3. B Guion, OK, Prioleau, Ricbard 8 BR; james MoHeory William T. Whittemore, John Calder, James Jackson, Wm RK Morgan, W. W. Mertens, Gowge War. ren, Wm. L. Trenholm, Henry Nasb, Eben Howe, RM. A. Kerobevel, Vred’k. B. Elliott, D. P. Morgan Henry Robt. M. Crinneli, Steves. AMFRICAN QUES Wm. B. Higgins, Manchester; Mr. Baylor, UnitedStates Qonsul at Manchester; |. 8. Onkford, London; Gpiain Oliver Hidridge, of the Atlantic; Geo. F. Traia, of Breton; J. H. Orme, James Maury, of New Orleans; Col. Folien Chas. Roome, of New Tork: James Buchanan Read Ab- bott Brown, of New York; Rev. Mr. Oaider, of Charieton, South Carolina; ©. T. Mitchell, of South Carolina, ant J Mollaly, of New York. ‘Whee fall justice bad been done to the hospitality of be No. 8 Asumcnenam Texrace, July 1, 1857. Gerrime—Your polite card, requestiog my company ‘at dipper on our petional festival day—the 4th instant—i ecetved, and regret exceedingly that the pres volving upon me ip connection with the At- telegraph enterprise, and requiring my presence at this moment, will prevent my scoeptance of your | however console myself with the belief thet in my present sphere cf duty | am a co worker with you and ail y country men who truly imbibe the spirit of the day, ‘the promotion of world union which shall not oely home, bot sha)! extend uptversal bamanity. | Lacanom ov Tam Usrrap Stare, } Loxpos july 1, 1867. Mr Dallas exoce tingly regrets that be is by siready contracted hat the pleasure of ning bis fellow citizens resident im Liverpool at their dinner oo the approaching anviversary of American inde pendence. He , vast expanrion, unchecked prosperity, and cloudless glory of the Union naturally and jostly inapire, ‘and offers for their ac option, when assembled, the follow: toast — Day—lTniversality and immortality t9 ite principles. Unrren Sra Tee SRAM FRIGATE StmyrER ANNA Cowm, Monday, Joly #8 1857 } Captain Sands and officers, of the Susquehanna, regrot exceedingly that distance will deprive them of the honor of being present at the dinner to given by the Ameri. oan residents of Liverpool, on the 4th of July inst. Lowpom, July 1, 1867 My Duan Srn—You will please accept for yourself and the committee with whom you are associated my sincere thanks for your polite invitation on the day which every “American, at home or abroad, shou! 1 delight to honor, and say regret al the of the tendered honor, as for some daye ‘Ihave been suffering with a dilious attack. Yours, ROBERT B. CAMPBELL. J. B. @ciom, Tower Chambers, Liverpool. Grascow, July 1, 1861, that bis absence from Liverpool the tind Invitation of the commit mets bite to decline Ly jen: See aise with the American residents othe ‘ 3 app! Tr is an event which brought out all the Sterling qualities of the people, avd which in ite Consequences to the world at large is perhaps with- out ® parallel in the records of the race. They wore try {times in which our ancestors wade that declaration of dence to the world; (bere the speaker pointed to copy of the Declaration of ladesendence whi ia the most conspicuous part of the hail); but tae whom it was meaee understood the responsibilities wi they incurred by thet act, and the im; it duties 4 they had undertaken tw discharge. They were the for the time, and were raised up by a Providence for the great work which they had to perform, It is trae that in comparison with the difficulties against whioh they bad to content they were, in point of numbers, a feeble band, but they were men of indomitable resolution, de voted to the great principles of human liberty, and above all they were men who bad an abiding faith in the justice of an overruling Providenoe and the rigl be cause which they bad pledged sustain by all the obligations that are held sacred in the eyes of map. Ip the present glorious sion of our country we realize the true character of great move ment which enlisted their best energies, and that noble spirit of self devotion. of which that time furnishes 80 many and such etriking examples. Look at the great things which they acbieved under the guidance of an All wise and Beneficent Providence—iook at the noble iahert tance which they left to their deacendants, and say, should not thore descendants cherish a love of that Union and those snatitutions, for the maintenance of which they bad pot “their lives, thelr fortanes and their sacred jonor?”? See how our population has inereased tenfold; how free and liberal principles are extending with giant strides over a vast continent, feed phere ferritory after Territory into the grand Union ‘States; how our commerce is whitening every sea, and how our flag ts bopored and respected in every port—look at all have we not mea who have been the instruments im the hands of that Great Power who rules both land and sea for the accomplish. ment of euch vast results! We are now only beginuin; to reap the fruits of their labors, and as men who havea full appreciation of the daties and obligetions which they owe to their country, and who are actnated by that love votion which Americans all the world over fee! for ion, we have met together to give expression to that feeling, and to let the great nation op the other side of the broad Atlantic know that her sons bave not forgotten b Without apy further remarks, I will give yoa, genile: the firet toast of the evening— “ The day we celebrate.’” Air—Hail, Columbia. The last word had bardly escaped the lips of the speaker when the whole audience rose to their fect aod burst out into one prolonged enthusiastic cheer, such as Liverpool has seldom, if ever beard witnin its boum daries. It was intended at fist to give three good hearty, rousing ones, but in their impativnce they threw aside all roles and all restraint, and gave free vent to their feelings. Whoever has seid that the spirit of commerce blunts all patriotic feelings aad makes men indifferent to the demands of country on occasions, knows nothing atall about it, and should beve seen the American mer. chants of Liverpool! at the Adelphi Hotel on the Fourth of July 1857, to have shown what a blundering assertion he made. When the enthuriastic outburst with which this toast was received had subsided, the President in-roduced the second regular toast with the following remarks:— In all countries, said he, in which governments have been established, it is absolutely necessary that there should be chief magistrates, sall them by whatever name you may, who should represent the le of those coan tries and the institutioas under which they live. We have in the United States a man who bas been placed in the high office of President by the voice of a free people, and who, as the chosen head of the nation, we all delight to homor aod respect. I know that you will all join with me in drinking his health. I give you, gentlemen:— The President of the United Sites. [Air “Yankee Doodle.?"} ‘ There was a similar repetition of the manifestation of feeling that followed the announcement of the fi st toast, and had ‘Old Buck” only heard it would have done bis heart good and made him doubt whether black republicans and Know Nothings ever had an existence, or were only myths after all. Not satisfied with cheering, they let loose a “tiger”? that must bave frightened the quiet people about the Adelphi nearly out of their wits. Now, gentlemen (the Pxrupest resumed), I think we have dope due honor to the patriotic and enlightened statesman who stands at the bead of our government, and with your permission I will ask your attention to the third regular toast. We have met as Americans in a dis- tant land, and those who have resided here for eome years are well aware of. the which we enjoy under ite government. know that there is security for life and Property under the laws, and that oe ens ean emenee [t is with feelings of pleasure, therefore, that I have thts opportupity of inviting you to join with me in the anes our respect ‘admiration for the lady whose beneficent rule has render- ed ber an en ot es Sins Oe eae she governs #0 wisely and so well. I know you willall join with me in drinking to The Queen of Great Britain. Air, “God Save the Queen.” The three hearty cheers which greeted this toast was the str: evidence that could be afforded of the sin- cerity of feeling with which it was received. My next duty, said the Presipavr, following out the or- der of the programme, is a very pleasant one indeed. The portrait which bangs before me reminds us of that great man who conducted our Revolutionary struggle to a successful termination, and whose memory is held in the fondest remembrance by hiscountrymen. It is upneces. sary for me to anything further. You all know who I mean. I shall therefore propose as the fourth regular toast The of Washington. ‘This was drank in silence, but it was a silence as ex- ‘as the warmest demonstration In which the com- Preesive paxy had induiged. next called the attention of the company Eg Iged. PRESIDENT to the Gfth regular toast. He said that wherever our on- terprising mercbacts tn the peaceful pursuits of commerce sent their ships, in whatever climea they were greatly in- debted for the respect with whisbh fag was treated and for the secu they enjoyed, te the American navy, and the able efficient officers of that arm of our na- tional defence. On the prosent occasion, said by re have been honored with the attendance of one of the finest, if not the best vessel, of which our naval service can boast. Gentlemen will please fill up their glasses for the fifth re- gular toast— The United States Na The band played the “Star Spangled Bauner;”” after which the company, as one man, called on Captain Hudson to respond, who, on rising, was greeted with a perfect ftorm of applause. When silence was restored, he replied as follows — Gentlemen sometimes mak stakes in the selection of speakers to reply to particalar 2 on oocasions like the present, and in this inetance they have made a very de- cided mistake in the choice of a 8] There is a certainly tm the pursuit in which I am engaged that wonl juetify or warrant you in calling upon me to play a part ‘with which sailors are so little conversant, and for the proper performance cf which the duties they are required to discharge almost entirely unfit them. You must not, therefore, expect a speoch; bat {t would be discourteous in me to resume my seat without returning my sincer knowledgmenta for the compliment which you have paid to the navy of the United States, (Applause) It is to me & peculiar gratification to be present on this occasion, to be associated with so many of my countrymen in the celebration of the anniversary of our nation’s independence, and to hear the expressions of enthusiasm that bave fallen from the lips of your res resident. Let me conclade by giving pected you, in return for the bigh tribute Pleased to render to the | ted St The Merchants of America— which you have been ter vy = evever thelr enterprise ard enorgics carry them, they are always found law ob. serving and good citizens, with their hearts in the right The sent/ment was rece ved with a round of applause, in ™! of which Capt lucdson resumed dis seat. The Praxipent, before announcing the siath lar toast, faced \, with & few appropriate remarks. Though we ve, said he, but a small standing army, yet it ts efficient 0 for the work |\ bas and is commanded bya large and emergency have ebarge of the most as the next sentiment of the evening — The army of the United States. Three thrice repeated followed the announce poy ty - yt the company, as if they bad not done fall 100, applauded with their hands, and by t the compliment, closed with another eer Captain Hepeow respomied on behalf of the officers, as follows —On any other ooasion than the present, and af ter what | have said in rogard to my qualidcations as a my own 1 to refrain, when thus called tspon, from rion to the gratification apd re which, i2 common ‘With the officers of the Wi I fee! on meeting so many of ovr countrymen in ‘and, and on ‘an o0ca- tion. I rejoice, Mr President, {a the patriotic spirit which bas been maniferted here this evening—s spirit e) mush in mocordance with the character of the day, and which I trust will never cease to animate the breasts of A’ no maiter tn what part of the world their lot may Sir, it is pot only the birthday of a great nation that celebrate, but the birthday of liberty to the world. =a the land from whick oar came. wi enter orise thom #o bigh @ position = i tainly atime when we should indulge the hope that the peace and good fee ings which have existed so between them aay still er be perpetuated, and that the electric chain by which they are to be bound in still clo-er com mercial connection, may serve to render indissolubie the bond of friendship which now unites them. We are noe engaged in what I bope shall prove a sucressful atiempt—and there will on our part to make cable acroes opposite ahores of Europe taking be suoneestully accomplished aad we shall have done more to secure the peace of the civilized world than all tbe diplomatists or politicians could ever effec: One lidle word sent across thoee wires from ene people to the other would do more than volumes of diplomatic ores pondence to allay apy ill-feeling that mightexist. It would be like the pouring of oll upon troubled waters. (€nthu- siaztic applause ) We are bot only connecied by of blood but our sy mpatbies are the same—we are the only people in the enjoy ment of constitutional forms of govern- ment, and we are always in the habit of referring to each other for models of in all things that make a pa- tion great and prosperous. Is it any wonder, then, that we ld deprecate a war between the two countries, or tbat we should condemn any attempt tv bring us in'o col sion, Why, such a war would be uni , for tt would be a war between brothers. (Applause) I canvot permit this occasion to pass without speaking of the hospi tality with which we have been received, and the good feeling we have met on every side during our stay in this count In fact, I bave bardly known that I have been away from home, I have found so many friends here. (Appius) In conclosion, let me say, for own part, entertain po doubt whatever of the success of the unter- ‘aking in whieh wo are engaged. We have a good Provi dence watchi: g over us, and with His help we trust before another such meeting as this shall take place, you will get ibe news from America by telegraphic express, instead of steam (Applause. ) ‘The Passpent read the cighth regular toast, as follows:— Our Country ‘And the cheering, to borrow an old, but on this occasion a true quotation, by which it was followed “beggars all description.” Mr. Trax, of Boston, a gentleman who has already made himeelf known to his country by his eminent succe's mercbant in Australia, by his travels over the ialandas 6 Indian ocean, through the British Kast India porsessions, in Europe and elsewhere, rerponded to this toast [I should remark here that his letters, which were published some time ago in the Hxratp, and which were deecriptive of his travels, bave rendered his name familiar to its readers] He addreased the company as follows :— Mr Chairman and Gentlemen—Our country for four score years and ope has been epeaking a living language to the debt burdened nations of the world, and stamps her own eulogy on every tree and ehrub and river throughout our broad domain. Perfume to the rose, light to the sun man cacnot add, aod words of m'ne can never glorify that land we love so well. Yet to be silent would be to slight your courtesy. A boy in years, youbonor me first in invit ing me here to night, and secondly, in giving me the toast of the evening. For both these compliments, geatiemen of the committee, accept the heartfelt obligations of ope who daily thanks bis God that he is an American. You overrate my rowers of speech, if #0 impromptu you think I can do justiee to the sentiment. 4m hour since I knew not that my name stood opposite the toast; but our country expects every man to do his duty. You command me—l obey. Jam glad to meet the American merchants who have assembled together to celebrate the anniversary of our ational independence. [am proud to shake bands with the officers of the grandest war ship in the world. My cup of pleasure is overflowing to meet you around this social board—to listen to your eloquent bursts of na- tionality—to laugh when you lsugh—to cheer when you cheer, 0s the bumper toasts go round. Applause.) Oar country—sweet land of liberty !—‘‘the land of the braveand the home of the freej’’ How the blood rusbes through our veins as we listen to the tlar spangled music of universal unity! (Applauee.) Iam just from the Continent, where time to me wae money, in learning the European langaager; but there are no sounds so dear to me as those of my mother tongue. “Home, sweet home true American. No matter wher sea of change, restless to add another page tothe baok of knowledge, my love of country increases as the sands run through the gi ‘The world has 9 the treasure box of nature, and I have gazed in silent astonishment at what bas been spread before me. But, Mr. Chairman, whether looking at the crater down deep in the bowels of Vesu- vius, or gazing on the Roman world from the dome of St. Petere—batbing in the river Jordan, or culling flowers in Gethsemane. the garden of | ickaxe two buadred feet yw the earth’ laarat—contemplat- ipg the delta and dred feet above from the pyramid of Ghi: ing ‘ompany with an emu and a kangaroo on the shores Botany Bay, or roaming over the ground trod Sir Joho Franklin in Tasmania— worsbippiog nature in the primeval forest at Burten: , io Java, where the toemb of Lady Reffles reminds me that Eng- land once poesessed the Garden of Eden, or surrounded by Ladrone p'rates at the moath of the Yank tse-kiang as the typhoon swept us towards the shore—talking silks and teas of Canton, or cormorant Oshing per foarmony args da Pita, or walking on the Hoogly’s banks as army recet; Siinen Louls Napoleon as he talked of American while Washington Irving hes sent Colum! to future generations. that immortal band apd I will give you pame illumined iw branches. died in glory before the Ash/and wilted, and the oak by the storms of life. Y. of intellectual purity and greatness. (Applause.) Our eagie stoops 8 oo onal ‘hght—the or et » as our country is the first of a” back, old mother land—think of the cotton and the tory—and in these days of doubt and dread that hang over Burepe and your Indtan empire, don't for- fis. that America is your truest friend, where blow and todred, laws and religion bind us by a0 annual contract of one hundred millions sterlog to keep ee. (Ap- mwcreals Rogiand boasts of that wond ) work 4 ‘ales—that fairy padace.at Sydenbam—that astonishing brid, der the Thames—that monster sleamebip on itt bapke; and America points with pride to nature's noble. men—the cave of tho Went and the oy Falls. But now artand nature are to be united. Falis of Niagara cease (to be an object of wonder in regarding the great le world has for- gotten it in the deep interest the result of the enterprise in wh re Ws engaged § Ae the river where Fulton elfected water what Watts accomplished on the land, sursly aad pafely made its way through ite mountain paths to the sea, 80 will Hadron trace his track slong the wave, and ao his duty in acting as bridecroom at a wedding where all the world are spectators. ) Coa. sios marry cousins in Baropeam oourts, and the mind is dimmed by the union ; but here, father will daughter, and the result of the union will be the most bril- ant chapter in the bistory of the civilized worid. On the same tabiet that owas a Franklin's namo, Thine, Morse, |a ‘ving ebaracters will ftame. when the two countries are struck a lightning, may justly share the thunder. (Rene’ applause the rollin; stone will belie the adage, an: bas « “ Field” to work the Throw down our gauntlet, and defy the world ' Our country right is our first thought; but, right or wrong, our Couniry | (Enthusiastic applause. Who shail sever Freedom's shrine ; Who will draw the invidious line? hb by birth one spot is mine— all the rest. Dear the prairied West. Let our yolees rirg round the world—past Cape Clear, the banks of Newfoundland, rolling on to our Atlantic jer, till the trapper catches the round on the Rocky Mountains and whiris it scornfully past Brigham You and bis nest of vipers, to the gem of the PaciGo—California. —and still onward on that broad ocean, where another golden land bas caught the fire, and where 10,000 Amer cane in Australia commemorate that anniversary, the elo bration of which I yntroduced there four years ago, and where they echo back the glorious words “Union! Wverty!” (Appinuse.) “By our altars, pure and free— Ry our law's deep rooted tree— By the paat’s deat memory— ~ By our Washington our hopes, , bno vant, young— Pfefe Ny By our love of country strong, ‘We will stil! be free. (Pnthusiastic applause) Again accept my thanks, and once more let me hear your cheers when I name the magic words—Our County. Mr. Train's remarks were listened to throughout with the grea'est interest, and when he eat down the appiaute ‘with which they were received was renewed. When the audience had «iven fall expression to their feelings in this way, the President gave the ninth regular toast: — “England” = which was received with three cheers. ‘Then followed the tenth regular toast — “The Atlantic Telegraph.” —To which Mr. ay called a to respond, in the absence of Professor Morse, whore business engagements had paper ny ey’ him in London. In reply, Mr. Mci.ary epoke briefly ae follows:—It was, be said, a cause of to him, aa he koow it was to those prosent, that Morse; who was +0 closely iden joa with the great enterprise which bad just |, Was not pre. sent to respond to the sentiment. Wherever he was might be assured, however, that he was doing all power towards the sucoes#ful accomplishment of th ‘work to which the attention of the whole civilized world is at present directed, and which excitos the deepert interest among the people of wo commercial nations \t i» intended to bring to ce aerate eas whieh hed ‘Dove wrvsdy tld down, a0 marine wi iron lown, as wel as those ip contemplation, and») ‘which ‘Australia, lands of the Indian (ocean, Asia, Furope, immediate “The American and English Directors of the Atlantic ‘Te! lay their efforts to unite the Old and New Worlds be crowned witb success.”” ‘The PKAUDENT gave the eleventh regular toast: — “Our Representatives Abroad’’—which elicited three hearty cheers Mr. Bayror. United States Consul to Manchester, re- sponded as followr:—I find myself, said ho, exesedingly embarrased by being called upon to reply to the toast, remembering #0 kiodly the diplomatic and consular tatives of broad to indulge. Ican ice in the feeling that this thirty ig rejoice tn (4 Sor Gee millions of freemen are celebrating the political and social independence at home, with the cer- by 4 that thoee of their countrymen who are absent io lands have not forgotton it. (Applause.) This is indeed an interesting and significant occasion. Figbty one years ago this day our fathers cut asunder the political bonds whtch bound them to England. Since then we bave grown great and powerful in all that appertains to the civilization and progress of man. We now propose to bind together once again the two countries more nii- mately by means of the Atlantic telegraph. (Applause. ) 1 think {ts a generous act on our part, and a practical proof to Europe how firm we are in the consciousness of the permanency of our institutions. This meeting together in Liverpool of tbe American merchants residing here and the officers of the United States frigate Niagara reflects bappi- ly the inent features of our national progress, Our merchants are literally taking possession of the wharves of Evrope, as our ebips bave long since taken peacefal and honorable possession of the seas Side by side with our merchants g itter the uniforms of our neval officers—the reprerentatives of that navy which has more than once protected that commerce, and has gare sah eee colors. The American navy is justly the 4 ide of every iterlarged wi hock apprehending any danger froma the in iten ‘hout apprehending wny ma in- crease of its er; for in the history of the world no instance can be ‘ound where liberty has suffered through the navy. Holland was free ro long as sho maintained a large pavy When she exchanged her honest, roving, aunties eailors for a standitg army; her power ‘dpotined and ber commerce diminished. e soldiers were the firat to oppose the ancient republic of the Netherlands, and the sailors the last to desert it. On this sabject, at can be paid bes is gentleman on my right (Mr. Train.) It is not surprising at all that our in fluence should be felt in any quarter of the globe, repre- sented as we are by such examples of Young Amortoa. I cannot repress the impulse of complimenting him for the manper in whieb he has eulogized our common country, for I cannot be insensible to the influence of honest enthu- siasm arising from an honest love of country. He has paid @ beautiful and glorious tribute to New England, to ite revoluionary glories and its ancient m; and I am sure we all reeponded to the sentiment that the recol- lect'ons of the Revolation sbould never be forgotten, nor that apcient patriotism lose its force. I take pleasure in faving thir, because I come from the other extreme ef the Union—from the sunny South, that interesting Jand of cotton. (Applause.) And we are not without instances there, also, of that sentiment of true leve of country and real patriotism which gave us Bunker Hill, Concord and Lexington. In the war with Mextoo there embarked from the shores of South Carolina a regiment of hopeful and brave Americans. We are familiar with the battles in the valley of Mexico. Wherever a forlorn hope was needed the Palmetto regiment was ready ; where dar ger and their country call, there was seen their banner tn the van. They planted themselves heroically between the fatal “first fire,” at the storming of each stronghold of the enemy, receiving, as it were, the death shots intended for their brothers from Massachusetts, Now York and Pennsylvania. At the close of the war, the remnant of that [sinens little band returned to their na tive State—they landed—only eighty im all, out of nearly a thourand—the standard of the regiment shot to ploces— covered with the awful evidences of the territie duty which had been Can sock things ever be for- gotten? Pam Ive nor citizen offMassachusetts or South Caroline, bu an American, and I cannot but feel that so long as there isa generous patriotism kept alive, our Union js tm mo (Applause ) And what can be more ennobling than a recurrence to scones: on our country, and es evidences to the world of our patriotism? We ave responded to the various toasts given in honor of those who have a just / claim sympathy as men our veneration as Americans. May I take the liberty of proposing a senti- ment? It refers to neither a statesman nor a warrior, but to one who, nevertheless, can never be forgotten and who must receive from our tenderest impulses a grateful affec tion, #0 lopg as we honor him who was “first in peace, first and first hearts of bis courtrymen,’’ the ‘gen- may*e Rn and Bg as we maiaotain our present position as a peo le, 80 as we have such officers to command our navy, and #0 long as we bave such revreseatatives of oir merchants in foreign ports, so long will we obtain the patioi fact of being an American ceeds that of any other nation; our ships are to propering is to be true to ourselves, (Applause The Peesineyt, after a few appropriate remarks, gavo the thirteenth toast— Woman’—which was responded to in a peculiarly bappy and felicitous manner by ir, Maury, ptain Pawock said, as volunteer tossts were, he be- lieved, now in ordez, he desired to present one which he knew com! yuld drink with pleasure. Allusion had, be said, been made to the extonsion of our commerce, the ,progress of our country and the enterprise of our When silenco was restored Mr. Warrrewons | jows, on behalf of the American residents:—I 5 ‘men, raid he, to return thanks for the high com, which bas bean paid by Captain Pennock which | ai bumbie member. I ithout gentlemen bere are my so. (lav and tiene,” (Renewed. lcgbier) Liverpoe! are tram distinctly. (Sore laughier.) Yee, too, every one of them. ‘what have we not done? American Well, trua, there are some who think that an frigate is not much; but we thought dif- ferently. Well, no matter i that; bat we dered Fourth ; amd the question was, @ circumstances? ter.) ‘Well,’ says 7) fo do 1,” mye he; “out are hem “Tell them of it, and they'll come, sayel. (More laughter.) And so we did; we told the, ‘was there, with the flag of 1on floati or peak; that there were mong us here to get ep somelhing in honor of the r—and you have before you the result. (Appia ‘The fact of the now use. matter is, that I can’t do justice to the ‘Leann residents of Liverpool; bet I have a man in my eye who can much better in their if, and who is more capable doing them justice, We have done all that our bearts prompted us to do; and what more and what better can man do than when he acts from the spontaneous emotions of the e have Dg Bey to meet ; this great, jous anniversary, not only great to our own country vat great for the liberties of the whole world, It is should, for It te ‘he nations now jpotic governments. Gentlemen, Trove simply to return thanks, but find that I have been betrayed into a speech. [et me, im conclusion, return my acknowledgments on behalf of Peaigent Americans of Liverpool, for the toast whiew you have just draak. (Ap. lanee 4 Taeetonant GuUner expressed a desire. as volunteer toasts ‘were now in order, to offer one which he knew would be received as it deserved. There is, said think that as Americans are colebrati jevery sea, and all wo require t)d> to goon | | with acother of those out | patriotic eloquence which had electrified his audi 'be- come historical, and who are now d@ among the reat Ftateemen of the pation Tae ansk which it breathes ae norved the hese on the haitionars or that bapper should ever be stained disgrace pled tn the dust. He is the man ig in time bas taught the mo'bers of Amertoa to raise up beroes for their country. His vame is Fravcts Key; you may talk of your “Mavsetlles Hymn’ which will the enthusiastic French soldier up to the cannon’s you may chaunt “God Save the Queen’” to Englshmon— ‘nd I can understand how they feel when that fine old na- tional anthem is sung—but when you hear the “Star Span- gled Banner,’ when you hear of a trustin God end that inspires you with the if. sacrificing patriotism, does not the blood course quicker through your veins, and docs not your throb with ‘he pulsations of a patriotiem tbat would willingly yield up life itseif on the altar of your country? (Eathu- Wastic applause.) Ifthis manshould not be honored when Prhok fJ July omnes round, vee hy A ae jemep, I give you ‘the memory of Franel Zi Linge wes arta i silence, the band afterwads play- ing the “Star Spangled Banner. ir. BABCOOK the health of the clergy, to which s pr modesty which is always he pevcnrasinens of true ge- nivs, The bistory of his ‘im rude specimen which he laid one the Batiery to Gover nor’s Inland, in New Yorle—s distance of more Heap tay hese merged or made pplause. ive you again, gentle- mere" The health of Professor Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph.’’ ‘This was drunk with all the honors, and “ Long life to bim.”” Pmmrock here stated that the fest membered, « What hath God ‘The toesi was drunk with all the hopors. Dr. Lynam next addressed the ocmpany. He sald:—Mr. President and gentlemen—Durtng the course of this even- ing’s enter ainment, many facts of i:terest touching upon part While exulting via just and natural pride in our pre- sept advanced and hopeful condition as a nation, I trust I duce to your notice the memory of ene who should stand pro eminent in our admiration, aif: cllons and associstions. Tallude to Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the land whose independence we bave this day met tocelebra‘e, This man, with tt ‘volution, was raised up for a object by Provi- dence; his genius broke through the bonds of ignorance and superstition, and overleaping the barriers of the times launched forth ip a frail bara with varying compass, timid, doubting, and fearful compsntons. to seek across the trackless deep, a country which alove filled his mental vision, than a land of wilds and Cimmeriap darkness, peo- pled with savages, now teeming with the evidences of Civilization, the pride of her people and the envy of the ‘world—upon whose soil noble and undying deeds have been epacted, which stand not only recorded in the hearts of our countrymen, but in the history of the times claim ing the adziration of all men. To Columbus. then, we owe our existence and that weare this day Americans, free and enlightened, and our country a meteer from which js reflected those rays of light which i'lamined the ee. political horizons of the world. In conclusion, [ ive you:— The Memory of Columbus, ‘The toast was drank in silence. Lieutenant Waris was the next speaker. He said:—Mr. Chairman and genile- mep, it would pot be inappropriate for me to introduce on this occasion the name of a distinguished gentleman who has a worl! wide roj . 1 silude to Lientenant Ma- thew F. Maury, the Superintendent of the Naval Observa- tory at Ws i Uiee we We eo een eee for the wind and current charts of the ocean, by whl Da are enabled to make quick and safo pasrages, Poa Ligaen cele Tong hKee’ Raat gy ag tein | say the originater of them—mapping out the bottom the coran, as it were, and thereby sbowing the feasibility 6 ees eee eee Ne between the Old and the New World—I am sure that the services of this dis- tinguished officer will be acknowledged by drinking to his health. “The health of Lientenant Maury” was drank with all the honors. Mr. W. W. Murris proposed as a sentiment: ‘‘Cetton, the security In the amount of thirty. five millions of pounds sterling to the bond of Great Britain to keep the peace ‘with the United States of America.” Mr. Evurstt said he bad also a toast to which he desired the consideration of the com- y. Columbus was a navigator, said ir. E , and we reap the benefit of ci to-day; but there isone more na whom we should not for- get. Lgive you “Noab, first of navigators.” This was recei with peals of merriment, and two or three of the company desired to know if there was aa engine on board that ark, and whether it was aside wheel or a screw, while others he ought to have been court martialied for running bis ship ind, and thai he ‘wasn’t much ofa navigator afer all. (Laughter. ) Mr. Purser Evomnen, afler having been reportedly or sentiment, rotted feared. be the company had been equally delighted with Ustening to the eloquent remarks that had fallen from late of Australia, Mr. Train, he would feel ob- ged if he would act af bis proxy and pour out a Ii more of that train 9!] which lubricated so weil the machi- nery of specoh and caused so great a flow of eloquence, poetry and patriotic sentiment. The allusion to Mr. Train brought that gentleman good bumordly to bis feet again, when he favored the company rata of passionate and fervidly ence in the earlier part of the evening. By Lieut. Todd— The of America—may fai.b and justice be their guide in all their deliberations.’” After spending some five or six boars in pleasant social intercourse, and in the interchange of patriotic sentiments, the company dispersed, well ploased with the way in whieh they the evening. Deep-Sea Soundings. HOW THE DEPTH OF WATER 18 ASCERTAINED— BRITISH AND AMERICAN MODES. 10 THY EDITOR OF THR HERALD. The Herap a few weeks since contained an article having reference to an analysis of the apparatus used in the late survey of Maury's plateau. The writer does not think discussion #0 effective as the | repetition of assertions shown by the analysis to be erroneous. ‘Those who are interested in the depth of water on the plateau will compare the analysis in the Hsnatp of the 7th inst. with the reply of the 13th. The advocate of that apparatus cites the opinions of Admiral Hotham and Capt. Basil Hall, who ap- proved most highly of Massy’s indicator, as used in the extended surveys of the British government. ‘The question is not whether Massy’s indicator is reliable as used in the British surveys; but whether it is rellable when attached to leads have a rotary motion and sink very slowly, as it was when used Pa Berryman. Masay’s indicator is used by the English in connection witha common sinker or jead in moderate depths where the of the weight used to sink the line is practicable, and sometimes in surveyii ing, to sound without Ropping the vessel, in sixty or seventyfathoms water. The Ame- indlontors Qepending upon the oom presdity of alt= com) of air— patents The deepest soundings Made wih Ericson’s pat deepest, simple lead and line never yet pi one of those characteristic specimens se deep sea bottom, composed of ic shells—a result dune entirely to the «: jeutenant Maury, and the application of Brooke’s detaching appar- atus, by which the weight used to sink the line is thrown off, so as to enable the recovery of the line, with such instruments as indicators and thermome- tera attached, This detaching apparatus and the arrangement of Sy by which abundant specimens are brought up from the greatest depths, constitute the “deep sea lead.” The form of sinker, applica- tion of indicators, &c., depending on the jadament of the operator. The wrinciple hich the ap- SS See applied in several forms. ¢ form to which the indicator was attached is one involving rapid rotation ot the lead, as explained in the an ghd the com id apparatns; so that = 1 a ith a common lead does not a jon. Instead of rates of descent of the compound ap- paratus at various depths—instead of explanation of the discrepancies pointed out Lientenant Manry—we have a recapitulation of old asser- tions, which have nothing to do with the subject, To the proof that the substitution of the elongated form for the jcal was injadicious, the writer re- lies ina sentence which escapes being a plagiar- in becoming a parody:— Justice The” elanguied. ‘H.—It Is the most natural form is the very first that form that presents itaclf in presents itself in originating originating ® sounding lead, & sounding lead, for it has has been preferred trom been in use for shoal water the earlicst ages, sounding from the earliest ages. The words “ shoal water” are omitted, by which the reader is mislead. of It is not just in H. to substitute his expressions for mine, which he would discuss, aa in the follow- ing:— Fie eecond objection ia that the revolution of the pro- pellerahaped wheel-the principal feature in Manny's Fee nt—is reriously afected by the revolutions of the entire Subn of tale overoe Of error in any ape uriy pram error in J . lematical. This rotary ‘motion ‘ecauet be te tooel the twinted sounding line, this being obviated by «, swivel above the be Friction was not mentioned tn this connection, hg repid rotation of the apparatus was attributed to the - Nae ecimate aod tions of the anal ar ae ans sis, the minor poke ol sources of error therein enumerated, but which oa- ter as variable elements of error, preventing the ap- pleating of numerical corrections for errors arwwing gy aaa of tho twisted ‘can! sounding ie, this being obviated by a swivel above the span. As if the rotation had been attributed to the spiral eurtace of the line. But I quoted Lieutenant Berry- man, “I am not established in the belief of recover- ing the line at all, for it evidently twists off, no mat- ter how slow we haul it in,” not to ilinstrate the effect of spiral surface, but to show that, in the ab- sence of a swivel, an apparatus of far less surface wed its rotation by a the line. The spiral surface of the line was alluded to simply asavariable element of error, as mentioned anove; for when the lead at great depths pulls hard upom the slowly yielding line, the swivel will not turn un- til the torsion becomes very great, and that instamt varies in every experiment. But we bave the following admission: — Some of these imperfections really exist. All that i now claimed is, that it is by far the least imperfect mothod known for obtaining me fea soundings; that with errors woide the 78 pet So that after all, the apalysis has insuruction; in due time it will be fully understood. Fe a have such s statement as The rate of descent of lead being in every ins‘ance im excess of two miles an hour, the w! work of sounding ‘and reeling on a couple of thousand fathoms of line being often soup in little over that time. man with as great a velocity as a 32 lb. shot pert drag down the’small lines of the tables, whiok compare in surface with Berryman’s as 21 to 81. It is, therefore, for the purpose ‘of absolute conviction that we want the detail of the work—rates of descent at different depths. Perhaps the simple assertion ia considered conclusive. “ High authority” questions that assertion. Nor does the propeller shaped wheel make scores of revolutions to one of the lead. It is eo constructed as surfaces acquires ion of ite descent, pose, for instance, the line to be stopped, the lead would, without descending a foot, continue, by the inertiao f 100 or 120 Ibs., to rotate; and the would record its revolutions as fathoms of descent. We are that Lieut Berryman escaped, by his plan, gious sources of error, driftage, cur- rents counter-currents. With what propriety is this assertion made when the reports are discre- pant and instruments were employed Leta errors without corresponding means of connection Of this the advocate seems to have been aware; for it appears that no experiments were made to deter- mine the errors of individual instruments. The semblance being the casts on the banks disagreeing with the recorded soundings of the best charts by twenty per cent. Nor does the statement accord with the report of a be man, whose linés — peace cnet and by their own specific gravity ‘coll themselves in the mud. Was not this ui as great proof of the practicability of laying the tele- graph cable? Where, then, were the currents counter currents? antagonism, which always follows an erro- neous hypothesis, is even more prominent in the ar- gument of theadvocate. He says, in —— the es with the cylindrical forms of inkors, that ‘neither is mat deflected from the true line of descent if the vessel is kept plumb over the lead of Incidental soundings have prac- tised hands from cruising ships, but, KA few , these soundings are not considered not until the return of Lee that detac! apparatus was applied. AJ it, Lieutenant ro man obtained specimens e deep sea bottom, much credit was Ly rny deen America being the first to istic specimen of the deep sea series of soundings, with the advantages of steam, had been made; it was therefore a source of regret when the op) y did occur that the advant to be derived from the plication of the detwchinee apparatus were limited an injndicious arrange- ment, and since the 8 of accuracy are with- held, there is a want of general confidence in the reported depths; so that although we have speci- mens of the bottom we can only infer that the depth anywhere on the plateau scarcely exceeds two miles. This we may do, as it is well known to be impossible to recover from greater depths such heavy bh sn a8 are exhibited in those parts of the compound ap- a which are supposed to indicate the vertical lepth, and which do bring up specimens of the bot- tom. Specimens obtained from depths between three and four miles by the Behring’s straits expe- dition were examined by Prof. Bailey, the eminent a Descriptions, with figures, will be found in the American Journal of Science and Arts, volume XXIL., second series, page 1, July, 1856, in- cluding some twenty new species, and about forty im The sneer at the detaching apparatus of Lieut. Brooke, which, with his contrivance for securi the imens, gave this compound ratus ay value and its only — over the old leads which left us in ignorance of cl of the bottom and in doubt as to the depth of the think, be duly appreciated by bis brother officers and his countrymen, custom, assailed us for the matter which we the bottom, and show up the game of fraud Porter was seletedor' the paryawetanasod "for the purpose, indu rney “way down in Alabama’ to find the genuine Py ha and redeem bim froma cruel fate wore Mr. Porter bas now returned—but he brought no Hi Dixon, He found the “boy,” as we learn, without ‘a. culty—the genuine Henry Dixon, whore misfortune had evoked #0 mush sympathy. Mr. Porter con’ with him about Rochester and Rochester , tll he satisfied himeelf thet the Henry who stood iJ CS. Tut. the boy" rofured. 40. acoept his freedom; thought he was better of where, he is) and no Measure of +n 4 sufficed to = = mest hat pnt but td Ae aaa at ae North’ and Fin comparatively pede nat he 0 condition ‘best. azn sino tanght Bim Cur, the fect is HOw established be- of rare intel- a. Were it pos- we done tt. But he this whole mat- y? at heart ad- moans to purchase the ishment ; et ~ 4 the rosuit, that they direction of & ST. not use ft in ae who profors