On Tuesday the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool, who had
already given a ball to the Admiral, gave a dinner to a hundred of the picked sailors and marines of the fleet. They were amply supplied with beef and pudding, beer and grog, the best singers among them were called on for songs, which were admirably given, and a seaman of the Royal Oak returned thanks iu a'speech which was most heartily applauded, and is certainly amusing, if only because it is so unlike anything any one else would have said ; at least, the majority even of sailors would hardly make speeches in this style :—" Only fancy the blue jackets here surrounded by females ! (Cheers and laughter). Why, it is enough to make a blue jacket's heart jump like a dolphin, and all our heads to go round like capstans, and make us all feel as if we were going before a gale of pleasure into a haven of joy, instead of sailing up the Mersey." (Renewed cheers.)
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