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0, 1855.1 Lnd, to avoid their continuous re te future, returned an answer to the iok presents his compliments to the :kingham, and has the honqur to in .p that he makes it an invariable rule where he dines." name ? A rose by any other name, weet," quoth one of Shakespere's cha 4withstanding, there is something in a d oddity at least, which we find in the ty Republican, viz.: " Mynheer Hen mbidicawvenhawvensnawser." It is a letter in the Chester post-office, and tested to come forth and get it. CE AGUE.—In Skippon's account of a igh the Low Countries," he makes Lectures of Ferrarius, and his narrative lie ague of a Spanish lieutenant, by mds febra fuge, and cutting off a paper every day. The distemper .; and when he cut off the letter "e," gue left him ! N EXTRAORDINARY.—Dr. Baillie, after torture to a pressing account of mi a lady, who ailed so little that she ie Opera that evening, happily escaped , when he was urgently requested to m•ain ; it was to ask him whether, on b the Opera, she might eat some oysters. said Baillie, "shells and all." tERs.---" I should be glad to hear any „ cement to justify the theft of great then - I should believe that Julius Cesar and %ii, to Weeornesidheornetshtemineans : abcoutuptliell of fhen illustriouslam iPOO en, who had several excellent qualities, ti ,Qezy e obscured by an invincible inclination to I k Why is it not as great a crime to rob a town 1 ; 4 1 a cabbage out of a garden ?"---Jewish Spy. 11. SO BOMBARD', a Celebrated sculptor of the d C on h e arl c f a s v v i: w as a great coxcomb. He got he took it'int o Y his Young lady at Bologna, to tanner. She of which he was his head to make love in a fop partner at a ball, in the igh, as L turned to her, and heaving a pro a• he looked in her face with what he n Ineffable softness in his eyes, and we sup -1 feel, fantastic writhing gesture, "If 'tis pray what is it ?" " Perhaps," said lady, ~ something bites you." This story and Alfonso became the jest of the city. : lls IN BEHAVIOUR C ORRECTED .—O F THE I4 •--It is neither polite nor grammatical, excuses herself from accepting your arm previous engagement, to startle her by ' Who to ?" If by accident you happen of a lady's dress, politeness suggests it not that you should stoop to examine advise as to the best mode of repair. It :ed equivocal to hope that it isn't her not pretty behaviour to promenade with in the last dance till the next begins, IL she has lost her chance in obtaining a and her a seat, and take the arm of L you had previously engaged. - :Irm—What a pleasure it is to pay one's amber to have heard Sir Thomas Lyttle observation. It seems to flow from a circumstances, each of which is pro mire. In the first place, it removes that tch a true spirit feels from dependence It affords pleasure to the creditor, gratifies our social affection. It promotes mfidenee which is so very interesting to 1. It opens a prospect of being readily what we want on future occasions. It iousness of our own virtue ; and it is a :now to be right, both in point of justice Aomy. Finally, it is the main support ration.---Shenstone. .ZABETH was one day so rash as to enter ' with the subtle Raleigh, against the his ascertaining the weight of the smoke any given quantity of tobacco. Her ding the impracticability of the per being confined within a scale, was con point, and surmised that Raleigh took a ~ vilege in affirming to the contrary. Ter, outwitted her by weighing the SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ashes, and Elizabeth was obliged to confess that the difference between theni and the original weight of tobacco settled the disputed point ; upon which she consoled herself with a witticism, tellinc , Sir Walter that she had heard of those who turned' their gold into smoke, but had never before seen the man who could turn smoke into gold. THE celebrated Mrs. Thicknesse undertook to con struct a letter, every word of which should be French, yet no Frenchman should be able to read it, while an illiterate Englishman should decipher it with ease. Here follows a specimen of the jeu de mots :—" Pre, Dire Sistre, comme and se us, and pass the de here if yeux canne, and chat to my dame, and dine here ; and yeux mai go to the faire if yeux plaise. Yeux mai have fiche, muttin, pore, buter, foule, hair, fruit, pigeon, olives, saliette, for ure diner, and excellent te, cafe, port via, and liqueurs ; and tell ure bette and poll to comme, and Ile go to the faire and visite the Baron. But if yeux dont comme to us, Ile go to ure house and se oncle,and se hone he does ; for mi dame ses he bean ill ; but doux comme, my dire ; yeux canne ly here, yeux nos. If yeux love musique yeux mai have the harp, lutte, or viol here.—Adieu, mi dire sistre." LISTON AT WHlst—Liston had a very dull and melancholy look off the stage. No one observing him in a room would have given him credit for the rich humour he displayed upon the boards. His face was, on the contrary, a curious specimen of heaviness, ugli ness, and most lugubrious melancholy—a most chap fallen look, if it may be so termed—nay, he was some times ratlier sullen and severe in his remarks, too, in society, I have heard. He was, one night, playing whist at a private party, and his opponent was an old lady of rank, who had an ugly custom, w h en s h e be came excited by the game, of picking her nose vio lently. It was the first time Liston had ever been in company with this lady, and the practice exceedingly annoyed him, the more so as the old lady was winning his money. " That's my trick, Mr. Liston," she said, as she pounced upon the cards, and picked her nose violently. " Yes, madam," said Liston, "itis so ; and a nasty trick it is, too." 159 Hospital was completed, having cost about £lOO,OOO, and a new Post-office was projected. The hospital is now varied in character by the altered dome. Th e Burlington-arcade, we believe, belongs to the sam e date. Some alterations in the front of Burlington House at this date may be mentioned : they consisted in the raising the Venetian windows to the level of the others. The whole of the house, except the front and one or two rooms, was at the same date rebuilt. Sir John Soane's manner at this date is exemplified by his tomb—to which we have before referred. As regards general projects for public works in 1815, things were beginning to settle a little, when Europe was startled by the news of Buonaparte's return from Elba. The battle of Waterloo at length effected the final pacification of Europe, and left free scope for the diviner arts of Pallas and of Peace. Then—" Divina Palladis arte mlificant." Without we could place side by side the London of 1815 with the London of one out of some few years later, it would be difficult to realise how great , was the change to be credited to the Peace. The grand thoroughfare of the Strand, narrow from endto en—the westernportion and Charing-cross of course unimproved ; before Regent-street was prac ticable, the horrors of the middle passage of Swallow street ; the western entrance of London at Hyde-park corner, adorned by a simple toll-gate ; Regent's-park in embryo ; architecture in Pall-mall unorn ; old London-bridge, mean and dangerous ; City improve ments wanting ; Belgravia and Tyburnia undreamt of, and the navigation and commerce of London carried on with a mere tithe of its present appliances : these would be a few of the items in the account. It is remarkable in how few years, countries which had been apparently prostrated began to prefer a claim to po sition in the world of art. MODEL DWELLINGS IN DUDLEY. Some time in October, 1853, a movement was commenced in Dudley to promote the improvement of the dwellings of the industrious classes, which ended in the formation of a branch of the London society. The capital of the branch is £lO,OOO, about £3,000 of which is paid up. With this encouragement the com mittee purchased a plot of land of upwards of 10,500 yards, including mines and minerals, and bounded on two sides by roads. Upon this a quadrangle is planned for distinct blocks of family dwellings, having in the centre baths, laundries, washhouses, and bakery. Detached from this is to be an infant school, for the safe keeping of those poor children who would be otherwise left alone while their parents are at work. The quadrangle is about 240 feet by 120 feet in the clear. A large gas-lamp, with reflectors, will light the whole of the quadrangle. Including £5OO from Lord Ward, the committee have sufficient in hand to pay for the land, and to liquidate the builder's con tract. A new clause in the charter will enable the committee to declare a dividend of 5 per cent., which will tend to strengthen the hands of the promoters in this good work. Each house comprises three distinct bed-rooms, living-room, kitchen, pantry, water-closet, ' coal-cellar and back and front lobbies. The living room will have Nicholson's patent kitchen-range, with a smaller one in the scullery. A copious supply of water is laid on through gutta percha tubing to the sink, which has a plate-rack over, and cupboard beneath for pots, &c. The cisterns are of slate, and Jennings's water waste-preventers, India-rubber tube cocks, &c., are used throughout. Besides a commo dious pantry, having a settle for beer, &c., there are two cupboards in the living-room, with place for books. A press for clothes is arranged in bed-room, over portions of the landing. The coals are under the stairs, sunk two steps and arched. The smoke from the flues in the houses (excepting small front room) will be conveyed by 9-inch tubes to a 12-inch central shaft, formed of socket jointed tubes, with the neces sary junctions, placed in the centre of a shaft 2 feet 3 inches wide, thus leaving a space on either side for a vitiated-air chamber. The heat imparted to the air-chamber from the smoke will create a current able to draw off any impure air which would otherwise accumulate in the rooms, and sufficient heat will be retained at night (from the universal practice of " rakin g " the fires) to cause an equal velocity, when, in fact,the means of ventilation are more required than in the daytime. Each room will be ventilated by a valve and tube communicating with the air chamber, the valve being placed in the ceiling of the Led-rooms, and in the chimney -breast of the ground floor apartments. r T o Fier' an 100' thi Hoc re 61 4,°f Buei tiadYship t :11 1 k h. 8 Coffee re, ' "d, t's hl a i as Mr\ ,j„ ull t, not' cr - gth and yet 1s Count ? (114 1 :' Sissei !° l l of a b t is reque 'oR TH: throu l ‘ l N °l the ri se,, l 4 il st r e th t! th e woi t he r, 11 411;° 1 the r . V 4 ,1 abated 41ip ic ithe ag el'St, 'St, With t0h 1 , t43 " frog po t, to the t he r oom, ttt' il l tairs 4 41 4 ,from b i 0 1 ' 'k ' k 4 s tte/if ItoBBE 'r 5 ",4 74.targuv ai a cab t$ C 'so Bo: F o n ‘.,harl€ et ,ed one d ) t he took i t bt 41anner. 01 Which sigh, a s , I -11 nd lardy some e t feel O't r lad;- pitt(Ad, and )e' 1 1 1 ? Rs 13. (jer" , wlia,'Od/t*---] 00 4 • Y cxc 4 4 *t ‘p, -01 V , ‘l7l 1)oj o tki, 4 1 Q : ' It ' ( iere s oI f i i ) att l s not t p er i n ' 'le t, ' when t° har w hom )i d/' IG DEB' j e r emerc 3 4 ' ,llO. this of Llon o f t /CI ' it t O a ioll e e l I \'4) i i'ker co t mind. With rio k' eo i , scio, no v 21 = 4' eeonc t ry 1 1 ,ti k), t ePuta tiaz) ` , ) , ,011 1 . 4 ger of • f 11E ! iro , ~ ! 1 .44 ) , ;co ra eeard ,4;• i tt,4r b. e , P Pr ( `'('Wev tY SCIENCE AND ART. ARCHITECTURAL RESULTS OF PARIS EXHIBITION. —The Great Exhibition of Paris, differing from that of London in several essential principles, has established, accordingly, several essentially different results. Among the most remarkable of these is generally admitted to be the decided superiority of the English school of architecture ; a superiority which we never claimed, and which comes upon us by surprise. If we are de ficient in that brilliant but ephemeral taste which, animated by a brighter sky, can make a street a gal lery of the graces, or a square the garden of a palace, we are none the less supreme (so it appears) in our colder air, in that substantial and manly statuesque building —aiming at less and succeeding in more—that great art—which through the ages marks the road of time, and writes the record of the just pride of nations, as in the hand of God they rise, and culminate, and fall. There is a reason for everything, and a reason for this ; but rather than discuss the unsuspected cause, let us adopt the grateful result, and affirm at once that it is obviously worthy of exertion to follow it up.—Builder PUBLIC WORKS AT CLOSE OF LAST WAR.—In 1814 the allied sovereigns were in London, and there was a general thanksgiving for what was anticipated would be the permanent ratification of peace. Projects of all kinds were discussed within the peaceful haven of Carlton House, and the Prussian monarch despatched to the architect Schinkel, then rising into fame, a command to make designs for a grand cathedral, to commemorate the pacification of Europe. But the time for either commemorative or useful public works had hardly yet arrived, and with the exception of the commencement of Southwark-bridge, the enthusiasm of 1814 left little more than a pagoda" in St. James's-park, and the ricketty " Chinese bridge," of which the London world has lately heard something. During the year 1815, however, there were some im portant undertakings. The Mint, on Tower-hill, by Sir Robert Smirke, was erected, and the London In stitution, by the late W. Mclntosh Brooks, was com menced in Finsbury-circus, which was formed on the removal of old Bethlehem Hospital. In these build ings the English version of pseudo-Greek architec ture is seen fully established. The new Bethlehem