The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

SUPP of Prance, and now merges her private 11 1 favour of her imperial rights, and in due with the decrees of confiscation. The _France is a diamond of wonderful size and S quare in shape, and slightly rounded at the • It weighs 1361 carats. The Koh-i-Noor n ow only 105. It is a pity the latter could exhibited also, and thus afford an opportunity at once and comparing the three finest dia .L the world ; for the .Etoile-du-Sucl now also etas rays over the nave of the Palace. The (11 the latter is 125+ carats, but owing either SnPeriority of the cutting, or to the unusual nineteen millimetres from the table to the Point behind, the refraction of light is won .great, and when the level sun falls rightly Its fires are really magnificent. In 1842 the 'f France was estimated in the inventory of atlth List at twel ve m illi ons, or £480,000. Th e . °r itY in diamonds, Jeffries, stops short in at diamo n d s o f one h un d re d cara t s. Th e Loin the world above that weight probably him beyond the range of his calculations. Etoi/edu-Sud is at this moment in the P es ° t B jtively to be sold, if a buyer can be found. lewee.iliner:s e is bY weight (now universally followed , that the price is to be the square on ; 8 0 that if a diamond of one carat be f f, e one hundred carats should fetch tl , - ,:c.,,t0i1e-du-sud is about four-fifths of k4,86',,,-gent, an d, therefore, if the latter tile former may safely be purchased -1---- "-4417 EXTRACTS. I N To -- reCEED.—At Oxford I was fortunate (Dus % s ingle bed-room—a garret in a poor ttne' breakfastnth on a penny loaf and a basin of 13° t i atoes and a little butter without meat milk,and and rice boiled for tea and supper animal food on Sundays—a single mutton deemed amply sufficient—l had brought f4Penditure to ten shillings a-week, including °°d, and Washing ; and obtaining work im at the Clarendon printing-office, at fixed W entY shillin gs a-week, I was comparatively could now send a one-pound bank-note every to my wife in Cornwall, instead of every '' s "-nuckingham's Memoirs. tIT EITESS. — As to politeness, many have definitions of it. I believe it is best to be ~it. : definition not being able to ' ~". I would, however, venture to call it ge e in t ves in rifles ," or the preference of others little, daily, hourly occurrences in the An - t 0: e• It is perpetual attention to the ° f those with whom we are, by which e t'er prevent or remove them. Bowing, °a compliments, stiff civilities, will tad e that must be easy, natural, un tat a ' ll evole t ' no ble. And what will give this but a giv e tili .able di s all perpetually attentive to exert T with Position in trifles to all you converse t v ** - -Ck ath , GLl sb . (la :2TA.GE.—The English acted drama (3 ' Ge r ,rneiples totally different from the atit te , t ened - „ a Y, Spain, and France. It requires es It 411 d aerated for the taste of foreign %, kit ' le 4 Yof is too broad and palpable ; it lacks t• teut ra -r llcture, stage situation, strong and ls, vitality in the action, delicacy and / t b v4. e a dialogue. Nor is the acting of a character I l e kith tts e W i e ; Tner with much interest or enthusiasm. ;"t a llY prosaic and matter of fact on the Ile o il ' great deal of porter in our heads, and ' 1 ) t4l,l}leels. The dexterity and finesse, the 'leq e Pr et Piet vivacity, which are so delightful Wat l uatt lio e ll stage, would probably perish in our , 4 t47 1 01 3 „ t o , B Pliere, or they must have been trans ! :g? •We are great in the horse-play of L c itie s .' in rough animal spirits, and broad v o i 4o : but the subtler elements of comedy for us, and, consequently, evaporate dqDtiiraser's Magazine. k tm ei i s a ' l4 - 1 )ID COMPOSITION.—Speed in comp- NI L questionable advantage. Poetic history ope Nob_ u t a'A% es which may represent the rapid and 11 Doti*, Pen—Lope de Vega and Milton. We Out verses more rapid than a secretary 85 5 . k tctsi , 7, A' % .o Yin of Fr 'iiiti a, Y in fart with e ' a r r e France • 1, ,rß s ure in the ~Ihs It Weil °Nv 4libitedonl at once a th„ , e As i f. "' WOr. •• ,th :1 1 4. rays 4 orP : O f th e l at fet „ • 11 1 ) erioriti 8, oinete • Point be ; .great, • Its fires 'nt of ranc 41,1„.List at esii„.. 4lll nrity ii 1, it 0 .4,4te at di. , re p, aka qv, i rk t rr the I ; him ;, 8 t l e , f izie % ; l)° sitivelyy e stimat e ,ti t, Jewelle rs) e stt t W eit " ,006 ,one w v o aille o c h e -2 t3B tit k4BO g l ()coo „ 4/21.4 c et y 'Aell To St 1 1' 'es b ous • ls . aSi lea rnt te,•,; at ] e urel tOi Potat o P I),t_ pan anima tdee m , ndit °° d, and ,01t at the We nty s' std jio4„,T) opts`:o 1 , or t . oraTz l7 bs e deqniti Y ci es , • ,i e h. o ,2ole nee . e• .; ',Nereees in ill : 0 9 v 'aot, (ll of ti eith i 'er 1 ) , . fo r Ind ~ Y, r 7,1855. i ,EMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. could write them • the other building up, in the watches of the dark, a few majestic lines. One leaving his treasures to be easily compressed into a single volume ; the other to be spread abundantly over forty-six quartos. One gaining fifteen pounds ; the other a hundred thousand ducats. One sitting at the door of his house, when the sun shone, in a coarse coat of gray cloth, and visited only by a few learned men from foreign countries ; the other followed by crowds wherever he appeared, while even the children shouted after him with delight. It is only since the earth has fallen on both that the fame and the honours of the Spaniard and the Englishman have been changed. He who nearly finished a comedy before breakfast, now lies motionless in his small niche of monumental bio graphy ; and he who, long choosing, began late, is walking up and down, in his singing robes and with laurel round his head, in the cities of many lands ; having his home and his welcome in every devout heart, and upon every learned tongue of the Christian world.— Wilkott's Pleasures of Literature. A "TURKISH LADY BATHING.—Her attire is first removed. An attendant takes a glove—every day it is a new glove—of undressed silk. With the disen gaged hand, she pours over her mistress bason after bacon of warm water. Then, by means of a gentle friction with the glove, she slowly removes the salts and impurities which are deposited on the skin This finished, the attendant covers the lady from head to foot, by means of a mop of downy silk, with a lather made of a particularly emollient soap, peculiar, I be lieve, to Turkey. Upon this soap depends much of that peach-like softness and snowy whiteness of the skin, for which Eastern women always are so remark able. It has the reputation of removing stains, spots, and freckles that are not deeply marked into the cu ticle. This part of the matter having been carefully performed, the lady is again deluged in water, heated to 110 deg. or 120 deg., and poured over her person from a taus (bason) of silver. Large towels—we might call them sheets—of the finest white muslin, richly embroidered with flowers and gold, are wrapped around her. And she is led into a saloon, where, reclining upon a heap of cushions, she sinks into a soft dream like languor, that might become faintness, were it not for the assiduity with which a slave fans her. As soon as she is sufficiently recovered to bear it, another slave combs, perfumes, and disposes her hair in ornamental braids. The hour after the bath is one of gentle, sleepy loveliness.—The City of t 1 Crescent. ELDON AND THE REGENT.—Bedford-square was the scene of the curious interview between Lord Chancellor Eldon (who resided in No. 6), and the Prince Regent, afterwards George IV. The story is thus told. The prince came alone to the Chancellor's house, and upon the servant opening the door, observed that as the Chancellor had the gout, he knew he must be at home, and therefore desired to be shown up to the room where he was. The servant said his master was too ill to be seen, and that he had positive orders to show in no one. The prince then asked to be shown the staircase, which he immediately ascended, and pointed first to one door then to another, asking, " Is that your master's room ? " The servant answered no, until he came to the right one, upon which he opened, the door, seated himself by the Chancellor's bedside, and asked him to appoint his friend Jekyll, the great wit, to the vacant office of Master in Chancery. The Chancellor refused—there could not be a more unfit appointment. It was a round man for a square hole. The prince, perceiving the humour of the Chancellor, and that he was firm in his determination not to appoint him, threw himself back in his chair, and exclaimed, •" How do I pity Lady Eldon ! " " Good God," said the Chancellor, " what is the matter ? " " Oh, nothing," answered the prince, " except that she will never see you again, for here I remain until you promise to make Jekyll a Master in Chancery." Jekyll of course obtained the appointment. CIVILISATION IN POLYNESIA.—It was a novelty in Polynesia to see persons along the roads bringing wood, charcoal, and provisions of various kinds, to supply a market; in short, a subdivision of labour, and regular system of industry, in accordance with the customs of Europeans. It appeared further, that salt, manufactured principally from sea water, had be come an important article of exportation to the coun tries on the Pacific, from Chili to Kamtschatka ; and that sugar, tutin oil, and arrowroot, also entered into Hawaiian commerce. Engraving was an unexpected accomplishment to find among Polynesians ; and some drawings of ships were shown to me which exhibited a neatness and correctness of minute detail not often met with. I witnessed at the mission schools the remarkable universal talent and fondness for mathe matical pursuits, about which so much has been said. Printing, too, was conducted by natives, under foreign superintendence ; and the missionaries had furnished a liberal supply of mental nurture, in translations of a variety of useful books : these amounted to quite a library, and yet difficulty was experienced in keeping up with the demand. It appeared, notwithstanding, that no native had hitherto been found to possess all the qualifications requisite to take charge of a shop, or to conduct any mercantile business. The missiona ries regarded as one main obstacle to improvement, the extremely limited views of the natives in respect to style of living : " a little fish and a little poi, and they were content." By adopting the use of coin, they had placed themselves, in many respects, in the condi tion of indigence ; and in conformity with the new standard of value, I was assured, could be supported for less than two cents a day. Innovations were also going on in political institutions, and during our stay the first public execution took place ; the prerogative of a chief being at the same time infringed. Much interest was indirectly excited by the discovery of the meaning of the word "conscience," for which there is no corresponding expression in the Hawaiian language; and one of the natives explained the new idea as " a "magistrate within."—Pickerings's Races of Men. SAINT JOHN AND THE ROBBER.—III a narrative at tested by Clemens Alexandrinus, we see how he visited the Christians in the parts round about Ephesus, or ganised the churches, and provided for the appoint ment of the most competent persons to fill the various church offices. On one of these occasions he noticed a young man who promised to be of much service in the cause of the gospel. He commended him to one of the overseers, as a valuable trust committed to him by the Lord. The overseer carefully watched him till he received baptism. But he placed too much reliance on baptismal grace. He left him to himself, and the youth, deprived of his faithful protection, and seduced by evil associates, fell deeper into corruption, and at last became captain of a band of robbers. Some years after, when John revisited that church, he was in formed to his great sorrow of the woful change that had taken place in the youth of whom he had enter tained such hopes. Nothing could keep him back from hastening to the retreat of the robbers. He suffered himself to be seized and taken into their captain's pre sence ; but he could not sustain the sight of the apostle ; John's venerable appearance brought back the recollection of what he had experienced in earlier days, and awakened his conscience. He fled away in consternation ; but the venerable man, full of paternal love, and exerting himself beyond his strength, ran after him. He called upon him to take courage, and announced to him the forgiveness of his sins in the name of the Lord. By his fatherly guidance he succeeded in rescuing his soul, and formed him into a worthy member of the Christian community. Another tradition preserved by Jerome bears also the impress of the apostle's spirit. When the venerable John could no longer walk to the meetings of the church, but was borne thither by his disciples, he always uttered the same address to the church ; he reminded them of that one commandment which he had received from Christ himself, as comprising all the rest, and forming the distinction of the new covenant : "My children, love one another." And when asked why he always repeated the same thing, he replied, " That if this one thing were attained, it would be enough."—Neander's First Planting of Christianity. NECESSITY 70F THE SABBATH.—The Sabbath is necessary. Man was made for six days' work, not for seven ; and the Sabbath was made for man—planned and suited for such a creature as he is. At the creation, God, intending to give his creatures a Sabbath, said that they were "all very good,"—suited to his gracious designs. But part of those designs was the appoint ment of a weekly day of rest : and as man's nature is adapted to a Sabbath and requires one,. he is not in the situation for which his Creator designed him, if it be withheld. You might as well deprive him f his nightly rest as of his weekly Sabbath ;—the mischief, though more slow, would be no less certain. It has been declared upon the best medical authority, that man's body cannot thrive without a weekly day of rest,