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SUPPLEMENT :TO..ITHE LIVERPOOL . STANDARD. :s of Rhodes, Byzantium, and Samos. le Empire were restored by an admi though thrifty, was not mean. The Collected was freely spent when a presented itself. The Senate, de \tempt and thinned by the cruelty of and Nero, was raised in numbers Rome was restored, and the cities ir l Pire were liberally assisted. Every- L eta :ie hand o f a grea t ru l er , one dev o ted qi iod ill g all his energies to it, and making S et 0 1 life subservient to its right per t:Z3n my feet," he said to his attend \ 41 % death imminent, "an emperor World standing."—De Roman Ern , NETT ESCAPED FROM RUSSIA.—At l 'ather before it, an offer was made have immensely affected the destinies Pit iu ld might have even reversed our u 0, A t Russia, and have rendered the issian steam invasion, at this moment, shores, by no means preposterous. l est man, had been " sounding the ifted coadjutor at the Russian ambas speedy result, at that critical mo )1 1775), was an offer of employment, T, under the Russian government. " stagg ere d," " repented" his rash the " dangers" of so long a voyage, indly reminded the bear-hugged " precariousness of his health." :ened I was !" exclaimed Dr. Darwin, Russian bear had laid hold of you ', and was dragging you to Russia ! ou can help it. Russia is like the see the footsteps of many beasts of few returning. I hope your fire ,ou here." Well it was for his then 'ost unconscious country that his seep him here. Had the offer not little trop tard, the empire of the 'he Briton, might have been at this steam engine er i ng cen t re o f th e his th e on l y ,as attempt opportunity that Russia le full extent conscious of the im of such an endeavour to get ahead to engage Watt's services had be en made in 1770—two years \is friend If Russia: Dr. Robson, late of Edin rieholaQ Again, even so long alter - iumself then Grand Duke, vain at the Works Soho for per the interior,h . fro is application being m Lord Siamouth, of whleli the the humble bearer ! There were tls. suite who had other objects than 'he interior." Cunning and unseru ' In 1775, Watt, it is verily be actually seized the opportunity of Pine a salary as £l,OOO must have it not been that he was alarmed by Ain Perry, another engineer whom engaged, had to fly for refuge to ;sador, and to return to England the pay due to him ; Watt there fer to such " despotic predilections" secure, and to us more fortunate, )f bread and liberty."—LifeofWatt. iptuous, noble, wise, charitable, Egnorant, mercenary London; where virtues : where they are so mingled it one often passes for the other ; Ted with gold, glistens a harmless rinding oppression smirks a rare are black incontinence, dipped in 'orth a radiant purity : where dia tenness struts a piece of moral ada -, where men with counters, nay, buy the souls and hearts of men ; 13 Y - word, virtue a mask to rob un lie as often as they respire ; and b uy lands, houses, the tinkling of 'Jell prai se o f villains, and the stare of damns the purchasers ; where the cap of Folly outbuys a hundred ' l „Tws of w i s d om : w h er e the adroit 1 ' dies, full blooded and bursting, 'ant, break s i n o b scur ity an d wan t ; murder secundum artem ; where °pr ` 4-14 'g to the Act," is to be honest th 11 "r full weight ; where common sense is thrown a prey to law, and hashed and carved, and cooked a thousand ways to banquet such as are rich enough to pay for it, Oh, London ! rare London ! prime mart of juggling cheats, fantastic clowns- - --where a brow of brass wins more than a heart of gold ; where beauty is knocked down to the highest bidder—and the mind of man— that subtle, mighty agent, which can glide into a flower, or lift its broad forehead to the stars, is self cast upon its belly in the dust, and winds and undu lates before some glittering ass, till Nestor's self be comes a pimp to Paudar. Miraculous London ! with wonderful discoveries ! who have tracked the olden " fountain of eternal youth," and sell a guarantee against death, and the cracks and wrinkles that herald his approach, at so much per phial ; where rare cos metics, keeping in any climate," survive Siberia's snows or Egypt's sands. All-healing, all-entrancing London ! where syren pleasure lulls poor, squeamish guilt to sleep ; where honour, pleasure, the red lip of beauty, and an immortality of health, are bought for so much yellaw dross, and the man of gold is not a little "lower than the angels." Go, go to London! mid if you have Midas's ears, so you have Midas's wealth, poets will write sonnets to your wisdom, and the ladies of the court " vow you are a fine gentleman." Rare London ! great in thy baseness—mighty in thy shifts !—Xetropolitan. TRUE NODE OF RESISTING RUSSlA.—Russia must be resisted by Europe, if the latter would preserve its religion, its civilisation, its independence ; but it must be resisted by Europe in its strength, not Europe in its weakness. The nations of the West must go forth to combat the hordes of the East ; but they must go forth in their established ranks, under their traditional leaders. and in their united strength, not with half their faces turned over, from the dread of revolutions, to th( enemy. Democracy has tried its utmost strength against despotism, and failed in the struggle; no future age with that arm can hope to achieve what the genius of Napoleon and the fervour of 1830 and 1848 failed to effect. But this failure does not prove that Europe is unable to contend with Russia, that freedom must succumb to despotism ; it proves only that divided Europe cannot stand against united Russia, half the strength of liberty against the whole forces of despotism. Freedom has need of all its forces to resist the attack of fanatical zeal, and the lust of conquest led by regulated despotism aided by military skill. Had England been united to France in 1812, Russia would have been repelled to its deserts by the legions of Napoleon and Wellington ; had the triumph of the Barricades and the Reform transports not para lyzed Britain and Germany in 1831, the independence Of Poland would have been re-e4ablislied by the arms of Skrynecki. The strength of the East lies in its indissoluble union under a single head ; the weakness of the West, in its ceaseless division; under many. In the very front rank of the great league of the Western Powers, which can alone preserve Euiope from Russian subjugation, must be placed THE tESTORATION OF POLAND. Such a measure would not revolutionary; it would be conservative. Restoration is a work of justice, of which no government, howstrong soever, need be ashamed : the principle of revolution is spolia tion, not restitution. To restore Poland is not to introduce new ways, but to return to the kld ones. In the courage and heroism of the Sannatia race is to be found the real and the only effective bar ier against the encroachments of the Muscovite ; in thei indelible feeling of nationality, the provision made by Providence for its resurrection, like the Phceuix from u s ashes. Such a barrier is not to be found in Turkey. England and France may fight their own battle in the Crimea or on the Danube, but they will not find ther real allies in the Ottomans. The Cross must defend Itself ; it is not to be defended by the Crescent. Ekrope committed a great sin in permitting the barrios of Poland to be swept away ; it can be expiated onl3 by aiding in its restoration. The extension of Austria to the mouth of the Danube, and the acquisition by it of Moldavia and Wallachia, under the burthen of tie stipulated payment to the Porte, is the obvious mods, without doing injustice to any one, of winning its con. sent to the cession of Gallicia. If Prussia casts in its lot with the Muscovites, it cannot complain if it under- , 1 goes the fate which itself imposed on Saxony when its Sovereigns adhered to Napoleon in 1814. But to cement the league which is to achieve this mighty deliverance, the cause of independence must be severed from that of democracy ; Poland must be restcred yb an effort of united Europe, not by arming one section of it against the other. Its partition was the sin of the sovereigns alone, and restitution must be made or retribution endured by the sovereigns, not the people.—Alison's History of Europe. VARIETIES. DRESS contains the two codes of morality, private and pub lic. ALL men wish to have truth on their side ; but few to be on the side of truth. 'CAN a man who specially employs a barrister be said to keep his own counsel ? AN ITALIAN proverb says that " the smiles of beauty are the tears of a purse." READERS of poetry hear the bells, and seldom mind what they are ringing for. OPINIONS grounded upon prejudice are always maintained With the greatest violence. ATTENTION is the duty we owe to others, cleanliness that which we owe to ourselves. _ _ _ MEN miss truth more often from their indifference about it, than from intellectual incapacity. _ _ A GOOD housewife should be as familiar with the flower garden as with the flour-barrel. WE can be as little certain of other men in the present as we can be of ourselves in the future. TRUE joy is a serene and sober motion, and they are miser ably out who take laughing for rejoicing. WE ought not to judge of men's merits by their qualifica tions, but by the use they make of them. MANY persons entertain false views of real life who have yet the justest perceptions of human nature. DID you ever know anybody to go to a knife-box for a knife, but was always sure to get hold of a fork first. SEVERE trials call into force those reserved forces of forti tude which give the victory in the battle of life. A sox of Titian was skilled in dyeing hair, and, it is said, made more money than his father did by painting. THE temper which recognizes the good that is in the world, is more maturely wise than that which searches for evil. IT is the man who determines the dignity of the occupation, not the octtipation which measures the dignity of the man. ALCOHOL was first invented and used to stain the cheeks of the ladies of Arabia 950 years. ago. It still reddens portions of the human face. _ A PROFESSOR, whose pupils made too much noise, let the following naivete slip out :—" Gentlemen, if everybody be silent, we shall be better able to discover who makes the row.. " IT was a saying of a great divine, that he had found more good in " bad ' people, and more bad in " good " people, than ever he expected. . . IT is a Common mistake to account those things necessary which are superfluous, and to depend upon fortune for the felicity of life, which arises only from virtue. Booxs are the true levellers ; they give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race. HE who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler ; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher. AN Irish witness being recently asked what he knew of the prisoner's character for honesty and veracity, replied, " Why, in'troth, yer honour, since iver I've known her she has kept her house clane and dacent !" CURRAN being angry in a debate one day, put his hand on his heart, saying, "I am the trusty guardian of my honour." "Then," replied Sir Boyle Roach, " I congratulate m y honour able friend on the snug sinecure to which he has appointed himself." TRUE POETRY FROM THE PERSIAN.—The heavens are a point from the pen of God's .perfection; the world is a bud from the bower of his beauty; the sun is a spark from the light of his wisdom ; .and the sky is a bubble on the sea of his power. His beauty is free from the spot of sin, hidden in the thick veil of darkness; he made mirrors of the atoms of the world, and a reflection from his own face on every atom. THE IDLER.--The idle man is an annoyance—a nuisance. He is of no benefit to anybody—he is an intruder in the busy thoroughfare in every-day life—he stands in our path, and we push him contemptuously aside; he is of no advantage to any body—he annoys busy men—he makes them unhappy—he is a unit in society—he may have an income to support him in idleness, or lie may " sponge" on his good-natured friends ; but in either case he is despised.—Literary Journal. To the intelligent and virtuous, old agg presents a scene of tranquil enjoyments, of obedient appetite, of well-regulated affections, of maturity in knowledge, and of calm preparation for immortality. In this serene and dignified state, placed as it were on the confines of two worlds, the mind of a good man reviews what is past with the complacency of an approved conscience, and looks forward with humble confidence in the mercy of God, and with devout aspirations towards his eternal and ever increasing favour.—Percival. A TENDER REMEMBRANCE.—As a certain musician, who had a very bad voice, was singing one day, he took notice of a woman 'who fell a-crying. Imagining that the sweetness of his melody awakened some passion in her breast, he began to sing louder, and she to weep more bitterly. He had no sooner ended the song than going to the lady he asked her 'why she cried ? " Oh," she said, " I am the unfortunate woman whose ass the wolves destroyed yesterday ; and no Boner did .I hear you sing but I thought on my poor ass, for fArely never were voices so much alike." 101 -od 55.] ii:o 4 1 , 4 :317Z i , 7 1 31,1855. j --Y it , ittto . f, VO'y W N,A t ill i n ea te stat tied whkbeot wh W . which he thoullaPhire el , ' --,s o f tL es of Rhod( a , l o n ue E • sa!,.. b pt i , pl, 'ell. h g tin f V 4 ' ' s 'ee • e • Colic t d rre o ty , e , ; s t a b 2.si on C e ? io , 'lto_ Y th A Present e d ive , i :c• ki id . 41., c l , - contpm, 4- 0, t h in , wadi u ---Pu and lie j s ! ;4 o l wh ro nt t;o o,i gi t ti„. s , and Nei elooFf's to ,el'e ~,a th e t Rome was zor oh , 4 is Luz felt bent were r Ole t( f fr.,. wli o i , be n . e hand o f e ra i., ~ ( 74 e rn °A , a tt ki te. ,eth od t. all his e tomov sl i s ' vb. 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