The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

/ 4 x/ `zt 1855 SUPP: • .. 44 ) ,„ the boZ,4ICA:-.0........5,---b The English are 9leaf .I f B for t fil`lllloll' OP TES Etre;, H. - 411 ? o o °- W heat r immg with : they shell i o s u al t l t e h v e I )re ed -1 '; bat t el frosty weather—it fi r s d ungainly, kicki ng tileta the cato„'en they are a cross-grame e , . e ir r tcashehtharafisha lea; re tam e ' 48 I been a most ever seed . hed was Whoever kili t ° I . th,... °f Joh n B u ll, knew what th e 3', sei„,'?' are all bull-necked, , a l rea vo rm rf . about, I g a t e v il e . 1 Ise ith°le tri,..teelPered, vicious critters, bull ball-headed folks, f at s ,`. essoitloth.eads-'ire44ll4 4 0 'e gas mules, and as conceited as peacocks Plaguy onsafe unless well watched. _Th ...... ey Sta ll ' z ° Ai t e Le , t ed i n O.4IvAGE guenfEss.—The following advertisement NOrli his "" N ew York Herald :—" Aaron Tomkins begs Ill 'S g rei th anks to the many friends who have in .e tr . o n n fe is rm ed e7A-WA t lial a l , ll(l begs a repetition of their favours , and t 'a ' trade, ev e " e ,_ has made 14,000 dollars ) 1 9 '40 ra,..,%a11Y question being asked, by attending to his lie s , Illue it. H e ma d e 7,000 dollars he begs to tell them kil l :Ik e " 8 , and 7 ,000 dollars by letting otlirpeo a p d l v e is 's e b s usthle 14°1)e 44 ` 1 to all concerned he respectfully 6, 1 4 . kol,,pt attention to their duty." • does de l PoRT writes his experience with a and fair p o re ne he a h t ly a ;NI a n'etlitiulls creature goes on to dance, , the o , t 4ttt to much lobster salad at supp ai er is th fo e rt e h xe f r r e o i m se "t ari l e e with her, for her ap pearance c il l i lirY as to the state of her health — Theo she with timid glances, Prom lipsassweet n dances rhyme, ue e ' I teolted, "Those as g t a e lsa r 11l suit our Western clime. Couldme.e— you—it may rel iev e . (I rose upon the lnat)— el A glass of water give me, ~_ _,, it e i ''7 , l. With a dash of brandy in 't ? gilt Nie De c°l 4ea °f ti nd, as its name implies, e hati nlt e l e silver, and for 300 years after the Conquest was !terig i etl in .:v,entY shillings. Since that period, it has been ti 40 t, whi c h no less than seventeen times, and the pound 4 .4 a tw,recitiet„ua first contained 4,995 ailve."4ndarep,l,6l4l ins only. If gold is to e_ taken iticL‘ t s 1 ° , 4 1, ea 'L" s o.ould be remembered, grains of pure silver, 11 1 ti 4 - etn g --' gold ' in th e year 13 44 , intro dati„ 1,01,11,,dete,,,„„ coinage, . was _ , that its equivalnt to ear y t h an ••13 th ,+ ink -, aled at 108 grains of pure gold (II 1 ) '% %a 41 11 • grains only, and that, A f‘ ed it, . v ra t i „ g, oow contains 113 . grai f ' ll7 Ag t ili :1,01, the same sterling pound of gold has sad Chi n , '',, .% N l ess than twenty times. 41 n 1 D• • •"' ' l t• il/ti, • dEh Jones, repres entative 0. _ !visi on 0 ,. ~z, ~,, . • Fnen 4 ould a ' much wept tae Lea the House. In case tiy pleasure wo 11-r + Vll.l4„'l.ected last week Major-General of the he the part o f he 4 0,0_, , en., and p.; ttid he ~ tendered hi m , says ,—" With 4Lsqqbe to ` lv ! 4 uch 0 :1 1 Ind before the_3l . il,it e i: t. o i t i4a l t it- 1. 011714-aßrs as he though D f T t h h e e r il e `Right "gee. Beat ItitlirlCato pilniinglur twoi.d. into; .r , The second an d your and he r, witi en di. smisa e _o e oks,• s „ ~.. qd yarn war n a o m luo is m h erchan kit,kie4tall dailyadmeuitivon'•Ynian to his farm plou g hshares would r . e b 1 e ., read at his fireside the New 111114.50dwlincl Ponder u po n .t t s o tidings of `Peace on earth ai l ,,tet i „ 1 - ..o te e , 1, 1 , t : 1 1 4 ,..,,,a vv.,. - w i as doubtful, horever,_Avh .. th es. , Lima iii - p , not a little ahead of the spirit %f il th ti iti te ndered e , C,, - . , th°,"`„.,.. therefore decline the exalted P q111;14' lio llse."—Anserican Pape . example of power 'lll.l.l4Are,nittaxn ELoQUENCI.—As al lth a, ttilleuitated eloquence, may Judge v Robinson—" the 1)t or of e Irish orator, to a certain be gi an en a short answer of m pamp hl e ts "—who, upon 1144 %si tilal lY scurrilous political palnP ew before him, Itt,lie °°, when he b *ster was arguing a case erty by 11,Z4,4r„,P,11,eu to reproach Curran with his I"; ' on :Nt.7q" -',,Lnat b e t suspec - ted " his law library was rather F tl N ''''Lt, i. t . 44 1 4 t i s dignified true, my lord," said Curran, with hNt.cli my "LI am Poor, and the circumstance they has somewhat ~liti•tct (Tr ;my books are not numeyous, but r dis. ,V 18: 7, 1 . hope they have been perused wlth pe lio li t rhy o , l ' oave prepared myself for this high p rofessio n °e of k a .," Stbcly of a few good works than by the compo 0 1 . N" ; bili e t a t many bad ones. lam not ashamed of my p 1, ,,,k1 t,, .. should be ashamed of my wealth could I have „,„ k tlk, I a cillire it by se rvility and corruption. If I rise not 'l b , . - '))24 5,'311511 at least be honest and should I ever cease o 1 / 4 47(1 4 4 an example shows me that an ill-gained reputation, _ e ~,,1,1144„,!°. More conspicuous, would only make me th IN'N,,, N `,„ s a r „dY and the more notoriously contemptible." NN ;` 4:IIAVELLING.—I was somewhat startled, on the ~4 I, l, , oar de 04' 4 4 oa r 1 Parture, to find on coming to the door of the I Of' f reight li ggage had taken the . place of the usual more aN v , ) ,30 48 _, and that, seated in picture: gu attikudes upon 011)i,',1Ain„nd carpet-bags, about tw t hundred persons tALestl7 t. ‘° ,b.ne trundled away to the s n ci i `e 4", th at . illey were so thickly hived upo . the long line eamer, more than which to ~r t tk D t k Dos.i.t could scarcely find a spare corner in high a ,!bs2aesl.°o. At last, however, a thin man, with lill,t l wi t a , ll 4 a red beard, invited me to share the top l'e ' W.. :' him, which I accordingly did ; having and, _lit by oiler it4l',iek etv7 f i a, the act of acknowledging his civility _ s% 41:41,1:1end one, when some little black . suspicio . us .. - h 11 ' h — Jolting un throuzh a crack in the lid, revealed % Nit t, ( *lit' • ' - I,ojii,N. Ynlg fact that we were seated upon a barrel of moltelf' t4 t.kt Printing hastily off, I seized my companion's 4 e.i5 4 ,111, 1 11ie to prevent his lighting a fresh fusee, and It'sll4:el3,r'lnger He only remarked as he swung him 14 3' 4 ' 11 414 °11 P tli t s °4lll i; Perch, " that he had come darned near ton, l °4' {l , i ),A 84 crow,' and recommended me to slope along . 0: 4, atie,t,li, tg,estion I was by no means backward in com r. t,c, cietilnag .4.'nere was a most miscellaneous cluster of ye v..k litieate,i,!?_l,l their no less miscellaneous effects. yra 'erieets i':`Ylg ladies, with pink and white complexions, 1)41 t1.1 2 , 0 3' ae n '„ r ight dr saes and thin satin shoes, reclined 1e! , .. - "..4 COPet-beags, 'and presided over pyramids of c arpe t German fraus sat astride huge rolls lEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN. of bedding, displaying stout legs, blue worsted stockings, and hob-nailed shoes. Sallow Yankees, with straw hats, swallow tailed coats, and pumps, carried their little all in their pockets ; and having: nothing to lose, and everything to gain in the western world to which they were bound, whittled, smoked, or chewed cheerfully. Hard-featured, bronzed miners, having spent their earnings in the bowling saloons at the Sault, were returning to the bowels of the earth gloomily. There were tourists in various costumes, doing the agreeable to the ladies ; and hardy pioneers of the oods, in flannel shirts, and trousers supported by leathern belts, and well supplied with bowies, were telling tough yarns, and astonishing the weak minds of the emigrants, who represented half the countries of Europe. —Blackwood's Magazine. FOLK LORE.—DEVONSIIIRE SUPERSTITIONS. — Days of the week;— "Born on a Sunday, a gentleman ; Monday, fair in face ; Tuesday, full of grace ; Wednesday, sour and glum ; Thursday, welcome home ; Friday, free in giving ; Saturday,work hard for your living." Tuesday and Wednesday are lucky days. Thursday has one lucky hour—namely, the hour before the sun rises. Friday is unlucky. It is very unlucky to turn a feather-bed on a Sun day; my housemaid says she would not turn my bed on a Sunday on any account. " To sneeze on a Monday hastens anger ; Tuesday, kiss a stranger ; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, give a gift ; Saturday, receive a gift ; Sunday, before you break your fast, You'll see your true love before a week's past." My informant cannot recollect the consequences of sneezing on Wednesday and Thursday. " Sneeze on Sunday morning fasting, You'll enjoy your own true love to everlasting." If you sneeze on a Saturday night after the candle is lighted, you will next see a stranger you never saw before.—A new moon seen over the right shoulder is lucky, over the left shoulder unlucky, and straight before prognosticates good luck to the end of the moon.—Hair and nails should always be cut during the waning of the moon.—Whatever you think of when you see a star shooting you are sure to have.—When you first see the new moon in the new year take your stocking off from one foot and run to the next stile ; when you get there, between the great toe and the next, you will find a hair, which will be the colour of your lover's.—When•you first see the new moon after' midsummei, go, to a stile, turn your back to it, and say— " All hail, new moon, all hail to thee ! I prithee, good moon, reveal to me This night who shall my true love be : Who he is, and what he wears, And what he does , all months and years." ESSENCE OF "PUNCH." A SHORT CUT TO METAPHYSICS. What is Matter ?—Never mind. What is Mind ?—No matter. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—We are requested to state, that there is no truth in the report, that Mr. Gladstone has been appointed editor of the Invalide Russe. QUERY BY AN INSANE POLITICO-ECONOMIST.—IS the Vessel of the State victualled with the provisions of Acts of Parliament. A MORE THAN PROBABLE TURN.—You may depend upon it, there is something on the move, when our dear mother-in law makes her appearance in the house about July or August; and sure enough the move is generally with her poor suffering daughter and ailing children in the direction of the seaside. . "HAPPY LAND" (FOR DEBTORS).—An insolvent contributor, after reading the recent reports of successes in the Sea of Azoff, says that, unlike Horace, be both wonders at and envies the allied fleet, for the more straits it gets into, the brighter are its prospects. A SHIP THAT OUGHT TO BE PITT UNDER A GLASS SHADE. —We see, and we never should have believed it unless we had seen it, that there is a transport of the name of the Earl of Aberdeen. The discovery fairly took us by surprise, as we did not know that in the English mind the name of ABERDEEN had ever given rise before to a single transport. PEACE AND WAR, BY LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—We under stand that it is the intention of Lord John Russell's con stituents to solicit him to sit, for a double portrait of Peace and War, to Sir Edwin Landseer. The noble lord, in imita tion of the picture of Death and the Lady, will be duly divided. One half of him will appear in the uniform of a British Life Guardsman, and the other in the simple buttonless dress of an olive-bearing friend. Joseph Sturge himself has offered the loan of his drab and beaver. INFALLIBLE CURE FOR A. SHORT SIGHT.—The sudden ac quisition of a large fortune is the best cure. It has been known to cure persons of short-sightedness in a minute, upon whom all other experiments had failed. It will bring a person (a poor relation, for instance) prominently forward, making him, and his merits even, eminently conspicuous, whereas both had previously been for years quite invisible to the naked eye. It extends one's views wonderfully ; and, strengthened with an aid of such wonderful power, the eye will carry to any dis tance, and has actually been known before now to bring home a rich uncle all the way from India. MRS. GRUNDY'S ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. OARD 39 MRS. GRUNDY is about to set her house in order. So, after it has been properly cleaned, and painted, and papered from top to bottom ( which, of course, Mrs. Grundy is to pay for,) she is resolved, once and for all, upon having quite a new sys tem of things established and maintained in her establishment. She will no longer allow her house to be the scandal of the neighbourhood. The following are a few of the Reforms she has set her heart upon : I. The door to be closed every night at eleven. 11. The mistress of the house to have the exclusive hiring of the servants. 111. Nothing but cheese for supper ! IV. No more breakfasting in the bed-room—whether a person is ill or not ! V. No more soda-water to be sent for early in the morning t. VI. The page to be exchanged for a footman. VII. The footman to be not less than five feet six, and in livery of course. VIII. The children's dresses no longer to be paid for out of the housekeeping-money. IX. Nothing hot to be brought up from the' servants' dinner for luncheon in the parlour—not for anybody ! no matter who he may be ! X. The breakfast things to be taken away every morning precisely as the clock strikes nine. XI. The cook before going to bed to bring up, every night, the key of the larder. XII. The cribbage-board to be locked up on Sundays. XIII. No whistling allowed in the drawing-room. - XIV. No invitations to be henceforth accepted, unless the name of Mrs. Grundy is included in them. XV. Mr. Grundy, for the future, to pay for his own washing. XVI. All letters to be opened by Mrs. G., for Mr. Grundy should have, and moreover he says he has, no secrets from his wife—and if there are secrets in those letters, i 1 he cannot object to her sharing them with him. As soon as the above reforms are carried, others of a still more stringent nature are contemplated. THE NEW PURCHA.SE.—BLANCHE (who dotes upon horses). " There, Frank. Isn't she a pretty creature ? Papa gave her to me this morning. She is so good tempered ! And what a nice head and neck she has ! Hasn't she now ? She's quite young too—and such a beautiful mouth ! Now, what do you say, sir, eh ?"—FRANK (who is so absurd)-: " H'm ! let's see. Pretty creature ! Good tempered! Nice head and neck ! Young ! And a beautiful mouth ! Why, I say, you make a capital pair !" A LITTLE WHITE FLAG.—It was to be expected that the Russian, officer in command at Hango Iyould justify the mur der and 'the capture of the men or the Coisacii. Therefore, Missian, goverument: assured :time the' flag of truce hoisted on the occasion was " only a little white flag on a stick." Well, it was a white flag : even the Russian officer does not deny that fact. The question would seem to be, in the Russian mind, the dimensions of a flag of truce. How many yards of white bunting or linen constitute the sanctity of such a flag P " The crew of Lieutenant Geneste's boat" — says the Russian poltroon—" was caught in their own trap." Since the wolf in the fable devoured the lamb for muddying the stream, there has never been put forth so atrocious an excuse for atrocity committed, as by this Russian bear in com mand at Hango. i i I SPIRIT OF " DIOGENES." THERE can be no difficulty in detecting spurious sovereigns, since they generally bear traces of their maker's gilt upon them. TRAGIC POET (meditating on the construction of his Fifth Act) loquitur : " I wish I saw my way clearly I. " to the catas trophe A "PRACTICAL REFORMER," writing to the Times on Public Offices, states that the best sites for the Courts of Law would be Great George-street. Chacun a son gozit. Our idea is, that the best sight for the Courts of Law would be to see them quite empty. IT is now customary for persons who, from certain or un certain circumstances, are compelled to take up their quarters in the peaceful neighbourhood of Aldgate, to say that they are "going to the East." SCIENCE AN,73 ART. WHY THERE ARE SO MANY CLERICAL DYSPEPTICS: Dr. Hall, in his Medical Journal, asserts that one great cause of dyspepsia in ministers is eating too soon after preaching. For two or three hours the tide of nervous energy has been, setting in strongly towards the brain, and it cannot be sud denly turned towards the stomach; but the mental effort has occasioned a feeling of faintness or debility about the stomach, and a morbid appetite ; and if food is taken at all largely, there is not the nervous energy requisite to effect its digestion, for the brain will be running over the discourse. GOVERNMENT AND ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS.—If ever there was a turning-point in the history of art in Europe, we believe it is at the present instant. Under discouraging circumstances, many recent works in England are such as our architects may be proud of. The element of danger we believe to be solely that difficulty which the professional architect meets with in getting proper reward of the ordinary kind. To no other profession could such an offer be made by a Government Commission, as that which has lately appeared in our advertising columns—where, by holding out offers of premiums to three sets of drawings, the endeavour le made to