The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

4 6 , 185 \ 5.] SUPP Na IN , ess e , although • ; af, the daughter of aoor Irish oei et ql!lTed familiarity withthe easygraces Z Zthe 1 3 ; 11 1 1 1 a manner and to an extent which 'g 141 i nitiated stare. This highly-accom thekßgerPromises to be a great acquisition , I ttloy ari , B ° l2 4v, and the story rolls smoothly th e : Water s of several very interesting ik t i kv e ' e venth part we are treated to the o r i°ll , i li til w e l n!s . connected with an Irish con itetisid„ Which Jack Massingbred assumes a takend,,,,:ranle importance- and the redoubt ,.„,-,„ , 1, Il ii "t! Promises to sustain a part not t * 'Jae], li wtth such adroitness by the gentler ett, Itte 8 11 f ir Pretensions of Mr. Massingbred ~, : ‘, ,,i e S of the electors of the borough V . ltt err , a degree of zeal and an amount of tid e ,,,lig as it is uncommon, at all k o . t .A , v u' Kt - George's Channel. Here is her V.,ka LI,4teTIONEERING TACTICS. 't 4 , ._t, e offered you Oughterard--" He 1 4 ,, ow ti 't on : " And, as I understand it, very 1 4 citzt i • e° o(liti on '" SI k p e lt)'4l not " t•. 41 , th e damage the Tories more than I Veciciftign!ljdicais inure than I must" . L , ,,, etlyshe on e for the party you will thus 11 1: 0 11 44 .' 1311 ce that there is ; perhaps they'd call me ter ) , t)1, 11 (4 t• I lle and co mmon •pl ace , b u t I don't like in i I Ili eit for moderation, nor would the part t t i Zt gili ao? , , l'N kt t Z it. , ‘ IV4IV I 4I , ~ ' o n haven't got habits of discipline to ki i k t , anq ,`°rPs to do anything or be anything, I L tt t h 4 nartisan legion—'' ' k k T6 l ll it a ,:ii know that," broke he in. ! 1 ) l''kf e r eve rs a rY, but rather something a little Ne kt er all " e, said she fixing her eyes steadfastly v 4,, work there is n o great success—l mean, no rk"iNk be achie d r but I'f 1 •,,,' th er kt h e -.--..,, ve by such ame ;as feel NO ar e a4 ur e d !,, qDerfnly , i ghly se I tly i:t o c°ndary rewards to be won. . 10 're 4tOlik, ve r - estimate me !" said Jack, trying At.' eY l 'e Cetit , etv are 1 , sq '„, )‘, l lloi ' aS 0 'tY g o ,'lerrate your abilities," said she, ' i ,'ev e ~nlia b t l ' atta4 7„ ones. You have great fluency -li4ta : said he self K. call it—an excellent memory nit said ap ue, p„Possession." et4 res tibl , th e ac errin g slightly, " you enumerate my Vce op i she „ r atY of an appraiser !" ! 4 ' , lt ; 11 11 4 what is heeding his interruption, " you r ill '4 th A t e sprit ...' v lllgarly stle 'pluck,' and which i,j kii i,:4" ,rla to actual vita and lastly, you are 1 ), k 41.154114. earliness which the world always accepts 11 , 4 ,kt t e tu s qo B ay ti cI 4 IO 1) e r l atlr.l dat You intended no flattery !" said r • • -w e 1- 419 .. 4. tri t ter h. 'ltil " ' 4 Z I4) 111,1 1 4 ii _ rejoined she, camly. ' l N° praise it p ossiL , soar 9, or however lavishly it was 3' t, 'V ih it --rf orth raise you in your own esteem. could he art of the slav in the tri- not t aspi p re to put the crown on the i: oil: 14°11 1 1N i,Sti e,, 11 .:e4 1 . e Nil ..11qUered 11, said Jack. Pep to p'er y ou • 6 0 r i,e 11 . 9 0 s o. ,_. enter the lists ; you must, indeed, L`Nle , Z 4 4 48 ai l h ea k t ).io in for an Irish borough," said ‘', 4 l iti" k k4, 6. ,`„the re 1 9n ; " arm yourself with all the rIL tliiN. t he „is just faction enough left to last VI toa ke t il kt in . Your own way, and my word for it tlt' l'll t'er ill tt 4.04 be such a boon to the House to hear $ 4 4 4., - ,,ktn!lue e. questions which have always been tt r ,' l lib„Nt : dent f or a while you'll have no imitators, h,,' c , -ha t ,, , s and extol the `people,' without a t i d N v i i t ti l :l t t kti' l len, too, :you can assail the Treasury ( 4 NiO,Qte r , e i' is sitting ; and nothing will so re ties':,4la,i'lea,(er independence' e/ ' -4 , al l ' e ll,:s name " cried Jack,you got til t the be e 4 °w do you know anything of party kii ttl e! 4st 4 8414 . te t el ll4, l t v ek i!' l , l . l g ' Hansard' and the files of the 1 3' we rio lis 3 Your directions ? Have I not read 1 / 4\ 44 4 4 4 ' 4 tlderfilill'osers you gave me to look through ? k . /kr Dri lat / s h o t have learned some of the secrets Wif o lt as e ve ll eiDle s F. 1,11 get up' my politics as rapidly l yat: this B il , zure tb , thOee," -41 ,e acid r ' a b ,I had done so," said Jack, L 4, rj. g h t. tui he read is puzzling me sadly! Now Ogrit y t t4 p ro e ad aloud, " `While steadfastly -.4 ili e e 1 , 6 Pert, , , hts cyh tx t 4 ,2 . re ea ' , uetermined to maintain in l e must b e qy. 3n ted rights of conscience—' pull d ew , aiti auderstand by that ''' ton le ~ -. ,ri e - 1;"04..... . r t ln , said be ~staqsionally at least ; but that tti u t u ch t , like all t ' i tjle t ' ii s h it ed ,, Church !" w e ion and the a ~,,, ~, will perhaps do !" ( I N I . a te in Irelai aubr e Zt ' the Palladium of the , tA, foruPalladium ' l , reir,,,, ell 6 _ bulwark of our dearest L,„t 4ionalit ' ) h the , G —ll we. et, - "er, where we care no rand Lani a - ; e t knew what it meant itlt,6,e,?tirse dearY ould be Bettelight dash of what 47:1t t he el i n m i n d wha et— ' T _ Dorotheary Decian b , " a rra of th e tr.. dy told us ' Illea nt for '"` 1 himselfllg' bow. Everybody ; it strikes me MENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN' that something of this sort should pervade an election address." -U fwish to Heaven you'd write it, then," said Jack, placing a pen iu her fingers. "Something in this fashion," said she, while her hand traced the lines rapidly on the paper : " Finding that a new era is about to dawn in the political state of Ireland, when the consequences of late legislation will engender new conditions and relations, I present myself before you to solicit the honour of your suffrages, a perfect stranger to your town, but no stranger to the wants and necessities of that nationality which now for the first time for centuries, is about to receive its due development.' " " Or this, if you prefer it," said she, writing away rapidly as before : " The presumption of aspiring to your representation will, perhaps, be compensated when I come before you deeply impressed with the wrongs which centuries of legislation have enacted, and which, stranger as I am in Ireland, have arrested my attention and engaged my sympathies, impelhng me to enter upon a public career, and, if favoured by your approval, to devote whatever energy and capacity I may possess, to your great and good cause.' " " I like the first best," said Jack. " The new era and the results of the Relief Bill will be such appetising suggestions. There must be an allusion to the Martins and their support." " Rather, however, as though you had brought over Martin to your views, than that he had selected you to represent his, in this wise :" and again she wrote— " It is with a just pride that I announce to you that in these professions I am strengthened by the cordial approval and support of one who, in his rank and station, and natural influence, is second to none in this great county ; and who, whatever misconception may have hitherto prevailed as to his views, is, heart and soul, a true patriot and an Irishman !" " It will puzzle him sorely to guess what line he should adopt to realise all this, and he'll have to come to you for his politics !" " You have caught up the cant of this peculiar literature perfectly," said Massingbred, as he pored over the papers she had just penned. " Dear me !" cried she in a weary tone. "my great difficulty will be to discard its evil influence, and even write a common note like a reasonable being, again." "But come, confess frankly : you think that a political career is the only one worth embracing, and that any other life offers no reward worthy the name ?" " I think you mistake me," said she. "It is the social position consequent upon success in a political life that I value—the eminence it confers in the very highest and greatest circles. If I regarded the matter otherwise, I'd not be indif- ferent as to the line to follow—l'd have great convictions, and hold them—l mean, if I were you !" " Then of course you consider me as one who has none such ?" -7 To be sure I do. Men of your measures of ability can no more burden themselves with principles than a thorough-bred hackney can carry extra weight—they've quite enough to do to make their running without." " Well, I shall certainly not be spoiled by flattery, at least from you," said Jack, laughing. " They who know you less will make up for it all, depend upon it," said she quietly. " Don't fancy, Mr. Massingbred," added she, with more earnestness of manner—" don't fancy that I'm insensible to the impertinences that I have dared to address to you, or that I venture upon them without pain; but when I perceived that you would admit me to the liberty of criticising your conduct, character, and manners, I thought that I might render you good service by saying what better taste and better breeding would shrink from, and the only cost be the dislike of myself." The number concludes, however, with an unex pected rupture between the Martins and Massingbred, and the latter resolves on going forward with his can vass, not only without the assistance of the Martins, but in defiance of their influence. A contested elec tion, and more particularly an Irish one, promises a rich field for the inventive and descriptive powers of the author, and the progress of the work will, there fore, be looked forward to with intense interest. The Museum, of Science and Art. London: Walton. The sixth volume of this valuable series contains much interesting information, conveyed in a popular form, on clocks and watches, microscopic drawing and engraving, the locomotive, the thermometer, and the new planets. The concluding article, under the head of " Magnitude and MinNiteness," shows the wonders developed through the telescope and the microscope, the infinite power of the Almighty in His works, as the extent of scientific investigation has not been able to discover a limit either to magnitude or minuteness. The chapter on microscopic drawing treats of the instrument invented by M. Froment, of Paris, in which a legible inscription has been made in a circle the 40th of an inch in diameter. This is, however, exceeded by an instrument made by Mr. Peters, of the firm of Masterman and Co., the bankers, of Lon don, in which the Lord's-Prayer has been legibly written in a space the 200,000 th part of an inch, a minuteness requiring the highest powers of the best microscopes to render the letters readable. 'DARD. Chambers' Journal. Chambers : Edinburgh. This ably-conducted periodical is always welcome, from the variety and value of its contents. In the part for June, we may notice more especially " The English Thugs," which should be read by every one ; " The Fens in England ;" " The Coup de Jarnac ;" " Industrial History of a Straw-bonnet ; ' " Sea-weeds —their flowering and fructification," Sze. ; not forgetting another chapter of " American Jottings," by W. Chambers. The work well maintains its long established reputation. The Mercantile and Bankrupt Law of -France. London : Effingham Wilson. In• this age of law reform, when the accumulated errors of ages are being removed from the practice of the law, and every department is undergoing revision, that which affects the mercantile world is not without its interest. We should hesitate to receive instruction from our French neighbours, from the belief that our position as a commercial nation is so infinitely superior ; but the law on the subject is comparatively little known, and, therefore, any information as to how they manage those things in France must be of some importance in devising the best means of reforming the acknowledged defects in our own system. This information is most ably supplied in the work before us, the joint production of an English solicitor and a French advocate. It gives intelligible explanations of the French laws relating to sales and purchases, transfer and delivery, warranty, carriage, payment, bills and promissory notes, factors, credit, insurances, partnership, commercial suits, law-suits, law.charges, failures and bankruptcies. The student is also further assisted by comparisons between the laws of the two countries, showing wherein they differ, and the corres ponding advantages or disadvantages. The book is well deserving a careful perusal by every man in business. THE LONDON CLUBS. SURUEBUTTER is not a dissipated nor an idle man. He rises betimes, and issues forth from the Temple gate by half-past eight, takes a gallop on horseback, or a rapid walk, but never extends it beyond half-past nine. Just as St. Martin's Church rings out the half hour, he steps into the gorgeous coffee-room of the— ALTERNATIVE Club." There, not too far from the fire, with a dwarf screen before it, stands the little table, consecrated, by matutinal custom, to his use ; there the particular waiter, who knows Surrebutter and his habits. The whitest of damask gleams upon the table, and his letters, all of which are directed to his club, lie upon the serviette ; the coffee-service is irreproachable in its polish ; the coffee is pure, and very strong, and bright as Burgundy ; the boiled milk is affluent in quantity, and there is cream, if Surre butter loves it. The rolls and the dry toast are perfect, and an omelette, delicately flavoured, aux fines herbes, makes its appearance, according to order, by the time our bachelor has poured out his coffee— has glanced at the telegraphic news in the Times, the Chronicle, and the Daily News, and is looking down the short paragraphs of the Post. Not above twenty men breakfast even at the " Alternative," at half-past nine, and the appliances of an establishment of ten thousand a-year are all their own. By ten o'clock Surrebutter has breakfasted, has taken in his matutinal portion of news, and has paid one shilling and ninepence. Now he repairs to the writing-room, and passes half-an-hour in answering his letters. Thence he ascends to a luxurious library, where, although the library of the "Alternative" is not very strong in law, he may find a better assortment of Blackstones, Chitties, and Archbolds, than Hare-court can boast—the editions are decidedly more modern than those of the Middle Temple library. Half-past twelve is a very respectable hour for a " pup" to make his appearance at Pleaders' Chambers, and three or four hours there spent are quite enough to learn all that can there be learnt. But we have nothing to do with Surrebutter's daily occupations. As an indus trious candidate for the Woolsack, he, of course, is assiduous in conninc , over Pearson's Chitty, in noting up the reports, in drafting opinions upon evidence for his relative, the great Mr. De Injuria, the pleader ; and in drawing bills and answers for that very rising junior, Mr. eypres, of the Chancery bar (who was called in the year '2O, and is thinking of giving up