The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

.1 6 5 5 fe aw ` .. ` 4 to de ll , go to her assistance, for the rigid t re Ainced the touching of a queen's foot bo,aselL Two cavaliers, Don Luis de la ‘l ,, tt Juan de la Sotto-Mayor, braved the „el the Queen. influ ence to obtain for But Maria-Lo u i sa h ad e ven after it them the roya l was granted they were 'lied to quit Madrid, and never to speak of se rvice they had re ndered to th e i r sovereign, .ISH SHOPKEEPER'S NOTION OP BAR • 0 him as a seller, The worth of anything, b _ l B just as much as it will bring. 41137er, he considers the worth to be inea yoeed of what he has to sell. You ask 4 fr u ,_ w, ant ; he calculates, first, how much O ,"I'LL to sell for, and next, what is the 0111 what you require. In other words, .. w i th the give. The market price has ari l to 1 e matter : every transaction is a .4 ticic, • uargain. You will not give more 14 -Is I?. but orth to you, and of this you are 41 ; 114 what tile value iS to the buyer, t . 1 ,4 la: - l i e e to the seller. A real Turk will th c Z:lll . l twill not sell as gold that which is he hag w o , oist upon you adulterated wares. M ee IA for the quality of his good i s ll ; as „ ' Yon must buy as cheap, he N w °c a ., c"t assib l •simple view of the i•kNet e• This A tb' tvgio 4 4 - ` l . B , lit w a l ,s nst be remembered when you etleil Rasa iit,,.ido ao ,:-..., vsnien, and then you will never L oof , bzisT pztse them of failing in integrity. Soon after :11 e1 , , 1.4.'411, i l i- s PORT S IN ORATORY.— finding k I N tl l l ll 4 Clail b f :ather, the first baronet, finding ';ilk ~b,„ Ilion„ ' ll wealth and consequence, ancl. ' IC Ild C'Y in those peculiar days could al it ' 0 11 or se at in parliament, determined to NI I% Pessly for the House of Commons. s;', set hi was quite a child, Sir Robert wculd 4 (lB 4 ' ee ci l /1, a, 11 ( 0. 1 1 the table and say, " Now, Robin, `o an d I will give you this cherry." What 1 , A e litt le . 4 41 . 4- - st, tellofv produced were applauded, ad ( h:' bet.-"liiated exertion, and produced such As th -r e e ~Ilehin Nvas ten years old, he could - %h gr ' e lePawith some degree of do a-‘silwciae e lf e ln .w touPri:ihewis. made father constantly took A. a s he privat e could, the se l l om on , and which had littl e w Littl e a Progress in effecting this was t habitpected, at first, but by steady walerepeat:l attention grew powerful, and When, at , ant day the alulost verbatim. s peech of' 'e se ntor, remembering accu kick snece all . 15 , r i t"e waslkt 'little answered k argu )iN, so sessi on -ke Was origin nnownhi that at Drayton moi r , 6 „De y acquired in Dray Tc, Tllt coviiGfie /Jea n , of York. ht.-1704W and - °l' ST. PETER'S.—How age i 'NV • what a vast difference there setith te al and e am f Moral courage ! Men who c017e4 l aid ] aced every danger in the battle ,,, ataie„ 'own to run away from a rat ; they. 4‘4411 ''' DY the name of antipathy. It is be,. ago t N I - Ja 'lnt a midshipman —one of those I,t''kalilltkteciNvtlillose nerves were strung to any ` i tl,sto e ,l e top on the cross of St. Peter's, 1, \I I I ti n ' 4 t k 4 erect upon it. A gust of wind tleNcie.4l headlong to inevitable death ; 4 , seeliAon spite of the giddy height, and of 4 , s , 4 1 4 _ in perfect safety, leaving his o 11 h e e h of his daring. There was no th, s e baid,,,a.teh or the Corso bold enough . to . ethniq' 41.‘,?'0.131nan rose through the different Ibitttl,-storlee, performing many and many a ea LI e re f ew Men saw more fighting, and d f a e haril,roge—until he became an s ad o _ i N'er t "anged his life from scenes e a 0 o domestic quiet and .a wife, Aor e , i t 1, tic.Ployment, and at last, as the ii l l i % this e Admiralty, had exhausted the l o t a ‘allant, excellent, kind, and brave man 'lore ea The war broke out : with som e eager to face the enemy, and f n Dort. 11 1 , 1 e, s hiPs of our ally, he appeared e e l is tite ati nere can two frigates of the tlicifs. nS were not very imposing ; the 4:itiehetehe,:ieicele,esasnidty it was resolved to attack Jili e , a n o , o of moral courage ; the , of he nd a doubt ; he was the com 14lea by station --might fail ; his ships "3' the batteries or sunk, for any- SUPPL 34 - -...,, 411413% S'*oflreal 44 o ,Pait l ~ , I, of , us a ~..t 1 ' a :l:N I e', ''ert 1 8 4 'if q0,. a1 h e , oik etb: and ,t!./ Nem I v fi' l Ne 41 11 e, i'.'ii 14 hl s b: V 1 TO C I 0 i ll h 0 Y , 1 ,, kik'iy m b 1 .?' y 11 '0 I' Pt titi l t 1,1 t)11 r f it , l' ii i b. tiq s , r??; 64i : e : krt 4 ' , IL ti ltl - 4 1) 1 11 ikt t 't to Y( ro t 14 44 1 , tilt t , 4 p riv It s 0 r . 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At this moment he had no resolution ; he had neither the requisite courage to face the danger or withdraw from it, and he committed suicide the very night before the attempt was to be made. One would suppose that, at any rate, he would have made the attack, and there was plenty of time if he had failed, to commit the rash act, if he feared that bugbear " responsibility." But he is not alone ; many officers—Collingwood, for instance—as brave as a lion in the fight, are more afraid of " responsibility" than a child of a ghost.—Captain Charmer ' s " Unsenti mental Journey." PENNSYLVANIA.—The name which Penn had fixed on for his province was New Wales, on account of its mountainous character. But Secretary Blathwayte, a Welshman, objected to have the Quaker country called after his native land. The new proprietor then pro posed Sylvania, on account of its magnificent forests ; and to this the king himself added Penn, in honour of the great admiral. It was a happy combination—the forest land of Penn ! The proprietor, however, fearful lest it would appear an instance of vanity in him to have allowed a large principality to be called after his family, appealed to the king, and offered twenty gui neas to the secretary to have it altered. Had he ap pealed to Blathwayte and bribed the king, he might have succeeded. As it was, Charles took upon himself the responsibility of the name ; and the patent was issued in the usual form. The document itself, the germ of a great nation, is now in the office of the secretary of Pennsylvania. It is written on rolls of strong parchment, in the old English handwriting, each line underscored with red ink. The borders are gorgeously emblazoned with heraldic devices, and the top of the first sheet exhibits . a finely-executed portrait of His Majesty, still in a high state of excellent pre servation. It briefly sets forth the nature and reasons of the grant, and loosely describes the boundaries of the province. This document, although not yet two centuries old, is already regarded with a sort of vene ration.—Hepworth Dixon's Life of Penn. AN EASTERN ROMANCE.—Mr. Trenery, in his " City of the Crescent" relates the following as a mat ter of fact :---" An Osmanli servant walking by the side of a lady on the back of a mule, passed us. She was young, and very lovely ; and we clearly saw that wherever he was taking her to, she was going against her will. His yataghan too was drawn. Masharlah ! she will fetch a good price,' said Najib, our dragoman, turning to look after them. What do you mean, Na- jib P' I asked. That he is going to sell the Hanoum.' Then you think he has purchased her for sale as a slave ?" Either purchased or stole her I' was the terse reply. Najib, follow me,' said I, wheeling my horse. We will have an account of her from him. A few leaps of the animal brought me to the side of the lady. The man poised his yataghan to make a pass, but the chamber of a revolver discharged above his head taught him the best part of valour---discre tion. Oreis ahasti Hanoum P What is the mean ing of this lady P She tried - to speak once---twice —thrice--but could not. A flood of tears saved her from choking. Najib had now come up. " W'all'lah ! how came you by this woman, son of a kamal P" He is our servant,' sobbed the lady. Speak ! speak, I say, son of Sheitan and brother of a lie ; how came you by this woman P' cried Najib, passionately. Mashanah ! if I said she was my own daughter, or that I won her at a game of damah, you would believe neither. Ne bilrim— what can I say ? I bought her P" Believe not the son of Eblis !' said the Hanoum. He was sent to guard me ; but as soon as 'we were away from the house, he said he had a husband for me in Stamboul, and would cut my neck in two if I made any noise !' Whereupon the worthy attendant was secured, and as soon as convenient handed over to the mautessib, or commissary of police. Nuzlu Hanoum was faint through terror, and we took her home with us. Here, under the influence of restoratives and kindness, she soon revived. In the afternoon she returned to her father's house, under the guardianship of Najib." THE PREJUDICES OF THE HINDOO CASTES.—TO the Bramins all animal food, save that of fishes and kids, is forbidden ; yet, in some districts, they will readily partake of the flesh of any animal whatever, if only, as in the case of other Hindoos, it be not killed by their own hand. The Rajpoots eat fish, mutton, and veni son ; fowls, beef, and pork are held in abomination. Many castes follow the same rules, With some, how- IARD. 85 ever, pork is the favourite diet;' beef only is prohibited_ Those who shrink from the pollution of eating the flesh of the domestic poultry will eagerly devour that of the jungle fowl, which differs from the gime-cock • only in size. All Hindoos consider themselves defiled by contact with feathers : among the tribes at the feet of the Himalays, who are in other respects strict Hin doos, this prejudice does not exist. An earthen pot is polluted beyond redemption by being touched by one of an inferior caste ; a metal one suffers no such dete rioration, Coolies will carry any load, however offen sive, upon their heads ; bid them carry a man for a few paces, and, though it be a matter of life and death, they will answer you that it is the business of another caste. The writer caste, or tribe of Kaits, have a preju dice against keeping a shop, and they would submit to the lowest description of personal service in preference to joining as a partner in the wealthiest house in Calcutta. The Rohillas will submit to be flogged. within an inch of their lives with a leathern martin gale, but to be struck with a whip or cane would be an indelible disgrace, and very likely to be resented with a bullet or a stab. Bramins would be polluted by drinking from the same cup as a Sudra ; if, however, the beverage be a species of whey there is no pollution. Spirituous liquors are in general only allowed to the Pariahs. In some parts of southern India the Bramins partake of them without scruple. Among the Nairs of Malabar the women enjoy a plurality of husbands. Among the Totiyars, on the same coast, those within the degrees of consanguinity possess their wives in common. In Mysore there is a caste in which the mother amputates the two middle fingers up to the second joint at the,,marriage of her eldest daughter. Many castes are only to be known from one another by the cut and colour of their clothes, the shape and arrangement of their trinkets, or some other equally frivolous and unimportant distinction. PORTRAITS.—WhiIe all these things were passing the miserable brain of poor Whilmslow, one of the best creatures in the world was preparing herself expressly for him, though she did not know it. Look at him. Look at that sallow forlorn-looking face, with the moustache, which he had allowed to grow, making it still more pensive. See how slowly and sulkily he is putting on that dressing gown— , once gaudy but now dingy. And how he lights a cigar, which does not draw well, and he is going to dash it away as in other days, but remembers that it cost three-pence, which is money, and pricks it viciously with a Palais Royal shirt-pin--yes, now the smoke comes out well. And now he takes up his poor balance of silver, and counts out the nine and sixpence for the washerwoman, and is in a shudder because one of the half-crowns looks bad ; however, he will *try to make the woman take it in the dark passage, and that leaves him eight shillings, and they look wretchedly few—but the abominable woman will not go, that is certain, and so down he goes to pay her. There is a visage of melancholy. If he only knew how pretty Jane Tracey is looking, while in the well-appointed bedroom in Mr. Molesworth's house, then in Bedford-row (where she has been staying on a visit to Mrs. Molesworth), she is arranging her bright hair before the glass. What a rich brown that hair is, and what a quantity she has, and yet how easily and well she manages it, laying it right and left into great shiny folds, and twisting the remainder into a mystic corona', the secret of which is known but to herself and those giraffe hair pins. And how fresh she looks, and healthy, and English. Her figure is rather full, and if all were not so beautifully rounded (especially those arms, which you can see as Miss Tracey's hands are above her head and the loose sleeves of the morning. dress slip back) you might almost be an ungrateful wretch, and—think her too plump. But her hands are so white and small, and her foot—well, you cannot see that, but there stands a pair of tiny shoes on that chair, you can see them, and judge of what can be put in them. Jane is not called beautiful, though sometimes when her face lights up with merriment—it is always full of kindness—and her blue eyes sparkle, and her laugh rings so pleasantly—one feels a great contempt for mere nomenclature ; and if she is not to be called beautiful you may keep your adjectives for your dolls in the Annuals. And did you ever see a head more gracefully put on ? Look, as she turns to answer Mrs. Molesworth, who is knocking at the door, to ask her to come to lunch. And hear the cheerful voice that says, "In one minute, dear." Jane Whilmslow's voice is not so cheerful now, for I have written of nearly