The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

to an artist to have his an of flour, " I'm a very be painted looking out of when any one looks at so as not to be thought time at the window." window were painted. ?" asked the miller. n any one looks at the ur head to preserve your right," said the other, :LECT FOR BREEDING.— female, use much good are very reluctant to 'ut yourselves, for one the same " interesting at effort, perhaps) you (d that your " fate" was vw would you like that do not appear indiffer :eive us.) Would you lid, ugly, mis-shapen, ical voice or a halting tither prefer something t, symmetrical, polite, —all joined to a voice P [Yes.] Do then to ;hould do unto you. nous—strictly " con the above title the died, draws out " a con from the newspaper establishment to the the old musty files of (cements, the very hum rise to the ear. Here Challenge.—l, Eliza- Al, having had some requirinc , satisfac lc upon the stage, and eaci, g u ineas imiskoney to hand , a each woman holding half 'Ef 1 , 1 . lose t h e lig t he first woman that drops 1 4 g ota , ti li z - ab e et ga loir te battle. Answer.—l, Hannah Ta.rket, hearing of the resolute ' e 'Llo l e her 1 klu soli, will not fail, God will t2tll, a m ,inore blows tha words desiring I r °l ' l her no ittotsfavour ; she may expect t s oegob x or irttia - "ASIOn • IREALTING POULTRY.--I was, lta ti letil i g e e4 a short e t ed to enter my kitchen,. which htt ki ., e4o lc n or L . s ance from the dwelling-house t hl to - (lettti o4 his mate were on the premises), tOkrt ta 'rse o f was directed to a very singular t2 l t. 0 scnitids, proceeding from a nook in V o lhirC e li ti e r , 5 „. 4 examining the place I discovered, Io a 41,1,411,4ra fr om corner, two fowls, which had h eilth t) the bazaar the same morning, I% of th e at h observing the kitnudger (table d'r e b and eteue b irds • , .questioned him as to the re~"ty . "1 , ' imagining that they were suffering. stib. •••-a 1 . 14 4011 Act ed .••••corder to which p ou ltry is ex ketat cl o Y ,,Yor olec l l l India —when to my horror hj . Akteti throats to make them :lifter. )11/that of the generally followed up by . these se , Liteh - eik t Of e ti t% en, who are imbued with an tio an ohv o i . wi ng the fowls into a prolonged fe d ' tilastl°tlllB,.t.he whole of the muscles become `4' birds when intro uce (r e t d Bars Wee kly Mes d d upon the en er.— '4%,, 44 81 71 ' 14 1ty 1 144 reei tii •••411 SPECIMEN OF ENGLISH OR fic4Cl,e(l,. preZfollowing truly extraordinary bill ata: 061 3 fr,) -41 tC1 to a county court clerk not a " 14 4 hp%, 41 the town of Ludlow, forte pur 4ehl ° ti e dmmons for the recovery of the • at,s ar ,„ g t0ta1.;.1 14 • ............... 36 [ t -440himomagin ........ 0 6 4 0 s. d. A. horse half-a -day ........ 3 6 To taking on him ho me again 0 6 eob a . 4 0 Nal uant havi ng been requested by the clerk SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. to read the document, confessed that he " could not do so ; he did na write it himself, but by a man who was considered a very good scollard' in the neighbourhood in which he lived." Much need for the schoolmaster, and a fine field for operation.—Hereford Journal. UNDER THE ROSE.—There has arisen much pretty controversy about the common expression " under the rose," and two different origins have been assigned. Some people assert that it ought to be spelt " under the rows," for that in former days almost all towns were built with the second story projecting over the lower—a sort of piazza or row, as they are termed, and which may still be seen at Chester, and some other old English towns ; and that, whilst the elders of the family were sitting at the windows gravely enjoying the air, their sons and daughters were making love where they could not see them, " under the rows." The other is much more elegant. Cupid, it is said, gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence ; and from this legend originated the practice that prevailed amongst northern nations of suspending a rose from the ceiling over the upper end of the table, when it was intended that the conversation was to be kept secret ; and this it was, according to others, which gave rise to the phrase "under the rose."---Notes and Queries. TEN PER CENT.---There is a great distinction be tween ten per cent. on any given sum, and interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum : the monies borrowed in loan offices being repaid in equal monthly or weekly instalments in the course of twelve months from (repayment commencing immediately after) the time the loan is obtained, are actually only owing six months ; hence, ten per cent. on any sum thus repaid, amounts to twenty per cent. per annum. This per tentage, exorbitant as it appears, does not, however, by any means show the rate of interest actually charged, because the fees and fines almost always amount to more than the sum deducted for interest ; but, even taking it at an equal amount, which is far below the average, the borrower would pay interest at the rate of forty per cent. per annum, if he received the whole sum deducted on which interest is charged ; but, inasmuch as the interest and fees are deducted in advance, the sum actually lent becomes diminished, and the rate of interest increased thus :---If a person borrowed £5O and repays £55., he pays ten per cent. ; but if he only receive £45 and pays £5O, he pays upwards of eleven per cent. In most cases where small sums are borrowed, the repayments are made in forty equal weekly instalments ; hence the whole amount borrowed remains actually only owing for about twenty weeks, and taking the above items into consideration we do not overstate the case in esti mating the average cost of money borrowed from loan offices to be at the rate of upwards of fifty per cent. per annum.---Sharpe's _Magazine. 111 A GENT'S VIEW OF A NEW DISCOVERY.—AIuminum Is a new metal, closely resembling silver, that is ex tracted out of clay ; and a relation, from whom you easily extract large quantities of silver, may be said to be a brick made of the finest clay—that is, full of aluminum. RETRIBUTIVE.-Sir James Graham opened letters that were private though not so marked. Sir Charles Napier prints letters, in defiance of the " private" written thereon by the late Lord of the Admi ra lty. We hear that Sir James expresses himself as perfectly shocked at Sir Charles ! OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.—EngIand and France have turned pawnbrokers in favour of Turkey, offering to lend it so many millions upon such and such se curity. In honour of this monetary alliance, we should not be at all astonished if, for the future, every Mont de Piete in Paris, and every pawn broker's in London, were to take for its sign —La Tante Cordiale. EMIGRATION OF THE LAWYERs.—The Bench and the Bar may be said to be at present o n th e i r annual Continentalcircuit, and in the majority of legal motions the venue is laid in Italy, France, and Switzerland. Several judges may be found sitting in banco under the verandahs of Italian hotels, and various members of the Bar are asking in vain for a rule to show cause why there should not be an order to tax the bill of some exorbitant Swiss landlord. Our learned friend Briefless, has converted his blue bag into a sac de nuit, and was much hurt at being asked at the French custom-house, if he had " nothing to declare," which he regarded as a satirical allusion to his not having much to do in the way of drawing declarations. When he was last heard of he had just attained a very con siderable eminence—geographically speaking— and was looking back on the Jura mountains, which he had just crossed, when with excusable emotion, he burst into a strain of eloquence, characteristically commenc ing with the words " Gentlemen of the Jura." He has since been heard to observe, that the difficulty would be altogether removed, if the parties on both sides would consent to have a Jura withdrawn. 1: $4,1,E ER itet i A 711 • 8 It 1 1.8t•5 ~ .troilftstrat ra 4 . I I •, -- -i b.. ted. Saidrmy Ast 1 *iki" nian rtred 1 , / ow —, and i. ema itreP V4B ll t °l the in.' ' b all b ' re ,:. 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Of ad' Ad publish er t ir tili7,F.ollii t ertiS those. ArY sinernentS Orti),,,gohe e c; nit we _ e it s . 1147 lidNrerti%lletaive" areati in )44415'1kin-,,ekenTla s„nlieune 01 ott „ , dwiot.h gn ., of or c ipu4sto„, ; t oe foltwirnhilab Itepriceil. Nye] Loh r thre,,er t o ituoid, ai F i ttr i:t h: in eA.I. gtlin.2 et me SPIRIT OF "PUNCH." A THOUGHT WHILST SMOKING.—Love is like a cigar—the longer it burns the less it becomes. A CORRESPONDENT wants to know whether, con sidering the great utility of the oeean, poets are not wrong to call it " a waste of water !" PROCRASTINATION.—It is with our good intentions as with our dishes—to-morrow is but too often the hash of to-day. THE LAST YANKEE CRY.—No English ! no Irish ! no Germans ! no Taxes ! no Government ! no Babies ! —Know Nothing ! ! ! AN UNRECORDED CURIOSITY OF LONDON.---The great pillar of the Stock Exchange is Baron Roths child ; and yet, strange to say, this pillar is all Capital! PROSPECTS OF THE MILL.—If we may judge of warfare by the analogy of pugilism, our arms will very soon be triumphant. The Russians come up groggy. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—One of the assistants in the reading-room of the British Museum has pub lished a pair of new boots, that are making a deal of noise just at present in the literary world. A Four, COPY.—The imitation of Peel in every re spect is proposed by Sir James Graham to himself, It will not do. Graham will always differ from Peel, in wanting the property of being candid. TAILOR (to considerable customer). " Trifle thinner than you was, sir ! Glad to see you back, sir ! 'Ope you'll soon get your 'ealth, sir ! When we heard your regiment had been in action, sir---you may fancy what our feelings was, sir !" ROUSER - OLD ECONOMY To MAKE BLACKBERRY JELLY.—II - mipe black berries, picked from the stems, boiled in a jar three hours, pulp them, and add double the weight of sugar, or rather less. GREEN-GAGES. - --PriCk them with a needle, green them with vine leaves, leave on the skins and stalks, make a strong syrup, and put in the green-gages, and make them hot several times, until they are green and the syrup adheres to them. THE BA EIEWELL PUDDING.—Having covered a dish with thin puff paste, put a layer of any kind of jam about half an inch thick, then take the yolks of eight eggs and two whites, half a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter melted, and almond flavour to your taste ; beat all well together ; pour the mixture into the dish an inch thick, and bake it about an hour in a moderate oven. VEGETABLE SOUP.—Peel and slice six large onions, six potatoes, six carrots, and four turnips ; fry them in half a pound of butter, and pour a gallon of boiling water on them. Toast a crust of bread as hard and brown as possible, b u t d o no t b urn it , an d pu t th a t with some celery, sweet herbs, white pepper, and salt, to the above ; stew it all gently four hours, a n d s t ra i n it through a coarse cloth ; have ready sliced, carrot, celery, and a little turnip, of which add to your liking, and stew them in the soup till tender. An anchovy and a spoonful of catsup may be also added. RAISED APPLE PlE.—Select a good sized pudding or jelly shape ; let the inside be well buttered ; then line the top and sides with paste about the third of an inch in thickness. Pare, core, and scald as many .apples as will fill the mould; beat them up in a little rose-water over a gentle fire, till reduced to a pulp ; add two tablespoonfuls of quince marmalade ; sweeten with powdered sugar to your taste. Fill the mould with this and cover the bottom with paste. Set it in the oven, with the top downwards, and a tile well buttered to keep the bottom paste flat ; in half an hour take it out of the shape and put it again in the oven, till the crust is quite brown ; glaze with egg, and ornament the top with various coloured dry sweet meats.