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r, • / ri 4o, 00 o'e r g o ol h l5 °- e a, ear, O r° 1e t413 4 r oe died ' De re ce Aar., o l R i e pf: e tl , l 4 1 he ir iar i te a t°„,,, coo-t. a 04° ' eo" V sto li 11 1 mers. Now, in the course of a recent 4 11 1 one of the courts for two condemned but , • Lachaud gave this explanation of the word ( t 4 ce, which was used by the trade to pi O e the bone given with every purchase of meat. \Veign of Henry IV., on the proposition of lv ,Prevot des M arc h an ds, an ordinance wa s V r ich declared that meat, on account of its ex -14 Y dearness, should be sold to the people free Ivit l t l l e , and th a t th e b one so ex tracted should be K,,,the me a t o f th e hi g h er quality to the rich. qt 1 "e accepted the ordinance with great joy, and ev• • 4er, ening all Pa r i s was illuminated. This Cice was long talked of, and the word at tp: c alne applied to the bone." t4 l / 4,i t t i h t GOLDSMITH ON R USSIAN POLICY.—You at th e . the people of Europe a re w i se , b u t where ° Vl' wisdom? Th e y are engage d i n war among , 11 t 8 : t._ 'o Yet apply to the Russia ns , th e i r ne i g hb ours 4t r assistance. Cultivating such an alliance % . ) : 1 414 f c 'ice imprudence and timidity. All subsi- V Or such aid is strengthening the Russians, Powerful, and weakening her employers, bei;uausted by intestine commotions. I cannot oe t i tl_in g• Ino the Russian empire as the natural al re ° re western parts of Europe ;as an uktY possessed of great strength, and from 8, IS 66 ' 1 . et ÜBER 18, 1855.1 SUPP: rou igi" ) ', T r that ? 1 (1 a t dp it may help, society extend; t t r lures the pirate, and corrupts the friend. be if i l l o e ;i: , It 'l l , j se . s armies in a nation's aid, ribes a senate; and the land's betrayed." 1 / sWa till l wr take ll ' h i V ividly does Shakspeare set forth the evil .re, c a ' j i , .e of money : fender - ' %)l fen i t il, A d, yellow, glittering, precious gold ! Lble• pa t ~,,,tliiich of thee will make black, white ; foul, fair ; faig I ‘ , l , 3. right ; base, noble; old, young; coward, valiant. Yip irellow slave 4 4 2cnit and break religions; bless the accursed; ' . e ` stout men's pillows from below their heads ; c .. b Is 1. thieves . . . with senators on the bench !" to the same purport is to be found in the t " of a modern date :—" Now, mark me ! I take ti , !„,. eoin from my breeches pocket •elaprleaeme many the . V; t e ' t o ,''e th a e nd the coin there. Now, the; we p t , „ t 0.. se streets possessing soul, mind, and body and f r i t , '_"Who,_ if their breeches' pocket was three days B ci P roo, 4 s, tt ? e lild sell mind, body, ay, soul too, to possess 0 c l , eP,o , IL' coin.—But where lies the fault ?----God \ t i l erv,,,,V Vill ; behold what Man hath made his God !" ~.A . P4 0 i ii) sayings these ;—but they cannot be gain- e u' d, to scbllo4\l.._o ol, December 1855. G. D. 0 d tear ai' l 0 , LITERARY EXTRACTS. o fttic 1 • o cl? . f i t nal 4 0 RULE o f Vb ".--- .... 110 PORTION -. WhOn that cele- otil o . 0 bacchanalian, Capt a i n leri,. l) se , i i °ld age, how he d Morris, was once asked, a . of aii a , t elth, he ' answered, “co mr ntrived . to preserve his hy, it may well seem tio , , i , 11._ for I believe few men in England have led nferl°49, ,_ I— 41 ife as myself; but I attribute it mainly to ,ed.cli Which I have rigorously observed for many sor ,i L e 2 . thn, of itter o :, N i ," always apportioning the exercise of the ie s or i.. ,I . l l ii . _ day to the excess of the previous night. ches r es tha, r 3urpose I had a, sort of scale, never walking r the,4 ,t en miles for three bottles ;so that you may ,ke the 07 a rare pedestrian I have been.—Chambers's 5 the LEON'S , C.,ON'S EXPECTATIONS OF WELLINGTON.—It 14,s e ct ,. that when Napoleon arrived at St. Helena, 14,,e,aay discussing the position of the great cap- ii le V i ctory conquered him, and of the career which _, would open to an ambitious man, these iii ,‘'aped him : " Now we shall see what Welling- i c he'' ,pi v g el o i . t " Napoleon, ruminating on his own head- pole; m tv _ urous career, on the fortunes he had made a th;,, , 1 `royed, on his habit of playing with the con- iolol, e rfe c ta. ° fothers as he did with his own, was unable to 0 301', , t ocl that an Englishman, even when arrived of o r e r ;d_ 1 4 411 1in_it . of glory and popularity, could have no L e P, irct e i i ut,doing better than remaining in his place, ie i' ..opi cu, , 4 , i _q (t . uty in parliament and in his naycout, and. .e ili. v . , 00 fr 1 e , ‘1,, 5 1 p th e e t eultivation and improvement of patri- t „ l,., ' y' f ,'" o ry, such as Wellington founded at Strath- i e o ll e to ' 1 1 , t 1,', ,,,, t , he occupation and solace of his old age.— le 43, ()f a p , ''eert. h eal th ' & f' , 4 1 1 1 %1 .. OLOGICAL EXPLANATION.-4 corre3pond- - 1 ,7 ,0 Lief ' t ,S_Qa l iy contemporary says :—" You may per- ; he ~,, 1 , 4 ° been puzzled occasionally, at the frequent bt Do; Nof the word rejouissance in the accounts of icilate , : e ti l . "! made by the butchers of Paris against 'LEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. the nature of its government, everyday threatening to become more powerful lt was long the wish of Peter, their great monarch, to have a fort in some of the western parts of Europe ; many of his schemes and treaties were directed to this end ; but happily for Europe he failed in them all. A fort in the power of this people would be like the possession of a flood-gate ; and whenever ambition, interest, or necessity prompted, they might then be able to de luge the whole western world with a barbarous inunda tion. Believe me, my friend, I cannot sufficiently con temn the politicians of Europe who thus make this powerful people arbitrators in their quarrel. . . . If once they (the Russians) get footing in the western parts of Europe, it is not the feeble efforts of the sons of effeminacy and dissension that can serve to remove them.—Citizen of the Word (published 1760.) A SNAIL DINNER.—The chemical philosophers, Dr. Black and Dr. Hutton, were particular friends, though there was something extremely opposite in their ex ternal appearance and manner. Dr. Black spokewith the English pronunciation, and with punctilious accuracy of expression, both in point of matter and manner. The geologist, Dr. Hutton, was the very reverse of this—his conversation was conducted in broad phrases, expressed with a broad Scotch accent, which often heightened the humour of what he said. It chanced that the two Doctors had held some dis course together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures of the land, while those of the sea were considered as delicacies. Where fore not eat snails ? they are known to be nutritious and wholesome, and evensanaatisvethien rTe m he e st eases delicacies, rr he epicures of old praised them and the Italians still esteem them. In short, it was de termined that a gastronomic experiment should be made at the expense of the snails. The snails were procured, dieted for a time, and then stewed for the benefit of the two philosophers, who had either in vited no guests to their banquet, or found none who relished in prospect the piece de resistance. A huge dish of snails was placed before them—still philo sophers are but men, after all—and the stomachs of both doctors began to revolt against the experiment. Nevertheless, if they looked with disgust on the snails, they retained their awe for each other, so that each, conceiving the symptoms of internal revolt peculiar to himself, began, with infinite exertion, to swallow, in very small quantities, the mass which he internally loathed. Dr. Black at length showed the white feather, but in a very delicate manner, as if to sound the opinion of his messmate. " Doctor," be said, in his precise and quiet- manner—" Doctor, do you not think that they taste a little—a very little green ?" " D—d green ! d—d green ! indeed—tak' them awa'—tak' them awa' !" vociferated Dr. Hutton, starting up from the table, and giving full vent to his feelings of abhorrence. So ended all hopes of intro ducing snails into the modern cuisine; and thus philosophy can no more cure a nausea than honour can set a broken limb.—Sir Walter Scott. THE FUTURE OF SIBERIA.—It is a pity that Siberia is so badly superintended. The choice of governors has always been of the worst kind. I don't know how'Muravieff, the present governor, behaves. He is renowned for his understanding and his abilities ; but the others were good for nothing. Siberia has a great future ; as yet, it is only looked upon as a reservoir which contains much money, furs, and other products of nature, but which is cold, covered with snow, poor in provisions and means of communication, and thinly peopled. All that, however, is not correct. The Russian government, which kills everything, which produces nothing but by force, and by the stick, does not understand how to give that impulse of life, which would bring Siberia forward with American rapidity. We shall see what astonishing results will happen, when one day the mouth of the Amoor is opened for navigation, and when America meets Siberia on the confines of China. I said long ago that the Pacific Ocean will be the Meditterranean of the future. In this future, the part of Siberia is most important, in consequence -of its position between the Pacific, Southern Asia, and Russia. It is understood, of course, that Siberia must extend to the Chinese frontier. Why should we be obliged to tremble with cold in Beresof and Irkutsk, when there is a Krasnoyarsk P Even in the national character of the Russian population in Siberia, something exists which announces the possibility of another development. The Siberian race is well formed, healthy, clever, and 213 ' prudent. The children of settlers, the Siberians know nothing 'of the authority of the landed proprietors. There exists no nobility, and consequently no aristo cracy, in the towns. The officials and military officers, the representatives of the power, are rather like a hostile garrison, placed there by the conquerors, than like an aristocracy. The immense distances release the peasants from a too frequent intercourse with them. Money saves the merchants, who despise the officials in Siberia, and yield only apparently to them ; but look on them as on what they really are, that is to say, their clerks of affairs in civil matters of business. The use of arms, which is everywhere necessary in Siberia, with the habit of encountering danger, has rendered the Siberian peasant much more martial, dexterous, and more able to offer resistance than the Russian. The long distances which generally separate him from churches, have left his mind freer from superstition than is the case with the Russian. He is indifferent as to religion ; there are a great many sectarians. In many of the more distant villages, the " pope" comes very rarely during the year • then he baptises, marries, an d b ur i es p eop l e , h ears iheir con fession, &c., for all the past time.--My Exile in Siberia, by Alexander Rerzen. CHANGE IN A RECRUIT, AND WHY.—A year or two passes, and you meet the same lad again— if indeed he is the same. For a strange change has come over him : lie walks erect, he speaks clearly, he looks you boldly in the face, with eyes full of intelligence and self-respect; he is become civil and courteous now; he touches his cap to you "like a soldier ;" he can afford now to be respectful to others, because he respects himself, and expects you to respect him. You talk to him, and find that the change is not merely outward, but inward ; not merely owing to mechanical drill, but to something which has been going on in the heart ; and ten to one, the first' thing he begins to talk to you about, with honest pride, is his regi ment. His regiment ! Yes there is the secret which has worked these wonders : there is the talisman which has humanised and civilised and raised from the mire the once savage boor. He belongs to a regiment ;in one word, he has become the member of a body. The member of a body, in which, if one member suffers, all suffer with it; if one member be honoured, all rejoice with it. A body which has life of its own, and a government of its own, a history of its own, and allegiance to a sovereign, all which are now his life, his history, his allegiance ; he does not merely serve himself and his own selfish lusts—he servgs the Queen. His nature is not changed, but the thought that he is a member of an honourable body has raised him above his nature. If he forgets that, and thinks only of himself, he will become selfish, sluttish, drunken, cowardly, a bad soldier : so long as he remembers it, he is a hero. He can face mobs now, and worse than mobs ; he can face hunger and thirst, fatigue, danger, death itself, because he is a member of a body. For those know little, little of human nature and its weakness, who fancy that mere brute courage, as of an angry lion, will ever avail, or availed a few short weeks ago, to spur our thousands up the steppes of Alma, or across the fatal plain of Balaklava, athwart the corpses of their comrades, upon the deadly throats of Russian guns. A noble feeling, a more heavenly thought was needed, (and when needed, thanks to God it came) to keep each raw lad, nursed in the lap of peace, true to his country and his Queen, through the valley of the shadow of death. Not mere animal fierceness ; but that tattered rag which floated above his head, inscribed with the glorious names of Egypt or Corunna, Toulouse or Waterloo, that it was which raised him into a hero. He had never seen those victories ; the men who conquered there were dead long since ; but the regiment still lived, its history still lived, its honour lived ; and that history, that honour were his, as well as those old dead warriors' . ; he had folight side by side with them in spirit though not in flesh ; and now his turn was come, and he must do as they did, and for their sakes, and count his own life a worthless thing for the sake of the body to which he belonged ; he, but two years ago the idle, selfish country lad, now stumbling cheerfully on in the teeth of the iron hail, across ground slippery with his comrades' blood, not knowing whether the next moment his own blood might not swell the ghastly stream. What matter P They might kill him, but they could not kill the regiment; it would live on and conquer ; ay, and should conquer, if his life could help on its victory; and then its honour would be his, its