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THE DAISY. BY D. M. MOIR ["DELTA"]. The daisy blossoms on the rocks, Amid the purple heath; It blossoms on the river's banks, That thrids the glens beneath : The eagle, at his pride of place, Beholds it by his nest, And, in the mead, it cushions soft The ►ark's descending breast. Before the cuckoo. earliest Spring Its silver circlet knows. When greening buds begin to swell zephyr melts the snows Along the moor AnAoolybloo The daisy 1 is there ! Samaritan of flowers ! to it All races are alike— The Sw aciPr height, The Dutchman by his dyke; The seal-skin vested F The emigrant on dis' And when his yearnin Would bow to t reads That C Stars are the dais '1 he blue fields A shore, !,espair, And to t s that begem LITE B A.TURE New Pri left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor 3f the I 3L ST xx D tt n," when they ill be forwarded October ) London : Painte This is an excellent number of a most ably conducted review. The contents show no lack of matter, and the articles indicate, as usual, care and talent. There is something for all tastes, and we rise from the perusal of the volume refreshed and instructed. If at times we have not added to our knowledge, we have at least been pleased with the manner in which information has been conveyed. The review opens with a learned article on " The Gospel History," from which many interesting facts ma. be gathered connected with the original text and the credentials of the Sacred Scriptures. Touching the Gospel of St. Mark, which it is shewn by internal evidence was written posterior to, and with full acquaintance with, those of St. Matthew and St. Luke, we meet with the following observations : " Our motive for contending strongly for the later origin of St. Mark's Gospel is something more than the fixing a date or determining a place : it is to express the conviction we entertain that the variations in the several Gospel narratives are not accidental nor the result of carelessness—still less of mistake ; but that they are to be explained by attention to the purposes for which they are severally composed, and the class of persons for whose benefit they were originally intended. And we be lieve that Mark, the disciple of St. Peter, would have been contented with the Gospel of St. Matthew,if he had not become more Catholic by reconciliation with St. Paul, , and better informed of the kind of composition the Ro mans required by acquaintance with the Gospel of St. Luke intended for the Greeks. We believe that St. Mark did not intend to supersede the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke in borrowing so freely from both; but, leaving them to be used by those classes for whom they were originally designed, prepared his Gospel for anoth( r class—the Gentiles of the Western Empire." If these interesting remarks set the reader to the study of the volumes which form the subject of the article before us, or lead him to a more careful and critical perusal of that gospel which in its text " is more minute and specific, as well as cumulative," than those of his fellow Apostles, our quotation will not be in vain. The general reader will turn to the life of Marie de Medici, and rise from its perusal the better for it ; while the classic scholar will seek pleasure and instruction in " Julius Caesar and Rome in his Era." The former of these recalls two able articles in the last number of this review—" Felia Dolorosa, Duchess d'Angouleme," and " Mary of England, Queen of France," We like history dealt with in such a style : it conduces to the mutual interest of the reader and the author, and tends to elevate the mind while it.touches the heart with human misery: it is a healthy sympathy. The Life of Marie de Medici, by Miss Pardoe, is a feast in store for those 1 her volumes. The pre sent article is but a poor substitute for the original, who have albeit it is an able resume of the work er romance and reality were so combined as to make a tale of actual life bear the aspect of the most ima her strange and unexampled tive fictio it was histor) of sin nimity The glory of Henry IV. has covered a multitude and, however much we may admire his magna his courage, the steadiness of his wisdom friendship, and the splendour of his abilities, it is quite certain that he was not more desirable as a husband than his illustrious contemporary, our own Elizabeth, would have been as a wife. * * * Marie was a high-spirited but most unmitigatedly selfish woman, of moderate abili ties, but wondrous obstinacy : scrupulously correct in her own conduct—very well inclined to love the King, if he would have graciously permitted it—capable of much meanness, and having little real nobility ; but withal out raged and insulted to the very extreme of woman's endu rance. In fine, she was a very common-place character in all but the romance of her adventures and the magni tude of her injuries• Whatever were her faults,' says s Pardoe, they were, indeed, bitterly expiated as a ed and neglected —as a queen sbe was wife she was outrag ed to the insult. of the arrogant favourites of a dissolute court—as a regent she was trammelled and be trayed ; the whole of her public life was one long chain f disappointment, hartburning, and unrest ; while, as a endure such misery as can fall to the lot of few in this world.' " woman, s London : Bohn Perhaps one of the most important results of the movement in favour of cheap literature is the re mication of rare and expensive works in a neat and at a price which brings them within the In this glorious reach of the Jrdin enterprise of making tl Mr. Bohn has borne tl and deserves well of the reading public for his labours in their cause. He has published numerous series, as, for instance, the Standard Library, the Scientific Library, the Antiquarian Library, the Ecclesiastical Library, the Classical Library, the Illustrated Library, &c. The book before us is the second volume of the Comedies of Plautus, literally translated by Henry T. Riley, 8.A., and forming one of the series of the Classical Library. It is, in common with the rest of the series, very neatly got up, each book forming a handsome volume. studen past familiar to the many, most cons uous share, London : Blackwood Blackzcooc We have always great pleasure in noticing this hich is admitted to stand at the head of ire. The number for November magazine, our monthly lite in passages for extract,' we had great difficult knowing Where to stop, we found so many portions that would be perused with pleasure by the general reader. It opens, after a poem on " The Golden Age," with the conclusion of the " true story" of " Katie Stewart." An article on " French Fire is a running description of several recently übli sb e d French stories for the fireside, from which the reviewer argues that, notwithstanding the opinion to the contrary, the French people must have some idea of fireside comfort. The succeeding article, entitled "The Restrictive Tariffs of Foreign Countries," is an ably-written letter from Liverpool, in which the writer argues that the boasted reciprocity promises of the Free-traders is mere moonshine, and shews that while advantages of this kind have been gained from a few petty states in the Mediterranean, all the really important countries have met England's free-trade concessions by increased restrictions, so that the foreigner has all the advantage and England all the loss. He further shews that increasing emigration has as sisted in demolishing those delusive hopes which were held out of England being the workshop of the world, and proves from facts and figures, to which political economists are so partial, that Free trade is a miserable failure. The continuation of M y Novel ; or, Varieties in English Life," brings the story a little nearer to a conclusion. Passing over " the Pilgrimage of the Flagellants," a story of the by-gone days of religious fanaticism, and an able review of Miss Strickland' s Lif e of Mary Queen of Scots, we come to some interesting com ments upon the late Duke, in an article entitled " A Moral from Walmer." We give the following sug gestive idea of a political union between sides" THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND MR. UODDEN AmiLlttieeilo,gleswTichljave been written on the great departed, the re was a p assag e in one which, while ''tended as panegyric, wa s i rr esistibly provocative of 3 unbecoming the sol emn ity o f th e oc casion. _A jour applauding the Duke's readiness own dignity to the public service, fake office with Mr. Co to sacrifice even asserted, that had Men, for a col- bee❑ chosen to league, he would have cheerfully consented to the ar rangement. We apologise to the illustrious shade for re peating the mention of his name in such strange com pany, but perhaps it may serve to point a moral ; and, Without discussing the truth of the assertion, we will for a moment consider it to have been realised. Imagine, then, a point of statesmanship discussed by these uncongenial THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1852. VARIETIES. associates—imagine the difficulty which the noble Duke, accustomed to recognise duty, honour, loyalty, as govern- _ _ ___ ____ ing principles, would experience in understanding the, to R AILWAY MOTT O.— him, novel doctrines of self-interest, of the necessity of _Punch. sacrificing all considerations to the interests of trade, and of renunciation of the claims of national honour ! Ham THE FOLLOWING WORDS if spelt backwards or for obtuse would he have been to the clinching argument of wards are the same, " Name no one man." balance of profit and loss, so complacently indicated with THERE is a fellow in California so extravagant that he unanswerable forefinger !—how slow to appreciate the kindles the fire with bank-notes, and skates on ice-cream. vast boon co , iferred on the human race in the diffusion of ~ THE ONLY POCKET (says a sour philosopher) that printed cottons I—how utterly incredulous that there really opens and melts over a man's bier is a pocket of could be a class of educated men in England quite indif - hops 1 " ferent as to whether they lived under an English heredi- ' tary sovereign o a French ,FO that they might, A BURST OF TALENT !—A Yankee, being asked to unmolested, pursue their beloved emperor tra ffi c I—with what di& describe his wife, said, " Why, sir, she'd make a regular ficulty receiving the idea that, to watch over the natio.' fast, go-a-heed steamer, my wife would—she has such ..00ms ---, . Alpha and Omega of statesmanship ! And, wonderful talent for blowing up. " —Punch. were slowly admitted, what a severe and MACHI NERY has reached a great state of perfection, righteous contempt would wither their advocate ! But We saw some burnt peas put into the hopper of a coffee no—we do this Mr. Cobden wrong. In that venerable mill the other day, and in less than two minutes it was presence the audacious free trader would have felt occupying a place in a grocery window, labelled " Fine strangely ahr,shed. A new and generous sentiment would old Mocha." for a moment Lave been reflected into his breast, and the A COUNTRY Gum, coming in from the fields, was told novel spectacle might have been witnessed, of the unscru- by her cousin that she looked as fresh as a daisy kissed pulous agitator and clap-trap orator proclaiming, with with dew. " Well, it wasn't any fellow of that name, but unwilling tongue, a momentary allegiance to a policy nei- Bill Jones, that kissed me ; and, confound his picture , I ther contemptible nor debasing." I told him every body would find him out." when these ideas A REV. DEAN, economical of his wine, descanting on the extraordinary performance of a blind man, remarked that the poor fel!ow " could see no more than that bottle." —" No wonder, sir," replied a minor canon, ; " for we have seen no more than that bottle all the afternoon." AT A CAMP MEETING, held at Bethel. Me., it was noticed that some " New Testaments" which were hawked about near the camp ground, sold rapidly, especially to the unconverted ; and it turned out that they were " earthen vessels," in the form of books, filled with clearly liquor. - - • The concluding paper is one of those matchless po litical essays for which Blackwood's Magazine has long been celebrated. It is entitled " The Holi days," and is devoted to a consideration of present political affairs, arising out of the accession of the present Ministry, the discomfiture of the Whigs, and the break-up of the Liberal party. We have only space to give the following brief extracts : A GENERAL ELECTION " To keep out of the turmoil of an election i., impossible. You may be a philosopher, but you are also a Briton ; and although you were as deadened t ONE LITTLE " GARDEN PATCH" of ours has been very profitable, very—this season. The bugs ate up the cu cumbers, the chickens ate up the bugs, the neighbours' cats ate the chickens, and we are now in search of some thing that will eat the cats. Can any of our agr!cultural friends aid us ? nmanity as was Tiwon of At lave some CAUTION.—" Waiter, I'll take my bat," said a gentle man at a party one evening, as he was about going bottle —What kind of a bat did you wear ?"—" A new hat that I paid a guinea for this morning."—" Well, sir,' said the waiter, d hats have b PORSON observing that he could pun on any subject, a person present defied him to do so on the Latin gerund , which, however, he immediately did in the follow in rable couplet—_ " When Dido found /Eneas would not come, She mourned in silence, and was Di DO-DUM." SERIOUS Loss. Some years ago a gentleman in Liverpool who had the misfortune to lose his nose, was followed by an Irish beggar-woman, who kept exclaiming, " Heaven preserve your honour's eyesight !" The gentle man was at last irritated by her importunity, and said, " Why do you wish my eyesight to be preserved ? nothing ails my eyesight, nor is likely to do so."—" No, your honour," said the Irishwoman, "but it will be a sad thing if it does, for you will have nothing to rest your spectacles upon 1" ORlGlNOFBLEEDlNG.—Thebypoppotamus,accoraing to Pliny, first taught man the use of bleeding. He states that. the animal, being overcharged with blood, rubs him self against a pointed bulrush ; a vein is opened, and when a sufficient quantity of blood has been discharged, he rolls himself in the mire to stop the bleeding. The art is, however, very ancient, and appears to have been re sorted to among the Egyptians, Assyrians, Scythians, &c., at a time when anatomy had never been cultivated. The Greeks boast that Podalicius, the son of Esculapius, soon after the siege of Troy, was the first who inculcated the expediency of bleeding. A WIFE'S PRAYBA.—We do not assume that we re. cognise that which is truly beautiful in all that makes humanity approach to the Divine ; but if there is anything that comes nearer to the imploration of Ruth to Naomi than the subjoined, we have not seen it :—" Bless and preserve that dear person whom thou hast chosen to be my husband : let his life be long and blessed, comfortable and holy : and let me also become a great blessing and comfort unto him, a sharer in all his joys, a refreshment in all his sorrows, a meet helper for him in all the ac cidents and changes in the world : make me amiable for ever in his eyes, and for ever dear to him. Unite his heart to me in the dearest love and holiness, and mine to him in all sweetness, charity, and compliance. Keep me from all ungentleness, all discontentedness, and un reasonableness, of passion and humour; and make me bumble and obedient, useful and observant, that we may delight in each other according to Thy blessed word, and both of us may rejoice in Thee, having our portio❑ in the love and service of God for ever."—Home Companion. LIVELY GRAVlTY.—Alexander Dumas writes On the 9th of June I read in one of the Legitimist papers, that I had been taken with arms in my hands, tried by court martial during the night, and shot next morning at three o'clock. The paragraph had such an official look about it, and the recital of my execution (which indeed, 1 had borne with exemplary courage) was given with such de tailed minuteness, that for a moment I almost doubted my own existence. Besides, the editor spoke kindly of me, for the first time in his life. It was evident, therefore, he sincerely believed that I was dead. I threw off the quilt, leaped from the bed, and ran to the glass to ascer tain the fact. At the same instant my door opened, and a letter from Charles Nodier was handed me, which ran as follows :---` Dear Alexander,—l have just read in one of the papers that you were shot this morning at three o'clock. Pray send me word if that will hinder you from corning to dine with me to-morrow.' I answered that as to my being dead or alive I had not quite made up punctually as the statue of the Commandant with Don Juan. Next day it was unanimously agree] that I was not dead." LANDSCAPE GARDENING.—" God Almighty planted a garden ; and, indeed, it is the purest of pleasure's ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spi man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross handy works; and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than garden finely ; as if gardening was the greater perfection." So wrote the great Lord Chancellor, who, while giving to the world the Novtan Organena, could dally with a double violet, and lay down rules for the right ordering of flower-beds. To " garden finely" is still a difficulty ; we mean, of course, gardening in the large ; the disposition and laying oat of grounds,—landscape gardening, as it is sometimes termed,—and those who have sought to teach it by books have not done much in furtherance of the object. The Study of Burke, and Gil pin, and Payne Knight, and Price, and Whately, and Loudon is very useful, absolutely necessary, indeed, but will scarcely serve to teach what Beauty is, still less how to produce it. " Ideas of beauty," says Gilpin, truly " vary with the object, and with the eye of the . Those artificial forms appear generally the atiful with which we have been the most conver- enough, spectator post be Thus the stonemason sees beauties in a well jointed wall, which escapes the architect, who surveys the building under a different idea. And thus the painter, who compares the object with the rules of his art, sees it in a different light from the man of general taste, who sur veys it only as simply beautiful."— The Builder. BETTER DONE THAN SAID.—Most men can kiss, pro bably, but it was reserved for an abstruse writer New Englander to collect the different the p fo - rmers would define it. The Naturalist : A kiss axtaposition two contrarily charged The ringing into poles, by vs'heh it, like an electric s Mora : A kiss is the token of the most intimate com munion of love, and is therefore only to be permitted in the married state. The Physician : A kiss is the art of moving the labial muscles that the lips are first brought suddenly together and then explosively separated, so that after all a kies is only an artificial spasm. The Philolo gist : Kiss is an onomatopoetic word, in which the curt ness of the thing is represented by the brief sound of the word. The Antiquary : Kissing is a custom handed down to us from the Greeks and Romans, as to the true significa tion of which we are not perfectly clear. Probably it is symbolical of the sun's rays greeting the earth ; and if so, doubtless was received with all the other lore of sun-wor ship from the Orientals. Theologians (a host of them) : A kiss is an emblematic action, by which the bending of the heavens to the earth is destined to be symbolised. The Philosopher : A kiss is that protruding of the circle of the lips whereby the quantitative difference of the sine of one is placed in such relation to the quantitative difference of the sine of another that thereby the identity of the sub .tec• .tt object with the ideal is proved. The Punster : A kiss (kuss) is the gush (guss) of one soul - to another. The pressing of the lips is the pressing of the lemon into the insipid beverage of life. The pressure is the expression of the impression which oppresses the heart. It is the only press with which no censorship can interfere. Here still we have " freedom of the press." The Lawyer : The kiss is a nullity in law, being neither a right in posse nor a right in esse. Some, however, have considered it as a family right, and would treat it after the analogy of the dos. But L 74 D de dote constit does not treat of the kiss at any length. Still, in the married state we may venture to consider a kiss in the light of donatto inter vivos. The Lover : A kiss is—heaven ! Translator : To be sure—with a difference! A MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—More than fifty years have passed since the following narrative was related by an old gentleman, above seventy years of age, as having occurred in his youth. Its date may therefore be about 1740. A nobleman, having broken his constitution and injured his estate by a career of dissipation, determined to marry and reform ; and having paid his addresses to an heiress, and been duly accepted, the wedding day was fixed, and great preparations made for its celebration. In those times news travelled slowly, and the intelligence of the courtship only reached the lady's aunt, from whom she bad large expectations, three or four days before the bridal-day. She was, however, an energetic woman of the old school ; she posted to London, and made such good use of her time that she succeeded in setting the match aside. But the letter announcing this was only written, by her niece, late on the preceding night, and was despatched very early on the purposed wedding-day, and, being taken to the bridegroom's bedside, was read by him there. A short time after he told his valet to go into the servant's-hall, and enquire if any of the women would be married that morning. The servants, knowing their lord's generosity and fondness for joking, thought that he wished to signalize bis own marriage by portioning another couple. and laughingly declined. The valet re turned, and said, " There is nobody that can be married to-day, my lord, but the country wench that came up last week, and she says that she has no sweetheart." " Oh !" he replied, " tell her to put on her Sunday dress, and come to me in the blue breakfast room." He dressed in the suit prepared ; they met; and the result of that interview must be known by its consequences. A mantle and veil of lace was thrown over the country dress of a modest, handsome, and lively village girl, and she be came, that morning, a peeress of England! Much sen sation was caused ; but, in the world of fashion it was only a nine days' wonder, for the married pair went im mediately from London. She possessed an excellent dis position and strong good sense. With renewed health and spirits his lordship's enjoyment of country life in creased, his property improved by care, and, above all, a beautiful progeny surrounded him and their devoted domestic mother, who affectionately closed his eyes in peace, receiving his parting blessing, many years after his happy choice.—. Notes and Queries. CHIPS FROM THE GERMAN POST.—As specimens of accurate addresses, we have : " This letter is to be given " Slow and Sure"—of an accident. to a pot-boy, one Celler, who lives somewhere in burgh." "To Christian Seigler, in Brunswick, just where the Box used to stand." "To the late Mrs. Mar tensen." "To Pastor Miram, or Miroio, at Binnen. I cannot exactly recollect the name now, but when the letter is given to the preacher there, with a wart on his nose, it will be quite right." "To the umbrella-maker who deals in fruit during the summer, and is a single man. Cruersen, near Sondershansen." Wonderful to say, this letter found the man, ; for it was returned to the Post office with the endorsement, " The person addressed re fuses the letter. (Signed) Schumann, Letter Carrier." Could the allusion to his being a single man have come from some too persevering fair one ? "To Robert Kinn lit ze, in Berlin, second story, No. 7 : a water-butt at the left hand after you get through the court." On the back of the same letter was written, " If I am not at home my neighbour will take it in for me, but he removed last Michaelinc.•s, and there is a new lodger." "To my Brother in America, to be delivered to his master." "To the late Cow-dealer his Milkmaid, and she is my sister." "To Lorenzo, in Klunenthal ; if the Father is dead, to be sent to the Son in Vochtland :" which is as though a letter in England were addressed to " Lawrence, in North Wales ; Fnt hnr is d,.,, In he cent to Tiooerorv."—Tir,nse- hold Worth THE EXCHANGE AT HAMBURGH. - The buit itself is one of moderate antiquity and respectahlP ante, larger in its internal area, much more col and somewhat lighter than our more splendi, structure in the city. It was saved by a miracle from thL conflagration, not being attacked, like ours, will a fit of spontaneous combustion ; everything around it was de stroyed, but I suppose it was saved by the Lares cr Pe- ui. appear- mediou Tite• a nates, or Deus Loci of the city, for certainly it is the temple of the town, where people offer their daily sacrifice. One could very well have satisfied oneself without seeing this building ; not so the scene which presented itself. It was the witching hour of afternoon business : we soon to one of the tributary streams which were pouring human tide towards it, and in a moment drifted into it, and up one of the staircases leading to a seemed to add to the density of the crowd, and to the force of that deep and strange sound, ebbing and flowing swelling and dying away, which ar men engaged in earnest conversa o gone more I stopped in one of the t of ti the air, Thee ar exit, th intent, ;meting none by the way, except sometimes with a very slight glance of recog nition,—everything reminds you that von are in a place where the motto is, business first, and pleasure, if al all, afterwards ; but I never met with anything there, which indicated the intensity of the Hamburgh merchant's feel ings as he approaches his well-beloved 'Change. The reason probably is, because he feels he has a great deal to do in a short time, for he is a man that has other things to do besides. He will not altogether be a slave to his counter—he will have his siesta in hot weather—smoke, formerly his canaster, now his Havannah—and drink his coffee, or eat his ice in his luxurious house, or his cafe on the Jungfersteig, as the case may be.—Leaves from my Journal. RELIGION IN GERMANY. Nothing can be more lamentable than to bear the language of the Germans when speculating upon the future destinies of their country. They seem to Kaye lost all confidence, not in their rulers alone, for at that one should hardly be surprised ; but, what is far worse, at their country's fortunes. One and all declare that there is no real religion in Germany ; and though at first I could hardly bring myself to credit it, I have now come to the conclusion that it is no exaggeration of the fact. Frederick the Great and his system have fairly uprooted it in North Germany, and indeed the truth com pels me to declare, that Protestant Germany is almost without a creed. The church service is never thought of on a week-day, never twice on a Sunday ; and in Dresden and other places, I believe the habit of the upper classes is to go about once a-month. If you express your surprise at this habitual absence from God's house, they will tell you that by going too often it loses its effect. In regard to the working classes, I have no data ; but there are cer tain indications that would tend to show that the expecta tion of such observances on their part must be limited indeed. In the first place, their opportunities and means of attendance are in a similar rat .° ; then they work a good deal on a Sunday ; then they have adult Sunday schools, where the subject of religion is never introduced. The eu6 thunde con fusion . . The faith Of Christ crucified for our offences, and risen again for our justification, is not only never taught, but the poisonous doctrines of Hegel, Banner, and Strauss are openly inculcated. Not the schoolmasters only, but the clergy also, I am assured—and by the Pro testants themselves—deeply tinctured by these blasphe mous opinions. The sowers then go forth to sow their seed, and the fruits in due time (not quite so rapidly, though perfectly similar, to those of the Theban plough,) spring up.—lbid. DISSOLUTION OF AN ICEBERG.—From four o'clock in the morning till ten, for six hours, our attention was con tinu,lly attracted by the thundering noise and convulsive motions of an iceberg, which happened to be crumbling to pieces in the act of changing its position in the water. It was of immense size, not less than two hundred and fifty feet above the surface of the water, and hall a mile in length and breadth. It could be compared to a cube, each of the sides of which would measure half a mile. The upper surface was perfectly horizontal, but presented a rough pinnacled appearance, as if a number of rough, irre gularly-pointed conical eminences, varying from twenty to thirty feet in beight, had been closely planted side by side on it. The sides were perfectly perpendicular, almost quite straight ; but they appeared to be a little fis sured, as if the depressions between the pinnacles had been continued a little downwards, in the form of cracks or narrow crevices " When an immense ice berg begins to tumble to pieces and change its position in . _ . the water, the sight is really grand—perhaps one that can vie with an earthquake. Masses inconceivably great, four times the size of St. Paul's Cathedral or Westminster Abbey, arc submerged in the still, blue water, to appear ,e people sions of repentance' agai❑ ;It the surface, rolling end heaving ggantically in the swelling waves. Volumes of spray rise like clouds of white vapour into the air all round, and shut out the be- holder from a scene too sacred for eyes not immortal. The sound that is emitted is not second to terrific peals of thunder, or the discharge of whole parks of artillery. The sea, smooth and tranquil, is aroused, and oscillations travel ten or twelve miles in every direction ; and if ice should cover its surface in one entire sheet, it becomes broken up into detached pieces, in the same manner as if the swell of an extensive sea or ocean had reached it. And, before a quiescent state is assumed, probably two or three large icebergs occupy its place, the tops of some of which may be at an elevation of upwards of two hundred feet, having, in the course of the revolution, turned up the blue mud from the bottom at a depth of two hundred or three hundred fathoms."—Sutherland's Voyage in Baf fin's Bay. A MARRIED COUPLE IN EGYPT.--The Fellah, named Haroun, said, that when he came of age to marry, which was when the barber's wife began to throw date-stones at him from behind a wall, and then betray herself by an affected giggle, not finding a suitable match in his cwn village, he travelled through the neighbouring dis tricts until he met with a very poor couple who had an only daughter. He made his propositions, was accepted, and, after the necessary delays, found himself possessed of a wife. A detail of all his comic tribulations need not he given. Suffice it to say that the bride—too young to have a witness within her of the propriety of her being con greg I to the r handed over to the I ough tenderness of a stran first half of the hone,•moon Ilaroun's namented wi him. He ,gr h scratches that no friend ively applied for redress fr uld rec old and intercede who pr was without effect ; and the bridegroon native village with a new father and moths whom it was as dangerous to approach as a h in a bag. Had he been alone with her, matters might have been smoothed at the expense of a few tears ; but, in the midst of his remonstrance, tle old people would invariably rush to the rescue, and accuse the poor bewil dered man of assassinating their daughter. Under these circumstances he consulted the Kadie of the village, xho was esteemed of good counsel. `• The matter is easy, 0 Haroun," said the Kadie, having heard an unvarnished statement of the case. " Pretend thou to give up the matter as a bad job, and go out as if to work. The old people will soon grow weary of staying at home, having all their new relations to visit. Watch thy opportunity, and slip back armed with a good stick as soon as they are out. Let the stick be at least two fingers in thickness ; and, when thou hast locked thyself in, fall to, in the name of the prophet, and beat thy wife well ; beat her till she shrieks for mercy ; beat her till thou drawest blood—zing, zong, Wallah ! Billah ! and, by my beard, she will become as amiable as a young buffalo that feedeth out of its mas ter's hand." The . bridegroom did as he advised, and, having nearly committed murder, was acknowledged as lord paramount ; so that when the parents came back they found their daughter humble as a dove just fluttering after capture, with one eye beaming love and the other hound up by a rag. "In this way," said the narrator, " was I saved from the necessity of a divorce."— Village Life in Egypt. Igehog A WHALE WITH THE TooTH-Acne.---Among the ailments to which sperm whales are subject is the jumping tooth-ache. It operates on their nervous system as it does upon that of mankind, rendering them crabbed and fractious. Just at daybreak one morning, while we were cruising on the " off-shore" ground, a violent commotion in the water about two miles ahead, resembling breakers, attracted attention. It continued unabated until we were within 50 rods of it, when a sperm whale (for such it proved to be) threw his entire body into the air, and fell back into his native element with a tremendous report. Of course the yards were hauled aback, and the boats lowered, and several minutes elapsed before it was deemed prudent to approach the monster. Finding, however, that he had no idea of becoming quiet, we advanced with cau tion, and succeeded in securing one iron firmly in his back, which rendered him more restless. Giving him plenty of slack line, we removed to a respectful distance, hoping he would sound or retreat, but he was not disposed to do either. So, taking our oars, we pulled sufficiently near to give the boat-header an opportunity to lance him; He seemed to be aware of our intention, for he turned and rushed towards us with the design of giving us a "fowing," which we narrowly escaped. During the next half hour he chased us, and it was with much difficulty that we avoided him. When near us he turned on his back and raised his jaw, bringing to view two handsome rows of ivory. Among terrific objects, an enraged whale holds a prominent place. An hour passed in unavailing attempts to accomplish the desired object, the whale becoming more furious, and the hope of conquering him growing fainter. At length, while the attention of the monster was directed towards us, the mate came upon him in an opposite direction and dealt him a death wound, relieving us of a burden of anxiety, which indicated itself in the pallid countenances and nervous agitation of the boat's crew. He was very reluctant to yield, and the death struggle was long and violent. If a cat has nine lives, as is sometimes remarked, that fellow had nineteen. Before night his blubber was in the try - pots , , and his j aw was stripped of its covering. On extracting his teeth the cause of his singular movement was revealed. T he cavi ties in several contained a large number of worms an eighth of an inch in length. The teeth were perfectly sound, but the marrow or nerve of the tooth, which was an inch in diameter at the lower extremity, was in many of them entirely consumed by the insects that seemed to have bred there.—American Whaler's Journal. THE LITURGY. LECTURE AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION. Owing to some cause the order of the programme was de parted from on Friday evening, and the Rev. J. B. Owen's lecture, on " The History and Popular Expositions of the Liturgy," took precedence of those of the Rev. St. Vincent Beechy, on " The Astronomy of Scripture." After some prefatory remarks, the lecturer gave a his tory of the various translations of the Bible, introductory to the account of its use in the Church Service._ The practice of reading portions of the Old and N meats alternately was derived from the Jews. Anciently, the Jews, in their public services, read only the law, which was divided into fifty-four sections, so as to allow a por tion for each Sabbath. Antiochus Epiplianes interdicted the reading of it ; but, as the interdict did not include the Prophets, the shrewd Jews divided them into fifty-four portions, which were read instead of the l,•lw ; but, when the law was restored, the two were read alternately ; ane on this practice the first and second lessons of the Eng Liturgy were founded. The Epistles and Gospels thought to have been selected by St. Jerome : it was v Testa- hey had been in use for 1,200 yea: &nciently, 3. the reader announced the title of the Gospel le people exclaimed, " Glory be to thee, 0 Lord 1" Tin! as no rule f,r it. Kinl with the Lord's Prayer vas still clone, though there Edward's fiat Prayer-book beg, the rest was added in the second book. The introductory struck, as it were, the key-note to the whole of which the exhortation, like an overture, gave They were a sweet and characteristic prelude to p of a Church that had rioblyrescuedtheWor, of God from its obscurity. After the exhortation followed the general confession,—called general, because it was re peated by all, and because it contained no mention of • sins, though particular sins ought to be asso ,th the general confession in the mind of the tom of responses was as ancient "And let all the people say, Amen 1 at the t. nd of their liturgies like a clap of It would be well if it were so now. " lou will ad," said an eminent minister of the present stheJ :h. save the Church of The responding should be In the first absolution, the whole tion consisting of mixed characters, the priest iy in the third person. In the second, at the ment, where communicants were presumed to come " with a true penitent heart and lively faith," the form was more authoritative. In the third, where the penitence was not only presumed, but made a subject of examina tion, it was in its full strength, and absolute. This was a form which he should have great hesitation in using. If he were asked to use it by a man of whose penitence he felt sure, he should consider it his duty not to decline. But, inasmuch as the words, uninterpreted, were liable to so much perversion, he thought that the less that parti cular form was used the better it would be on the whole for the simple Protestantism of the Church of England. It merely did by authority, however, what those who most loudly objected to it did frequently without authority. It was more hopeful and helpful to urge to humility by con fession of sine than to puff up the sinner's pride by refer ring I;iim to his experiences ; to bid him cry for mercy rather than shout out glory. It had been well said, if there were less shouting out glory, and more crying for grace, it would be better for man, who had too little of the one to care much about the other. He knew a man who was in the habit of making great professions when he was sick, but who always returned to his old ways when he got well. In one of his illnesses, when he was, as usual, making loud protestations of his change of heart, a homely neighbour said to him, " Wait a bit, John, thou'st got the handcuffs on now." Bassil asserted that it was the ancient custom of the Church to begin with confession. Confession and prayer were the aborigines of worship. No man could be said to have taken a single step in religion who had not confessed his sins and sought for pardon. The repetition of the Lord's Prayer was ascribed to two causes : first, that it was contained in every separate service, implying that no worship was complete without it : secondly, that, in the morning, three distinct services had been joined together. The lecturer next proceeded to explain the meaning and derivation of the various terms applied to different parts of the Church Service, and to the objects used in the celebration of her ordinances. He then pointed out the harmony and suitability of the services, showing how admirably each part was adapted to the rest, and to the place in which it stood. The invitatory psalm, " 0, Come let us sing unto the Lord," was appropriately introduced by versicles, as the confession was by sentences; acid it formed a fine preamble to the devotional psalms that followed, with all the range of human experience marked out in them as upon a chart. Had they received a bles sing ? In the Psalms there was a thanksgiving. Did they want a blessing ? In the Psalms there was a petition. Would they bow their souls in humiliation ? The Psalms breathed plenty of strains of the lowest self-abasement before God. David's harp waked a responsive echo in every awakened heart, and seemed as it its strings had been swept by the hand of Him who knew what was in man, and could tell out every secret of the soul of his sensitive creature. The Doxology at the end of each seemed to convert the Jewish psalm into a Christian hymn, by its more evangelical proclamation of the Trinity. The postures adopted in the Church of England were in accordance with the rubric of nature as well as that of the Church, while the change from one to another prevented weariness. After the first lesson, from beholding with the eyes of faith the wonderful things of God's law, the Church returned like a fire replenished with fuel to the work of praise in the Te Mann. The Doxology WUS not added here, because the Te Deum was itself but a paraphrase of the Doxology. The Old Testament was read before the New, reminding the worshippers that " the law was their schoolmaster to bring them to Christ." Both were read by the minister standing, because he was the representative of him who, in the Synagogue of Nazereth, " stood up for to read." Referring to some compilations which it had been proposed to substitute for the Church Services, Mr. Owen said he could not consent to the change; and he based his refusal upon the authority of that book which had taught him to believe that " the old was better." The Moravians were a single-hearted body of Christians, for whom he had great respect. They had a book con trifling portions for every day in the year. There was a verse or two of Scripture ; then a verse of a hymn ; and then some short reflections. On the anniversary of Purim, the quotation from Scripture was, "So they banged Haman on the gallows fifty cubits high." And then followed the first line of the hymn, " Hallelujah, what a height ! " The coincidence, no doubt, was perfectly accidental; but it was no wonder if Churchmen preferred their old, simple liturgies to any arrangement that was liable to accidents of that kind. If faith came by hearing, the Creed, being a confession of faith, was in its best place after the ►essons. It was a believe," but each for himself said " I b was no faith by priest or proxy. The into privacy, and could only profess his belief in common with the con in favour of the Athanasian C regation priest h !ns, you roust I' Alcibiades and preference when the choice lies between Apemantus. If you are a non-elector, you can at all events, bellow—if you have a vote, we defy you to escape the poll. Indeed, it is wonderful how soon and keenly a man will warm to a contest. We have heard an old gen tleman protest, of a Monday, that no comideration upon earth would induce him to register his vote, and on the Indeed he be an adver- sary, who withholds his vote on such an occasion, with feelings little short of contempt. He has a vote, and he ought to exercise it one way or another. If he abstains, without alleging some intelligible reason, you are at liberty to set him down as a sneak." LOUIS NAPOLEON "The position of Louis Napoleon with regard to France is one of the most extraordinary phenomena of the present century. Here is a man who has been generally represented as devoid of commanding ability—as destitute of principle and character—as obstinate, vain, sensual, and even silly—as false to his engagements, unfaithful to his friends, and as one on whose word no possible reliance could be placed ; and yet this man, without means, and without influence—one day a prisoner, the next an exile — has contrived to achieve the entire and despotic command of the very foremost nation of civilised Europe—to tread tinder foot all opposition—and to be able to appeal to the voice of the immense majority of the people, as his pass port and title to the throne ! He could refer to no favour able antecedents; yet, at his first important step, we find him elevated, through the medium of universal suffrage, to the Presidency of the Republic, over the head of one who was justly esteemed as the first living soldier of France. Next we find him in collision with the so-called representatives of the people, and triumphant almost without a struggle. With a strong heel he crushed out at once the fire of insurrection, grappled with a licentious press and strangled it, smote down the rising power of socialism, and then appealed to the nation at large for a confirmation of what he had done. That confirmation was given to him, by an increased majority of voices ; and in less than a year thereafter we find him bailed, almost by universal France, as a political deliverer, and solicited to assume, as his reward, the grand prize of the imperial crown ! We state these things, not in laudation of him, but as a practical rebuke to the blindness of those who could see, in this extraordinary man, nothing more than the features of the common adventurer.. Since the crea tion of the world no common adventurer has ever achieved so much. Chance did not place him where he is : if it had been so, his first step would also have been his last. Reviled, maligned, derided as be has been, how comes it that he yet maintains such a hold of the heart of France ? To attribute his power solely to the adhesion of the army, as some egregious idiots still attempt to do, is obviously and ludicrously false. The army is with him, it is true; but the army is with him only because the people are also on his side." MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. " What is a municipality, town-council, or by whatever name such a body may be known ? Simply a committee of the citizens to administer the affairs of the urban com munity—to look after its property, and to protect its rights. But we are seriously disposed to differ from those who think that the municipalities have a cosmopolitan sphere, and are entitled to supersede the functions both of the Houses of Parliament and of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. We admit the extreme respectability of the constituent members, and— in the average—their intelligence. What work really is theirs they do reasonably well, though sometimes in a cheese-paring spirit; but we really must demur to their interference with matters which—•to state our views broadly—nre utterly beyond the comprehension or the grasp of the great majority of their number. For shall suppose, in Modena or a—in other words, an attempt at rovolution. Vari- le affair are toe. rged in pri. own individual After a word ers and collects, and the rest a hope of being ble to re6u ad never, I subject On some future occasion. H did investi Church had been written by the li, fires. They were Catholic before the t of the martyrs' her ceremonies were alike removed from sh mu plicay, aria rrorn Inc severe neipeu.,y ‘,. — J —.- school. In conclusion, the lecturer took a view of what he called the symbolical teaching of the Church, upon which he dwelt for some time, in a strain of much elo quence and animation, and with frequent allusions of great poetic beauty and felicity of application. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—Before discussing the per formances of the last week, which we were unable to attend, we feel ourselves called upon to advert to one particular—the inefficient aid rendered by the orchestra to the leading Danseuses. We Lad heard of this with regret, and on Thursday night witnessed it during the few minutes we were able to be present. The excellence of Madlle. D'Antonie in a Spanish pas de deux, which reached us by report, induced us to see her in that dance; and scarcely had it begun when she was required to stop the orchestra and correct their blundering ! The audience applauded the lady and hi3sed the musicians. It was a beautiful dance ; and so well was the haughty look of the Spanish beauty catched, and the grace of figure, and the elegance of every action, that we wondered such a dance had been so seldom in the programme. This week and the next an excellent opera company are engaged, and some popular operas are announced. To-night " Maritana," to-morrow "La Sonnambula," and on Thursday "The Crown Jewels," will be the opening pieces. We hope the public will show their appreciation of such excellent works, and support the management in his enterprise. After the expiration of the opera engage ments we learn from the bills that Miss Glyn will reappear amongst us. She has won many laurels here, and is rapidly becoming a great favourite with the people. Her Manchester engagement has been crowned with much success. MR. E. W. THOMAS'S CLASSICAL CHAMBER CON CERTS for the season of 1852 will take place in the saloon of the Philharmonic-hall on the 4th and 18th of this month, and the 2d and 16th of December. CONCERT HALL.—SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS. — The best compliment we can pay to Mr. Henry Russell is simply to say, that though we were at the door ten mi nutes before the hour, we could not obtain aJmission, and hundreds were disappointed like ourselves. Money seemed to be rolling away from the Treasury as rapidly as it had rolled in. What a pail it must have been, and every drop a silver cuin ! - - - AMATEUR PERFORMANCE IN AID OF THE ST ANNE'S DISPENSAF Y.—The members of the Waverley Dramatic Society gave a performance on Friday evening last at the Adelphi Theatre, in aid of the above institution. The pieces were " The Slave," the "Turned Head," and " Cramond Brig,"—which were acted extremely well, and much above the usual average of st formances Ras evinced by the frequent applause of a high able and well-filled house. kable voluntar A rea CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA revelation, in the shape of an advertisement, appeared in the Leipsic Journal, of the 7th of September, under the above title. We feel it our duty to give it further publi city, since such a discovery may be a boon to humanity, and the authority appears highly worthy of credit. A Sallon forester, by name Gastell, now of the venerable age of 82 years, unwilling to take to the grave with him a secret of much import to mankind, made public in the journal, and at the date specified, the means which he had used for 50 Years, and wherewith, he affirms, lie has rescued many fellow-beings and cattle from the fearful death of hydro phobia :—Take immediately warm vinegar, or tepid water, wash the wound clean therewith, and then dry it; pour then upon the wound a few drops of muriatic acid, cause mineral acids destroy the poison of the saliva, by* which rileftns the evil effect of the latter is neutralised. example + ous indivi son ; and it turns out that some of these have, naturally enough, denied the Roman faith, they having very little faith in any other intelligible creed. Instantly we have a case of Tllartyr ,11 sympathised milli O'Brien, so do our sympathetic municipalities sympathise with Cospetto, Maledetto, Corpo di Cabo Mario, or any other Italian patriot who, without religion, has an unfortunate predilection for pikes ; and their grievances and wrongs are entered in the civic minutes, along with resolutions for the cutting down of a bell-ringer's salery by ten shillings per annum, or esti mates for a fresh furbishing of the antiquated city hal berds. We must needs confess that this exuberant over flow of sympathy appears to us altogether ridiculous. Town-councils have nothing to do with politics either at home or abroad. The commissioners of police, or the road trustees, are as well entitled as they are to pass reso lutions in favour of free trade or matters of imperial finance ; and it is full time that some steps should be taken to prevent local and corporate bodies from inter fering in matters infinitely beyond the scope of their general comprehension." with Cufl 7he Dublin L ragazine. Liverpool : Orr, There is a freshness and originality about the contents of this magazine which especially recom mend it to public favour; but the attraction would be greater if there were somewhat fewer of conti nuations. The number for November commences with an entertaining description of " A Pilgrimage to Quilca in the year 1852," containing a pleasant conversational commentary, interspersed with nu merous anecdotes of the sayings and doings of Dean Swift, Sheridan, and other notabilities with whom the history of that little place is identified. Then follows Part I. of " A Sketching Tour of Five Weeks in the Forests of Ceylon," illustrated with wood engravings ; succeeding chapters of " Clough Fionn, or the Stone of Destiny ; ' and Part 11. of " Tyrone Power, a Biography." From the latter we extract AN INCORRIGIBLE PARSON When T. Dibdin was manager of the Surrey Theatre, he observed one of his performers habitually careless in his style of delivering his parts. Ho attributed this to lack of zeal, more than to deficiency of talent, and took the delinquent to task accordingly. " Mr. T-," said the manager, " I find great fault with your acting, which disappoints me, and is far below what I expected when I gave you such a liberal engagement." " Excuse me, sir," replied a I really consider mine twenty shillin e actor, for dif g in opinion with you, )od average acting for five-and- Make my salary five pounds, nd you shall see h 1 act for you." This son of something in the style of the well- e;pis was a humorist part of the last century. He chose to omit the Athanasian Creed when performing the Church service, for which his diocesan, Archbishop Seeker, desired his chaplain and secretary to visit him with a remonstrance. " His Grace wishes to know," inquired the chaplain, " why you omit the Creed of St. Athanasius ?" " I don't believe it," replied Patten." " But his Grace doe,," rejoined the chaplain. " His Grace," retorted the curate, " believes at the rate of ten thousand a-year—l at the rate of fifty pounds." This same Patten, who had been chaplain of a man-of-war, was an incorrigible joker, given to tipple withal, and certainly a strange subject for the clerical pro fession. His fondness for punch so subdued him, that whenever his sermons were too long, any one shoNling him a lemon would bring him readily to a conclusion. More than once he was nearly unfrocked ; but he did the work of an unhealthy district on very cheap terms, and thus many of his eccentricities were looked over. Being present at a convocation, he ventured to remonstrate with Dr. Seeker on the smallness of his stipend. " I have re ceived," said he, " the paltry sum of thirty pounds per annum for doing the duty of a living which brings in full three hundred. I need not remind your Grace that ' the labourer is worthy of his hire.' " " Don't enlarge, Mr. Patten," interrupted the archbishop, who wished to cut short the question. "No ; but I hope your Grace will," added the undaunted subordinate. The third round of " A Flying Shot at the United States" is by no means complimentary to Brother Jonathan, though it contains some account of Phila- delphia, and a humorous description of a modern prophet, to visit whcm the writer was tempted by the following AMERICAN ADVERTISEMENT. In Philadelphia, the Saturday newspaper is half taken up with advertisements of the sermons to be preached on the following day. Casting my eye down a column of these notices on one occasion, I came to the following : " Fortunately for saints as well as sinners, the Prophet James has been detained, and if the Scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrites will meet next Sunday at three o'clock, in the hall at the north-east corner of Callowhill and Sixth street, they will hear from him." We have then two more chapters of " Sir Jasper Carew, Knt.," comprising some details of the mode by which the Union with Ireland was brought about. P ass i ng over a rev i ew o f " U nc l e T om ' s Cabin," a subject which has been dilated upon ad nauseam, we h ave an art i c l e on " T h e D uty o f t h e Legislature as t o Lif e A ssurance, " suggeste d b y a published letter on the subject, the chief assertions in which have been refuted by subsequent writers. The magazine concludes with a p a p er on th e " Artificial Breeding of Fish," a subject of far more importance than is generally supposed. eek w I wii r churcl I CORRESPONDEN() Lerai:nestiaemaarnsyasdtdatreenslseendttoofthfaecEtsditor should be accolll::o:tinoboll:tipijobditi I sg n eu a li fa m r r e aen a st n pe o d e n a os d fi b d gl r ue e o s df s o o fra f tie t it ele;owt opinions oris i writer, not o n o t dri for sp e P n u s s u b ' re 51 ""; The Editor wishes it to b understood that be ts - stateM e° correspondents. JRCH SYNODS, THE IVARRINGI-i' ING, AND THE REV. DR. :kl‘/CElPv,'' To the EDITOR of the LITTRpoOL Si — ' Leolo re ip ma nner . T oa i n n ssc w wur l e l rei important he ptial retai invitation tma7,4VD4ll9' owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. 3Sl'Neile am not an unconcerned observersf II obithl meats of those who are agitating for the ,0 1 , active functions of Convocation. The Prin tc ros s ' fort , n ueil in his has grappled w th~ rringtqinbis ttg the writer of the rejoinder Fays—" There are she of Canon I\l N ‘—eile's letter which have nothivg 'woofs! noint in hand. Diocesan S ds and th e 'rec e l yno t h reto e r gs. _„to tait'.)trtsotio efficiency of the Church' make no reicre"'' roc ,— dec:lsion of the highest t-ib j umal " nor to the i P ) ot tpl i pointed to Convocation.' can be littsc i i; re n ,i , the baptismal question,. which has so fcgr f tibe 1 .1 Church already. woul be the first whi cp be clec. l :l Church party should proceed to settle. l o gell 0 would of course at once extinguish the o re,' Lard that 13 e , c i o a r s i t fi s e • Lett out hu t for my Then next they would proceed to deal VI t ba i ,% l ' f i those . who are' professedly schismatics. I'Z'nfthem„-ti again be fulfilled the s - avir Y z '' Hear the vcor" - that " - ti ye that tremble at his word • your brethrenidf yeto t,,ce S' l r A tO S _i En s shall a 'n l l a ampep'esasra,l‘t° s Y a ° ll „ r p i o ° l ltti 01 To justify L"• - _, - 8 ffiou - t op s that have appeareu ctiocieo, re f uld seem to be; i dol If I am correctly informed, ttle inc. ll / 1 5 /09 ted to his bishop fl rAr d or te al sorting that the " e „ e aets which sinners are , 1: t as ( 117 X which the De vberi ;har:ed.' 3f the party wently re inisters, I , e ry MF.!I P pres,' t he fj n of his own happy d''„, the Church is cho ere —''ve , be found on eN"cijoo "il l quentinz ore holy or useful men tlon t° be Then: Mal in n toi c ipe l a:2bmoa,oi,iud. ball-room o m toom o sttohrfeorn,teliaes omittingur synodicale.la _tiehtitiortr;itti: and good men ; but not a few of thena see iabill• —v 0 ~for surely Church Synods are but a poor onu s . v er . ,914.. ' holiness.—l remain, Mr. Editor, vq, nr k"clP / ' Liverpool, Oct. 29, 1852. A Cri'.- t, I be 11 are n TOWN INIPROVEMENT. rr 0 ) j To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL SJ- 4 * 00 p . e T t e h i a s s i a s sanitary absolutely h s ol ut e ly measure, requisite, it or to. SIR,—I far that the comprehensive o ° ll b e I A provement, i proposed by Mr. J. Holmes 1,00,i .po . t he on' reconstru ict on of ill-ventilated houses In " h, narrow confined thoroughfares of togetheroo4o II d ‘s,,'„oseiv does system of drainage. There hundreds of ' 4 ,nd sort, quite unfit for humanare habitations, ii v r el l stronger resemblance to hog-sties than IS l ,„ g n - potb e it truth, fever and cholera a unwholesome atmosphere by which I. enveloped. 1 - re seldom absel t ; We' That this.would be a work of time Ire, be , the sooner the amendment is begu n the 01.1 00 1 ° C chsses of society.—Your obedient s ervan t ' ro l ' 28th Oct., 1852. RIGHTS OF FREE3IO' paper, Freemen l ar e w ould entitled re re m ark , To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL o' 0' t 'Ol di Ca t O rk ;O w te it f h or r ; is,—Observing a letter on this subie e w l e tot: .1 what, in the name of justice, can precluau rs ? 40 'llO 'as same privilege with reward to Town -courlevti nri ei„.- the point at issue :—lf the present race 0 , f5, - itt i'l stir up and agitate for a full restitution 0 1 'r t bef to as well as their childrens' and a prentices tbeos, their inevitable fate. I wouldPrequire ae' only with tb oo be placed on a footing, or a pan os t. Oh ° which is a reasonable and moderate req • hie 40 fund„ 11$ r are not a portion of the Corporate r po° Ot tla plied to the erect' of an asylum 3,00 Freemen ? If the m C n and frameup, a memorial, t", o o rtv ib hers, in the lower house, and the Earl 0' ,yer „ o ld I f eerine nbceeres_totbbfeerflooflipia the Lords, would willingly support the P fi v - nc lo and there is little doubt their dercia - nil just 00v complied with .—Yo I. — 0 •rs, &c., n sC A BURGESS OF THE 010' erpool, 27th October, 1852 HORTICULTI : 0 1 o i slPee:rEdvßa.taetoTortaoyeNt, active .FOR_ s^c . —'Ve t, : 3 5 0 : 0 e n s e t a b . o . r e -------- dOa: v slZ specimen in turn should be thorougbi lduel ' i II SP °:Ils:1 : 4 leav es c ch ' e : e s. o t most t f 7eh ic which hpiilnsavnratcr.sni invariably e work in _ .. st o 0 themust he carefully guard llr i ciii "ter; respiratory orifices. In the gr e Astio ° l ; e9 occasional fire, with the sashes open ; it ` l- ,.,: i ld i°°l4 session of the plants. rol' , • o. but sP-nd)ece. rewt",ie I° o i sulphur over the leaves will be nv - • a , tie retrains to etatiove r all decaying ieg bot der cia C st yard. If thedropfb TiLn uuios, such as so sc i . 00 5 ' c li b e l ys, b int e hcace:apmilnausnitat, benefitedtebiisye' bstvol ::::n.tr.i:otecboeifitiessco,ltefr;e:;, time to procure and plar.'f fre! p j io 0 den.—Take up the r00t54/y foryds ventilation -68 . they will, if slititall e l ' o ll id earlier plants o rle d ill , ,-, 1 0,.. „iv kg in frames, and unae r bor ele ;e' he winter •be careful, 1,55e-' in frosty weather. i,liOi by this weans , o at 140., 'mboyntphro'epaprilniegrUpi : i 41. tt)(‘ 'er• Gi better in the con' tenon 6 y sowing f ,, (4 nearl plants c‘luliflowe eied EL L AsEA. on- f or 0 1 rs oecf • A il f o tof g hV O i ote, an accoun t De d f or: , s, raiscd from .00pf nn . " Fogus S Y: t E r n l f ie_f e , 10:4 Leaves.—J- the Revue Hon beech wi th white I ty of F vatiere purpuro b 4 it, 9 1 retathinse. Its l' n II 8 et!, =ic ens, w it') 9 AOr 0 —niev.i,i9 61AI th is slow. The first - " t j,s; r o tP; iP, ual growth in three mon, o cl 19 .4 0 ' e summer. The vouna 0 ° 3 titatl , t , - as I o f r„11, ,wth, changing to bror , -; „us P On! rPtninittV some 511'- r M 0.4,1 ibit a _ 5 ver the r-0 w p er ' nnd also Ole uP ler ;1 under side iS F!,ce • ve4 `r e vtbree,, was rAj n se :i o ttiOble c i 4 n, it can On' ) og rele twi form src'!,,. 0 °' taiiersPe7.,;o ir orig. endure the lic • L t i - oll• 0 11. N. NEW RELIGIOUS „ . aircs a cts appear indigenous to tbf t illisf;t l e n:ong the last atrocities v meeko iOF .0 0 o tf reP ° 24 % tii wbo fol J Incviri ..,,,1 what he ''i cow: iv! p ,s he had sou, 011( 0 51 1 ' r ob lc an inhahitint °f ° f irits lit' ' Of 5P vg e oci rep of a congres. 00 O irt s p s spiritual eYeS* . Ole s 'd tr e i syspendeci i n or 0 ., tric cicc'e itot.i° tVi of gil e l o 10 1 ° e spirit sbO o tterti) 61):f?? f tsr; 3, w hich were 0: 1 i t , ,ave o:eq. bcinf4ll3°+dclll,i ter3' or.t. °hit ion Of 1.18 tATICeI El t t it ill men to reilecie, Pe 001, ras at band. 1 100 Ile'il by the spiritoc,' 60;01 pe, the spirit 3 _ 1 ..,, or e t t°,,,'! s'herty_r",„ jo toicil ' P 3, s had seer. 1-,;m that the laws yet well un prove that spiritu could walk, MOVE coma unication ton, Patrick Franklin. It wonder of the and do r any ma Henry, & Y , R e g Pr 1 that Jobr, A. Sre, to would A g o f e r ,l l l ,oc o4 7 ,ol't • John ,rOO forgotten tbejiolerNjeo.ol neculist P ,roOtin'ot, -loot I cri"veN Ilous things seem to / ec o mo u flses l i. d n p i tj infis c e,ot q lrsti k t y. l h.e i r ae e nH d rdee a g style of preaching r . P i t t h p a ep t rco.o l vm old. Oh and Barkers. It was :Ai; si' s ci ,o y ste Ff slabtafkoremallbetbgianngst,t)basroo tloo;f:gott'ts.o Ociolulldretreellnmt,yxe,;pfreireinendcse; esii:ec:o„,A tha y t In the jattw - oe :z do ard in Campbell's POW ~/°' r coc*do v o r e tu.lrieeaK!n g 1 ' - rose and said the spirit of John P e a bli."0"0°, him li that certain words had been us e it t, e t ; 0, 1 ciA' in lt Ohio. It called on the Spiritunlisporooo,o _feed , jo ck , o - I; eo ;b eil ,/ .our was a regular Ranter's splurg e vefitieniefe;flc, un t i m o'clock. aegk t :.• o at tols'fhcalamokceikiry. saidwTe rbetebace°o4:,:fileo:; tr,01:0::0:0 tie bolo .e• a ges . I') brawny, Irish wench, from Gown, ~,,ud 6 ; OW airiiificdc.r&kea a7i t t S i i let i a e :g n ld o r. t ri r c a e i i rg, : te‘e n d e,‘ '' v cda,branaseyds'a3ntt I CO werf ibocimo9:o9.l:6lo6o:i ceost°,lo:o:o,tiffioitei f,14 ii .. e sowo o , ,t ,, r 09 11 ead 'hanging harsh voice. At t bout, r o i9 l i p ri, 'iirled his hands '' 0 re s o .,Xdioyl and then, selillig the 0,11101)}11 it and paPer,:o33tics'nategA -n these two .`" , o rd , r Ov Pt: co l a black by boll t ~ ric ..,640,t07,0,1 eyes shut, a bad English man behind clapped to write About I :cdium, oho crag IPpfte!, ,ead , like a persno ocoo,rirr n 1 Objeeted tO theSC,copl. Of ied, deroarded 0, 1 ,4 1 bi; fat wan h° •ed 0 1, gl Zoger3 the ( 11 .et the spirits .5Pe tioV t o 1 ?xcee Jed all that COO ,tiYiritil; 110 cbairro vir-lre 0.1)01 If tbetie .0110. (I, ' e ' a t " n " v - cinF :e a lea ma"' his hands of opium A memb: he allowed to talk form, of rather th an man Bedlam fanatici 55 „ eferr ed the co'" tati°P4 o f living rnerl.ocb Irr Ds ed upo n b5, - jour r'ea ts te' for , / straticns• The convention ad ia the 4 0 meet at some ot her locality have from the 8F ason to be irnr America termed on the 3( prouedin to the cc , rtion, and re