The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN 192 manner.:—Small strips of gold were cut to the depth the enamel was intended to be inlaid, and were coiled into forms of flowers, animals, &c. ; then soldered into their respective places. A preparation of silex with oxide of lead fused together, and coloured with oxide of gold, silver, iron, &c., according to the tint required, being ground to a powder, the interstices were filled with these colours, and under a strong heat fused : the whole was then ground down, exhibiting the various hues requisite in the subjects, and defined by the fine line of gold. Frequently small portions of stone were let in in addition to the enamel : among others, .a choice example, protected by a thick crystal, occurs in Alfred's jewel in the museum at Oxford. Champ-leve enamel, which succeeded the previous, was treated differently, and afforded a greater variety of capabilities, from the fact that a subject being traced upon the metal (generally copper), the ground work was carved out with small tools, leaving more or less of the metal standing, according to the develop ment required : the ground was then filled with powdered enamel, which, being fused, was subse quently ground off, polished and gilt. Another mode consisted of the surface being engraved or chased, in incised patterns, as before, filled with the various opaque enamels, and among these some peculiar colours, which are only just being revived. And where spaces had been previously left, having the outline form of the figure preserved, a subject in low relief was attached on the surface of the metal. It is here that a large field is opened to the artistic efforts of the present day, where surfaces require en richment.—The Builder. bottles, and it is ready for use. It must be stirred frequently while it is making, and kept near the fire. Before using shake the bottle well up. It will keep in a cool place for two months, and is best at the latter part of the time. The beauty of this yeast is that it ferments spontaneously, not requiring the aid of other yeast ; and, if care be taken to let it fer ment well in the earthen bowl in which it is made, you. may cork it up tight when bottled. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. ORANGE JELLY.—Dissolve an ounce and half of isinglass in three-quarters of a pint of water ; take the juice of six China oranges, three Seville oranges, and two lemons ; half a pound of white sugar boiled to syrup, first rubbing the sugar on the rind of the Seville oranges; boil all together, and strain it through muslin, and when nearly cold put it into your shapes. • OxiNGE SPONGE.—Dissolve two ounces of isinglass in a pint of water, simmering it over the fire with the thin rind of a Seville orange or lemon ; strain it while hot, add the juice of six China oranges or lemons, sugar it to your taste, whisk the whole together for an hour and a half, till it looks like a sponge, then set it in a mould—four or five hours will do, but the next day better. MAcAßooNs.—Take half a pound of almonds, blanch them, put them in cold water, pound them with white of an egg, eight ounces of lump sugar, the whites of two eggs, a little milk : beat the whole together, and bake in a slow oven. TRAFALGAR CAKES ---Mix a pound of well-dried flour with six ounces of finely-pounded sugar ; beat six ounces of butter to a cream, and stir in half-a-pound of currants, well cleaned and dried, and three eggs, well beaten ; then add the flour and sugar, and beat for some time. Flour some tins, and drop a table spoonful upon them, then bake as usual. IVA.LPoLE PubDING.---Scald some quinces until tender, pare them very thin, and scrape off the soft part, which is to be mixed with white sugar until sweet enough, and then flavoured with ginger and dnnamon. Beat up the yolks of four eggs well, and add them to a pint of-cream, then stir in your quince baste, so that the whole may be pretty thick. Line a buttered mould with nice light paste, pour in the pudding, cover in and bake. A plain pie -dish will answer as well as a mould. SPICED BEEF.—Take four pounds of thick ribs of beef, or any part, put in a pan with a pint of water, a teaspoonful of allspice, two of salt, two bay-leaves, two eschalots, or a little garlic ; stew three hours, either in an oven or on the fire, keeping the cover well closed; half-an-hour before being done, add a teacupful of raspings of bread, half-a-pint of vinegar, two teaspoon fuls of sugar, simmer, dish up, and sauce over. How To MAKE YOUR OWN YEAST.—Monday morn ing boil 2 oz. of the best hops in four quarts of water for half an hour; strain it, and let the liquor cool down to new milk warmth; then put iu a small hand ful of salt and half a pound of brown sugar ; beat up one pound of the best flour with some of the liquor, and , then mix all well together. On Wednesday add three pounds of potatoes boiled and then mashed, to smtand till Thursday ; then strain it, and put it into HORTICULTURE. FLOWER GARDEN.---Choice plants in the borders intended to be protected for the winter by slightly covering the roots, &c., should be seen to at once. Moss, when it can be obtained in good thick flakey pieces is, perhaps, the best article that can be used for this purpose ; but unless it can be procured in pieces of some thickness, it is not so good as spent tan, coal ashes, or half decayed leaves. Also see to getting fuschias, and such things as are usually protected for the winter by covering, secured against frost before it is too late. Dry fern is an excellent material for coveting the stems, &c. of plants that require a slight protection in winter, and is, doubtless, the least ob jectionable as regards colour of anything at command; but this is not easily procurable in many neighbour hoods, and probable the best substitute is straw that has been exposed to the weather sufficiently long to darken its colour. Choice sorts of hollyhocks, of which there is not a sufficient stock of well established young plants in pots, should be taken up, potted, and placed under a glass for the winter ; for these cannot, with safety, be trusted to the mercies of a severe winter, and plants taken up and potted now, and win tered in a cool house, will be exceedingly useful for furnishing cuttings; and these, if got in early in spring, will make splendid plants for next season. Where alterations are in hand, push these forward with all possible despatch while the weather continues favour able for out-door operations. Be very careful to secure transplanted things against the wind, especially plants of any size, which should never be lett until they are properly staked or otherwise made fast, for when this is put off it frequently happens that the roots get injured through the plants being rocked about by the wind. Get any projected alterations among the shrubbery or herbaceous borders done in readiness for cleaning up as soon as the leaves are down ; also get ground intended to be planted with dahlias and hollyhocks next season deeply trenched and ridged up so as to expose the soil as much as pos sible to the weather, putting in plenty of good rotten manure, especially where the hollyhocks are to stand s for these require a deep rich soil. KITCHEN GARDEN.—A sowing of peas and beans to afford the chance of a very early crop should be made at once, choosing the most sheltered bit of ground at command, which should also be of a light dry nature. In favoured localities it is usual to sow somewhat earlier in the month, but we have seldom seen any advantage result from sowing before the 20th, and have frequently had those put in early in the month cut up, while those planted later survived the winter uninjured. In the event of such a winter oc curring as the last two, these will be destroyed as a matter of course, but neither the labour nor the ex pense of the seed, which will be the only loss, is of much account, and we have frequently had first-rate crops from November sowings, and they are certainly much less trouble than raising the plants under glass in spring. Use an early hardy sort, such as the Daniel O'Rourke. The foreino• ° of seakale and rhubarb must now be attend e d to ; and, provided there is a good stock of strong roots, a supply of these will be easily kept up. Where there is room to spare in the mushroom-house, this forms a very suitable and convenient place for forcing these. The roots should be placed on a slight bed of warm dung, filling up the spaces between them with old tan, or the soil and manure mixed from an old mushroom bed, giving a good waterinc , to wash it in amongst the roots. The bottom-heat should not be allowed to exceed 70°, as too much heat is not favourable to securing strong growth, and, except for the first crop, it may be dis pensed with altogether. Take advantage of wet days to make fresh mushroom beds, and clearing out those that are spent ; also collect and prepare droppings for form ing fresh beds, by spreading them in any shed, and turning them every day until they are sufficiently dried to prevent excessive fermentation after putting up. ducing a most novel and beautiful Among the most elegant of the r ebv b°'. Ile s—I present season, we may mention , 6 Thei - C A E° coil Q 1 m g r e e d e nv,iitwi t h blue, bla a c n k d la vi e ! e l , e violet-colour aan at do ill ag • inorcro T ou a t i l ? o, satin.tn.mm trimmed with w bizi t n h ne r t ow o s f v o i f ole b te c o k lear frequently the flowers are of the w ith ro nc o 0 . which is rather large, is edged velvet, and covered with black ace ' 1 ' with black, ostrich feathers, violet, spotted a nd the under 44.7 the trimming on the outside , consists of ruches of blonde, intermingled, on' t i P with loops of black velvet, and on the °Ol e . " spray of fancy foliage. One or two bonnets,f4 silk has the wholly of black, or of coloured v elvet,N7 all if the velvet set quite plain on the frame. --- LIVEPOOL : •Cr s,, I P r i n ted and Published every Tue ß sday Morninz, byt e t p ee l , ROt3ERT PEARSON THACKER, of N 0.7, PO CY' S. O..; STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING li I' FlCt% , y , e rP GEORGE ' S CRESCENT, Liverpool —Tuesday, Noveill DARD. LNOVEMBER 27, 185 ' Clear up all decaying leaves, &c., and sti r the '' • ~ of the soil on dry days among gro win g crops, a! bage, spinach, &c.; also get. all vacant ground nal,:} and ridged up as quickly as possible, in order t7t, may be exposed to the influence of the winter. the late crops of celery closely earthed up th i „ dry day, and attend to securing a late supplY of and endive.—Gardeners' Chronicle. _i' A S 111 0 N S : 10 AT the balls and evening parties w hich lar A bli taken place in the provinces, dresses of pink o . silk trimmed with ribbon and lace have hees4l worn. Several dresses of organdy, prep ared forY 4 0. .„ occasions, have been made with double o,, 1 '!;" 1 skirts variously ornamented. Some have the s l' A l it , f"••=- - --..,, dered by rows of narrow black velvet, gatir e W., 'A i of ribbon, or .bouillonnes of organdy with ruiw e e P, coloured ribbon . Many ball dresses are triton:id wreaths or bouquets of flowers. We may here di Ti two dresses, just made up for ladies of rank di tllt ~, ion. Both are composed of white organc l i* ie I qkk ' a double skirt, the upper one being in the to' I ,,i t t y4'l, with the corners in front rounded. I leb t ,,:otil, Nltrilli , finished by a plain hem, surmounted V 3 "i f 1 pfil , , h , l iPi l ivy-leaves ; and, on the tunic skirt, the wre,;; - .0,,,tk t itiCoLl ; up the sides of the opening to the waist. P - t i o V i ti l ki :Ot i f i, t O , ivy-leaves edges the top of the corsage at f p 1.-. ;i t ,r - .1 r the ends descending from the shoulders I . ° Th ' e ,y ta g i n i in front of the waist. The corsage is i° .. -- o d i) 6; ittkii i form, having five fluted plaits in the fo n ;fiftp il . 6 t full, short sleeves are trimmed white spraY r s ,,,,eifr e t. L\V i t . l; d the centre of the waist is fixed a brooch'', 0 1) ji N t of n rs ,l . large opal, mounted on a ground of gretiaf; .LC' ki lit t i t `,l ! The coiffure to be worn with this dress riArtto I,,,gitt i t !Ali cordon of ivy-leaves across the bandeaux 0 4 P 0 N, l '41: ( the ends being twisted spirally with the 7 4 0 f t !r'tki ti fil; ti ; back of the head, and fixed by a comb, 113V :e ' . ti e. 1 1 r° t , , L .O b . surmounted by a row of opals. The °tor lihrhor,' have mentioned has three skirts, edgthgs j k , l 'lN t, broad hems. The two upper skirts are v 7 , 6", tv'. fiil' k uter l 'l r i u th p e o s n am on e e s s id id e e a bi hi a rd bo bo uq u u ci e u t et of is bl p u l e ac ti e rj the..r;i 'NI t l : . /44 181 3 The corsage is in folds, and trimme d „we. 11,C14iY, A wi th a f# k ° 4 b s 'e i w e sarsenet ribbon placed in the " 4 . - , se t 'r i b" l4 t. sleeves are short, and formed of two VII bits'lo : geci r b li i , by a band of white sarsenet ribbon, fasten':',. of ?1. , . , and flowing ends. The headdress consolo.'" i ' 11 1,,r e `,..h/ „ bouquets of the same blue flowers as those a d i fil l li i: :, 1 to trim the dress • they are placed one one ' it i ,k1, 4 ,t) , ,,1i ti0 . the bandeaux of hair. 0 ° 0 1 1 0k"' 4 - t a A numerous and splendid party asser° - [ OOO h : 4) , evenings since at a ball given by a nobl°,"J , d it i ,V,!, ~. Duchess at their princely residence in Secnro l o 4 ,..Ve a dresses of the ladies were of the most eleV , , et iv A DON 11 a tion. One which attracted general adroirOity;J,N, 4.1 ,1 , f pink silk, trimmed with two deep flounces ,"' n et elk\ 'l , l . 4 e t material, each covered by a flounce of 0 11 'd th, A, t 4 ',°l. , with rows of satin ribbon. Over each ' r e" 1 k kt t, ,-. 3 , flounces descended two falls of Brussels lace , pe,`,l h' e ck ( ter to4 l ~ only to the top of the rows of satin ribho'boo, 4 k, la a sage was covered with Brussels lace. Of the i io 1k,,,i L I a consisted of roses, tastefully imposed ..' 11 ,1° 14 ' _ Another dress, worn at the same enterto,4 '110,,,, a of white tulle, the skirt covered with 5 1 k ' l ' ''. B; l3 c _ placed at some distance apart. At interli r bot ilo t , f the skirt, each row of lace was gathered °,,,,P lit the" 'qt}r e e e , l e of rose-buds and lilies of the valley,f.,,, l rs, ti ll° ecc t t h , dress was dotted over with these Lor i '," f k te L a 7 '._ dneino a most novel and heantiful efr ee :ho . al et° ...fal . ' A t) : 010 N s v , %s itttv, Co n e : t CP E S tT GL