The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-02 00:00:00

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oe done •
the „__„vntb money, with patience, and resolution—
The",pll,.the comfortable, but never the beautiful.
e(nn„,nsh will excel in all that is possible to ac-
' and even that which is impossible. They will
414 machines that will make 600,000 stockings
a nib:lute
in
therla . , and they will even discover nations to wear
which t'ut they will never be able to make a bonnet
X/1„„a„ French grisette would put on her head.
round, 'ln was 15 miles long, 9 wide, and 40 miles
three
„I,tli a wall 100 feet high, and thick enough for
the
walls, abreast. Babylon was 60 miles within
with 70018 which were 75 feet thick, and 300 feet high,
Nlesns brazen gates. The temple of Diana, at
handy was 429 feet to support the roof. It was a
kids i, pars in building. The largest of the pyra-
coen; ICI feet high, and 653 on the sides ; its base
lengtli andles• The stones are about 30 feet in
nlen • 'tile•
an, in bulllayers are 208. It employed 330,000
;`" ellainhe'Llig. The labyrinth of Egypt contains
ve_nts rnin,. Z and 12 halls. Thebes, in Egypt, pre-
Rage 1,.,' 44 miles round, and had 100 gates. Car-
,olld, ,",, 40 miles round. Athens was 25 miles
star and cow,.
;lent. es. The t ',dined 250,000 citizens and 400,000
s, .•
at
th i, eluple of Delphos was so rich in dona-
warried away'f, was plundered of £lOO,OOO, and Nero
eZ
13 ndieer°lll it 200 statues. The walls of Rome
isf°llll,eell°;Talflesitintltlo.filT•—The Rev. Mr. Richardson,
bake eelleet• Reading, who has just published
Illa„cp1 q„, I°ll, s," states that, at the sale of. the
eilornt°r4 laireellhsunrY's wines, the then Marquis of
"(Jim ells pi ased some very choice Tokay, at the
so nr."l the dince of fifty guineas per dozen pints.
says-etiines prattable at Whiteknights a bottle was
1-, ItichardsLileced en solemn occasions. "It was,
upon
bottle of this .' ' at one of these entertainments thatd
oce•tb° table i e°stlY juice of the grape was place
diironally a nnoediately before Dr. Valpy, who was
times e' :Nhose guest i,t, the Marquis's. The learned
led °I
anti
ad‘rn,at.7ettY of apprehension was some-
him. et, and whose ill'ae than a complexity of knowe _
111404 °I
a" aPPreeiareas of value would never
.have ld hold learnig, o
that 1-11 of the treasure within his reach,l.d
tunaif it, and, tile bottle contained Tokay, laid
was Cirt' defiber.Pring the whole contents into a
naueh -endea by drank off at one draught what
The bc"?...aller I,Ye the noble host to be sipped from
ge asg„ e'ur feit ssels by the whole of the company.
delicieLred the 110 ill effects from his potation, whic
A s,"„ he haPPing auditors was one of the most
of a s,-qt4 it, ever made."
is goiciel'et Russ'iassltlN. IlisToßT.—A curious anecdote
to is ~,g the ro a history, of the date of Napoleon 1.,
1813'. Sep. tlud of the salons. The work referred
des. ,by corn ziBtoire des Kosaques, written in
tillil'iable thal"l.lll,Pid of Napoleon. It was considered
4ogeel‘ had C this history should not be published
1, the"e," submitted to competent judges ; and
ic
belt te enief of the Imprimerie
I,e‘pik, Print it secretly Print a book secretly:
Imperiale, lyas.
40tie tessible • • • 1,, But—it shall
work • and . 381 re • said Marcel ;
itercis with h. it was
and
done. Marcel copied the whole
c'som- la eaelll.BoWri hand, counting the letteis.
liaeed • and 'ulle• He then numbered every
f,,l,Lhtl's numb after cutting up the work into line so
fohnretit "rabered, they were given promiscuouslysep
th" 4„ ation i,,,olllpositors, to set u p separately. Their
' WOric '4O pa.,bynumbers, was ked lof his des, the aid of the.
qto, uy blind! °Ali hand ; the impressions were then
rlet ged bt. Printers, and the sheets arranged and
lu„,_•er 0047, deaf and dumb binders ; and the secret
'Nit •'" °lit till divulged by Marcel himself, when
,() Y for en
Imo% e„ ncealrnent no longer existed.
ill ' Ras ISTINA OF SWEDEN.—Bulstrode White-
eke,l3• sent ambassador to Sweden, by Cromwell,
• IL
wiqopeil f . thus describes the appearance of the
(411, th,i, .48 first interview.—" As soon as he came
e-9.4l:llhtit-ofrllnn he put off his hat, and then the
eat4cti,d herb ele
This, `i'el or threer 'P after the fashion of men, and
steps forward upon foot ca rpet.
vie Arbitei_lng covered and rising from her seat,
heir Wise had oto know her to be the Queen, which.
Boni,easeo3f plain itillotatbeaen. easy to be discerned, her habit
d greY stqff.
~,?q..e stuff, reacbin.• t Jacket , her petticoat readied to the
such as men wear, of the
_
i'''t4 eTinison ribbo%,°si r knees ; on her left side, tied
about her
" ilanaranta ; her
cuffs wore the jewel of the order
llt a black scarf
and
a la mod
-e ; no gorget or band,
to ribb
-, w ", as soldiers
Was braided,
neck, tied before with a
ear; her ha*
ir Marines sometimes used
and hung loose upon

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her neck ; she wore a black velvet cap lined with
sables, and turned up after the fashion of the country,
which she used to put off and on as men do their hats.
Her countenance was sprightly, but somewhat pale ;
she had much of majesty in her demeanour, and,
though her person was of the smaller size, yet her
mien and carriage were very noble."
THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE'S WILL.—" Princess
Charlotte, some time ago, when the Duke of York's
letters were much the subject of conversation, dined
at her mother's. On the next day she desired to have
a conference with the Prince of Wales—when she told
him, that she thought it proper to apprise him, in case
of her death, she had two or three years ago deposited
her will in the hands of Mr. Nott (her sub-preceptor).
The Prince was rather surprised at this communication,
but told her, she, in the first instance, had done a very
foolish thing, but had acted very properly in now men-
tioning it to him, and that he should now take steps
upon it. Upon this he spoke to the Bishop of
Salisbury, who immediately summoned Nott, who
acknowledged the fact, and that he was in possession
of the will ; but I hear he demurs at surrendering up
the will—(whether this last circumstance is the fact,
I know not, but I believe it is). The will was made
with Mr. Nott's knowledge two or three years ago,
and one of its clauses is—That in case her grandfather
should be reigning at the time of her decease, or her
father, she earnestly implores either of them to give
Nott a bishopric. One can hardly believe the man to
have been so weak as to be privy to such a request,
but that the fact of the will, and of this particular
clause, is unquestionable, you may depend upon. I
suppose it will end in dismissing Nott."
A FANCY SKETCH.—The Paris correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian thus describes Prince
Lucien Murat :—" Fancy Lablache twice as fat, and
ten times as unwieldy, but without the bright expan-
sion of intelligence with which we are so familiar
in Lablache's face ; fancy a sleepy, heavy, good-
natured, quiet man, with a wife who was a governess,
and might have been a cook for that matter, but who
is one of the best humoured, most humoured, most
motherly and sensible, plain-going, straightforward
women in existence. Man and wife are about as unfit
to play at King and Queen as any Darby and Joan
you ever beheld, and I believe neither have the small-
est intention of exposing themselves to any ridicule of
the kind ; but they have a son, a young man of two
or three and twenty, who has inherited the far-famed
beauty of his grandsire, and who would probably be
the individual selected to replace King Ferdinand upon
the throne. This young man is married to the daughter
of the Prince de Wagram (son of Marshal Berthier),
and upon the occasion of the marriage (two years ago)
the Murat family are reported to have said, in reply
to some not very flattering remark as to the fortune
awarded to the bridegroom,—" But you forget that
Joachim brings a crown with him in the Corbeille !"
LONDON STREETS IN EARLY MORNING.—The best
time to judge both of the beauties and imperfections
of London architecture is at an early hour of a bright
midsummer morning, before the milk and watercresses
have come about. Before London has got up, the air
is to a wonder clear, the trees in the squares look
bright and cheerful, and almost the only sounds heard
are the chirruping of the sparrows and the challenging
and reply of many a chanticleer from yards, cellars,
and mysterious places. At this quiet hour the ap-
pearance of the streets would surprise most of those
who have not seen them except during the hurried
traffic of the day or the drive, glare, and bustle of
the night. The great thoroughfares, such as Regent-
street, Oxford-street, and Holborn, appear double
their usual width, and the observer may note much, in
the decorations and general style of the houses and
shops, which induces feelings of mingled pain and
satisfaction. The door knockers, the railings, the
decorations of the shops, the public buildings (the
original design in many instances • perverted), and
other matters too numerous at present to mention,
are more clearly and without interruption visible.
During such a walk, the eye, fixed on exterior objects,
does not prevent the imagination from straying towards
the interiors of the hundreds of dwellings which in our
journey we review, with the fittings, furniture, and
the works of art that exhibit the various degrees of
domestic taste and comfort. Although not possessed
of second sight, an opinion may often be formed as to
the interior arrangements by the outward mask—the
door-knocker, the window-blinds, or the plants.

REMINISCENCES OF "L. E. L."—When this lady
was about six years of age, she was taken into the
country to a farm in which her father was deeply
interested, called Coventry Farm, in Hertfordshire.
This farm is situate between Totteridge and Mill-hill,
on the borders of Herts and Middlesex. She also
went with her family to reside at Trevor Park, East
Barnet, where the education was conducted by her
cousin. Miss Landon. The family resided here about
six years, and until L. E. L. was nearly 13 years old.
Here she read a great deal of romance and poetry, and
began to show the operation of her fancy by relating
long stories to her parents, and indulging in long
meditative walks in the lime walk in the garden. Her
brother was her companion, and spite of her nascent
authorship, they seemed to have played and romped
and enjoyed themselves as children should do. They
read Plutarch, and had a, great ambition of being
Spartans. An anecdote is related of their taking ven-
geance on the gardener for some affront by shooting
at him with arrows with nails stuck in them for piles,
and of his tossing them upon a quickset hedge for
punishment, most probably one of the old-fashioned
square cut ones, where they would be rather prisoners
than sufferers. This man, whose name was Chambers,
Miss Landon taught to read ; and he afterwards saved
money and retired to keep the Rising Sun Inn, a.
quaint wooden house on Mimside Barnet, between
Union-street and Barnet Church. To the happy days
spent at Trevor Park, and the reading of books of
travel and imagination, always a period of elysium to
a child, Miss Landon makes many references, both in
her poems and prose sketches, called " Traits and
Trials of Early Life." Some lines addressed to her
brother commemorate these imaginative pleasures very
graphically :

" It was an August evening, with sunset on the trees,
When home you brought his voyages who found the fair
South Seas.
For weeks he was our idol, we sailed with him at sea,
Aud the pond amid the willows our ocean seemed to be,—
The water-lilies growing beneath the morning smile,—
We called the South Sea Islands, each flower a different isle.
Within that lovely garden, what happy hours went by,
While we fancied that around us spread a foreign sea and sky."
The house which stood in the park has since been
pulled down, and the grounds converted into a farm,
now occupied by Mr. East. It is in the middle of the
village, nearly opposite the church.

ACTRESSES RAISED BY MARRIAGES.—The first
person among " the gentry" who chose a wife from
the stage was Martin Folkes, the antiquary, a man
of fortune, who about the year 1683 married Lucretia
Bradshaw, the representative of Farquhar's heroines.
A contemporary writer styles her " one of the greatest
and most promising genii of her time," and assigns
her " prudent and exemplary conduct" as the attrac-
tion which won the learned antiquary. The next
actress whose husband moved in an elevated rank was
Anastasia Robinson, the singer. The great Lord
Peterborough, the hero of the Spanish war—the friend
of Pope and Swift—publicly acknowledged Anastasia
as his Countess in 1735. In four years after, the Lady
Henrietta Herbert, daughter of James first Earl of
Waldegrave, and widow of Lord Edward Herbert,
bestowed her hand on James Beard, the performer.
Subsequently, about the middle of the eighteenth
century, Lavinia Bestwick, the original " Polly
Peachum," became Duchess of Bolton. The next on
record was Miss Lenley's marriage to Sheridan, one
of the most romantic episodes in theatrical unions ; and
before the eighteenth century closed, Elizabeth Far-
ren, a perfect gentle-woman, became Countess of the
proudest Earl in England, the representative of the
illustrious Stanleys. She was Lord Derby's second
wife, and mother of the present Countess of Wilton.
In 1807, the beautiful Miss Searle was married to
Robert Heathcote, Esq., brother to Sir Gilbert Heath-
cote, Bart ; and in the same year Louisa Arunton, to
the late Earl Craven. Her son is now Earl Craven ;
and her niece, Mrs. Yates, still exhibits the dramatic
genius of the Brunton family. " The Beggar's Opera"
again conferred a coronet. Mary Catherine Bolton's
" Polly Peachum" captivated Lord Thurlow. She was
married to his lordship in 1813. In more recent
times the most fascinating of our actresses, Miss
O'Neill, wedded Sir William Wrexham Beecher, Bart.
Miss Foote, the Earl of Harrington ; Miss Stephens,
the Earl of Essex ; and Miss Mellon, then Mrs.
Coutts, the Duke of St Albans...-Burke's .Romance
of the Aristocracy.