The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-03 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

.."--In agriculture as in business, to
here was only
one blade before.
ITUTIVR IMPROVEUENT.—The work
o_4!:4lger dto beef pob-work. ace-work :we wish we could
7,e
THE TILIBIES EMBANKMENT QUES-
e,„ it as you will, there never will be,
"servators, any other settlement of this
lIE MAINE LIQUOR QUESTION.—The
who are agitating this question is a
that negative comes with a twofold
does it say you mayn't, but you shan't.
Air. Disraeli on the subject of morn-
,:4
4erollston began by saying, " I am quite as
gentleman opposite. This is the
of modesty on the part of the premier
call to mid.
" DIOGENES."

1-44/4)11r LITE ELA.TURE.
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'.."The hebdomadal consignment of
lirr;
e.—The record upon the tally of the
e tax-gatherer has called."
domestic who splitteth the congreve.
N and heir, loquitur) . —La, Ma ! Pa's
; they were red yesterday, and to=

/zbze•—The Grease Pot.
e B.—School-days.
Ig/oquitur).—" I must have some
e recent extensive failure in the bank-
"e Purest instances we remember of
--Paul,"
The account of the proceedings at
dents shouted "The Ladies in the
, us more appropriate as a policeman's
s congratulation. The ladies in the
and housmaids, being recognised by the
)Perty of men of letters in quite another

DER.-It appears that Louis Napoleon
tug orders to the Crimea as to give
.he army. The Emperor, who possesses
ireaten or command," has an evident
-i-ft:lents of the army. To gratify this
advise the French authorities to give
small steamer on the Seine, where he
Talship by the orders of " Ease her !"
hum-astarn !" &c." without damaging
fering with the vessel of the state.
)cir OR, WARNINGS BY A WA.TCII-
Watch, should be carefully regulated ;
attempt to make him suddenly slow ;
iolently urge him to rapidity. Slow-
:, whilst rapidity frequently leadeth to
carefully with the key of thy counsel,
I dost not break the spirit of thy off-
:hy temper. The night air damageth
zs ; so doth the latch key often open
'rood hours are the nucleus of good days,
early will early rise in his profession.
f thy son rather with the lantern of
11's-eye of Duty; for as the clock is said
,un, so is a son sometimes faster for a

4erary concoction which is supposed to
somebody's trunk, and is attributed to
met vut, is entitled Moredun. We don't
tAtollunciation of this word would be,
Wafti, passant, that whoever takes the
'0 0-441'1.4 question will find himself more
einoi
toe Talents of the Patronage-Secretary
tyt.go/. obt whether a man is happier in
;88 ` of one's conntry.
se, It costs little trouble, saves the
o'ing You, and the paper always
r serve th steady a " I,ong sizes" in your

"`I'SZIONS.
4°Veltv
i '4 the make of sleeves is now being sien esses irttended for. walking or negligi cos-
,es, which are,long and rather full, are
are 4,, by a small turned-up cuff, and in front
:7by open in their whole length, from top
1,11 Part is edged with a ruche of ribbon of
111, Aesd;:_clr,ess, and transversal bands or niches
ttt4ietssha intervals to the sides, keep the sleeves
and preveut them from opening too
too
tarsi heer-teeyes of Brussels net, reaching
fillhingupi
the
gist, and also rather full, fllllBll3'e tile slit in the outer sleeves. The undeer-
eatli til(1 at the wrists by frills of lace,. whi h
e etas of the upper-sleeves, and fall par-

tially over the hand. A dress just made with sleeves similar
to those here described, consists of sea-green silk. The cor-
sage has a basque, and is high at the back and slightly open
in front; at the lower part is closed by, three or four fancy
buttons. The skirt is trimmed by flounces, edged with a
pattern in green of a deeper hue than that of the rest of the
dress.

The recently-introduced under-sleever, close at the wrist,
and fastened by a turned-up mousquetaire cuff are rapidly
gaining favour. • These cuffs, which are formed either of
worked muslin or of lace, turn back over a small bouillonne
of white muslin. Round the wrist and under the cuff is worn
a band or bracelet of coloured ribbon, the ends of which
diverge one from another, leaving an angular space between
them. Many of the newest cuffs of this kind are composed of
a mixture of needle-work and lace. The collar should be
fastened with a bow and ends of the same ribbon as that
employed for the cuffs.
Black velvet ribbon is as much employed as ever for trim-
mings of various kinds. It is even introduced in trimming
white lace or muslin.' We have seen a mantelet of white
tarletane with three deep frills set on in large fluted plaits,
and each of these frills was edged with three rows of narrow
black velvet ribbon. The top frill was headed by three rows
of the same. Another mantelet made of black tulle, edged
with a deep frill, or flounce of the same material, has been
trimmed on the body of the mantelet, as well as on the
flounce, by rows of narrow black velvet, disposed so as to
cross each other in the lozenge form. A row of fringe, about
four or five inches wide, edges the flounce, and another row
forms a heading. This black tulle mantelet has been worn
with a dress of drab-colour barege, trimmed with flounces,
each edged with stripes in pink. The corsage was high, and
the sleeves frilled. The bonnet was of white crape, trimmed
with drooping sprays of peach blossom. Bracelets of black
velvet, lilac kid gloves, and boots of grey silk, fastened at the
side by buttons of green enamel, completed the costume.
Among the most elegant silk dresses of the season may be
mentioned those trimmed with flounces of silk of two different
colours, disposed alternately. Another favourite style of
trimming the skirts of dresses consists of double flounces of
different colours, the upper flounce being cut out in large
scallops or vandykes. A much admired dress, made in this
new style, is composed of pale-grey silk. It is trimmed with
vandyked flounces of the same, edged with narrow floss silk
fringe. Under each vandyked flounce of grey silk, there is
one of dark-blue silk. The blue silk flounces are straight at
the edge, and descend to the bottom of the fringe at the
point of the vandykes. This dress has a high corsage, with a
basque bordered by a double frill of grey and blue silk, cor-
responding in style with the flounces. The sleeves are trimmed
with three of these double frills, and the corsage is orna-
mented with bretelles formed of the same trimming—namely,
a vandyked frill of grey silk over another of blue silk. The
under-sleeves and collar to be worn with this dress are of
Valenciennes lace, intermingled with applicatur of narrow
black velvet ribbon—a novelty we noticed some time ago,
when it was first introduced.—The Lady's Newspaper.

Bay, visiting the most prominent headlands, in order to look
for traces of Lieut. Kane and his party. At the late conver-
sazione in the Royal Society's apartments, London, Captain
Collinson exhibited some articles which are supposed to have
belonged to the Franklin Expedition. They consist of part of
a door-frame, with a catch for a latch, on which the Admiralty
broad arrow is stamped. A piece of iron, which may have
formed part of the steam machinery of the Erebus and Terror.
This had been used by the natives as a hatchet. A piece of
copper, with the broad arrow, also used by the natives as a
hatchet. These articles were found in Victoria Strait, in the
course of Capt. Collinson's voyage.

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH Acnoss THE ATLANTIC.—
The telegraphic communication between America and Europe,
precedent to its extension round the globe, is too large a
theme for any single hero. It is an idea. And yet the par-
ties engaged in its realisation regard it as already certain
to be carried out. The experience of the Black Sea tele-
graph, for instance, is thought to be conclusive, if shorter
Lines previously established were not. From Balaklava to
Varna the wires stretch under water more than 350 miles,
and not the slightest difficulty is experienced in using them.
There can, then, be no difficulty in sending electricity across
the Atlantic by the same means. The length of the wires
from Ireland to Newfoundland will be some 1,750 miles; they
will lie on the sandy plain which the soundings of our
Government have shown to stretch from land to land
for the whole distance, with the exception of about 200
miles next to the Irish coast, where the bottom becomes
irregular and the water deeper. The actual distance is some
1,600 miles only, but it will be necessary to make a detour
with the wires in order to carry them round the
Banks, where icebergs often ground, and where the cable
might be broken by their weight and friction. Of the
company which has undertaken the cis-Atlantic portion
of the work we have often had occasion to speak. It is
composed of some eight or more wealthy gentlemen, who pro-
pose to lay the entire line from St. John's, Newfoundland, to
New York with their own resources. Peter Cooper is the
president and Moses Taylor the treasurer of this company ;
and Cyrus Field, one of its members, has just returned from
Europe, where he went to consummate the arrangement with
the European company. The American part of thedine will
be 1,200 miles in length, 71 of which will be under the Gulf
of St. Lawrence, and the cost of the whole is estimated at a
million and a half of dollars. The wires across Newfoundland
will make 400 miles of the line, running through a country
hitherto unoccupied and unknown. In the maing of the
path and other preparatory labours the company have had
600 men employed during the past year in that island alone.
They have been liberally aided with grants of land from that
colony, and have obtained advantageous charters and grants
elsewhere. From our last English journals we learn that the
cable to go under the Gulf of St. Lawrence was about to be
shipped, and we may -accordingly soon expect to be able to
receive despatches from St. John's as easily and regularly as
we now do from New Orleans. This cable contains three
electric wires only, it being contemplated to lay down another
of the same size when the European wires have been brought
across and the business between New York and London re-
quires it.—New York Tribune.
MAGNITUDE AND NVALBERS. The .contemplation and
study of the natural world, aided by the lights of science, dis-
close to us objects which soon emancipate the mind from the
narrow limits imposed upon it by all those familiar and ha-
bitual standards of magnitude, and show us creative power
working with equal sublimity, perfection, and wisdom, upon
masses compared with which the most enormous objects
around us, and the most stupendous mountains—nay, the
entire globe of our earth itself, dwindle into insignificant
atoms; and, on the other hand, upon objects so minute as to
be rendered perceptible to the senses only by extraordinary
expedients supplied by the resources of science,—such as
the microscope. In both extremes of creation are found
the same character and manifestations of Infinite power,
wisdom, and skill, compared with which, the greatest
attainable by the most exalted human intellect are mere
foolishness ; benevolence of purpose, of which there appears
neither end, limit, nor cessation ; and grandeur of design,
compared with which all speculations of philosophy, and
all visions of poetry, are puerile and ridiculous. Take a
common terrestrial globe, for example, 24 inches in diameter.
It is evident that, compared with the earth itself, three inches
on such a globe would represent 1,000 miles, and consequently
18-1000ths, or the 65th part of an inch, would represent six
miles. A mountain six miles high would, therefore, be repre-
sented upon the surface of such a globe by a particle of dust,
whose diameter would not exceed the 55th part of an inch.—
Thus, as astronomy has advanced, it has enabled us to ascend
in the scale of the sublime from magnitude to magnitude, each
successive discovery reducing all former standards to com-
parative minuteness, until the understanding and the imagi-
nation are confounded by the stupendous spectacle which the
material world presents, and lost in that immensity which is
the theatre of the creative and beneficent power of the Most
High. In the manufacture of gold embroidery, threads of
silver gilt are used. These threads are produced by flattening
very finely-drawn gilt wire. The gold which coats an inch of
such thread weighs no more than the eight-millionth part of
an ounce. Yet this inch may be divided into one hundred
parts, each of which will be visible without a microscope. In
this way the eight hundred millionth part of an ounce of gold
is rendered visible. But, if a microscope, magnifying five hun-
dred times, be used, a portion of gold, five hundred times less,
that is, the four hundred thousand millionth part of an ounce
will become visible.—Microscopic observations have shown
that blood.is not as it appears to the naked eye, an uniformly
red liquid, but that it is a clear, transparent, colourless liquid,

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in which float countless numbers of thin, flat, red particles, of
round or oval shape. The diameter of these red particles in
the human blood is the 3,500 th part of an inch. In certain
species of animals it is much smaller, and measures only a
12,000 th part of an inch. It follows, from these dimensions,
that in a drop of human blood which would remain suspended
from the point of a fine needle, there must be about 3,000,000
of discs, and in a like drop of the blood of the musk deer,
there would be about 120,000,000 ; yet these corpuscules are
rendered not only distinctly visible by the aid of the micro-
scope, but their forms and dimensions are rendered apparent.
—Museum of Science and Art.