The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

,EMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

The same unwillingness to have recourse to legal pro-
ceedings showed itself on another occasion. He one
day missed bank-bills to the amount of upwards of
£3,000, and he suspected that his pocket had been
picked by M. Whiston, a nephew of Whiston, who had
bought an estate in land of that value without any
visible means of paying for it. Notwithstanding the
magnitude of the loss, he could not be prevailed upon
to prosecute the supposed delinquent, and when Mr.
Conduitt asked how much he had lost, he only answered,
" Too much." His liberality, indeed, was in some
instances excessive. On one occasion he offered
Cheselden as a fee a handful of guineas out of his coat
pocket, and when he refused them, saying that a
guinea or two was the most he ought to have, Si
Isaac, laughing, said, " Suppose I do give you more
than your fee." To Dr. Cheyne, who refused to take
money from him, he was less indulgent. According
to a statement made by Dr. Arbuthnot to Conduitt,
he one day told Sir Isaac that Dr. Cheyne had written
an ingenious book on mathematics, but that he had
not money to print it. " Bring it to me," said Sir
Isaac; and when the manuscript was brought to him,
he offered Cheyne a bag of money, which he refused,
and " Newton would see him no more."
CROMWELL AND MILTON.—Look at Cromwell and
Milton. Here are two men having so striking a family
likeness that they may be considered brothers. They
were both men of genius ; men of stern and earnest
temperaments ; men whose days were spent in strange
and unknown ways, with precipices and deep waters
on every side ; but who were always upheld by a so-
lemn enthusiasm and calm determination, that made
them set at naught all the powers of the world. For
them the ordinary attractions of life had no charms.
They were sent into the world for other purposes than
to eat, drink, and be glad. What to them were
seventy years of luxury and pleasure, if they were to
be purchased by an eternity of misery ? Was the
Bible true or false ? Were heaven and hell truth or
lies ? They looked into their hearts, and a fluttering
spirit told them that the Bible was true, that heaven
and hell were true, that life, death, and eternity were
true. Each then laboured under his great Task-
master's eye. But how different were their lives, and
yet how much the same ! How unlike are their por-
traits, and yet how like ! Yet could Cromwell have
been anything more than the statesman and the sol-
dier ? Could Milton have been anything but the philo-
sopher and the poet Was not Cromwell essentially
a man of action, and Milton not less essentially a man
of speculation P Could Milton have won the battle of
Worcester ? Could Cromwell have written " Para-
dise Lost ?" It was not assuredly for want of op-
portunities that Cromwell was not a great poet,
for his youth and early manhood were spent in re-
tirement and obscurity, such as were very likely to
nourish habits of thought and meditation, and induce
the mind to apply itself to the quiet study of literature
and philosophy. We know well that Milton devoted
his life to study, and how conscious even in his early
days he was of his vocation. The design of some
great work, which posterity would not let die, was
formed in youth, health, and happiness, and carried
out in old age, defeat, blindness, poverty, and ruin...-.
Fraser's Magazine.

A LADY at Rhyl is s,
some bonnet from off
until she returned to her
A QUEER gatherer
pretty women whom
fashionable resort in a
their parasol handles.
A REASON FOR THEP
stolen a watch, gave as
and his physician advis
New York Times.

HUMILITY is a virtu
yet everybody is conten
it good doctrine for his .
and the clergy for the lai

ENTIRELY UNNECES
jecting from the door
Troy, the concluding
"N.B.—Dresses made

AN expeditious mode
a long ladder on yo'
thoroughfare, and eves,
see if any one is making
A YOUNG lady studying
the other day there ever
yet been fortunate enou
she said, to the Aurol
Tremens.
A SUFFERER at a eh(
infallibility of the pro'
crusts are made to be
with a pie-crust that do
in toto.

AN American sitting
way carriage, said, ' V
cushions air stuffed wi
put the feathers in, but
le the fowls in too !"

FRAGMENT FROM
COMPLIMENT.---" HOW
engagements would pe:
to see you! It would
hallowed by time, and f
recollections.
AT a lecture of B 1
wished for a seat, wh,
man brought one, an,
jewel," said she. "
jeweller—l've just set l'Of);
THE EYE.—Our sight is the DI tits
delightful of our senses.
largest variety of ideas, con
the greatest distance, and
action without being tired
enjoyments.
WANTS.—A contemporary
mer to beat time for the "
-of snuffers to trim the "ligh
that will fit the " finger of
run on the " shaft of envy,"
" seat of government."

Do As YOU PROMISE.—
breaking your word. In t
raise anything unless you kn,
to fulfil; and in the second
before you promise, that w
you will fulfil. By so doing,
the confidence of those arm
character is established, it w.
ermine, gold, or princely diad,

FEMALE NAmEs.—There
female names as well as dyes.
timental names of languishin,
Matildas and Lauria-Marias•
we have diminutive pet name
Here are a few of the pet na:
Ella, Cora, and Dora. The
tened into Lizzie ; the sobe
Annie, Harriet becomes Hatf

A STRICT temperance man,
after having a broken arm 51/4
in slow and measured ton.
conscience as a Christian physician,
eo faint,to roo'
manner culpable, when a lady
phor-bottle to her nose. " The deleo es;zt
sir," said the doctor, in a rage;
one scruple of camphor is Worth
conscience,"

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to an artist to have his
an of flour, " I'm a very
be painted looking out of
when any one looks at
so as not to be thought
time at the window."
window were painted.
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n any one looks at the
ur head to preserve your
right," said the other,

:LECT FOR BREEDING.—
female, use much good
are very reluctant to
'ut yourselves, for one
the same " interesting
at effort, perhaps) you
(d that your " fate" was
vw would you like that
do not appear indiffer-
:eive us.) Would you
lid, ugly, mis-shapen,
ical voice or a halting
tither prefer something
t, symmetrical, polite,
—all joined to a voice
P [Yes.] Do then to
;hould do unto you.
nous—strictly " con-
the above title the
died, draws out " a con-
from the newspaper
establishment to the
the old musty files of
(cements, the very hum
rise to the ear. Here
Challenge.—l, Eliza-
Al, having had some
requirinc, satisfac-
lc upon the stage, and
eaci, guineas
imiskoney to hand, a each woman holding half-
'Ef 1,1. lose the lig the first woman that drops
14gota,
tiliz-abeetgaloirte battle. Answer.—l, Hannah
Ta.rket, hearing of the resolute-
' e'Llo le her 1 klusoli, will not fail, God will-
t2tll, am ,inore blows tha words desiring
I r°l'l her no
ittotsfavour ; she may expect
tsoegobx or
irttia-"ASIOn • IREALTING POULTRY.--I was,
ltatiletiligee4 a short eted to enter my kitchen,. which
htt ki.,e4olc nor L.s ance from the dwelling-house
thl to-(letttio4 his mate were on the premises),
tOkrtta'rse of was directed to a very singular
t2lt. 0 scnitids, proceeding from a nook in
VolhirCelitier ,5„.4 examining the place I discovered,
Io a
41,1,411,4ra from corner, two fowls, which had
heiltht) the
bazaar the same morning,
I% of the at h observing the kitnudger (table-
d'r e b and
eteue birds • ,
.questioned him as to the
re~"ty ."1, ' imagining that they were suffering.
stib. •••-a
1.14 4011 Acted
.••••corder to which poultry is ex-
ketat cloY,,Yoroleclll India—when to my horror hj.
Akteti throats to make them :lifter.
)11/that of the generally followed up by. these
se , Liteh
-eikt Ofe tit% en, who are imbued with an
tio an ohvoi . wing the fowls into a prolonged
fed' tilastl°tlllB,.t.he whole of the muscles become
`4' birds when intro uce
(re t d Bars Wee
kly Mes-
d d upon the
en er.—
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1144 reeitii •••411 SPECIMEN OF ENGLISH OR-
fic4Cl,e(l,. preZfollowing truly extraordinary bill
ata: 0613 fr,)-41tC1 to a county court clerk not a
"144 hp%,41 the town of Ludlow, forte pur-
4ehl ° tiedmmons for the recovery of the
• at,s
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4 0

s. d.
A. horse half-a-day ........ 3 6
To taking on him ho me again 0 6
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4 0
Naluant having been requested by the clerk

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

to read the document, confessed that he " could not do
so ; he did na write it himself, but by a man who was
considered a very good scollard' in the neighbourhood
in which he lived." Much need for the schoolmaster,
and a fine field for operation.—Hereford Journal.
UNDER THE ROSE.—There has arisen much pretty
controversy about the common expression " under the
rose," and two different origins have been assigned.
Some people assert that it ought to be spelt " under
the rows," for that in former days almost all towns
were built with the second story projecting over the
lower—a sort of piazza or row, as they are termed,
and which may still be seen at Chester, and some
other old English towns ; and that, whilst the elders
of the family were sitting at the windows gravely
enjoying the air, their sons and daughters were
making love where they could not see them, " under
the rows." The other is much more elegant. Cupid,
it is said, gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of
silence ; and from this legend originated the practice
that prevailed amongst northern nations of suspending
a rose from the ceiling over the upper end of the table,
when it was intended that the conversation was to be
kept secret ; and this it was, according to others, which
gave rise to the phrase "under the rose."---Notes and
Queries.
TEN PER CENT.---There is a great distinction be-
tween ten per cent. on any given sum, and interest at
the rate of ten per cent. per annum : the monies
borrowed in loan offices being repaid in equal monthly
or weekly instalments in the course of twelve months
from (repayment commencing immediately after) the
time the loan is obtained, are actually only owing six
months ; hence, ten per cent. on any sum thus repaid,
amounts to twenty per cent. per annum. This per
tentage, exorbitant as it appears, does not, however, by
any means show the rate of interest actually charged,
because the fees and fines almost always amount to
more than the sum deducted for interest ; but, even
taking it at an equal amount, which is far below the
average, the borrower would pay interest at the rate
of forty per cent. per annum, if he received the whole
sum deducted on which interest is charged ; but,
inasmuch as the interest and fees are deducted in
advance, the sum actually lent becomes diminished,
and the rate of interest increased thus :---If a person
borrowed £5O and repays £55., he pays ten per cent. ;
but if he only receive £45 and pays £5O, he pays
upwards of eleven per cent. In most cases where
small sums are borrowed, the repayments are made in
forty equal weekly instalments ; hence the whole
amount borrowed remains actually only owing for
about twenty weeks, and taking the above items into
consideration we do not overstate the case in esti-
mating the average cost of money borrowed from loan
offices to be at the rate of upwards of fifty per cent.
per annum.---Sharpe's _Magazine.

111

A GENT'S VIEW OF A NEW DISCOVERY.—AIuminum
Is a new metal, closely resembling silver, that is ex-
tracted out of clay ; and a relation, from whom you
easily extract large quantities of silver, may be said to
be a brick made of the finest clay—that is, full of
aluminum.

RETRIBUTIVE.-Sir James Graham opened letters
that were private though not so marked. Sir Charles
Napier prints letters, in defiance of the " private"
written thereon by the late Lord of the Admiralty.
We hear that Sir James expresses himself as perfectly
shocked at Sir Charles !

OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.—EngIand and France
have turned pawnbrokers in favour of Turkey, offering
to lend it so many millions upon such and such se-
curity. In honour of this monetary alliance, we
should not be at all astonished if, for the future,
every Mont de Piete in Paris, and every pawn-
broker's in London, were to take for its sign—La
Tante Cordiale.

EMIGRATION OF THE LAWYERs.—The Bench and
the Bar may be said to be at present on their annual
Continentalcircuit, and in the majority of legal motions
the venue is laid in Italy, France, and Switzerland.
Several judges may be found sitting in banco under
the verandahs of Italian hotels, and various members
of the Bar are asking in vain for a rule to show cause
why there should not be an order to tax the bill of
some exorbitant Swiss landlord. Our learned friend
Briefless, has converted his blue bag into a sac de nuit,
and was much hurt at being asked at the French
custom-house, if he had " nothing to declare," which
he regarded as a satirical allusion to his not having
much to do in the way of drawing declarations. When
he was last heard of he had just attained a very con-
siderable eminence—geographically speaking— and
was looking back on the Jura mountains, which he had
just crossed, when with excusable emotion, he burst
into a strain of eloquence, characteristically commenc-
ing with the words " Gentlemen of the Jura." He has
since been heard to observe, that the difficulty would
be altogether removed, if the parties on both sides
would consent to have a Jura withdrawn.

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