The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Ili;:l tie iA‘,,
ky to feeds 1% a'tllB upon the Thames ;he breathes it.
10118"Ir'ke ,54.i_t, and a large part, of his organism.
it'ettt 14,:11' /Atli' 01 Father Thames ! He is all in
t 4 cola a/Y tide lives in our veins, and give.s
latioliZ~litioll tilnliscle. Since he forms so inti-
tellt, L'a ot:11/ existence, it would seem to be
d),"e Dl,‘Qd to part to take a little more care of
ell. •I th Kee him clean and wholesome.
%Ile like . e partp
k,
.. a reAL,III b; , of profligate and graceless
h„..kitilth' uesB ,l'us, we befoul our own nest ; we
k,7, t;getita), glitl insensate career, perverting a
Nlo -et "ee to the vilest and most self-des-
Ittlai:id II if W • the town in
i, .t ell iii e wish to preserve
Oler ''*e ,a State fit for habitation, or rather
k4ojlreesq'llet determine 'Without delay to stop_
iii"mot be dc'f pollution of the river.. This, of
k ~
,iO4, °4 tile done without providing new means
t
IN L This eerementious matters of our vas
t''''ts,,,"' a v,' „it will be said, as it often has
1 I°—‘ll.7lPlY viii°l*/ of time ; but, if we never begin,
ON ' kid erk of time but of eternity. W e
'lll taste egin in earnest. No one having
' , that can look upon the Thames and not
tit,,,l:;, i t fowls waters are year by year, and day
1114"(44,11vilon• and more pestilential. A great
111,°Z/et,it-481,,_ the rare and invaluable talent of
kLi4t '44tne:r g by a happy experiment, shows
el. of water is already so turbid that the
St, 4q a
the
rv.e*INQN tof card, sinking edgeways, is
), at Na ti „„aPper part has become immersed.
hat i',' a tz,'"senous properties must inevitably
4111,,Age ileh of concentration, that we shall
' 4ted with fevers not less fatal than
1111 , abh
Whel,4l eirally spread desolation throughout
e a,,,, Y of New Orleans. We cannot
iad as our condition already
from bad to worse. The
Irruptions we pour into the
Jme fondly hope, or falsely say,
sea. The sea rejects the loath-
it back again with every flow.
doomed 'city, it accumulates and
Tot
of
ff Sir B. Hall, in reply to
Commons, indicates the
present defeat all hope of stop-
the river. Our health and our
ieril, and we are waiting for an
it is there nothing to be done
the means of arresting the
of the*Thames ? Can we not,
the dangers that surround us ?
part of the penalties of our
We cannot help breathing an
11 the gaseous emanations of
into a sewer, but we need not
teed not cook our food with it ;
it, nor need we travel upon it.
ten it will become compulsory
les to ascend for their sources
the river beyond the reach of
ittyte4ltraet evasion, no delay, in the fulfil-
/ta kltik • , The fluid they continue to sell
kligt.o4 us. e 840111 d be carefully boiled and.
44 Qt. Ip‘ery And we earnestly and emphati-
kw 8 ownlie who values his health and life,
t 4(lllPtile
sake, or that of his family, to ab-
kl tti awake,
k, ik 4 rive months from travelling upon
' INC as u.r, between Richmond and Black-
otle NJ' it Were Acheron itself. Had we
Vlld, ;Water, the salubrity of this huge
x,,,kost in all Probability, not be much in-
01111ot.ai,v°11red spots in ihe country
4.k, 'aye unless we first of all purify
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I,sNel3 co:s (th ......._____
N te -404 Nsii?,.,lll3lnan Emperor) was at Antioch
Itepiltatiev'itli ii; 113 the year 370, several Pagans
4, empire 41.14 e Philosophers who were in so
rilt4ll
11,,,5, cod qt,„le,r Julian not being able to bear
tli-p‘:44tll,l\l7:44lt.tecilcontin'ue in the hands of the_
tlc‘'t,44,ll:4ls, ;:!vately the demons, by the
11 hotiNti( Wlio'iorder to know the destiny of
this ~, '111.4,',N ths4euld be his successor, per-
I it) .1411'PoZI Crest the oracle would name a
laililaitatiOli- tiS;ll.e the worship of the gods.
basin oft fide a three-footed stool of
kv,hpod at Delphos, upon which
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letters of the alphabet round it ; then one of these
philosophers, who was a magician,being wrapped up in a
large mantle, and his head covered, holding in one
hand vervain, and in the other a ring, which hung at
the end of a small thread, pronounce some execrable
conjurations in order to invoke the devils ; at which
the three-footed stool turning round and the ring
moving of itself, and turning from one side to the
other over the letters, it caused them to fall upon the
table and place themselves near each other, while the
persons who were there present set down the like let-
ters in their table-books, till their answer was delivered
in heroic verse, which foretold them their criminal
inquiry would cost them their lives, and that the
Furies were waiting for the Emperor (he was subse-
quently burnt alive by the Goths) at Memas, where he
was to die a horrid kind of death ; after which the
enchanted ring turning about again over the letters, in
order to express the name of him who should succeed the
Emperor, formed first of all these three characters,
TH E 0 ; then having added a D to form THEOD,
the ring stopped, and was not seen to move any more;
at which one of the assistants cried out in a transport
of joy, "We must not doubt any longer of it; Theodorus
is the person whom the gods appoint for our emperor."
(Theodorus was a patron of idolatry ; it was not he,
however, but Theodosius who ascended the throne
after the dreadful end of Valens). . . The conspi-
racy was discovered by one of the accomplices, and
Valens ordered them all to be put to death. And that
cursed race of false sages, who, under the colour of
philosophy, exercised the detestable art of infernal
magic, particularly from the time of Julian, was almost
entirely destroyed, with their magic books, which were
strictly inquired after, and publicly burnt in large
parcels. Valens, indeed, was in the right to punish so
.horrid a crime, by means of which, in violation of
both divine and human laws, men attempted to pene-
trate into the secrets of futurity, and, what is still
more criminal, to inquire into the destiny of princes
by such abominable practices.—Notes and Queries.

On its shores, and on the banks of its numerous lakes,
a considerable quantity of salt is gathered, which
forms an important source of revenue to the Russian
Government. That product, which is gathered during
the summer, is transported in all directions even to
the centre of the empire, by caravans, which in no
place are more numerous, more laden, and more pic-
turesque, than on the isthmus of Perekop and the
Tongue of Arabat.
RUSSIAN COSTUME.—The mass of the Russian popu-
lation is clothed at a very small expense. Cotton
trousers tucked into high boots of half-dressed leather,
a cotton shirt and a sheep-skin coat, a coarse camlet
caftan bound round with a sash, constitute the whole
outward man of the moojik, whose entire equipment
may cost about ten roubles (305.,) the sheepskin being
the most expensive article. Ten shillings would buy
a common female costume, which consists of a sarafan
or long petticoat held by straps, which pass above the
arms, a chemise with sleeves extending nearly to the
elbow, a kerchief over the head, a pair of shoes, and
sometimes stockings, but more frequently strips of cot-
ton or linen cloth wrapped round the leg and foot ; for
out-of-door-wear, a quilted jacket is added to these, and,
where circumstances will permit, a salope or long cloak
in the German fashion. The simplicity of their dress
is not a matter of taste with these people, who, when
they can afford it, are strongly addicted to finery, and
it is amusing to observe the gradual transformation of
the servant women, who, on coming into town to their
'first service, wear the village sarafan, but as their
wages are paid and increased, assume the nemetzkoy
mode (foreign fashion), and indulge extensively in cri-
noline.---Notes of a Nine Years' Residence in Russia.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.—I think I have seen
London under as many aspects as most men, and
know it tolerably well : its stoney streets, its hearts
of marble, and its entrails of brass. I have seen
London from the windows of a gilded carriage (not
my own though), I have seen it frolli the kerb where
on cold days I have been standing shivering : I have
looked at London through the doors of mean coffee-
shops and through bars and gratings. The doors of
London have been shut in my face, and then, after a
season, they have been opened to me with great pomp
and ceremony, and I have passed into Dives' house as
a guest. I have seen London asleep and awake in
the early morning and in the dead night; in rags and
in state liveries, in sickness and in health, in murder
and sudden death. I have gone up the Grand Stair-
case, and have taken an ice from John the footman's
tray, and I have gone down into the cellar in Low-
lane, and slept there among the rags and bones. I
have ridden a tall horse in the park, and drawn up at
Achilles' statue among the dandy horsemen, and
taken off my hat as the Queen went by. I have gone
up Holborn Hill—in a cart—though I have not yet
exactly taken my gill at St. Giles's or made my will
at Tyburn. For I have had the key of the street,
and have known the secrets of the gas, and have com-
muned with the paving-stones. And, perhaps with
some fifty thousand others, I may be a curiosity of
London myself—Household Words.
A FOREIGNER'S OPINION OF ENGLAND.—The people
of this beautiful island have the inestimable treasures
of liberty, power, and honour. England is an uncon-
querable fortress, a charming garden fenced in by the
ocean and by rocks : her tranquil safety is cheap at
any price. No poisonous reptiles creep on her soil ;
the wolves have been exterminated for centuries past ;
but, in return, the sweets of existence are open only to
hard labour or high birth. A consequence of this is a
spirit of caste, a tendency to seclusion, a stubborn and
rugged independence. Look at the continent. Hour
towns, with their eternal state of siege, had your fogs
and clouds of smoke, your penitential Sundays, and
breathless week-days, who ever could resist the tempta-
tion of committing suicide P Why, such a state of
things were a hell on earth. And can you believe that
Providence would allow such a state of things to exist ?
But to return to England :—This country has the
greatest parliament, the most powerful orators, the
most humane police, the freest newspapers, and the
most untouchable liberty, and with all this you lay
claim to a monopoly of good potatoes and manners.
You would have all the gifts and perfections on earth.
But if this same England could, in addition to its solid
political heritage, have the charms of continental lei-
sure hours, why then this same England were a para-
dise on earth, literally a paradise, where no one could
ever think of dying.

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