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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

lEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN

grief and sickness ? Can you resolve to wear a widow's
habit perpetually—a habit which is less acceptable
to company, a habit which will be always putting you
in mind of your lost husband, and thereby promote
your grief and indisposition till you leave it off ? The
proper remedy for all these mischiefs is a new husband,
and whether your ladyship should admit of a proper
remedy for such maladies, is a question which I hope
will not need much time to consider of. Whether
your ladyship should go constantly in the melancholy
dress of a widow, or flourish once more among the
ladies; whether you should spend the rest of your
days cheerfully or in sadness, or in health or in sick-
ness, are questions which need not much consideration
to decide them. Besides that, your ladyship will be
better able to live according to your quality by the
assistance of a husband than upon your own estate
alone ; and therefore, since your ladyship likes the
person proposed, I doubt not but in a little time to
have notice of your ladyship's inclination to marry, at
least that you will give him leave to discourse with
you about it. I am, Madam, your ladyship's most
humble, and most obedient servant."

NAPOLEON AND CONSTANTINE.---In his 7th, volume
of the Consulate and Empire, M. Thiers narrates the
negotiations and confidential intercourse of the two
Emperors, in July, 1807, at Tilsit. There, he tells
us, they discussed " that immense system by which
they were held joint rulers over Europe. The possi-
ble, the probable, partition of the Turkish empire, was
the continual topic of conversation. Napoleon was to
have the maritime provinces, Russia the banks of the
Danube as far as the Balkans. One day, says the his-
torian, " the two Emperors, on returning from a long
ride, shut themselves up in the writing cabinet, where
numerous maps were spread out. Napoleon appa-
rently, continuing a conversation briskly begun with
Alexander, desire M. de Meneval to bring in the map
of Turkey, unfolded it, then resumed the conversation,
and, suddenly clapping his finger on Constantinople,
exclaimed several times, regardless of being heard by
his secretary, in whom he had absolute confidence—
" Constantinople ! Constantinople! Never! 'tis the Em-
pire of the world !" Mr. Thiers adds in a note that he
had these particulars from M. de Meneval himself,
and that their accuracy is guaranteed by the corres-
pondence of MM. de Savary and de Caulincourt,
They prove, he remarks, that notwithstanding all the
efforts of Alexander, the limit of the Balkans was
never passed. The Occult Treaty, signed at Tilsit, he
further states, merely contained a stipulation that in
case the Turkish government refused the mediation
of France, its European provinces, excepting Constan-
tinople and Roumelia, should be relieved " from the
vexations of the Porte." Anxious, then, as Nopoleon
was, in 1807, to gain the Russian affiance, there was
one price he would not pay for it. He would not tole-
rate Russian dominion south of the Balkans ; and
though he professed, under certain contingencies, a
willingness to advance the Russian frontiers to that
range, subsequent events proved that he was insincere
in these professions, and never intended any real aug-
mentations of the Russian empire at the expense of the
Sultan.
POPULAR MANNERS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY:
Civilisation, born again, was yet in its cradle ; and
neither the barbaric magnificence of the Field of the
Cloth of Gold, nor the magic creations of Michael An-
gelo, which revived the glories of ancient Greece, can
shut our eyes to the horrors of the bloody field of
Pavia, the martyr-fires of Smithfield, or the awful sack
of Rome. If, on the one hand, the light of scriptural
truth was once more kindled and displayed, on the
other, bigotry, intolerance, ignorance, and superstition
never appeared in greater strength, in higher places,
or in more odious colours. Nor were the standard of
morals, and general customs and usages of society,
much, if anything, in advance of those universally pre-
vailing in the most benighted times. The celebrated
Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre, a virtuous
and estimable princess, free from the vices, but deeply
tinctured with the levity of her contemporaries, has
left us, in the Heptameron, a dreadful picture of the
universal profligacy and corruption. In their long
subjection to a cruel domination, women had thrown
off their dignity, their delicacy, their virtue, and even
their modesty. Amours and scandal were the secret—
dice, chess, card playing, betting, the public—amuse-
ments of ladies of rank ; and women of the humbler ,
class followed the same pursuits, in a more open, but
not more vulgar manner. Their excesses were punished

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witlolt „iii
by their husbands in a very summary way, t tiry
fear of magisterial retribution ; and, in facA Yotoua,
dulgent lord ran some risk of being carrtle,
native town in a blanket, as a public spec
wife notoriously given to scolding was,
demned to the ducking-stool. The mode al 091
lowed by women was in keeping with the courte i!V
their lives ; and we find young but not delrillie9,,
of honour, in the orderly household of Mnibeete
Arragon, making their breakfast off chille„,s,-,,r,
salmon, washed down with gallons of ale. 3-„P"
of this substantial fare at the early hour of PTV;
eleven, supped at six, and retired to their lion d,
at seven. Religion was only used as a c109):4 013',
citement ; and pilgrimages to the shrilYeptW,l
favourite or popular saint, undertaken at iott:4
kvb
expense, and to the utter neglect of the 01;6`"15 °
of home, usually served but to cover an 01;010'00,
flirtation, or an intrigue. The numerous wee etc)
the Roman calendar, occurring every weelc.,,a 11;oceell:
memorated by public dances, spectacles,.,frry
makings, which afforded occasions for sinlo,o4;
ings ; and it would be difficult, as well as 01
describe the excesses committed in Englo, oelirreti
day, and in France, Germany, and Italy, -`'nfy
festivities of the vintage.—Fullom's
VARIETIES.
Co

yon intoHpEourrays
of ithaturppiiinsesszr
like. H
thoseor a ce .
EDUCATION.—UnIess your cask is perfectly 601
when unbroken. of light, are 0
4 0
11/
To make moments hours, all that is necessarl
shod
' them with a little jealousy. ho 4
WHATEVER man can personally accomplish he 6" 00"
0
leave to be transacted by another. 10 oil
IT is true of many persons, that their meth
goo
but a row of hooks to hang up grudges on.
'tll°llt
THE firm, without pliancy, and the pliant, wit
, c
resemble vessels without water and water witholly,e if 3
A SHORT prayer reaches heaven—a hint to tbo'ci 101 l $
favours not to molest others with long letters all
~, OA
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plaints. ~ silJ/ill
THE court is accounted by a learned wit to "e il b
tire po
marble statue,being composed ofmen very hard INI,e Po, ,
PRIME MINISTERS and presidents resera,wrigero dr I
tempted by high wages to undertake difficult, 0 ru;
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deleterious employments. of _AI)
A FOOL in high station is like a than on the to peg'
sit
ment—everything appears small to him, and he tir ode
to everybody. „iv. pc,
THOSE who have the most forgiven them shew „alit
00
addicted to slander. c ,r
WE are too apt to make the echoings of our iso ;
the admiration and applause of the world. „ode' 036
THE essence of things is seldom so much res- it 5°
nal and accidental appendages. toe e, its
OF all others, a studious life is the least tirega ICI 08
to leo
us easy to ourselves and to others, and gable/ 11° t'sy
fl
reputation. OO,l pia
REFLECTION REFLECTION is a flower of the mind, givill'oP- ,a .c."
fragrance. Reverie is the same flower when
tia nito ;
ning to seed. bon- 10
THE powers of the mind, when they are 1111deotlY
panded by the sunshine of felicity, more frecl- Old
into follies than blossom into goodness. , , 010, t."-
FICTIONS are revelations not of truth, 1°- trile'e.
unreal, but of that which the soul longs to bef boa
mirrors not of actual human experience, but,°„ort. f,.
and aspirations of the eternal desires of the An' the,,
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY. --- s'-eett 5' 'der
Knocklebay, in Galloway, there is to be 5 „per 51
stone block, with these words cut out on its upper
do
ore. • pie re
"Lift me up, and I'll tell you za
...d silo t
Obeying the enticing injunction, strangers ll'have,
,tnag
unsuspicious of practical jokes in archaeology re 0014' e
periods, exerted their strength with the r 1,,,, their syegtieS
hidden mystery, when they find a coolers '''',he dor r „1
curiosity and their accelerated circulation in l',", debe,t
• 's VI
"Lay me down as I was before s
_5 his _
11 0
expreS Cho tal'ed„
A WRITER in the Dublin Warder ler, A l" ,0.7'
that a friend of his, who was a noted tiPP
ver sli" .00 tillt
e. 4. 4 .
pledge. " That family," he says, 1131 to the ' lns V'
cruel taste for the dhrop, and conshunlin _t ineetill,,,,re ,1,10
I never took a ramble thro' Dublin withoaubie 0 bro' cIIV
Kitty in one corner or another, hardap:„ fair din
.. celes,ioi
basket of fruit, and the cryin', thr t'-: from 3T_'' offey
't
`Oh, blessed St. Patrick, just look (10,1 Y,,, myself is ;
elevation, and see what a lone woman ill'u •cli, 1/5 ill
ad will tableful
in honour o' you."'
the idling rizi ticceP toe
THE WILLING MIND.—It is w
services to be le
alone can render any of our suffering's 0
- -trenables 'ls 0010
the sight of God, so, above all things, nothing, °veiling lire
to men. Without it, we are doing hardlyn 4 Stances, woe
seem to be at work; with it, there is ireunutil pg
• Outward c .
t plies - 0
eo,
we may not hope to achieve. ends, i . _
_3
esii ,
it does not find them favourable to its
.ous deviclotlel ,); to
become so. The richest mine of ingrvielling all 0 of pail
discoveries, the mightiest engine for e tbe Prereisehirlfea' .
the essence of that faith which ii,ap_Boop r
remove mountains, is a willing min"


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SUPP:

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the boZ,4ICA:-.0........5,---b
The English are
9leaf .IfB for t
fil`lllloll' OP TES Etre;, H.-
411? oo°- Wheatrimmg with : they shelliosualtltehve
I)reed -1'; bat tel frosty weather—it firs d ungainly, kicking
tileta the cato„'en they are a cross-gramee, . eirr tcashehtharafisha-
lea; re tame' 48 I been a most ever seed.
hed was Whoever
kilit °I. th,... °f John Bull, knew what
the 3', sei„,'?' are all bull-necked, ,alreavormrf .
about,
Ig at
evile.
1 Ise ith°le tri,..teelPered, vicious critters,bull ball-headed folks,
fats
,`. essoitloth.eads-'ire44ll4 40 'e gas mules, and as conceited as peacocks
Plaguy onsafe unless well watched.
_Th......ey
Stall' z° Ai
teLe,ted in O.4IvAGE guenfEss.—The following advertisement
NOrli his"" New York Herald :—" Aaron Tomkins begs
Ill'Sgrei thanks to the many friends who have in.etr.onnfeisrmed
e7A-WAtlialal,ll(l begs a repetition of their favours, and t 'a' trade,
eve"e,_ has made 14,000 dollars )1 9'40 ra,..,%a11Y question being asked,
by attending to his
lies, Illue it. He made 7,000 dollars
he begs to tell them
kill:Ike" 8, and 7,000 dollars by letting otlirpeoapdlveis'sebs
usthle-
14°1)e 44`1 to all concerned he respectfully
6,14. kol,,pt attention to their duty." •
does del
PoRT writes his experience with a
and fair
poreneheahtlya
;NI a n'etlitiulls creature goes on to dance, ,
the o,t4ttt to much lobster salad at suppaieristhfoertehxefrreoimse
"t
ari lee with her, for her appearance c
illilirY as to the state of her health—
Theo she with timid glances,
Prom
lipsassweet
n dances
rhyme,ue e'
Iteolted, "Those asgtaelsar
11l suit our Western clime.
Couldme.e—
you—it may relieve
. (I rose upon the lnat)—
el A glass of water give me, ~_ _,,
itei ''7,l.
With a dash of brandy in 't ?
gilt Nie De
c°l4ea °f tind, as its name implies,
ehati nltele silver, and for 300 years after the Conquest was
!terigietl in .:v,entY shillings. Since that period, it has been
ti 40 t, which no less than seventeen times, and the pound
4.4 a tw,recitiet„ua first contained 4,995
ailve."4ndarep,l,6l4l ins only. If gold is to e_ taken
iticL‘ts 1°,41, ea 'L" so.ould be remembered, grains of pure silver,
111 ti 4 -etng --' gold ' in the year 1344, intro-
dati„ 1,01,11,,dete,,,„„ coinage, . was _ ,
that its equivalnt to
ear y
than ••13 th ,+ ink -,aled at 108 grains of pure gold (II 1 )
'% %a 4111 • grains only, and that,
A f‘ed it, .vrat i„ g, oow contains 113. grai
f 'll7Agtili :1,01, the same sterling pound of gold has
sad Chin, '',, .% N less than twenty times.
41n1D• • •"' 'lt• il/ti, • dEh Jones, representative
0. _ !vision 0,.
~z,
~,, .•Fnen
4ould a '
much
wept tae Lea the House. In case
tiy pleasure wo 11-r
+ Vll.l4„'l.ected last week Major-General of the
he
the part of
he
40,0_,,en., and p.; ttid he
~ tendered him, says,—" With
4Lsqqbe to `lv!4uch 0:11Ind before the_3l.il,itei:t.o
iti4alt it- 1. 011714-aßrs as he though D f
Tthhee
rile
`Right
"gee. Beat
ItitlirlCato pilniinglur twoi.d. into;
.r , The second
and your
and he
r, witien di.smisa
e_oeoks,•s„
~.. qd yarn war naomluois m
h erchan-
kit,kie4tall
dailyadmeuitivon'•Ynian to his farm ploughshareswould
r.
eb 1 e.,
read at his fireside the New
111114.50dwlincl Ponder upon
.ttso tidings of `Peace on earth
ail,,teti„ 1- ..o tee,
1,1,t:114,..,,,a vv.,. - wias doubtful, horever,_Avh..thes. , Lima iii-p, not a little ahead of the spirit %filth ti
iti tenderede
, C,,-., th°,"`„.,.. therefore decline the exalted P
q111;14' liollse."—Anserican Pape .
example of power-
'lll.l.l4Are,nittaxn ELoQUENCI.—As
allth a, ttilleuitated eloquence, may
Judgev Robinson—" the
1)t or of e Irish orator, to a certain
be gianen a short answer of
m pamphlets"—who, upon
1144%sitilallY scurrilous political palnP ew
before him,
Itt,lie °°, when he b *ster was arguing a case erty by
11,Z4,4r„,P,11,eu to reproach Curran with his I"; ' on-
:Nt.7q" -',,Lnat betsuspec-ted " his law library was rather F
tlN''''Lt, i. t.4414t is
dignified
true, my lord," said Curran, with
hNt.cli my "LI am Poor, and the circumstance
they
has somewhat
~liti•tct (Tr ;my books are not numeyous, butr
dis.
,V 18: 7,1. hope they have been perused wlth pe
liolitrhy o,l' oave prepared myself for this high profession
°e of k a.," Stbcly of a few good works than by the compo
01.
N" ; bilietat many bad ones. lam not ashamed of my p
1,,,,k1 t,, .. should be ashamed of my wealth could I have
„,„ktlk, I acillire it by servility and corruption. If I rise not
'lb,
.-'))24
5,'311511 at least be honest and should I ever cease o
1/447(144 an example shows me that an ill-gained reputation,
_e
~,,1,1144„,!°. More conspicuous, would only make me th
IN'N,,,N`,„sar„dY and the more notoriously contemptible."
NN ;` 4:IIAVELLING.—I was somewhat startled, on the
~4 I, l, , oar de
04'44 oar 1 Parture, to find on coming to the door of the
I Of' freightliggage had taken the. place of the usual more
aNv, ),3048
_, and that, seated in picture: gu attikudes upon
011)i,',1Ain„nd carpet-bags, about tw
t hundred persons
tALestl7t.‘° ,b.ne trundled away to the s n cii`e 4", that . illey were so thickly hived upo .
the long line
eamer, more than
which to
~rttk Dtk Dos.i.t could scarcely find a spare corner in
high
a ,!bs2aesl.°o. At last, however, a thin man, with
lill,tlwita,ll4 a red beard, invited me to share the top
l'e ' W.. :' him, which I accordingly did ; havingand,
_lit
by oiler-
it4l',iek etv7fia, the act of acknowledging his civility_
s% 41:41,1:1end one, when some little black
.suspicio.us..-
h 11' h— Jolting un throuzh a crack in the lid, revealed
%Nit t, (*lit' • ' -
I,ojii,N. Ynlg fact that we were seated upon a barrel of
moltelf't4t.kt Printing hastily off, I seized my companion's
4e.i54,111,111ie to prevent his lighting a fresh fusee, and
It'sll4:el3,r'lnger He only remarked as he swung him
143'4'11414°11P tlits°4llli; Perch, " that he had come darned near
ton,l°4' {l,i),A 84 crow,' and recommended me to slope along.
0:4, atie,t,li, tg,estion I was by no means backward in comr.
t,c, cietilnag .4.'nere was a most miscellaneous cluster of ye
v..k litieate,i,!?_l,l their no less miscellaneous effects. yra-
'erieets i':`Ylg ladies, with pink and white complexions,
1)41t1.12,03' aen'„ right dr saes and thin satin shoes, reclined
1e!,..- "..4 COPet-beags, 'and presided over pyramids of
carpet
German fraus sat astride huge rolls