The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

0, 1855.1

Lnd, to avoid their continuous re-
te future, returned an answer to the
iok presents his compliments to the
:kingham, and has the honqur to in-
.p that he makes it an invariable rule
where he dines."
name ? A rose by any other name,
weet," quoth one of Shakespere's cha-
4withstanding, there is something in a
d oddity at least, which we find in the
ty Republican, viz.: " Mynheer Hen-
mbidicawvenhawvensnawser." It is
a letter in the Chester post-office, and
tested to come forth and get it.
CE AGUE.—In Skippon's account of a
igh the Low Countries," he makes
Lectures of Ferrarius, and his narrative
lie ague of a Spanish lieutenant, by
mds febra fuge, and cutting off a
paper every day. The distemper
.; and when he cut off the letter "e,"
gue left him !
N EXTRAORDINARY.—Dr. Baillie, after
torture to a pressing account of
mi a lady, who ailed so little that she
ie Opera that evening, happily escaped
, when he was urgently requested to
m•ain ; it was to ask him whether, on
bthe Opera, she might eat some oysters.
said Baillie, "shells and all."
tERs.---" I should be glad to hear any
„ cement to justify the theft of great
then- I should believe that Julius Cesar and
%ii, to Weeornesidheornetshtemineans :
abcoutuptliell
of
fhen illustriouslam
iPOO en, who had several excellent qualities,
ti
,Qezy e obscured by an invincible inclination to
Ik Why is it not as great a crime to rob a town
1;41 a cabbage out of a garden ?"---Jewish Spy.
11. SO BOMBARD', a Celebrated sculptor of the
d Conhearlcfasvvi: was a great coxcomb. He got
he took it'intoYhis Young lady at Bologna, to
tanner. She
of which he was
his
head to make love in a fop-
partner at a ball, in the
igh, as L turned to her, and heaving a pro-
a• he looked in her face with what he
n Ineffable softness in his eyes, and we sup-
-1 feel, fantastic writhing gesture, "If 'tis
pray what is it ?" " Perhaps," said
lady, ~
something bites you." This story
and Alfonso became the jest of the city.
:lls IN BEHAVIOUR CORRECTED.—OF THE
I4•--It
is neither polite nor grammatical,
excuses herself from accepting your arm
previous engagement, to startle her by
' Who to ?" If by accident you happen
of a lady's dress, politeness suggests
it not that you should stoop to examine
advise as to the best mode of repair. It
:ed equivocal to hope that it isn't her
not pretty behaviour to promenade with
in the last dance till the next begins,
IL she has lost her chance in obtaining a
and her a seat, and take the arm of
L you had previously engaged. -
:Irm—What a pleasure it is to pay one's
amber to have heard Sir Thomas Lyttle-
observation. It seems to flow from a
circumstances, each of which is pro-
mire. In the first place, it removes that
tch a true spirit feels from dependence
It affords pleasure to the creditor,
gratifies our social affection. It promotes
mfidenee which is so very interesting to
1. It opens a prospect of being readily
what we want on future occasions. It
iousness of our own virtue ; and it is a
:now to be right, both in point of justice
Aomy. Finally, it is the main support
ration.---Shenstone.
.ZABETH was one day so rash as to enter
' with the subtle Raleigh, against the
his ascertaining the weight of the smoke
any given quantity of tobacco. Her
ding the impracticability of the per-
being confined within a scale, was con-
point, and surmised that Raleigh took a
~vilege in affirming to the contrary.
Ter, outwitted her by weighing the

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ashes, and Elizabeth was obliged to confess that the
difference between theni and the original weight of
tobacco settled the disputed point ; upon which she
consoled herself with a witticism, tellinc, Sir Walter
that she had heard of those who turned' their gold
into smoke, but had never before seen the man who
could turn smoke into gold.
THE celebrated Mrs. Thicknesse undertook to con-
struct a letter, every word of which should be French,
yet no Frenchman should be able to read it, while an
illiterate Englishman should decipher it with ease.
Here follows a specimen of the jeu de mots :—" Pre,
Dire Sistre, comme and se us, and pass the de here if
yeux canne, and chat to my dame, and dine here ; and
yeux mai go to the faire if yeux plaise. Yeux mai have
fiche, muttin, pore, buter, foule, hair, fruit, pigeon,
olives, saliette, for ure diner, and excellent te, cafe,
port via, and liqueurs ; and tell ure bette and poll to
comme, and Ile go to the faire and visite the Baron.
But if yeux dont comme to us, Ile go to ure house and
se oncle,and se hone he does ; for mi dame ses he bean
ill ; but doux comme, my dire ; yeux canne ly here,
yeux nos. If yeux love musique yeux mai have the
harp, lutte, or viol here.—Adieu, mi dire sistre."

LISTON AT WHlst—Liston had a very dull and
melancholy look off the stage. No one observing him
in a room would have given him credit for the rich
humour he displayed upon the boards. His face was,
on the contrary, a curious specimen of heaviness, ugli-
ness, and most lugubrious melancholy—a most chap-
fallen look, if it may be so termed—nay, he was some-
times ratlier sullen and severe in his remarks, too, in
society, I have heard. He was, one night, playing
whist at a private party, and his opponent was an old
lady of rank, who had an ugly custom, when she be-
came excited by the game, of picking her nose vio-
lently. It was the first time Liston had ever been in
company with this lady, and the practice exceedingly
annoyed him, the more so as the old lady was winning
his money. " That's my trick, Mr. Liston," she said,
as she pounced upon the cards, and picked her nose
violently. " Yes, madam," said Liston, "itis so ; and
a nasty trick it is, too."

159

Hospital was completed, having cost about £lOO,OOO,
and a new Post-office was projected. The hospital is
now varied in character by the altered dome. Th e
Burlington-arcade, we believe, belongs to the sam e
date. Some alterations in the front of Burlington
House at this date may be mentioned : they consisted
in the raising the Venetian windows to the level of
the others. The whole of the house, except the front
and one or two rooms, was at the same date rebuilt.
Sir John Soane's manner at this date is exemplified
by his tomb—to which we have before referred. As
regards general projects for public works in 1815,
things were beginning to settle a little, when Europe
was startled by the news of Buonaparte's return from
Elba. The battle of Waterloo at length effected the
final pacification of Europe, and left free scope for the
diviner arts of Pallas and of Peace. Then—" Divina
Palladis arte mlificant." Without we could place side
by side the London of 1815 with the London of one
out of some few years later, it would be difficult to
realise how great,was the change to be credited to the
Peace. The grand thoroughfare of the Strand, narrow
from endto en—the westernportion and Charing-cross
of course unimproved ; before Regent-street was prac-
ticable, the horrors of the middle passage of Swallow-
street ; the western entrance of London at Hyde-park-
corner, adorned by a simple toll-gate ; Regent's-park
in embryo ; architecture in Pall-mall unorn ; old
London-bridge, mean and dangerous ; City improve-
ments wanting ; Belgravia and Tyburnia undreamt
of, and the navigation and commerce of London
carried on with a mere tithe of its present appliances :
these would be a few of the items in the account. It is
remarkable in how few years, countries which had been
apparently prostrated began to prefer a claim to po-
sition in the world of art.

MODEL DWELLINGS IN DUDLEY. Some
time in October, 1853, a movement was commenced
in Dudley to promote the improvement of the
dwellings of the industrious classes, which ended in
the formation of a branch of the London society. The
capital of the branch is £lO,OOO, about £3,000 of
which is paid up. With this encouragement the com-
mittee purchased a plot of land of upwards of 10,500
yards, including mines and minerals, and bounded on
two sides by roads. Upon this a quadrangle is planned
for distinct blocks of family dwellings, having in the
centre baths, laundries, washhouses, and bakery.
Detached from this is to be an infant school, for the
safe keeping of those poor children who would be
otherwise left alone while their parents are at work.
The quadrangle is about 240 feet by 120 feet in the
clear. A large gas-lamp, with reflectors, will light
the whole of the quadrangle. Including £5OO from
Lord Ward, the committee have sufficient in hand to
pay for the land, and to liquidate the builder's con-
tract. A new clause in the charter will enable the
committee to declare a dividend of 5 per cent., which
will tend to strengthen the hands of the promoters in
this good work. Each house comprises three distinct
bed-rooms, living-room, kitchen, pantry, water-closet,
' coal-cellar and back and front lobbies. The living-
room will have Nicholson's patent kitchen-range, with
a smaller one in the scullery. A copious supply of
water is laid on through gutta percha tubing to the
sink, which has a plate-rack over, and cupboard
beneath for pots, &c. The cisterns are of slate, and
Jennings's water waste-preventers, India-rubber tube
cocks, &c., are used throughout. Besides a commo-
dious pantry, having a settle for beer, &c., there are
two cupboards in the living-room, with place for
books. A press for clothes is arranged in bed-room,
over portions of the landing. The coals are under the
stairs, sunk two steps and arched. The smoke from
the flues in the houses (excepting small front room)
will be conveyed by 9-inch tubes to a 12-inch central
shaft, formed of socket jointed tubes, with the neces-
sary junctions, placed in the centre of a shaft 2 feet
3 inches wide, thus leaving a space on either side for
a vitiated-air chamber. The heat imparted to the
air-chamber from the smoke will create a current able
to draw off any impure air which would otherwise
accumulate in the rooms, and sufficient heat will be
retained at night (from the universal practice of
" raking" the fires) to cause an equal velocity, when,
in fact,the means of ventilation are more required
than in the daytime. Each room will be ventilated
by a valve and tube communicating with the air-
chamber, the valve being placed in the ceiling of the
Led-rooms, and in the chimney-breast of the ground-
floor apartments.

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