The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STAN

‘A.Ncy.—While dying, Isabella,
of Spain, wrote in her will
Ay in exalted station, and of
band to whom she wished to
6th-" I desire that my body
Lbra of Granada, in a grave
I trodden down, and that my
flat tombstone. But if my
burial place in some other
part of our dominions, then I
exumed, and removed and
,in order that the union of
may signify and attest the
Lg our lives,' and I hope, by
LOU of our souls in heaven."
atoll had a very dull and
,age. No one observing him
given him credit for the rich
)n the boards. He was, one
private party, and his oppo-
nk, who had an ugly custom,
by the game, of picking her
1e first time Liston had ever
is lady, and the practice ex-
le more so as the old lady
" That's my trick, Mr. Lis-
nn the cards, and picked her
itadame," said Liston, " it is
is, too."

OF "PUNCH."

----Disraeli calls one of Bright's
le war " a Pacific Ocean of

:a OF THE MARLBOROUGH.

ie ; they launched the ship,
refused to slip.

sT.---You can generally tell
4h a lady by the length of
ig whilst dressing to receive

'EWER GENERIS."—We are
d.d. Father Thames has been
111 the cemeteries within fifty

oRs.--There is one very good
I be eligible for Members of
afford such abundant facilities

oiti,D.—" I beg of you to un-
*sophic beggar, " that though
I am not in the least want of
:aptly given.
118.-A member of the Oppo-
(me of his constituents :
41iserable state that, without
be absolutely impossible to

'4l,.lThe law may be compared
eud of which it is discovered
„...umbatants are missing. The
nilst their clients were pomme-
lnietly walked off with them !
LA.BORATORY.—Perhaps the
mnments generally are reluc-
.ry in aid of warfare is a slow
them against a science of
'Pal phenomena is precipitation.
tTs TRIBTJTARIES.—To look at
that make of the Thames a
one would imagine that in
anything but literally " cats
leY all found their way to the

The
"Irglies" worn by the
ate are of a larger size than
're so large that it is almost
beauty that is shut up inside
Ong her bonnet off. It is
tuaramas have organised this
41Y, in order to prevent their
;raenge sights that not unfre-
e
out. beach of a morning whilst
qbABLY DELAYED.—
about " Mr. Cob-
crumpling up Russia
has only been delayed in
retne scarcity of the material,

But when the Muscovite Empire is reduced to rags,
there will doubtlessly be a better supply in the market,
and consequently less difficulty in procuring a sheet of
paper to carry out the illustration. Further than this,
only let the sheet in question contain a report of one
of Mr. Cobden's Russian speeches, and we will warrant
that every Englishman's hand will be instantly raised
against it, only too anxious to crumple it up.

EDUCATION AN THE ANTIPODES.---Melbourne had,
according to the last advices from Australia, just
opened its University, after a magnificent speech from
the Chancellor, whose style of eloquence combines all
the rotundity of a cannon-ball with all the hollowness
of the cannon. We are of course great advocates for
the spread of education all over the world ; but we are
afraid thereis not much prospect for the cause, from
the state of things at Melbourne : where, after an
estimate of £llO,OOO for the building, £20,000 for the
land, and £9,000 a-year for the endowment of the new
University, there are only sixteen students to profit by
the tremendous outlay. The institution is to stand
on forty acres of land, which will give precisely two
acres and a half to each pupil. Perhaps the better
mode of turning the concern to account will be to con-
vert it into a vast gymnasium, with a Professorship
of Cricket, who should give lectures on long stop, and
other physical accomplishments, which seem to be con-
genial to the youth of Victoria. It is really a reflec-
tion on the colony, that its inhabitants are so immersed
in money-grubbing that they cannot even spare their
sons from the degrading pursuit, and only sixteen
youths can be mustered throughout the whole of the
vast locality to accept the offer of a liberal education.
The fact is, that nearly everybody in the colony is
making haste to get rich, in the hope of returning to
England, where after all they are only doomed to dis-
appointment ; for the vulgar rich-.--who have nothing
but their dross to recommend them---are happily at a
discount on this side of the world, as from their num-
bers they necessarily are on the other.