The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

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s' ttlis3a•-Nothing
"ziall to be . • can be more unphilosophical
!woilicin excessive
trea .., positive or dogmatic on any subject ; and
scepticism could be maintained, it
f4l' d jancil be more destructive to all just reasoning
at they?' When men are most sure and arro-
'`usg•iv "re cornmonly the most mistaken, and have.
thenktio 4,41(11 reins to passion, without that proper delibe-
' gToss sus
which can alone secure them from
Waxt west a.bsurdities.---.Frume.
1, ertblest people arethe most injured. by slander;
birds usually fi d
, Loy been n that to be the best fruit which the
"R Oio,„ e Pecking at.---A miser grows rich by
r"Ring 111°,°,r, an extravagant man grows poor by
, wealth Nvbic,,iii; -Profusion restores to the public the
io'lltrivilta.;,, avarice has detained from it for a time.
rit by, bq does the mind digest the evils prepared
eat bat t)therg,
.11 Le fivi or those we prepare ourselves,. we
c;.ael'e IS al, herl Wh. Which we have planted and watered.
Ps° ge• eic innocence as well as an heroic
, ao,
risea. '„lltss 0.„ ~
they ' they ~,•', LIFE.--Men rejoice when the sun is
Ilfea" a-re aoe,-Piee, also, when it goes down ; whilst
the-arejoice -';sio.ns of the decay of their own lives.
teor4.val 4- Beemg face of a new season, as at
P 4'ioa 441 e €,"reatl odesired. Nevertheless, the
ragta • °I se Y'
Nitia eats of A as°lls is the decay of human life.
eialarile together wood meeting in the wide ocean
tor k 713 rerat.'el' a little space ; thus parents, wives,
hie -: ao,rt ees, friends, and riches remain with us
lite vf,• ./:„' then separate—and the separation is
to cal,- alolita.;,,lnertal can escape the common lot ;
wookise theoi tA4't his departed relatives has no power
I 1'441 to
teturn One standing on the road
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when ;° ow 3,,,1 to a number of persons passing by,
asso?,,J°llrte ,;-11' Why, then, should a person grieve,
a wily tto3da'ag the same road which has been
' iti ullet rilslll.l by his forefathers ? Life resembles
. tili °."4ag that down with irresistible impetuosity.
aded tth
'. kith 11144 e end of this life is death, every right- : To haPPioe°llgbt to pursue that which is connected
k 0 SS and ultimate bliss.
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—At a
tivitT the n 4-ND SIR JAMES SCARLETT. _
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of King's Bench (June, 1833)
' %dabs to all '''
liPublishing tweedle-dums and tweedle-
te I; 'l°.lißhatieged Piracy of an arrangement of the
N lit-cbco-olieGeeroan "—an old English air, by
418 erns ceoed ' the well-known actor and nisicia_nn,
Wartfa,a-exa a.'s a witness by one of the parties. 0
N deltl°ll Alli,-I.lnation by Sir James Scarlet t, after-
°a s ratheillger, for the opposite side, that leapsierd,
Vierelt that iiii'PPantly questioned him thus :
'l` ; 4 e two melodies are the same, but...
in 0,4014 brew what do you mean by that, sir ?" To
keeengie two °laPtly answered, " I said that the
.notest
'it p."' the e° Pies were alike but with a differen.
'''"-Se-oirl,t tio:elle being in common' time, the.. other in
4 tilt.4e' tot ; and, consequently, the position of the.
4 leal accenteas different." Sir James : " What is
Ntru°,ll, sic-e,
Cooke ?"‘ COoke : "My terms are a guinea
NZ' `‘.,f,„ (A loud laugh:) Sir James (rather
)1/4,7 a ran'Yer mind. your terms here. I ask_ you
4418:_. sir Teal accent. , Can you see it ?" Cooke
bath)4tT4ll can Jam accent.
" Can you feel it P" Cooke . A
en `'.V. ' (Great l u hter.) Sir James (very
thefoTahl.o,' ;Pray, sir, don't beat about the bush,
of1)po sea th u .nle lordship (Lord Denman, who was
wbs_ed to hat tried. the cause) and'the jury, who
.anre
1 gat 4110 w
Sa ee iOll e„„ nothing about m,u,sic, the meam g
q ,ttaill ~tit accent.- Cooke : Accent in music
;44{7alaier
,stess laid upon a particular note, in the
ti. I v:°t the „" You would lay a stress up n any given
°l4t iie,te to vla'Pose of being better iTd.ersotood. Thus,
,„it, 4:2leres,' ' You were an ass, it rests on ass ;
114 '4
1 "4%1' '9hSaY ' YOW are an ass,' it rests an you,
cllll • leite'rated_ shouts of laughter by 'the
t,11}3.1.144'14,1 which. the bench itself joined, followed.
s:,ap,foo, wit Silence having been at length obtained,
hmNera co,,' much seeming gravity,_ accosted the
i, e 44 ' Sit j'asel thus :—" Lord Denman : " Are you
hp('0(1 L_llaily values ?" Sir James. (who, deep red
-Nile was, to use poor Jack Reeve's own. words,
NN,,,840, ~ eectPiet in more than name), in a great
- The witness may go down."
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SCIENCE AND
ART.
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a hone as a substi-
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and finer edge to the razor than can be pro-

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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine.

THE PROPOSED WELLINGTON COLLEGE NEAR
SANDHURST.---The design decided on is by Mr. John
Shaw, and is similar in architectural character to the
Naval School at Deptford, by the same architect---
the style of Queen Anne, perhaps it may be called.
The lowest tender for the execution of this design is
barely under £40,000 for the building itself, including
the principal fixtures and fittings, to which must be
added the sums required for the purchase of the site,
for the erection of a chapel and infirmary, for boilers
and steam-machinery, for kitchen apparatus, and for
ensuring an abundant supply of pure water, making
the estimated total outlay £55,000. The design for
the college consists of two quadrangles, surrounded
by arcades• of communication, the first being the
school quadrangle, and the second the hall quadrangle.
In a line with the hall, and facing the south, is placed
the chapel on one side, and the infirmary on the other,
a little removed from the main building, but communi-
cating by covered ways. The dormitories are divided
into separate rooms, one for each boy, about ten feet
by seven feet.---The Builder.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.—We would strongly
urge all who dwell where sewers are being con-
structed, to see that the cesspools are properly emptied
and filled up (not merely covered over), and that com-
munications be made with the drain. It would be a
useful guide to those in search of a house if the land-
lord were asked to produce a certificate that the drain-
age had been properly attended to, for it is most
difficult to know, until after a short residence, whether
the drainage is perfect or not ; or, if there be one of
the disguised cesspools; to which we have before
directeeattention, and which have been attended with
such serious effects. We know of a case, where, soon
after taking possession of a fresh house, a strong
healthy young man was stricken with fever and died.
This led to inquiry, and a cesspool, to which three other
houses communicated, was found in the house with a
rotten drain ; and underneath the floor of the passage
lay putrid water in large quantities. Then the work-
men were sent for, the road opened, to the incon-
veniences of passengers, and the filth removed in the
hot weather ; and now some of the other members of
the family are ill of fever; strange that, notwithstand,
ing our repeated statements and incontrovertible evi-
dence, thousands, not without education, are still to
be found who doubt, or at any rate deny, the injurious
effects on health of defective sanitary arrangements.—
The Builder.

THE BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE CO3l-
- institute has been empowered by
Parliament to erect a building which shall combine
three departments :-Ist. A general one with mu-
seums, lecture theatre, large library, newsroom, and
other subordinate accommodations; 2nd. An Industrial
Department, with reading-room, library, and three
class-rooms ; and, 3rd. A 'bovernment School of Art,
with modelling class-rooms, painting • and drawing
classes, and accommodation for the study of per-
spective, antique ornament, antique figure, and various
other minor divisions. The committee called in the
assistance of Professor Donaldson to adviselthem, and
a minute paper of instructions was drawn up, and sent
to several eminent professional men, inviting-them to
compete. On the 18th ult. sets of designs were re-
ceived from Messrs, Hemming, Bateman, Yeoville, and
Bland, architects, of Birmingham; from Mr. Bowman,
of Manchester ; and from Messrs. Gibson, Edward M.
Barry, Edward I'Anson, Lockyer and Martineau, and
Mr. James, of London. The series of drawings -are
now exhibiting in the High-school, and exciting great
interest. Prince Albert has graciously consented to
lay the first stone in November.
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES.—At the annual meet-
ing of the Somerset Archeological Association, which
extended over three days, it was stated that the
remains of a rhinoceros and other extinct animals had
lately been discovered in the neighbourhood of Taun-
ton, in connexion with the trees of a forest in which
they lived. These trees were of existing species, viz.,
oak,- alder, hazel, &c., thus showing that the climate
of the country, when it was inhabited by the rhinoce-
ros, bear, tiger, elephant, hyena, &c., was much the
same as it is now. An important paper was also read
by the Rev. W. A. Jones, M.A., describing the
remains of ancient British hut circles, which he had
brought to light on Croydon-hill, in the. western part