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

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

the Jew fence, or marine-store keeping Christian,
lurked near the door to hear whether his pupils were
to join him at once, or after some whipping and im-
prisonment. A lithe-limbed pickpocket took its
thirtieth ,sentence with a pleasant bow to his judge ;
an Irish beggar woman sobbed and howled frightfully
during the hearing, and then flung a stone at the
chief clerk's bald head ; a maniac preacher announced
his divine mission, with hideous cries about eternal
fire and the undying worm ; and a consumptive gay
woman, in yellow satin and a lace bonnet, was bound
over not to assault a brown and corpulent hag, who
lent her the trappings for her dreadful trade, and
exacted in return nearly the last sixpence it produced.
Such was some of the " cases "of the day. Take a
chair in a police-court for one morning, and you will,
perhaps, go away with a resolve to do quietly, and to
the best of your power, the work which lies nearest
your hand, but not to shout very much for the future
when Mr. Sadducee, in the Commons, boasts about
this enlightened age ; and Earl Pharisee, in the
Lords, brags about this Christian nation.---Aspen
Court.

ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS (EGALITE.)—
He was passionately fond of sporting, and an excellent
shot. One day, in 1782, he was out shooting in a
vineyard where the grapes were still ungathered, and
he strictly ordered those who attended him not to pick
any. A partridge got up behind him, and, not observ-
ing any one in the way, the duke levelled and fired ;
but at the moment the gun went off, his courier
Joseph, who had been stooping down that he might
get at the grapes unobserved, suddenly rose, and re-
ceived the whole charge in his neck and shoulder at
only a few paces distant. The wound was very seri-
ous, without being mortal, and the duke in great
anxiety rushed towards the poor man, personally as-
sisted in removing him from the ground, bestowed
upon him the greatest care, and went to see him every
day till he was completely recovered. He then pen-
sioned him handsomely, and released him from further
service ; but the courier, who was greatly attached to
his master, solicited permission to remain, and thence-
forward only did just what work he pleased. After
this accident, the Duke of Orleans renounced shooting
for ever. He told me several times afterwards, that
whenever he took a fowling-piece in his hand he was
seized with a fit of trembling, and always fancied he
saw a man standing near the muzzle.-21f. De la
Marek's Mirabeau,

MATERNAL EDUCATION.-At "no period :(they say)
has the harmony between the old and the young been
so little manifested as in this age of high civilization ;
in large towns this evil is more evident than in the
country; this may be partly accounted for by the
change which has taken place in the domestic habits of
the people, both among the rich and the poor. The
departure from the simplicity of nature, the thirst for
fashionable accomplishments, the desire to adorn the
outward form, and the aspiration after greatness
rather than goodness, have caused society to neglect
many of those means by which the inward being can
be developed, and without which there can be no true
greatness, no intrinsic worth. The history of true
greatness can commonly be traced to the mother's care
of her infant. The child feels true attachment to tlip
breast that gives it nourishment, the bosom on which it
reclines, the voice that soothes its sorrow, the eyes that
speak to it what no tongue can utter, the arms by which
it is embraced ; in short, the being by whom it is nursed,
whether she be distinguished by the name of mother
or nurse. These feelings cannot be transferred to
another who occupies a secondary relationsbm,khough in
that capacity she may expend immense wealth in adorn-
ing its body, decorating its cradle, supplying i t with
every 'variety of toys or sweetmeats for its gratification
—even though the sacred name of mother be added—
it can have no power to establish between them that
union which must spring from within. The mother is
the true' natural educator of the child ; and if she
transfer that office to another during her child's earliest
infancy, she need not be surprised if the perquisites
also of that office be transferred, however strongly she
may desire to retain them.---Ronge's Practical Guide.
A GREEK PATRIARCH.—He appeared to be rather a
young man, certainly not more than thirty-five years
of age, with a reddish beard, which is uncommon in
this country. He was dressed in purple silk robes,
like a Greek bishop, and took his seat in the corner of
the divan, and said nothing, and stroked his beard as

a pasha might have done. * * * When we had
smoked our pipes for awhile, and all the servants had
gone away, I presented the letter of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. It was received in due form, and after a
short explanatory- exordium was read aloud to the
Patriarch, first in English, and then translated into
Greek. " And who," quoth the Patriarch of Constan-
tinople, the supreme head and primate of the Greek
church of Asia—" who is the Archbishop of Canter-
bury ?" "What !" said I, a little astonished at the
question. " Who," said he, "is the archbishop ?"
" Why, the archbishop of Canterbury." "Archbishop
of what ?" said the Patriarch. " Canterbury," said I.
" Oh," said the Patriarch ; " Ah, yes ! and what is
he ?" Here all my English friends and myself were
taken aback sadly ; we had not imagined that the
high-priest before us could be ignorant of such a mat-
ter as the one in question. The Patriarch of the Greek
church, the successor of Gregory Nazianzen, St. John
Chrysostom, and the heresiarch Nestorius, seemed not
to be aware that there were any other denominations
of Christians besides those of his own church and the
church of Rome. But the fact is, that the Patriarch
of Constantinople is merely the puppet of an intriguing
faction of the Greek bankers and usurers of the Fanar,
who select for the office some man of straw, whom
they feel secure they can rule, and whose appointment
they obtain by a heavy bribe paid to the Sultan ; for
the head of the Christian church is appointed by the
Mahommedan Emperor.—Curzon's Levant.

A GOOD BEGINNING.---It IS a faireo;-1
happiness and virtue to delight in the cool:
1
good and wise men ; and where tll3,tot °'
the next point is, to keep no compalliafid,'
A NEW VERSION OF AN OLD ";,/. tr r
the first time he met his son Tom 3,,.; Vol,
of the latter, was seriously angrywnjio di
him he had made his will and ell' ,eti,, r ,
shilling. Tom said he was indeed ~01" 0,
immediately added, " You don't kV ~/04
shilling about you now, sir, do you rtioyftecri:t,
A HOME THRUST.---A preacher tv far fiti'l
of the Lake Erie boats on a SalFtA 11ec.,41
been long on board before he apP,fl.'",o '
to hold a religious meeting. " No, ~,4'l"
" any minister who would travel Or' 0
to preach on board my boat." of 1,01)
WANTED TO KNow.---The addres,l' alotri:l
it goes out. Whether the edge juii3o'"
keener than a cutting satire P ''orLfg'
singer does three times the worlY;,,ligfei
times as much as another P And '„Ref, 7
ever fainted under the burthen of 03'044
AN AMERICAN SOYER.---AD Aill 1111/
sawyer) has invented the following 11e,,,i
lion--" Cut up four laths in a peck ?, co f )
well mixed bake, by placing a naPkil;vitliiei'.
the sun for half-an-hour. Serve up 's-ilte'it'f
by soaking cedar shingle in a pail of rsheil of
THE PHILOSOPHER AT H031E.--":‘‘ IL' 1i.,,
arrived in Paris, as a very young ula ikell'
gratified by the attention he reeeill" eol',ol*o
then in the zenith of his renown- nrOrrr
ever, that his admiration for the illifj, Vi
the " Necanique Celeste " was rouelyeg;g
on one occasion, having been at his pole '
Madame Laplace, approaching ber of
him, " Will you let me have the keY dir
,'
tv
Ladies' Own Journal. jo.
.EGGS.—In some parts of Peru (ferecettiedf
hen's eggs are circulated as small 11,
or fifty being counted for a dollar• the i
places and shops the Indians mak.° ,00,e,,M, ,
purchases with this brittle sort of 1010,00wio
give two or three eggs for brandY,,3 flill
a third for cigars. These eggs -,-(`'.-1, col.
by the „shopkeepers, and sent to -1.10 ,I
alone 1,000 loads of eggs are awltl eOO
the capital. _„41130
~, - ~,0 .ii
AN INTERRUPTED REFORMATIO*two•ir t
is in operation in Vermont. A „,,clifP Villei
being recently brought before a g„,.ofi i;
assumed the attitude of an acecolie
.),. tai;
saying pity I was ter,t'lti'lf lie
were becoming so well trained t" til r'
from me which were two-thirds Op artl-
let alone, I think they would have t I
1
isle' e t
before six months." „,, a 04 $0,',,,4
ACT WELL YOUR PART.----";-, Vja" ACIII.
of Boston, M. W. Gray, whey. P-eriiite-to eit J
vanced in years, was one day sleasiel'aoill)
of carpenter's work, and he bad°for l'i°t 019/1
the man who was performing led„1011,1,), 4,i
The carpenter indignantly turn cola ve,tt!
Billy having known each other Pio' y 011,,, WI
"Billy Gray, Billy Gray, what 'O,O it
el`ptit#
scold me for? You are a rich l'igiotliillY)
didn't I know you when you werer, &dal ,
mer?" Well," said Mr GraY,
eh ? didn't I drum well i'' v , ,St:sllid
AN UNANSWERABLE ARGI73I-_seo 01,:tite. i
dinner a debate arose as to the Morse tlitylield
bringing up children. Old Dr..„,,,inister, Ai
tive. His opponent, a young '' high' eillo
tion for veracity was not veriYiikireolVoil pfd
parents often did harm to their the case, e ifilill
from not knowing the facts 01.
_iti.,,,ecl Oltotil
he, " the only time my father w, ;Vile doe 14:01
ing the truth." " Well," retort:,
.....at14,01
you, didn't it ?" The doctor
,what
is •cael';,ol4
POPULAR DEFINITIONS.'d "
cheS in c'ti;A ti 0
ners at midnight and hea a kind 0. 00- 1011
Peculiar'leads'-‘ -11 l air
I
What is Wit P That
to pulled noses and broker-) 4t, over-Vse 0:041,,
To count your money, and In u,' To Poo
pounds.---What is knowledge r „Iv b. , the
,
to haw., it IPAIOJI
home when people come ? J.O tio If
brellas.---What is Contentment
...isrluti la
and see others stuck in the muooz, a woo& 1
A desire to become possessed 1
an eyebrow.

1()