The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-31 00:00:00

NEW MUSIC. MUSIC.

As in books, so in music, authors and composers
seize a new idea of popular movement, and work
at it till there remains neither novelty, originality,
nor merit. Such was our impression on examining
the following music :—" The Irish Exile's Return,"
" Beautiful Erin," " The Irish Emigrants' Duet,"
all by Stephen Glover (London : Cocks and Co.);
and " To the Gold Fields, or the Lay of the Emi-
grant" (London : D'Almaine). If they want ori-
ginality, however, they are pleasing trifles, and in
no respect ambitious. "In Shades of Evening
dies the Day" (London : D'Almaine), is a Sabbath
evening song, by Glover, of much sweetness; and
" Sailing on the Summer Sea," by Cherry (London:
Cocks and Co.) wafts us along most gently, but it
lacks the beauty of an allied song by Glover,
`• What are the wild Waves saying." We come
now to a telling song of another stamp, " The
I Blacksmith," by Cherry (London : Cocks and Co.),
in the tempo de marcia. It is a hold, spirited bary-
tone, with an excellent accompaniment full of point.
"Annie Laurie" (London : Cocks and Co.), a sweet
Scottish ballad, gives a theme to W. V. Wallace
for a new arrangement and variations. The aria
is well preserved till the close, where it breaks
down. The first variation is very sprightly and
beautiful; the second is of the marching order;
and both carry through the theme with faithful-
ness. " The Charming Polka" (London : D'Al-
maine), by Harvey, sustains the author's character.
It will doubtless be a favourite.

ARIE TIES

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FAMILY LIKENESS.—UncIe Bonaparte believed in
destiny. Nephew believes in fetes.—Punch.
DICKENS, in " Bleak House," aptly designates pawn-
brokers' duplicates as " turnpike tickets on the road to
poverty."

A GENTLEMAN one used the expression " Vox Populi,
Vox Dei," in conversation with Mr. John Wesley. He
at once replied, " No, it cannot be the voice of God, for
it was vox populi that cried out, 'Crucify him, crucify
him !' "—Notes and Queries.
BEARDS.—In the kingdom of Poland there exists an
ordinance which enacts that men shall not wear beards
without permission of the authorities, and without paying
a duty. At the last fair at Korieglow several persons with
beards were summoned before the mayor to produce their
permissions. Those who could not do so were placed in
the hands of a barber, and their beards were shaved off.
MATRIMONIAL TIFTS.—I have frequently remarked
(writes Jean Richter), that a guest has become the paste
and cement of two married quarrelling halves, because
shame and necessity have obliged them to speak and be
friendly to one another, at least as long as the guest was
listening. Every married lord should be provided with
one or two guests, who might come in to relieve his suf-
ferings when the mistress of the house happened to have
the devil of dumbness in her body ; for she must talk at
least as long as the gentlemen are present, and take out
of her mouth the iron thief-apple of silence, which grows
on the same stalk as the apple of discord.
LADIES' BLACKING.—Take one drachm of isinglass,
half a drachm of indigo, half an ounce of soft soap, two
ounces of glue, and a small handful of logwood raspings.
Boil these altogether slowly in one pint of vinegar, until
the quantity is reduced one-half. The shoes are to be
entirely cleaned from dirt or dust, and if any blacking
remain on them, it must be washed off with cold water,
and the shoes dried ; then the blacking is to be applied
with a small bit of sponge ; it is merely rubbed on, when
a perfect shining jet is produced, needing no brush, and
making no dirt; nor will it soil the dress. This article
is sold in small bottles at one shilling each, but, for a
large family, it will be found far more economical to pre-
pare it at home.—Magazine of Domestic Economy.
A SMART RETORT.—The following anecdote used to
be related by the late William Hazlitt :—He was once
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Basil Montagu when Sir Anthony
Carlisle, a physician of note, came in, apparently in a
state of more than his usual self-complacency, having
just received a complimentary testimonial from the Apo-
thecaries' Hall, In answer to the inquiries of Mrs.
Montague, he said, very pompously, and somewhat pro-
fanely—" Madame. the glorious company of the apothe-
caries praise me !" " But," retorted Mrs. Montague,
" What say the noble army of martyrs, your patients, Sir
Anthony ? The conceited physician was so nonplussed
by this witty rejoinder. that after a blundering attempt
to continue the conversation, he somewhat suddenly took
his leave.

ART OF SWIMMING.—Men are drowned by raising
their arms above water, the unbuoyed weight of which
depresses the head. Other animals have neither notion
nor ability to act in a similar manner, and, therefore, swim
naturally. When a man falls into deep water, he will
rise to the surface, and will continue there, if he does not
elevate his hands. If he moves his hands under the water
in any way he pleases, his head will rise so high as to al-
low hi►n free liberty to breathe ; and if he will use his legs
as in the art of walking (or rather of walking up stairs),
his shoulders will rise above the water, so that he may use
less exertion with his hands, or apply them to other pur-
poses. These plain directions are recommended to the
recollection of those who have not learned to swim in
their youth, as they may be found advantageous in pre-
serving life.

CAUSE AND EFFECT.—lnfinite are the consequences
which follow from a single, and often, apparently, a very
insignificant circumstance. Paley himself narrowly es-
caped being a baker; here was a decision upon which
hung in one scale, perhaps, the immortal interests of thou-
sands, and, in the other, the gratification of the taste of
the good people of Gigg;eswick for hot rolls. Cromwell
was near being strangled in his cradle by a monkey ; here
was this wretched ape wielding in his paws the destinies
of nations. Then, again, how different in their kind, as
well as in their magnitude, are these consequences from
anything that might have been a priori expected. Henry
VIII. is smitten with the beauty of a girl of eighteen ;
and, ere long, " The Reformation beams from Boleyn's
eyes." Charles Wesley refuses to go with his wealthy
namesake to Ireland, and the inheritance which would
have been his, goes to build up the fortunes of a Welles-
ley, instead of a Wesley ; and to this decision of a school-
boy (as Mr. Southey observes) Methodism may owe its
existence. and England its military—and we trust we may
now add ,its civil and political—glory.—Quarterly Review.