The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-19 00:00:00

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FRENCH AND ENGLISH SYMPATHIES.—Such has been
the result of the elections in France that the ministers found
it necessary to retire immediately ; and such would be the
inevitable result in England were the same mode of eliciting
public opinion resorted to:
Throughout Germany the most generally-lamented evils
are the restrictions on the press, the impediments to loco-
motion by the passport system, the excessive spirit of inter-
ference on the part of the police, and the dictation of the
diet to the smaller states through the influence of the greater
ones.

GOSSlP.—Gossip of all kinds is equally idle and frivolous,
whether it be the scandal of a country town, or of the great
world; and it is'a disgrace to the gentler sex, that they are
so universally charged with the propensity. Not but that
the stigma is both too generally and too exclusively applied :
for there are many men who do. Employment is the best
prescription for a restless tongue, and it would always do us
much more good quietly to examine our own hearts than to
interfere with the conduct or consciences of those around us.
—From " Woman, in the Social and Domestic Character."
By Mrs. John Sandford.
NOBODY.—Every one's experience must have convinced
him that there is no such arrant rascal in existence as No-
body ! The fellow is never easy but when in mischief. Is
a street door left on the jar at midnight—a plate chest ran-
sacked—a jewel box stolen or mislaid—a window broken—
an orchard robbed—or a slander abroad—ten to one Nobody
is the guilty party. Of all the offences that are daily com-
mitted against society, one-half at least are committed by
this incorrigible scamp.—Blackwood's Magazine for March.
HINT TO TRAVELLERS.—Mr, Sampson Bailey, who has
made such efforts in Worcestershire and Herefordshire to
*cure petitions for the abolition of turnpike-toll duty upon
lime used for agricultural purposes, has lately published a
pamphlet on that subject and road abuses ; in which he gives
the following hint :
" Should you, while driving, overtake
Cart, waggon, horseman, ass,
Then quickly for the right hand make,
If you desire to pass.. .
" But if you meet these, day or night,
While jogging with a song,
Turn to the left, you then are right—
If to the right, you're wrong. ,
POKING THE FlRE.—There are some people who take a
great delight in seeing a good blaze at the top of a coal fire,
and whose impatience to produce it will sometimes lead them
into great rashness in. the action of poking—that is to say,
they Ilse the poker at the top instead of the middle of the
fire, and go probing about in search of flame. They are told
of this fault twenty times a day, and it is a want of gene-
rosity in them not to amend it ; but, somehow or other, they
' do not. The consequence is, that after a momentary ebulli-
tion of blaze, the fire becomes dark and sleepy, and is in
danger of going out. It is, in fact, like a boy at school in
the hands of a bad master, who, thinking him dull, and being
impatient to render him brilliant, beats him about the head
and ears, till he produces the very evil he would prevent.—
New Orleans Picayunne.
SOMETHING NEW ABOUT DOLLS AND ROCKING-HORSES.
—" There is such a demand, sir, for first-rate painters to
colour dolls' faces, and the remuneration is consequently so
good, that numbers of artists—portrait-painters, Royal Aca-
demians, and such like, leave their proper profession and
paint dolls' faces—no great change for some of them, eh,
Mr. Mills ? " and the speaker chuckled, as if he had said
something pointed, so his hearer laughed too, without a dis-
tinct perception of what there was to laugh at. " And then,
again, sir, many of our sculptors are privately engaged in
modelling patterns for dolls, so you see doll making is an
important affair—like dollar-making in America—eh ? " and
he chuckled again. "Do the sculptors ever model the
horses ? " asked Mills. "Oh yes ! some of the first rate—
that is, according to the judgment of many—do that business.
The fine prancing horse, one fore-foot up, body stretched
forward or backward, and a fine projecting tail as long as the
horse; but it's only the sculptors of taste that can model
these fine and original animals." "So I should think," ob-
served Mr. Mills, sipping his coffee. " I suppose the rock-
ing-horses are done by the same hands ?" They are the
highest flight of genius," said Mr. Cheethall, solemnly ;
" there is only one sculptor that is decidedly great in that
line at present, and he has lately obtained so much employ-
ment in forming statues, that it is difficult to obtain his ser-
vices at all times for toy modelling."—From Davy Dreamy,
edited by Flit!
A JUVENILE ORATOR.—" Universal Morality, and may
we become truly intellectual beings," was responded to by the
very short gentleman who had worn his cloak during the
whole evening. He made a brilliant oration, mentioned
Greek, and quoted Latin ; spoke of Dido in her cave ; called
upon the company to support the cause of morals, and to
endeavour to make all men intellectual ; dashed a beer-glass
to pieces, and overset a tumbler of brandy-and-water (plus
aqua), stamped upon the toes of Davy, and, "in a fine
phrenzy," spread out his arms, and gave an individual seated
near him a very excellent prospect of a black eye ; in con-
clusion, he made a splendid peroration, played with the.cords
of his cloak, and exclaiming with great volubility,'" that—
that—that—such will be the case !" seated himself with a
self-complacent air, and amidst universal approbation.—From
Davy Dreamy, edited by Flit !
A BLUE-STOCKING.—Ye fair spirits that ruled a heathen
world, if ye still hold sway. in any quarter of the universe,
descend in this iron age upon our pen—for we use steel—and
inspire us with the most delicate, and yet most excelling
power, to the end that we may paint her who is now entering
the domicile of learning and genius, in those bright unfading
colours which endure for ages and bid posterity worship !
Miss Xantippe Blewish—the all-accomplished and all-admir-
able Miss Blewish !—entered the hall of science and wisdom
at twenty-five minutes past seven o'clock in the evening, and
every eye was fixed on her blushing countenance. Heavens !
her countenance ! Her's was the countenance that called for
the quick-moving fingers of genius itself to paint—so varying,
so variable, now stealing a tint from the violet, now from the
rose, now mantling with all the colours of the rainbow, now—
we give up this portion of our task in despair. Miss Blewish
had thin lips—would you have them resemble the negro's ?
her mouth was rather pursed -up—would you have it as large
as the crater of Akna ? her nose was neither Romish or
Grecian it was an original nose, containing parts of every
conceivable shaped nose, therefore more wonderful and ad-
mirable—to be 'sure it was rather thin, but would you have a
great sprawling nose to a pursed-up mouth ? besides it made
up in length what it wanted in breadth. Her eyes—her eyes
were so penetrating- and sparkling, so full of fire, that we
never could tell whether they were green or blue, thoughi we
often endeavoured to solve the mystery. Add to these a
rather tall figure, (with a graceful and condescending stoop
forward,) of an intellectual mould, that is, not full and fat,
but inclined the other way ; and cover this human frame with
the dress a lady of science would deem the most becoming,
and you have the captivating figure of Miss Xantippe Blewish.
—From Davy Dreamy, edited by Flit.
A DIP AND A DRYING.—This is a punishment not un-
common in slavers, where refractory slaves, and even sailors
of the crew, divested of the least rag to protect them from
the heat of the noon-day sun, are alternately dipped under
water and run up to the yard-arm. A lingering death often
follows such treatment; the poor wretch subjected to its
influence becomes so excoriated, that it seems an interposition
of mercy should the running gear break, and the hapless
victim of diabolical cruelty at once find a tomb in the jaws
of some expectant shark.—John's Legend and Romance,
African and European.
A COLLOQUY ON PIGS.—" Friend," said a quaker to a
man who was driving a drove of swine into Penobscot—
" halt thee any hogs with large bones in this drove ?"—" Yes,"
replied the drover, "they've all got big bones." " Hast thee
any with long heads and sharp noses 7"—" Yes,—they're all
of them long-heads and sharp-snouts."—" Hast thee any
with broad flap ears, like the ears of elephants, slouching
down over their eyes?"--" Stran—ger every pig of 'em is
that ere and no mistake ;—they'll suit you exactly."—" I
rathei think they will not suit me, friend, if they be such as
thee describest. Thee may'st drive on."
WINDOW GARDENING.—The season of green fields and
budding flowers again returns ; yet how 'many persons pent
up in crowded cities, are deprived of the pure enjoyment
which they are calculated to afford ! Still there is a substi-

tute even for them in window gardening, which it .is sur-
prising, is not more cultivated in our large towns. What
prettier sight can there be in passing along the street than a
glance through a window on the interior of which are ar-
ranged, in the sweetest order, geraniums, roses, creepers,
&c., all blooming as freshly in their narrow pots as if planted
In the open ground ! It is impossible to imagine any more
becoming employment for a female in leisure hours than the
tending of such productions ; and where there is a taste for
it, it will be observed that the mind is more delicate and re-
fined. There are few private houses where the plan could
not be adopted ; and even among those who do give atten-
tion to the subject, a much greater variety might be success-
fully cultivated. It is a sweet occupation, and worthy of
general adoption.
ENGLISHMEN AND FRENCHMEN.—The Countess of Bless-
ington, in her new work, " The Idler in Italy," has the fol-
lowing contrast :—" The politeness for which Frenchmen are

proverbial, is much less flattering to individual vanity than is
the less ostentatious civility of Englishmen. The former is
so general in his attentions, that he makes one feel that the
person to whom he is addressing them, is only receiving what
would have been equally offered to any other lady by whom
he might chance to be pleased; whereas, an Englishman is'
either silent, or reserved, unless animated by a contact with
some person who has pleased him consequently his compli-
ments have a point, and, if I may use the expression, an in:
dividuality that convince her to whom they are addressed,
that they could not have been applied to another. A French-
man never forgets that he is talking to one of a sex for which
he professes a general veneration : the Englishman forgets
the whole sex in the individual that interests him."
WOMAN'S LOVE.—How many bright eyes grow dim—how
many, soft cheeks grow pale—how many lovely forms fade
away into the tomb, and none can tell the cause that blighted
their loveliness. As the dove will clasp its wings to its sides,
and cover and conceal the arrow that is preying on its vitals
—so it is the nature of woman to hide from the world the
pangs of wounded affection. The love of a delicate female is
always shy and silent. Even when fortunate, she scarcely
breathes it to herself; but when otherwise, she buries it in
the recesses of her bosom, and there lets it cower and brood
among the ruins of her peace. With her the desire of the
heart has failed. The great charm of existence is at an end.
She neglects all the cheerful exercises which gladden the spi-
rits, quicken the pulses, and send the tide of life in healthful
currents through the veins. Her rest is broken, the sweet
refreshment of sleep is broken by melancholy dreams ; " dry
sorrow drinks her blood," until her enfeebled frame sinks
under the slightest external injury. Look for her, after a
little while, and you find friendship weeping over her untime-
ly grave, and wondering that one, who but lately glowed with
all the radiance of :health and beauty, should so speedily be
brought down to darkness and the worm.—Washington Ir-
ving.

EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN.—In every country, from
Turkey upwards, woindon has her certain place. In Italy, in
Switzerland, in Germany, in England, in Scotland, and more
than all, in civilized and woman-adoring France, I have seen
her, in instances without number, performing offices of hard-
ship and notoriety, with which her heaven-giving womanly
nature seemed to me totally incompatible. That the age of
chivalry has passed from Europe needs not the meagre evi-
dence that no thousand swords leaped from their scabbards
to save the beautiful Marie Antoinette. Travel over Europe,
the proofs shall stare you in the face wherever you go. In
Munich a woman does the work of a printer's devil. In
Vienna I have seen her making mortar, carrying hods,
digging cellars, and wheeling forth the clay ; and there I have
also seen females harnessed with a man, nay with a dog, and
once even with a jackass, to a cart, dragging the same through
the most public streets of the metropolis. In Dresden she
saws and splits wood, drags coal about the city in a little
waggon, and wheels eatables for miles through the highways
to the market, in a huge barrow. In all these places, in
France and Italy, may you note her with basket and scraper,
hastening to monopolise the filth just fallen upon the public
routes.—ln France females do vastly more degrading and
out-of-door work than in England, and in Paris they are in as
great request as the mirrors themselves. A woman harnesses
diligence horses. A woman cleans your boots as you rest
them upon her little stand at the Pont Neuf. At theatres it
is a woman who sells you your ticket, and other women who
take charge of the boxes. At any mere business office it is a
woman who does the business Would you bargain at a
chantier for a load of wood, you bargain with a woman.
Would you be conveyed publicly to the south of France, you
receive your right to a place in the Coupee from a woman.
There is no shop, of whatever description, in which a woman
is not concerned. There is indeed hardly a department in
which she does not seem to be chief manager.—London and
Paris Advertiser.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.
[SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.]

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ke.
T3-rer, L Ellis, 334 Canton, NV & 3 Tyrer
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.
Mary, J Nelson, 306 Demerara, P Girvin
Hannah, A Forrester, 296 Havannah, Ashley Brs
James Dunn, J Furse, 94 Hayti, Eshelby, Rowett & Co
Dorothea, D James, 305 Jamaica, Imrie & Tomlinson
Charles Hamerton, R K Reynolds, 180 St. Thomas and St. Domingo,
W Rose & Co
Hardware, W Viner, 152 Trinidad and Puerto Cabello,
Diadem, J Walker,

J Bibby & Co
213 Trinidad, W Rose & Co or Imrie & Co

SOUTH AMERICA.

Mary Worrall, J Gardner,

253 Lima,

Ashley Brs

UNITED STATES.

St Mark, Varnum, 545 New York, Waddington & Co
John Cumming, G Thayer, 678 New York, Focke & Boult
BRITISH AMERICA.

Aurore, E Briard, 73 Cape Breton, J Robin & Son
Nancy:J Wilson, 158 NM & Quebec, Harrison & Co or J Day
Nile, C Ferguson, 138 NM & Quebec, W Tarbet or J J Day
Jam Vilet, J Gale, 300 Pictou, Holdemess & Chilton
Promise, W Shearer, 863 Quebec, W& H Sharpies &Co
Eleanor, S Simpson, 234 Quebec, J N Wood
Admiral Benbow, G Bruce, 372 Quebec, H Smith &Co
Dash, R Huntriss, 86 St John, NM, Tarbet or Brocklebank

EUROPE. •
Louise, J F Rooms, 111 Antwerp, C G Weber & Co
Finland, J F Hallien, 450 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co
John Bull, 0 P Lund, 260 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Temistocle, G 0 Bobo, 200 Genoa, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Fanny Connell, Joy, 171 Genoa & Leghorn, J Bibby &Co
Jonge Hendrieka, B Plocker, 100 Harlingen, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Mangerton, B Hughes, 157 Hambro' and Riga, Bahr &Co
St Patrick, C Evill, 108 Hambro & Nfid, C G Weber & Co
Entered 28th Feb. for Hambro' only
Jufvrow Stintje, H E Ball, SO Liebau, Bahr, Behrend &Co
Mose, P P Furno, 200 Naples and Messina,Vianna & Co
Adelaide, C Granby, 107 Oporto, T Blackburne
Egidius, E Den Duyts, 243 Ostend, • Neuman & Engel
Patriot, H W Sawbridge, 95 Rotterdam, Cram &Co or Bahr &Co
Semprc lo Stesso, A Ferrara, 160 Trieste, Haskayne, Chapple & Co

+larketsi,

LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MARCH 15.
There continues a steady demand, and the sales of B.P. are goo
hhds, at last week's prices. 800 bags Bengal sold at 658 6d for low,
up to 68s for fine white. The sales in Foreign Sugar are 50 cases
Bahia, without alteration in prices.—Molasses continue in request,
and higher prices have been obtained ; the sales amount to 180
puns. chiefly Demerara, at 31s 6d, and Trinidad at 31s per cwt.—
Coffee. The sales of Plantation amount to 150 casks of Jamaica ;
clean ordinary qualities have realised full prices, whilst good mid-
dling sorts have given way 2s to 3s per cwt; 30 casks Demerara and
Berbice were also sold at the quotations.—A small lot of Trinidad
Cocoa sold at 395, and 3000 bags East India Ginger at 19s 3d to 20s
per cwt.; 1000 bags black Pepper at 4d to 4ad, and 30 bags Pimento
at 4d per lb.—No transactions in Rice.—There is only a limited in-
quiry for Rum, and the sales are confined to about 50 puns. of fine
Demerara and Jamaica, of high strength, at 5s to 5s 3d per gallon.
The transactions in Indigo are confined to retail sales to the trade.
—A few serons of Cochineal have realized full prices.—Terra Ja-
ponica has sold at 82s, Banco. Tin at 78s, and Straits' at 76s per cwt.
—lOOO bags of Saltpetre, of good quality, have been taken at 285.-
1500 bags Nitrate of Soda sold, it is supposed at the quotation, but
the price has not transpired.
Dyewoods. There has been a fair inquiry for Campeachy Log-
wood, and the sales are about 100 tons, at 415 lOs to 416 for fine
Wood ; also 25 tons of Jamaica. at 412 lOs per ton ; the other sales
of Woods have been small, and without change.—The Turpentine
market has been dull throughout the week, and 430 brls. only have
been sold, for which, however, 12s gd was obtained.—Nothing done
in American or Stockholm Tar.—Montreal Pot Ashes have been in
fair demand, and 300 to 400 brls have been sold at 25s 9d to 265 ; in
Pearl Ashes there is no alteration, and the demand is very limited.—
Hides. The sales are more extensive, and generally at fair prices,
except East India, which are lower; 6000 salted Monte Video Ox
and Cow have been sold at 43-d to sd, 1000 dry salted Paraiba
at sid to sid, 530 Maranham at 54d, 300 Bahia at 41d, 23,400 East
India Kips at 9id to llid for dry salted and brined, 7td to 84c1 for
dry and brined' 6id to 74d for Ist classed rubbed, and 3d to 64d for
3d rubbed, 2000 Calcutta Buffalo at 41d to 4id per lb, and 3100 dry
Monte Video Horse at lls each.—Tobacco. The sales of the week
are about '7O hhds, principally for Ireland, without any change in
price. . _ _

The demand for Brimstone during the week has been general and
extensive, both from consumers and speculators, and an advance of
5s per ton has been established ; the total sales have been about
1400 tons.—Only a few small sales have been made in Sumac, the
demand being on a very limited scale.—Small lots of Cream of
Tartar, also discoloured and brown have obtained full prices.—Ar-
gols have been neglected.—For Madders and Madder Roots there
continues to be a moderate demand, at steady prices.—Nothing done
in Valonia.—Scarcely any sales have been made in Olive Oil during
the week, and the market remains in a dull state.—The transactions
in Fish Oils have again been confined to Newfoundland Cod, of
which about 40 tuns have been sold, at £29 7s 6d to .429 lOs per
tun ; holders are now demanding .430 to .430 lOs per tun ; for Seal
Oil there is very little inquiry.—Linseed Oil is in good request at
the prices quoted; in Rape Oil little doing.—We have experienced
an improved demand for Palm Oil this week, and the Soap-trade
hive taken about 180 tons, at 4'43 lOs per ton, their stocks being
quite exhausted.—Oil of Turpentine is in better request and higher,
62s having been paid.—The holders of Hemp remain very firm, but
the demand continues trifling; a Navy contract for 3000 tons, half
Riga and half St. Petersburg, is advertised for the 4th proximo.—
For Flax some inquiry has appeared, and a few sales have been
effected, but not to any extent.—At the close of last week, some
considerable sales of Tallow were effected at 505 6d to 51s for Peters-
burg yellow candle; there has been since less doing, but holders
show no disposition to take lower rates ; a parcel of Monte Video
offered to-day, by auction, was withdrawn, and part since sold at
45s Cid to 48s per cwt. the quality good to fine.