The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
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ANCIENT Runts.—On this route we found the ruins of
the ancient Roman places, Eboda and Elusa ; and also those
of Beersheba, twenty-eight miles south-west of Hebron, still
called Birseba. ' There are two wells of fine water, over 40
feet deep, one 124 feet diameter, and the other about 6, wall-
ed up with solid mason-work, the bottoms dug out of the
solid rock. Close by are the ruins as of a large straggling
village, corresponding entirely to the description of it by
Eusebius and Jerome.—Professor Robinson' 8 Letter from
Jerusalem, in the American Biblical Repository
The Baron Denon told me, that on one occasion Napoleon
wished him to make a sketch of Marie-Louise, for a statue
which he intended to have executed by Canova. She was to
be represented as a Roman empress, with flowing drapery,
bare arms' and a tiara. Denon was in the apartment, endea-
vouring to place her in a graceful posture ; to accomplish
which he found to be, if not an impossible, at least a difficult
task. Napoleon, who was present, appeared mortified at the
total want of natural grace of the empress ; and when he next
met Denim alone, remarked, "that it was strange that a
person so perfectly well shaped should be so remarkably stiff
and gauche in all her movements."—Lady Blessington's
Idler in Italy.
. HIE AND CRY.—It is no doubt known to the generality
of our readers, that there is published in London a paper
containing police intelligence, which paper is known by the
name of the Hue and Cry. For some time past this gazette
has appeared twice in each week, and as it has been found
exceedingly useful to the public at large from the wide cir-
culation that it has given to notices of murders, robberies,
and other offences, and the particulars relating to persons
suspected of being guilty of the same, which has •in nume-
rous instances led to the apprehension of the offenders, and
the restoration of the stolen property, the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, has recently given orders that the
paper on and after the Ist of April next, shall be published
three times a week, and that one copy of each publication
will be forwarded, gratuitously, to the following parties :
the mayor or chief magistrate of every corporate town; the
clerk of every petty sessions division ; the keeper of every
prison for the custody of persons charged with felony or
misdemeanour, not being a mere lock-up house; the chief
officer of every permanent paid police in any town or district
in Scotland or Ireland, exceeding 10,000 persons ; the col-
lector of customs at every port in the United Kingdom, from
whence persons depart on leaving the country ; to the mili-
tary or naval departments, and to the police of the metropo-.
lis. To the chief officer of every permanent police whose
district includes a population of under 5,000 persons, one
copy; between 5,000 and 20,000, two copies; and above
20,000 three copies. Those persons, therefore, who are pri-
vileged to be furnished with the paper, ought by all means to
take care that they receive it, for by so doing it may greatly
assist them to make the most important discoveries. And
as there is no charge incurred beyond the postage of the letter
conveying the information, for the insertion of any notices in
the paper, all persons will have the best opportunities afforded
them of giving the greatest publicity to any police informa-
tion required to be made extensively known.
ATTORNEYS' CHARGES.—A fee of 6s. Bd. or 13s. 4d. is
allowed (as the case may be) under the name of instructions
'for a deed, a brief, or other document, for the drawing of
which a further charge is made. Now, if a client, as it ge-
nerally happens, knows but little of his case, and brings to
his solicitor a mass of papers to peruse, the latter, in strict
taxation, cannot charge for the perusal or selection of these
papers, as they are included under the term " instructions,"
and the fee covers it all. So, in certain stages of suits and
actions, there is a fee called a term fee. This covers all at-
tendance on clerks at court and other officers, and many on
the client himself. Again, with reference to cost of atten-
dance, as a rule, 6s. Bd. an hour is allowed. NOw, an attor-
ney not knowing much of his business, will take two hours
in advising, where he who understands it takes one : yet the
former on taxation gets 13s. 4d., the latter but 6s. Bd.
Again, it is not difficult to draw a long deed, the charge for
which is Is. per folio ; this, for a deed of 100 folios, gives a
charge of £5. But it will take much time and talent to
shorten this deed, as it properly ought to be shortened—say
to 20 folios. Yet for this the skilful labourer can charge
but 20s. So with reference to the charge for copies. A.
stationer's charge is about Id. to 2d. per folio; the attor-
ney's, 4d. or 6d. in ordinary copying, and for verifying the
accuracy of the copy.—Law Gazette.
WORDSWORTH'S BOYHOOD.—To those who live in the
• tame scenery of Cockermouth, the blue mountains in the
distance, the sublime peaks of Borrowdale and Buttermere,
raise aloft a signal as it were of a new country—a country of
romance and mystery, to which the thoughts are habitually
turning. Children are fascinated and haunted with vague
temptations when standing on the frontiers of such a foreign
hind ; and so was Wordsworth fascinated, so haunted. For-
tunately for Wordsworth, he was at an early age transferred
to the very centre of this lovely district. At the little town
of Hawkshead, seated on the northwest angle of Easthwaite
Water, a grammar school was founded in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, by Archbishop Sandys ; and here it was that
Wordsworth passed his life until the time arrived for his re-
moval to college. Taking into consideration the) pectilig
tastes of the person, and the peculiar advantages of the place,
I conceive that no pupil of a public school can ever have
passed a more luxurious boyhood than Wordsworth. The
school discipline was not very strict ; the mode of living out
of school very much resembled that of Eton for Oppidans—
less elegant, perhaps, and less costly in its provisions for ac-
commodation, but not less comfortable ; and in that part of
the arrangements which was chiefly Etonian, e -vitt more so ;'
for in both places the boys, instead of being gathered into
one tbld, and at night into one or two large dormitories, were
distributed amongst motherly old " dames," technically so
called at Eton, but not at Hawkshead.—Tait's Magazine for
February.

THE ARAB GREEN-GROCER.—WhiIe serving in Egypt, he
was one morning seated in his marque, when he saw, drawing
near, a miserable Arab, bestriding the hind-quarters of an
ass, which also carried a pair of panniers, filled with garden
esculents—acceptable, and somewhat rare commodities, at
that time and place. This purveyor of greens was jogging in-
offensively along, looking out for purchasers, when his evil
star:sent him such a customer as he did not bargain for----a
tall and powerful Turk, richly dressed, and armed to the
teeth, who, without sword, dragged him from his seat, kicked
the panniers 'off their bearers, " and spread his vegetable
store" upon the sand. Pressing as this hero's temporary ne-
cessity for a steed might be, it was probable that he would
not have tolerated one so mean, but for the pleasurea tyran-
nically usurping the goods of a powerless inferior; yet ere he
had lifted his leg high enough to cross the animal, a dapper
fellow, much below the ordinary size of soldiers, who had
been cleaning his master's belt close by, roared out—" What
d'ye mane by dat, ye big blackguard? How dar ye maltrate
the Arawbian, in, his lawful calling?. Let go his ass, oryou'll
sup sorrow, my lad !" The-Mussalnaan,, though he might
not understand a word this champion of the injured poured
forth, could neither mistake nor relish the'hostile looks and
menacing gestures of little Jemmy Mullhollan, to whom,
however, he only vouchsafed the mute and dignified hint-of
laying his hand on his dagger. " Och, you murtherin' thief!,
you mane that, do you ?" cried Jemmy. "By all that's ho/Y
I'll tache you manners !" Then springing upon the formida-
ble persecutor, he wrenched the weapon from his hand, and
flung it into the air. " Hooroo !" shouted Jemmy, dancing
with passion, and reiterating the wild exultant cry so fre-
quendy heard in an Irish scrimmidge. The follower of Ma-
hornet stood for a few moments utterly confounded by the
suddenness and success of this attack; but, recovering his
self-possession, prepared to draw a pistol from his girdle.
" Ye're there, are ye, ould muslin cap ? Bad cess to ye, but
I'll take the shine out of yez yet ! Saying this, Jemmy made
a furious butt with his bull-head at the Moslem, which felled
him to the earth, and " the boy" on top of him. As they
rolled over each other in their prostrate scuffle, the active Hi-
bernian absolutely abducted his foe's pistols. In drawing
the second from the folds of the shawl, it went off, and alarmed
the guard; some of whom hastening to the spot, secured the
combatants. Mullhollan, spite of his narrow escape from ball
and blade, was unhurt, but the Turk had one eye " bunged
up;" while on the nose the fist of Erin had performed a
diametricaly contracted operation, broaching its claret, by
which a handsome vest was liberally stained. This was a
ready-made-out strong case of assault and battery. The suf-
fering party, addressing an officer who had been led to the
scene of action, insisted on seeing the commander-in-chief,
to make complaint of the rough usage by which he had been
insulted. The poor Irish lad was conveyed to the guard-
house ; the Turk to Lord Hutchinson, on whom the com-
mand had devolved " when the brave Abercromby received
his death-wound." His lordship ordered the matter to be
investigated ; and Captain Ford, in detailing what he had wit-
nessed, dwelt with pleasure on the humane impulse of the
little Irish fighting-cock. Still the malignant and the tur-
baned Turk demanded the life of the offender in expiation.
It was the policy of Lord Hutchinson to treat the Ottomans
and Mamelukes, who still hung about our camp, with every
mark of respect ; peculiar circumstances would have rendered
it dangerous to refuse even this request. A drum-head court-
martial was assembled ; Mullhollan's transgression fully
proved ; he was ordered for instant execution. The sentence
being made known to the belaboured and vindictive infidel,
he seemed appeased, though his satisfaction was somewhat
qualified when he heard that " the regulations of the British
army would not permit one of an opposite faith to witness a
punishment." In about an hour a strong detachment was
seen marching towards the sandhills, in the rear of the camp ;
and, in the midst of this guard, the prisoner, who, to his
honour be it spoken, seemed to bear his fate with extreme
fortitude. As far as the soldiers would permit, the poor Arab
followed on his donkey wringing his hands, and wailing over
this reward of his protector's brave good nature The ap-
pointed spot was soon gained ; the fatal volley fired. As it
reached the ear of the maltreated Turk, he was seen to smile,
and with a heart full of gratified malice, hurried from the vi-
cinity of the camp. In a few minutes the soldiers returned
when, in full regimentals, carrying his musket, and occupy.;
ing the centre of the rear rank, marched Jemmy Mullhollan;
who had lent himself to this exhibition of justice, and, for
many a year after, would laugh over the story.s----Home See
vice, by Benson Hill.

COFFEE.—The use, or rather abuse, of coffee is said to
produce feverish heat, anxiety, palpitations, trembling,Weak-
ness of sight, and predisposition to apoplexy. The quality
and effects of coffee, however, differ according to the manlier
in which it is roasted: If underdone, its virtues Wilt not,he
imparted, and its infusion will load and oppress the trisiikbi
lilt be overdone, its properties will be destroyed, it Will'hbat
the body; and act as an astringent. 'llllisgrave and Percival
recommended its use in asthma; indeed, most p(U-Aotis
homing under that distressing malaly seem•to derive benefit
from its use, The principle of coffee is the .CafOrzo
in lisco-
vered by Robiquet 1821 ; and it is to this active principle
that its beneficial 'or baneful effects 'can be attributed. 'Re-
cent experiments tend to show that it is possessed of power-
ful febrifuge virtues. To obtain this result, raw coffee has
been used. It gives to water a gieeiiish hue ;'find thus sate=
rated, it has been called the citfrine caffee. Grindal has used
this preparation in the treatment of intermittent fevers in
the Russian 'hospital of Dorpat ; he also adthiniStered the
raw coffee in powder. In eighty cases of this fever, scarcely
any resisted the power of this medicine, given either in pow-.
der, decoction, or extract ; but he seems to consider the lat-

ter form the most effectual. From this physician's observa-
tions, coffee may become a valuable addition to our materia
medica ; and the homocepathic practitioners maintain, that
they have employed it withfreat success in various maladies.
--Dr. Millingen.
BYRON IN ITALY.—He has a passion for flowers, and pur-
chases bouquets from the venders on the road, who have
tables piled with them. He bestows charity on every mendi-
cant who asks it ; and his manner in giving is gentle and
kind. The people seem all to know his face, and to like him ;
and many recount their affairs, as if they were sure of his
sympathy. Though now but in his thirty-sixth year, Byron
talks of himself as if he were at least fifty, nay, likes to be
considered old. It surprises me to witness the tenacity with
which his memory retains every trivial occurrence connected
with his sojourn in England, and his London life. Persons
and circumstances, that I should have supposed could never
have made any impression on his mind, are remembered as
freshly as if recently seen. * * * We have purchased
Byron's yacht, the Bolivar, and intend to keep it at Naples
while we stay there. He has written much on board this

vessel, which-gives chief value, in my eyes at least. WehaTe
agreed to leave the nomination of the price to Mr. Barry, but
Byron contended for a larger sum than that gentleman
thought it worth. The poet is certainly fond of money, and
this growing passion displays itself on many occasions. He
has sa repeatedly and earnestly begged me to let him have my
horse Mameluke to take to Greece for a charger, that I have,
although very unwilling to,part from him, consented. To no
one else would I have resigned this well-known rind docile
animal, wbich I shall find great difficulty in replacing. * *
A letter from Byron, saying that he cannot afford to give
more than eighty pounds for Mameluke. I paid .a hundred
guineas, and would rather lose two hundred than part with
him. How strange to beg and to entreat to have this horse
resigned to him, and then name a price less than he i;ost!—
LadY Bkorinotoes Idler is Italy. _

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