The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-03 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Thomas Campbell, the poet, was present at the corona-
tion. An amusing anecdote is told of his application for his
ticket, which is good enough to be true, and we therefore give
it,without, however,pledging ourselves as to its entire accuracy,
In his letter to the Earl Marshal he said, "There was a place
in the abbey called Poets' Corner," and suggested " the pro-
bability of there being room in it for a iwor living poet." The
ansiver was a ticket of admission.

THE QUEEN AND LORD ROI.I.E.—A member, who was in
the common's gallery, thus describes the accident which hap-
pened to Lord Robe, when he went to offer homage:--On his
lordship reaching the top step (there are four in number) his
foot slipped, and he actually rolled over and over to the bot-
tom, not in a sliding manner, but in the way described. He
was immediately raised by two or three peers, and, nothing
discomfitted by the unpleasant fall, he instantly ascended the
steps. Her Majesty most graciously got up from her seat, ex-
tended her hand to him, and finally expressed (as we after-
wards heard) a hope that his lordship was not hurt. This mark
of attention excited strong marks of approbation in all who
witnessed it—that is all who were fronting the chair when the
homage was tendered, for to more than one-half the assent-
blv the act could not be seen.

Lusus N ATURIE.—An instance of the strange freaks in which
nature sometimes delights to disport nerselfoccui red last week.
A cat belonging to Thos. Withers, of Bowling, produced a
kitten which had a head at each end of it, and only one lea,
which was placed under the shoulders in .the centre.—Leeds
hetelligencer.

THE Britrisu ARMY.—Nothing can exceed the high state
of discipline for which the army is distinguished : the admi-
nistration is perfect in all its parts, and the manner of con-
ducting duty, from the highest to the lowest, is exemplary in.
the extreme. The utmost. urbanity; totally free from foreign
martinet pedantry, marks all the orders and communications
from the superior to the inferior ranks. The best spirit and
disposition pervade all classes; and Subordination has taken
so firm a root iu the service as to set all attempts to shake it
completely at defiance. In the most distant parts of our vast
possessions—on the shores of the Ganges, and at the foot of
the Himalaya—by the ocean lakes of Canada, and in the hum-
blest of the Carribean Isles—in' the wilderness of the Cape,
and the forests of Australia, duty is as regularly performed,
and the rights and comforts of the soldier are as well attended
to, as within sight of the Horse Guards. The whole of this
magnificent system of discipline depends upon the word and
signature of the officers, the truth of which is never knOwn to
fail; and it is the high and perfect sense of honour which per-
vades all classes that can atone preserve the efficiency of an
army scattered Over every part of the earth. The world has
never seen any thing so perfect'as, this chain of. discipline;
its establishment and preservation refleKt the highest credit
on the authorities, who, by their -noble., conduct, have re-
deemed so many evils in our military SyStern, cud counter-
. acted so much injurious influence constantly exerted to the
prejudice of the army. Our
.empire- stands to .every quarter
of the globe, and the sun never sets within,the 'b!littids of our
dominions; and yet, even in these times-, when all civilized
nations have learned to.assemble and "ivield. their forces with
a promptness and efficiency never dreamed of by our immedi-
ate ancestors, less than an hundred thousand B-ritish soldiers,
a smaller army than second-rate continental states keep on
foot, maintain the power and supremacy of their country, un-
shaken and unassailed, to the utmost verge ,of these gigantic
possessions. It is a uobie task nobly performed, and an honour
to those engaged in the arduous duty. Feeble in number,
scattered on so many distant points, the fame and character
of the troops can alone keep ambitious and jealous rivals in
check. But all who might be disposed to attack the few know
the determined resolution. of the men; they.know that aid
from weakness or treachery!is not to be expeCted ,_• thatnothing
can be anticip_atesl.fram a combat against such soldiers: but
the fierce life and death struggle, the prospect.of_which, for-
tunately, makes even the boldest pause.—Monthly Chronicle
for June.