The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-15 00:00:00

THE MAGAZINES AND SERIALS.

Fraser's Magazine (London: G. W. Nickisson) con-
tains this month many excellent articles and °nen very
remarkable one, from which .we have quoted at length
elsewhere. We shall endeavour to borrow from another
in our next.

Blackwood's Magazine this month is rather a heavy
number. It contains, however, some valuable articles,
and one or two of a very racy description. Amongst the
latter is one upon the subject of the Game Laws, from
which we have quoted freely, and in which Friend JOhn
Bright has the knout administered in Christopher's best
fashion. In " Recent Royal Marriages" we have theSest
sketch of the Spanish question which we have met with.
Dublin University Magazine, for the present month, is
full of excellent matter. The stirring " Black Prophet,"
by Mr. Carleton, is brought to a conclusion in the present
number.

7'heJfnight of Gwynne increases in graphic excellence,
and promises to be the best work which Mr. Lever has as
yet presented to the public.
The Fortunes of Torlogh O'Brian progresses well.
Some of the scenes in the present number are strikingly
pourtrayed.
Almanac for the Month (Punch, office) is not so good a
number as we have seen. But to be funny in November
is not vet y easy. _

mother.
" ' Yes, but no one could have told that it would when
he was Christened. And, besides, it will be very- absurd
when he is a man.' Reginald looked at his mother as he
spoke, and could not imagine what he had said to make
her change colour. Somehow he could not forget the ex-
pression of her countenance, and he could not resist an
undefined feeling that there was a mystery about the child.
" ' In bed and asleep in five minutes, I dare say,'
said Mr. Hamilton, releasing little Denham with a kiss.
The child looked grave ; it was evident he was not unwil-
ling to go to bed, but still that he had something to say.
However he had grown very bold in making his wishes
known, and he, at last, exclaimed, ' At my other at-home,
my other mamma used to bear me say my prayers—may I
say my prayers to you ?' And he clung to Mrs. Hamil-
ton's arm while he spoke.
" ' Yes, Darling,' she replied, pressing him towards her ;
and she added, ' lam to blame, I ought to have thought
of this before.'
" There is something inexpressibly touching in the ear-
nest prayer of childhood ; the simple words, the unques- MORAL, DETERIORATION PRODUCED BY IMPROPER
tioning faith—surely they mount to Heavene, and make a DWELLINGS:—A clean, fresh, well-ordered house ex-
ladder by which peace descends ! Even Reginald, who ercises over its inmates a moral, no less- than a physical
was neither very religious, nor very sentimental, felt this influence, and has a direct tendency to make the mem.
hole influence, as little Denham knelt at Mrs. Hamilton'S bens of the family sober, peaceable, and considerate of
feet, and with his tiny hands clasped together, and his the feelings and happiness of each other ;• nor is it difficult
eyes cast down, he repeated the Lord's Prayer distinctly, I to trace a connexion between habitual feelings of this
and then the benediction with which he had been taught sort, and.the formation of habits of respect for prOpertY,
to conclude his brief devotions. for the laws in general, and even for those higher duties
" ' Pray God bless mamma and papa, and brother and and obligations, the observance of which no laws can I foss
sister, and grandpapa and grandmamma, and make me a enforce : whereas, a filthy, squalid, unwholesome dwelling, '—
good 'boy.' in which none of the decencies common-to society, even
- Mrs. Hamilton ball-not- Crewmen tbatlier-allengrann. 'ln cticiciwctrt stage or eivillaaticn,-are-ov can be observed,
children had been accustomed thus to pray. The thought, tends directly to make every dweller in such a hovel re-
that night and morning such pure orisons had been offered gardless of the feelings and happiness of each other, sel-
for her and her husband, awakened-a delicious tenderness fish and sensual ; and the connexion le obvious between
at her heart, which well nigh broke down all semblance of the constant indulgence of appetites and passions of 'this
composure. Again Reginald caught the strange ex- class, and the formation of habits of idleness, dishonesty,
pression, and recognised a tremor of her frame. This debauchery, and violence ; hi a word, the training to
time he read the secret through and through, and saw at a every kind and degree of brutality and ruffianism. This
glance the unity of the last week's strange proceedings ! is what any man who has at all turned-his attention to the
" Wonder, hope, some selfish dread, yet many more subject would expect, and a demonstration of its truth
generous feelings, crowded on his mind with bewiLlering appears to me to be afforded by the fact already stated,
confusion ; but the impulse of the moment led him to hide that in the worst of the districts of which we have been
his mother's trepidation, and this he did successfully— speaking, and in the most wretched of the hovels of these
pouring out a glass of water, as if she had asked for it, neglected districts, live, and from birth have lived, that
which she was powerless to do, and taking off his father's portion of the population out of which come not only
attention by alluding to an article in the Times. the pickpockets, the thieves, and those other degraded
" Mrs. Hamilton knew that her son had guessed the and profligate persons who constitute the ordinary pests
truth ; and when he stole another glance a minute or two of ,society, but also in general our great criminals, violent
afterwards, he saw that a blessing on himself beamed from and reckless men, who every now and- then perpetrate in
her eyes, and floated on her lips. The next day Reginald cold blood, with a savage callousness, deeds which fill the
and his mother had a long and confidential interview." whole country with disgust and horror."—The Liverpool
The sudden illness of the child, and the express of a Health of Town's Advocate.
wish, by Mr. Hamilton, that his parents should be sent A-young lady was told by a married lady that she had
for, brings about a disclosure that he is the son of Wm. better precipitate herself off Niagara Falls into the basin
Hamilton, and grievously offends the old man at the de-
beneath, than marry. The young lady replied, " I would,
if
ception practised upon him. The child is to be sent away, I- thought I could find a husband at the bottom."
and the father's forgiveness is about to be still further re-
JEWISH EDUCATION.—We will examine the state of
moved from probability by the admission of the second the Jewish poor, whose only resources are the Jewish
son into the firm ; and upon this being communicated to Free Schools. Are they, we will ask, in a state of
The world forgetting, by the world forgot." him by his parent, the young man resolves upon consum- efficiency for mental cultivation and the improvement of
the intellect, which those classes stand in need of ?
.ample! the statues, so colossal, so grand; the mu- mating a sacrifice of hinaeeli, which he had meditated in
Surely the staunchest patrons of the Jewish Free School
so divine; the holy father, so venerable; the forty favour of his brother; and proceeds to inform Mr. Ha-
in Bell-lane must admit its inadequacy for the demands
inals, the soldiers, the noble guard, the vast multi- milton, sen., of some youthful follies and crimes, by which ,
, of the Jewish population in the Metropolis, and the City,
of well-dressed, clean, well-behaved, thoughtful, de- he has for some time been brought into serious embarrass-
iin particular. Hence the ignorance of religious matters
spectators,—all united, cry aloud, Was ever scene went, and which shock grievously the old man. The re-
in the elementary branches of Hebrew, which is alarmingly
this? The pomp, the circumstance of " glorious conciliation of all parties, however, is ultimately brought 1
increasing. Neither our middle nor poor classes have
' 1 falsely so called, sinks into insignificance compared about ; and the Christmas dinner, by which it is cele- ,
of late years advanced in general education, commen-
this unrivalled scene. Surely, coming from the little brated, is so beautifully described that we were almost
surately with the general progress of society. The
eon, close to the capitol, where Sts. Paul and Peter tempted to extract it. We must, however, perforce re-
strongest proof of this assertion is the employment chiefly
in prison, and the angel liberated them from the frain, and content ourselves with the following portion re- i
of foreign teachers, because our native young men are not
a to which they were bound, is a link in the chain ferring to Reginald Hamilton, the second son, of whose'
capable of undertaking the task. Our Free Schools hays
connects bye-gone ages with the present. The pa- sacrifice of himself for his brother we have spoken :
produced no more than one or two teachers in the course Trade in Paisley is in the most horrible condition. The
oman Emperors, with few exceptions, were luxu- " Soon after his partner had departed, Mr. Hamilton ,
grants, their spotted laurel wreaths stained with rang his bell. "fell Mr. Reginald I wish to see him, if , of twelve years. If our readers consider the picture we operatives are applying in large bodies for parochial relief.
'
eelty and blood ! Since their day, what have been the you please,' he said to the servant who responded to the have drawn too highly coloured, let them go to the anus- The men charged with the murders at Barnard Castle
gogue and count how many., are able to translate their will, be tried at York to-day.
rst Christian emperors—the Constantines and the Popes? summons. Prayers and their Bible ; let them listen to those who are The Middlesex magistrates are moving for an Act of -
,et history answer. '" He is not at home, sir,' the man replied.
. called up to the desk and cannot pronounce the blessing Parliament to establish schools for the younger prisoners.
"His floating robe around him folding. " ' Then let him know my wish as soon as he comesin.
before and after the reading of the Law ; examine the Mr. Wyse has declined standing for Westminster, on
Slow sweeps he through the column'd aisle ; " Two or three hours passed before Reginald returned •
But when the anthem shakes the choir, and when he came at last, it was from an interview witli majority of young men, who were educated in the free- the plea of his apprehension that his religious opinions as
And kneel the monks, his steps retire; Marian Wilmot I His mind was bravely strung to en- schools, and other day and boarding establishments, if a Roman Catholic would be a bar to his.success.
Then will he pause till all is done, counter almost anything ; or, perhaps, he only felt, that a they are acquainted with the religious duties of a son, a The Central Protection Society have determined upon
And hear the prayers, but otter none. scene even as exciting as that of the day before would father, or a husband ; examine the youths on the day of calling a meeting. for the 12th of January, to consider the i
Lo ! mark ye, as the harmony confirmation, if they know many other chapters. of the ' repeal of the malt-tax. I
now seem tame and unimportant.
Peals louder praises to the sky, Bible beyond that which they have just sung out with so Colonel Wade, the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner,
" A few common-place remarks, and then Mr. Hamil-
much eclat ; examine the very members of the choir, who died suddenly on Thursday week, whilst inspecting the
That livid cheek, that stony air
Of mixed defiance and despair." ton resumed the subject of his son's offences. assist in the Divine worship, whether they are able to in- Haverfordwest 'Union Workhouse.
fuse intolhe hymns the harmony of their souls with that
MOr.ncUoi-geudhnoet,yowf eKekilieormneonoft,thweasunfidreedr-gattinlbyekpeoeapeehresrosf,
et have I found, at several monasteries, amiable, intelli- "' I shall pay your debts,' he said, ' and forgive the
nt, hospitable monks, who spread their kindly offering to i past, on condition that you pledge your word never to
of their voices. Let them examine all these, and they
will, we are grieved to say it, find the religious education and so severely wounded that he died the same night.
stranger, of bread, fruit, and wine, without expects- I touch card or die again ?'
of our masses in a worse condition than we have de scribed Tuesday's Gazette contains a notice that a new writ is
nof fee or reward. Have I not slept for four nights ' " The pledge was readily and gratefully given. . .
der the sheltering roof of the monastery at Vallombrosa ; ' " And now,' added Mr. Hamilton, holding out hie
it.—Jeteish Chronicle.
I though the abbot appeared to be a venison-pasty, band, ' through life there must be no more deception.' about- to be issued for North Lincolnshire, arising from
AN ENGLISH MANOR-ROUSE IN THE NEXT GENERA- Lord Worsley's succession to the peerage.
ie loving bon vivant, yet his brethren were pale, stu- " Reginald was silent for a moment. He still grasped
TION. A very nice place an English manor house
us, kind, benevolent, and Christian men 1 If we can- his father's hand, while with the other be shaded his eyes. Mr. Hudson has given orders for all the persons en-
would be under- his (Mr. Bright's) peculiar soperinte;i- gaged on the Eastern Counties to be regaled with a good
e the bachelor system Catholics exclusively require, " ' Father !' he murmured, ' I have seen Marian Wil-
dence, and the operation of the new regime! In the dinner, and to receive ss. duringehe Christmas holiday a.
women are expelled if they enter a monastery at Rome, mot to-day.' morning we should meet, ladies and gentlemen, in the On Wednesday Col. Mule, a Conservative, was re-
we must allow there are many amiable individual ex- " Mr. Hamilton started; but he answered with tolera-
breakfast room, all devoutly intent upon the active demo- turned, for the county of Renfrew, in the place of the late
ions. Did I not exchange a little present of regard, ble calmness by the interrogative monosyllable ``!'ell ?' Ii tion -
mon of the muffins. Tea and coffee there are in abun- P. M. Stewart, Esq.
thou brother of St. Francis! for thy simple rosary "' Do not fear,' he said, mournfully, ' that you will be
-led beans so often used in prayer by thee. Did I not asked to receive a tradesman's child for your daughter. dance—but not good, for the first. has the. flavour of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gaspard le Merchant will suc-
the hedges, and the second reminds us villanously of ceed the Hon. Frederick Bruce as Lieutenant-Governor
books for thy little library, ob, thou dear friend and Yet, while she lives, I watch over her as a fond brother, Hunt's
roasted corn. There are eggs, however, and on of Newfoundland. Sir Gaspard is at present in command
at the monastery at Tallambrosa!! and if she sink before her father, I fill to him the place of the sideboard rest a large round of beef, with a thick mar- of the 85th Light Infantry at Limerick.
a son. They have accepted me as such. They have been
taught by my brother's sufferings to understand my gin of rancid yellow fat, and a ham which is literal hog's- A company has been started in London, entitled the
temptation—l am pardoned ; and a love deeper,• purer, lard. There are no fish. The trouting-stream has been " Omnibus Publicity Company ." It proposes to cover
truer than that of old is accepted.' turned from its natural course to move machinery, and the interior of the roofs of omnibuses with advertisements,
"' If she recover ?' asked Mr. Hamilton. . now rolls to the shrinking sea, not in native silver, but in in compartments of the dimensions of one foot square.
alternate currents of indigo, ochre, or cochineal, accord, John Cann, a butcher, at Bristol, killed his infant child
" ` It would be a miracle—such as the world sees not ,
ing to the hue most in request for the moment at the on Monday night last, by dashing its head against the
once in a century.'
" ' But if ?' neighbouring dye-work. In vain you look about for stones of the street, in the presence of his wife, who was
grouse-pie, cold partridge, snipe, or pheasant. You might returning with him from a friend's house.
" ' Father, you would give her to me—my heart tells
as well ask for a limb of the khthyosaurus as for a wing of The London Parcel Post Company is about to adopt
me that you would, without my asking.'
, these perished animals. Deuce a creature is there in the the penny system, and to convey to any part of London a
" ' Perhaps—l do not know—speak no more about it.
"' I will be silent. For the words I have heard and room except bipeds, and they are all of the manufacturing package, not exceeding eighteen ounces in weight, for a
, breed. You recollect the days of old, when your entry penny.
have spoken to-day, are too sacred even for your ears. into the breakfast-room used to be affectionately welcomed Mr. John Laurie, late sheriff of London, and son of
" Beautifully and truly is it said, that ' work is woe- by terrier, setter, and spaniel, and you wonder what has Sir Peter Laurie, has announced himself a candidate for
ship !' And even, in like measure and in like manner,
Enjoyment is Thanksgiving. 'Who has not felt this at become of these ancient inmates of the family. On in. the borough of Pontefract, as substitute for Lord Polling-
quiry you are informed, that—being non-productive ani- ton, on Conservative principles.
CHRISTMAS TIME !—when the old and new years meet, mals, and mere consumers of food which ought to be re- The Liberal candidates for the representation of the
and the world pauses, as it were, to breathe amid the toil,
served for the use of man alone—they have one and all City of London, at the next election, are announced to
and strife, and struggle of life • and the holy gratitude to
of them been put to death ; and your host Points rather 'be Lord John Russell, Mr. Pattison, Sir G. Larpent,
which the Sacred Season should give birth, inclines us to
complacently to the effigy of old Ponto, who has been and Mr. Rothschild.
Ater be at peace with all men : and none the less that we show
enish by our gratitude in mirth, and revelry, and song, and stuffed by way of a specimen of an extinct species, and who Prom an official document it appears that there are
.. arm chairs now glares at you with glassy eyes from beneath the she- 202,051 licensed dealers in tobacco and snuff in the United
laughter !
no fierce con- Alas! sad hearts are there, even on Christmas DaY ;
ter of the mahogany sideboard. Tired of the converse- Kingdom; 170,048 being in England, 16,601 in Ireland,
-•"
es Toulmin rejects for the will cannot always exorcise the forms that rise at tion, which is principally directed towards the working of and 15,405 in Scotland.
. the deep purpose for the new tariff, the last improvement in printed Calicoes, LoNGEviTy.—As a proof of the longevity of the present
memory's call; and the dead, or the absent, may rule the
ene time she equally steers hour that seems to belong only to the mirthful present. and the prices of some kind of stock which appears to generation, the obituary of the Times, of Monday, re-
. 6, and sermonising. The cha-fluctuate as unaccountably as the barometer, you rise from corded the decease of no less than six persons whose
There are silent cares, too, which may check gladness.
.ces are human, and yet not corn- table and move towards the window in hopes of a pleasant united ages are 514 years, making an average of eighty-
But for the most part, it is a happy, merry time ; and Mr.
- beautiful truthfulness in their prospect. You have it. The old park, which used to five and a fraction of four.
Merrythorpe was not alone in thinking there never was
est poetic feeling scattered such a Christmas Day as that of which we are talking. contain some of the finest trees in Britain—oaks of the DUTCH POTATOES.—The latest returns of arrivals from
ep from beneath the sur- Yet, morally speaking, it was a sort of April weather— Boscobel order, and elms that were the boast of the the Continent show the importation of nearly 300 tons
continually assure ustry—is now as bare as the palm of your hand, weight of potatoes in one day. Of these, 100 tons were
smiles and tears chasing each other in sapid succession."
4 of one as compe• up into potato allotments. The shubbery and flower par- from France, 112 tons from Normandy and a cargo
light. To To ena- We anticipate for this little work an extensive sale, of terres, with their elegant terrace vases and light wire • •
rwo of Miss which it is eminently worthy. fences, have disappeared. There is not a bush beyond a' prng 80 tons from Flushing the prodUction of Holland.
The Morning Post jocosely reports a very culpable
estruction few bayberries, evidently intended for detestable jam, nor practical joke. A party was given by Mrs. 8., at S.
The Monk of Cimies. By Mrs. Sherwood. Man- a flower, except some chamomiles, which may be infused House' there was a country-dance ; after dancing to
H. cheater : Thomas Johnson, and all booksellers. into a medicinal beverage, and a dozen great stringy " Sir Roger de Coverly," a young lady sat down, and
'At , it is very satisfactory, wben we find the efforts for the coarse-looking rhubarbs, enough to give you a dyspepsia, her dress exploded with a loud noise. A young officer of
spread of popery so multiplied—when we meet with the if you merely imagine them in a tart. At the bottom of Engineers had concealed some gam-cotton in it.

ad pounds to the then pope ; but this offer was declined.
3 the early Christians, with the equally barbarous Goths
Vandals, destroyed such multitudes of works of art, I
a convinced vast treasures now lie buried underneath
e-Tiber's yellow stream ; and could it be diverted, the
y would escape those dangerous inundations, so preju-
Lial to health, and injurious to property and life. But
aristaias-day is come! We are off to St. Peter's. The
'T is all alive ; throngs of people in strange but gay at-
re, from the various country districts, perambulate the
reets towards the largest Christian temple in the world ;
te pipers from the mountains, called Pifferari, play their
lid music every night and morning before every shrine
the Madonna and her Son • picturesque pilgrims,
(inks, friars, priests, bishop., chamberlains,l and cardi-
tls, all in costume, throng to celebrate the august birth-
ty of the " Man of Sorrows"—of him that was " ac-
sainted with grief." The noble Roman guard are there
their costume ; the Swiss guard in their gay, wasp-like
mild hat and frilled apparel, who, with their formidable
p.lberds, guard the chambers, corridors, and approaches
his Holiness and the Sistine chapel ; foreign ambassa-
DICS from all the states of Europe except haughty Albion
re present at the august ceremony ; and soon the pom-
ails procession slowly winds down through the vast con-
yarse of people. The moment the triple-crowned Pon-
d! appeared, a /Arvin blast of trumpets, like so -inagel's
cream, rang through the temple, seeming to come down
rom beyond the roof.
I found afterwards the trumpeters were concealed in
no of the windows near the roof. This, like every thing

Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine.—St. Giles and
St. James by the editor, drags its slow length along rather
too slowly. if Mr. Jerrold would give us more of it at
once, the public would, we have no,doubt, be very glad,
especially if it displaced some of the very reprehensible
articles by which it is accompanied. It is a pity to see
really clever men endeavouring to build up a reputation
of superior regard for the good of the people by distorting
the vices of ,the great and exaggerating. the acknowledged
suffering of the poor.

-+-

SELECTIONS.

,~is so planned by the dignitaries to create effect. All
rranged, preconcerted, planned, to dazzle the mind
►trance the imagination. Behold how the diamonds,
, and precious stones, glitter in that gorgeous triplt-
ed tiara: see the feathers waving! Each side his
ss eight selected, practised men, carry on his throne,
their shoulders, the crowned priest and king. All
en and on their knees receiving his blessing; the
ts have ceased ; the organ's solemn peal is mingling
oral sounds of men and eunuchs, in wild Italian
And what music is like or equal to Italian vo-
Whether it be the delicious air and climate of

r the finer organisation of the windpipe, throat,

JW
guage, and articulatory powers of the people, none can
,al, much less surpass, Italian vocalists. Go and at-
d vespers in St. Peter's, and in whatever part of that
t cathedral, near any of those vast colossal statues, 18
t high, or beside those elegant illusive mosaic pictures,
near those tombs, so gigantic, by Canova! and one too
the last of the Stuart family,—the silvery tones of those
idy eunuchs pervade the vast area of the temple. A soft,
icious melancho'y steals over the senses ; the gorgeous
ne transports you. If it be not a musical heaven ! it is
; heaven of music. You are—

erntrat 11115rrilanp.

NOTICES.

rrfners for Life : a Christmas Story, by Camilla
Foolmin. London : W. S. Orr and Co., Paternoster-

•
Miss Tau!ruin is deservedly a favourite with us. In
that she writes—her prose sketches or her poetry—
re is a freshness and_vigour of thought, combined with

•
graceful expression and beauty of feeling., peculiarly at-
tractive. Her great merit, however, consists in the fact
that her writings are throughout directed to the improve-
z2eat of her species ; to the removal of conventional abuses
which press down the weak, and to the rebuke of tyranny
practised by the strong. In the pursuit of these objects
tile is ever earnest, and most frequently happy.

The " Christmas Story" before us hi as Unlike many of
is class,"with which the press has teemed during the past
ew winters, as it is possible to be. We have none of the
melodramatic tableaux of Dickens, no striving after
kzarrerie of character, no hysterical efforts to astonish by
'minute painting of improbable incident, no old arm chairs
exciting themselves into galvanic liveliness, no fierce con-
tests between critics and kettles. Miss Toulmin rejects
these affectations, as unsuited to the deep purpose for
which she writes. At the same time she equally steers
dear of tameness, feebleness, and sermonising. The cha-
=ter; which she introduces are human, and yet not com-
wrap/ace ; and there is a beautiful truthfulness in their
delineation, and gems of almost poetic feeling scattered
throughout the story—springing up from beneath the sur-
ace, not intruded upon you—which continually assure us
Mat we are perusing the reflected mind of one as compe•
tent to teach wisdom as to amuse or to delight. To ena-
ble us to afford the reader a specimen or two of Miss
Tonlinin's style, we must briefly explain the construction
zed object of the tale.
in the opening chapters we are introduced to Mr. H. H.
flainilton, the senior partner of an eminent commercial
firsa—a haughty man, who prides himself upon his high