The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

It is a curious fact that Malrommed Ali, Napoleon Buona-
parte, and the Duke of Wellington, were all born in the
same year.
FACETIOUS CHAMBERMAID.--" Tell your mistress that I
have torn the curtain," said a gentleman to a domestic of his
lodging-house. " Very well, Sir ; mistress will put it down
to the rent."—Laird of Logan.
A FABLE.—Doctor Paris has just been with me. Pulse
languid; he has prescribed a tonic. He talked of the folly
of patients prescribing for themselves, and quoted a fable of
Cameral-ions. An ass laden with salt was crossing a brook ;
the water diluted the salt, and lightened the burden. He
communicated his discovery to a brother donkey laden with
wool. The latter tried the same experiment, and found his
load double is weight.
THE LATE DR. CARPENTER.—Upon making inquiry we
find that the report is correct as to the discovery of the re-
mains of our late respected fellow citizen' the Rev. Dr. Car-
penter, who was drowned on the night of April 5, on his pas-
sage from Naples to Leghorn. The body was washed ashore
between Naples and Civita Vecchia, 40 miles S.S.E. of Rome,
about the middle of June, and, according to the sanatory
laws of the country vl as consumed by fire. His watch, seals,
and pocket-book, found on the person, sufficiently identified
him. The Consul at Rome transmitted these articles to his
agent in London for Dr. Carpenter's representatives.—Bria-
tot Mirror.

POPISH PENANCE OF PROXY.—The following advertise-
ment appears in a recent number of the Memorial de la
Scarpe, a newspaper lately published at Douai :—" 25,000
Francs Reward.—A pious person, who has made a TOW to
visit the Holy Land, and whose health prevents him from
fulfilling his vow personally, offers a sum of 25,000 francs to
any one who will undertake the journey from pure religious
feelings. The candidate must be under forty years of age,
and of a robust constitution, in order that no doubt may exist
of his accomplishing the pilgrimage. Ile will have to walk
barefooted, and to enter no hotel, tavern, or public house, for
refreshment ; but during the journey must depend for sub-
sistence on the alms of the charitable. He must proceed
through Lyons, Chambery, cross the Alps, and thus to Rome,
where he will perform some religious exercises and devotion ;
passing from thence to Romagna and Ancona, he will then
go to Calabria, where he will. embark for Joppa, and so to
Jerusalem. Letters to be addressed X., office of the Memo-
rial de la Scarpe, at Douai."
THE GERMAN STREET-SWEEPERS.---In all the larger
cities of the union where these people are to be met with, it
is highly amusing to witness them in their occupation of
sweeping the streets with long brooms and watering pots,
moving in a listless, dull, and heavy manner, their inactivity
forming a strange contrast to the hurry, life, and general
bustle around them ; with long german pipes in their mouths,
which they seldom quit but for their food ! watches in their
pockets to which ever and anon they have recourse, either
for comparison of value or to ascertain the time of meals ;
rings on their fingers, long purses for their louse cash, for
which they seem to have more than an ordinary affection ;
generally sonic relic of their old costumes upon their persons
—they form in appearance, but particularly in manner, the
finest possible set-off to the incessant motion of everything
about them. The hottest day of the most melting time of
the year they never seem fatigued, and it is absolutely cool
and refreshing at those times to contemplate them.—Mecha-
nice and Labourers' Hand-book.

DIVISION or PARISHES.—The late Mr. Sergeant Lens
used to tell, with great glee the following anecdote of his
learned brother of the coif, Mr. Sergeant Hill :—Having
business to transact with him, he went to his chambers in
New-square,. Lincoln's-inn, and found him with the book-
cases, tables, chairs, and carpets on one side of the room,
while the other half of the apartment was without a single
article. After the usual greeting, " Pray," said Mr. Serge-
ant Lens, " what do you intend•to do with all the furniture
arranged in this strange fashion ?" The learned set grant re-
plied, " That since half his chambers had been found to
stand in the parish of St. Clement Danes, he had formed this
encampment on the side of the room belonging to Lincoln's-
inn, to prevent the officers from distraining his goods for the
poor rates." At a future period Mr. Sergeant Lens visited
his " brother in distress," as he facetiously termed him, and
actually found the officers in the apartments, they having ef-
fected an entrance through the back windows, and his
laarned brother daring them to touch his goods out of the
parish ; the boundary of which he had carefully marked on
the floor. The officers were so intimidated at the threats,
that they never again molested the learned sergeant, who
continued to reside in the chambers, without paying any
parochial dues. A case similar to this one occurred only a
few days since in the very same parish.

MISERIES OF MANAGEMENT.—The father of the late
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn was a great patron of the arts,
and so fond of theatrical amusements that he built a theatre
for the diversion of himself and friends, at Wynnstay, in
North Wales. On one occasion, Austin, the actor, manager
of the Chester Theatre, was requested by Sir Watkin to
superintend the getting up of a favourite comedy, which was
to be acted entirely by amateurs, most of whom were noble-
men and ladies of rank. A day was fixed for the perform-
ance, and, as a matter of course, a rehearsal was called in the
morning. Sir Watkin and Austin were at their post, tnak-
ing the necessary preparations to give effect to the play.
When all was ready, " Clear the stage," said Sir Watkin,
" and call Lord A—." " His lordship's gone out shoot-
ing," returned the servant.—" Call Sir B. C— then."
" He's gone fishing."—" Request Lady D— to come
then." " Her ladyship and several others are just gone out
for a drive:"—" Who the devil," cried the knight, " would
be a manager?" "I am sure I would not," replied Austin
directly, " if I had your fortune."
How TO STOP BLEEDING.—Having noticed several cases
of death resulting from loss of blood, I have been induced
to offer a few simple directions "thich will enable any one to
understand the nature of the danger, and how to apply the
remedy. Either an artery or a vein may be wounded. The
arteries carry the blood from the heart towards the extremi-
ties, and the veins return it towards the heart. The blood
when an artery is injured flows in jets, not in a continuous
stream, and is of a bright florid hue ; from a vein it flows
with a uniform stream, and is of a dark red colour. Bleed-
ing from an artery is much the more dangerous of the two.
When arterial blood is seen to gush from a wound, let the
bystander reflect that the blood is passing from the body into
the limb. The member having been exposed as quickly as
possible, let him take a pocket' handkerchief and tie it loose-
ly, but with a tight knot, around the limb above the wound.
Then introduce a stick, or the handle of a penknife, which
will answer perfectly well, and twist it round several times,
till the limb is firmly compressed by the handkerchief and
the blood ceases to flow. Indeed, the wounded person
might do it himself, unless the bleeding was so very profuse
as to cause his fainting at once. After the bleeding is stopped
the handkerchief may be somewhat relaxed, but still conti-
nued around the limb until a surgeon can be called to secure
the vessel. In case of a wound of a vein there is much less
danger, and moderate compression below the wound will re-
tain the blood. When a person is suddenly attacked with
bleeding from the lungs, nothing is so effectual as the use of
a nutmeg grated or cut with a knife, and administered in a
little water or other liquid which may be at hand. I have
repeatedly employed it before any other remedy could be
procured, and with success.—New York Evening Sentinel.

CHINESE WOMEN'S FEET.—The most unaccountable
species of taste is that mutilation of the women's feet, for
which the Chinese are so remarkable. Of the origin of this
custom there is no very distinct account, except that it took
place about the close of the Tang dynasty, or the end of the
ninth century of our era. The Tartars have had the good
sense not to adopt this artificial deformity, and their ladies
wear a shoe like that of the men, except that it has a white
sole of still greater thickness. As it would seem next to im-
possible to refer to any notions of physical beauty, however
arbitrary, such shocking mutilation as that produced by the
cramping of the foot in early childhood, it may partly be as-
cribed to the principle which dictates the fashion of long
nails. The idea conveyed by these is exemption from labour ;
and as the small feet make cripples of the women, it is but
fair to conclude that the idea of gentility which they convey
arises from a similar association. That appearance of help-
lessness which is induced by the mutilation, they admire ex-
tremely, notwithstanding its very usual concomitant of sick-
liness ; and the tottering gait of the poor women, as they
hobble along upon the hel of the foot, they compare to the
waving of a willow agitated by the breeze. We may add that
this odious custom extends lower down in the scale of society
than might have been expected from its disabling effect upon
those who have to labour for their subsistence. If the cus-
tom was first' imposed by the tyranny of the men, the women
are fully revenged in the diminution of their charms and do-
mestic usefulness. In no instances have the folly and childish-
ness of a large portion of mankind been more strikingly dis-
played than in those various, and occasionally very opposite,
modes in which they have departed from the standard of na-
ture, and sought distinction even in deformity. Thus, while
one race of people crushes the feet of its children, another
flattens their head between two boards, and while we in
Europe admire the natural whiteness of the teeth, the Malays
file off the enamel and dye them black, fi►r the all-sufficient
reason that dugs' teeth are white ! A New Zealand chief
has his distinctive coat of arms emblazoned on the skin of
his face, rs well as his limbs ; and an Esquimaux is nothing
if he have not bits of stone stuffed through a hole in each
cheek. Quite as absurd, and still more mischievous, is the
infatuation which, among some Europeans, attaches beauty
to that modification of the human figure which resembles the
wasp, and compresses the waist, until the very ribs have
been distorted and the functions of the vital organs irrepara-
bly disordered.—Davis's Chine Be.
BREEDS OF CATTLE.—As the present month is the usual
period for breeders and rearers of stock to make their cus-
tomary selection and changes of animals, the following
remarks by Professor Low • (published some time since) on
the many crrOrs and glaring mistakes too often committed
in rearing breeds of oxen and sheep, may not be unaccepta-
ble Animals become gradually adapted to the conditions
in which they are placed, and many breeds have accordingly
become admirably suited to the natural state of the country
in which. they have been aeclimated. Thus, the West
Highland breed of cattle has become suited to a humid cli-
mate and a country of mountains ; the beautiful breed of
North Devon, to a country of lesser altitude and milder cli-
mate. In these, and many cases more, the intermixture of
stranger blood might -destroy the characters which time has
imprinted on the stock, and give as the result a progeny
inferior in useful properties to either of the parent races.
Not only have individual breeders erred in the application
of this kind of crossing, but it is certain that several entire
breeds have been lost which ought to have been carefully
Preserved. There are many breeds indeed so defective in
themselves, that time and capital would have been lost in
endeavouring to cnitivate them ; but not a few, as will be
seen in the sequel, might have been improved to the degree
required, by mere selection of parents, and attention to the
known principles of breeding. Not only do animals become
adapted in constitution, temperament, and habits, to the
situations in which they have been naturalized, but characters
communicated by art become permanent by continued repro-
duction. Thus, in the case of the dairy breed of Ayrshire,
by breeding from females that possess the property of yielding
a large quantity of milk, a peculiar breed has been at length
formed, exceedingly well suited to the purposes of the diary,
and at the same time hardy and fitted to subsist on ordinary
food. Now, such a breed might be injured, and not im-
proved, by crossing, even with a race superior to itself in
many properties. Thus, a cross with the Durhatns and He-
refords would produce a race of larger size and superior
fattening properties to the native race; but even in these
properties the progeny would be inferior to either the Here-
fords or the Durhaws, and inferior to the Ayrshire itself as a
hardy race of dairy cattle. 'rhus the crossing of oxen with a
race apparently superior will not always be attended with
ultimate good ; and caution and knowledge of the end to be
arrived at are required even in cases where the good seems
most easily attained. Another error of a different kind, but
proceeding likewise from ignorance of the relative value of
breeds, prevails. Breeds, in themselves bad, are obstinately
retained in districts fitted to support superior races. In every
part of the kingdom we see in existence wretched breeds,
unworthy of being preserved, while the easiest means are at
the command of the farmer of supplying their place by others
suited to the locality. Over the greater part of Wales, for
example, there are races of wild, diminutive sheep, which, in
economical value, bear no comparison with those which could
of animalswoo l ofiftttehde size zethe
manufactures of the country, nor being capable of fattening
of
be supplied from other mountain districts. In Kerry and
other mountainous districts, stretching along the western
coast of Ireland, in place of such sheep as the country would
dogsmain,t maintain,, are
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neitherto any size. Even in the heart of Yorkshire, as we shall see
in the sequel, a breed of sheep is preserved, covering a consi-
derable tract of countty, which from its coarseness of form
havings
and inaptitude to fatten, ranks in the lowest class of culti-
vated sheep in England. And in every part of the kingdom
we may see examples of the vast public and private losswhich
results from ignorance of the relative value and economical
uses of the different breeds of our domestic cattle."

Near Kenilworth, a most dreadful disease is raging
among the cows, which renders all their milk totally unfit
for use.

LON LEVlTY.—During the months of April, May, and June,
of the present year, there died in the five parishes of Penllyn,
Merionethshire, 43 persons, the average of the ages of 17 out
of that number was 86 years !

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—For the last few days
the weather has been very wet and stormy. On the night of
Monday a large quantity of rain fell, and all day yesterday we
had heavy showers. In the evening a thunder storm vi:dted
us, but it was not a very serious one. There is still a great
deal of grain to house in the neighbourhood; indeed but little
has yet- been secured. The crops; especially of oats, are re-
markably good ; but wheat, here as elsewhere, is rather thin.
—Blackburn Standard.

RATHER DISAGRBEABLE.—A person of Thirsk, who had
Invested about £2OO in a certain joint stock speculation,
which failed, and judgment having been obtained against th•
company, he was recently served with a process, requiring
him to chew cause why cxecution should not issue agaiust
him for £3OO. Immediately after this, he was also served
with another process, by another creditor, to know why
execution should not issue against him for £4OOO. The
feelings of the individual may be better imagined than de-
scribed.—Sheffield

SHIP STRUCK. BY LIGHTNING.—Captain Moffatt, of the
barque Underwood, arrived in the West India docks on
Monday last, from St. Kitt's, reports that, on the 22d of
August, in lat. 42., long. 55. 10, at half-past five a.m., the
ship was struck by lightning, accompanied by a tremendous
report. It shivered the main royal mast, split the maintop
mast head cap, and took a piece out of the mast ; sent the
the links of chain the maintopsail-tie in pieces, then burst in
the maintop and destroyed two maintopgallant studding sails,
sprung mainmast head, and split half the cheek off. Came
down topsail sheets, and burst again in the pump cistern,
where it bad been attracted by the standard of the pumps ;
one of tha pumps had a large piece knocked off, through
which the lightning made its way into the hold, and, as it
subsequently proved, passed out through the ship's bottom.
On examining the ship in Mr. Green's dry-dock, there were
two holes found in the vessel's bottom, one under each pump,
with which she had completed her voyage (upwards of 2900
miles) without any one on board suspecting the extent of
their danger.

DREADFUL MAIL COACH ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday
evening, about six o'clock, as the Holyhead mail was ap-
proaching Shrewsbury, and bad arrived within about three
miles of the town, a dreadful accident occurred. A wag-
gon, conveying a very large cast-iron fly-wheel for the
neighbourhood of Oswestry, was met by the mail, driven at
the usual pace. It would seem that the wheel, as it lay
upon the waggon, occupied too much of the road, and the
consequence was that, although it kept its relative place on
the road, the wheel which it carried projected so much as to
catch the iron work of the coach, and bear away the hind
part, on which sat the guard and the outside passengerF,
facing him. The other consequences were, that the outside
passengers were suddenly and severely precipitated from the
coach upon the road. The guard was severely injured.
The valet of M. Theophile Van de Woestrne, attached to
the Belgic embassy, suffered the most frightful laceration of
the right thigh, with dislocation of the hip joint. The valet
of Count Polton, the Sardinian minister, also received con-
siderable injury. Hia right arm was broken above the
wrist.—Salopian Journal.
SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE AT NEW Ross.--The
town of New Ross was visited, on Tuesday last, with a
dreadful gale of wind. About seven o'clock it turned to a
hurricane. A few minutes after that hour there was felt a
shock of an earthquake. I myself saw the candlestick which
was on my table tremble, and the light from the candle ap-
peared to show a faint blue colour. At this time a gust of
wind came on with such terrible violence, that windows were
blown in, chimneys prostrated, while two doors fastened with
iron bars, were rent asunder in the timber-yard of Messrs.
James Galavan and Co. The sheds were stripped of slates,
and several piles of timber were displaced. In fact, the shock
the inhabitants of New Ross experienced on Tuesday evening
will never be obliterated from their recollection. I have not
heard of any loss of life, nor even an accident to any indivi-
dual. About ten o'clock the night cleared up, and the inha-
bitants retired to rest, tha.-.king most fervently the Almighty
for their escape. I have not heard of any damage done to
the shipping at the quay. The storm was all from the south,
and I have no doubt but Kilkenny, Graig, and on in that di-
rection, have felt its dreadful effects.—From a correspondent
of the Freeman's Journal.

HEREFORD MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—On Wednesday, the
meeting of the three chOirs of Hereford, Worcester, and
Gloucester Cathedrals commenced at the first-named city.
There were no less than eighty chorus-singers, twenty in
each part, and this department was very effective. Phillips
was not there, but Lablache was .—the former asked one
hundred guineas, was offered eighty, and then proposed to
accept 'ninety ; the greedy Italian asked one hundred and
fifty guineas, but gladly took one hundred. Madame Doras
Gras and Miss Birch were the leading female singers : the
Englishwoman is considered to have been the better singer.
The Hereford Times says—" Thus closed the hundred and
seventeenth annual Festival of the Three Choirs; and whe-
ther we put it in comparison as respects the musical compo-
sitions, the vocal and instrumental performances, the general
management in the orchestra and the ball-room, the libera-
lity of the contributions, and the rank, splendour, and at-
tendance of the several companies at the Cathedral and Con-
cert-room, not only may we merely describe it as being per-
fectly successful, but certainly as the most successful of the
whole series. We subjoin a table of the collections at the
three last meetings, by which it will be seen that the present
exceeds the largest by £2ll 6s. 9d. The collection includes
donations from the following benefactors :—The Venerable
Archdeacon Vickers, £25 ; Chas. Walker, of Ashford, Esq.,
£25 ; B. Biddulph, Esq., £2O ; Rev. C. Swainson, £2O;
William Botfield, of Decker Hill, Esq., £lO ; Mrs. Greenly,
of Titley, £5O ; the Hon. Harley Rodney, £lO ; the usual
gratuity of £lO from each steward, and £5 each from several
other benefactors. On Wednesday morning, at the Cathe-
dral, there were three hundred and eighty-one persons on
the raised seats, floor, and in the aisles; on Thursday there
were seven hundred and sixty-seven ; and on Friday six
hundred and eighty-six. The audience in the Concert-room
on Friday night amounted to nearly seven hundred persons.