The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

id witness many changes which, how

.tely appreciated as they occur, assume a

Le section

may be said to hav
Those who

mportance in the retrospect
een two generations change their charact

ars ago, were bali

are now young men and women about to ent
life ; those who ware then bo

emerging from school and college

now grave papas of

no longer romps but mothers of families, engaged in
high consideration of_finishing establishments for dau

tern and professions for sons.- By many our paper must
be looked upon as a prodigiously old concern : they will
profess having seen it as long as they can remember. "I
have read you ever since I was a boy," said a gentleman
of portly bearing to us one day—the lapse of time had
never before been presented so palpably to the eye. We
began forthwith to consider ourselves as somewhat :urea

no other way than in the consciousness of an increased
desire to work out the purposes for which the present
work was established. It is now so long since we told
what these purposes were, that many who have not fol-
lowed us from the commencement are apt to form incor-
rect impressions on the subject, and to recommend plans
'----sistent with our principles of management.--Cham-
Journal.
HOW TO OBTAIN A WIFE.—An amusing story is told

ich Vincent Viral
St. Patrick's-hal

rather eon"

architect, of the way in

meter was given in the mode of his marriage with an En-
glish lady some short time before his visit to Ireland.
When in a convivial mood, with a few select friends, he
was sometimes induced to give the following account of
his courtship and marriage :---` With some others, I was
invited to a wedding which was to take place in the
neighbourhood of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire. When
the parties invited on this occasion assembled at the
church, one only was absent, namely, the bridegroom !

•eserice was, of course, most anxiously required
Hyman to officiate, and the vigilant clerk, were

duly in attendance ; minutes passed rapidly away, and
the church clock struck an hour after the appointed time.
All eyes were directed to the porch of the church, until it
became evident that some fatal cause would interfere with
the performance of the ceremony—that all was not right

. The wretch thrust hay into the poor creature's
ils, and then choked it with a halter. Several valu-
horses in the neighbouring pastures have, of late,
- The knacker is is custhdy._

with some of the parties concerned. The worthy et
mart at length closed his book, in which was fruitl
deposited a small slip of paper containing the names c
intended bride and bridegroom, then left the church; tht very mysteriously. _
bride adjusted her veil with a dissatisfied countenance, and OsesoTniNtAheclb-.o—On .I.Allmonadnayw,hoanwasin by
a trailheld
all parties were preparing to depart for their respective War
homes.' Feeling the distressed situation of the neglected at the level crossing near the station. The constable at
lady, I boldly volunteered my services, and offered my arnr the gate tried to prevent him from crossil
to lead the intended bride out of church. With feelings train was in sight ; but he struggled awe
I felt a difficulty in checking or explaining, I boldly of- down by the engine, and killed. gruuenateN7eraa
fered myself as a substitute for the absent suitor. Nor The youthful Lord Bernard Howard, third son of the
was my spirited conduct slightly appreciated—a blush- Duke of Norfolk, died suddenly at Cairo on the 21st ult.
ing approval sanctioned my honourable and gallant of congestion of the brain. He had been making arrange-
conduct. The clergyman was overtaken and requested ments for a trip to Thebes, and on returning to his hotel,
to return, as matters had assumed a new feature. Re- ran a little, and at the hotel-door fell down dead, and the
turn he did, but on the explanation of the affair it became
his unpleasant duty to state to the elated and happy pair, surgeon said his death occurred before he reached the
" that three successive Sundays must pass over before it ground.
would be in his power to" BULLION FOR THE BANK OF FRANCE.—With reference
contribute to the happiness we
to the increase of bullion likely to appear in the next ',io eagerly anticipated. In short, the newly betrothed
re-
parties did wait the protracted period. The original tru-
turns of the Bank of France, we understand that the
ant, the cause of so many variations of the compass, con- amount of silver already purchased in this county does
tinned absent, we may presume with leave ; and his sue- not exceed £430,000, and that of this only a verysma proportion has as yet been sent forward. The
cessor Waldre, being a man of honour, a ' chevalier sans balance, however, will most likely be despatched in a day
peur et sans reproche,' patiently abided the appointed or two. It is understood that tlyie directors contemplate
time, at the end of which the volunteering parties were obtaining from Messrs. Baring 10,000;000f., in addition
to the advance lately agreed to.
happily united as man and wife.

line, as

was knocked