The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

EXHIBITION FROM THE itit,lTl/XXIIN.

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NOW OPEN IN THE UNION GALLERY ROOM,

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Also, a

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The Capital of New South Wales.
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Open from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. Brilliantly illuminated
with Gas every Evening. .1. JEATOR, Manager.

THE CREDITORS who have proved Debts upon the
Joint Estate of WILLIAM ALEXANDER OH MANN
and JAMES COLQUHOUN KEMP, of Liverpool, Mer-
chants, Bankrupts, may receive a further Dividend of Eight-
pence and One-twentieth part of a Penny in the Pound, and
the separate Creditors of JAMES COLQUEIOUN KEMP,
may receive a further Dividend o Nine Shillings and Ten.
pence Half-penny in the Pound, on application to Messrs.
HARMOOD, BANNER and SON, North John-street, Liver-
pool, on Monday next, or any subsequent Monday, between
the hours of Eleven and One o'Clock,

LOWNDES

ROBINSON & BATESON,
Solicitors

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VARIETIES.

Fontanelle being one day asked by a lord in waiting what
difference there was between.a clock and a woman, replied,
A clock serves to point out the hours, and a woman makes
ns forget them."

BEAUTIES OF FREEMASONRY.—What indeed is it that
elevates the mind of man, and gives him peace and a quiet
conscience ? It is Freemasonry. What is it that tenches
him the three great moral duties ? It is Freemasonry.
What is it that renders him more tit for the duties of as-
eiety ? It is Freemasonry. What is it that strengthens the
mind, and enables it to rise superior to difficulties? Free-
masonry. What is it that recommends and promotes the
happiness of domestic life ? Freemasonry. What is it that
yields true and solid satisfaction at that dark and cheerless
hour when adversity presses and friends look cold? Still I
sav Freemasonry. That heavenly science which Newton
eulogized, Wren practised, and Locke declared to be " the
arcanum of all that is valuable to man." That science which,
in the language of a Roman orator, constitutes " the im-
provement of youth and the delight of old age—the orna-
ment of prosperity, the refuge and solace of adversity ; which
pleases at home—is no encumbrance abroad ;—which lives
with us, and adds amusement and pleasure to rural retire-
ment."—Freeinatons' Quarterly Reviewfor April.

MANUFACTURE OF SODA-WATER.—In the course of a
lecture delivered on Friday evening, at the Royal Institution
on the manufacture of soda-water, souse curious fasts con-
nected with that branch of trade were mentioned. A very
great majority of what is sold as soda-water does not cantata
one grain of soda. but is merely plain water impregnated with
carbonic acid gas ; not beer, use soda is too expensive an ar-
ticle, but because the apparatus for forcing the gas into mere
water costs about £7O or £BO, whereas the cost of machinery
requisite to impregnate water containing a solution of soda,
is from £3,000 to £4,000. A treat loss occurs to the manu-
facturers from the breakage of bottles in corking. The lec-
turer mentioned that as many as twenty dozen were daily
broken in one of the large manufactories in London, and that
its yards were paved with the bottoms of the broken bottles.
Hence, said the lecturer, bottles that have once stood the
test are valuable, and the gas manufacturer gladly gives full
price for the old bottles.

EVIL INFLUENCE OF FASHION.—Never yet was a woman
really improved in attraction by mingling with the motley
throng of the beau tnonde. She may learn to dress better,
to step more gracefully ; her head may assume a More ele-
gant turn, her conversation become more polished, her air
more distinguished ; but in point of attraction she acquires
nothing. tier simplicity of mind departs; her generous con-
fiding impulses of character are lost ;—she is no longer in-
clined to interpret favourably of men and things ; she listens
without believing, sees without admiring ; has suffered per-
secution without learning mercy ; and been taught to mis-
trust the candour of others by the forfeiture of her own.

The freshness of her disposition has vanished with the fresh-
ness of her complexion ; hard lines are perceptible in her
very soul, and crowsfeet contract her very fancy. No longer
pure and fair as the statue of alabaster, her beauty, like that
of some painted waxen effigy, is tawdry and meretricious. It
is not alone the rouge upon the cheek and the false tresses
adorning the forehead which repel the ardour of admiration;
it is.the artificiality of mind with which such efforts are con-
nected that breaks the spell of beauty.—Mrs. Gore.

TIGER JACK.—(From the Old Soldier's Budget.)—
When encamped some years since in the lower part of Bengal,
we often amused ourselves in tiger hunting; the tigers being
so numerous and daring, that we were invariably obliged to
post double sentries round our camp, as single ones were
sometimes rudely surprised. Among the many keen and
fearless hunters in our regiment, was one, pre-eminently so,
and at the same time one of the merriest, most entertaining
fellows in the mess, who could tell a traveller's story with
embellishments, in such a masterly style, that even if yon
doubted some few of the particulars, the facts were so beau-
tifully blended with fiction, you were even willing to give him
credit for the whole. His loss therefore weshould have deeply
felt, as well for these, as for his many other good qualities ;
and yet it was an occurrence we daily expected, knowing his
passionate love of adventure. The appellation of tiger Jack
he obtained from the following providential escape :—The
orderly sergeant, one morning when we were at breakfast,
reported that a tigress had been seen, with two cubs, about
three miles from our camp, and that one or two villagers were
present who knew her den. It was immediately proposed to
form a party and surprise her. Breakfast being. soon des-
patched, each officer (off duty) retired to his tent, to prepare
for the anticipated sport. Rifles loaded, powder-horns and
bullet-bags filled, elephants ready, we all assembled at tke
time appointed, but he, who generally was, the foremost la
such excursions, was " absent without leave." Inquiries
were made, and to our consternation we found, that on leav-
ing the mess-tent he had armed himself with a brace of pis-
tols, his rifle, and a Goorkah knife, and attended by one of
the villagers, had gone on foot in the direction of the tiger's
den. Dreading the consequences of his bold imprudence, we
hastened to the spot, and there found our worst fears re-
alised ; he was lying, apparently lifeless, under the bodriaf
the dead tigress, the two cubs the meanwhile licking the
blood from a ghastly wound in the fore part of the thigh, the
flesh of which was almost torn away from the bone as far as
the knee ;'on being removed into camp, the surgeon, to oar
extreme joy, told us that he still lived, although he should
deem his recovery a complete miracle; but under his unre-
mitting care and skill he did recover, and shortly after gave
us the following account of his desperate fight :—" On
leaving the camp, my guide told me he could place me be-
hind a tree, from which I could have a fair shot if she was in
her lair ; hut unfortunately her ladyship, as we approached
the place, was commencing a cruise, and we met rather mat-
a-propos ; she stood for a few seconds, and then commenced
the crouching position, with her eyes flashing fire, evidently
making up her mind for an attack. I felt my situation, but
there was no retreat—up rifle—bang—and down she dropped,
I sprung forward with a shout of joy, and was much delighted
with the idea of the laugh I should have against you all, as I
was with my narrow escape ; I then commenced examining
her head, as I knew a wound there, from the position she
was in when I fired, could alone have brought her so sud-
denly to the earth, but never a hole could I find. On her fore-
head there was a small mark, and the skin slightly broke ;
strange thought I ; but to tell the truth' I had not much time for
reflection, for the beast jumped up andcaught me by the thigh,
and trotted off very composedly. The excruciating pain of being
dragged in this unceremonious manner was rather unpleasant,
so I begged the assistance of one of her ears with my left hand,
which relieved my thigh of my weight, and with the other I
drew a pistol and shot her in the body, but it seemed to
have no other effect than to make her grip mere savagely.
By this time we arrived at home, and she laid me in an ad-
mirable position to make her own meal off my body, whilst
her two little pets could play away at my legs, a mode of
proceeding I did not feel at all inclined to sanction ; bet
becoming very weak and faint, and fearing that I might lose
time by attempting anything with my knife, I grasped my
other pistol, and placing the muzzle under her breast, when
1 thought I perceived a heaving, occasioned no doubt by the
wound I had previously given her, I fired, and—here I
am, thanks to an ever kind Providence, and good, friends."
Jack still lives in the enjoyment of a staff appointment,
shoots tigers, but only from an elephant, and tells as good a
story as ever. This perilous one has no doubt been through
numerous editions since we heard its first relation.

O'CoNNELL.—Who are the Papists? Are they the intel-
ligence, the wealth, the respectability of England or Ireland?
Are they guided by reason, patriotism, or sacred and un-
bending principle ? Are they, in one word, freemen ? We
answer, No ! They are the serfs of a camarilla of priests—
the dupes of a cunning conspiracy against God and men—
the victims of a faith which is compounded of equal propor-
tions of blasphemy against Heaven and malignity towards
earth. The whole system, that spreads its ramification,
through every relationship, is far more instinct with hatred
of truth, the Bible, and the Gospel, than any other feelingN
And who is the leader of these miserable fanatics ? Is
it a talented, a good, a wise man ? Are they led on by

the aristocracy or the gentry ? Are they headed by even
Roman Catholic peers? ^;o! Their leader is a sly and

selfish Jesuit—a concrete of worthlessness floating on the
troubled surface of an agitated country—a personation of
pure jesuitism, unprincipled politics, and
.papal cruelty—
an emanation from the bogs of Ireland, existing and nou-
rished by e'meutes, and fearing tranquillity and social order
as his worst possible contingency. His falsehoods are best
left alone, as a refutation would be too likely to countenance
his patent—his abuse unopposed, because to meet it one
must necessarily descend into the lowest depths of coarse-
ness, in which alone this ichthyosaurian wallows. Christians
leave him alone, because he is lost to all principle—men of

the world because he is destitute of ordinary propriety. The
Pope employs him. because he is fit and willing for any ob-
ject, and by any means. A Cataline, a Marat, and a Robes.
pierre—tria juneta in uno—compose Daniel O'Connell. The
execration that accumulated on the first is fast converging
again on his antitype. The doom of the first he has hitherto
escaped, not because he was unworthy of it, but because of
the more fortunate circumstances in which he is placed.
" How far, O'Connell, wilt thou abuse our patience ? Hew
long shall thy frantic rage baffle the efforts of justice? To
what height meanest thou to carry thy daring insolence? Art
thou nothing daunted by the union of all the wise and worthy
citizens? nothing by the looks and countenances of all here
present."—Frazer's Magazine.
ANATOMICAL MODELS.—The Society of Arts of Londna,
have voted their gold Isis Model to Mr. Simpson, Bedford-
street, Bedford-square, surgeon to the Westminster' General
Dispensary, for the application of papier miche to the mak-
ing of anatomical figures, and models of morbid anatomy.
Mr. Simpson, some years ago, turned his attention to the
construction of anatomical models, in consequence of the
difficulty and expense at that time attendant on procuring
subjects for dissection. The materials in general use for
anatomical models, were wax and plaster, of which the for-
mer was found to be too expensive to come within the means
of lecturers and students in general, and was too delicate to
be handled in the lecture room, without incurring the chance
of considerable damage. The plaster of parts models were
also objectionable on account of their great weight and brit-
tleness. The material which Mr. Simpson uses is paper,
worked into moulds taken from dissections • this produces a
model of extreme lightness, and is so hard that it may be
freely handled without danger of damage. The external
surface is pointed in oil-colour, representing the appearance
of the dissection. The right side of the figure which Mr.
Simpson exhibited to the society, represents the stiperficial
arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles, the left side shows the
second and third layers of muscles, the deer-seated vessels,
and more particularly those parts concerned in surgical ope-
rations. The internal parts are removable, so as to exhibit
the natural arrangement of the thoracic and abdominal
vision ; the brain and its membranes ; the spinal marrow,
tongue, &c. Mr. Simpson conceived that his invention
would be particularly serviceable for the study of anatomy
in warm climates, where wax models cannot be used, nor
the natural subject be conveniently depicted, and submitted
some specimens to the Hon. East India Company, who,
some time since, purchased forty of his figures, which WOll
sent to various settlements in India, for the use of the Eu-
ropean surgeons, as also for the instruction of the native
surgeons, ‘vho were assistants in the company's military
hospitals, the religion of the latter prohibiting their study.
ing from dissections. They have also been purchased by her
majesty's Navy Medical Board Royal Academy, by the
\ governors of various hospitals of various hospitals and other
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