The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-20 00:00:00

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cent Lewis, uuu
M.A, Liverpool: H. Lewi.
London : D'Almaine and Co., '4

In attempting to adapt to music the beautiful poetry of
the late-Mrs. James Gray—ever most beautiful when the
*re which struck so well was tuned to sacred themes—
Mr. Lewis attempted an arduous task ; and we feel bound
to say that he has got through it well, and, amongst the
seven melodies which compose the present volume, pro-
duced at least three or four which will not readily be se-
torated from the touching songs to which they are set.
Amongst these are the first, Oh ! could we see the
regions'," an expressive andante movement of great
chasteness and beauty ; " Watch and pray," which is
eally in the tone of feeling conveyed by the poetess
"Behold the man of Nazareth !" and No. 7, " 'Thy will
be done'

_ a touching composition." Although, how-
ever, we have selected these as our own favourites, the
remaining pieces possess great merit, both artistic and
otherwise. The work is very neatly got up ; and as either
organ or piano-forte music, ought to have extensive circu-
lation.

VARIETIES

There are, it is said, 4,400 walled cities in China.
Among the trophies taken by the Americans, at the bat-
of Cerro Gordo, was the cork leg of Gen. Santa Anna,
rich was found in his carriage, and has been conveyed

New Orleans

The editor of the Worcester Journal, speaking of the

igh prices demanded for singing by Jenny Lind, says—
If her voice drop pearls of softness, she must be first fed
7th hard crumbs of diamonds."

Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh, in visiting the poor, used
often to begin his prescription by breaking a pane or two
of the window with his walking-stick, which he made good
again at the end of the illness.

-It has -been found by experiment that sensitive plants
re as susceptible of the influence of ether as animals. By

subjection to the vapour of a small quantity of ether they
lose their irritability, which they do not recover for some

" THE DUKE" ON EARLY RISING:—Among the cu-
riosities at Apsley House is the truckle-bed in which the
Duke of Wellington sleeps. " Why is it so narrow ?"
exclaimed a friend ; " there is not even room to turn in
it I"- " Turn in it!" • cried his grace; " when once a man
begins to turn in bed, it is time to turn out."
How TO PRESERVE HEALTH.—DO not expect, Sir,
some wonderful announcement, some fascinating mystery !
No. It is simply the plain little practice of leaving your
bed-room window a-little open at the top while sleeping,
both in winter and summer. Ido not come before you
as a theorist- or an inexperienced teacher, in thus calling -
loudly upon every family to adopt this healthful practice.
1 am the father of ten children, all in pure health, and
(thank God) never lost one, although their natural con-
stitutions were not robust. But in addition to the salu-
tary effect of the practice in my own family, wherever I
have advised others to try its effects, it has invariably
been found to be both pleasant and beneficial.—Corres-
pondent of the Sun.
MANX SUPERSTITION.—The Manks esteem it very
unlucky to receive anything given by turning the hand
outwards. They will not turn a herring at table, until
one side is eaten • they then take away the bone, and eat
the rest. They drive a cow, which has just calved, over
a burning turf; and when removing from one habitation
to another, a cock is put into the house before the new
corners take possession, to thwart the bad wishes of the
last inhabitant. They believe, like the Scotch, in
" second-sight." It was formerly conceived that families
had the second-sight by succession, descending from
parents to children, and the only way to be freed from
it is, when a woman hath it herself, and is married to a
man that hath it also." Many place great reliance also
on the " Evil Eye," and " Spectral Illusions."—Letters
from the 181 e of fan.
Goon FARMING.—Here is the secret of good farming.
You cannot take from the land more than you restore to
it, in some shape or other, without ruining it, and so de-
stroying your capital. Different soils may require dif-
ferent modes of treatment and cropping, but in every
variety of soil these are the golden rules to attend to :
Drain until you find that the water that falls from heaven
does not stagnate in the soil ; but runs through it and off
it freely. Turn up and till the land until your foot sinks
into a loose powdery loam, that the sun and air readily
pass through. Let no weed occupy the place where a
useful plant could possibly grow. Collect every particle
of manure that you can, whether liquid or solid. Let
nothing on the farm go to waste. Put in your crops in
that course which experience has shown to lead to success
in their growth, and to an enrichment and not impoverish-
ment of the land. Give every plant room to spread its
roots in the soil, and leaves in the air.
EGYPTIAN POLITENESS.-1 was told an amusing story,
illustrative of the people. A man travelling on his own
business, went to pay a visit to the nazir of the place
through.which he was passing ; his dress was plain white,
with an ordinary shawl and a common tarboush or cap.
The nazir never asked him to sit down, but took no notice
of him, and paid no attention to his presence. Irritated
at this, he returned the next day, dressed in a cloth suit,
with a handsome cachemire, and a sword. The nazir, as
soon as he saw him, desired him to be seated, and gave
him a pipe and coffee. When the pipe was brought, the

litranger.deliberately took the silk sleeve of his dress, put
it over the mouth-piece, and began smoking through it.
The nazir stared, but said nothing. On taking his cup of
coffee, the stranger dipped the end of his sash into the
cup, and returned it. On this, the nazir lost patience,
and asked what he meant by smoking through his sleeve,
and staining his sash. He answered, "You give pipes and
...free. not to me, but to my dress—let the dress have

COOK AT WATERLOO

—Among other domestic servants who had attended him
in the Peninsula, and afterwards followed his fortunes to
London; Paris, and Vienna, was a French cook, a man of
much science and excellent method in his
artiste always contrived to get his mast€ •

linner ready

ie exact time wnen it was w unLcu,
he applied himself, as usual, to his duties in the
len of the house in Waterloo, where the head-quar-
of the army were established. Amid the thunder of

men an

housand voices urged- him to escape while he could, he
teadily refused either to budge an inch or intermit his
lbours---" His Grace had ordered dinner, and would
'rtainly return to eat it. He was not going to digap-
'nt so generous a master for any consideration what-
-" • And his Grace did come back, as he had pro-
..and found his dinner not less recherch6 than
...gh the state of his own feelings, victor as he
_..,, could hardly permit him to do justice to it.—Gleig's
Battle of Waterloo.
THE RED RIVER SETTLEMENT.—The Red River Set-
-

al ; thong

rig forty returns of wheat

an after twenty years of tillage, without manure,
or green crop, yielding from fifteen to twenty-five
an acre. The wheat is plump and heavy, and

itities of otker grain, with
cheese, and wool in abun•

dance. Phis Would be the true" country for emigration
from our impoverished islands, and will, of course, be
rowded, when conveyancessi 11 become more manage-
A railroad across Canada might be well worth the
-0 of making by government, even though it pro-
throuoh
-thing for the next half-dozen years,te heart f for theo
whom it would carry
years t o rgiaannddinfote•vfe.,hrye
ealth -which they would pour
,ountry in the half-dozen
ear to come. The settlement, however, meets in its
urn the common chances of the American climate. In
winter, the cold is intense. The summer is short, and
the rivers sometimes overflow and drown the crops. Still,
what are these things to the population, where food is
plenty, 'the air healthy, and the ground cheap, fertile, and
untaxed? In fact, the difficulties in such instances are
scarcely more than incitements to the ingenuity of man,
to provide resources against them. The season of snow
is a time of cheerfulness in every land of the north. In
Denmark, Russia, and Canada, when the rivers close up,
business is laid by for the next six months; and the time
of dancing, driving, and feasting begins. Food is the
great requisite; when that is found, everything follows.
In addition to agriculture, or in place of it, the settlers
devote the summer, the autumn, and sometimes the win-
ter also, to the hunting of the buffalo, bringing home vast
quantities of dried meat, grease, tongues, &c. which find
a ready market.—Biackwood's Magazine.

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