The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-03 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Thomas Campbell, the poet, was present at the corona-
tion. An amusing anecdote is told of his application fur his
ticket, which is good enough to be true, and we therefore give
it,vrit bout, however,pleclging ourselves as to its entire accuracy,
In his letter to the Earl Marshal he said, "There was a place
in the abbey called Poets' Corner," and suggested " the pro-
bability of there being room in it for a poor livingpoet." The
answer was a ticket of admission.
THE QUEEN AND LOUD ROLLE.—A member, who was in
the common's gallery, thus describes the accident which liap
penecl to Lord Rolle, when he went to offer homage:—On his
lordship reaching the top step (there are four in number) his
foot slipped, and he actually rolled over and over to the bot-
tom, not in a sliding manner, but in the way described. He
was immediately raised by two or three peers, and, nothing
discomfitted by the unpleasant fall, he instantly ascended the
steps. Her Majesty most graciously got up from her seat, ex-
tended her hand to him, and finally expressed (as we after-
wards heard) a hope that his lordship was not hurt. This mark
of attention excited strong marks of approbation in all who
witnessed it—that is all who were fronting the chair when the
homage was tendered, for to more than one-half the assem-
bly the act could not be seen.

Lusus N ATUR:E.—An instance of the strange freaks in which
nature sometimes delights to disport herselfoccur red last week.
A cat belonging to Thos. Withers, of Bowling, produced a
kitten which had a head at each end of it, and only one leg,
which was placed under the shoulders in the centre.—Leeds
lnielligencer.
THE BRITISH ARMY.—Nothing can exceed the high state
of discipline for which the army is distinguished-: the admi-
nistration is perfect in all its parts, and the manner of con-
ducting duty, from the highest to the lowest, is exemplary in
the extreme. The utmost urbanity, totally free from foreign
martinet pedantry, marks all the orders and communications
from the superior to the inferior ranks. The best spirit and
disposition pervade all classes; and subordination has taken
so firm a root in the service as to set all attempts to.shake it
completely at defiance. In the most distant parts of our vast
possessions—on the shores of the Ganges, and at-the foot of
the Himalaya—by the ocean lakes of Canada, and in the hum-
blest of the "Carribean Isles—in the wilderness of the Cape,
and the forests of Australia, ditty is as regularly performed,
and the rights and comforts of the soldier areas well attended
to, as within sight of the Horse GuardS. The whole of this
magnificent ,ysteni of discipline depends upon the word and
signature of the officers, the truth of which is never known to
fail; and it is the high and perfect sense of honour which per-
vades all classes that can alone preserve the efficiency of an
army scattered over every part of the earth. The-world has
never seen any thing so perfect as this chain of discipline;
its establishment and preservation reflect the highest credit
on the authorities, who, by their noble conduct, have re-
deemed so many evils in our military system, and counter-
acted so much injurious influence constantly exerted to the
prejudice of the army. Our empire stands to every quarter
of the globe, and the sun never sets within the bounds of our
dominions; and yet, even in these times, when all civilized
nations have learned to assemble and wield their forces with
a promptness and efficiency never dreamed of by our immedi-
ate ancettors, less than an hundred thousand British soldiers,
a smaller army than second-rate continental states keep on
foot, maintain the power and supremacy of their country, un-
shaken and unassailed, to the utmost verge of these gigantic
possessions. It is a noble task nobly performed, and an henour
to those engaged in the arduous duty. Feeble in number,
scattered on so many distant points, the fame and character
of the troops can alone keep ambitious and jealous rivals in
check. But all who might be disposed to attack the few know
the determined resolution of the men; they kn iv that...id
from weakneSs or treacheryss not to be expected ; thatnothing
can be anticipated from a combat against such soldiers but
the fierce life and death struggle, the prospect of which, for-
, timately, makes even the boldest pause.—Monthly Chronicle
for June.
THE HUMAN Ha:sp.—There is inconsistency and some-

thing—of propensities in mankind: A piece of
mechanism, as a watch, a barometer, or a dial, will fix his
attention. A man will make journeys to see an engine
stamp a coin, or turn a block; yet the organs through which
he has a thousand sources of enjoyment, and which are in
themselves more exquisite in design, and more curious both
in contrivance and in mechanism,do not enter his thoughts;
and if he admire a living action, that admiration will pro-
bably be more excited by what is uncommon and monstrous,

than by what is natural and perfectly adjusted to its office—
by the elephant's trunk than by the human hand. This
does not arise from an unwillingness to contemplate the su-
periority or dignity of our nature, nor from an incapacity of
admiring the adaptation of parts. It is the effect of habit.
The human hand is so beautifully formed, it bas se fine a
sensibility, that. sensibility governs its motions so correctly,
every effort of the will is answered so instantly, as if the
hand itself was the seat of that will. Its actions are so power-

ful, so free, and yet so delicate, that it seems to possess a
quality of instinct in itself, and there is no thought of its
complexity as an instrument, or of the relations which
make it subservient to the mind; we use it as we draw our
breath, unconsciously, and have lost all recollection of the
feeble and ill-directed efforts of its first exercise by which it
has been perfected. Is it not, then, the very perfection of
the instrument which makes us insensible to its use ?—Sir
Charles Bell.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, FRlDAY.—William Par-
tridge, captain of a merchant vessel, (committed by the au-
thorities of Liverpool,) was indicted for the manslaughter of
Edward Davies, a sailor boy, on the high seas, off the African
coast, on a homeward-bound voyage. It was stated that the
captain had caused the boy to be severely flogged by " Kroo-
men," natives of the coast, and that he died sometime after.
Mr. Phillips, for the prisoner, said he wished to retract his
plea of not guilty, and plead guilty. Perhaps his lordship
would look at the depositions and find some mitigatory cir-
cumstances which might induce the court to pass a'lenient
sentence. Mr. Bodkin said he joined in the wish of his
learned friend that his lordship should-read the depositions,
in which the.case was set forth. The prosecution had been
instituted an public grounds, and without any vindictive
motives. Mr. Phillips said he would call respectable wit-
nesses to prove the previous character of the prisoner—his
humanity •and general good character. Mr. Geo. Quayle,
merchant, of Liverpool, and owner of the ship of which the
prisoner was captain, .gave him a good character fer•huma-
nity and general conduct, as slid another witness. Mr.
Justice Littledale said he would look into the case.
MR. FORREST.—Mr. Forrest has been gathering fresh:
laurels by his personation of Macready's- character in Bul-
wer's play of The Lady of Lyons. In thus "stepping out
of his earlier sphere to gain more vivid laurels in a new one,"
says the editor of the Bostott Morning Herald, "we unhesi-
tatingly pronounce Claude -Melnotte to be, his best, most
perfect, and most pleasing performance—best because it is
the most. natural; most perfect, because it is open to few, if
any objections; most pleasing, because his voice, his action,
his whole exhibition show power and beauty of kinds, which
we could never before give him credit for possessing."
LIFE oN WHEELS.—The Messrs. Lyons, coach-makers,
of this city (Utica, U.S.), are building a small movable vil-
lage for the Utica and Syracuse raitroad. This company
have now on their road two steam-engines, which drive the
piles upon- which the road is built; and saw them off at the
proper level; the rails are then laid, and the road completed
as they go along. The "village," consisting of a number
of neat-looking cottages, is to-be placed on the line in rear
of the pile-drivers, for dwelling-houses for the mechanics
and labourers on the road. Improvements will never stop;
and we shall yet see the time when one may take a tea-kettle
in his hand, put a few chips in. hisliocket. get astride a
broomstick, and go where he pleases.—Utica Democrat.
FREAKS OF C l' 1 D.—Early on Tuesday morning last a gig,
a young lady (aged 16,) and two young gentlemen, tran-
sported by a horse at such a speed as horses never go in any
otherdireetion than Gretna, or some other hymeneal locality,
arrived at a respectable inn in Castle-foregate, in Shrewsbury,
in the parlour of which they forthwith commenced regaling
themselves with all the iMpetuosity love arid a sharp morn-
ing's ride could prompt. While engaged in bibacious and
masticatory indulgencies, the fair one's uncle—a miller from
the neighbourhood of Elleswere—entered, and tore her from
the arms of her lover, who, finding all intreaties addressed to
her .flinty-hearted relative unavailing, in a desperate fit of re-
venge commenced drinking gin and water with so much as
siduity as to become very speedily oblivious of the young lady,
the ancient town of Shrewsbury, his own name and person,
and all sublunary things: and his friend, with Roman devo-
tion, so steadily adhered to his example, as to succeed in ren-
dering himself; if possible, more obfuscated than his love-lorn
principal. On Wednesday, a respectable matronly person-
age and her daughter, from the vicinity of Hawkstone Park,
visited Shrewsbury fair, and while the former was admiring
the fat cattle, the latter transformed nerself into the rib of a
farming bailiff, much to her own and that of ber worthy bride-
groom's gratification, and greatly_to the amazement and mor-
tifieatiOtt abet. Maternal parent. _

THE COAST OF ENGLAND.—The coast of England, though
infinitely finer than our own, is more remarkable for its ver-
dure, and for the general appearance of civilization, than
for its natural beauties. The chalky cliffs may seem bold
and noble to the American, though, compared to the granite
piles that buttress the Mediterranean, they are but mole-
hills; and the travelled eye seeks beauties instead, in the
retiring vale, the leafy hedges, and the clustering towns that
dot the teeming island. Neither is Portsmouth a very favour-
able specimen of a British port, considered solely iu reference
to the picturesque. A town situated on a humble point, and
fortified after the manner of the Low Countries, with an ex-
cellent haven, suggests more images of the useful and the
pleasing; while a background of modest receding hills offers
little beond the verdant swales of the country. In this re-
spect, England itself has the fresh beautv of youth, rather
than the mellowed hues of a more advanced period of life: or
it might he better to say, it has the young freshness and re.
tiring sweetness that distinguish her females, as compared
with the warmer tints of Spain and Italy, and which, women
and landscape alike, need the near view to be appreciated.—
Cooper's Homeward Bound.