The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-12 00:00:00

Wisdom. By the Author of " Think !" and "Ac

London : Mitchell. 183 g.
This neat little manual contains the essence of true
wisdom—that wisdom which is derived from the in-
spired source of all true knowledge. It contains nu-
merous selections form the Holy Scriptures, together
with extracts from the works of several eminent divines,
accompanied by forms of prayer and praise.

Portrait of the Queen. Painted by Aglio, and en-
graved by Scott. London : Boys. 1838.
This is, without exception, the most valuable por-
trait which has yet appeared of her Majesty Queen
Victoria. Its value chiefly lies in its evident fidelity.
It is a splendid specimen of mezzotinto engraving,
such as we have rarely or ever seen equalled. Most
of the other likenesses of the Queen which we have
seen have been too flattering. The present is true to
nature; and we confess that we have never been so
forcibly struck with the amiable and benignant cha-
racter of our lovely Queen as when gazing on this
delightfully finished engraving. It cannot fail to com-
mand the patronage of the public, as it only needs to
be seen in order to be admired.

ANF.CDOTE CONCERNING CORN.—I will take this oppor-
tunity of communicating an anecdote relating to the victual-
ing office at Portsmouth, which I lately visited. Incredible
as it may appear, it is a fact that corn was bought, ground,
cleansed, mixed, rolled, cut into shape, stamped with the
Queen's mark, baked, taken out, and carried to the stores, in
how long a time (lid they suppose? in thirty-three minutes.
(Cheers.) Dr. Johnson once said, " Wonder is the effect of
ignorance ;" I now ask you whether it does not shew how
capable both agriculture and machinery is of improvement.
May you not, by artificial manure, be able to grow your corn
quicker ? Speech of the Rer. Mr. Litchfield at the Buabury
Dinner.
ANERICAN STAGE-COACH DIALOGUE.—In the middle of
the day, as we were driving past a house on the road-side
(United States,) a female suddenly threw up one of the win-
dows, and bawled out, " You can't give ine a seat in the stage ?"
"Yes, mistress, I guess I can," cried the driver, pulling up
his horses. " Well, then, let us aboard," said she, hurrying
towards us, with r, trunk in her hand "it 's most almighty
hot." " I think as how you'll feel it hotter when we get a-
going," replied the driver; " there 's a craft of folks inside
to-day." " Oh !" returned she, " I guess, once we're started,
we'll-go as regular as a tea party." Having seated herself,
she proceeded to arrange her luggage, and seemed particu-
larly anxious to preserve from accident a large bottle, which
was fastened on the top of her trunk. " Well, now, Mister,"
said she to me, "don't put your feet agen my trunk; for if
you don't take care on my bottle, you 'll be fireaking on 't.
I've been sick on this road this fortnight. Dr. S— raised
me last week : he's a dreadful clever man; and said, if I
didn't begin takin' on wine, I shonld never get smart; and
i this smy bottle of wine. Now, you, Mister, keep back your
feet, or you 'll be breaking on T—Howi%on's Sketche.?.

A CANDIDATE'S PLEDGES.—lmmediately after the Roch-
dale radical demonstration last week, the clown or fool to the
ring at the Rochdale Circus came forward into the middle of
the ring, there not being less than 2,000 persons present in
the house, and, appealing to the audience for their suffrages,
called upou them to elect him their member. He said,
" Gentlemen, my qualificasions are that 1 am a fool and a
beggar; I will promise to fill my own pockets first, and then
your's, if there is anything to spare. I will bring in bills to
do away with all taxes, and keep every poor man out of the
public purse without work. Every man shall eat, drink, get
drunk, and beat his wife to boot, without paying for it. I
will abolish all labour or work, and every man shall have as
many clothes as he likes, without paying a farthing for them.
I will abolish all magistrates, judges, police officers, bailiffs,
sheriffs, gaols and gaolers, executioners, stocks and whipping
posts, as I bold them to be directly opposed to true and ra-
tional liberty." At this stage of the address, the master of
the ring, fearing that his fool might in his satire be going
too far with the audience, pulled the chair from under the
patriots feet, and whipped him round the ring, he exclaiming
the while, "Oh, sir, you know how justly to pay a patriot his
wages."—Coventry Standard.
VALUABLE SUGGESTION.—A correspondent of the Morn-
ing Chronicle says—" Having had occasion recently to visit
Geneva, my attention, while at that place, was arrested by a
stone pillar, which I observed on the quay by the side of the
lake. On approaching it, I discovered a barometer and ther-
mometer fixed into it for the public use. It struck me forcibly
that this idea might be advantageously borrowed by ourselves.
—l. These instruments, of infinite utility to sea-going people
(particularly the first,) might be conspicuously placed in all
the ports, towns, and villages on our coasts, on the quays,
bridges, or near the custom-houses. There is no question
that, by habitual attention to the state of the barometer by
those who go out to sea in small craft, such as fishermen, many
valuable lives might be saved, and many large families pre-
served from destitution, since it is well known that this in-
strument foretells gales even more accurately than rain.-2.
Their utility to the practical agriculturist is well known. For
his use they might be placed in the church-yard, or porch, or
market place, of every town and village in the kingdom, so as
to be universally accessible.-3. The thermometer would be
useful to all that numerous class of retail shopkeepers who
deal in articles susceptible of injury from temperature, as
meat, fish, beer, tallow, &c.-4. The general knowledge of
the properties of these instruments would draw the attention
of the public to the science of meteorology, and thus become
a source both of amusement and instruction. 5. -The pillars
or other erections used for their establishment and security
might occasionally- be made otherwise useful and ornamental:
useful, for example, in breaking the thoroughfare of broad
streets at the crossings, and thus becoming a source of security
ornfrmt-epnatsasle, foot-n;,
while crossing, or for supporting lamps;
to
°inasmuch as there is no reason why good taste
should not be exhibited in these little structures. That above
mentioned is a circular pillar of white stone, divided into
compartments in the form of Gothic arches in bas-relief;
the instruments are let into the stone, in two of them at op.
posite sides, and the whole protected by a neat iron railing.
It is decidedly ornamental to the quay. It is possible that
in the beginning they may be wantonly injured, but in time
the evidence of their general usefulness would cause them to
be respected by all classes."