The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

AN IRISH COURTIER IN THE OLDEN TIME.

" You will be at large again, Barry," said one of the
group; "these new people won't know your value."

" Pardon me !" cried he, laughing, "I'm handed over
with Cotterell and the state coach, as functionaries that
cannot be easily replaced. Let them try and manage
Dublin without me ! I defy them ! Who knows every
flaw and crack of reputation—every damaged character,
and every tarnished fame, as I do? Who can tell each
man's price, from knowing his weak points ? Who can
play off the petty jealousies of rivals against each other ;
disgust them with their party ; and buy them cheap for
the Castle ? Who but Barry Rutledge ? I'll offer a wager
of five hundred, that there is not a family secret 1 can't
have the key to within one week."
" What the devil ever induced you to take up such a
career ? " asked a deep-voiced burly•looking country
gentleman.

" The turf gave me the hint," said Rutledge, coolly. I
lost every sixpence I once possessed, when I backed this
horse or betted on that one. I regained a considerable
share of my loss when I limited myself to looking out for
what they style ' disqualifications'—to discover that Wasp
wasn't a two-year-old, or that Muffin was clean bred ;
that Terry had won before, and that Ginger was substi-
tuted for another. I saw that political life was pretty
much the same kind of game, and that there would be a
grand opening for the first fellow that brought his racing
craft to bear on the great world of state affairs. I'm sure
others will follow out the line, and doubtless eclipse all
the cleverness of Barry Rutledge ; but at all events, they
can't deny him the merit of the invention. They talk to
you about skilful secretaries and able debaters ; I tell you
flatly I've got more votes for the Government than any
one of them all, and just in the way I have mentioned.
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Trio of Among the rest of the contents will be found. " A
ridN;,vels " being an extended notice of
This is followe'd' hbeyutbheenfirmstepdairict°ot 'f" a adneds criipßtiaosnilo.';
" C.lonmaenoise, Clare, and Arran ;" a lengthened
notice of the recently-published memoirs of the late
Thomas Moore, edited by Lord John Russell; and
" St. Sylvester's Eve," devoted to Christmas books
and poems. 'The magazine concludes with an ex-
planation and able defence of
on the Land Question. iNapier's Bills

The Bulwark, or Reformation Journal. London :
Seeleys.
A monthly work, published at a very low price,
showing by numerous articles and illustrations the
enormities and blasphemies perpetrated by the
Romish Church. Among the contents of the
number for January is a paper on the approaching
struggle respecting the endowment of Maynooth
College. We may remark that the repeal of this
endowment is almost hopeless, so long as the
present ministry hold office.

Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Liverpool : Orr.
Almost the first of modern cheap publications,
this work has now stood before the public more
than twenty years, and displays as much vigour and
originality at the present time as at any period of
its career. Alone, out of the great number who
were its contemporaries at starting, it continues to
enjoy, as its promoters have taken care to deserve,
a very large share of public favour; and combining
as it does both entertainment and instruction, its
continued prosperity may be confidently predicted.
Among the familiar essays in the part just published
we may notice " Susannah Balderstone's Baby,"
" An Apology for Husbands," and " The Happy
Valley." We do not make' any extracts from it, as
it is cheap enough for every one to buy it for
themselves.

The Post Magazine Almanack. London: Pateman.
One of the cheapest of the many almanacks
which issue from the London press at this season.,
For a few pence there are above a hundred large oc-
tavo pages, containing an immense amount of mis-
cellaneous information, including even the Aberdeen
ministry, and in addition a considerable amount of
information on insurances offices.

The Domestic Commentary on the Old and New
Testament. London : Wooldridge.

The first part of a new work, the object of which
is shown in the title. Each chapter is followed
by a commentary, said to be by a clergyman of the
Church of England, and is issued in parts, of which
the first, as a specimen, contains forty-two chapters
of the Book of Genesis, each followed by its respec-
tive commentary. It is well printed, in double
columns of large type, on quarto pages, with
explanatory notes, showing the meaning of par-
ticular words derived from the Hebrew language.
The specimen number is issued gratuitously, and
the whole is announced to be completed in about
thirty monthly parts.

The National Temperance Chronicle. Liverpool :

Dewar.

While much may be said for and against total
abstinence, a remedy the necessity of which is to be
regretted, all will agree in the advantage and pro-
priety of temperance. The work before us is pub-
lished monthly, at a very low price, and is designed
to show by a variety of ways the evils of indulging
in intoxicating liquors.

Cocks's Musical Miscellany. London : Cocks.
This entertaining monthly publication has now
had the experience of a year in its enlarged form,
and proves a valuable addition to our periodical
literature. Each number contains four full pages
of well printed music, and twice that number filled
with original articles and contributions on this de-
lightful science, with occasional anecdotes of its
professors. In this January number is the music
of the Funeral March composed by Carl Czerny, on
the occasion of the death of the late Duke of Wel-
lington, and also, " Holy, Holy, Lord," from
Spohr's oratorio "The Last Judgment," and a song
for New Year's Eve, from the German, composed
by Schulz. Among the literary contents is a series
of contributions on the important subject of " Con-
gregational Singing."

Punch. Office : Fleet-street, London.
London : Piper.
Of the first it is unnecessary to speak, because its
cuts and its jokes are widely disseminated. The
second is the first number of what appears to be an
imitation of the former. If its projectors would
succeed in their attempt, they must avoid the error
which the former has committed, in making it a
mere political engine; for however good may be the
jokes, it is impossible for Conservatives to approve
of that which is party-political on the side of Radi-
calism.

Diogenes.