The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

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prison. The day after the auto da !e, the pictures of the
dyad wee taken to, and hung up in, the church of the
Domin cans. Dril in was alai.' brought before the inq•ii-
sitors, sworn to secrecy. and enjoined to observe the

the chief inquisitor. was put ill

The printed books in the Brit +h Mus-!titn Library are
stated to occupy teo miles of slielf.
GOOD FRIDAY. —From the earl,est period of Christian-
ity this day has hen observed as a an!emn fa t. in memory
of the crucifixion of our Saviour. Its appellation Good is
of po very remo.e origin. an I apnea, s to be pecnli• r to the
Enelish church. Our Saxon forefathers c lied it Long
Ft iday, from the leneth of the offices and tasting: on this

day; but its ancient title, anti that 13±
in the western chnreh. is Holy Friday

Rround ! Wariek feßstit.g his retainer 4 with beef and Hie

was a niggard to the nnbl«. Mehevi ! AU along tr.e piazze
of the Ti were arranged elaborately carved canoe-shaped
vessels, some twenty feet in length, filled with newly-made
poee-pnee, and sheltered from the sun by the broad leaves
of the banana. At intervals were heaps of green bread-
fruit, raised in pyramidical sacks, resembling the regu!ar
Piles of heavy shot to be seen in the yard of an arsenal.
Inserted into the interstices of the huge stones whi. h
formed the pi.pi were large boughs of trees; hanging from

the branches of which, and serf eled from the suntiv their
fo'iage, were ihnumerable little packages with leaf) cover-
ing, containing the meat of .the numerous hogs which
had been slain, done up in this manner to make it more
accessible to the crowd. Leanihg against the raili g of
the piazza were an immense number of long. heavy bam-
boos. plugged at the lower end, and with their prijectinz
muzzles st with a wad of leaves. These were fired
with water from the stream. and each cf them might hold
from four to five gallons. The banquet being this spread,
nought remain. d but for every one to brio himself at his

rleagure. Accordingly not a moment pngsed but the
transplanted buuahs I have mentioned were rifled by the
throng of the fruit they certainly h.d raver borne before.
Calabashes of pnee-enee were contininellv being rrple-

niched from the extensive receptacle in which thai article
was stored, and multitudes of little fires were kindled
ah ut the Ti tor the purpose of roasting the bread-fruit.
Within the building itself was presented a most extra-
ordinary scene. The immense lounge df mats. lying be-
tween the parallel rows of the trunks of cocoa-nut trees,
and extending the whole length of the house, at least two
hundred feet, was coveted by the reclining forms of a host
of chiefs and warriors. who were eating at a great rate, t r
soothing the cares of Po'ynesian life in the sedative fumes
of tobacco. The smoke was inhaled from large pipes, the
bowls of which, made out of small cocoa-nut shells, were
curiously carved in strange heathenish devices. Tlte•e
were passed from mouth_ to mouth by the recumbent
smokers, who, taking tao or three prodigious whiffs,
handed the pine to his neighbour; sou etimes for th4t
purpose stretching indolrntly ncros the hotly of some in-
dividual whose exertions at the dinner table had already
induced sleep.—Four ilihriths at the Marquesaß.

A NOBLE FANCIER OF ANIMALS.—The I to Lord Or-
ford, the relative of tee well-known Horace Walonlc. is
one of the curious evidences that every man .ho takes it

into his head to be conspicnous, right or Wrong, may
make for himself a name. Lord Orford, while his rela-
tive was writing all kinds of hi-Una things, collecting an-
tiquities, wershipping_, the genius of cracked china, and
bowing down before fe.rdingales and topknots of the time
of Francis 1., in the Temple cif Straw berry 1-1 ill, was form-
ing a niche for his fame in his dog-kennel, and immor-
talising himself by the help of his hounds. Next to Ac-
ttenn, he was the greatest dog_fancier that the world has
ever seen, and would have rivalled Enelymion, if Diana
was to be won by the fleetest of quadrupeds. He was
bouod'ess in his profusion in respect of his favourite ani.
mals, until at la.t, finding that his ideas of perfection
could not be realised by any living greyhounds, he specu-
lated 014 the race usborn, and crossed the dogs until, after
s Yen summers, he brought them to unrivalled excellrnce.
He had at varieu• time. fifty brace of greyhounds, quar-
tering them over every part of his ei uoty Norte lk,
which he was lord-lieutenant, probably for the sake of try.
ing the effect of air and locality. Ore of his lordship's
conceptions was, that of training animals to purposes that
nature never designed them fur; and, if lions had been
accessible in this country, he would probably have put a
snaffle it to the mouth of the forest kine, and have trained
him fur Inintieg, unless his lordship had beef devoured in
the experiment. But. his most notorious tute-r,tit of this
order was a four-in-hand of stags. Having obtained four
red deer, of strong make, he harnassed them, and by dint
of the infinite diligence which he exerte‘l on all such •oc-
casions, was at length enabled to drive his four antlered
cnnrsers along the high-road. But on one unfortunate
day, as he was driving to Newman kit, a pa-ik of hounds,
in full cry after fox or bare, crossing the road, got scent of
the track. Finding more attractive metal, they left the
chase, and followed the stags in full cry. The animals no le
became irrestrainable, dashed along at full speed, and car.
tied the phaeton and his lordship in it, to his great alarm,
along the to4d, at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
Luckily they did not take their way across the country. or
their driver's neck must have been broken. The scene
was now particularly animating; the hounds were still
heard in full cry ; no power could stop the frightened
stags; his lordship exerted all his charioteeria skill in
vain. Luckily he had been in the habit of driving to
Newn.at ket. The stags rushed into the town, to the as-
tonishment of everybody, and darted into the inn yard.
Here the gates were shut, and scarcely too soon. for in a
minute or two after the whole dogs of the hunt came f ail-
ing into the town, and roaring for their prey. This es-
cape seems to have ruled his lordship of stag-driving ; but
his passion for coursing grew only more active, ant; the
bitterest day of the year. he was seen moureted on his
Pi, bald pony, and, in his love cf the port, appir, n ly
in-
sensihle to the seventies of the weather; while the hardi-
est of his followers shrank, he was always settle, without
greatcoat or gloves, with his little three•cneked hat. Inc.
log the storm, and evidet;tly inset sibte to every siting but
the pet formanres of his hounds. His lordship was per hat s
the first man who was ever made mad by county sports,
though many a man has been made a beggar by their ;
toA
none but fools will waste their time en them. His hod-,
ship at length became unquestionably n ad, and was put
under restraint. At length, while still in confineenent,
and in a second access of his disorder, having ascertained
by at ale means or other, that one of his favourite grey-
hounds was to inn a match fur a large rum, he determined
to be present set the performance. Contriving to sen 4 his
attend Ant from the room, he jumped out of the window,
sadd ed his piebald pony with his own hands. all the
grooms having gone to the field, and t here be ing no tine to
obstruct him, and suddenly made his appearance on the
roars!, to universal astonishment. In spite of all rretrea.
tie le he was determined to follow the dogs, and 2111 h-wed
after them. In the height of his pursuit he was flu' g
from his pony, fell on his bead, and instantly expired,—
Blackwood's Magazine.