The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-04 00:00:00

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APARTMENTS.
I? TED, by a SINGLE GENTLEMAN, who
40(Arines in town, a good BED-ROOM and
.SITTING-
6kiety h 4 a Private family of undoilbted-respecMbility, v!liwasne
°Pen a,cie might occasional) • . The
.House is to 13. ?
aood of oirY situation, a of in Cheshire. The neinbour.-
Add, ',Age-hill or • r part of Everton would be preferred.
-88' 1.‘.-------......11r. AyLwAnD, News-agent, 82, Lord-street.
AMARRIED CLERGYMAN, B.A. of Cambridge,
,Shire'4:llo resides in a very beautiful and healthy part of Shrop•
itofti;‘,l4 d.Fsirous of receiving into his house (a large and corn-
tilii 41. \ 'enrage) Two or Three PUPIL_,S _to -prepare for the
tem
~ Say. He would be willing also.te-Mirect and SupeTin-
hot "le Studies of any Gentl desirous of entering into
bY_Orders.
h,'!S-eerences will b • nto Persons occupying high positions
4,)Church an niversity.
'tress, pre-paid, It GH C 26, Postoffice, Liverpool.

SEVERALSUMS of I)I9NE TOLEn_Yieacly to be advanced
ApppOn good Free:bold-or Leasehold Property.
41%, s"° TROIKAB' WY LIB, Surveyor, &c., Barned's-build-
eeting-street, Castle-street.
20 is required on LOAN, for Fourteen Days ;
,uci the . security of the most ample nature will he given,
kee very handsome B Four Pounds paid for the
open.
<lrdicattoby toter
paid, to E. C. M., Postoffice, Liverpool.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY
'PIE 0;- LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
,„

r .Jireetors this Company are prepared to
'N
IINZIZ,Ze (nnder theof p
MONEY, urity of Debentures,
owers of their f-P-arliament)
hti rin r 4ln for LOANSterest at the rate of per Cent. per Annum, the
DaYable Half-ye , iz., 10th January and 10th July.
vropo atatin unt and term of years for which it is
St 4 • sed to be
tlon r _ eta,- to be addressed to the Secretary, Euston
t„,3YO erne ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary.
Station, July 14, 1849.
tnitso LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON.
th. ,NS Willing to CONTRACT for supplying
LIVERPOOL BOROUGH PRISON and the BRWL-
eltisswith BREAD, and the LIVERPOOL BOROLGH
epten with the following Articles, from MONI?AY. the ifltb
the reque':.oer, 1849, to the 31st December next, both inclusive, ale
Tos,`.(l„to send Tenders, under cover, to the Town-clerk, at
nail, on or before the 3d September :
BUTCHERS' MEAT and OX HEADS,
OATM EAL ---
PEASE ,
,
SALT,
PEPPER,
GINGER
TEA ,
,
COFFEE,
CASUGA
ND ES,
HARD SOAP,
SOFT SOAP,
PEARL- ASHES,
ttm t! STARCH.
t,?ral Articles above specified are to be delivered from
the- e, in such quantities and manner as the Governor
&crison may direct, and subject to his approval of the
,itrtiettlt
oS tation as to the probable consumption of the respective
ofdanthe
elle;;Li fender must specify the names of two sureties for the
tbr7forrnance of the Contract.
wugh Prison, 28th August, 1849.

iu.
„ TITE • LAST CABMAN WAS BILKED.—Gent. (with-
'ltsjV.tooney afte a rapid r from the Lodon Hos-
:to ~-111 e End, tor Chelsea,ide
at three in then morning),
cabman, until I get a light—l think I have drop-
ttlt ayereign at the bottom of your cab." Gent, gets
40tr7A' knocks at his door—cab drives off furiously—does
Ilis,tse back—does not find the sovereign !
tha "ISSION GRANTED.—A gentleman from London
filarll" to find gathimself among a little party of ladies att
'sim ?, and while in the enjoyment of some innocent
nßat I),isy, he carelessly placed his arm round the slender
4,)e st": as pretty a damsel as Kent can boast of, when
ttie!•,'`tted and exclaimed " Have done, sir ; dent insult
„ii)g ~i3The gentleman instantly apologised for the seem-
's d-eness, and assured the half-offended fairy ne that
Iv tip not mean to insult. "No !" she archlreplied.
to .bell' if You didn't, you may do so again ."' she added,
lerti°B small amusement of the company.—Greenock
the SELF ESTEEM.—We give to-day, a full report
at sae great event of this century—the grand fancy ball
'-thatoga Springs. Words cannot express the delight
tLe :ecstatic delight—with which we give this article to
lids countr is safe. The gl te re-
the More resptendenyt than ever. h
Weor ary eof decihdedly
fashionable—the most elegant—the most polite
tlish-„,roost-cheerful—the most tasteful—the most accom-
St`u---the most intellectual—the most graceful—the
'4lla.reelLerehe people—that's the term—on this side of
et s we have positively outdone ourselves this time,
bat°ga. What a tremendous " hit" we have made,
etioteel Let us take breath, and speak of all this
1414atld -coolly, as becomes a follower of fashion and
Tga w.,.s.—New York Herald.
the
dEstrirs IN CANADA.—First in establishment,
beyond all compare foremost in Importance, ampng.
tlagtons orders in the colony, was that of the Jesuits
Detect Particular care were entrusted the education of
hunt and the Indian missions. Here, as in all other
ZO4 has
Where that mysterious and one? terrible brother-
twets ~,al-1 taken root, the traces of their vampire energy
?L• 'ainlY and painfully visible. 'We cannot, however,
teal ilard with admiration the courage and unquenchable
kid r- these extraordinary mena their union of strange
tie sfintradictory qualities astound us—the strong will of
11,4 ":ant, the enterprise of the freeman, and the discip-
%lt the slave. With variety and versatility of power,
tstirs;gteness of purpose, they•pursued their appointed
Ilttiar;-whether warping the minds of their civilised
lin the chill tranquility of the cloister, or denounc-
aDd • e„c" anon the fiercest of the heathen, ever devoted
'll4.—Xearreot. The mission of the Jesuit priests was to
°IBQ "le sav4.e on any terms, within the pale of the
,40a, e,elltirch theal to advancehim in civilisation, but to
leap; to utthost possible docility. They over
thh tedious difficulties of conversion, and proselvted
Ite-rtribes in a single day': .Attimes they even adapted
ladiof catholicism to the:ferocious customs of the
leers -14 on one occasion, when the Christian Hurons
Arig:Join to torture and slay some
.heathen -Iroquois
Ntied In battle, the missionar, by bribes and praye.rs,
tetis eagtPermission to baptise thenictims, but made no in-
,m,1147:0 n to save them from an agonising death.: while
*sir torments of the fire and the knife they recited
4liel'ew creed instead of chanting the last aver song.
tide tut historian of this dreadful scene calls on his
the ers to rejoice in the providential mercy that brought
ttliekeisPtured Iroquois within .the blessed fold of the
• ti'l• In the triumph of Christianising the heathen,
'ye trised the task of humanising the Christian.-
0,1'441We/ea Conquest of Canada.
Zat I:I,9IONTEZ IN EDINBURGII.—It is generally known
eqhl;-'l5 notorious lady, whose re-appearance before the
sfallese 'Chas recently created so much sensation, resided for
)1.,)14ime in this city with a relative in Nelson-street.
hisaap',.uer sojourn here she was an unsuccessful peti
Cur ; '° Mr. Murray for leave tn try her fortune as a
Zee Wier on the boards of the-Edinburgh theatre. The.
disclosures regarding her have made the public
;pt„- that before her marrige with Capt. James, in the
Zota-her 0f`1847, she was known by the name of Eliza
'"a Gilbert. The circumstances under which she
very
assumed the title of Lola Montez have not
Lkekinea Tery clearly explained ; but it appears that he
er-Pi,,tlY called herself Maria Parris y Montez. It is
i_'4ieli4.`its name that she figures in the letters patent by
he late,Ring of Bavaria created her Countess of
Zeta _ Some facts in the early history of the countess
1)-"Partio"ave escaped the research uf the metropolitan
t4ta i„ngers. There is reason to believe that she. was
clAndia, .but of Irish parent!, her father being a
th;l7"ert, in the company's service. After thedeath
thigie" gentleman, his widow married, in India, Major
t deputy adjutant-general ; and Miss Gilbert was
,et et SeOtitnd to be educated under the eye of some of
I,'4ltieeP-father's relatives in Montrose. Here she shewed
pi• e°Jltrollable lave of fun and mischief ; and one nf
;led retettliall exploits in sticking flowers into the wig of an
kbtlleelb email who sat before her in church is still freshly
:r•aed- From Montrose she was sent to a boarding
ii:.Qogland. Meanwhile her mother returned from
fra,e,Vaving for her fellow-passenger a -young country-
,. hinaletttenant James, with whom she proposed to visit
blett-",: Miss Gilbert was summoned to Liverpool to
olother, whom it was intended she should acom-
np 1.; the Irish tour.; but when the James was on the
thilbt'eParture, one naorningLieutenan and Miss
th'slnelwere missing, andsoon afterwards they, presented
IZtieaes to Mrs. Craigie as having been ,clandestinely
t The t als were subsequently formally cele-
Tsll in id'uP ud •
°W.a re an an the pair proceeded to India. What
°A the latdy's return from that country has been
a„ts t,loatter of notoriete.—Scottish Press.
zeti Arc CRUEL.—The bad example of.all the great
.or since Agamemnon will not lessen the
1%111 out o'f!t.be cruelty, of dragg,Tg• a !erre fish or'a little
1 • - its bl'
" native element form y and against its
14 oi' • out of the water when it
4,1 !lot t. 'ging a fish to come
;13 'He slightest wish to •be a fish out of water, lam
tlit-ot:asoatie:lits resemblance to the ejecting of a human being
‘eente"'',Y from his bed who I'l2s made up his mind to
en fits a stead snooze for the next three hours. The
?, of presence of a little bodily suffering in the pro-
Ilys4 afi,!eetion, has really nothing to do with the merits
tvt stri, tract question. A man who is jerked out of bed
thltike.
.rg.s tied to his toe must endure an uncomfortable_
rage hPut the votary of Morpheus ;nay be induced to
/o°'?in.l3, quarters quite as effectually by painlessly
A tieYond his reach the blankets and the sheets.
Aitette at the . .
h application of positive compulsion to tiles
ett.s'ent but the disturbance of existing comfort in hi
• tltY.tuiti?o, which may be pain, and hardship, and
killi„.to Point of fact, it is nothing of the sort, because
igY, as stated, is entirely fallacious.. The true
/14Ildy i 8 to be stated thus : Any body who, being
taitl!ens tti bed, and therefore legitimately somniferous,
liadrinteritci'oOverhear us in the next room loudly declaring
tfitPalatae,n of beginning forthwith a supper of savoury
nis disllhs, and who, thereupon, greedily shakes
ot:tder t''!Pient torpidity, and rushes into the apartment
8%44148'i share the banquet, but finds no supper, and
aughing at his credulity, has no right at all to
ertilt he has been subjected to hardships or treated
AatHe left his proper sphere, and was pun-
-11,.. er,,it for s
eccentricity. How is a fish that lives in the
th 4: theted to snap at a fly that lives out of the water.?
Ivhi%h co' the
fIY goes into the water. Very well : but if
k4.F11 is at(nieS.llP into the air, as it does, to bite at a fly,
hit,„4 emzen of the air, it is just that a fly, when it
yip at a, fix
h -e water, should indulge in a reciprocal
leZearin ~.which is a denizen of the waters. And if
.Ite follinite for themselves, it is a noble thing in man
tai:ts of eneto- All the fish encreeled by all the human
Rh
knatil)f d;(:17
in year make but a mole-hill to the momi-
, butchered and gorged by a single trouta
coenrjetz°gabalus was temperate, Nero was merciful,
Pared With a gillaroo,—Blacktvood's Magazine.