The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

Feb. 13, 1849.

tittrature.

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uoNvErtikflON.—Fusels had a great dislike to
eommonplace observation!. After sitting,,perfeetly silent
t.°F a tong time in his own room, during tbe bald dis-
jos.aiintteedrecsitijantg"aonfatsuormee, idle callers-in, who were talking
swit.n one another about the weather, and other topics of
he suddenly exclaimed, " We bad
Pork for climier to-day !" " Dear, Mr. Fuseli, what an
ndd remark to ~
been • W hy, it is as good as anything you have
Dar. nc,' for the last hour."
lectuie NG DISTINCTIONS.—Professor Cockerel!, in a
tkie,
~on architecture, lately related an anecdote of Ren-
Nolo ;to having repaired the wheel of a stage coach, in
botti`"cr, and an aristocratic fellow-traveller had previously
treat,in eolloquial terms, found himself, as a workman,
aniasio wilt great reserve and hauteur, and described the
next d g discomfiture of the same traveller, on finding.
With waj that the most honoured guest of the noble lord
roan, ';_tnn he had to dine was his companion, the work-
:N/47u° now treated him with corresponding distance.
gards trAill• EDUCATION.—The state of the army, as re-
the
_orth the expense of our military establishments, and
attrawetep and intellectual culture of men and officers, hasve
wtokeeiali
our
of late, a good deal of attention. . We have Mbar -r "7" Part in the mele'e, and it now gives
Duke Pleasure to be able to announce that the of
meats has entered into the arena, and that arranger-
officar'sa,,e made which will for the future impose upon our
as wan me wholesome necessity of exercising their minds
date as their bodies. Probably in a few days from the
Pear.,_" ,thris Publication, his grace's general order will ap-
Tat fr., aser.
forto,, rRILANTHROPY OF THE DAY !—" Fourteen unat-
tile Ctle Prisoners were condemned to trrsportation timing „":"------ assizes." How shocking and cruel; "'Rs example of the philanthropic cant of 0.0
tons, a the
newspaper, we sought a look at the cont
%le fa and. found there were only two for manslaughter ;
hadr child murder, mitigated by the finding of the jury
had tentenee .
1..
defrauded
r ,
~ five burglaries, in one of which an old lady
.14 f- 'lntened to death • two forgeries, one of which
thee, e'randed a widow and innocent family, and steeped
II ao,„111 Years of misery, and the other had impoverished
tatia"aaver of respectable persons ; one attempt at
.asseaneei
1-y ' and three hic•hway robberies, with viol .
irau-rs, ril:titons itransports'l—Literary Gazette.
~., uct,x
viii, TRICITIES OF TRANSLATION.—The. Overland
h la /1//a7 a tr
i-va • z -- ...Long Kong, gives a curious instance of
h at• tioo. n official orders which may occur throuh
!-"via: ~,,,. The following order was issued by Sir John
ak o„ "0 Person except the harbour-inaster can boar
''e is ,;." vessel without the consent of the master, unless
i'llable-;',ned with a warrant and accompanied byat conns.-
~titoa:thelJPon examination of the Chinese official ra d
'The I. Passage was found to have been thus rendere
alai police arbour-master, and persons carrying. warrants,
.resse,lam the,have
teen leetnen power to board vessels :if there be
t does not want them to enter e
In co' h.illea he may be able to obstruct and stop them."a
tellenlii-enting on this farrago the editor of the Ch.
French
;1181iietes some more amusing parallels from a
:,,Sir trt.(lll, °f Mannering" which he had met wais a
L4l4ekit B:i'ita?l,•e Scott speaks of Dominic
11.reer, or •°' ,' that is, a minister who has Sampson?trek in his
''"'s 'u„ ln his discourse. A French translator. renders
banes' mMistre assassin'—a minister stuck with a yen-
thet4idtli 4gain, in the same novel, Dandle Din ont is
'l' at • it has just chappit aucht on the Tron,.'mt.hat is,
,deredri°,,nbchnrch bell has just struck eight. This is reon;
L'rdrie "„firench, ' Il est huit heures, et le
.Roi est surs 5,....
41 eiph":lch, being translated into English, inean•' the
write."" o'clock, and the King is on the throie,
atet 114' Ptc'ahly being led away by a confused notion'.that
tha°tntr. had something; to do with Paulus Pleydell.ben!g
high jinticsill engaged in performing the part of King in
Cia, •
at Si insTAN' HATRED OF RUSSIA.—A Turkish. captain
d0r.,,11,°,De told Dr. Wagner the following interesting ai c-
feu years Circassian hatred of the Russians :—".ust
asA
a, use,,,ra ago a slave-ship sprang a leak out at sea,
The Turkishj
Nave an SteallleT passed in the distance.
to
...rdaealer, who preferred even the chili bla ts of Siberia
halla tb re even in deep water, made signals of distress,
11,,irip• e steamer came up in time to rescue the lii_cs and its
nuss; ea, cargo from destruction. But so deeply is hatred of
°f tliOa I.4)Planted in every Circassian heart, that the spiritl
lnr:iryeevolted at the thought of becoming ing the he p-
tikApt" gray-coated soldiers, instead of sharing the
to:tst;tirg"B couch of a Turkish pasha. They had bid adieu
mountains with little emotion, but assat.hre.
„lag 80.1e2 shin approached they set up terrible and d. e pheirs
grove-14s. Some sprang headlona. o
hearts:-tothe sea ,eorot
nes
death their knives into their these hero Ins.
eavit was Preferable to the bridal-bed of a detested 11
to ce' The survivors were taken to Anapa, and married
everyes:.aeks., or given
.to officers as servants." Nearly
Wioteristnan or Turkish steam-boat.that_mtoakes in the
Ave ;inonths, the voyage from.Trethzond Co'nstanti-
Wagr;aras a number of Circassian girls on board. Dr.
several , Made the passage.. in an Austrian steamer with
tireiv or of these willing slaves,chiefly mere children,
ana ,P ar thirteen years old, with interestipg countenances
cept'ark wild eyes, but very pale and thin;rwith the ex-
dressed of two, who were some years older, far better
slar:edli and carefully veiled. To this favoured_ broildealer paid particular attention,. pair the
d f quently
withg,lll,t. them coffee. Dr. Wagner got into conversation
d silks
kid Tis man, who was richly dressed in furs
nanners of ;
geetZum, despite his vile profession, had three
daughtersa of
iloble 'nen. The two coffee-drinkers we
coodpen, he said, with fine rosy
cheeks,
more mo-
and in better
ney at en than the others, consequently worth
ebt ; c.,enstantinople. For the handsomest he hoped to
of and
(:)" ')°,000 piastres, and for the o her 20,000—about
The herd of young creatureshe spoke
2000ath
contempt, and should think him elf lucky to get
ther informed
the
~Diastres for them all round. He
gsto,tor that, although the slave-trade was more dan-
taaca4a▪ nd difficult since the Russian occupation of the
Net' slan coast, it was also far more profitable. For-
'll d?? when Greek and Armenian womehn wmeorestbhreoauugtliit.
fia wds to the Constantinople market, e
bleuireassians were not worth more thandtlo,ooo piastres ;
14 bar a rosy, vvell-fed, fifteen-year-ol slave is hardly
4,,,,, had under 40,000 piastres.—Blackw
_ood' s Magazine.
teaehetital3 TRIBE ON THE MARCHn;maWr,
Kb the pasture grounds of the Sh eanhdaSdhineekwh
,aot declared that Sofuk's tents could not be far dis-
itched almost
atnaa A. few days before they had been
tLoalgst the ruins of Al Hather ; but h had since left
I'Ve states t was not known where he ekhad encamped.
the direction
Poit early in the morning andatsoo
nkt bd °la by Khalaf. Our view w bounded on the
*el Y, a rising ground. When we reachedreidtstosusmwmarimt,
Irith,„°Ked clown upon a plain, which appea
n,f tll-', Zing objects. We had come uponttohde
now met,
•IpPea,.- "ammar. It would be difficult emseariinbebetdhje
/mita —,..r.tee of a large tribe, like that wehad .
•eetio igrating to new astures. The scenheocuaruss,epdeirnhampes
,atipl.4B Of ItelanchOly, fort recalled
vgiettaZtably, though certainly happilym a.snpyenfotr;
the
ed
joyousmany
`ree(lo,senne who now sighed in captivity
iho 6-1., which those wandering hordesefnoju'onydedou;
ourselves
' the'u Perished in its defence. We soon
•fa midst of wide-spreading flocks ofsheteoptahnedlecfatm,
and
la fr,,l• as the eye could reach, to the right,
Ne Alt, still the
same
moving erow_•
d Lon lines of
atitl,,,an,d bullocks laden with black tents, huge cauldrons
able•
•r'egated carpets; aged women and. men, no longer
silents e Walk, tied on the heap of domestccfuritureth;ruins-t
ltics eralinned into saddle-bags, their tiny heads .
a,..,114 t,..
i"‘;it b., •,;',7,Bnarr•ow opening, balanced on the animal girls cl4tl."n. or lambs tied n the opposite side ; which
hst'Plitoc,,lue° only in the close fitting
.Arab shirt,
;10the",.'-'' rather than concealed their graceful forms ;
itpiiitiogsfieweiktshopileirheh.ild en on their shoulders.,
horsemen armed with their • long
vise,,(st sPears
Pi ' scouringarns the plain on their fleet moaorieces j
ttteks 14-'ng their dromedaries with their shtor h
seoted gallopin
%Its ' and leading their high bred steeds. byhhreahalter ;
d like
g among the throng ; high born ladies
Indtn_hose ~rin the centre of huge wings, which exenhurnp
"l a butterfly from each side of the camel's
I'74letite 11° lessgaudy and variegated. Suchrwwaasy the
the sal ,erowd through Which we had to wend ou
: 'l:l4:::ntilcrsappearance created a lively sensatione ; aoen checked our horses the horsemen assemblcl
rayl 44' and rode by our side; the children. yelled and
saki.--La yard's Nineveh and its Remains.
i.;ll4lt.lekx. TITOI;GHTSY ON LEGITIMATE MONARCHY.
:"ae "rePubcan ou know, holdinthat my loyalty
~ll.s.crithe..th, a constitu' ti7on of mY
ii.vatay "0 the doctrine that this a
own country; and yet. I
idea of majesty is
ins. l•al•ita„Ild that, confess it or not, even republicans feel
;n't •'' Tie icing's name is a tower of strength ; and
ittlwdnatolt?illroll„,as said co sovereigne princes, with a pregnant
tli,.lng ofet_Y_ meaning—ye are gods. This is not the
aeui opith I,o,usrts, but then admonition of Him who invests
Nat after
tk'n sword of avenging justice, and gives them,
iik that 1 ages the natural homage
.of their fellow-men.
if :Ikea,
and old flatter monarchs .I see that they die
thin °t lit.a. ;', What is worse, live, very often, like fools,
beteg gip bout Yet I am sure that they have some-
oth:s.iveil tr,L2,,m which is personally theirs, and cannot
ail,(1:. I)(!sasre-:_?ttilneeris.,
.and r a thing as any
th,.• 'hey slon• God has endowed them with. history,
genesu; lying links which connect nations with
not,tie'rina: EIT.Ld thea men of the passing age with. bygone i•oarp look
...,tte son about it as we may, it is impossible
%Nils of vel2tn natural reverence on the breathing monu-
-1( ot g„, eerable antiquity. For a Guelph, indeed, I
r, eel • ', up at,
p‘.l4litieupilitericitu
iittie y false or romantic enthusiasm ; and Yet
as impossible not to f 1 that the house of
ates , whieL Fs Its royal members to feel that the house of
• 5 its royal members to a degree of conside-
-40„ lisa th" is the ordinance of Heavr. For how many
abso?ver t..at house been a great. reality, casting its sha-
eta Otely 4°1)9, and stretching it over the world, and as
tOee arriers ecting the destinies of men as the geographi-
'noeas are and highways of nations ! The Alps and the
'nos
al care Morally as well as naturally, ajestic , ▪ a.ndeas
lacl'h h i'stY like' theirs attaches to an line of princ th " Btood
es 111 has , lie storms of cerituries like them, and
is th atid gene ueen always a bulwark or. a bond between
is ya4hereditrations. Like the solemnity of mountains
lieen elti in tharY 1-9a.iesty of a family, of which the origin
au'tad .ayove t,e twilight of history, but which is always
her,, "le surfaceof t m orary events, a crowned
, tier,,,. red tb, • co e p
'4hiit..loti t, "Log that never dies, but perpetuates, from
fliadeglity 414
agneraton, a still increas.ing emotion r
ar Land 'we, which all men feel, and none can fully
taPte,ro,,; There are many women in England who,
tekiiitonj"4.(palities and graces, would as well become
ginateln 144 $e whom you so loyally entitle " Our. Se..
ierN e Doss • . Why is it that no election, nor any
a'eart'e.4 °l' itsswil of her place, could commendlentle
1214 ➢sta ' teche on of them to the homage of nation'sthe..
ti:^%(lili .4 "e might wear the robes, and glitter like
: klop,"‘ a v0i,5414 the regalia, and might walk like Juno;.
Vlcien't' llot io'ebv'otil.d cry God save her '—while there is
iret vpsovat • e mistaken, which invests the daughter of
titri hitnt'ollitl theigs costaven when she is recognised, against
th e b.. t herme of travel, or when she shows her-mntisat,"",,ne ft,,l People and treads the heather in atn
-'4 feera'usa.klihiand plaid. Why is it that ten
'rill When her figure is seen descending