The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-06 00:00:00

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CANDID AND PATHETIC.—Among the Mainotes, descend.
ants of the Spartans, thieving is considered a very honourable
employment. An English traveller, being entertained at the
house of one of the mountaineers, took some silver articles
from the packing case he had with him, to eat his dinner
with. At the sight of such costliness an old woman began
to cry. The Englishman having asked her what affected her
so much—" Alas, my good Sir," she replied, " 1 weep because
my son is nothere to rob you of those beautiful things."
INDIAN GALLANTRY.—In the back woods, marriage by
civil contract, in the presence of a magistrate, is permitted,
where a clergyman does not reside within a prescribed dis-
tance. Individually, I have always persuaded parties to go
to a clergyman, from religious scruples; but one morning a
young Indian of my acquaintance entered my house in the
midst of a pouring rain, and set himself dowri with great
composure. At length he thus addressed me:—" 'Well,
mister, I guess von a pretty good man to Indian." " Yes,
Jacob, vi hen he behaves well."—"Oh me ! Jacob always be-
haves well ; (after pause) they tell me you magistrate."—
"Well. Jacob, what can Ido for you then ?" " Oh, never-
mind; (after another pause) I want something."—" Indeed,
let me hear it then." "Well, then, I believe Jacob wants to
get married."—" Oh, that's your belief, is it? but how am I
to assist you'/" "Oh, mister a magistrate; magistrate marry
Jacob very quick, quick as parson."—"Well, perhaps in_
your case, .Jacob, I-might ;tut where is your squaw?" "Oh,
she outside."—Andataccordingly, looking out I beheld the
dripping beauty, with two young companions, waiting
patiently the result of our conference, in the heavy rain. I
instantly begged them to come in, whilst I prepared the cer-
tificate; and every thing being found proper, the knot was
tied. The bride and her friends instantly withdrew; hut not
so the happy benedict, who lighted his pipe, and quietly re-
sumed his seat, to wait, as he said, until the rain was over.—
Six Years in the Bush.

TOE ENTERPRISE OF THE DCTCII.—The arrogance of the
English, the vanity of the French, the pride of the German,
the superciliousness of the Italian, and the accumulated
mass of all these perverse qualities—added to the legion of
devils of his own—whichexists in the Spaniard, must abate
a little of their preponderance, when they reflect on the im-
mense labour of the Dutch in regaining their soil from
the sea, and in basing cities on the domain of ocean itself.
To plant a house, they proceed as follows, where the land is
marshy:—They trace the square of its dimensions, bore to
the depth of seven or eight feet. till they find water, pump it
dry, and drive stakes round the square, by
means of a weight
of twelve or fourteen hundred pounds suspended from a
pulley; the stakes are from forty to fifty feet in length, and
each requires on an average an hour and a half for driving it
down. One hundred of these blocks or stakes are sufficient
for a small house. The royal palace at Amsterdam took
13,695. When it is considered what immense labour the
towns of Holland have required for construction, what im-
mense sums they must have cost, and what industry the
people must have possessed, to enable them to prosper with
such drawbacks on their exertions, the pyramids of Egypt,
the ruins of Thebes, the palaces of Persepolis, the hanging
gardens of Babylon, appear no longer-as visionary dreams
of gigantic enterprise, but as the works of man.—. Notices of
Northern Capitals of Europe.
A SELF-TAUGHT PAINTER.—HeaIy is American born, but
the son of an Irishman, who left Dublin during the troubles
of 1798. - The family suffered the lowest degree of poverty.
At twelve, young Healy was a ploughboy, and then he was
apprenticed to a baker. Yet he had already shown some signs
of his talent, and here he had a fresh opportunity. The baker's
daughters painted flowers, and seeing the interest the appren-
tice took in the matter, they gave him work, which he finished
so well, that his reputation was at once established in the neigh-
bourhood. Still his opportunities of education for his art
were not great, as he now spent three years in the shop of a
confectioner, who dogged him night and day to prevent his
using even his fair leisure in his favourite occupation. But
with his patty-trough on his bead, and in the streets, he stu-
died the models in the print-shops. At last the pastry-man
got out of patience, ftnd turned him off. Healy was grieved,
for he had been earning food often for a famishing family.
But it put him to his mettle. He took resolute bold of sign-
painting, and grinding colours. He soon after finished an
Ecce Homo, which was liked so well as to be bought for an
altar-piece. His patrons and his fame now rapidly increased.
One of his pieces, in an exhibition, attracted general admi-
ration; the price of his pictures doubled at once, and his for-
tune was este blished.—Atheirmuni.

ANECDOTES OR Ste ASTI.EY CoorEn.—ln the course of
his practice Sir Astley• has met with many remarkable cir-
cumstances; and he now equally delights and amuses his
friendly circle with the narrative of them. He received,
perhaps, the largest fee ever at that time given for an opera-
tion; it was upon an old gentleman of the name of Hyatt,
who was a resident in the West Indies, and when arrived at
the age of seventy, being afflicted with stone in the bladder,
he determined upon coming over to England to undergo' the
operation for its removal. He selected Sir Astley for the
occasion. It was performed with his accustomed ability ;
and, upon visiting him one day, when able to quit his bed, he
observed to his surgeon that he had feed his physicians, but
that he had not yet remunerated his surgeon. lie desired to
know the amount of his debt; and Sir Astley stated, "two
hundred guineas." " Pooh, pooh!" exclaimed the old
gentleman,• " I shan't give you two hundred guineas—there
—that is what I shall give you," tossing off his night-cap,
and throwing it to Sir Astley. " Thank you, sir," said Sir
A., " anything from you is acceptable;" and he put the cap
into his pocket. Upon examination it was found to contain
a cheque for one thousand guineas. One other anecdote
must be related, as it is singularly illustrative of character.
Mr. Steer consulted Sir A. at his own residence, and, having
received his advice, departed without giving the usual fee.
Sir Astley took no notice of this, but gave his assistance to
him cheerfully, under a belief that he was a gentleman who
had seen better days, and was now in indifferent circum-
stances. Shortly after, however, Sir Astley received a note,
acquainting him that on going to the Stock Exchange he
found he had some omniitin which he had not disposed of,
and that he had taken the liberty of putting £3,000 of it in
his own name ; and finding that it had soul after risen he
took the further liberty of selling it for him, and now sent
him the difference, which was £63 10s. Sir Astley's annual
receipt of fees far exceeds that of any other member of the
profession. In one year he received no less a sum than
£21,000, and for many years from £15,000 and upwards.
His patients have comprised all classes of society, and his
attention was equally bestowed on the wealthy and indigent.
—Medical Portrait Gallery.

CATTLE LIFTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On Tuesday List,
about one o'clock in the morning, the Crow Park. near
Wemyss Castle, was broken into, and no less than 13 head
of prime cattle, the property of Captain Wemyss, the mem-
ber for Fifeshire, stolen from thence. The rogue drove them
no lees than three toll-bars, to a cattle-market held near
Ceres that day, a distance of 14 miles. He offered the lot to
a cattle-dealer there for £llO. came down to £lOO., and ulti-
inateTy to 1731: Anxious-To cul his ifitr-With-Wdriiiitillide,
he eagerly asked for his cash; hut as there are always two at
a bargain-making., the dealer told him he would pay his
master, but not him. By this time the farm grieve of We-
myss Castle, who had traced the cattle to the road leading
to Ceres, and taken a post-chaise at Windy-gates, came up
and claimed his bestials, and in the interim the scamp slipped
away, and neither trace nor trail of him has been seen or
smelt since. lie is a small man. about 40 years of age, from
5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 6 inches in height, dark complexion,
and thin-faced. The cattle were worth £l3O. and the lot
having been sold tor £94. the market was !to much depressed
that little business was done, and many withdrew their cattle
altogether. Such a "spreath" has not occurred in the
"kingdom of Fife" since the olden time, when man pursued
"The simple plan,
That he should take who hath the power,
And he should keep who can."
We understand that a reward of £lo.'los. has been offered
for the apprehension of this modern Rob Roy.—Scotsman,

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