The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-20 00:00:00

VARIETIES

ANCIE74T MODE OF TREATING MONOMANIAM—AbOUt
this time (1335; in the reign of Queen Mary), one NV. ye-
therstone, a miller's son, of the age of 18, named and bruited
himself to be King Edward VI., fur which, being appre-
h-nded and examined, he answered as one lunatic ; and there-
upon was'whipped at a cart's tayle, and banished into Ihe
north ; but the year after, spreading abroad again that King
Edward Was alive, and that he had talked with him, he was
arraigned and condemned of treason, and at Tyburn hanged
skrui onartered.—Baker's Chronic!. •-•

VALES'S E•AT ABLISHMENT.—We per-
- Prince of Wales has got a

and an A

at on the same d

rnev-General ; nut
is Royal Hig
When A.

is not universally
less had a wooden

..‘. a tin soldier. . Pemberton, the
—.oar of the Royal Infant, wen to kiss hands on his
appointment, the Prince playfull possessed himself
understan of the
y
nose of the newly-constituted dignitary. We d the
fact of his. Royal Highness having experienced this addition
to his state was announced to his Royal Highness by the
Dowager Lady Littleton, in the following very appropriate
vords—" Sal he have a chancellor ? Yes, that he sal, a little
,!shions. He shan't be troubled with a little conscience.
o, that he shan't. But he sal have a chancellor, all
a- to his
'F to keep his little conscience for him. (Hush-
.) And an Attorney-General too to ad-
ate his little rights, and do all his little business for him.
`Y, baby, bunting.) They shan't worry him
with nasty
Its. No, that they shan't, but he will have a little au-
won't he.. (One, two, buckle my soe.)" His
Highness condescended to receive this
the natu notification
of
graciously, and smiling several times, as re
several duties of his new legal officers was alluded to.—
'

baby, on the tree top

FAMILY OF GEORGE THE THIMD.—Any one versed, in
slightest degree, in political matters, knows, or ought to
, that -b
the very same tenure by which any Private
person holdsi hisy hereditary estate, whether it be the single
d°-
patrimonial oora rood of the peasant, or the broad ancestral do-
by which every peer,--We say, by the very same right and title
every individual in the realm holds his property,
the crow possesses private hereditary revenues, more than
c.napaahle ofn maintaining all the members of the Royal family
in manner becoming their distinguished place as PriOCES Of
England.lll., These private hereditio y revenues, Kite, George
•,soon after his accession to the throne, surrendered to
the parliament, on the condition that an adequate provision
'iocnld be-secured to himself and his consort, and to all the
rlmembers of his royal family. By this the public was
er of upwards of .f.. 100,000 per annum• year on this
s", ani.* authority, which no whig at least dare challenge,
's
Mr. G. R. Porter, the whig appointed President
,cal Department of the Board of Trade :
~e three reigns of George the Third, George the
and William the Fourth, the public gained consider-
y the arrangements that have been here described. In
ud. first of these reigns, the sum paid to the civil list, in-
of debts £3,398,062, granted at various times for the discharge
p ts contracted to that amount, amounted to £56,975,451,
" . the amount of the king's hereditary and temporary re-
given up to the public, realised 1:75,138,695, show-
gain to the blic of £18,163,944. In the reign of
,rge IV., the paymentsto the croic.n were X8'847'997'
,d the receipts by the public X19,732.432* she a a saving
if £lO 884
, P ,745 ; and in the reign of William IV., the PaY
ts were £3,561,593, while the receipts were £21,913,388,
the public appears to have
ie late king, £38,351,745. The saving effected during
gained by the arrangement
the reign of the three kings, amounted, according to this re-
turn, to £37,399,784 !
POPULAR EDUCATION.—There is at this momenta mighty,
but bloodless.strife going on between the highly informed
and the eager followers of MaIDEOOO. The result will shew
Weak
whether knowledge or wealth constitutes real power.
'id worldly minds, seeing the temporary effects of wealth,
substituted it. Truths deduced from the undeviating
'*ws of God, whether they
of to the mate-
: nt"- cause and effect of mental ape.:
..,e at last victorious. The Gospel triumphed
... brutishness of the old idolatries : it will again tram-
„ dust the golden the Moloch Mammon which
to contest its great pre-eininence. Science, which
e immutable lass by which the physical world is
and illustrates ,ts phenomena, is no longer veiled
3 in language unintelligible to the
tiled with intellectual power, and
rent branches of knowledge have
_ sae clearest language, the results of the
Adest researches, thus producing more elevated though.
chewing the boundless ocean open to the enterprise and
.severance of the human mind. Of what a 003'
xemoters of this revolution will consist. Among them
many women, leading their sex to the elevation hitherto s-
te first
turned 3 by men. In religion and ethics,
spirit has been shewn, and to the list of honoured names
ray now be added that of Stanley. His lordss book
the same greatness
,Conversations on the Parables of the .IVeiv Testament) is
written for the use of children. There is a racioess in thet
I excites joy, and vvil, be an example to others to try
for Fame in the paths of utility and religion.
the Duke of Wellington said that the only twovenn
House
Igtrudi
We have
it mental capacity, lunge ante adios, in the
The
nmons, were Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stnley.
es, and beautifully too, a book for little claildrvenuokne
parables, proving by the act and work that the i
the sublime of common sense according to Saroriel flxigegi
was right in his estimate of the man, in even a more exten k
sense than his Grace had then sup' osed• This little boot.
goes through six editions before theP writer's sting ho °oho e
I\,a %puffs preparative, puffs indirectly
ut et, puffs either positive or prospective, ushered it •
tie world, and then ballooned it. Its intrinsic worth, its
intimatiog the. Dintlo
'llr'7barsOu whispered from mother to
through six editions, and is destined to g.. 0
cthr°fr,,
,ore. The diffusion of religious and scientifi kno
bs
mother, and it guoehs
__Jog the young, the rich, the poor,
great corrector of abuses and miseries which are nop
no
ssing with rapid, steps, and have advanced so far that
The
man nature can prevent a great and useful
is destinedvitot.
ture guide and support of the masses in the reighbati3gpea.th will
spend in no small degree on the. nature
sformation sread amng them. General
nform 'eracli-
atio n have tak e n toot,
:ate it. They now begin to understan
rights, their relative position (p rim speaking)
employers and the state ; now there is no tirne to os ,3
on
l to their
staple commodities of literature must be given to thiene
ever-
which to weave their opinions. We, therefore
instanceat among the higher classes in
me work as important, not only to their orderr,evew to
fry --Fraser's Magazine for June,
in
%hies."
aiding
.the ,
sall)al
butco
' —" Conversations on the Par.

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--
THE XANTHIAN Mania-Es. additions
augh to the public taste not the most attractave,
die marbles
--- Amongst
.the valuable,
contents of the British NI useum, art
wrought from Lycia, and which have been broubtil;ts.ternpo
These
rarily in the two rooms leading to the Elel,c" r while tra-
marbles which were discovered by Mr. r ealowes,
yelling in. Asia Minor in 1838, be the in
remarkable:and important accessioiaarere
ib)ean museum for many years. and have been oYb at
a° i In
eEd ti
andt'
t
roughtito England in consequence oTetihidveetdc:erbett.fstt,y evyribt eortn-
it).;l7,:veself-denial on the part of the gen loin'"
whose repre-
sentation -*covered'
lodged in the
and in consequence
British M asiltetiag
'them
alreadyhave been
interesting
n are but a small portion of those thatabound
*o "evm• The marbles secure theßitriittiisich
,hteresting eQuntrY from which they 'A of their
ey are, however, very valuable, and some idea were
have been brought ;
tuantity .may be obtained when we mention that they
tick.
,rought to England in seventy-eight large
ges. The Xanthian, or Fellowes Marbles, as .it,
reposed to have them called, illustrate the mythology, the
and
11.'e?hlaYsPbeen
toues of warfare, and a variety of interesting Asiafeatourm
le manners and customs of the ancient inhabitants t
..
linor, who were originally settlers from Crete. As might
rank
expected, these sculouras do not, as works of art,
ith the Elgin marble, but they are highly interesting as
ustracing the state of sculpture in a much earlier age. They
.e supposed. to include some of the earliest efforts of Greek
.t which have, come down to our times. The principal ob-
cts in the collection are those which Mr. Fellowes describes
the Gas-reliefs representing the legend of the daughters
• king Panclar.us being carried away by the harpies, which
:ire around the high square .monument, which was called
e harpy tomes, marbles belonging to this tomb are
aced in ,the centre,of the grand central saloon, arranged as
ey Were_befo3.3e.htting taken down. • Neer tbem is placed a
ldel of., ibe tomb, which: MR supported by a shaft 17 feet
'a, and weighing 80 tons, -standing on s plinth 6 feet high.
4ornb-it was 3 feet 3 inches in height, surmounted by
.r ,which weighed from 15 to 20 tons. The central
ilso contains some very beautiful frieze work, rem-
.% bas-relief a bear hunt : all the figures, the horses
4" dogs, and the unfortunate bear itself, are
..ed and bold, but not highly-finished specimens of
Some of the figures on the harpy tomb, and those
aced on the under ledge of the same large framework, bear
-iderable resemblance to the figures on the monuments
we may mention pai ticularly the gods seated on
as, one smelling a lily, and another gg a helmet to a
arir In the anti-room there are several very rich friezes.
fine r ; the fire is burning on the altar,
and a .umber ot persons are approaching with various offer-
,, both animal and vegetable, and in most cases the offer-
ig may be readily distinguished. The siege of the walled
town forms in itself an interesting subject ; the walls are de-
fended by warriors armed with stones, which are also the
weapons in general use among all the combatants ; on the-
walls are a number of females, whose countenences indicate
it distress, as they well may. for the artist has introduced
scalade. which is sufficiently indicative of the danger of
this roominhabitants. The friezes and the pediments in
ain Pon figures, which fur vigour of doign if not for
ty of execution,,niay vie with the Elgin roar'bles. Mr.
w!a, ip his account of the transmission of these warbles
iand, remarks that the frieze so accurately illustrates
description given by iferodotus of the capture of the
,Y citY, that be could almost fancy that the of
storian had written his history from it, commemorating an
:oenrot liviT:Lbli:rpepepatrieedd about a century before his era. A
expressly to receive this valuable ad-
-u to the antique sculptures with w 'Arbour great national
in is enriched.

Lord Stanley's book—

to the

rsemen

of Egypt;

represents a sacrifice