The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-03-19 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

A Roman temple, dedicated to Mars, has recently been disco-
'sexed at Brescia. On digging the ground of this temple, there
'was found a statue of Victory, in bronze gilt, which is said to be
vaperior to any of the bronze statues at Milan, Venice, or Na-
ples.

A woman died lately at Lemmes, in the canton of Soldlly,
Meuse, at the age of 102 years. She was born at Verdun in
1731, and laboured in the vineyard till she was 78. She had be-
come very much bent, but preserved her faculties to the last.—
kihe had lost none of her teeth, and ate with good appetite till
within a short period of her death.—French Paper.
That Mr. Fox could be merry on serious occasions is proved
by various stories told of him, and particularly by the circum-
stanees attending his duel with Mr. Adam, who shot Fox in the
,breast; when, instead of appearing alarmed, he smiled, and said
he perceived it to be true, that "Adam had power over every
beast of the field." His friend in the combat was Mr. Hare.—
Piozziana.

ANCIENT tIOUSE OF COMMONS.—" Parliament (says Pen-
nant) often sat in Westminster Hall. In 1397, when, in the
reign of Richard 11., it was extremely ruinous, he built a tem-
porar7 room for his parliament, formed with wood and covered
with tiles. It was open on all sides, for the constituents to see
everything that was said anti done; and, to secure freedom of
clebate, he surrounded the house with 4000 Cheshire archers,
with bows bent, and arrows knocked ready to shoot. This
fully answered the intent; for every sacrifice was made to the
_royal pleasure." "In Westminster Hall was carried on the
important trial of the great Earl of Strafford. I mention it to
show the simplicity of one part of the manners of the times.—
The Commons, who had an inclosed place for themselves, at a
certain hour pulled out of their pockets bread and cheese and
bottles of ale. '—Provost Baillie.of Scotland's Letters in 1642.

Very young ladies cannot be said to have any conversation.
Experience, knowledge of society, acquirements gradually and
imperceptibly accumulated, are requisite before a person can be
froperly said to converse. * * * The female character is,
rom its attributes, peculiarly under the controul of circum-
stances, and the influence of other and of stronger natures.—
There cannot be a more momentous condition than that of a
young woman under twenty. A fool may win her admiration,
and her character becomes, for a time at least, frivolous. Many
a noble spirit in woman has been checked by an ill-placed first
affection ; but if she be fortunate enough to place an early de-
pendence upon .a worthy object, the tenor of her life is deter-
mined. It is observable that in youth women cannot under-
stand friendship towards men. Girls never stop at that point.
There is always a tinge of love in their sentiments towards in-
timate associates in the other sex. Hence the dangerous as-
cendency acquired by their male instructors, and by other less
attractive and less meritorious individuals, over women who
have been even delicately nurtured.—Constance, a Novel.

THE MONKEY AND THE BI;LL DOG.—A curious battle took
place some time back at Worcester, between these two animals
,on a wager of three guineas to one that the dog killed the mon-
ley in six minutes. The owner of the dog agreed to permit
the monkey to use a stick about a foot long. Hundreds of spec-
tators assembled to witness the fight, and bets ran eight, nine,
and ten to one in favour of the dog, which could hardly be held
in. The owner of the monkey taking from his pocket a thick
round rule about a foot long, -threw it into the paw of the mon-
key, saying, " Now Jack, look sharp—mind that dog." "Then
here goes for your monkey," cried the butcher, letting the dog
loose, which flew with a tiger-like fierceness. The monkey with
astonishing agility sprang at least a yard high, and falling upon
the dog, laid fast. hold of the back of his neck with his teeth,
seizing one ear with his left paw so as to prevent his turning to
bite. In this unexpected situation Jack fell to work with his
ruler upon the head of the dog, which he beat so forcibly and
rapidly, that the creature cried out most eloquently. In short
the dog was carried off in nearly a lifeless state, with his skull
fractured. The monkey was of the middle size.

Zeisberger lived sixty years among the Indians; and, during
the last forty, visited his brethren in the United States but three
times. In him the fearlessness and hardihood of the Indian
warrior were united with the faith and.simplicity of the Chris-
tian. When he began to feel the infirmities of age coming
upon him, he strove to tomplete his translations of portions of
the Scriptures, and other writings, into the Delaware language.
He finished the hymn-book now in use; it consists of hvinns of
his own translating, and forms a large volume; he lelt also a
'valuable Delaware grammar- Gently, and almost uncon-
sciously, old age came on; when he could no longer travel, he
visited every home in the settlement, from day to day, with un-
remitting diligence and affection. But, being visited with total
blindness, he rested within his home, and went forth no more.
His friends often read to him • and he instructed the younger
missionaries. The calamity that had fallen on him, be bore
without a murmur : it was a terrible one, even to a man so near
the grave. Oh, bitter, bitter is the loss of all the dear and liv-
ing scenes of nature ! The mountain, the lake, the stream, the
glorious forest—to see them no more for ever—to see no more
.the sun rise or set, and his changing hues pass away on the
plain. Zeisberger felt the loss above all men : during seventy
years his home had been among these scenes : his bed by night,
his pilgrimage by day, so that " they were graven on his heart."
We can fancy how he would love, like the patriarch of old, to
sit beside his door at evening, and listen to the rising wind
among the woods, awl the breaking of the waves on the shore,
and feel the last sunbeams on his withered cheek. He died,
aged 88, in the winter of 1808.—Carnes lives of eminent Ails-
.sionaries.

—THE LION-HEAD OF THE CENTURION.—In September, 1740,
Commodore George Anson sailed from England with a small
aptuadron of ships, consisting of the Centurion, of 60 guns, the
tloucester, the Severn, the Pearl, the Wager, and the Trial
sloop, with two victuallers, and about 470 lantl-forces, under
the command of Colonel Cracherode. The Severn and the Pearl
were separated from him on the coast of Brazil, whence they
-returned to England. All his other ships, except the Centu-
rion, were either lost or destroyed, for want of hands to navi-
fate them. He burned the town of Paita in Peru, where Be
ound a good deal of plunder. He likewise took the rich Ma-
nilla glloon, valued at £400,000 sterling; and, after.undergo-
ing an incredible number of difficulties, he arrived at Spithead,
on the 15th of June, 1744. His treasure was conveyed in a
triumphant manner to London, where it was received amidst
the shouts and acclamations of the people- He himself was
soon after created. .a peer of the realm- He died in 1762, aged
sixty-two years.
The Lion, carved in wood, which adorned the head of his
ship, the Centurion, was placed, some years ago, on a pedes-
tal in the stable-yard of a little inn at Waterbeac'h, adjoining
Goodwood Park, near Chichester, the seat of the Duke a
Richmond, with the following inscription :
Stay, traveller, a while and view
One who has travell'd more than you.
Quite round the globe, through each degree,
Anson and! have plough'd the sea,
Torrid and fri;frid zones have past;
And safe ashore arrived at last,
'ln me with dignity appear,
lie in.the House of Lords, I here.
In the course oithe last year,_ this Lion was removed to
'Windsor, as a present to his Majesty.; and the following lines,
in itation of the original inscription, have been sent to us
Oil the occasion of this movement :
• Siva was this travell'dlion's 'boast,
Contended with his humbler post,
- While Anson sat in lordly state,
To hear his fellow lords debate,
But travnll'd now to-Windsor's dome,
The Lion boasts a prouder home,
':;'111,1ch our brave Sailor-king affords,
They itusim-in-the House•of Lords.