The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

111, LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

OPINIONS ABOUT EPICUItUS.—This GRIEF NOT AN EVI t.. —To a c
r has be'n sadly maligned and mistrider- nins was right in asserting that g'
!rally inferred that he was a man whose it is by it that .we are enabled to appr
,vnt79ll to the eninrrn.r.t. ,sf . . .

it extent, Po.ssido- I FEVER AND POVERTY.—The district surgeons of Glas-
as not an evil, since ! gow state, in reference to the fatal epidemic of 18-13, that
reciate
.our jovQ. by I it was most severe among the labouring classes—even al-

; in short,

uals were app.iren

y some

itching

These facts are

recommended cheerfulne.,:s i

surgical operation

ent or a serious
hle

an inex pr

rect influence which dis'iress has on the prevalence of fe-
ver. So far from its being an effi.:ient ti-
disease. it appears that diminished means,
employment, tend indirectly to check the prevalence of
fever, by driving the sedentary artisan from his nnwhole-
.

3 to th

y dogmas

ense of bliss.—

his hot

,t Athens-he had in-

Medical Time 4

nd want o

SHRINKING PPOSI ILL NEWS.--I dined with Pitt on
30th October, at Sturges Bout ne's, and on 2nd November
at his own house. Though the rumours of Mack's sue-
lives here:' render of his army at Ulm had come in so many shapes as
ti of voluptuousness ; his philosophy to give it but too much the appearance of truth, Pitt dts-
!nying philosophy ; his doctrines in- credited it. I sat next to him each day ; and I clearly pee-
trol, and was directly opposed to all ex- ceived he disbelieved it more from the dread of its being
uly the advocate of pleasure. and inno. trop than _ ••

any weii-arounaeit cause. tie, particu-
-, for he recommewled tem- larly on the 2nd, on my still expressing my fears almost
and the harmonious excrcise cof all peevishly said, " Don't believe a word of it, it is all a fic-
ales _ 'purzheim), under the belirf tion ;" and in so loud a voice as to be heard by all who
red conviction that without that discipline (and
could not begin to be practised too early i" '

cent and rational enjoyna

Gail and S

neither t

were near us

place or worn Into the opr n air, and by taking away
from the out-door labourer the means of indulgence in
habits of intemperance. Now this is certainly an extremely
important fact, for it cuts away the ground from beneath
the feet of those who contend that fever is an evil incident
to the condition of poverty, and one which, lamentable
though it be, must be submitted to as inevitable. Instead
of poverty being the cause of fever, fever must be re-
garded as one of the most fruitful sources of poverty.
This is a wholesome view of .1 tt ...11ffS. said non

,•••, •
health.—Westf of Lnyl,n t Miscellany,
UDLIN PANEGYRISTS OP Tuu A noTr.r.r

rs has sprung up whose

t appears to be to ex

.e the poor, arid to
es them the terra-
'v. and ability have

Mu!grave came to me in Spring Gardens about 1 o'cluck,
with a Dutch newspaper. in which the capitulation of Ulm
was inserted at full length. As they neither of t em un-

similar positi
reat (le;

the habit of ventinz

came to me to translate it; which I did as well as' fcould,•
and I observed but too clearly the effect it had on Pitt,
thou2h he did his utmost to conceal it. This was the ,

last time I saw him. lie promised me to come for a few I
days to Park Place on his return from Bath, where he
was then coing, but was too ill to keep his word. This

Alin sentiment,

The; h

e agrizu

labourer.
r hN will,

manner

n truth

1 look were not iiis'Ownlindiave me, in spite

There is nothing in common between them

locimg o:

lo3s with which we were

stir me►► to action, and to encourage themir; 4,11;11eWorn;-
ance of their duty. If fever be not the offspring of po-
very, but of the filthy state of the streets and houses
which the entire labouring class are constrai►•ed to inha-
bit, then fever may he prevented by sewr.•rege and ventila-
tion.—Medical Times.

TOWN EDITION.

•••.: •••••••,.2., V ',till. IJ, I. HU I/MCI IL
would be embodied in two very simple and contemptuous
phrases ; the humanity-monger would say to the subject
on whom he has the satisfaction of displaying his elo-

LONDON NEWS OF YESTERDAY.

LIFE IN THE BUSFl.—Supoose, for instance, a valley MARK-LANE CORN EXCHANGE.
of alamt one or two miles wide, confined by banks, in The show of free Foreign Wheat was small, but generally
some places steep, rocky, and wooded, in Others sloping speaking holders we .e firm. A few sales took place in Barley
and grassy. A few large trees nre scattered here and there under locks, but all other bonded Grain was a mere drug. The
;mhowroorfe,fit ffley. was, on the whole, extensive, yet there was an
over a rich alluvial flat. Either a chain of water holes or
caerticle, the quotations of which were
a river runs along the centre, whose course is marked in supportedp li
tntieuvi re); forevery n stthaant
some places by reeds, in others by tall gum trees. You Notwithstanding the returns show a large arrival of Malt,
see at some distance an enclosure of eight or ten acres, the supply here to day was by no means extensive. the best
fenced with post and triple rail, in this there is a prorni- season-made parcels were in fair requect at full prices, but in
sing-looking crop of oats and potatoes. There is also a other kinds comparatively little was doing.
di The supply of Oats was tmly moderate ; most kinds sold stea-
ly at fully last week's eurrencim Be,,ns Peas and Ft ur
harden, fenced something in the same manner. Near
rattier inactive, but not cheaper. The same may' be said of
this there are three or four huts, which seem to have been
out as much heart es a paving-stone, and with no more of
dropped in the places they occupy, without the least re- most kinds of seeds.
the unctie n of genuine philanthropy than the grease upon ppe
he surface of the same.—Fraser's illugazine, ference to each other. The principal one, however, stands
somewhat apart from the rest, and is surrounded by a pa-
A MILITARY BALL AFTER THE AFFGIIAN CAMPAIGN.
--That night were assembled at the Governor-General's ling, which also enclos s a small flower-garden. This hut Wheat, Essex and Kent.
festival the officers of both forces. Many ladies had ac- is a rude erection, the sides of which are made of upright Red
White
companied their husbands; others had gone to meet theirs slabs, about seven feet high, plastered at the interstices, Norfolk and Lincoln, red
returning. That thrang was one such as might ne'er be and whitewashed •; the roof is of bark ; a rude verandah white..
seen again ; tarnished lace, fractured button-holes, and occupies the front, and there are two windows of about Irish, red
ragged elbows, were at a premium ; nothing that was not two feet square, one on each side of the door. The whole White
service-worn would pass current. here is a subaltern of hut is about twenty-two feet long, and about twelve feet Rye, old
her Majesty's dragoons, with a hole in either sleeve of his wide. The daor opens into the sitting-room, widch is New
Barley, Grinding
shell jacket ! Never mind ; on this occasion it is a par- about twelve feet square, and has a fine large fire-place. '
Malting
donable offence. The scarred countenance, or maimed It is furnished with a couple of taales,_a sofa covered with Chevalier
limb, drew attention and smiles, as did the ragged vest- an opossum rug, and a few chairs. The walls are lined l Malt, Suffolk and Norfolk
ment short in its complement of buttons, while the bright with coarse canvas, and are hung with book shelves, a Brown
plumage of the scarlet-trousered hussar, fresh from few prints, some guns, daggers, shot-belts, whips, &c. Kingston and Ware
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, feed
Buckmaster, failed in being noticed. The entertainment The floor is of slabs, adzed smooth. Th ( hevalier
is room is divi-
had all a military bearing and effect ; three enormous pa- ded from the sleeping-roam by a wall or screen reaching Oats,
Potatoe
vilion-tents, conjoined, formed the ball-room, and a fourth as high as the wall-plate of the hut, with an openingabove Youghall and Cork, black
matte a noble banquet hall. As I wandered to and fro, it, the whole height of the pitch of the roof; behind it Cork, white
recognizing old friends in jackets that looked stilt older, there is a kitchen. The other huts consist of men's but, Scotch, feed
I called to mind the ever-memorable ball at Brussels on store hut, sheds for carts, overseer's hut, &c. ;at a greater Beans, tick
the evening previous to Quatre Bras : the present formed distance there is a wool-shed, generally a large building. Pigeons
a fine companion-picture to it. Lord Ellenborough stood —G'riffiths Pori Philip. Pease,mGatr,eley
the greater part of the evening, leaning against one of the WINDSOR CASTLE PAST AND PRESENT. —I turned White
massive tent-poles; the suaviter in modo gleamed in his from the smiling present, and the bright. and • many-co- Btoowleirs
Flonr, n made
countenance as Generals Sale, Nott, and Pollock, Cap- loured parterres of flowers in the garden, to the gray walls Suffolk
tains Abbott, Oldfield, and a host of others, successively of the Castle. Here was food for musing ! What a sue- Stockton and Norfolk
, I approached him. His lordship has moved, and places cession of stirring events had occurred in that royal -
a within his own the arm of the last of them ; surely •

entomologist might upon a bug or a flea, " You're a elod."
While the other would reply, with the utmost heartiness
of disgust, " You're a snob." They are in the utmost

hough rude, and with the natural emotions, feel-
ings, and passions of a man ; the other is alt ,gether an

CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEA:URE

s. d.
88 0

43 0 -54 0
38 0 - 46 0
42 0 -50 0

34 0
35 0 - 36 0
23 0-28 0
33 0 - 37 0
38 0 - 00 0

58 0 F 2 0
56 o 6o 0
63 0— 61 0
64 0-85 0
22 0 23 0
24 0-25 0
21 0-22 0
22 0-23 0
23 0 24 0
35 37 0
38 0-42 0
35 0-37 0
36 0 —4O 0
36 0— 38 0
38 0 43 0
40 0-45 0
33 0 35 0
33 0-35 0

FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND

- pile,
, ae is a from the time when William the Conqueror erected the
favoured one. What an extraordinary appearance he has, stern and frowning strongho'd, until the day when our Wheat, Dantzie.,
with his long matted rocks of raven, sufficieot to cover present and youthful arid delicate Queen took possession Hamburg .
half a d,zen heads, and the coarse, ungloved hand, that is of those luxurious and fairy-like af.armPrits ! How m Earleany Oats, new Y
free, resting on the hilt of an Affghan sabre; he doubtless changes and chances those venerable walls had witnessed. F
cleft a Cashmere turban ere be became master of that Within them Henry I. celebrated with regal state his Beans .
blade ! eed
It was Colonel Monteath, of thy' 35th N. 1. nuptials with the beautiful Adelais of Lorraine. Here the Peas
Standing conversing, with my hack to the cer,tre of the valiant Edward DI. was born, and here, as already de- Flour, American
hall, hall, a couple of waltzers, who had not jus!ly calculated scribed, he spent so much of I:is time adorning and beau- Baltic
their movements, came tip against me and wheeled on. 1 tifying his birth-place. Here it was in 1544, that Queen - FRIDAY, Feb. 7.
turned to see who they were; the officer apologized, and Mary and Philip made their grand' public entre3 from The arrivals are moderate of all Grain, but larger of Barley
the lady smiled, and looked as gay as the white satin robe Winchester, where their marriage was celebrated. On this, than other descriptions. The continued frost retards farming
operations, and causes trade foe Seeds to i.e slow. Wheats are
she wore
t: three months ago she had eaten the bread of very terrace, constructed by herself, the proud fizabetn unaltered from Monday. Barley and Oats steady at good prices.
captivity ! The Governor-General's band pealed forth A has swept up and down, surrounded by her train of ladies, Beans and White Peas a dull sal ,2. Other articles remain un-
volume of spirit-stirring music that rung through the and the courtiers upon whose homage her vanity drew varied.
.
canvass hall, arid made to quiver the banner shaAs that _.....,.. , __ _ ,

hung fr

_
........, v w
rge demands. Those apartments, too. were the
scene of the changeful fortu,eA of the amiable and ill-fated
o the history of the I Charles I. Within those walls he was a sovereign mo-
dus with the means i 'larch holding his court—a fond husband and father enjoy-
'
In 1535, the twen- tog the privacy of domestic happiness—env, an impriso'ted
t was passed to re. captive destined to an ignominious trial and depth. Th

:Asiatic Journal.

THE OFFERTORY.—Torn, then,
fertory. Mr. Wickham has furnishe,

of tracing it
ty-seventh y

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