The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-25 00:00:00

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EMBLEMATICAL PROPERTIES OF
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Nor much admires what courts the gen'ral gaze,
The dazzling diamond's meretricious blaze,
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By nature hard, though polish'd bright by art.
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Domestic bliss, and, without glaring, glows.

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guard at once and consecrate the shrine,
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SELECTIONS

SUPPLY OF WATER TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS BY
THE LIVERPOOL AND HARRINGTON COMPANY.—The
Blue Coat Hospital was originally supplied from a well.
In the course of years, probably by sinking other wells—
yo-' number

Jury amongst the ..Ir—the spring was lost, and you
supplied the institution without charge, in consequence of
the spring being taken away. This was however too lib-

After same time had elapsed, the trustees were
informed that it was your intention to charge them £l5
per annum ; but the pill was gilded with the subscription
of £6 65.; leaving a balance in favour of your company
of £8 14s. per annum.—Mr. Hoime's Letter.

eral last

WHIRLWINDS : GOAT-SUCKERS.—We experienced at
noon one of the strongest whirlwinds I had witnessed
upon savannahs. It whirled leaves, sticks, and whatever
it could seize several feet into the air, and raised a column
of dust 200 or 300 feet in height. The Macusi called it
nranan," and I understood such phenomena are very
. The peculiar position of the mountains
may give rise to them. The column of dust took a S.S.E.
direction. The way in which the Macusi pronounce the
word " uranan" reminds me of " hurrican," likewise an
adopted word of our European languages. A poor goat-
sucker attempted to escape its influence, but, being
seized. was whirled for a considerable distance into the

frequent here

air. I have been frequently amused, during our mono-
tonous walk over the savannahs, with the strange man-

ners of the Caprimulgi, or goat-suckers, when they saw
our large column approaching their resting places. They
generally cowered down and ducked their heads to pass
loticed. On approaching them nearer, they watched
ry step • and if we stepped on one side, under the im-
sion that the bird in its stooping position cannot look
-o swiftly that the Indians said it had a
ad. Only when ap-
The In-

pair of eyes at the back of its h
proached within a few feet it takes t

dians have the greatast superstition

regard to this
They say it

bird, and would not kill it for any prick_
keeps communication with the dead, and brings mes-
Even the common people on

sages to their conjuror

it retain in a great v
e bird in

ea•ure this superstition, and
. Its nocturnal habits, the
s flight, and its note, which
t have, no doubt, contri-
xl Creoles entertain for

great awe

bless and peculiarity of

ence of the n

buted to th

the Wacarai or Sumpy bird
Sources of the Tahutu.

—Schomburgh's Visit to the

A LIAR'S FATE.—As the adventures of Baron Trenck
have been read by everybody, we may as well mention the
account of his death and its immediate cause, which are,
, wholly unknown in England. Trenck would

we believ,
have esca

ed by the fall of Robespierre, but he was of a
busy temper ; to remain quiet in any position did not seem
to belong to the man's nature. " tie was." said Du

Rouse

he greatest liar I ever knew. To that, his
favourite propensity, he owed his fate. Our hope of escape
in the prison was to remain unnoticed by the gaoler, and
await events. -Upon the least complaint, the order from
the au-

horities was a la mort, sometimes without the cere-
mony of a trial. The prisoners wore numerous, and for
some days a rumour had been circu!ated amongst them,
and continually kept up, that the Prussians were march-

ing upon Paris, carrying all before then
nothing certain that went on outside t

We knew of
prison walls, and

t without hope that

intelligence was cpirect

>till we w
ould be 1

ere puzzled to discover how-such information
)romulgated amongst us, as it thus was, early
nine, with some new additions. This prevalent
Dnversation, it seems, had, with its daily addi-

topic of

,
thins, reached the ears of the gaoler, who caused the
gates of the prison to be closed to ingress or egress until
the day was far advanced, in order to try whether any
fresh news, thus circulated, came from without, or was
concocted within the walls. Trenck this morning circu-
lated some additional particulars about the Prussians'
vicinity to Paris. which were traced to him through those
to whom he had communicated them, with the addition,
that his information was certain, for he r. ad just received
it, which was impossible. He was thus caught in circu-
lating false rumours, complained of by the gaoler, and
lost his head by the guillotine, near the Barrier du Trone."
—Frazer's Magazine.

SUGGESTED PURCHASE OF THE WATER COMPANIES'
WORKS BY THE CORPORATION.—I think, it will hardly
be deemed, that it will be for the advantage of the town
at large that the entire supply of water should be fur-
nished by our municipal trust; and I most repeat that it
was most unfair of von, in publishing a portion of my
remarks on the subject, not to have stated my deliberate
and published opinion, " that the town was indebted to
those who had supplied us with water when our public
bodies were unwilling or unable to do so ;" and that I
hoped the full marketable value of the shares would be
paid by the Corporation for the purchase of your property,
whenever made. I shall, however, supply your omission,
and make my sentiments more generally known, by pub-
lishing, as an appendix to this letter, a full statement of
what I said at the meeting of the Polytechnic Society, in
reference to water; and, also, the whole of the report on
the sanatory condition of this town, which I furnished to
her Majesty's Commissioners. By those lam willing to
be judged. I feel convinced that, as there are such abun-
dant springs of water in Green-lane, and as a constant
supply, at full pressure, in tile street mains about to be
laid, will show to the inhabitants the advantages of abun- I
dance, and the promptness of supply, it %ill be impossible

_
for you long to resist the public dfmatid for such a neces-
sary article; nor
-will you be able to maintain your exist-

s.—Mr. Holme's Letter

DANGER OF NEGLECTING THE POORER CLASSES.—
Do what you will, it will be of I ttle use if you will not, as
a nation, undertake the task of applying a remedy to a
system under which the population is brought up in a
state of neglect as regards their moral welfare, and which

rs fruitless all private exertions for their im-
provement. Within the last few years schools have been
multiplied, though they are still very insufficient. Zea-
lous and qualified persons both within and without the
established church are ready to devote their energies for
the instruction of the rising population ; but the .entire•
absorption of the children by almost unceasing toil in so
raany departments of industry defeats all their •efforts,
and disappoints all their hopes. Does this state of things
afford us any security ? The time was when many be-
lieved, or maintained, that utter ignorance and excessive
labour were the best guarantees for the trunquility of the
people. Awful delusion; to suppose that men brntllv
ignorant could not find time and intellect for mischief ?
They went to the beer-shops to listen to seductive com-
positions in prose and verse, written with great force and
power, with great fancy and genius, and embellished with
all the attractiveness of modern art. Good heavens !
what a monstrous perversion of the noblest talents,'rneant
to refine and elevate mankind ! In these compositions, so
seductively written, (I need not name them, for what I
-mean will be understood by many of the gentlemen I now
address)--in these compositions you find vice and yio-
lence dignified into heroism :

almost rend

" Oh, gracious GoclllTow ,far have we
Profaned the heavenly gift of poetry ?
Made prostitute and profligate the muse,
Debased to each obscene and impious use, •
Whose harmony was first ordained above,
For tongues of angels, and for hymns of love ?I'
By these compositions the minds of the people are cor-
rupted ; and we incur guilt by our reforming a system
-under which they are exposed to such evil. I have en-
deavoured to press on this house the dangers of the pre-
sent system. I may be thought somewhat dogmatical,
but I cannot disguise the truth, that we are standing on
a very rotten foundation. You may increase your fleet,
and extend your commerce—these are excellent things in
their way—but all you.may do will be unavailing unless it
rest on the moral and physical prosperity of the great
mass of the people. It may flourish for a while, and we
may exchange congratulations, but an hour of difficulty
will soon discover that we have done nothing. But while
there is life there is hope ; and while the facilities for
mischief are rife. let us not neglect the facilities for good.
The powers of science are now stimulating the energies
of mind and body; and the very condensation of the
people into masses and large towns may be converted into
influences of a mighty nature, if the State only performs
tier duty. Let her show herself to be the great and pious
carent of the population. Her efforts, be assured, will
mot, be lost in the sight of God ; and `her children will
rise up and call her blessed.'—Lord Ashley's Speech.