The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS,

The New York papers speak of Great Britain as the
" empire of 11E11."
THE KEMBLE FAMILY.—The maternal grandparent
of Mrs. Siddons and the Kembles were residents of Le!!
minster, and lie buried in the churchyard of that toe:re
Recently, subscriptions have been raised by'a few of 1"„ i
inhabitants, admirers of the drama, for the purpose
beautifying and restoring their humble mausoleum. qf
The Liverpool Mercury is, we know, a great autborl,,
in a small way ; but great authorities are not infalliblie,
The Literary Gazette and the Glasgow Chronicle are
the right. The " first two" and the " last t o " note.
" two first" and " two last," w
are correct, the, Merl,
and the Parish Clerks notwithstanding.--Gateshead

rs. L.A.4.11 L.,au LU w,rom ne naa server.
taken a fancy by that identical sobriquet of Jack the " SLEEPS LIKE A TOP."—This familiar phrase, whicollf
Sailor, " which had once been his own. His handwriting is applied to a person completely under the
influencee
was peculiarly gschoolood,
at which he and answered to the
e notorious excemost l- Morpheus, is erroneously supposed to be derived from the
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lence of acquired The pause of a pegging-top, when its rotatory motion is a",,
knotty point was the convertibility to be proved of the height, or, as schoolboys call it, " when it is asleeh
names John and Theophilus. But, after starting with the But the supposition is erroneous, for the phrase is dernfi
probable supposition that a lad who had cut his kinsfolk from the Italian word topo, which signifies a mouse, 3Pp adrift to seek his fortune in the world would rid himself is applied as the generic
name of the common field-moue,
,`0
of so distinctive a mark as a quadrisyllabic Christian from which the Italian proverb, "
Ei ,dorme
coyre name, the learned counsel proceeded to show that Mr. topo,"is derived ; Anglice, "He sleeps like a top." figs
Turner was actually addressed by certain intimate friends DANGER OF BEING TOO NEAR ROYALTY.--The of
si /7 s, •• • ••
-,ks was correspondent in the camp of Charles Albert, speaking 4
u"ycOne the charge of Peschiera, thus describes the penalty 1370
La by those whose " privilege "itisto be around the per%o
iurner persley, a son of a sister of of the King :—" The King daily visits the heights of
Theophilus, was a potboy at Leicester, and was sent up Lorenzo, from which any part of the attack and defe;
ao
to town some few years back to see after some horses can be admirably seen. He is generally saluted by a a which had been stolen from his employer, After catching charge of two or three pieces ; but Charles Albertthe
one of the thieves, he dined with his companion at the brave even to temerity, and he never flinches from Ili;
inn where Mr. Turner used to call for his parcels—an front, though affording such an excellent mark in
errand on which the old gentleman presented himself at general uniform, and with a brilliant staff, about bile'
that identical minute. Derslay heard the parcel inquired San Lorenzo is generally the place whence I overlook we
for as due from Suffolk, and remarked that he himself siege. lam very sorry when his Majesty arrives, as
tb
came from that neighbourhood. Mr. Turner took him up point of honour is rather difficult to be resolved, and laar
at the moment, ascertained the connection between them, at a loss to know whether I should stand to be shot at 5t
and gave the lad three half-crowns, which twee o so exposed a position, or retire to a safe distance tier
pocketed, but said nothing about the discovery, thinking the King is there. I see by the faces of all the o
of that by keeping his secret he would monopolise the whole curious assembled on the same spot, that the vicinitl.o
forthcoming advantage. Such are the particulars and royalty is as little agreeable to them as to me, and 11;
catastrophe of this singular narrative; and, if the result that many absolutely cut the King on such occasions•
carries no other moral with it, it may be at least remem- AN AMERICAN FOREST.—I had never till this mome,,'d tiered as exhibiting what little favour in this country is anything like an adequate conception of the grandeur
shown to the claims of the crown over the plea of its solemnity of an American forest. The stillness is perfe7.
humblest subjects. appalling ; not a bough creaks, not a leaf stirs, not to
drop falls; and when I got up a shout just now, tiace(l
the effect of it, it absolutely startled myself, and in h'
a sort -of presentment that the grave old trees were (1:;ii
shocked at my familiarity. A young squirrel, too, Pa're,
head noiselessly iron. his hole in a rotten cedar, and I
garded me with an air of such unqualified disgust, t'1,14
would not dream of attempting a disturbance of the Isibe
again. Many of these stately pines must have been
ed
growth of centuries. Some huge old fellows are reda,co
to touchwood. Some, perhaps tired of their existe"ei;
and bent upon suicide, have kicked up their thousandb,,eice
into the air and dived head foremost into the St. 1‘136,,y)
(upon a small branch of which I have unexpectedly still'ire
where, in the course of time, I presume, they will el
comfortably of water on the brain. Some (probal)}4
freak of the late hurricane) fave been lifted completely of
their legs, and lying full length along the shouldePob
half a score of their comrades, look extremely as thsvo,
they were being carried away for interment. Otboeti.
stripped of every branch and twig, and tapering beret
to a point, protrude far over the bank of the Po
and assume all the air and appearance of deserted tisP.te
rods, of a girth and capacity quite suitable to the la:to
and requirements of that famed angler who is said to
" sat upon a rock and bobbed for whale." So closelVfor
deed do they resemble the implements alluded to, ths'efs.
the last few minutes I have been in momentary exP.ece
tion of meeting some gentleman of correspondingly'
tic proportions, sitting calmly on the bank, with eYeso. on
tently fastened upon his float, and a bait-can restinpo
his knees. Among the many curious and stirring: 6,.!' for
this rude scramble has exhibited to me, is one wlncn,et
originality and eccentricity, stands quite unrivalled., er
me describe a scene so singular, if I can. A colossa'r or
e
the tallest and most stupendous tree I ever beheld' of
tuated by some unaccountable and never-before-heartops
freak, has wrenched itself, together with a few dozen
sea
sition earth, from the spot where it grew, and taken UP a
jea
sition diametrically adverse to that which nature intently
it to occupy. Its world of green foliage rests ex,
„uot
where its roots should be, and its roots, which are a ra.'t
in themselves, flourish precisely where its branches
oonst
to be; at an elevation, too, far out-topping the lert7ii`is
twig of its most aspiring contemporary. Whether of
pine has misconducted itself and been placed thus
punishment, or whether the effort was a
and conceit it was anxious to indulge in, and subsequentol
failed to recover from, lam equally at a loss to say;
_Lila,.
here it is, and here it must remain, until it rots and crynto
bles into powder. The question is, how did it get ore
such a position, (a problem not rendered any the leaf
private by way
easy of solution by the fact of there not being a single, or
of the surrounding trees in the slightest degree injurett
discomposed) but as there is little probability of anY
man foot treading these solitudes again perhaps for a.g°,l;
that question is most likely to rest unanswered, and
mystery mystery unelucidated, throughout all succeeding genae.rf
tions. Having spent half an hour in the conternpla
of this natural curiosity, I begin to move leisurely;
and presently, glancing accidentally downward, catch
glimpse of an enormous rat at his dinner, who, the moment'
he becomes conscious of my presence, givesvin mereY
a shrill and prolonged yell, that I am compelled '„," ears,
to the animal, and out of consideration for MY .",,ing cir-
to effect as hasty and precipitate a retreat as "•
cumstances render it possible for me to do.—exlci
from the West. r-
with delibf
DISEASE AND THE REMEDY.—We say it WI icla
ation and firm conviction. that the intelligent Plik, have
html f
can, in the immense majority of cases of disease w „t
come to a successful termination under the treatrae.nisli
hydropaths, homceopaths, and the like, clearly distipg,,`:a.
which of the three—the tendency to a spontaneous fs,'%,;'io.
able termination, the effect of diet and regimen, orr :are.
fluence of the imagination—has been the cause 01 Ira'
It may perhaps be said, if the imagination have so Pl°, the,
ful a control over disease, and if, as is undoubtedlY, of
case, the quack can influence it (for he holds out bOtliel,
certain relief to all) more than the regular physician,boe
hittivigs
is the former after all a benefit to society. Teis hope
ever a very superficial saying. The quack holds out tte
to all, and a minority recover. But what becomes °to h!
many, whose expectations have been raised but
crushed, when they find that they have bartered thed-re:
sibility of a recovery, and the undoubted assurance, t. the
lief from pain, or at any rate comparative ease, 'aciejec:
impossible boastings of a charlatan ? Is not the err
tion and the misery they and their friends now. cce,
ence far greater than the temporary hopes they too',
derately cherished ? Nor is this all the evil. If, a wit'
or orlf
learned and cautious men who have had every oPP•wil
of forming an opinion believe, and if, as men 5!..,,ep0!:
situated have believed for centuries, regular mediciiiseti4o,
sesses the power of prolonging life, of shortening u 1-100
and of alleviating pain,—if this, we say, he trac,„.los,
cruel is it to deny ive those whose lives are in danger,,; 0.1
strength is prostrated by sickness, or whose bo
racked by pain, of the remedies provided for thetn,ire
had
yet this is what every system of quackery does. eti9ra.
• l maga lice'
proposed to make a few remarks upon anima oya 15,
The tales that have been and are told about dairy hoouf
prophesying, and the like, are just so many falsetdiasro"
But that by its practices so many per cent. of °r or,
rf
people can be thrown into a state of insensibility,
numbers be present, be made unconsciously to do ho
extraordinary things, is true enough. We purpose 4 otso,
ever, showing that this ordinary somnambulism, tPrai
described in some religious books as reverie, spect 001,1
sions, and many other extraordinary mental phe1400,,,t0
are in accordance with known general principles otis. ttilf
philosophy. Want of space, however, forbids tborld tic
the many melancholy disasters produced in this o,„ioes,„o
quackery—the mourning mother, the curtailed rtio /1;0
'Circle, the young widow, the starving orphan, anaoe !„,o,
—we will not dwell. We began by saying that
_latluoi
great causes of quackery are ignorance and presforsat to
Both are surely great crimes. A man who is ig'.` DO his
that which he ought to know—the ploughrna"ooge:joi
make his furrows, the railway-driver how
itnotrocliss,,,llicl
engine, the statesman how to rule (at least
too) D'ic
countries where rule is still committed to state,sgeto a' or
every one how to conduct himself in the state of ITouest;iecii,
he is called, as a man of common sense, of l'deser re,
honour, and as a moralist and a Christian—has, cleat of
great trust committed to him, and has incurred
sponsibility. But there is a crime greater thao"o4-1P0:;ti)
ignorance, and that is presumption. A landsra„ntecl ice,
venture to steer a ship, nor does a man unacau,"o'corne'ioto
mechanics presume to govern an engine or a rush
_O4
Yet thousands who know nothing of medicine notor,are
the arena of medical strife as judges—for it ts_soker,?'cipe
that the grand promoters of various forms of 'l_7 oetipit
lay-admirers, busy-bodies who know nothing
..u„is co`„"osli
—and we may safely say that these individual (sier).
more havoc, destroy more human happiness, if e 4. the
smhoipreinofthtehantasviyngwuelarre bcooumnintyiitleidumtaontilliefetn, t,eoT,'„esifeet'lero9f
waves with only lunatics at the helm, or tZtbitau ,ire;
railway were driven by the wildest of the suca con'
Bedlam. When we think of the conduct tu, cop-
sumntuous people, let us hope that either they and saa,„ Arc
constitution is originally so feeble, or that vatubat
ceit have so unconsciously crept upon them,
a... 4 Al*
not morally answerable for all the misery,t
and woe that they cause.—Fraser's 111aga-ln

as _toe, or -- .tneo," and that in one of his boc
written " Theophilus Turner" in full proportions
incident is really too curious a complication of Aft'

POLITICAL

MISCELLANY.

The Lords' Committee on the Bank Charter Act, com-
monly called Peel's Bill, have carried the most important
divisions against the attempt of the Government to sup-
port the act of 1844, and the majority of the committee
are now forming their report condemnatory of the act.
The Times says, that if the various questions now
'ling can be wound up in time, the session of parlia-
ment is to end at its usual terminus within the second
week of August, and that amongst the measures likely to
be postponed for another year, is the proposed alteration
of the Navigation Laws.

SUNDAY TRADING.—Amongst the members who voted
for going into committee on Wednesday on the bill for
the suppression of Sunday trading were, J. Hindlev, J.
Brotherton, Earl of Arundel, W. E. Gladstone, W. T.
Egerton, Mr. T. Baines, R. Spooner, Colonel Thompson,
Lord J. Manners, Sir J. Graham, and Sir G. Grey. In
the minority against the motion, were T. Thorneley, Lord
C. S. Manners, W. Brown, It. Cobden, J. Hume, and
F. O'Connor.

ARE WE TO HAVE NEW TAXES ?—ln answer to Mr.
Gladstone, Lord John Russell said, on Tuesday, that if
at the beginning of the year the state of Europe were
peaceable, he should not propose any new taxes ; but if it
were at all threatening at the commencement of next ses-
sion, he should not think it advisable to allow the expen-
diture of the country to exceed the income, but should
propose to make up the deficiency by increased taxation.
SUNDAY TRADING.—Mr. Hindley's bill, which has been
read a second time prohibits the crying or exposing for
sale any goods on Sundays. The goods of hawkers so
defying the law to be confiscated for the benefit of the
poor of the parish. The sale of milk, fruit, pastry, and
beverages before nine o'clock, a.m., and after one o'clock
p.m., of cooked meat, tea, coffee, &c., within coffee-
shops, cook-shops, or eating-houses, before ten o'clock
A.M., and one o'clock p.m., the sale of meat or fish before
nine o'clock a.m. (from the 31st of May to the Ist of
October in each year), and the vending of drugs and
medicines will not be interfered with by this act. The
act is not to extend to steam-boats or licensed houses.
The penalties for infringement of the above provisions
are fines varying from ss. to 40s. Persons resisting the
officers employed in enforcing the act will be liable to a
fine of £lO. The operation of the act is limited to Lon-
don. The Ist of October is fixed for the commencement.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTE,R,
BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-

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