The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

BORING FOR WATER--." If you please, sir, the man's
called again for the water-rate."—Punch.
A law among the Arabs permits a man to divorce any of
his wives who do not make good bread.
WHAT IS PATRIOTISM ?—ln the Northern Star the
close of the conflict in Paris is headed, " Last glorious
struggle of the patriots !"
Q. What is the difference between a young lady who
marries much above her station, and one who marries
much below it ?—A. In the first case she gets caste in so-
ciety, in the latter she gets cast out of it.
MORE CURIOUS THAN TRUE.—An American editor has
discovered that the initial letters of the names of the late
French Provisional Govern m ent—Arago , Lamartine, Ledru
Rollin, Marrast, Albert, and Dupont—formed the words,
"all mad !'' _ .

STERLING QUALITIES.—They are not the striking,
dazzling qualities in men and women that make them I
happy. Good sense and solid judgment, a natural com-
placency of temper, a desire of obliging, and an easiness
to be obliged, procure the silent, the serene happiness, to
which the flattering, tumultuous, impetuous fervours of
passion can never contribute.
FAVOURABLE CONSTRUCTIONS.—It is but justice which
we owe to others to make the most candid allowances for
their apparent faults, and to put upon every action the most
favourable construction. Such a temper, while it renders
a man respectable and amiable in society, contributes,'
perhaps, more than any other circumstance, to his private
happiness.—Dugald Stewart.
MILES OF WATER LlLlES.—Crossed the lake to Wat-
turch (Isle of Celebes) ; one field of large brilliant water-
lilies extended for four or five miles, presenting the lovely
contrast of white flowers and fresh dark green leaves on a
magnificent scale. On the leaves are found some nests
of the aquatic birds with which the lake abounds, and the
birds themselves ran over or swam around the flowers.
Mundy' s Celebes.
NORMANDY AN ENGLISH PROPERTY.—Sir Edward
Coke, in his fourth institute, informs us that the Crown
of England hath not lost its right of entry upon the pro-
vince of Normandy, maintaining that it is still competent
to recover in ejectment against his Most Catholic Majesty,
in due form of law ; for, saith the learned judge, " The
possession of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, and Alderney is
seisin enough for all the rest." That would be a glorious
lawsuit. At present, however, we can do no more than
recommend the matter, as we pass by, to the serious at-
tention of the Foreign-office.—Rollo and his Race.
RETURNED SHOP FRONTS.—We have several times had
occasion to point out the insecurity often attending cor-
ner houses, where the whole of the lower part of the
front and the returned side is left out for shop fronts ; the
doorway is formed at the angle, and the whole dependance
is placed on a few story posts, often injudiciously placed
and insecurely based. Where such an arrangement as
this is attempted in connection with old existing party-
walls, the danger is necessarily increased, and greater care
is demanded. A construction of this kind at the corner
of Pond-street, in Fulham-road, failed on Sunday last,
but being fortunately observed in time, was shored up,
and by means of rebuilding the basement front wall in ce-
ment, and a re-arrangement of the story-posts, will pro-
bably be saved.—The Builder.
"EDWIN AND EMMA."—A monument, bearing the
following inscription, has been set up lately against the
west end Bowes Church, in Yorkshire, by a gentleman
of the name of Dinsdale, to perpetuate the remembrance
of a remarkable incident which occurred there many years
ago :—" Rodger Wrightson, jun., and Martha Railton,
both of Bowes, buried in one grave. He died in a fever,
and upon the tolling of his passing bell she cried out,
'My heart is broke,' and in a few hours expired, purely
through love." Such is the brief, touching record, con-
tained in the parish register of burials. It has been
handed down by unvarying tradition that the grave was
at the west end of the church, directly beneath the bells.
The sad history of these true and faithful lovers forms the
suject of Mallet's pathetic ballad, entitled " Edwin and
Emma."— Darlingtom Times.
STEEL PENS.—Who does not remember the time when
a steel pen cost as much as a dozen quills ? Who is
ignorant of the marvellous reduction that has taken place
in the market value of these tiny bits of steel ? Sixpence
a piece, sixpence a dozen, sixpence a gross.—thus have
they come down in value. All this could not have been
done but for the application of machinery. Men's hands,
would never have permitted this cheapening to have gone
to such an extent. And yet they are actually more men
employed in the manufacture then when machinery was
less used in cutting and pressing and shaping the
' pens. The machinery, in fact, has created a demand,
which requires large numbers both of machines and of
men to supply. Some of the steel-pen manufactories of
Birmingham are very large establishments, containing
ranges of highly-finished machines, and giving employ-
ment to large numbers of workmen. One of these
manufacturers (Gillott), in his advertisements, states his
yearly produce at millions of dozens ; and there is no
reason to doubt that it does not reach that extraordinary
pitch.—The Land we Live in.
A LOVER'S PROMISE.—Mr. Buxton, afterwards Sir
Fowell Buxton, during his undergraduateship at Dublin
University, was engaged to Miss Hannah Gurney, an ac-
complished daughter of the house of Earlham. When
the contract was completed, he parted from the Gurney
family at Edinburgh, they to journey homewards by the
eastern road, he to make his way by himself to Dublin.
The last night they were together, happening to be a
blowy one, Miss Hannah requested a promise that he
would not take any of the shorter passages, which she
supposed to be attended with additional risks, and lie pro-
mised accordingly, From some accident his travels were
not smooth, and the term being at hand when he reached
Lancashire, the temptation to embark at once was consi-
derable ; but, Buxton kept his word, and proceeding
through Wales to Holyhead, arrived safe, though late—at
Trinity College, where his appearance was a happy relief
to i.is fellow-students; for the Liverpool packet in which
it was supposed he must have taken his passage, had
foundered in mid-channel, and, out of one hundred and
nineteen persons whom he had seen embark, and many of
whom had urged him to accompany them, only one es-
caped to tell the tale.
YANKEE SPLEEN.—The New York Herald says :
" Fearing the powerful Republic, its increase, its stability,
and its future greatness—and knowing herself to be
powerless to oppose any obstacle in its way—this wicked,
atrocious, and diabolical Government (England) has em-
barked in a policy which would disgrace the Thugs of
India. She dare not meet the Republic in the field, and
there manfully and honourably dispute the spread of the
principles of free government in Europe. The first shock
of battle would show her nakedness and prostrate her.
But she can play the assassin—she can stab her enemy in
the back, as she has done on former occasions, and as she
is attempting to do again ; but it will be seen with what
success eventually. The policy which she has deter-
mined upon is to send abroad her agents for the purpose
of intriguing with the people and with the Governments
of the continental nations, of putting the people against
the governments and the governments against the peo-
ple, of inciting the masses to rise for their rights and
inciting the governments, when the masses have
. risen, to massacre them, as has been done in Naples.
There is not only every probability, but it is almost
a moral certainty, that the late dreadful massacres in
the city of Naples were the work of this treacher-
ous and mean government through the agency of
its intriguers. At the present time there is no doubt that
England has her agents scattered throughout all Europe,
whose missions are of this character; and who, if success-
ful, would deluge Europe with the blood of her people,
and re-establish amid carnage and desolation Monarchy
in France, and stop the progress of the principles of free
government from making further headway in Europe.
These are the despicable and underhand means which this
assassin government has resorted to, to overthrow France,
not daring, as we have before stated, to measure lances
with the giant republic."

SECOND EDITION.

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Notes of Vreparationn.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mr. Smith
O'Brien, but he left Duolinjt will be seen, for Wexfcrd
on Saturday. The clubs " talk" of rescuing their leader.
We shall see. The squadron under Sir Charles Napier
has been ordered for service on the Irish coast, to co-
operate with the authorities.