The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

Peb• 8, 1848.

tatraturt.

VARIETIES.

The Rabbit's teach that " he who goes to bed in anger
has the devil for a bedfellow."
LOUIS. PHILIPPE'S RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS EARLY
DAYS.—After the council the king proceeds over the
Tuileries and Louvre, for he likes to visit the ateliers of of painters, &c. If he enter into conversation with an ar-
tist whose manners and discourse please him, he tells the painter how he sighs on remembering the times when he
walked from one end of Paris to another with an umbrella
under his arm. " Ah, my good sir," he will say, " when
I was Duke of Orleans, I could carry my old umbrella as
a walking-stick from one end of Paris to the other,—go
tut with a pair of strong old shoes, which had got the
Shape and form of my feet, and gave me ample room and
verge enough! In such guise and gear I could stare in at
all the print and book-shops, look over the stalls, which
was a great delight and pleasure to me ; but, being King
(,)f the !French, I cannot do that now. The other day
„EnY people' wanted to prevent a worthy man and a dis-
tinguished magistrate the entrée to me, because he carried
an old' umbrella and was somewhat dirt-bespattered ; but
told
my people' that thoge who carried umbrellas,
and whose shoes, hose, and trowsers, were somewhat
marked with la bone de Paris, were the happiest people
after all. voila le fait, mon bon Monsieur."—Fraser.
ivISCRERSTa°OIm—ITIOUS VENERATION OF THE BORNESE FOR
to
R. BThe each brin a ortion of the seed they they intend
sow next season,
and, with the n peck-
laces of the women, which are given to him for that pur-
pose, and which, having been dipped into a mixture pre-
viously preared are by him shaken over the little basins
Which contain the seed, by which process he is supposed
I° reader them very productive. Other tribes, whom
n'ora their distance he cannot visit, send down to him for
1,0;1141 piece of white cloth, and a little gold and silver,
same they bury in the earth of their farms, to attain the
the milk
result
of asult. On his entering a village, the women also
and bathe his feet, first with water, and then with
young cocoa-nut, and afterwards with water
agam ; all this water which has touched his person, is
pst.
tveinfgor the purpose of being distributed on their
80Pposed to render an abundant harvest cer-
'Jeri On one occasion, having remarked that the crops
svaeatrl
rdab
we eani
tuater of the Sandam tribe were thin, the chief imme-
Lthoaodtotr:B:e observed that they could not be otherwise, as they
induce.visited by the rajah. and he begged of me
the causes whi,h had rendered
tthoeivriscirtotpheams,mtoallroenmeo.Le
Row ENGLAND PROTECTS THE PORTUGUESE.--111
tPortugal the queen continues, with marvellous corms-
encY, to break faith with her people. All the results ex-
pected from the late intervention in her behalf are want-
thw7y.,anld_hbeoldeonue
rsts.is
latccinsm.ulating political sins with rapi-
almost certain that the Cabrals
oe firmly maintained in power, notwithstanding their
1111P0Pularity.with the Portuguese people; and that every
guarantee of constitutional liberty in
.Portugal will_ be
helv) thdrawn. The only fact worth noticing is, that when
queen opened the Cortes in person on the 2d. instant,
ge British minister absented himself. The ships of the
twritish squadron were not. dressed, nor were the usual
I,,Skte:lltes fired on the occasion. Thus it. always is with Eng-
"mill; Her anxiety to preserve peace is so notorious, that
—Principled politicians take advantage of her. prudence to
all the advantages they might nave gained by war.
lile;ntervene in Portugal to put down the Constitutional
upon the condition that their rights shall be re-
'eeted. No sooner are they disarmed, than those rights
al'e violate, ad we, in our almt udish horror o war,
find ourselvdesn paralysed, and we pr
cannot take active steps
to vindicate our insulted honour. We are powerful in
counsel, but powerless to protect those who accept our
When shall we cease to oscillate between two
rprinciples ? When shall we resolve either boldly to in-
`crvene or firmly to abstain ? Lord Palmerston, at the
Present moment, stands in an absurd position, because he
will not ado t one or the other of these two courses of ac-
ti°u. In Gpreece he intermeddles ; in Switzerland, with a
Puritanical affectation, he forbids intervention. Is it not
natural, when the French see such opposite principles
acted upon at the same time by the same man, that they
21101.11 d charge him, throughout his policy, with no higher
motive than an undiscriminating hostility to France ?-
4aser's Magazine.
SEDITIOUS LITERATURE IN IRELAND.—To those who
know this country well, nothing seems more astonishing
than the ignorance of its actual condition evinced by our
'rulers. They seem utterly unconscious of the materials
lof sedition that are accumulating around us, or of the
'efforts of the sanguinary enthusiasts of Repeal to stir up
na blood, and to keep alive national discord. We some
ne since called our readers attention to a series of pub-,
,b:cations, entitled " The National Library for Ireland,,
Areat was the astonishment and indignation excited
tan evidences these afforded of a systematic design to
noize the people for a general insurrection. We have
mg
ccasion to wade through much of the seditious writ-
-"g which preceded the outbreak of Ninety-eight, and we
deliberately aver, that it was loyalty itself, in comparison.
deliberately the-effusions which now pass unpunished, and which
triaildci.rculating through the length and the breadth of the
Zlnln these, as our readers may have seen, every sen-
t Lent vrhich should animate a good subject is outraged—
erY Principle which should guide and actuate an honest
giatvledrsaalCrih
sriinstgian, is set at nought. The oath of alle-
au Zee. is scoffed at in open and wicked mockery and scorn ;
thinart e field,
thee people feel
areagainst the English government, when
equal to it, is enjoined as a solemn duty ;
or In rt7it°re Ninet -eight, who perished on the scaffold,
Ydeplored as patriots, and exalted as
overtrir,l; the -introduction of a French force,.,to ,aid, in
logisei7wing the English authority j is advocated and eu-
tio rn;„' ;assassination is openly recommended—there is
Praised cing the matter. Michael Reynolds is loudly
nod, 7,,"ecalise he offered to assassinate Thoma.s Rey-
v "-te celebrated informer; and Samuel Neilson is
to I censured, because, when an opportunity preTent-
htPeit he did not' stab through the heart ! All this, in
4114 leations levelled to the capacity of the lowest vulgar,
and teihreeo.lating, not by tens, but. by hundreds of thousands,
Aurch influence of which is not confined to the actual
all asers, immensely numerous as they are, but extends
are,b those who flock together to hear them read, as they
Y thoroughly drilled and disciplined incendiaries, in
epee. „„
treason`A'unty-town and village in Ireland ! Thus it is that
into,, IS fashioned into primers, and sedition converted
taai 'Peez-ineat for the eleve's in the new schools of nor.
eTheeedagiittaintnion. The writers of them are no common men.
in 8). Arince powers beyond those of most ordinary traders
; and evidently could write so as not to offend
t• aste of a hi her class of readers, if their object was
Whom
fluke angimpression on the lowest classes, upon
in the rough and the bloody work must chiefly devolve,
gives the eetaing revolutionary contest. This it is, which
for the peculiarly significancy to these political tracts
dish) imes, by means of which the most rancorous
treagYe tY has found a tongue, and the foulest forms of
Dublin n ri.have become " household words" in Ireland.—
C EA':i,,yemitY Magazine.
often.neeHrseti-frtifedrslo_us LITERATURE WANTED.—It has
o that many of those who are zealous and
efforts to evangelise society, never seem
to bestow al3 •
• and fatal
evil, an evil • ass thought on this growing t ofwhich may t improperly be called the roo hear'
thousand of otlierno." It is nothing uncommon to
11.4 .stnihd° sree li iongwhose oliighosffiyee it is to watch over the mo-
Ztbe r lives and conversadonwshotsheedpartinciitpilsestoofexCemhllitly-
isigaiyo,uwshmean:ziisnesusb'ect is talked of, "Oh we have
i).llr,e Yre'
•jwe are aware of the moral pes-
;:4al nee, but what can w' e do r?
If people choose, they
i;l.vBe Plenty of good reading in these. We have provided
311 redy for the evil, and we can do no more." This.
own true. Religious' magazines are excellent in their
pa. 37 and in their own place. But, pray, who are the
hofpes who read them ? Do they consist of that class of
...`:letY who repair weekly to the periodical shops to pro-
ii7e their hebdomadal supply of mental provision ? In
!ft.etlY instances this may be the case, but there is less to
s,,r;•rreolunigitohuosse who are thus to a certain extent fortified
panoply, and their minds somewhat imbued
Orin the Christian principles which these magazines con-
-10, than from that class who never see a religious pen-
_lt7tl, and who, until brought under the influence of
Vcristianity by other means, will never take such a pub-
ation in their hands, or, if they do, will go no farther
en the title-page, and throw it aside. Unfortunately,
,70, all denominational magazines, from their very nature,
4"st partake more or less of a party character, frequently
,44enter into keen controversy, and give vent to a sectarian
rit. Many of those at present in circulation are excel-
lent in their own sphere ; perhaps the public were never
at any previous time better supplied with reading of the
kind which they contain, but they are rarely read beyond
the 61f616 for 'which' they are -especially: writtel'i:-• -Though
many of their articles may be catholic in their nature, yet
the magazine as a whole is not, and is in consequence
necessarily circumscribed in its circulation. What is
Wanted at the present time is the encouragement of a
cheap literature which will provide information on secu-
bsubjects, of a popular, useful, entertaining, and, it may
of an amusing character, but which will not shrink
'rem an avowal of the broad principles of Christianity on
Pro Per occasions, and which, while it contains nothing
Sectarian or which would offend the most fastidious party-
'an, will be of such a nature as will render it welcome
and Useful to all. It may be said that literature of an
Ital,llBlng and entertaining kind is sufficiently abundant
eau). ; this is no doubt true, but the great evil is, that,
alone with that which amuses and entertains, there is an
ttiPalling amount of what is decidedly worthless, irreli-
Os, and vicious, and nothing of a solid and beneficial
disnd, such as will comfort the soul amidst the throes of
,fies°ll'ing nature and direct its flight to a better land.—
gg'B Weekly Instructor [a periodical such as recom-
Tan Tan
te.iartais
i:noinseptl.hUinENCE OF ASSOClATlONS.—Associations are
Y the poetry of life. They are the silver link by
►g Carries over its sweetness, and one period
acredness, to another. They are at once our cheapest
ifiloeultnifotelal,ir choicest joys ; throw them the simplest pleasure.
and, like the waters of that mysterious mineral
the al, they'll enfold it in a web of crystal. They are
Pleasu les of all our virtues, strewing a, thousand little
res over the dullest surface of domestic drudgery.
0,0?„ arethe pleaders for all that is generous and humane,
NZ:3110 and restraining in matters which seem too
their ?Pus, and religion too solemn. Those who feel not
hea_.,intluence, or want not their help, must be very
n.,.7lfss and depraved, or, what is rarer, very, very happy.
tC. for all this, delightful, precious, and humanising as
hay ete, who has not known the time when associations
them ren very much in the way,—when we have felt
tynt be like old servants—very dear, but very great
too Who has not experienced the inconvenience
`:lfcloi_tslieing able to stir hand or foot for fear of them—of
tere7eing allowed to banish an awkward piece of furni-
abo,..:all 4? pull down an ivy-grown, smoky chimney, or,
Pullto cut down a tree, without being twitched and
then
11;more violently than we should like to confess, and
7_ei,_?.?hen we had got our own way in spite of them, being
"1Y miserable for it afterwards ?—Fraser.