The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-30 00:00:00

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A Frenchman was recently seen bargaining for half-a-
dozen sheep. " What are you about ?" said a friend. " I
have heard say," replied Monsieur, " that if you want to
make money, you must buy sheep and sell deer. I shall
buy de sheep, and sell de venison !"

A SAILOR'S IDEA OF GOOD MEAT.—Warburton, in
his account of his voyage up the Nile, gives an amusing
instance of the singular opinions held by sailors. He
says :—" On arriving at Kench, we gave the crew a feast,
consisting of an old ram, preferred by them to younger
mutton, because it stood more chewing."
ANCIENT OLDEIALL-STREET.—In the seventh year of
Henry the Eighth, the present Oldhall-street, which had
previously been a private road to the old hall, was made a
common way, for the ease of the burgesses and common-
ality going with their carriages or otherwise into the fields
of Liverpool. This was done by an azreewent between
William More, of the Old flail. and the mayor and bur-

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gesses.—Baines' History of L
LOUIS PHILIP AND ME

RIBS AND HALEVY

The visit paid to Louis Philip at St. Leonard's, by the
above celebrated gentlemen, during their recent visit to
this country, is thus described in the Independance
Beige :—" After dinner the conversation turned upon
music, and the King, whose vast memory• astonishes all

who approach him, cited some English airs, the original
melody of which he admired. One of these airs appear•
ing to strike M. Halevy, the King who had hummed the
first part of it, sang it entirely ; then, as M. Halevy
admired the rhythm, his Majesty offered to dictate it to
him. M. Halevy accepted the offer, and took the pen ;
but the King altering his mind, proposed to write it him-
self, saying that his memory would serve him better to
write than to dictate. When he had finished, he handed

it to M. Halevy, written in rather trembling characters ;
but in the large and powerful style tbr which his writing
is distinguished. M. Halevy received the paper with
gratitude; but, emboldened by fly:. King's kindness, he
said : —` The King is so good that he encourages my
presumption, and if I dared'—' Dared !' quickly replied
the King, ' what do you desire ?" This morceau of
music is very precious ; but, followed by an L and a P,
it would become priceless.' Ali, I understand,' said the
King, you remind me that an autograph is not complete
without a signature ; give it to me I will complete it.'
He accordingly retook the paper, and signed and dated it,
saying, ' the date and place must not be forgotten ; that
will prove to our children that when Louis Philip was no
longer King he yet had friends.' "

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by shewing what may be accomplished in the face of the
greatest obstacles, by intellect, perseverance, and strict
integrity, in a public and private capacity. His fattier,
Nathaniel Fillmore, was an American farmer, of hum-
ble means, who lived at Summer-hill, Cayuga county,
New York, where Millard, now President, was born, Jan.
7, 1800. About the year 1802 he removed to the town of
Sempronius, now Niles, and resided there untillBl9, when
he removed to Erie county, where he still lives, cultivat
ing a small farm. The narrow means of his father de-
prived Millard Fillmore of any advantages of education
beyond what were afforded by the imperfect and ill-taught
common schools of the country. Books were scarce and
dear, and at the age of fifteen, when more favoured youths
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