The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

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in short, who regularly or occasionally is in the habit of
rendering you little services, comes to wish you une bonne
?nnle, and- above all, to bleed your wretched purse. It
give, all day long. Presents to your
wives—presents to your friends' children-

is pre,
friends'

give, give

sents to your friends' servants—presents to your own—
presents to all and every one—piles of presents for people
for whom, perhaps, you don't care a single straw—plea-
sant prospect, truly, for the unhappy wight who has not
the wealth of Rothschild, the coffers of the Bank of Eng-
land, or the yearly revenue of King Louis Philippe to fall
back upon ! Take my word for it, New Year's Day is a
nuisance ; and it is a disgrace to France that it was nut
abolished long ago. Last session they passed a law for
emancipating the black niggers of the colonies; and yet
in all the Legislature cot one voice was raised to demand
the emancipation of the more wretched whites from the
monstrous exactions of the odious and abominable jour
de l' an 1--Paris correvondent.
GOOD AND BAD NEWS.—Bad news weaken the ac-

tions of the heart, oppress the lungs, destroy the appetite,
stop the digestion, and partially suspend all the functions
of the system. An emotion of shame flushes the face;
fear blanches, joy illuminates it ; and an instant thrill elec-
trifies a million of nerves. Surprise spurs the pulse into a
gallop. .Delirium infuses great energy. Volition com-
mands, and hundreds of muscles spring to excite. Power-
ful emotions often kill the body at a stroke. Chilo, Dia-
gores, and Sophocles, died of joy at the Grecian games.
The news of defeat killed Philip V. One of the Popes died
of an emotion of the ludicrous on seeing his pet monkey
robed in pontificals, and occupying the chair of state.
Muley Moloc was carried upon the field of battle in the
last stages of an incurable disease; upon seeing his army
ive way. he rallied his panic stricken troops, rolled back

t'he tide

, shouted ♦ictory, and died. The door-
keeper of Congress expired on hearing of the surrender of
Cornwallis. Eminent public speakers have often died in
the midst of an impassioned burst of eloquence, or when
the deep emotion that produced it has suddenly subsided.
Lagrave, the young Parisian, died when he beard that the

musical prize for which he had cutnpeted was adjudged to
another. The case of Hill, in New York, is still fresh in
the memory of all: he was apprehended for theft, taken
before the police, and, though in perfect health, metal
agony forced the blood from his nostrils, and he was car
ried out dead.—Harriso
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