The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-28 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

CONSERVATIVE JOURNAL.

A newspaper, to be conducted on conservative princi..
pies, has been established, where it was much wanted, in
Dumfries. It is entitled the Dumfries—shire and Galloway
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Herald, and we wish it success. We extract the follow-
ing as a contribution •to its first number by Mr. Allan
Cunningham, who is, we believe, a native of Dumfries-

shire .:

ADDRESS TO NITHSDALE.
Green Nithsdale o'er thy pastoral hills

The eastern star is glowing,
And.twilight through Dalswinton glens

Her scented dew is sowing ;
On grey Lincluden's hermit towers
The moon has hung her banner,
Dumfries, like lady gay and fair,
' Calls Solway breeze to fan her ;
The wind in Blackwood's haunted oaks
Speaks with a voice of gladness ;
Nith hails me—pouring through my soul
• A not unsocial sadness.

I am thy son, fair land, wilt thou
Before the world disown me ?
Thou gav'st me life, and from thy groves
I plucked the wreathes which crown me ;
I muse amid thy tranquil vales
Thy high and heathery mountains,
The Melody of all thy winds
The music of thy fountains :
I gaze with moistening eyes and feel
As through thy scenes I'm. ranging,
That all is steadfastness, save man,
The reckless and the changing !
Through noble Maxwell's sculptured halls

For bats the schoolboy clambers,
The owl her twin-brood rears and hoots

From Carlyle's painted chambers:
Heriies, thy bugle blast is mute

That roused from ./E to Yarrow ;
O'er all things triumphant change

Drags her remorseless harrow.
Through vale nd•cot, throtigh tower and town

She strides iu proud dominion ;
Even Faith and Ho.pe must follow sad
That meteor called Opinion.

But glorious Nature knows no change—

The seasons-do their duty,'
And the eternal hills hem in

Thy vale, with all its beauty :
Flowers scent the air, the winding Nith
Still:sings to thee in flowing ;
Igor dropping dews, nor golden suns
Neglect to nurse the Bowan ;
While pure Imagination still
In her flight will linger,
And of thy people trace bright things
With her immortal finger.

GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES.

ATHENS, Mallon 4.—The excavations in the citadel, close to
the fouudation.of the Parthenon, proceed with great activity.
The workmen have cut down, on the western side, between the
first and second pillars, as far as the original rock of the Acro-
polis; and we are astonished to find the foundation, which is of
yellowish muschelkalk, and excellent material for building,
which is found in almost every part of Greece, is admirable.
The workmen have proceeded as far as the centre of the tem-
ple, where they found a staircase of blocks of marble of diffe-
rent sizes, made at the time when the Parthenon was used as a
church to the virgin. They have also discovered a large num-
ber of pieces of sculpture and inscriptions: the principal of
these is the right leg of a Torso, of which we have before given
an account, and which, according to Leake's example, though
without sufficient reason, has been denominated a Mars. The
leg is very beautiful; and, with the exception of part of the
knee, is in a better state of preservation than the rest, of the
body: its position indicates that the god was represented sit-
. ting and resting on the heel. Of the two female draped sta-
tue*, designated by Leake, Latona and Vesta, the greater part
of the side next the wall has been found; the workmanship is,
however, not highly finished, owing, probably, to this side being
turned from the spectator. Of the large centre figure, whether
of Jupiter or Neptune, the breast to the navel has been found
in a state_ of perfect preservation; also, several fragments of
the hind thighs of the horses of the Biga, of exquisite beauty.
There are many other pieces of great excellence—for estample,
fragments of heads—but which do not appear to have belonged
to the statues on the pediment. A well-preserved Centaur's
head, belonging to one of the Metopes on the south side, has
been dug up, with a wanton mouth, suited to such a savage,
half-brutal nature. The excavations have proceeded consider-
ably on the south side, but only along the wall, as they cannot
advance closer to the temple' till the heavy pillars and archi-
traves have been removed, fur which the requisite machines are
expected. We may then look for a very rich harvest. The
restoration of the temple has also been commenced: on the
north side several slabs of the pavement of cella, which were
among the ruins, have been replaced; but the removal of such
heavy masses with imperfect instruments goes on very slowly.
The works at the Temple of Theseus, on the north side of the
city, of which we have lately spoken, are also in progress. The
vaulted roof of the cella, built, in the middle ages, of Maltese
stone, the yellow colour of which best harmonises with the gold
colour of the pillars and the other parts of the temple, has been
repaired, to snake it weather-tight. Windows are to be made
at both ends of the roof, to light the interior of the cella; but
which are not to be visible from the exterior. The temple is
intended for a museum. On removing the rubbish and the
earth which covered the roof, fresh, indications of its perfect
restoration have been discovered, viz., fragments of the cornice
above the tympan, with. well preserved drawings of elegant pal-
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THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

The Public is respectfully informed that the. Theatre is Open
for the Season, and that Madame V ESTR IS, who is engaged
for a Fortnight, Will snake her Second appearance here these
three years this evening,
THIS present TUESDAY. the 28th instant, will be per-
formed (for the second time) a new Comedy, called
RURAL FELICITY.
Singleton Unit Mr. Chaplin. I Layton Mr. Frazer.
Twaddle Mr. Granby. I Simon Sly Mr. Baker.
Mrs. Wiley Mrs. Stanley. I Ilarriet Mrs. Shaw.
Jetniina....Miss Chaplin. I Cecilia.... Miss Stanley.
At the end of the Comedy, a grand Turkish Pas Da•-neux, by
Mr. J. Ridgway and Mollie. Marie./
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After which (for the second time) a new Dr." •
THE WELSII GIRL.
Julia.... (with songs) Madam
A Military Pas de Cossay ,
By Messrs. T. and J. Ridgway and Mr. F. Jonas.
To conclude with (for the first time) isinew Drama, called
THE BEULAH A.
Caroline Grantley..(with assumed characters)..Mad. Vestris.
TO-MORROW, the Melo-Drama of the AVANDERING
.BOYS. Paul and Justine (the Wandering Boys), Miss Chap-
lin gala Miss Stanley.—lncidental to the piece, a variety of
Dancing, by Messrs. T. and J. Ridgway and F. Jonas, and
Madlle. Marie.—After which, A ROLAND FOR AN
OLIVER. Alfred Highflyer, Mr. Hooper, of the Theatres-
Reval Drury-lane and Olympic, who is engaged for a Fort-
night. Marra Darlington, Madame Vestris.—To conclude with
the LOAN OF A LOVER. Gertrue (with Songs) Madame
Vestris.
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