The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

July 18, 1848.

Etttraturt.

P O E T R Y.

TO ERIN !
.11' HENRY E. GREEN, A PRIVATE OF THE 17TH LANCERS
Th_
e red flag of ruin encircles thee, Erin,
„jhe curse of ingratitude crushes thee down,
tile
18 hand that has cherished thy thousands when starving
infu spurned, as it gives, with the oath and the frown.
nate, insensate, the traitors that lead thee
the brink of dPstruction. Deserted at lst,
when the blood of thy children is crying against thee,
,
ou It bitterly dwell on the days that are past.

Oh! dream not that England's proud legions will fail 1,
viih.eart and hand in her cause they undaunted would die,
the cowards who urg on the peasant to battle
I,,nrillen danger approachesewill leave thee and fly.
cli armies may waver, may join in the riots;
pt:PLe English hearts worship their Queen and the throne,
‘;,I11 Lne swords that their country has placed in their keepir
be drawn in the cause of that country alone.
'°Pal Barracke, Dublin. July 5, 1848.

NOTICES

141);?rt Qf the Medical Cases treated in the Liverpool
iorlhern Hospital during 1846 and 1847. By James
I,„„lirnbull, M.D., Physician to the Hospital. Edin-
„,6 : Adam and Charles Black, 1848.
inteille Northern Hospital is an institution which has risen
be Importance of late years. It has, however, already
ti_esnle one of the most useful in the town, being at all
ill'et open to receive the most severe and dangerous
oc,„ ca.l as well as surgical cases, which are constantly
'rnus in the busy and populous part in which it is
situated.
rThe report now before us, which has been reprinted
trim the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal of
late, Incluth, for circulation among tbose who take an
kr,'•est in the management of our charitable inst!tution,
,Ishes some interesting information regarding this
i4stitution, the nature of the cases, and their treatment.
to:oltraelglad to find from it that the demands upon the
uyeddi , which have been increasing yearly, can be met
exiQ, ng to the number of beds, as accommodation still
tain7 for a much larger number than it at present con-
The number of cases admitted into the hospital last
Yearjwas 1786, of which 760 were under the care of the
beYnsicians, and 926 under the surgeons. The outpatients
g added to these make the total number relieved dur-
Athe Year 2579. It would also appear that the cost of
17
eh Patient is lower in this than in almost any other
hospital, being, on an average, £1 Ils. 10d. for each case.
The rate of mortality was about one in twelve during
both of the last years, and this bears a very favourable
Comparison with that of most other institutions, especially
*hen the severe nature of the cases admitted into the
Northern Hospital is taken into account.
The intelligent writer thinks that, although Liverpool
is well supplied with hospitals, dispensaries, and other
charitable institutions, it has much need for more acco-
raodation for fever cases, and he makes the following ob-
servations, which we think well deserving of consideration :
tee
are no fever wards connected with the Infirmary, or
lue Northern or Southern Hospitals, so that when cases of
tever occur in anv of these institutions, they must be sent to
~11e only fever hospital in the town, which is a small building
.-_°tilected with the workhouse, and not supported, as these
uistitutions are, by voluntary contributions, but under the
IMlnagement of the parish authorities. The class of persons
are just above the grade of paupers, are thus in a great
nth 2i_stire deprived of the assistance of an hospital when attacked
i;11. a disease in which the advanta4es of hospital treatment
snrnaat obvious. It appears to me, therefore. that fever
ide
itl connection with some of the existing institutions, or
tenyspital supported by voluntary subscriptions, are much
tme`rd ; and, the lowest class being already provided for, that
Rio', an institution in a town like this, with many strangers
14' Persons residing in lodgings, would be still more services-
tha,ti.t could be made in whole or in part self-supporting, so
8 Paying a moderate sum weekly, any one might obtain
du
kind of accommodation."
~The greater portion of the report consists of cases ar-
',uged under eight heads. The details of these we leave
twii the profession, merely observing, that the author's
rh me-
;°u of trtincr eumatism, of 149 cases were
Itle_tnitted in 184'6, and 155 in 1847,which seems to have been
thq successful. Several also of the cases of disease of
cieel lungs and heart, a class to which be has devoted spe
revattention, will re pay the perusal of the professional
tPc• Dr. Turnbull has evidently devoted much pains-
--'`ug attention to the whole subject on w:iich he writes.

e Dublin University Magazine, (James M`Glashan,
i„„Illn,) is scarcely up to its usual mark of excel-
Cur The interesting memoir of Dean Kirwan, in
unr Portrait Gallery," is of itself sufficient to give va-
lve number. Sveral of the other articles are in-
...creating ; and one—" A House and its Three Tenants"
---,
tie enPromises to be extremely so. W
se e extract from an arti-
titled " China and the Chine:"—
THE USE OF THE FAN IN CHINA.
The us
„Hunan. e of the fan in China in summer, is universal ande
and pulls If Your tailor comes for orders, he raises his.l g
predore
our coinnences
and
cornsi out his fan, not from a case, but from his stocking,
e finds t fanning himself with great composure. Should
eith appear before you to receive your cammands,
he atmosphere of your room too hot for him, and he
er opens his fan, which lie has in his hand, or pulls it from
vanes ocking, and uses it with equal nonchalance. Your ser-
waiting on you at dinner will hand you a plate with one
',XTII, and fan themselves with,the other. The fan is similar in
~..I!pe to that usually adopted by our ladies, and is to be seen
^ll4 all, except the lowest coolees.
DRESS OF THE CHINESE LADIES.
The women of all clssses are very fond of trinkets, and wear
tnany silver and jade-stone rings, bracelets, and anklets, as
gseY can afford—but gold is never used by them. The dress of
~IT Upper classes is nearly as handsome as that of the manda-
'"B) but every part of their dress will be found of a different
colour,
the head-dress of all classes is nearly alike; except that the
nigher'i orders wear the best description of jade-stone, and ens-
d • •th e and silver pins set with pearls. They do not wear linen.;
bse under-jacket being the dress worn next the person, is
de nf d h t. ht long sleeves embroidered round
crape an as ig
it wrists and neck; over this they wear another jacket, which
w..,ulade either of flowered satin or crape ; the sleeves are very
heki,e and short, reaching only to the elbow; an embroidered
brer_pr encircles the bottom of the jacket and sleeves; the em-
ii4lery is either of gold, or silk and gold—the border is three
the •es ueep, and is a different-coloured silk or crape to that of
exeitteket, which is lined with a third colour. The trowsers are
itlee.edinqly wide and long, and are embroidered round the an-
Nit' a similar manner to the jacket, although not to match it.
per.great object in a lady's dress. is, to combine as great a di-
OwTY of colours, and variety of embroidery, as possible.
ban the trowsers, the wife wears a rich satin petticoat, very
seeuMely embroidered. This can only be used by the wife,
The can never be worn by unmarried daughters or handmaids.
ve,,,shoes have heels about an inch high, and the uppers are
roW, elaborately embroidered in gold and silks, and bound
sheit,i with gold tinsel. They do not wear stockings, but red
?hens lack ribbon is bound round the foot and leg. Like he
Itive.tleY wear under their jackets a silken girdle, to which is
toh ,ably attached an embroidered bag, which contains their
albrfP and pipe. They alwal s carry.a fan, which is either
rot,,,rdered, or made of feathers, and is either of an oblon,g,
ur pointed form, and does not fold up. Although the
liispb,„°' anything but becoming, affording no opportunity to
tight sYmmetry or form, being perfectly loose, and fastened
Inf:olind the throat, still the tout ensemble is very pleasing..
jacicet.°4l, and children of all classes, are invariably dressed in
rhichl sod trovvsers, the materials being the only
thesevriation,
4tale „Zre always in accordance with the wealth of prents.
uthaf-roildren have the head shaved, leaving two circular spots
Illatted °lie on ea side of the head, bore the ears, which are
on the ;Into tails.ch At eight years old thefe hair is allowed to grow
tail ja t•h, or crown, and the r.est of the hei.id is shaved; the
'air °'en Platted when the hair is of sufficient lenFth. The.
at tw the females is allowed to grow, and is platted into a tail
° Years old.

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VARIETIES

tw'll" Ilex' do two and two not make four ; Wien they make
4-two.
lb.;P°lc OUT !—As a canal-boat was passing uncler a
sc,ue, the captain gave the usual warning by calling
iu “L.ook out !" when a little Frenchman, who was
the e eab in, obeyed the order by popping his head out of
window, which received a severe thump by coming in
esttact with a pillar of the bridge. He drew it back in a
out pet, and exclaimed, " Dese Amerikins cry look
,b ! when dey mean look in."
te;ji" UNFORTUNATE CIPHER.—A merchant at Mar-
?'es, having a business correspondent on the African
least, bethought him, that as some members of his family
h;t,d shown a partiality for monkeys, he might gratify them
Air sending for one or two specimens of these animals from
i,,rea• Accordingly he wrote to his correspondent to
e'i'ea.cure two or three of the finest and most admired spe-
d, and transmit them to Marseilles. Chance so order.ed
\that the merchant, in putting down the ou (in Englisli
h") between the figures 2 and 3, made the o very promi-
"ft'ellt, while the u remained scarcely visible. Some months
erwards a ship porter came in all haste to the old mer-
,,,e°ant, and announced to him that his menagerie had ar-
'ved. " Menagery !" cried the merchant. " Yes,
.a
Lklenagery, a whole cargo of monkeys had arrived
rlto his
°4Engnment ! The merchant could scarcely cre
noun cement," until the letter of his correspondent
Z"tit into his hands. In that epistle the African negotiant,
.kkan of the most uncompromising exactitude, excused
exl'aself very earnestly for not having been able, with all
.2n,,vtions, to procure more than 160 monkeys, in place of
tilh) ordered, but promised. as soon as possible, to fulfil t:e entire demand. The feelings of the honest merchant
emery be guessed when, on moving down to the quay to
beheld himself on the subject by ocular inspection, he
tWeld his 160 monkeys, all duly caged and littered, and
1,4144117 tithim with the most laudable pertinacity. It
moment when a man might reasonably doubt
tll,llether it would be best to laugh or cry. So much for
41.4:01
value of ciphers.—Le Follet.
tquALITY," AN ABSURDITY.—Suppose you try to
thid'uxe the globe on which you live—suppose you labour,
globe: the impulse of your visionary dreams, to make this
tour: a sPheroid, with no hill, or valleys, or the least
the''':atien of inequality, that it may thus protest against
40411ecluality in circumstances, which you would banish
possible : you have no sooner done so, if it were
quaku e, than the lightnings strike here, and the earth-
-1111,,,e exPlodes there • the hills are increased, and the
to -48 are deepened, and the very equality that you tried
Crea'reat_te turns out to be the inequality. that the great
Pose ur had originally, and well and wisely made. Sup-
the jeoll try the same plan in another sphere. Go, in
orid,ase, a of autumn, in some of the forests of our
ekset, Nice a man at each tree, and tell him to cut
10resil. twelve feet square ; and suppose, when all the
%tell)," co.mpletely squared, you write upon it Equality,
'eteate`".4 it to be the type of the equality you want to
mouth la the circumstances of human society : wait five
siati,B: the juice begins to rise from the root, and the
and rains begin descend upon the forest ; will
'3Weet 111 each tree owthing out its branches at `its own
thet
and laughing to scorn the levelling efforts
chatYa7o-rinea_ye made. in the midst of them, and the dead
"t . remain as you left them. The very inequalities
SPriti lu the globe physically are the sources of the
sh 4, we drink from—of the fertile valleys—of the
(111th'ilg hills—of the shadowing rocks—so that equality 41s0 in surface of the earth is not only impossible, but
Ries e:xPedient. Should not, therefore, all these an.alo-
Adesirlince us that circumstantial equality is impossible,
avle, and inexpedient ?—.Dr. Cumming's Lectures.