The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-20 00:00:00

TURKISH PROVERBS.

A little stone can make a great bruise.
In a car drawn by oxen you may catch a hare.
A foolish friend does more harm than a wise enemy.
It is not by saying honey ! honey! that sweets come• to the
mouth.
He who expects a friend without faults will never find one.
A man deceives another but once.
It is difficult to take a wolf by the ears.
You can't carry two mellons under one arm.
To live quietly, one should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
All that you give you will carry with you.
More flies are caught by a drop of honey than by a hogshead
of vinegar.
Who gives to the poor gives to God.
The fool• has his heart on his tongue, the wise man keeps his
tongue in his heart.
Good wine and handsome women are two agreeable poisons.
Every event which causes a tear is accompanied by another
which produces a smile.
An egg to-day is better than a hen to-morrow.
Do good and throw it into the sea; if the fishes don't know
it, God will.

He who fears God does not fear man.
If your enemy is no bigger than a pismire, fancy him as
large RS an elephant.
A wife causes the prosperity or the ruin of a house.
He who knows every thing is often deceived.
lie who weeps for everybody soon loses his eye-sight.
More is learned by conversation than by reading.
A friend is more valuable than a relative.
There are more invisible than visible things.
He who rides a borrowed horse does r o , ride often.
Don't trust to the whiteness of a turban, the soap was bought
on trust.
Death is a black camel, whiek kneels at every donr.,;=
When you, visit a blind man, shut your eyes.
Blood is not washed out with blood, but with water.
Although the tongue has no hones, it breaks bones.
The heart is a gild ; it hopes what it wishes,

The estate purchased by William Joseph Denison, M.P.,
was at Milborne Port, and not Milford Haven, as stated.
The purchase-money amounted to upwards of £300,000.
Captain Campbell, of the 47th regiment, died on Monday, in
consequence of serious injuries by a fall from his horse, while
hunting in the early part of the day near Mullingar.—Athlone
paper.

At a battue, last week, at Lord Lichfield's, upwards of 1700
head of game were bagged in five days. The party consisted
of the Duke of Sussex, Lord Lichfield, G. Anson, Esq., the
Earl of Denbigh, Lord Uxbridge, and G. Payne, Esq.—North-
ampton Herald.
Persons may travel in the most comfortable manner from
London to Geneva for five guineas each. On paying £2 19s.
in London they will be set down in Paris; Irma Paris to
Chalon-sur-Saone, 39 francs; thence by the coche d'eau to
Lyons, seven francs; and from Lyons to. Geneva. 12 francs.
The Marquis of Sligo has diminished pa:t of his establish-
ment in Mansfield-street, preparatory to his departure to assume
the government of Jamaica. His lorlihip's horses will be
embarked on Monday next. The marcnioness cud part of the
family are still at Westport House, and are not expected
to proceed to the West Indies until the spring. The marquis
is daily occupied with Mr. Under Secrelary Lefevre, at the
Colonial Office, and has already appointed his secretaries, &c.

A Novi L METHOD OF EVADINC TILE LAW.—Lawrence's
company of comedians wing, a short time since, announced
their intention of oo'cning the Devonport Theatre, their pro-
ceedings were rat a stop to by legal process, the house not
being licen-..ed. Determined, however, not to be put down,
they t7levi their hand at a stratagem, and ou Monday they set
ir. are bills of the day as follows:—"Theatre, Devonport.—By
permission.—Messrs. Lawrence beg most respectfully to ac-
quaint tbeir friends and the public in general, that the above
theatre %Nal be opened on Monday, Dec. 2, as a confectioner's
shop, with an excellent assortment of cakes, at different prices.
Those who purchase them will be admitted to witness a thea-
trical production, which will be performed by professional per-
sflus, for neither hire, gain, nor reward, but for amusement.
Ile seller of the cakes assures the inhabitants that they are of
the first quality, and likewise the amusement first rate. The
proprietor, this evening, will allow the purchaser of thecakes
to witness his friends perform the favourite melo-drama called
'Ella Rosenberg.' After which, an entirely new farce, called
the 'Barber Baron.'—Best cakes 25.; second is.; inferior Gd."
—Sherborne Jvurnal.

REPORT OF THE WORKHOUSE AND FEVER HOSPITAL,
For the week ending December 161 h, 1833.

Remainedat last Report 249 1 DisAarged
Admitted since 9B 1 Dead ......

General Totals.. .. 347 I Remaining 262
Physicians, Dr. Macrorie and Dr. Gouthwaite.—honorary Surgeon,'
Mr. Samuel M`Gulloch.—House Surgeon, Mr. B. Ni,ghtingaii.