The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

Once more I am beholding

Those forms grotesque and strange,
Their colour bath not faded,

Their beauty cannot change;
For every well-known picture,
By the artist's cunning wrought,
And every bud and blossum

,gain t stanu•entreanng,
Beside my mother's knee

And she tells once more t
Of each quaint mystery;
And my grey-haired father near me,
As I bend my eager brow—
Methinks, still getity smiling,

le meaning

Oh, times! old times! for ever
Pass'd like a vision by,
The Picture-Bible gleaming,—

Those hear Old parents bending
O'er the boy so young aid gay;
The true and trusting childhood,

VARI

THE TONGUE.—By examining the tongue of
tient, physicians discover the diseases of the b
Philosophers, the diseases of the mind.
The Peace Society has issued a circular which termi-
nates thus :—"Arbitration is friendly, wise, easy, and
cheap. War is fiendish, foolish, difficult and dear."
To deny the Jew political blessings were to arrogate
and exercise the judgment of God ; but to invest him
with legislative functions is to deny and condemn that
judgment.
PEITT SQUABBLES.—" G. is so very close fit was ob-
served) ;he will squabble about a farthing.' " Well,
remarked W.) I have always thought that the less one
squabbles about the better."
„,It is curious that Shakspere, though giving us Greeks,
stomans, Indians, Moors, Egyptians, Germans, French-
men, Italians, English, Welsh, and Scotchmen, in no
Instance throughout his plays introduces an Irishman.
lay TEST OF CHARACTER.—Whoever he be, clergy or
,vrnsari, that can receive good counsel, andbp,
prudent and
-u°leneine reproofs, is as wise and great a titan as he
l'Hat gives them.
E,jEte,DRFICIENCY SOMEWHERE.—The Chancellor of the
depu-
tations deals in so nn about not being
able to take off any taxes, that be is known amongst by the name of " He Wood, if he could."—Punch.
the4,_At`t EASY TRANSITION.—Mr. Emerson, speaking of
fac with which the New Englanders pass from one
to another, said that a man might one day
Professiona tavern-keeper and the next a judge !" A very natu-
ral transition," whispered a wag—" from the Bar to the
Bench !"
ILTHR LORDS OF THE CREATION.—Dr. Johnson and
',rs.• Macaulay had long been disputing about the supe-
iiinPtY of the male sex, for which the doctor had conten-
ea with his usual vigour. Shortly afterwards the lady's
swan chair was announced; upon which she requested
the doctor to " beg the two lords of the creation" to wait,
Li she was not yet ready.
CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT.—The following odd an-
nouncement appeared in the Times of Monday :—" A
he competent to make tea, scold the servants, and mu-
cer herself agreeable and useful sometimes, wishes a situa-
tion. She could contribute to the comforts of an clderly
theY "d gentleman, or may be found an acquisition in
tio bc'n travel. an old gentleman or nobleman. No objec-
n to Terms, 100 guineas per annum."
A A CHEAP CURRENCY.—A Chambridge scholar wanted
PI entertain economically ; .so he went to the spirit dealer
.I,TI the town, and said, " Can you let me have some cheap
brandy ?it 6, 0 yes, sir ; can let you have some very good
,t 18s. a gallon.' "Can you let me have none cheaper ?
yes, sir; can make it as cheap as you like, with the
vtirP in the yard." So it is with currency. All cheap-
ening of money is to be with the pump in the yard.—
Colonel Thompson's Catechism of the Currency.
Where a government is based on the recognition of a
God, those only who confess a God can govern ; where it
tests on the confession of the true God, those cnly who
confess Him may rule; where it is based on Christ the
and God revealed, none but Christians can exercise it;
'Lid where it assumes Christian doctrines and rights as
exclusively true, those only who hold by them can exer-
tee it. All this may be very benighted policy ; but, given
eofacts, the inference is unavoidable.
USE OF THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.--The
.„--`,,en,_th
d.
The Philip and of Guizot erished a Tahiti
madrid. The men who wielded the power oft France
theQr„,nsh a missionary station at the bidding of Rome, and
to who bartered character, and truth, and honour,
bo.P6l.°llde a Bourbon dynasty in Spain, had put aside the
pr;," Panoply of human power. The King lost nerve and
anlettice of mind when these were most indispensable,
ti;bnis defences became unavailing. The Tuilleries and
the 'alais Royal were stormed and sacked, and instead of
4 tricoloured cockade, with which on one of the last
ttc,YBof July, 1830, Louis Philip rode into the court of
- de Ville, be was doomed to see the red flag of
republic floating from the towers of Notre Dame, as he
47" aff, once more a private citizen, to seek a temporary
rat Neuilly, on his journey to the coast.
barrie
HAT IS A BARRICADE ?—Before all traces of the
ve "es, those popular checks on miscalculating go-
otrninents disappear, I will endeavour to give an idea of
a P., ,?Y an illustration that will be fully comprehended by
In one
Suppose the commissioners of pavements,
Fleet-street of their perpetual diggings up, piled the stones of
across the way instead of along it, inserting a
t'aniiPt front or two on the top, with a few lengths of iron
wowltand half a dozen trees from Temple-garden, that
pariuse. barricade like scores which have been raised
tlertYtele in the last movement. They are rude enough to
are placea ut.
most formidable in their effect. Troops can
eninst them ; cavalry are quite useless, as they
ever way at all the intersections of the streets; which-
tenscaues.a battalion turned, it would fin
rapidity truly mar-
Tare I nave examined a hundred of them with much
mar-
more interest than I should feel in the Pyramids.—Cor-
Te Pondent of the •
oafbFuni°BLTY OVERCOMINGTnnes FEAR.—One very remark-
tehceirwcuorostance that I have noticed, is the fearlessness
men—who crowd into the thick of the tumult,
Yelling and tos.in •
numbers of the' g have T.ms, and often remain when
men g:ven ground. The Boulevards
swarm with lorettes, elegantly dressed, who watch the
movements of the troops, and mix in the groups, inquir-
ing and repeating the news with the utmost curiosity and
interest. A gentleman to whom I remarked this, told
tne be had been struck with the same fact. He said that
he and a friend were watching the conflict at a barricade
in the Rue St. Martin, and they were surrounded by
about twenty work girls, probably sempstresses. Sud-
denly a discharge of muskets tnnlr !Anna

their pa

rody ; ;inc

V 1 muzzucta Low, lace, ana me nails
new whistling past, and rattled againspt the wall over their
heads. They all fled, and took refuge under a neighbour-
ing archway ; but the firing having ceased, the girls peeped
out cautiously, and went forth one by one, till at last he
and his friend were left alone. "We thought" he added,
laughing, " that as all the women had gone, we might
venture forth again, and accordingly we did."—Paris
Correspondent.
LxVIATIIAIs7.—In Job we are presented with a truly
niaBnificent description of Leviathan. It is most inte-
fitnit to mark this delighted contemplation by God of
0/Vn works—thus stamping a warrant of sacredness on
•4. tasteful admiration of them—as of the parts, and the
qer. and the comely proportion of this noble creature.
Intot.ettu approach or come so near as to put the bridle
opt~,.
? The " face of his garment" may just be the
4` rsurface of his skin, which is his clothing. The
%1111°,,ts of his face" is a highly-poetical expression; and
Bbs ey-,,1:e beautifully so is the comparison of his eyes to
reN,;.,lds of the morning. And what an impression of
settle:'n is given by the impenetrable closeness of his
Pokeund flakes of flesh—as well as of his marvellous
eleef„,%—in the light given forth by his neesings, and the
c fire that he casts about him by his. breathing !Ind
Joy,TPus in the water. The -" sorrow being turned into
not very clear : it may be that the sorrow of others
I>lAae makes his prey is his joy. The strength of his
boti;% Part is most forcibly depicted. His excellency
by might and gracefulness is all the more enhanced.
break helplessness of them who are opposed to him. His
be tLing Is obscure and variously interpreted. It may
ti at when he throws the sea into breakers by his mo-
th" ineY repent of their sins as if on the eve of perishing.
superiority to fear and danger is finely described.
I, at ato poetics in the trait of his laughing at the shak-
tt :fdaasspear ! So impenetrable is the lining of his body
he can lie with ease on the sharp stones that are under
or as if in the ostentation of his hardiness, is repre-
spreadiog them beneath him upon the mire.
tr4l.tid the effect of his movement in the waters is riven with
eat strength of imagery and expression—raising such a ruinotion there as to make the sea like a boiling pot.
ial!.le electric luminousness that is excited by these agita-
tns is adverted would there is-immense power in the
vigUre that " one think the deep to be hoary."