The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

PUBLIC WORSHIP AT SEA.—It is a fine spectacle to
see a ship's company assembled at public worship. Every
feeling mind must rejoice to see the deck of a large vessel
covered with her crew, in the humble attitude of devo-
tion ; surrounded by the boundless ocean, the foundation
of their august temple, and the cerulean expanse of hea-
ven, its magnificent canopy ;—to see them in the midst of
this unstable element, when separated from their friends,
adoring the universal Friend, and Father of the creation,
who maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the
wings of the wind, who raiseth the tempest, and saith to
the raging waves, " Peace, be still !"—Forbe's
SAGACITY OF FOXES.—Foxes utter most expressive
sounds, and their young are perfectly acquainted with
them. They vary their tones according to circumstances.
Sometimes they bark and yelp, and at others are said to
utter a melancholy cry like that of a peacock. They have
also a peculiar cry when suffering from pain, but they ne-
ver utter any, even in the agonies of death. A celebrated
poacher and taker of foxes, now engaged in a better call-
ing,informed me that when he has been in woods at nightthe
howl of foxes would sometimes be incessant. At that time
the cubs would come fearlessly out of earths ; but if the
old ones, aware of his being in the wood, uttered a pecu-
liar and sharp scream, they immediately retired into them,
and nothing would then induce them to come out. He
told me that he has been for hours in a tree, waiting to
see if the cubs would come out, and fall into a hole he had
dug at the mouth of the earth and baited with a fowl; but
they never Stirred if once they had heard the scream of
the old foxes. His only chance of taking them was by
poisoning the old ones, which he did with arsenic, rubbed
into the paunch of a fresh killed animal. When they
were dead, hunger at length drove the cubs out, and they
were either taken in nets or the pit-fall. When he bad
accidentally secured a young fox, without destroying the
parents, these, on hearing the cry of their cub, would
come almost close up to him, evincing the greatest anxiety
and distress, and uttering plaintive cries. Indeed the af-
fection of foxes for their young is quite extraordinary, and
the person I have referred to assured me, that when they
have considered their cubs to be in danger, or the place of
their retreat to have been discovered, they have conveyed
them to considerable distances in their mouths. Foxes
have so much sense, that when infested with fleas, they
have been known to cover themselves with water, except
their head, in which place the fleas generally took shelter,
and from whence they were readily shaken off. In doing
I this they retreat gently backwards into the water.—Jesse's
I Country Life.
POLITENESS REWARDED.—WeII do I remember the
lecture on good manners that Brummell gave to a young
gentleman at Caen, who had justly laid himself open
to censure, by the omission of an act of courtesy that
Brummell considered due to a lady near whom the youth
was standing. " Civility, my good fellow," observed the
Beau, " may truly be said to cost nothing ; if it does not
meet with a due return, it at least leaves you in the most
creditable position. When I was young, I was acquainted
with a striking example of what may sometimes be gained
by it, though my friend, on this occasion, did not, I as-
sure you, expect to benefit by his politeness. In leaving
the Opera one evening, a short time previous to the fall of
the curtain, he overtook in the lobby an elderly lady, mak-
ing her way out to avoid the crowd ; she was dressed in a
most peculiar manner, with hoop and brocade, and a py-
ramid of hair; in fact, she was at least a century behind
the rest of the world in her costume. So singular an ap-
parition had attracted the attention of half-a-dozen ' Lord
Dukes' and Sir Harrys,' sitting in the lobby : and as she
slowly moved towards the box-entrance, they amused
themselves by making impertinent remarks on her extra-
ordinary dress and infirm gait. Directly my friend
caught sight of them, and saw what they were after, he
went to her assistance, threatened to give them in charge
to a Bow-street officer, and with his best bow offered her
his arm. She accepted it, and on the stairs he inquired
whether she had a chair or carriage, at the same time in-
timating his willingness to go for one. ' Thank you, Sir,
I have my chair,' replied the old lady, ' if you will be only
good enough to remain with me till it arrives.' As she
was speaking, her servants came up with it ; and making
the cavalier a very stately curtsey, she requested to know
to whom she had the honour of being indebted for so much
attention. My name, madam,' replied the stranger, as
he handed her to her chair, ' is Boothby ; but I am usually
called Prince Boothby;' upon which the antiquated lady
thanked him once more, and left. Well, from that hour
Boothby never saw her again, and did not even hear of
her till her death, which took place a few years after,
when he received a letter from her lawyer, announcing to
him the agreeable intelligence of her having left him heir
to several thousands a-year ! Now, my good sir," said
Brummell to the abashed but youthful delinquent, " for
the future, pray remember Prince Boothby."—Life of
Brummell.

CROSSING THE DESERT.—Our baggage having been
sent before us to Suez, on camels, we prepared to cross
the desert.—The uninitiated reader will doubtless picture
to himself a complete Oriental cortage, such as we will
find in the illustrations of the works of Buckingham and
Burkhardt, turbaned travellers, long strings of camels,
rude tents, guards bristling with arms, a flaring sun,
draught, privation, a single palm-tree, a pyramid in tie
distance. Ah, nous avons change tout cela ! Thanks
to the exertions of the British agents and associates who
make it their business to promote the intercourse with
India, there is little difference now between travelling
seventy miles over the post-road in England, and going
over the same space of ground on the Isthmus of Suez.
Forty vans, each drawn by four good horses, and driven
by an Egyptian jehu, carrying from four to six inside and
none out, transport the living contents of two crowded
steamers accross the arid and desolate plain which divides
Cairo from the Red Sea. Some of the vans have arched
roofs like the common waggons, waterproof and painted
green. They are all light, but very strong, and' capable of
hearing, without damage, the violent collisions with
lumps of stones and rock to which they are exposed in
some part of the road. The passengers sit, omnibus-
fashion, at the sides of the vehicle, entering at the back ;
an arrangement which is unavoidable from the height of the
wheels (a single pair,) which reach half-way up the body
of the van. The seats are carpeted, and the whole thing
is roomy and commodious. At the end of every ten or
twelve miles horses are changed at a sort of road-side
stable-inn, erected for the purpose ; at two or three of
which the traveller gets a good dinner, or breakfast, or a
luncheon, of good bottled ale with tea or coffee if he
prefer them. Midway, and at the halting place about
twenty miles from Cairo, there are divans or sofas, all
round the chief apartment, and bed-rooms for ladies and
married people. At one of these it is as well to sleep for
a few hours, for sixteen hour's continual travelling in the
vans will be found de trop by people unaccustomed to
great fatigue. From all this it is obvious that the day has
gone by for grand desert, or, as they call, overland pre-
parations. Let the traveller, therefore shun the tempt-
ing advertisements of outfitters and guide-books. All the
urgent recommendations, that people should provide
themselves with camel-saddles, canteens, bottles of water,
parasols, braces of pistols, green veils, carpets, &c., are
superfluous. Dress yourself lightly for the day, carry a
cloak or great coat for the night. Put a tooth-brush, a
clean shirt and a couple of dollars into your pocket, and
you are completely equipped for a trip.—Stocqueller's
Hand-Book of India.
MORE HINTS TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.—TO WIVES.
Your first consideration before marriage was how to
please your lover. Consider any such endeavour after
marriage to be unnecessary and ridiculous ; and, by way
of amends for your former labour, let your sole object be
to please yourself. Be at no pains to look well of a morn-
ing. A long toilet is tiresome; particularly when it is
cold. " Taking the hair out" occupies nearly ten mi-
nutes ; come down to breakfast, therefore, in curl-papers,
also in a flannel dressing-gown, and, unless you expect
callers, remain in dishabille all day. Husbands are no-
bodies, and comfort is to be studied before appearance.
But are you to neglect your attire altogether ? By no
means. Indulge your taste in dress to the utmost. Be
always buying something new : never mind the expense of
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pout ;if he remonstrate, cry. But do not spoil your
finery by domestic wear. Reserve it for your promenades
and parties. It is the admiration of society you should
seek for, not your husband's. Be constantly seeing
tables, chairs, window curtains and other furniture which
you like better than your own, and insist upon their being
got. Want to get rid of your old piano, and have a new
one. If your husband keeps a carriage for you, desire a
better ; if he does not, and cannot afford it, complain.
Whenever your desires exceed his means look unhappy,
and hint how much more advantageously you might have
married. Never smile and hope for better things, but
make your husband feel as keenly as you can the inade-
quacy of his means to support you. Practice, however,
a reasonable economy. Take every opportunity of mak-
ing a cheap purchase, and when asked of what use it is,
reply that is " a bargain." Enjoy ill-health, be very
nervous, and, in particular, subject to fits, which you are
to fly into as often as your husband is unkind ; that is,
whenever he reasons with you. Make the most of every
little ache or pain and insist upon having a fashionable
physician, There is a something very elegant in illness ;
a prettiness in a delicate constitution : affect this attrac-
tion, if you have it not ' • men admire it exceedingly.
Put yourself under no restraint in your husband's pres-
ence : sit, 1011, or lie, in just what way you like, looking
only to the ease of the posture, not to its grace. Leave
niceties of conversation and sentiment to the single never
mind how you express yourself : why should wives be
particular ? When your husband wishes to read or be
quiet keep chattering to him ; the more frivolous and un-
interesting the subject the better. If he is disposed for
conversation, be dull and silent; and whenever you see
that he is interested in what he is talking about, especially
if he wishes you to attend to him, keep yawning. There
are two ways of discharging your household duties. If
you are languid and listless. you may let them alone: if
not able, you should be continually turning the house
topsy turvey, under pretence of setting it to rights. You
can either let your servants do just as they please; or you
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have the latch-key ; and, should he, on any occasion, stay
out late, send the servant to bed, sit up for him yourself,
and make a merit of the sacrifice to " the wretch."
Have a female confidant, who will instruct you in all the
ill qualities of husbands generally, and will supply any
deficiences in the above hints. In conclusion, bear these
grand principles in mind—that men must be crossed and
thwarted continually, or they are sure to be tyrants—that
a woman, to have her rights, must stand up for them—
and that the behaviour which won a man's affections is by
no means necessary to preserve them."—Punch.