The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

VARIETIES.

Faith is the spring of all energetic action. Men throw
their souls into objects, only because they believe them to
be attainable and worth pursuit.
Never tread on the tail of a cat, or tell a woma she is
not handsome, unless you are fond of music.—American
Paper.
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The Spr;npfield Post mys a lame man would have been
drowned in the town brook had he not been full of liquor
that the water couldn't get into bitp.—Boston Paper.
TRUE COURAGE.—Have the courage to speak to a
pour Iriend in a seedy coat, even in the strew, and when
a rich one is nigh. The effort is less than many people
take it to be. and the act is worthy a king.
MISNOMERS.—Nine out of ten persons say, " I will
put on my coat and waistcoat." We do not ; we must
first put on the waistcoat. So, " I will put on my shot s
and stockings." Impossible, the stockings must be on
first. Again," I will put on my hat and mg." As-
suredly the wig ought to be first on t .e head ; al'hough
we have seen an Irish gentlemen put on both hat arid wig
at once.
AMERICAN COURTSHIP.—A young and pretty girl
stepped into a store where a spruce young man, who had
long been enamoured but dare not speak, stood behind
the counter selling dry goods. In order to remain as long
as possible, she cheapened everything; at last she said—
" I believe you think lam cheating you." "Oh no,"
said the youngster, "to me you are always fair." " Well,"
whispered the lady, blushing as she laid an enip' asis on
the word, " I would not stay so long bargaining if you
were not so dear."
THE LADIES OF LANCASHIRE IN 1715.—Dr. Ilibbert
Ware in his Lancashire memorials of 1715, gives the fol-
lowing as the cause of that fatal wavering and procrasti-
nation which the rebel troops exhibited in the town of
Preston.—" The Ladys in this tonne, Preston, are so very
beautiful' and so richly attired, that the gentlemen soldiers
from Wednesday until Saturday minded nothing but
courting and feasting." In another part of the same work
relating to the deeds in the county town, we find the fol-
lowing.—" This afternoone, the Gentlemen soldiers dress-
ed and trimed themselves up in the=ir best cloathes, for to
drink a dish of tea with the Laydys of Lancashire. The
Laydys also here appeared in their best riging, and had
their tea tables richly furnished for to entertain their
new suitors."
LORD ELDON ON LEASES.—The late Lord Eldon was
an advocate of leases, both in theory and practice. In a
letter, dated Eldon, Durham, 1636, and published in his
life by Horace Ta iss, his lordship alludes to the improve-
ments made by all of them in their farms, and then says,
"'For this I thank you ; and I cannot but attribute these
beneficial effects in a great measure to the alteration
which you have made in the tenure of your farms, in
taking them for a term, instead of from year to year. It
is evident to me, as it must, 1 think, be to you ail, that a
tenant who is liable to be removed in a year from his farm
cannot satisfactorily to himself make those improvements
which he will do when he is sure that he can remain on
his farm long enough to reap the benefit to himself of
those improvements. I thank you all for your improved
management."
A SCENE IN COURT.—" I call upon you," said the
counsellor. " to state distinctly upon what authority you
are prepared to swear to the mare's age?" " Upon what
authority ? said the other, interrogatively.—" You are to
reply, and not to repeat the questions put to you,"—" I
doesn't consider a man's bound to answer a question afore
he's time to turn it in his mind."—" Nothing can be
more simple, sir, than the question put. I again repeat
it. Upon what authority do you swear to the animal's
age ?"—" The best authority," responded the witness.
gruffly.—" Then why such evasion ? Why not state it et
once ?t'—" Well, then, if you must have it—"—" Must I
I will have it," vociferated the counsellor, interrupting
the witness.—" Well, then, if you must and will have it,"
rejoined the ostler, with imperturbable gravity, " why,
then, I bad it myself from the mare's own mouth."—A
simultaneous burst of laughter rang through the court.—
Land Sharks and Sea Gulls.
NAVIGATION.—At the Collegiate Instituticn and Me-
chanics' Institute in Liverpool, classes are announced for
teaching, among various scientific subjects, navigation and
nautical astronomy, with an especial regard to the views
and convenience of seamen. The provision is a well-in-
tended one iii all respects ; very liberal inducements have
b-en held out to persuade seamen to avail themselves of
the advantages thus laid before them ; but it will be no
disparagement to the reputation of either of those institu-
tions to say that the success of the scheme has been by no
means commensurate with the expectations of its promo-
ters. There may be some inclined to ascribe this to apa-
thy or neglect on the part of the seamen, but we should
rather infer that a better way to succeed with theta is to
place their own subject, navigation, by itself—to set apart
schools for teaching it first and mainly, and then other
subjects allied to it as far as possible. There must be
building which the sailor can call his own, to which he
can resort when lie pleases, and where he knows he will
get exactly what he wants: The merchant service is com-
posed of upwards of 30,000 sail, which gives. of course,
30 000 masters,—at least as many mates.—and, on the
average, twice as many apprentices. Surely their profes-
sion is of sufficient importance, and their number large

enough, to demand a special arrangement of some such
kind as that proposed. With en institution equivalent to
a " Greentaich Hospital School" in every port, a wonder-
ful improvement would soon be visible iu the service.—
J. A. Sharp on Aavigation Institutions.
ANATOMICALKNOWLEDGE OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
—Surgical skill was, probably, at a very low ebb. It has
been supposed that dissection was considered irreligious.
Becker alludes to a passage in Plutarch, describing an
operation upon the larynx of a man who had swallowed a
fish-bone; and he notices the circumstance of the Lace-
dwmonians having opened the body of Aristotnenes, " to
see whether it contained any thing extraordinary." The
late John Bell admitted that Hippocrates dissected apes.
The reader will consult with advantage Haydon's first
lecture on painting for some remarks on the probable
knowledge of anatomy possessed by Greek artists. He
appeals to Burke in his behalf, who said, •' The author of
Laocoon was as deeply skilled as Halle or Gaubius, and
hence has been able to give that consistency of expression
which prevails through the whole body, from the face
through every muscle to the ends of the toes and fingers."
Burke added, that he had been told by one who bad stu-
died anatomy, that every discovery he had made opened
fresh beauties in that extraordinary group, and that to its
full comprehension and appreciation a larger knowledge
of the human frame was required than even the majority
of anatomists possess. It is certainly very remarkable
that Hippocrates should speak of an acquaintance with
the physical constitution of man, as belonging less to the
art of medicine than to the art of design to ietriche
techne eto graphike). That must have been an extra-
ordinary people, who thought more of the accuracy of
their scuiptute than of the restoration of their health.
The leader may consult Warburtan's Divine Legation
(h, iv. sect. iii.) for some curious remarks upon physic.—
Fraser's Magazine.
THE HOUSE OF DESMOND.—Dromana, the seat of
Lord Stuart de Decies, is not less attractive from the
beauty ()fits scenery, than from tile number of its histori-
cal associations. It is eituoted on the opposite bank from
S raneally, on the right hand as we approach the town of
Cappoquin. The present noble owner, though a peer of
but recent creation, is lineally descended from the Earls
of Grandison, who had here their residence; and again
threueh the; from the Earls of Desmond. Eleanor,
Countess of Desmond, and widow of James, the thirteenth
earl, was horn hene in the early part of Edward the Fourth's
reign. She lived to witness the ruin of her princely house,
by the attainder passed in 1586: when one hundred and
forty years eld, made her appearance at the English court,
to si licit the restoration of her j iinture, and we believe it
was immeeiately ordered. The cherry was first doeresn-
cated in this country, at Dromena, having been brought
from the Canary Isles, by Sir Walter Raleigh ; and the
countess's death is attributed to have at last taken place
in consequence of a fall from a high branch of a frvcurite
cherry tree, into which she had climbed to get at the fruit.
A turiou, battle was sought at Affatte, in this neighbour-
, hood. in Feteuary, 1564, between the re'ainers of the ri-
val Earl. of Ormond and Desmond. The latter had two
hundred and eighty of his men killed, and was himself
taken prisoner. When the victors were bearing him from
tip• field, their leader rode up to satisfy his ma kerma
k, awi taunted the captive with the inquiry, "Wu re
i; now the great Earl of Dese,one ?" " Where ?" was
the tierce reply of the wounded chief, as with pain he
latest Limself upon les elbow —" wh-re. but in his proper
place still en the necks of the Butlers ?" It is pleasant
to add, that lite usli the intervention of Coartni-sione;s
appoiiited by the English government, a reconciliation
took place, though at first of so uncertain a nature, that
en aperture was made in the oak door of St. Patrick's
chapter-house, Dublin, for the purpose of enahling the
rival, to sir tke hands. without the hazard of either beleg
I,,oigruirde..l by the other.—Dublin Universilv Magazine.
COMPETIINCY OF COASTING SHIP-MASTERS.—It
wars intro Ike evidence given before the parliamentary
committee, by Capt. Hicks and Mr. Riddle, that the
coasting masters are deficient in education, but are good
seamen ; in other words. that they possess sufficient abi-
lity to carry them from port to port at home, but not
science enough to qualify them for extended voyages.
They are not competent, then, as a matter of course, to
take charge of foreign-bound ships, which is sometimes
done (vide Ev. of Capt. Sparshott, R.N.) It is among
this class that losses are most frequent ; but, with all
these drawbacks, it is impossible to speak disrespectfully
of a trade ''high is the nursery of our primest seamen,*
from which thy inherit their mostcharacteristic features,
their practical skill, their professional knowledge, their
strong power of endurance, their easy familiarity with
danger, and that thorough hardening, which, penetrating
the entire frame, nerves, heart, and soul of a landsman,
transforms him into the aquatic being called a sailor. But
it is the evidence of ship-owners and ship-masters—of
men wino have been, or who are now, in the merchant
service, that is chiefly to be relied on ' • and their testimony
is almost uniformly favourable (vide Messrs. Somes, Rid-
ley, Anderson, Straker, &c) There is an admission that
cases of incompetency are to be found here and there;
but what they say goes mainly to show that masters and
mates are improving, and are generally equal to the duty
requi,ed of them ,• that they are more moral and respecta-
ble, and better educated than they were thirty or forty
years ago; mt.re scientific, inasmuch as they are better
able to toke and work the necessary observations, and
have become better acquainted with the higher branches
of navigation and nautical astronomy ; that where ships
are lost, it is less through incompetency than carelessness,
in trusting too much to themselves, and neglecting the
old-fashioned precautions of " lead and look-out ;" and
that if, as it seems from Capt. Fitzroy and others, foreign
bottoms are sometimes preferred to English, the secret is
that they sail cheaper, rather than from any cause to ex-
cite vouch apprehension.— The Establishment of Navi-
gation Institwions at the Outports, by Jos. A. Sharp.
* Conk an d Nelson. for example, both of whom were under
01,lieRtion to the Merchant t;ervice, in the early part of their
Career.

Sept.

eeese
The identity of a gentleman being ed whe° I 7
signing a railway contract in Loirdon, be, irritatedrbee
doubt, and not havine the proper documents to ier.
offered es a last resort to preduce the tail of his o. o,
tittle
ontobyer
" WHERE INNOCENCE IS BLISS," Sie•---
just returned from a long visit, was asked by
03- Ilt
how he enjoyed himself. He answered with hell-tioa'a
plicity, that 'he liked his visit very well, but Ile wesoloio
tti
—no, that he wouldn't—never ride home between de kiss,
George and Sarah again, for they kept buggil enees all b
cl
ing each other sO much thet they were sque"'"
the time, and almost spoil - 1 t
e its new • „
Coreee.—Englishmen had long heard of as' el'
kind of essence consumed Turkey, but it. real %re
pt
ties continued a matter of much dispute. Oar encrod-
in their ignorance of its real nature, attributed eofl,rere
cies of iefluence to this mysterious drink. Thus h:i'eteo
old eccentricity, Burton, the famous anatomiet efe em•
choly, gives tile followine quint description
drinksedie
meter :‘—" The Turks," saith he, " have ablsel‘
cojra (for they use no wine). so named of a berry as op as d
es soot, and as bitter, which they sip etill of• aeu• those
warm as they can suffer; they spend much time 'fl.pi or ,
co./fa-houses, which are so,newhat like our ale-beu'rieve rti
taverns. and there they sit chatting and drinking "'weep!
question _
.1
to
away time and be merry together "—the knowing drink
—" because they finde by experience that kinde
so used helpeth digestion, and procure,h inca 1
teeing
There's something very innocent in the old fellelw,„, lean
us all these astounding facts about a remote at° h„old be I
almost ficttious liquid : he little nticipated w_e
penning thiis article in the yeara of erace one tueeotral
eight hundred and forty-five, in one of the 03est large
quartere of London, with a coffee-pot before uspece-
enough for a Brobdignag and glossy enough ft)r, %gall
sniff, twisting forth its aroma into a kind 0, 9eerees•
shaving-lather. Blessings on he memory of Del. oaee
junior—he was merely an epicurean in the el1119%!,09; in
taken
akgeen, whereaswingn ” untonow now—looking —we have budded into the butterfly of degllit',,grah
the same manner that theatres were originally ifl2l of
eomkisligelveosn!
their scenery—we cannot but acknowledge that the, he
/AP"
Magazine. f t_.slo
THE POWER OF KINDNESS —The existence ~°S.rss
love of kindness in the soul is nobly exhibited armor',
tale, the substance of which I obtained from es 01
title's translation of " A Residence among the i're was
the Great Desert." In the tribe of Nedgde tAberoift•
a mare of great reputation for beautY ge"l, r
ness, which a member of another tribe, named Dase-r: '
hemently desired to possess. Having failed toobtViab•
by offering all he was worth, he proceeded to effect •vg•
jest by stratagem. He disguised himself as a lae'e Ns'
gar, and waited by the side of a road, knowing tb.atoos
bee, the owner of the mare, would soon pass. Aes,:jtee
Nabee appeared, Daher cried in a feeble voice, to
poor stranger ; for three days I have been unnble *red
food ; help me, and God will reward you." Nabee
,c:ble to
to carry him home; but Daher said, " I sn, net -.ly
rise; I have not strength." Nabee then gener"le' 'errt°
mounted, brought his mare near, andhelped toed,bg set
_tlrie:aiveeloni pee
ho
1
mount her. The moment he was rnoun ji
touched her with his heel, and started, saYi"''
Daher, who have got her, and am carrying her oe.„obee
bee called upon him to stop, which Daher did d,
then said, " Thou bast my mare ; since it pleases lse('
wish thee success ; but I conjure thee tell noon-hoe",, e-
hest obtained her." " Why not?" said Daher. ,d: yoti,
cause some one really ill might remain without lee
net
would be the cause why no one would perform 9eerot
charity more, from the fear of being duped as I iv" ;weu
;
This discriminating kindness subdued Daher trai
diately dismounted, and returned the mare to 1%19-)1,-'
.0
when they parted, they parted sworn friends• arl;
shows forth the power of kindness in a beautiful av3ii", de'
and the delight with which the Arabs heard it: Tnf
monstrates that they can appreciate true eeneere,L,`t'jatil
.R.ev. G. W; Montgomery's Illustrations i"'
Kindness.
restie6i,
A PIG IN A. POKE: A SCOTCH STORY 13$Vh-0,1 tte'S
" Would you like to have a het crock in s)l►aid lit
night, mem ? " said a goodnetured cheteu'',iced
aid
our town to an English lady, who had lately
Scotland for the first time in her life. " whet; our be-1
the lady. " A pig.* mem : shall I put a pig iJ: orean;
to keep you warm ?" " Leave the room, Y0u"...-eer
Your mistress shall hear of your insolence." , bid he
fence, I hope, mem. It was my mitres th9'" 0 31';
ask ; and I'm sure she meant it in all kindges-
lady locked Grizzy in the face, and sew at a gllee;
no insult was intended ; but she was quite at a
to account for the proposal. She was aware tbei rbe''
children sleep with pigs on the earthen floc" °eating;
cabins ; but this was something far more •
es °
t° did:
Her curiosity was now roused, and she said for r 16d
tone, "Is it common in this country, my girl' 'e the-it
to have pigs in their beds?" " And gentlemen lingot f°if
too, mem, when the weather's eauld."
would not, surely, put the pig between the sheet',?, 1304
you please, mem ; itiwill do you flutist good tere. / eolor
tween the sheets !It would dirt 1 01' I<ele-
y t -tem. ~ e
never sleep with a pig between the sheets. e,ii eee
fear, mem ! You'll sleep far maim corufortable. 1,, "..13:
the mouth o't tightly, and tie it up in a pokes 0 0 P"'
you sleep with a pig yourself in celd weatlier r ben;
mem. Pigs are only for genths that lie on feati,i.eap! 9„,
I sleep on earyr,t with my neighbour-I res." "
you sleep with a calf between you ? " seid" the r 'risies
Sit
Dtt
lady. " No, mem ; you're jokin' nots;, said Girt
with a broad grin, " we lie on the
top o t e
Herald. pie ,
.‘ Pig," or crock," is a usual term in seotlaud fora ° d
crockery-ware, such as a brown bottle, washing or I)ss-
In this case the pig was merely to hold hot
+ Chaff.
ADVANTAGES OF NAVIGATION INSTITOTII4-iure
instruction of masters and mates is a prutelPairteeesecl thst:t
the navigation houses. But while I am etiV°"-ee
such institutions wt uld offer the safest 1.1 t
as we fsse bp
direct and available means of improving their Preedee ,j
character, it would be too much to expect airy o'c'iotr`;
success with the re esent \class of officers. Sone, ir
of time is required to bring the measure to a 9 ee.
It is rather to the rising generation of apprenticessot
Fpm
must look for proofs of its beneficial and perm
prefer tll° thij
ration. Tie shipowners would naturally 1°
had been educated at the navigation schools; ,4' n
rotti,
would produce a great effect. At present heallYrBe t 91c
tic
of preference exists, and the consequence let -,:iectoe
owners as concert, themselves at alt ahnot
qualifications of their officers go to the Greetiy`"°-.rk
tat School. It will not be out of place to 'resterne-e 11,111;,,
that in addition to the instruction, the Nac dco if
could be made instrumental in helphig Sor° bees, o
remedial measures which have been prejected it' tro';a
seamen. The masters of the schools would fc'erlle) forl9iic
link with the next generation, who will have uf-nd to tile
under their tuition. The additional room ettnelleigt:Jit
school-buildings could be used ' a 113 110"
as a Were, y ,be t
a lecture-room ;so that, if after all, it sheulu a 09,1,1
that the officers of the service are sci ntific enoagi' -01
and that what they chiefly want is an epportunq preseo
tivating their minds, the Navigation House wi ecitneel‘
that opportunity. Here might be deposited sf..onee
and roce'els of new inventions and °veil° e) rensbe
oisc tee t
with maritime affairs; and thus, perheps, thei.qt it '9, or
service would be saved from the reproech. t."` .o'roal
slowest to adopt advantageous improvernerq; 'Prr.er
which, long after they bad been stamped be "tee 'or
of the rest of the world, are entirely uriknowts tee
looked by its seamen, A museum also roiO3.iitie9 led°
for which there would be peculiarly ample fa
L,' qn9 eir'
cause the contributors would be sailors v esi it" -.lool' olc
of the globe. And it might net be ton much 10.00-brf
Ward to the time when a benefit society end *asaoesi'leee
would be established at each Nayigation 'louse.teo. „I.Plept
to the main object of the institution. Thu- it eseitil
ad
a centre to rest upon, for want of which reeelhe
p'ans for henefierieg the u-ofes:ion now fall to I she/
ahno.t as soon
as they are thought jj. ite
Naviga:ion Institutions. ther
SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S IRISH PitC":),gfel, Itrvrt
locale of the forty.two thoesand acrea. w"ce." the
lot of Sir Walter was the valleeT ee:eeel
Blackwater, extending from the to err of !..re Vic'P'r"J-
O. Liars-lye, both towns being inrluded ttte red-, the
w the progress of the Reto, ue•tio.
Yeugl-ial, minded a century before by the l'" i;
b ee suppre-sed, and its r.vertues t.equesterteg,
ate.-s!
warden's h,,use and grounds were bri.eeied sl,od 9
his own reeideece In the la ter ire ie
planted that root, liter ally and figura: eriY• .°„try °,,:<
bane or bt..ssintr, e potato ; ant the •ralite:woratt!,pread
a 4 Riven by Smith, the Cork le-torian, I.'ttr,rr theriYereet
"The person who planted them, itt.:;Knin'
which grows on the stalk wits the pia te beeetee e"sers,t,-,s
them, but not liking their taste, negivete. rr retr.'pro
ground beine dug afterwards to sow :woe et '00.4 113
potatoes were discovered therein, aed to the f4:roc;9,
of the platter vastly increased ; fr,tll Lthd.et,s drn,0311,;
country was furnished with seed." Colwe",re thsl.'eeo'el
lion of the plant is too well known to beretee--S,„,
ded to ; but a greater than Cobbett---"L'erter
mended festivals to commemorate Pe Pelf
these ogre
actually holden 'n • pars rlo
mans erea tre I,e
the autumn of last year. We may only reeeie 9, 0010
sant, that our Deutsche friends seem to f4te
confounded history ; for the bust of Sir Franc
was crowned with garlands, and rapturous firtf I..ireir,olwie
him as the discoverer of the poor man's bPer°e;'irrettO
believe the praise or blame of the matter l 4 ea. of osel"
to be asciibed to Raleigh and his colostig.?ie dilrjoree#o
How long Raleigh may have resided here,fils 'fee rei•
determine, but he seems to have made e* r"
the intervals, at least, of his stirring le scot opt
Mayor of Youghal in .1588, which implies
bee rees oerteo
dence at that season ; and in the next eenrat Sllefsr
Ireland, for.we find him then visiting their-, 00`) of .e$C
Kilcolman. Our records after these are te criers:sett r
tween. In 1592 he was far away, beiegag d 'TorP
Panama expedition against the Spaniards ; liznoetlltyg
year came his marriage with the lovely t the
one
,1
morton, and his subsequent reaiderice
the tercoe 000
court. With the succession of James !.,° Oa vet"
the blighting of all Raleigh's hopes. "e telege eve it°
Lord Cobham of having participated the, e subseettter
of Lady Arabella Stuart ; and throng htii,coorrePsto
of an easy jury was found guilty-, wl-tee 'being l'Eat't:ri‘'
the Tower followed instantly. In 1602, 00 Ey
sive of an attainder, he disposed of an
tedis fi(f of
Sir Richard Boyle, subsequently creaow or if t, S'
It has been contended—and with everY 0' 001 . nip
that the shrewd Boyle. who had advance.ts i,sce t Terve or
sagacity from very smell beginnings, renerrresebeeosilods
vantage of Raleigh's misfortunes, and civeis to bed )74°,06
this transaction ; for whatever allowance brocif.eve, t`
the relative value of the mom Y, fiftee.e. eerenSl roftel °1
was an inadequate price for property et' Et'
patent confirming the sale of the lands', ere t ere :ov
.eoe ees • 50
was made of the College of Y loot hoer'
Cork now establidird himself as owner it leij.tv
here Le'died in the month of SepteinbeTs.,d ofit po9jr
the steeled earl, in the tear 1670. disPl'io the
and deaiesne to the Heymen ; to
sion, we believe, the phice has coil tieuet
—Dublin Unite city Magazine.

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