The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-15 00:00:00

Angst 15.1848

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the Land we Live in. Parts 12 and 13. London :
Charles Kniht.
This illustrated Sketch Book of the British Empire is
catried on with Mr. Knight's usual spirit, and cannot fail
_t° become a favourite with the public. The
'_11", we think, about the best that have vet
.„nether we view the literary or the illustrated department.
ran 12 is devoted to Bristol—its docks, its manufactures,
com
part 13 I,„ic' merce, of which it gives a vivid descrint;-
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VARIETIES

b abitantOERIAAN 111Atter' OF INTELLECT
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CURIOUS ADVANTAu
aPPears in a Dublin paper:-- s.
pe,TY.Painter, who is in the habit of travelling to all
coo:l...l:new' the country in prosecution of his business, will
noicate with his brother Henry Headen, at 48,
trif i h,llee, Dublin, it will be for his advantage, as his
e s dead,
Asr
a„toINDIGNANT IRlSHMAN.—lrishmen !
it ited ?asks in what way he has insulted us
su
Hasn't he exempted us from income-tax,
as
tocarriage-tax, and servant-tax ? Isn't that as
sodtell us that we have no incomes, windies, carriagt
,Joniestic menials to bless ourselves ? Isn't it tratin
1„_"!th scorn and contempt, and castin a slur on the re-
lic:lability and opulence of our illigant nation ?—Punch.
tametbAST OF THE FEMALE BRICKLAYERS.—The New-
of fe_Jousna/ thus records the death of the last of a race
as a'uale labourers who some years ago, more especially,
"in the war time," were very common
'So ,t9wris of e, Shields, and Sunderland:—
, oNn ewcastlthe 3d instant, Mrs. Elizabeth John-
bei,.'hle last of the female bricklayers' labourers in this
f. "rb°°(l she had followed her laborious occupa-
Hr Years, and was latterly in the employment of
t„rt Rutledge, builder."
ETGOD OF SILVERING GLASS.—By this pro-
F, th ale
invention of a Mr. Drayton, flat plates of glass
e rendered more clear and colourless than by the old
ProCess of tin and mercury. The silvering wafter, which
CollSists of silver held in solution in nitric acid, and mixed
With oil of cloves or cassia, is poured upon the back of the
Plate, and the silver, being precipitated, adheres firmly to
th, e glass—so firmly, indeed, that it requires considerable
'arse, or the use of powerful acids to remove it. The
Plate thus silvered is exceedingly brilliant. The time
eraPloved is less than a fourth of that occupied by the old
41►ethod, the process is not more expensive, is certain in
its effects, and is attended with none of those terrible
Narnities by which the lives of those who are employed
II; all operations in which mercury is used are shortened.
fhe invention can, moreover, be applied to glass of all
2ins, so that cups, bowls, vases, no matter how full of
nifications or angles or circular bosses they may be,
he be be silvered on the inside, and by being so silvered
The Y externally resemble cups, &c., of polished metal.
silvering being hard and tenacious, the cups can be
7.'ld with water without danger of its removal, and used
w hold flowers.
LRUSSIAN FOUNDLING ASYLUM.—The card (playing
rd, the Russians are inveterate gamblers) manufactory
a greserved privile e to itself by the government, and the
eed
foundling re devoted to the maintenance of the colossal
asylum—l say colossal, not because of its extent
ealpfh,,however, would justify the
.appellation,) but be-
they the number of children registered on its books ;
must
amount, I am informed, to 15,000. These, you
the
understand, are not foundlings in the real sense of
the term, but children (many of them illegitimate) placed
ere, either by the poverty of their parents, or their dis-
helination to rear them. A rapid increase of population
__almost essential in Russia, not only on account of the
teat waste of human life, but from the thinly-peopled
to ~,!ee of the country thus, while an asylum is offered
i_Ptidiation of
oe helpless a door is opened to immorality and to the
'the most sacred of parental duties. The
disposal
claims, in return for this privilege, the absolute
ZPosal of
Zile the the unfortunate beings thus thrown friendless
world. What a revolting picture ! A national
of (gambling) is made subservient to the maintenance
Thi4 charitable institution ; which in its turn offers ea
pre-
theirn to profligacy, and to the unnatural abandonment of
13 ••1 offspring by parents.—Life in Russia.
1" OF A TRADESMAN.—What is the daily life of a
,irietish tradesman ? In a political and moral point of
tiow' it tradesman
no doubt, entitled to the highest commends-
It it is a pattern of industry, punctuality, and good
We "eh But if we contemplate it under its sanitary aspect,
Whataiti ,fisid that it deserves more censure than praise.
ness ,ts Pis daily life ? He rises early, and begins busi-
shinienajeoat o'Clock, having opened his shop before the
his customers have opened their eyes. At nine
esq -,„-aatY breakfast, and immediately returns to bu-
m:veil' nY business he is engrossed till two, when he
ows a beefsteak, and returns again to business. At
he withdraws from business for a brief interval to tea,
, hen having gulped down some cups of souchong, he re-
-srnss again to business. He continues immersed in bu-
BZine s till eight or nine, when he begins to think that
usiness may yield the place to relaxation or amusement.
Does
is the nature of this relaxation or amusement ?
lioes he brace his nerves, reanimate his spirits, or circu-
late his blood by any gymnastic exercise, any invigorating
ime ? Nothing of the kind. If fond of literature or po-
litics, he retires to read the last review, or study the lead-
lig article in the Times. If he be convivial, he strives
anxiety,
a few boon companions to relieve the pressure of
-,PtietY, and escape the persecutions of care. If he be
„,..-olliestic, he seeks on the household hearth the solace of
wnversation and repose. Heaven forbid that I should
atte
nipt to decry the pleasures derived from society, from
°lne, from intellectual employment.—Lord Dalmeny's
.4(ldress to the Middle Classes on Gymnastic Exercises.
,TRE MORALS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.—While the
-".°Y, in point of morals, has stood stationary, we think,
:421d. others we believe are of the same opinion, that the
Hutton at large has gone decidedly forward. That we are
11 far behind the state to which the high standard held
'IP to us for emulation by the Gospel points, cannot, in-
need, be denied The growth of population, the increase
131:0,„,tra_ de, the vicissitudes
attendant thereon, and an im-
te'4;se extent of pauperism, lead unavoidably to discon-
ti:,;aod crime. And the inability both of the church and
th: school to keep pace with the necessities which call for
,ko",,T,..operates as a heay drawback on the social and
,oral improvement of they people. Nevertheless, in times
idiet4nParative prosperity—when the mill does not stand
ez,c, nor the loom lie neglected—when we have good
eatps and fair weather, and brisk markets and plenty to
En ait would be a libel upon the age to deny that
°t end, take her for all in all, is not only the most moral
more"t°Pean nations, but that she is by many degrees
thi, Moral than she used to be a century ago. Admitting,
that the facts to be as we have stated them, and assuming
ficob,,-;ue great body of the people is in the main habitually
iq the and well-disposed, while the standard of morality
tnd e army is lamentably low, it cannot surprise us to
that the sentiment with which both officers and sol-
AP are regarded here in England is not one of respect.
pt 4 4tion we deprecate war, and doggedly believe in its
to ,abilitY. We hate taxes ; we look with a jealous eye
tne,',_erY item in the yearly budget; we see in this docu-
kill.' Propositions regularly made for expending so many
Silt 'inns upon the military machine ; and we conclude,
kip too hastily, that because the sole use to which the.
badier's Pay is turned seems to be the ministering to his
)31,13assions, and the spread of vice by his profligate ex-
io,Faides that, therefore, so long as an enemy is not actually
Sold; Ing our shores, nor we opposing him in his own, the
greatly himself is a mere nuisance. But in this we
err- The soldier is not a mere nuisance, even in
tioq;n, of profound peace. He is evidence to other na-
iat You are prepared to resent wrongs, if they be
the ried to you from abroad ; he is the best supporter of
sea tat , and of such as administer the law, should its
cosig4tY be threatened at home. He is well worth his
a provided he be trained to do his duty ; not merely as
alliatutiog man, but as a public servant likewise. The
hot 4 question, therefore, for us to ask is, whether or
and ".e military body is such LS we could wish it to be ?
disci:ll,th all possible respect for the courage and parade
avow 'Re for which it is renowned, we are constrained to
bf,oor conviction that it is not.—Frazer's Magazine.
I''itOSMANDEGENERATE?—Many persons unacquainted
these the powerful influence of exercise, will attribute
appWonderful exploits of our ancestors to some innate
costillnrity of the ancient over the modern nations. Ac-
dilating to them, the physical powers of man have gra-
astis declined. Having thus settled to their own entire
eolitieetion, that man is doomed by the fiat of fate to a
their risible
degeneracy, and having thus made Providence
their nsible for that inferiority, which is the offspring of
they r°r° sloth, they quietly resign themselves to what
le,gallrd as their inevitable destiny, or ensure its fulfil-
he de"Y a life of sensuality and inaction. This notion of
ter„titrla Buteraof man is an inveterate ad antivated s-
st„l,n though superannuated and worn out, u
it
gin in "Xoornly retains a decrepit vitality. It had its ori-
Period;ue earliest and will, probably, survive to the latest
di
sPlay of tne world. Men have displayed,' and ever will
;rid di; a strange delight in exalting. their predecessors,
,ashioo parading their contemporaries. Homer. set the
' was adopted by his successors, is continued by
(le v• 'es and will be perpetuated by our posterity. But
thYsilosins of poets are no ground for the conclusions of
leY is :g!sts- This idea of a continual physical degene-

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. - delus,l;icripp-o-r-t-e-d-by no evtdence and
,blertZted bY no facts. It belongs to the region.of chi-
dez-9(1 dreams. There is a degeneracy of habits, but
large 'elleracY of Nature. That the artificial habits. of as
ttlay 131313rtion of mankind may have enervated their frame
ben ttuc; but the capabilities of the human
tarliers-kilflly trained are equal to what they wfre in _
mater ages of society Englishmen are horn with all. the
~"ve -,a48 of activity and. strength possessed by the prim!-
`assels-""• have seen a few specimens of ancient
,%xiat,'„aad these were so narrow, that but few of my
Jere, y could wear them. The Greeks and Romans
9erti 'usPect, smaller men than the inhabitants of nor-
ut,s tecuntries. Their historians make constant allui
there the' gigantic size of the Tuetonic nations. Ye
tat ttd fis 9° ['round for concluding that we have degene-
-4N 'PM the stature and bulk of our forefathers. At
ql.eezglinton's tournament, scarcely a knight could
kNrioua himself into the corslets of the middle ages.
Samuel
theyriesk e_xi?eriment was made by the
.late Sir
a
en worid.wnoT possessed the finest. collection of armour i
Elefe • 411 his gallery hung sixty complete suits, once
%re Bu nsive arms of that heroic chivalry, of whom we
die a Itsed to be the dwarfish and degenerate descfn-
oa4tl: of his guest?, English.men of average size,
lare i whole sixty in succession, and encountered
tete in each case. The chests and shoulders of the ef-
pkopderns were found too brawny and broad for the
)' of ancestors.—Dalmeny on GYOMailiet*