The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-11 00:00:00

JULY.

2d.—A letter exploded aitle Post-office—a proof of its
being in a great hurry to go off.
3d.—Attempt of the varlet Bean on the life of her Majesty.
It appeared that the little deformity was given to sentiment,
and that the hump on his back weighed heavily on his mind.
;lb.—Mr. Hume moved for a return of the actual services
of all flag officers, which was refused from a fear that many
of them would turn out to he much below the standard. He
was denied similar information respecting general officers,
since so many of them had not done any thing particular,
and had never been in any action except as defendants.
10th.—M. Claudet, the patentee of the Daguerreotype,
undertook to do likenesses, on a first attempt, in less than a
second.

13th.—Mr. Hume complained that at the British Museum
no children are admitted under eight; and he declared that
juvenile capacity for instruction was much under-eighted.
The same hon. member censured the locality and the
expense of the new houses of Parliament, objecting to the
site of the building, and the sight of money required for
completing it.

AUGUST.
ISt—Miss A Kemble married to a count, and will, it is to
be hoped, find her account in the step taken.
'Tis a pity Miss Kemble retires so soon,
When money she makes to so pretty a tune.
sth.—Prince Albert shot 96 rabbits in the royal preserves.
The animals, anxious for the honour of seeing the Prince,
fell the unhappy victims of a too fatal curiosity.
6th.—A gentleman having received a newspaper sealed
with the motto " Time flies," was charged full postage on
account of the " information" contained on the wrapper.
llth.—Gooseberries, apples, and pears selling for a mere
nothing in Covent-garden market, being, as the growers
declared, the fruits of the tariff.

25th.L-Trial of the vagabond Bean, who was found to be
one of a very inferior kidney.

SEPTEMBER.
Ist.—The Queen landed at Edinburgh—the tide having
risen before the Provost was out of bed.
2d.—A return presented to Parliament of the condition of
the inmates of Greenwich Hospital, when it was found that
there were 36 pensioners who had only the right leg left.
3d.—Covent-garden Theatre was advertised to open, but
Miss Adelaide Kemble was too hoarse to sing ; and though
her father had so much at stake in the theatre, it was found
that his daughter had no voice at all in it.
6th.—Mr. Carter bitten severely in the thumb by one of
his lions. The animal was recently purchased, and not used
to his master, who was trying a few tricks to get his hand in.
12th.—An investigation into the Dover cropping case.
The jailor, finding he was not to cut the hair of the prisoners,
cut his own stick, and resigned his situation.
21st.—A calculation made shelvesthatthe p
of the
of what
King's
library at Paris extend to twenty miles—a
extraordinary lengths some writers will go to.
OCTOBER.
ISt.-It was generally suggested that banking-houses should
close at four, because the system of shutting at five (after
which hour there is still much to be done) has the effect of
driving their business very often to sixes and sevens.
10th.—News arrived of Akhbar Khan being prepared to
treat ; but from such a Khan nothing can be expected but
half-and-half measures.
12th.—Miss Briers and Mary Ann Morgan brought to
Union Hall on a charge of having conspired to lead Mr.
Woolley into another union against his will. Mr. Woolley,
though evidently on thorns, and regularly caught by the
Briers, declared his intention not to prosecute ; he, however,
commenced a suit for a divorce against Mary, in reference to
whom he refused to be Molly•fied.

NATIONAL. CITARACTERISTIcs.—The following stories—
we forgot where picked up—are not bad illustrations (so far
as they go) of the national characteristics of the three king-
doms of our union. Every year these characteristic dis-
tinctions are becoming less and less remarked as respects the
more active minded and intelligent ; but yet they remain
palpable enough among certain classes, and probably may not
entirely wear out for many a long year to come.--I. In a
crowd two young women were frightened, and not knowing
what they did, save that they sought protection, rushed into
the arms of two men who were nearest them. The first, an
Irishman, clasped his refugee in his arms, and embraced her
cordially. The second, who was an Englishman, instantly
clapped his hands on his pockets to secure their contents.
11. An Irishman and a Scotchman, walking together in the
street, descried behind the counter in a milliner's shop a
young woman of singularly attractive appearance. The
Irishman proposed to go in and buy a watch ribbon, in order
to have a nearer view of the pretty milliner : the Scotchman
said, " Hoot awa, man, let us just gang in and ask twa six-
pences for a shillin'." 111. An Irish and Scotch regiment
advanced together to charge the enemy with the bayonet.
The Irish flung away their knapsacks and dashed away pell
mell, shouting like wild Indians as they rushed upon the foe.
The Scots quickly and steadily followed on, but as they passed
picked up the knapsacks which the Irish flung away, and
fought unflinchingly, while they carried the Irishmen's knap-
sacks and their own too.—Dumfries Courier.

OUSES IN PA RIS.—I much wish some of our great build-
ing speculators who rear those transparent mansions fronted
with Roman cement and plate-glass, in Pimlico and Hyde-
park gardens, would make the trial of the French style of
private mansions. I cannot but think that there are hun-
dreds of wealthy farmers in London who really seek, as well
as talk about, seclusion from vulgar contact, who would be
found to inhabit them. It would test the sincerity of those
who are ever talking about their "sets," and such hollow-
hearted, hypocritica exclusiveness. Park-lane, Arlington-
street, and St. James's-place, are almost the only parts of
London where the stare of the multitude does not rest upon
every action in life. The streets in which some of the best
houses in PariS lie are the darkest and dirtiest within the
barriers. They are no better than Thames-street, and that
horrid family of streets whose patronymics are Milk-street,
Bassinghall-street, &c.; but what of that ? Once within the
great folding doors and porter's lodge, a bright world bursts
on you ; a spacious airy court and garden, within lofty walls,
over which no neighbour's eye can look, nor need you know
of your contiguity to any street, from one year's end to
another. The rooms on the ground floor fronting these
streets are either used as shops or warehouses, raised on
either side of the gateway, having entrances from the street,
and no communication with the residence within the court.
In several streets, such as the rue de l' liniversito, the ville
Eveque, and similar ones, high blank walls, only pierced on
the ground floor with windows for the porter's lodge, line
each side of the street. There are no areas for butler's amours
and ladies' maids gossipping groups ; no fat hall-porters bask
in the sun after a dose in the leathern hall-chair by the fire,
like drones at the entrance of a hive, nor any more servants
kept than are requisite for a servant's duties. Did a family
keep such supernumeraries for display, the attempt would be
fruitless, for no neighbour would notice them, and to main-
tain a character for sense, and to avoid:contempt, they must
cease to be ostentatious.—From the
_Paris Estafette, by
Francis Lloyd.
THE ARABS OF ALGERIA.—We find the following in a
letter from Algiers. It is intended to show the difficulty of
bringing such a people as the Arabs under permanent sub-
jection :—" Our religion preaches toleration, equality, and
pardon of injuries—theirs exalts that of Mahomet, and con-
siders every one who dissents from it as a mere dog—it pre-
scribes vengeance, and sanctions the abuse of superior power.
The few virtues the Arabs can boast or have their origin in
ostentation, for as soon as the necessity for any display of
false generosity or dignified conduct has passed, they return
to their incorrigibly ferocious habits of murder, robbery, and
fanaticism. To judge of them by appearances, at times they
may be believed to be kind and compassionate, but, on deeper
examination, it will soon be found that all these signs of
goodness and benevolence arc merely hypocritical stimula-
tions, adopted from their religion and habits. When a death
happens, and you see them strike their heads in despair, and
utter agonizing cries of grief—when the women shriek, bruise
their bosoms with their fists, and tear their flesh with their
nails, do not imagine that all this arises from their regret at
the loss of the deceased, or their respect for his character—
no, it is merely an observance of custom. Signs of mourn-
ing must be shown, they say, because a man must not die like
a dog, and leave no regret behind. But when once under the
earth, they think no more whatever of him than if he had
never existed. During these later years there have occurred
at Algiers, and in its environs, numerous accidents from
pulling clown old buildings and in other works, arid in many
cases five and six Arabs and other natives have been buried
together under the fallen ruins, and yet I have never in a
single instance seen the Arabs make the slightest effort to
save the victims, even though they were their own parents
or children. To complete this picture 1 add the following in-
cident :—ln 1839, about 20 Arabs from the environs came
into the town to a festival. On their way back, when oppo.
site the magazine for forage, one of them fell under a cart
heavily laden, the wheels going over both his legs, crushing
the bones from the knees to the ancles. The pain the poor
creature suffered was excruciating. He implored the com-
passion of his companions in the most piteous terms, ad-
juring them by their holy religion and all they held the most
dear and sacred, that they would place him on some convey-
ance and conduct him home. Instead, however, of doing
this, they merely uttered the few words of the Koran God
is great,' and walked away without showing even the slight-
est commiseration.—Galignani's Messenger.