The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

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QUESTION POE THE CANINE FANCY.—As dogs of
draught are now illegal, will it be lawful for a dog to draw
a badger ?—Punch.
THB LiQuou in the lower shell of an oyster, if viewed
through a microscope, will be found to contain multitudes
of small oysters, covered with shells and swimming nimbly
about, 120 of which extend about one inch ! Besides
these young oysters, the liquor contains a variety of
animalcules.

THE Two Mu. MITHEWSES.—The following anecdote
illustrates the reputation of Mr. Charles Mathews, whose
progress through the Bankruptcy Court has lately attracted
attention :—Frank Mathews was in the habit of having
every evening a pint of porter from a neighbouring " pub-
lic." On one occasion Charles Mathews met the pot-boy
on the stair, and inquired " who the beer was for." The
boy replied, " for Mr. Mathews." On which Charles re-
plied, "I'm going to Mr. Mathews, and I'll carry it to
him." So, knocking at the door, and imitating the boy's
voice, he said, " Here's your beer, sir." Frank knowing
Charles's voice, notwithstanding the disguised tone, re-
plied, " Put it down." The rejoinder was, "My master
told me not to leave the beer without the money." " Oh,
in that case," replied Frank, " it's not for me, but for the
other Mr. Mathews."

Fox AND PIT.—Mr. Pitt's first speech, brilliant and
wonderful as it was, was scarcely more remarkable than
the warmth and generosity with which Mr. Fox greeted
the appearance and extolled the performance of his future
rival. Incapable of jealousy, and delighted at the sudden
display of talents nearly equal to his own, he hurried up
to the young member to compliment and encourage him.
As he was doing so, an old member of the house (I think
a General Grant) passed by them and said, "Aye, Mr. Fox,
you are praising young Pitt for his speech. You may well
do so ; for, excepting yourself, there's no man in the house
can make such another, and, old as I am, I expect and
hope to hear you both battling it within these walls as I
have done your fathers before you." Mr. Fox, disconcerted
at the awkward turn of the compliment, was silent and
looked foolish • but young Pitt, with great delicacy,
readiness, and felicity of expression, answered, " I have no
doubt, General, you would like to attain the age of
Methusaleh."—Memoir of Charles James Fox.
COOKERY EXTRAORDINART.—A man named Tarderon,
employed in a small and cheap restaurant, called " The
French Calf," kept by a female named Baptiste, com-
plained on Saturday to the Tribunal of Correctional
Police at Paris, that a man named Batavieux had given
him a tremendous thrashing. I admit having beaten
him," said Batavieux, " but ask him why ?" " Why ?—Oh,
because I was giving a good appearance to the soup t"
" Ah, just so. And now gentlemen," said Batavieux,
"let me explain the matter. I can't conscientiously say
that the provisions of Madame Baptiste are gocxl; on the
contrary, they are abominably bad, especially the soup,
which is made of old bones, old dominoes, and other
equally nourishing things. Well, one day when I went
to dine, I was kept waiting longer than usual for my
soup. So I went into the kitchen to see what was the mat-
ter. And what did I see ? Why, M. Tarderon, with his
mouth full of oil, standing above the soup pot, and spirt-
ing the oil into the soup by tapping on his cheeks—so as
to give the soup the oily appearance of having been made
of good meat. That was it, gentlemen. You will under-
stand that on seeing how my soup was being prepared, I
became indignant, and gave the man a kick or two, and a
blow or two in the face—in short, a good drubbing :"
" Can you think," cried the complainant, " that when we
only charge you two sous for a basin of soup, we can make
the soup of good meat ?" The tribunal thinking, however,
that M. Tarderon's system of soup-making was well cal-
culated to be displeasing to M. Batavieux, only condemned
the latter to 16f. fine. In the course of the proceedings,
the carte of widow Baptiste's restaurant was produced.
It is as follows :—" A plate of meat or fish 15c., half a
plate of ditto 10c., plate of vegetables 10c.. half a plate Sc.,
soup 10c. N.B. For 5 centimes extra, customers will be
allowed to sit in a room which commands a view of the
street."—Galignani.
THE EMPEROR or Rrssie has carried on war with the
Circassians uninterruptedly for twenty-eight years, at an
annual cost of 20,000 lives on the Russian side alone ;
making a grand total of nearly 600,000 Russians who have
perished in attempting to subdue the independence of
Circassia. In the two campaigns against Persia, as in the
Hungarian campaign and the two Polish campaigns of
1831-32, there are not sufficient data to enable me to form
a correct estimate of the Russian loss, which was, however,
in the Persian and Polish wars, enormous. In the two
campaigns against Turkey, of 1828-'29, 300,000 fell ; of
whom, however, 60,000 perished by the plague. The loss
of the Russians, in various ways, since the entry of the
Danubian Principalities, is understated at 30,000. In
these calculations, it should be borne in mind that no
estimate is attempted to be made of the sacrifice of human
life on the side of those who fought for their liberties
against the aggressions of Russia. If this calculation
were attempted, it is probable that the result would prove
that neither Julius Cmsar nor Alexander, nor even Tamer-
lane, had been a greater scourge to the human race than
the present Emperor Nicholas,—Dr, R. Lee,