The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

ms, contains

hedby
eight beautifully engraved.plates, chiefly illustrative
scenes. This elegant reprint of the works of the

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par excellence, and of his cor-
respondence, together with the invaluable biogra-
phy by Southey, is at once a cheap and delightful
addition to the library of the middle and upper
classes, while the convenient form of its serial issue
brings it readily within reach of those of only

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Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire..
Proceedings and Papers ; Session TTI. Liver-
pool: Printed under direction of the Council,
for the use of the Members.
glance at this record of the proceedings of the

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ion and

papers contained in it, all of which

been read at the various meetings of the
y, are devoted to a variety of subjects less or
intimately connected with the county and the

oorougn, ana are aaaptea to tnro
tory of the district, and to afford ready means to- the
general historian in elucidating points of difficulty,
or unravelling doubtful facts. Viewed in reference

light on

iffice, the labours of the society are
well directed, and, as their results show, they are
worthy of high commendation.

Fraser's Magazine for Town, and Country. Lou.

don- : John- W. Parker & Son

The October number of this excellent periodical
has many claims on public attention, derived from
the merits of the contributions which enrich its
pages. Its miscellaneous contents are character-

zed by vigorous

and me

ent thought

In the political department, its papers are marked
by sound principles and cogent reasoning ; while
the lighter articles are smart as well as savoury.
Among several papers of a serious character, the
one which closes the number, " The Russian
Army second paper," is peculiarly seasonable
at the present juncture. As is implied in its title,
it is supplementary, to one which appeared in the
August number of the same periodical. It con-
tains a numerical exposition of the Russian military
strength, and proves by the aid of arithmetical
figures that the aggressive power of Russia is
greatly inferior to the position which of late years
s been customary to assign to it. Every day's
ence tends to confirm the truth of the views
exhibited by the writer in Frazer, whose argu-
ments, forcible and conclusive though they are, are
so dependant on details of enumeration as to unfit
them, in a great degree, for popular extract, yet,
they are well deserving of careful and minute
study.

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The Dublin University Magazine. Dublin : James

MC.GlasLan.

The October number of the Dublin is par-
ticularly strong in those delightful snatches of
poetry mixed up with gleams and radiant masses
of poetical prose which have long constituted a
leading as well as a charming feature of its contents.
Conspicuous among those intellectual feasts may be
mentioned " Gleanings in Corn Fields," and " Our
Harvest Home." The latter is a peculiarly rich
bouquet, embracing specimens of, and clever stric-
tures on, several of the budding and blossoming
poets of the day on both sides of the Atlantic. In
sound literary taste and critical acumen, combined
with interesting original matter, the Dublin holds
vigorously on in the intellectual position it has so
long and so honourably maintained.

Hogg's Instructor. Edinburgh : James Hogg.
This people's periodical continues to court and
to deserve popular favour. Its contents are varied
and generally pleasing as well as instructive. In
the number for October, a querulous observer, or
inimical critic might take exception to the pre-
dominancy of didactic lore with which its pages
are furnished, if not crowded; still there is abund-
ance of light and racy variety to sustain its repu-
tation as a popular serial.

The Statist, a Magazine of Statistical and Ac-
tuarial Information. London : C. Mitchell.

This is not only a new periodical ; but it is fur-
thermore one devoted to the culture of a science,
almost entirely new in its arrangements, at least
in. this country. It aims at communicating authen-
tic intelligence relative, in an especial degree, to
vital statistics, and those social phenomena which
fall more immediately under consideration of the
actuary, although it does not confine itself particu-
larly to those objects. So far as can be judged by
the first number, the objects sought seem to be ju-
diciously followed out.

lOL was first invented and used to stain the cheeks
tidies of Arabia, 95() years ago. It still reddens
Oho hrirmin r,

TON says that it makes no difference to
Li) or dear, as she always has to pay the
[l.a-crown's worth
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ire he was " himself again ?"
vill for the deed" discovers

a poor excnange.
.--The Boston Bee says, a man can get
Ldvertising, so can a waggon without

grease—but it goes bard.
RICHES cannot purchase worthy endowments ; they
make us neither more wise nor more healthy. None but
intellectual possessions are what we call our

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AND OtNtRAL COMMERCIAL ADIIVR,TTSER.

French Embassy, George Stewart, Vrife, and children,
Amelo, a coloured girl, and Mary the stewardess, Miss
Jones, Mr. Petrio and lady, Steward Hollis, Washington,
ditto, J. Cook, Opelousas, La., with many more. A Mr.
Comstock, brother to the commander of the Baltic, was
drowned by the capsising of a boat, while being lowered.
The above particulars were furnished by G. H. Burns, of
Adams and Co's Express, Philadelphia, who says he had
Government dispatches from France and England, re-
ceived from Mr. Buchanan, which he could not save.
There is a doubtful report that Mr. David Cannon is
among the saved?'
The boilers of the lake steamer E. K. Collins had ex-
ploded, killing 23 persons.
The Indiana Free Banks' paper had been refused.
The democrats had been successful in the California
state elections. Nearly $2,000,000 in specie had been
shipped from San Francisco in two steamers. The British
and American ships-of-was' Amphitrite and Armitise
were cruising off San Francisco Heads. They had over-
hauled several ships, and the Amphitrite fired into a
Dutch vessel to bring her to. The' British barque Amelia,
Thompson, had stranded in St. Sias. lon's Bay.
On the Ist October everything was quiet at San Juan.
In the interior, Chomorro still held his position in the
Plaza of Grenada, and had taken the three• schooners on
the lake constituting Costollon's fleet.