The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-16 00:00:00

MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS TRANSMITTED.—M. Guisiain
mentions, amongst many other cases, the fact that a hen's
egg, sat upon by a magpie, was productive of a game-cock,
surpassing every other animal of the same kind. Pigeons of
a lofty flight, covered by heavy birds, were no longer able to
quit the earth ; an-1, vice versa', pullets produced from eggs
sat upon by pigeons, have been observed to fly higher, and
keep longer on the wings, than any other birds of their kind.

THE IRISH CHURCH IN CHARLES I.'S TIME.—The
Earl of Corkc swears that he was tenant to the Crown of a
rectory in Tipperary for 25 years ; that while in possession
Lord Strafford presented to said living one Arthur Gwynn,
" that had been his coachman's groom." The Earl of Corke
commenced proceedings, whereupon Lord Strafferd sent for
him and said, " Call in your writs, or if you will not, I will
clap you in the castle, for I tell you I will not have my orders
disputed by law nor lawyers."—Strafford's Trial, 1680.
DERIVATIONS.—Bourne, a place bound or enclosed from
the moors and downs; as Cranbourne, Winterbourne.—
Bye, a dwelling; as Grimsby, Hornsby, Rugby, Wetherby.
—Chippenham, Chipping. Norton ; that is, Market Norton.
—Coombe, a vale in the bosom of hills •, as Englishcombe,
Monktoncombe.—Ham, home.; hence, Hampton, Bucking-
ham, Fakenham ; hence, also, hamlet, a village of scattered
houses.—Stoke, a village; a sorry retreat ; a residence within
a village; it is often joined to another name, as Limpley-
stoke, Basingstoke, Chewstoke.—Pen, a hill, thel summit of
a hill, a promontory ; hence, Penrith in Cumberland, and
many highlands in Cornwall.

STATISTICS.—A paper read at the London Statistical
Society, on the condition of St. George's parish, has the fol-
lowing :—The newspapers read by the different families were
observed, and were as follows : The Times, read by 57
families ; Chronicle, 14 ; Morning Herald, 11 ; Morning
Post, 9 ; Morning Advertiser, 83 ; Weekly Dispatch, 283 ;
Sunday Times, 79 ; Bell's Life in London, 23 ; miscel-
laneous, 56; the Northern Star was read by one family. In
all there were 616 families reading newspapers, and 883 not
reading newspapers; 84 rooms possessed pictures of a serious
and religions nature ; 56 theatrical and amatory ; 768 mis-
cellaneous, and 1,266 rooms were without any ptctures.
QUIDDITIES,—Why is the Welsh language like the Mael-
strom? Because it is not easily sounded. " a rising
young man, and a capital prospect before me"—as Sinbad
the sailor said when he was lifted into the air by the eagle.
" I blush for you," as the rouge-pot said to the old dowager.
" I SHALL never be able to make this passage out," as Sir
John Ross said when he couldn't find his way to the North
Pole. " Messages carefully delivered," as the ear-trumpet
said to the old maid ; " please to remember the name and
address."—A disappointed play-wright has had the malice to
write over the door of the Dramatic Authors' Society—" Ici
on parle Francais." " With all thy faults I love thee still,"
as the alderman said to the decayed Chester. " Your good-
ness overpowers me," as the gentleman murmured to the
champagne, when he couldn't rise from his chair.—Punch.
THE EYE.—" He that bath one eye sees the better for it,"
is a quaint old quibble and a truism ; for if he had none, of
course he could not see at all; but the old original two
optics undoubtedly have the advantage—or, as mim, gover-
ness, pedagogue, or professor, must conscientiously acknow-
ledge, two pupils are better than one. People talk of the
worth of "a Jew's eye," as if Jews were all Cyclops, and
had the mental window stuck over their beautiful noses.
Now we must confess we never met a Jew with less than
two, and who knew how to use them too. It is not only a
curious hut a singular phrase in the language. Shakspeare
speaks of the " poet's eye in a fine phrensy rolling," and
poets frequently in their rhyming rhapsodies sing of " Lesbia
bath a beaming eye," Her fair blue eye, as if the object of
this adoration really possessed but one. Some one, speaking
of Garrick, vowed that he had an eye that could pierce a deal
board; which Wewitzer, the wit, declared must be a gimlet
eye.—Crowquill in Bentley's Miscellany.

SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS.—The day before yesterday
a person dropped down in an apoplectic fit, immediately in
front of the post of the municipal guard, opposite the Marche
des Innocens, and he was immediately carried into the
guard-house. In a minute after, a woman forced her way in
through the crowd gathered round the door, exclaiming " my
husband ! my poor husband ! Clear the way, and let in the
air." She then busied herself by taking off the man's cra-
vat, and performing other little offices about.his person till a
surgeon arrived and bled the patient, who gradually reco-
vered his senses. On this the officer of the guard observed
that it was a happy relief for his distressed wife as well as
himself. "My wife!" exclaimed the man, " why, lam a
bachelor." " She may be your mistress, then, for she wept
bitterly." On seeking for her, however, it was found that
she had disappeared, and with her the watch and purse of the
patient, which she had adroitly abstracted under the very
eyes of the guard.—Galignanes Messenger.

A LITERARY CURIOSITY.—A poetical friend of ours, says
tha Boston Transcript, has a paper-folder with the following
line from Gray marked on it :
"The ploughman homeward plods his weary way."
On looking at the quotation, it occurred to him that it might
be expressed in various ways, without destroying the rhyme
or altering the sense. In a short time he produced the fol-
lowing eleven different readings. We doubt whether another
line can be found, the words of which will admit of so many
transpositions, and still retain the original meaning :
The weary ploughman plods his homeward way.
The weary ploughman homeward plods his way.
The ploughman, weary, plods his homeward way.
The ploughman, weary, homeward plods his way,
Weary the ploughman plods his homeward way.
Weary the ploughman homeward plods his way.
Homeward the ploughman plods his weary way.
Homeward the weary ploughman plods his way.
Homeward the ploughman, weary, plods his way.
The homeward ploughman weary plods his way.
The homeward ploughman plods his weary way.

A PRESBYTERIAN'S OPINION OF THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND.—Thus much an attached Presbyterian may sin-
cerely and readil:say of the Church of England. It is a
noble and venerable hierarchy. Its foundations are laid deep
in the old feelings of the people. Its clergy, mingling the
accomplishments of the aristocracy with the condescension
of Christian pastors, rivet together the different ranks of
society, as with crossing bars of iron. Its bishops have ex-
hibited many of them the pomp of the prelate in beautiful
union with the spirit of Christ's meekest martyr. Its mas-
sive learning is the bulwark of Christianity. Its exquisite
Liturgy, second in divine composition only to Scripture itself,
ready at all times to supply the needs of the fainting soul,
and fitted, in its comprehensive devotions, aptly to embody
every different individual aapitatiull, title Chainor
prayer the hearts of its members, and the hearts of generation
after generations From its pulpits, no longer occupied by
slumbering watchmen, the true doctrines of the Cross are
proclaimed, as with the sound of a trumpet. The costliest
offerings for the cause of Christ are poured in generous pro-
fusion into its treasury. The zeal of the missionary, that
finest token of apostolic origin, has awoke within its bosom ;
and bishops are going forth, making of the crozier a pilgrim
staff, in order to proclaim amongst the Gentiles the good
tidings of salvation. Well might the members of any other
communion excuse the generous feeling which would awake
these words of Holy Writ, concerning her whom the best of
her sons have rejoiced to call their Mother Church of Eng-
land, " Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou ex-
cellest them all."—A Tract for the Times, adapted to the
position of both Churches. By William Penny, Advocate
of Edinburgh.
SELFISHNESS OF THE LEAGUERS.—The leaguers are a
selfish crew. Do I libel them ? Hear them speak. One
says, " I give £250 to the league, not to promote the interest
of justice, humanity, and religion, but lest I should lose all
the rest that I possess."—Another of these worthies, who
figures in Manchester amongst the very pious ones, declared,
" I came with the intention of giving only £lOO, but, as £250
and £3OO have been put down, I will be down for £3OO too."
Then comes the statement of the case, without any prevari-
cation. The three hundred pounder continues—" The ques-
tion for decision is, whether the aristocracy shall ride the
manufacturers down with their money, or whether the manu-
facturers shall ride the aristocracy down with theirs." So
that, on the showing of themselves, the question with the
leaguers is not one of RIGHT, but a mere contest for POWER
—a resolution on their part " to ride the aristocracy down
with their money," and thus overthrow the institutions of
England; for no one will be foolish enough to suppose
that the crown can outlive the aristocracy. Revolution,
then, being the goal of the leaguers, the selfish, but verypious
leaguer, adds, "For my own part, I will make the greatest
effort I can to save myself, and, if I die, I shall have a strug-
gle for it first." This smacks of physical force, as well as
money. Again, another bright example of a leaguer speaks
out still more boldly, openly declaring, " If the people of
Manchester only knew what it is their interest to do, they
have the power to repeal the corn law in spite of the House
of Commons." If this is not an excitement to rebellion,
pray, sir, what is ? The rebel continued—" It is nothing but
a matter of money ; and if the manufacturers have not money,
Ido not know who has." The impudence of this leaguer is
as striking as his treason.—Fleet Papers.

A WOODEN LEG AT COURT.—Iiis Majesty (George III.)
is in delightful health, and much improved spirits. All
agree he never looked better. The loyalty of all this place
is excessive ; they have dressed out every street with labels
of " God save the King ;" and all the shops have it over the
doors; all the children wear it in their caps, all the labourers
in their hats, and all the sailors in their voices, for they never
approach the house without shouting it aloud, nor see the
King, or his shadow, without beginning to huzza, and going
on to three cheers. The bathing-machines make it their
motto over all their windows; and those bathers that belong
to the royal dippers wear it in bandeaus on their bonnets, to
go into the sea, and have it again, in large letters round their
waists, to encounter the waves. Flannel dresses, tucked up,
and no shoes nor stockings, with bandeaus and girdles, have
a most singular appearance; and when first I surveyed these
loyal nymphs, it was with some difficulty I kept my features
in order. Nor is this all. Think but of the surprise of his
Majesty when, the first time of his bathing, he had no
sooner popped his royal head under water than a band of
music, concealed in a neighbouring machine, struck up " God
save great George our King." One thing, however, was a
little unlucky ; when the mayor and burgesses came with the
address, they requested leave to kiss hands. This was gra-
ciously accorded; but the mayor, advancing in a common
way, to take the Queen's hand, as he might that of any lady
mayoress, Colonel Gwynn, who stood by, whispered " You
must kneel, sir." He found, however, that he took no no-
tice of this hint, but kissed the Queen's hand erect. As he
passed him in his way back, the colonel said, " You should
have knelt, sir." " Sir," answered the poor mayor, " I
cannot." " Everybody does, sir." " Sir, I have a wooden
leg." Poor man ! 'twas such a surprise, and such an ex-
cuse as no one could dispute. But the absurdity of the
matter followed; all the rest did the same, taking the same
privilege by the example, without the same or any cause.—
Madame D'Arblay's Diary.

PROSPECT OF CHINESE DEMAND FOR BRITISH GOODS
—lt must be recollected, that, since the invention of ma-
chinery, goods that were formerly inaccessible, except to the
wealthier classes, are now open to the most humble. Two
hundred years ago, nankeen and similar articles were sold at
much lower prices in China than British cotton could possibly
be ; but this native manufacture can neither have greatly in-
creased or diminished in cost for centuries, depending merely
on the momentary price of labour, and years of scarcity or
plenty; whilst the march of science has enabled European
goods that formerly cost ten dollars in England, to be sold
at the present day for two on the coast of China. Mandarins
and people of wealth were necessarily then the only con-
sumers ; but now a new and numerous body, viz., the bulk
of the population, would become purchasers ; for it is evi-
dent, when they can possess themselves of an article similar
and superior to their own at a far cheaper rate, they will be
drawn into the market, while their energies must be turned
eioths into some other channel of employment to obtain subsistence
and the means of purchasing. Teas, raw and manufactured
silks, would,in all probability, be shipped in exchange from
the
Chekiang, Fokian, and Keangnan coast for woollens and
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poorer class of consumers in England. Some of us, who had
a ready mart w. tin„ the northern provinces, saw what
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should the mandarins find out, as they no doubt
would, that
a profit to he obtained by a monopoly of the trade, perhaps
at last their own interest will lead them in reality to encourage
what hitherto they have blindly driven away.—Lora Jocelyn'a
Six Months with the Chinese Expedition.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.—One of the sufferers, Mrs. Bye, by the accident
which occurred, on the 7th inst., on this railway, is since
dead. Mr. Tomlin is now likely to recover though he con-
inued for several days in a most precarious state. The other
two persons are doing well.
4.. ANOTHER SIGN OF THE TlMES.—Speaking with an ac-
quaintance, a pawnbroker, on the long-continued and deep
distress which prevails throughont this district, he invited us
to an inspection of his returns of pledges taken by him, and
we found, that in the years 1833 and 1134 he was days with
out taking in one pledge ; while in the years 1840 and 1841
the number averaged for every day in those years 125 per
day, or 3,750 for each month.—Bolton Free Press.
MESMERIC OPERATION.—In addition to this extraordi-
nary feat in surgery (Mr. Ward's), we have to add that an
operation took place in this parish on the 19th of August,
when a medical gentleman, to cure a contraction in the knee-
joint, put a female in a mesmeric trance, and while she was
in that state divided the hamstring muscles without her being
conscious of the circumstance; and we are.happy to add that
the individual now walks with facility.—Hampshire Tele-
graph.

LAuN en AT POOLE.—On Saturday last a very fine barque
of 400 tons burthen, was launched from the building
yard of Richard Pinney, Esq., on the Hamworthy side of
the harbour. The vessel, which was named the Great
Britain is of handsome form and symmetrical proportions,
and she slipped off the stocks in graceful style amidsst the
plaudits of a great concourse of spectators. She is designed
for the Canada timber trade.—Dorset paper.