The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES,

The third reading of the Public Revenue and Conso-
lidated Fund Charges Bill was. then moved.

Mr. V. SCULLY, at considerable length, drew attention
to a certain class of :officers:who ought, he considered, to
be exempt from the operations of the bill, though included
in its schedules. He described the intention of the pro-
posers of the bill to be, that the officers of the various
Irish establishments should be under the thumb of the
Treasury, and protested against the salaries of such officers
being removed from the Consolidated Fund.
M 7. WlLLums briefly replied to Mr. Scully, and 'ap-
pealed to him to withdraw the amendment of whio.l he
had given notice.
Lord J. RUSSELL considered that, if it were intended
to reverse the decision of the house respecting Maynooth
grants, it ought to be by a bill for that purr:,ose.
Mr. SPOONER defended the course beladvill wastaken readand
announced his
a.third time, iutention to persevere,

COCHIN " DELICIOUS" MORSEL.—A gen-
tleman of Southwick, a short time ago, happening to meet
a friend who was bound for the metropolis, requested him
to purchase a couple of " real Cochin China" fowls for
him, as he had heard they were such fine birds. Hie
wish was complied with, and a couple were carefully
transmitted and safely received. On returning from Lon-
don his friend called to inquire " how he liked the fowls."
"Oh !" was the response, " they are delicious : do you
know that my wife and I had one cooked yesterday, and
it was really as much as we could manage ? It was quite
a treat ! The other is killed, and will be dressed for
dinner to-day !" " Quite a treat !" replied his astounded
friend—" quite a treat." Why, my dear Sir, I paid eighteen
guineas for these two Cochins, and naturally concluded
you were aware that they were sold for breeding only I"
Whether the second " Cochin" was as " delicious" as the
first when it made its appearance on " the China," the
record sheweth not !

AN AMUSING MISTAKE.—A gentleman of Douat was
going out in his carriage to make some calls with his wife,
when he discovered that he had left his visiting cards.
He ordered his footman, recently come into his service, to
go to the mantlepiece in his sitting-room and bring the
cards he should see there. The servant did as he was
ordered, retained the articles to be used as he was directed,
and off started the gentleman, sending in the footman
with cards wherever the "not at home" occurred. As
thes?, were very numerous, he turned to his servant with
the question:— 'How many cards have you left?" "Well,
sir," said the footman very innocently, "there's the king
of spades, the six of hearts, and the ace of clubs !" "The
deuce :" exclaimed his master. That's gone," said John.

TILE Two EXTBBLES OF FAsmoN.---Formerly, when
ladies went out, they used to have their bonnets on ; but
that is no longer the case, for their bonnets are now not
on, but half off. The reason generally assigned by our
female acquaintance why bonnets are thus worn, is, be-
cause they are. There is, however, a somewhat more
logical one to be given than this ; namely, the length of
the dress. Condemned by the tyranny of fashion to
screen their feet and auks from admiration, the ladies
indemnify themselves by showing as much as possible of
the bead.—Punch.