The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-31 00:00:00

:NTS

COUNTRIES

Liverpool 439
Different parts of Engld 113
Ireland 269
Scotland .
Wales
Foreigners B9

1003

1003

SPRING CIRCUITS, 1840.

Northern—Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Erskine.
Oxford.—Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Gurney.
Midland.—Lord Denham and Mr. Justice Bosanquet.
Horne.—Lord Abinger and Mr. Justice Littledale.
Western.—Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Baron Rolfe.
Norfolk.—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Alderson.
South Wales.—Mr. Justice Made.
North Wales.—Mr. Justice Williams.

MR. WOMBWELL'S :MENAGERIE.—Puncna sit OF ANI-
MALS FROM THE EAST INDIES.—The collection of birds,
quadrupeds, ecc. now exhibiting by Mr. Wombwell, in this
town, contains a vast variety of rare and beautiful animals,
many of which have been subjected to a system of training
and discipline which have brought into display such endow-
ments of sagacity as the beasts of the forest have never
before been suspected of possessing. Mr. Wombwell has,
since his arrival in Liverpool, purchased from Captain
man, of the ship Lintin, from Bombay, a remarkably fine
young male tiger, a full grown leopard, and an extraordinary
buffalo of a species never before seen in this country. These
will form a valuable addition to the menagerie.
THE LAWFULNESS OF RULERS EMPLOYING THEIR
OFFICIAL INFLUENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRUE
RELIGION.—The Rev. Dr. Tattershall preached a sermon
on Wednesday evening, in St. Augustine 's Church, on this
topic, in behalf of the Young Men's Established Church
Society. The text selected for the occasion, was from the
3d to the 9th verse of the 17th chapter of the 2d hook of
Chronicles. The Rev. Doctor, in a most eloquent argument,
irresistibly established this doctrine, and answered all the ob-
jections urged against it. The discourse will forthwith he
published, and we earnestly recommend our readers to pos-
sess themselves of it.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The fourth soiree of the season
will be held on Monday evening next. We trust there will
be a large attendance, as the proceedings are expected to be
highly interesting.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The Tournament retains its
popularity, but it will soon be withdrawn. Let the hint be
taken by all who understand it. The horsemanship this
week is exceedingly curious and amusing. The evolutions of
the Tartar horde, the precision of their movements, and the
beauty of their costume, deserve especial praise. The other
performances are inimitable in their way.
INTERESTING TO LADIES.—The more delicate the beauty
of a female, the more susceptible it is to the effects of our
rigid winters. The fine skin of England's lovely women is
not calculated to withstand exposure to their own climate,
without the assistance of some soothing application to allay
the smarting irritahilty produced by the action of a wintry
atmosphere. No discovery has effected this purpose except
ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, the application of which not only
removes the tenderness of the skin produced by cold, but all
cutaneous eruptions. In addition to these advantages, by
imparting a pliancy to the surface, which is delightful and
luxurious to the sensation, it decidedly prevents the skin
from being susceptible to the attacks of bleak biting winds.
—See advt.

DISTRESS IN ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.--We understand
that the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, on being informed
that much distress existed at the present time in Ashton-
under-Lyne amongst the poor, has generously subscribed
£2OO. for their relief.

A SoLLaill WARNING.—It seems as if it were impossible
for any circumstance, or combination of circumstances to
occur, which could not be converted into an argument for the
perpetuation of the whig ministry. The " volcanic tran-
quility " of Ireland—the actual eruptions in Wales—the
loyal disposition of one district, or the disturbed state of an-
other—war " luckily " terminated here, or threatening to
break out there—all serve their turn equally well. If they
are weak, it is an argument ad misericorrliam ; if they have
involved the country in alarming difficulties, it is an argument
in terrorem, why nobody should venture to take the govern-
ment of it out of their hands ; so that imbecility and mis-
chievousness are as good recommendations for their continu-
ance in office, as vigour and wisdom would be in any other
party. The sum total of all this is the old cry of last ses-
sion—" For Heaven's sake, sit quiet, or the coach will be
overturned! The coachman is drunk, and has let the horses
run away ; and your only chance of safety now is, to let him
keep hold of the reins !" The Examiner very adroitly ex-
tends this reasoning from the ministry to the House of Com-
mons. Sir Robert Peel, it presumes, could not govern with-
out a dissolution; " but beware," it cries, "that it be not
the dissolution of more than the parliament. Is the country
in a ptate for a dissolution ? In the fever of a general elec-
tion what would be the conduct of the followers of Feargus
O'Connor, Stephens, end Vincent? Freedom of election
would be out of the question with Chartist rioters in the
field ; and how many soldiers would be wanted in every town
to protect the inhabitants from the worst perils of commo-
tion?" Supposing all that cunning alarmists like these say
to be true, we certainly are in a sweet dilemma. But where
is it to end ? To an end it must come sometime and some-
where ; and, as matters are growing worse every day,,the
sooner the better. If the reasoning of the Examiner is good
for anything, it is not for a long parliament, but for an ever-
lasting parliament ; for if we are to wait for a dissolution till
such a ministry as the present one can set things right again,
parliament may
as well he declared perpetual to-morrow—
aye, and (as Charley Fox is reported to have said of the cre-
dit he wanted from a Jew), longer, if needs be. But does
not this affected terror of Feargus, 'Vincent, Stephens, &c.,
speak volumes as to the real apprehensions of the whigs?
" Beware that a dissolutio would not be the dissolution of
more than the parliament! Ominous owl! It certainly
would be—would be the mortal dissolution of the whigs,
and, perhaps,
of morn than whigs—the whig-radicals.—
Morning Herald.
SHIPPING.—The weather is still wild and unpropitious`
and all the creeks, ports, and shelters on the west of Scot-
land are crowded by wind-bound vessels, or those which have
escaped from the fury of the elements. On Thursday last,
the United Kingdom, one of thelargest ships afloat, and
which brought a cargo of more than 2000 tons to Liverpool
in autumn, put into Gourock Bay. She left Liverpool on
the 6th instant for Charleston, for a 'cargo of cotton, and has
lost her spars,sails, &c., and some of the crew are disabled.
Some of the vessels now lying at the Tail of the Bank and in
Bay, Rothsay had been from ten days to three weeks at sea,
and were obliged to put back. All of them, in fact, report
the weather to have been dreadfully wild, and even grey
headed seamen state that the gales of January, 1840, have
been the most disastrous they have ever experienced- The
Ariel brig has broken up off Troon. It is exactly forty years
since this vessel was built in Whitehaven, for a Troon pro-
prietor, to which, or Saltcoats and Ardrossan, she has be-
longed since the day she was launched, and it is somewhat
curious that the old brig should come to lay her bones in that
harbour in which she was so often welcomed..—Scatith
Gwirdian of Tuesday.

The subscription to the Centenary Fund, which information
has been forwarded to the secretaries, amounts to X 225,000,
and the sum actually received by the treasurers-exceeds
£llO,OOO.

The Countess of Wilton has left town for Walmer, *here
her ladyship's family have been since the summer. The
Earl of Wilton. is among the party at Belvoir Castle, on
visits to the Duke of Rutland.

Casks of provision, littd and butter, have for the last few
days been coining ashore in the neigbourhooil of Kilrrisli,
supposed to be part of the cargo of the brig Quivedo; which
foundered off Bayle Bar about four years ago. The recent
heavy gales, it is thought, have broken her up.
The House of Lords has followed the example of the Com-
mons, and substituted the new police for the old parish
constables. Inspector Martin, and six men of the A division,
now do duty in the House of Lords.

EARTHQUAKE.—On the afternoon of Sunday last, two
successive shocks of earthquake were felt throughout the
county of Perth, but particularly in the western districts,
and along the banks of the Earn and Tay.---Perth
Paper.
The Propagateur de l' Aube, in annou„cin, the death a
a merchant of Troyes, M. Antoine Godet Hueard, mentions
the following curious circumstances :—The father and grand-
father of this gentleman each died at the age of 54, and on
the 16th January, M. Godet-Huchard, although forcibly
struck with this coincidence, was without any superstition
about it. On the evening of the 15th instant, he invited
some friends to dine with him on the 17th, his patronymic
day, andobserved laughingly " provided I he not dead before
it arrives." On the morning of the 16th he was carried off
by a suffusion of dropsy, a complaint from which he had
'been suffering for some years, but which had latterly shown
no alarming symptoms_
Our letters from Ceylon are to the 17th November. Ex-
periments were making to introduce the sugar cane from the
Mauritius, and the most perfect success had attended the
commencement of these, a large tract of land having been
devoted to the culture of the cane, which had produced
excellent sugar, and it was expected in a few years that
Ceylon would rival, if not excel, the Mauritius. The Lord
Bishop of Madras was on a visit to Ceylon. The governor
had returned from a cruise in the Wellington, by which his
health had been much improved.
CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 31.—A tatar arrived here on
Sunday last, in nine days from Erzerourn, bringing letters
from that city up to the 20th instant, which, I regret to say,
contain intelligence highly unfavourable to the prospect of a•
speedy settlement of our Persian affairs. The Shah Bard.
ran, of Heral, having succeeded, by the friendly intentions
he manifested towards us on our capture of Cahoot, in ob-
taining the recall of the division intended to occupy his capi-
tal, has now, it would appear, turned against us; and, hav-
ing reproached the Shah of Persia with being the means of
forcing him into a dependence on the British, has induced
the latter to prepare a new expedition, which,lie expects will
be received at Herat with open gates.-41.forning Chronicle.
Singapore papers to the 10th October state, thatletters had
been received of the 9th Sept. from Hong-Hong, which men-
tion that a further edict of Lin calls upon all the natives to
prepare arms and assemble in strong force to prevent the
British landing, and if they try to obtain provisions to exter-
minate or make them prisoners.

We believe the sth of next month is fixed for the solemni.-
sation of the marriage of Lord Dinorben and Miss Gertrude
Smyth, sister of the Princess of Capua. Lord Dinorben is
expected in town on Sunday or Monday next, accompanied
by his Royal Highness the. Duke of Sussex, from }Unlike'
Park. His royal highness is expected to give the beautiful
and accomplished affianced away, and the Prince and Princess
of Capua give a splendid- dejeane to the wedding party, at
Mivart's hotel.
ANTI-CORN LAW AGITATION. - The colons of Black-
burn have formed themselves into an anti-corn law club, tti
help with their pence and their eloquence the unprincipled
agitation now going on against native industry and national
interests. They had a meeting in the Music-hall last Friday
night, having dispossessed a phrenological gentleman named
Bridges, who had announced a lecture for that -evening. As
to what they said, what need is there to report it, for is it
not written, much better than it was spoken, in the pages of
the Anti-Corn-Law Circular and the Morning Chronicle?
Here, as elsewhere, the agitation against the corn-law is
mainly carried on by the extreme radicals. Blackburn
Standard.

ARMS' BILL FOR IRELAND.—WhiIst parliamen,, is sitting
we fain would call the attention (not of government, for that
were useless, but) of the conservative oppoSition, and parti-
cularly of the Irish conservative members, to the necessity
of providing for the public peace by a new and effective Arms'
Bill. It will be seen by a reference to our last, in which the
Quarter Sessions in the south of Ireland, with respect to the
armament of the peasantry, are referred to—that the provi-
sion's of the existing registry of Arms' Bill do not suffice to
keep fire-arms out of the hands of improper persons ; nay;
have been adopted as the means of sheltering and securing
them in the possession of those who have obtained, and
would retain, them for unlawful purposes. Unless means
be taken, then, to counteract the methods now in use for
arming the peasantry up to the requirements of insurrection,
it is obvious that the armament will go on under the sanction
of the law till the law will not be able to repress it. There
is no time to be lost.—Dublin Evening Mail.
IRISH COAL MINES.—The extensive coal fields of the
county Antrim, situate on the sea coast, have been recently
let, by order of the Court of Chancery ; and a company is
being formed, with a capital suitable to their complete de-
velopement. The seams are of nine feet in thickness, and of
excellent and bituminous quality. They extend over 7000
acres, and promise a complete supply to the city of Dublin,
and to Belfast, Londonderry, Dundalk, and the whole north-
eastern and western portions of Ireland. The mineral re-
sources of Ireland are now happily beginning to be appre-
ciated ; and every well wisher of the country must desire, as
we do, the most complete success to the enterprise.—Dublin
Evening Mail.

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.-011
Saturday last, Captain Walker, of the Active, arrived at this
port, from Trinity, Newfoundland, having fallen in with the
John and Mary Stephenson, from St. John, N.B. for Swan-
sea, on the Bth of January, in lat. 47 40, lou. 27 24, having
on board six of the crew, taken off the Jemima Sophia, of
Hartlepool, from Quebec for London. Captain Walker
took two of the crew on board his vessel and brought them
to this port : their names are Thomas Nicholson and William
Cormack. The following are the particulars wreck of
the Jemima Sophia, of Hartlepool, from Quebec for London,
Thomas Hinclinarsh, Master, on December 25th, at half-past
eight, p-.m. in lat 45 54, N. lon. 26 30. W. wind E.S.E. aying
to under the close-reefed maintopsail, head to the I°4-:E., a
tremendous sea struck the vessel on the starboard side, which
carried away bowsprit, foremast, maintopmast, sweeping the
decks of boats, companion, skylight, chief mate and man at
the helm, and turning the ship on her beam ends. The
water was then making free passage at the companion and
skylight, the master, second mate, and three of the crew in
the cabin at the time ; the master, second mate, and two
others gained the deck, but one was unfortunately drowned
in the cabin. When the vessel righted, six :persons were
left out of nine, with no hopes of relief. The sin-rivers were
upon the wreck 11 days, and nothing to subsist. upon but one
four-pound piece-of pork, and some bread that washed up the
companion and skylight. The crew of the John sod Mary,
of Blythe, made out the wreck at three p.m. on the 3rd
January, and bore down to the unfortunate survivors, the
sea then running very high, which rendered all attempts at
assistance useless, but the captain of the John and Mary
humanely laid by until the next day, when he succeeded in
hoisted out his boat and took them-on board .his ship in a
very weak state. The only means they had 'of quenching
their thirst was when it rained by sucking the moisture off the
stump of the foremast, but they are now in a fairway of reco-
very. Captain Walker has taken every: care of these two
men, and since his arrival here has applied to the Merchant
Seamen's Hospital Committee, who have given d 2 to each
man, and a subscription has also been made to assist them-in
gaining their respective honies—Liverpool and Newcastle.—
Dorset Chronicle.

HOLM, ELL—The distress of the poor cotton spinners-in
this town, caused by the stoppage of extensive factories, is
very great. Many of those who were in comfortable eircum-
stances, are now reduced to the utmost destitution ; most of
them being without fire, food, or clothing at this inclement
season. The commissioners of roads have exercised a prompt.
and extensive liberality by ordering their surveyor to forth-
with commence the new line of road, (which has for !Jame
time been projected,) from near Milwr to Holyweli, in ordee
to give employment to these poor men ; but front some tri-
fling cause or other, nothing has yet been dOne, and it is
sincerely to be hoped, the commissioners will insist upon
their benevolent determination being carried into effect ; and
it is still further to be hoped, that Mr. Edward Lee, " whose
ears are always open to the cry of indie.ence and sorrow,"
will allow it to be done: so that the needy may find help in
time of trouble, and in the bitterness of their distress not to
have to supplicate in rain.—Ches-ter Courant.
We have late accounts from Siam which are of some coin-
mercial interest. The markets at Bankok continued in a
very depressed state. A measure was also in contemplation
by the Government, which, if carried into effect, was likely
to prove a material impediment to a continuance of commer-
cial intercourse with Siam to the same extent as of late
years. This was to levy upon all square-rigged vessels arrik! -
ing at Bankok the full tonnage duty of 1,700 ticals per fa-
thom, no matter how often a vessel might go there. in the
course of a year. The practice had formerly been to charge
this duty only once in the year, the vessel paying it having
the privilege of returning subject to a 'duty of only 600 or
700 ticals, and never exceeding the latter. On this footing
the ships from Bombay have traded for more than the last
ten years, and were thus frequently enabled, after discharg-
ing their original cargo at Bankok, to make three or four
trips backwards and forwards in the course of the year. This
had caused a very active intercourse, but the exorbitant tax
would absorb all the profits of the adventure, and unless the
authorities at Bankok abandoned the measure, which in all
respects was an impolitic one, that trade would receive a very
considerable check.

CHARACTERISTIC STORY.—Whilst at Alidgilaril,.h:! was
absent one evening from prayers ; long search was made for
youthfulyeai.s,an pdrtoatke
ignege lea
lie s,
him ; and at last he was found in a. situation extremely nau-
tical, but agreeable only to himselt. Ile had embarked in a
aloYn°g4n4
large washing
-tub
owutitehlels',eisn
hofadhcisonOt";inveTleby its means to .place his circular ship; with
himself' and passenger, in the very centre of the large and
deep water ; and through some inadvertence, probilly a
slight attention to the
young lady, he lost his pole. tinfor-
tunately, just as hie alarmed father arrived, it fell ealin'Cand
the only motion the tub had was the unpleasant one 'Of:the
pillory, going slowly round and round.. There stood-the
future hero of many fights, with his arms folded in a manner
that reminds one now.of the prints of Napoleon on the Wand
of St. Helena. Night was coming on and the situation of the
children was critical, when an expedient suggested itself to
the embryo sailor. He hailed those on shore, and told tl?em
to fasten the string of his kite to a favourite dog. This bting
done, he called him to the tub, and thus conveyed a toning
line on board the first craft he had the honour, of coma-Mind-
ing.—Memoirs of Sir Sydney Smith. ' --
The pious Postmaster-General has ordered that.theetshall
in future be a general delivery of letters and siapersesat the
houses of the inhabitants of Newcastle on the mornings of
Sundays—a violation of the 'respect of the Sabbath -from
which the town has been free. This most unexpected mea-
sure has called forth a memorial •to the Earl of Lichfield,
which is now in course of signature. It seems to be wholly
unnecessary, as it certainly has been uncalled for by.tbe in-
habitants themselves. It will, besides, be a very difficult
task to accomplish, in consequence of all places of business
being closed on Sundays, and in most cases from therejseing
no person resident on the premises, so that theletterscarrier
will probably have to take more letters back to the pgatentfice
than he is able to deliver. A delivery at the window to those
who think proper to send, as hitherto, is generally con-
sidered to be sutficient.--Newcesslle fou)-nal.
THE LATE HURRICANE IN BELGIUM.—BRUSSELS, JAN.
25.—The memorable hurricane of the 2jth of November,
1836, was, doubtless, one of the most violent that we re-
member to have witnessed in Belgium, but then it lastedonly
one day ; that which now prevails'has desolated the country
for this week past. It was, especially yesterday eveninC(th"
24th,) that the wind coming from the south.4vese•bleaewith
the greatest fury. About eight o'clock a fearful tetnesAiaree
and raged during the greater part of the night inehe eillif and
the environs. Loud claps of thunder were mingled with the
roaring of the wind, the impetuosity of which we's tcsriific.
A great many houses in the city and suburbs Wes ea-tiered
severely from this hurricane.. Fifty trees.in theslaoselesiards
are torn up by the roots, and many others nnielv
We look with anxiety for news (rani our seaports,-for is is
feared that fatal accidents have occurred on the.ceaSTs'e Al-
most all the accounts from the provinces .annouhcd mote ex.
less considerable injuries done .by.the.storna. . The 5'415.....t as,
fallen considerably,- and still continues to satesidate .The
damage done by the inundations is not yet ascertained.
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DIALOGUE
BETWEEN A PATRICIAN LADY AND A BOY FROM THE
MOUNTAIN, WHOM SHE WISHES TO ADOPT AS HER SON.

LADY.
" Why wouldst thou leave me, oh f gentle child ?
Thy home on the mountain is bleak and wild—
A straw-roofed cabin with lowly wall :
Mine is a fair and pillar'd hall,
Where many an image of marble gleams,
And the sunshine of pictures for ever streams."

" Oh! green is the turf where my brothers play,
Through the long bright hours of the summer day ;
They find the red-cup moss where they climb,
And they chase the bee o'er the scented thyme ;
And the rocks where the heath-flower blooms they know;
Lady, kind lady, Oh! let me go !"

LADY. - .
Content thee, boy, in my bower to dwell!
;• Here are sweet sounds which thou lovest yell;
Flutes on the air in the stilly noon—
Harps which the wandering breezes tune .
And the silvery wood-note of many .a.lbiid,
Whose voice was ne'er in thy mountains heard."
BOY.
" My mother sings at the twilight's fan,
A song of the hills far more dear than all ;
She sings it under our own green tree,
To the babe half slumbering 'on her knee ;
I dreamt last night of that music low :
Lady, kind lady, oh! let me go !"
LADY.
" Thy mother hath gone from her cares to rest !
She hath taken the babe on her quiet breast;
Thou wouldsemeet her footstep, my boy, no more,
Nor hear her song at the cabin door ;
Come, then, with me to the vineyards nigh,
And we'll pluck the grapes of the richest dye."
BOY. •

" Is my mother gone from her home away?
But I know that my brothers are there at play ;
I know they are gathering the fox-glovebell,
And the long fern leaves by the sparkling well;
Or they launch their boat where the blue streams flow :
Lady, kind lady, oh ! let me go !"

LADY.

" Fair child, thy brothers are wanderers now, •
They sport no more on the mountain's brow ;
They have left the fern by the spring's green side,
And the streams where the fairy barks were tied ;
Be thou at peace in thy brighter lot,
For thy cabin home is a lonely spot !"

BOY.
" Are they gone—all gone from the sunny hill ?
But the bird and the blue fly rove o'er it still;.
And the red deer bound in their gladness free,
And the heath is bent by the singing bee;
And the waters leap, and the fresh winds blow,
Then, lady, kind lady, Oh I let me go !"

Alas. HEMAN

HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE-PREPARATIONS
FOR THE CEREMONY.

(From the Globe Ministerial Paper.)
We can confidently state that the marriage of her Majesty
will take place at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, either on
Monday, the 10th February, or Thursday, the 13th February;
but on which of these days has not yet been positively deter-
mined, although it will in all probability be the latter, as the
court mourning does not cease until Sunday, the 9th. The
august and solemn ceremony will be performed by daylight,
in the Chapel Royal, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who
will be assisted by the Bishop of London—the dean of the
chapel. Her Majesty on the day of the nuptials will leave
Buckingham Palace, accompanied by her august mother, the
Duchess of Kent, and proceed to St. James s Palace, enter-
ing by the garden-gate, where she will be met by the various
branches of the royal family, who will be there to receive her.
It is intended that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex
should give the royal bride away if the state of his health
permit him to undergo the fatigues of the day ; otherwise
this part of the ceremonial will be performed by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Her Majesty, with all the members of the royal household,
together with the different members of the Royal Family,
will assemble in the Throne Room and in the Ambassadors'
Closet, while Prince Albert with his suite will muster in the
Ante-Throne Room. Queen Anne's Room, the Tapestry
Room, and the Guard Room, through which the royal cor-
tege will pass, will be fitted up with seats to view the proces-
sion from the Palace to the Chapel, as will als6 the Flag
Court (immediately opposite the entrance to the Chapel
Royal), and the latter will have accommodation of this kind
for nearly 500 persons. These arrangements will be admira-
bly adapted for affording means of witnessing all that passes.
The body of the Chapel Royal will be fitted up with raised
seats for the accommodation of the nobility and the household ;
and the royal family will be placed around the altar.
After the celebration of the royal nuptials, her Majesty
and the Prince Consort will leave London for Windsor
Castle.

Prince Albert may be expected to arrive in England very
shortly, and apartments have already been secured for his
Serene Highness, at Payne's Royal York Hotel, Dover.
The mayor. aldermen, and town council, of the city of Can-
terbury have called a meeting to prepare addresses jo be
presented to the Prince on his way to London.
In the evening of the day of the nuptials of her Majesty a
sumptuous banquet will take place in the celebrated ban-
queting rooom built by George IV., which has never been
used since the accession to the throne of Queen Victoria.
Dinners will also been given on a scale of magnificence
befitting the occasion by all the Cabinet Ministers.

(From the Sunday Paper which proclaiths itself as under
the especial patronage of the Queen.)
The whole of the plans for the alterations in the interior and
exterior of St. James's Chapel, preparatory to her Majesty's
marriage, are now complete. On Wednesday, her Majesty,
accompanied by the Earl of Uxbridge, the Lord Chamberlain,
and some of her suite, visited the chapel in person, and in-
spected the drawings of the galleries which it is proposed to
erect, with a view to increasing the accommodation, which
were submitted to her Majesty by Mr. Phipps, of the Board
of Works. These, we understand, her Majesty approved;
and orders were given for the construction of the framework.
elsewhere, as it was determined not to interfere with the cele-
bration of the orlinary Sabbath service till the last moment ;
and this day ner Majesty and the royal household will attend
Divine worship as usual. While the architectural part of the
arrangements are thus in progress, the drawings of the intend-
ed hangings and decorations, which are to be of the most
tastetul and splendid description, have also been inspected
and adopted ; and Mr. Bailey, the upholsterer, has been ac-
tively engaged in forwarding them, so as to be ready for their
introduction with as little delay as possible. The iihole of the
interior of the chapel, which is extremely plain, having been
rebuilt and lined with oak about three years back, will be
completely metamorphosed, and present an aspect of a very
brilliant description. And, as it is now believed the nup-
tials will take place on the 13th of February, the workmen
have directions to commence operations to-morrow morning,
and complete their duties with all speed.
The gallery for the accommodation of privileged spectators
in the Court-yard, which is considerably advanced, extends
the whole length of the covered way leading to the State
apartments, and is constructed with great solidity. his to
be covered in and lined with cloth ; and filled, as it, no
no doubt, will be, by the Rite of the fashionable world, it
will present a,coup d' cell of imposing magnificence, upon
which the argand lamps to be inserted in the roof will throw
a lustre.
There are, we hear, to be no extraordinrry preparations in
the state apartments of St. James's Palace, from whence her
Majesty will proceed to the chapel, accompanied by Prince
Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the bride's-maids, and all the
officers of state—according to a programme to be heareafter.
arranged, and as nearly conformable to the precedent afforded
in the marriage of George 111. and Queen Charlotte as' pos-
Able. The programme of the ceremonial will, we apprehend,
be prepared in the department of the Earl Marshal and issued
shortly before the all-important and auspicious day.
A correspondent of the Globe has thought proper, in the
course of the week to question our statement that Prince
Albert, when a child, had been the associate of her Majesty;
but we believe, if he extend his inquiry, he will find that his
royal highness in early life was on a visit in this country to
her Royal Bigness the Duchess of Kent, and that, with
Prince George of Cumberland, and Prince George of
Cainbridg, he was frequently the companion of the then
Princess N ictoria, who even thus early felt a childish attach-
ment to him from the great mildness and amiability of his
manners. We admit that from that period till 1835, when
he came over to England with his father and brother, all
personal intimacy had ceased.

_TILE AUSTRALIAN BOMMERFNO_.—This is a thin, curved
missile, about two feet four inch; 1
iaindd,e,iatiiii be ernthtarotowrryi
by a skilful native so as to rise upon to:1g;
motion, and in a crooked direction, towards y given point
yard or
to return,
with any given point with great precision,
after a considerable flight, to within a two of the
thrower; or, by first striking the ground near him, to bound
so as to hit at a given distance, en ricochet, any object behind
a tree. This is a very singular weapon, and probably
ated in tue utility of such a missile for the purpose oyfolrgng.
ducks where they are very numerous, as on the interior'M
rivers and lagunes ; and where, accordingly, we find it much
more in use than on the sea-coast, and better made being
often covered with good carving.—Mitchell's Australia.
NEW IMPRISONMENT BILL.—MOST IMPORTANT TO IN-
SoLvENTS.—II appears that several clauses have been in-
serted in the new gaol regulation act, of the most vital im-
portance to debtors going to gaol, and yet the public seem to
be completely in the dark respecting them. By the sth, 7th,
and Bth clauses in the gaol regulation act, prisoners confined
for debt are to be treated precisely in the same manner as
prisoners committed far crime—that is, on going into gaol,
their_tierersons are to be searched—all letters opened and read
keeper—and
is to be taken from them, and to be deposited
with the
whatever correspondence takes place
between them, their creditors, relatives, or friends, during
their remaining in prison, is to be subjected to the strictest
surveillance. duty of this delicate investigation devolves
upon the chaplain. Ve believe that the first agitation of the
question as to the
prisons towards debtors,'owers vested in the keepers of various
sultory conversation amst
noceurred a few weeks ago, in a de-
the magistrates sitting in petty
sessions at the judge's lodgings,
tha Lancaster. Some of the
gentlemen were of opinion
visiting " the regulation" intro...
duced some time back by the
justices, by which cerr,
fain privileges and comforts were2atlillowed to the debtors
according to their ability to provide' em, had been super-
seded by the clauses above mentioned, and that the power
which they held before the new regulation taken out of
their hands. As there was a variance :) was
these
clauses, the home secretary, Lord NormanbY, was addressed,
and his opinion requested, whether debtors came under the -
term " prisoners" in the act. His lordship, in answer,
stated that they do so ; and that, in Pursuance o has
act,
their persons, on entering gaol, must be starched, their
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taken from them, and their letters read, as well as those money
the crown prisoners. As may be well supposed,•as so ,--,1 as
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this circumstance became known amongst the debtors in the
county gaol, they were seized with the greatest consternation.
and astonishment; for hitherto the debtors side has been
governed according to the old regulation. When the indig-
nation of some, the surprise of others, and the anxiety of all,
Lad in some degree subsided, the question with "
the repub-
lic",‘Yas,—What must be (Tone ? Some, " the high spirits of
the
place"—for from these a prison is not exempt—were for
trying physical force the moment such hateful regulations were
put iii practice; but the " master minds" suggested a wiserand
more constitutional plan, which was to have a cop) of the
old regulations transmitted to the home secretary through the
magistrates favourable to their continuance. This was done
in the part early of
. last week •, therefore the debtors are at
present awaiting the decision of his lordship with no little
There anxiety and doubt.
.is another point, too, Which we
omitted to mention previously,
equally interested—namely, , in which the debtors feel
whether those who, through
their friends or otherwise, by is called ' garnish,' or
paying a stated sum of money, '
enjoy certain accommodas
tions in the various apartments owfhtehteheprrison, will have this
pavitege continued to them; or, are all to be
Win* aon the county allowance." At p reefsjtnehiesiutY,‘ in tne yard,
several stalls with various articles of beef;
bjad, vegetables, &c., as well as second-hand Cali" '
to
are erected. But, if the debtors are not to be allowed'sgt"ds'
have any money, as a matter of course, these will r longer
be required; and the whole community within the
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debtors and criminals, will be placed on the same diet.
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rcotkinly al the course of next week, we shall be enabled to
,- .fteltkat our readers with Lord Nnrmanby's decision upon
1 subject.—Manchester Guardian.
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