The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-15 00:00:00

THE COURT,

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and her Royal Highnes4
the Duchess of Kent were prevented from taking their accus-
tomed airing to-day, in consequence of the bad state of the
roads, occasioned by the rapid thaw.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel
Bouverie, Lord Alfred Paget, and Dr. Pretorius, coursed in
the Home Park this morning. _ _

The Rev. Dr. Short and Sir James Clark took their de-
partures this morning.
The following personages arrived at the castle, this even-
ing, on a visit to her Majesty :—His Royal Highness Prince
George of Cambridge, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer-
ston, Lady Fanny Cowper, and the Earl of Erroll.
In addition to the above arrivals, the royal dinner party,
this evening, will include the Earl of Uxbridge.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert walked out on the terrace this morning.
In the afternoon the Queen rode out in a pony phaeton
driven by Prince Albert. Her Majesty and the prince were
accompanied by the Duchess of Bedford, Admiral Sir R.
Otway, Earl of Fingal, and Col. Bouverie, who also rode in
pony phaetons.
His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge con-
tinues his visit. His royal highness walked out in the Qua-
drangle this afternoon, accompanied by Lord Alfred Paget.
Sir James Clark, who arrived at the castle this afternoon,
will be the only addition to the royal dinner party.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince
Albert, and his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,
went this morning on a shooting excursion, attended by Lord
Alfred Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. G. E. Anson.
Sir James Clark left the Castle this morning.
Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent have not left the
Castle today, but are both in perfect health, as is the Prin-
cess Royal.

His highness Prince Esterhazy and Viscount Duncannon
are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, on a visit
to the Queen.

The conservative cause never presented a more favourable
aspect in the city of Canterbury than at the present moment.
This is proved, alike by the canvass of the Honourable Mr.
Smythe, and his rival, Mr. Henniker Wilson.—Kentish Ga-
zette.

The capital of the Bank of Ireland is three millions, and
their circulation and deposits double that. The Bank dis-
counts two millions and a half in the year, and could with
safety do much more.

CHURCH RATES.—IMPORTANT FACT.—It was stated in
the House of Commons, two years ago, that nineteen-
twentieths of the church-rates were paid by churchmen. The
whole amount for that year was estimated at £600,000, of
which £570,000 was paid by churchmen, and £30,000 by dis-
senters. In the same year the sum of 1:25,000 was voted by
parliament to dissenting teachers ; and a further sum of
£24,000 towards the erection of dissenting meeting houses,
and the popish college at Maynooth. Out of these two last
sums the churchmen paid seven-eighths, or £13,000; there-
fore churchmen are actually paying £13,000 more in one year
towards the cause of dissent, than dissenters are paying to-
wards the Established Church.

The first number of a newspaper, professing to advocate
the interests of the West Indies, appeared in London on the
2d instant, under the formidable title of " The Alligator."
CORK FOR FISHERMEN.—The Lords of the Treasury have
signified their opinion that cork, cut into small pieces of from
three to five inches square, with a hole in the centre, for the
purpose of being used as floats for fishing nets, and not to be
manufactured into corks for bottles, &c., may be admitted
into this country at the lower rate of duty, namely, 20 per
cent. ad valorem.

Go—GoING—GoNt ! BY NIMROD.—The going to the
post-office—what a nerve-trying act on certain occasions !
For example, how awful is the answer of " Nothing for you,
sir," to a man whohas not a shilling in his house, in a foreign
country, and this repeated every day for a week ; or, which
is nearly as bad, should there be something—viz. a lawyer's
letter, which attracts the eye by its peculiarly ungentleman-
likesuperscription. This last-named document, however, on
one occasion stood my friend. The decease of a distant rela-
tion was announced to me by the family solicitor, in a letter
which I found at the post-office ; but guessing otherwise of
the contents from its lawyer-like appearance, I put it into
my pocket, and did not open it for at least a period of two
months. But in what was I benefited? Why the fact was,
the " distant relation" was a Welsh nobleman, and I was thus
saved the expense of a suit of mourning for every man,
woman, and child, in and about my house, which assuredly
would have been ordered on the following day.—Fraserfs
Magazine for January. _ . _

UPRIGHT SEATS IN CHURCH Es.—Very many of the class
of patients who are during the week engaged in some occu-
pation employing most of their time (says Dr. Robertson, in
a new work on Spinal Disease), have assured me that they
could not attend church on Sunday, from the pain and fa-
tigue they experienced there ; but were obliged to lie in bed
the greater part of that day, to .recover from the fatigues of
the preceding week, and to enable them to bear those of that
to come. The absurd upright position of the
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in the all but upright poistion without a continued sensation
of fatiguejand pain, followed by difficulty of breathing, swel-
ling in the throat, beating of the heart, ringing in the ears,.
giddiness, and ultimately fainting.