The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-07 00:00:00

ROYAL EPITHALAMIUM.

Written for the Children of the Caledonian Free School,
Liverpool.
BY AN EX-PRESIDENT OF THE CHARITY.

Air.—. Rule Britannia.
Boy—Solo..
Victoria, hail ! thy bridal day,
With loyal hearts and gladsome lay,
We greet, and pray that Heaven may shower
Its blessings on this nuptial hour.
CHORUS.
Hail! Victoria! _our Queen ! all hail! all hail !
Queen ! Prince! Royal Pair ! hail! hail! hail !

GIRL—SoIo.
Prince Albert, hail ! young stranger., hail!
While merry peal, o'er hill and dale,
Tells loud thy joy, may heaven shower
Its blessings on this nuptial hour !
CHORUS.
Hail ! Prince Albert! Fair Prince! all hail! all hail!
Queen ! Prince ! Royal Pair ! hail! hail! hail!

The chorus to be sung by the boys and girls alternately,
anti then with united voices.

'I'II EATRE ROYAL.—The season at this establishment, we
understand, will commence on the 23d of March.
COURT OF PASSAGE. —This court was held yesterday,
before Charles Crompton, Esq., Assessor, but nothing oc-
curred of any public interest.
ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. A very splendid pageant
founded upon one of Napoleon's greatest achievements has
been announced to be produced next Monday. We are con-
fident it will be most faithfully and ably represented, and
would strongly recommend it to public notice.
.

LIVER THEATRE.—FuII houses and capital performances
are to be seen at the Liver Theatre every evening. Mr.
Rice and Mrs. Raymond are extending their popularity by
their representations of the characters named in our last.
We refer our readers to the advertisement.

BROUonAss INSTITUTE.7-We understand that a tea party
and ball will be held at this institution, on Monday next, in
celebration of the Queen's nuptial day.
RECEIPT FRONI SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON THE GRAND
JUNCTION RAlLWAY.—According to the report of the di-
rectors, presented to the shareholders at the half-yearly
meeting on Friday last, the receipt from Sunday travelling
on the G rand Junction Railway is equal to 9s. 10d. per share,
and 3s. per half-share.

EDUCATION AMONG THE PRISONERS TRIED AT THE
BOROUGH SEsstoris.—The calendar of the intermediate
sessions, which have been held this week, contained the
names of 29 persons for trial on charges of felony, and two
for misdemeanours—total, 31. Education amongst these
unhappy persons seems to have been totally omitted, or
most negligently attended to. Only four are able to read
and write well ; nine, or one more than twice that number,
can read and write in a very imperfect manner; whilst there
are twelve, or three times the first number, who have never
been taught either. There are six who cannot write, but
who are able to read a little.

SOIREE AT THE ROYAL hismurroN.--The fourth of the
Soirees in connexion with the Royal Institution' took place
on Monday night. The attendance was more than usually
numerous, and we observed amongst the company several of
the most wealthy and fashionable families belonging to Liver-
pool. The company, as usual, began to assemble mostly be-
fore seven o'clock, and spent a considerable portion of the
tirs.t hour in promenading through the spacious rooms of the
museum, &c., seeking amusement and instruction in con-
templation of the various curiosities of nature and art spread
before them. Several novelties were, as usual, provided for
the purpose of relieving the entertainment from the character
of sameness. They consisted principally of some capital
pictures, selected mostly from the older masters of English
painting. There were also on several of the tables portfolios
of fine and rare engravings, from the works of the most es-
teemed artists. As. eight o'clock approached, the lecture-
room, in due course, became the scene of resort. It was soon
crowded, and as the company was more numerous than usual,
those who could not find accommodation in the body of the
apartmeilt had to betake themselves to the gallery, the
benches of which was soon filled. The chair was taken by
Dr. Freckleton, who was supported by Mr. R. V. Yates, arid
Mr. Harmood Banner. The lecture, which was on the ar-
chitectural remains of ancient Rome, was delivered by Mr.
.H. R. Sandbach, one of the representatives of Vauxhall
Ward in the Town-council, and son of Samuel Sandbach,
Esq.

LANIENTABLE EFFECT OF INTOXICATION. - Another
proof of the fatal effects of drunkenness occurred at Thatto
Heath, near St. Helens, on Sunday last. At an inquest
which was held on Monday last, before Mr. Heyes, the
coroner. it appeared that the deceased Esther Harrison, was
about 67 'years of age, and had been cohabiting for the last
ten yearg with a man of the name of Smith, at Thatto
Heath. On Sunday night she went to the Elephant and
Castle,•but the landlord refused to give her anything as she
was then intoxicated. After staying in the house about half
an hour, she left, and was found, in a pit not far from the
house, quite dead.---The jury returned a verdict of " Found
drowned."

WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE.—Having paid a visit to
Wombwell's splendid collection of animals' now exhibiting
in the New Haymarket, we can say with confidence that
those who will follow our example will enjoy a very rich treat.
To the juvenile members of families the menagerie offers an
excellent opportunity of studying natural history in the most
advantageous way, that is, from living specimens. The
elephants, the rhinoceros, the polar bears, the zebras, and
the lions, attracted much attention from the visitors. They
arc all remarkably fine specimens. We were particularly
struck with the intrepidity displayed by one of theleepers
in entering the caravan in which the five lions are confined.
Those who have not seen Van Amburgh's bold performances,
may now see, at a very small cost, au exhibition equally
surprising. The keeper has the lions in perfect subjection,
and causes them to go through a variety of evolutions, such as
leaping over a whip, lying on his body, &c. We recommend
our readers to pay an early visit.

A PLEASANT PROSPECT FOR THE WHIGS.—It is evident
that the whigs themselves think that they have had a very
lucky escape. People don't throw up their hats, and (lance
and shout like helots, except under the intoxication of some
very agreeable surprise. That the glorious majority of 21
came upon them unexpectedly is manifest from their sudden
burst of triumph and delight. With one voice they cry, " who
would have thought it?' Who would have thought that the
Humes and the Wakleys would have turned out such trumps
when it came to the odd trick? By all that's wonderful, we
are as firm on our pins now (for another session at least,) as
a three-legged stool!" Now all this exhuherant joy arises
from a shabby love of place, Without the slightest reference
to the public respect: which ought to accompany its tenure ;
just as we see a reprieved criminal in ecstacies at his life
being prolonged, without regarding that loss of character,
which, to an honourable mind, would render life intolerable ;
and the vote of Saturday morning is only a reprieve after all.
Whig loungers may shake hands and cry " Capital, by Jove !"
or they may scribble from their clubs to the Chronicle such
stuff as " the spirit of peace seeming to have gone out over
their disorganised ranks, and to have breathed its benign in-
fluence upon the hearts of those who stand in high places ;"
but the public know a great deal better. They know, that
although thei Humes and the Wakleys may prefer a whig
Ministry to a tory Ministry, they will not help a whig Mi-
nistry to carry on the Government upon whig principles. The
whigs may depend upon it that Lord John, so far as the radi-
cals are concerned, has, like a young bear, all his troubles to
come. The radicals have, in their own opinion, conferred an
inestimable favour on Lord John, and they will nit fail to
remind him of it. Whatever may be the degree of opposi-
tion (or " obstruction," if the word suits them better,)
offered to the Ministry by the conservatives, the caprice and
presumption of the radicals will he their greatest torment. In
truth they have a pleasant prospect before them; something
like that of the gentleman who married a cat metamorphosed
into a lady, and found, the first time that a mouse scratched,
that she was in heart and manners only a cat after all.—
Morning Herald.
THE NEW PRISON ACT.—The sage who does the Man-
chester Guardian's legal matter has stumbled upon a mare's
nest in the Act of last Session for the better ordering of
prisons. He says that by the sth, 7th, and Bth clauses of
that Act prisoners confined for debt are to be treated pre-
cisely in the same manner as prisoners committed for crime
—that on going into gaol their persons are to be searched--
all letters opened and read—their money to be taken from
them and deposited with the keeper—and whatever corres-
pondence takes place between them, their creditors,relatives,
or friends, during their remaining in prison, is to be sub-
jected to the strictest surveillance. To crown all, the seer
of the Guardian says " The duty of this delicate investigation
devolves upon the chaplain !" The reader will, perhaps, he
surprised to learn that all this is sheer fudge. The 23d sec-
tion enacts that unless the context shall require a different
construction, the word " Prisoners shall include persons com-
mitted for want of bail or sureties, as well as persons charged
with or convicted of any offence, or otherwise detained by
legal authority." The words we have printed in italic are
the only words that can extend the provisions of this Act to
debtors, but such a construction is repugnant to the context
for the sth section, to which the Guardian has referred, di-
rects that "debtors" shall compose the first class ; that the
second, third, or fourth classes shall be constituted of " pri-
soners" committed for trial, convicted and sentenced to
hard labour ; or convicted or sentenced without hard labour
and the fifth class. is to include " prisoners" not included in
the foregoing classes. The seventh and eighth classes men-
tioned by the Guardian appear to have no reference to the
subject whatever, as they relate only to the appointment of
deputy keepers, and the allowance to discharged prisoners,
&c. The 7th and Bth regulations, established by the 6th
section, do not bear out the Guardians' case, for the 14th
regulation in section 10 of the Gaol Act, 4 Geo. IV. c• 64,
expressly says that persons who shall not receive any allow-
ance from the county, whether confined for debt, or before
trial, &c. any food, bedding, clothing, or other necessaries,
subject to the regulations of the Visiting Justices. But
enough for the present. The Guardian promises more fun
next week.—Leeds Intelligences.

WHIG REASONS FOR NOT TURNING OUT.—As an illus-
tration of Irish naivete (which O'Connell takes to be good
French for that mixture of cant and impudence of which he
himself affords such striking specimens), Joe Miller tells us
of an Emerald flunky, who, when desired by his master to
look out for a fresh place, replied, " Is it me, ver hondoounr4
the divil take me for a soger if I do the like ; for if 0
know when you've got a good sarvant, I know w3oh'i. you
I've
got a good master !"g This is precisely the sortount
year
which the Whig ministry have been giving the country
don't suit,
after year ;. to every intimation hitherto theythattak ;
e but if we
they have cried, "Oh ! that's quite a erla,nswer
don't suit the place the place suits
a little closer by
much the same thing." Pressed, however,improved upon the
Sir John Buller's motion, they hase
good master : " You
Irishman's- reason for not leaving
iann,•l,nalsnd that is pretty
but I've such
may call me," quoth each of
servant as long
good-for-nothing
interests that I can't think of
theanisyoutpulrena,se"; do-nothing,
r
opinion you are provided
a mighty concern for y,10712,1my
leaving yoUr service 1
'lan not this beat Joe Miller's Irishman
with a Letter.'"
Does
the only reason which the whigs have
to allege at last for not turning out as.
the hollow
moLastudassisur
the country desires them ?—Morning Herald.
iatucaeo _ .

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.
The Right Hon. the Earl Howe hasbeenpleased to non,

nate the 'Rev. Francis Minden Knollis, 13. A., Rector of
Congerstone, Leicestershire and Fellow of Magdalen Col-
lege, to be one of his Lordship's Domestic Chaplains.
On Tuesday last, Travers Twiss, Esq., 8.C.L., Fellow of
University College, was called to the Degree of Barrister-at-
Law, by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn.
The Duke of Buccleuch has appointed the Rev. William
Darnell, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, eldest son of theßev. W. N. Darnell, 8.D., Fellow of that Soc!etv, and
Rector of Stanhope, to he one of his Grace's Domestic. Chap-
lains.

On Thursday se'nnight the Rev. Thomas Maurice, M.A.,
of Merton College, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol, to the Rectory of Barnhill, Glouces.
tershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Ashe ; pa.
trop, the Rev. Robert Ashe, of Langley House, Wilts.

•
PRODIOTIONS.
Rev. W. Brewster, to the Perpetual Curacy of Widdring.
ton, Northumberland ; patron, Lord Vernon.
Rev. E. Shuttleworth, Curate of Kea, to the Perpetua:
Curacy of Penzance, vacant by the resignation of the Rev.
T. IL Vivyan.

•
We heai:tiat the Bishop of Worcester has conferred the
incumbency of Christ Church, in this town, with the Pre-
pendal Stall of Lichfield annexed, on that exemplary clergy-
man, the Rev. George-Lee, M.A., formerly Curate of Wol-
verley, and now of St. Clement's, Worcester.--Birnaing ham
Gazette.

Rev. Charles Brigham, to the incumbency of Dodding
Green, near Kendal. vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry
Rutter ; patron, Edward Riddell, Esq.
Rev. C. K. Williams, M.A., Master of the Grammar
School, at Plympton, has been appointed by the Diocesan
Board of Education one of the Inspectors of Schools in the
Diocese of Exeter.

Rev. John Roberts, to the Rectory of Templeton, Devon,
vacant by the cession of the Rev. Edward Pole ; patron, Sir
\V„T.PoIe, Bart.

We learn 'that the Rev. G. Martin, Principal of the Exeter
Training School, has been presented to the living of St.
Martin's, in this city, and the Rev. W. Tucker`, to that of
St. Pancras, where Divine Service will tow be performed, at
the usual hours, mornings and afternoons.—Exeter paper.

QUEEN'S WEDDING.

(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)

FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF PRINCE

ALBERT AT WOOLWICH.
In consequence of the state of the Dock-yard it. has been
finally arranged that the illustrious prince is to land at the
Royal Arsenal, and the royal yacht Uilliam and Mary, com-
manded by the captain superintendent of the port, Phipps
Honehy, C. 8., R.N., was yesterday towed down the river to
moorings, off the main landing steps of the Arsenal, under
the superintendence of her master, R. L. Hicks, Esq., R.N.
The royal artillery will furnish a captain's guard of honour,
and a company of field battery artillery will tire the salute to
welcome him to the English shore and his high destiny, as
well as on his departure from the garrison, after a dej6dner
a lofourchette on the most sumptuous and magnificent scale,
given by the officers of the royal regiment of artillery, at
which the Right Hon. Lieut. Gen. Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.,
G.C.8., G.C.H., will preside as master-general of the ord-
nance, supported by Lieut.-Gen. Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8.,
G.C.H., the commandant of the garrison, to do the honours,
on this distinguished occasion, of entertaining the illustrious
guest. The utmost anxiety prevails in every quarter to pro-
cure tickets of admission to the Royal Arsenal to witness the
debarkation.

THE QUEEN'S BRIDE-CAKE,
As it generally happens that in matters of importance some
confusion of ideas, more or less, runs through the public
mind, such has been the case with respect to this splendid
article for the royal nuptials.
Messrs. Gunter, Wand, and Co., have been mentioned as
the artistes en gateaux who have built up this regal pile of
confectionary ; hut such is not the fact. This ponderous
cake has been designed and executed in " all its parts" by
Mr. Mawditt, chief confectioner to her Majesty in Bucking-
ham Palace, where it was constructed.
We have been favoured with a sight of it, and in our opi-
nion it surpasses in taste of design, as well as in dimensions,
any bride-cake ever seen. It is more than nine feet in cir-
cumference, by sixteen inches deep, and upon this solid base
a fine superstructure has been raised. 'Two pedestals rise
from the nleateau of the cake, the upper one supporting
another plateau, whereon stands Britannia.gazing upon the
royal pair, who are in the act of. pledging their vows. At
their feet are two turtle doves, emblems of purity and inno-
cence, and a dog representing faithful Attachment ; a little
lower down Cupid is seen writin7° in his tablets with his sty-
lus the date " February 10, 1810." On the same level with
Cupid are black pedestals raised at equal distances flanking
the royal group ; on these pedestals are other Cupids. with
the .emblems of England, Ireland, and Scotland in their
hands, and supporting large medallions upon fantastic
shields, with the Initials V. A. ; the friezes of each pedestal
are beautifully ornamented with arabesques ; the lower one
is adorned with alternate wreaths and Cupids in relievo, the
wreaths surrounding the letters V. A. all round the pedestal.
There are bands and festoons of orange blossom and myrtle
entwined with roses upon the plateau of the cake, and sprigs
of the same placed loose, one of the latter to be given with
each slice of the cake ; a full border of orange blossoms,
roses, and myrtle, is tastefully arranged round the lower
portion, and beneath it will be placed a splendid crimson
velvet cloth.

This cake is solely for the Queen's table for the dejeumr,
at Buckingham Palace. Its weight is 300 pounds, and the
materials of which it is composed cost 100 guineas, and it
requires four stout men to remove it to its place. on the table.
As a work of art, in its line, it certainly displays great taste
and skill is the operator, both in the task of design, and in
the careful finishing of the work.

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The mercers and drapers of the metropolis are on the alert
in providing neckerchiefs and ribands, with a great variety of
devices adapted to the occasion of the royal marriage. The
city abounds with beautiful specimens of white scants, hand-
kerchiefs, and rihands, figured with the crown, the lover's
knot, the rose, shamrock, and thistle, &c. Applications
have, we understand, been made to the lord mayor to order
a general illumination in the city on the day of the royal
marriage ; but we believe that his lordship will not interfere,
and that the other authorities likewise contemplate an illu-
mination as likely to lead to so much annoyance, and to be
attended with so great an expence, that the proposal cannot
be adopted with propriety.
Yesterday, several of the nobility and gentry viAted Messrs.
Gunter', establishment to view the decorations of the wed-
ding cakes, prepared on the occasion of her Majesty's
nuptials; they are fourteen in number, ornamented in the
most chaste and elegant style, and afforded much gratifica-
tion to the numerous visiters.

The following notice was issued yesterday :
" Lord Chamberlain's-office, Feb. 5, 1840.
" Notice is hereby given, that all persons with tickets of
admission to tha colonnade, the guard room, the presence
chamber, and Queen's Anne's room, in St. James's Palace,
on Monday next, the 10th instant, are to appear in full dress;
the ladies without plumes ; and no person can be admitted
after 11 o'clock."