The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

COLLIERY

TO be LET, that well-known 60A lELD, in the
Lands of Sir George B. Prescott, t., in the township
of Ewloe, parish of Hawarden, co yof Flint, called or
uisie
known by the names of Mount Pleasant Farm, Dingles, and
Wood ; Hollins' Farm, OJd Hall Farm, Wood-lane Farm,
.&..c. ; containing 120 Acres, or thereabouts, with a Tram
Railway from the Pit's Mouth to one on the Aston Estate,
which terminates at the Aston Wharf, on the River Dee.
This Coal has been proven, and worked in part by Messrs.
Leach and Co., and by Messrs. Smalley, but which is now
out of lease. There is an Engine apd Bye-plt down to that
very superior Coal that lies below the Main Coal.
For further particulars apply to Capt. Cot.:. Aston Hall,
near Hawarden.

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N.B.—There arc good roads for carriage to Liverpool and
Chester, independent of water conveyance to those places ;
and when the railway to Holyhead is completed, further
facilities for conveyance will be obtained.

PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY

OF FRANCE

(From the Standard of TVednesdag.)
CALMS, Aug. 18.—The King, Madame Adelaide, their
Royal Highuesses the Duke and Duchess of Nemours, the
Princess Clementine, the Dukes of Aumale and of Montpen-
sier, accompanied by the Minister of War, of the Marine,
and of the Interior, embarked at Eu, the 16th instant, at 12
o'clock at night, their intention being to touch at Boulogne,
which her Majesty, the Queen, was to reach by land.
The weather having been very stormy, the Veloce, after
trying to enter the harbour of their destination, was obliged
to make for Calais. At two o'clock of the afternoon of the
17th, the royal steamer was in sight of the latter port, and
guns were fired to announce the arrival and to signal a pilot.
At half-past two the vessel was threading the channel, when
the violence of wind and waves bore her away on the works
of the new jetty, where she grounded in a situation of immi-
nent peril, after experiencing some damage in her hull.
As soon as it was possible to effect a debarkation, the King
ordered all on board to be landed, and determined to remain
the last on deck.

The inhabitants of the place, who thronged to the shore,
received the august travellers with an enthusiasm of devotion
proportioned to the imminence of the danger, and the in-
tense anxiety which they had experienced on beholding it.
The King declined entering his carriage, and traversed on
foot, and without escort, the assembled crowd, amidst the
• most cordial acclamationn.

At half-past three his Majesty, the Princes, and the Mi-
nisters passed the review of the National Guards, and of
the troops, and testified the pleasure he experienced at the
loyal manifestations of the National Guard.
At five, the Queen was seen coming by land from Boulogne,
in the anxious hope of beholding her family, whicn was
known to be exposed to the dangers of the stormy elements.
Her interview with her family amidst thousands of specta-
tors was affecting in the extreme. An hour later the town
parted with its august guests, who left for Boulogne.

(From the Second Edition of the Standard.)
We had scarcely gone to press before we received the fol.
lowing letter from our Boulogne correspondent, which we
hasten to lay before our readers :

" BOULOGNE, TUESDAY NlGnr.—The city was alarmed
this morning by the sound of the reveille, beaten to collect
the National Guard, so early as five o'clock. All unquiet
feeling was, however, soon dissipated by the iaformation that
the military muster was intended merely to greet the arrival
of the King and Queen of the French, who were on their way
from Dieppe, the one by sea, the other by land. The parti-
culars of the King's unpropitious voyage are given in an ex-
cellent local journal, the Boulogne Gazette, to which I refer
you for all that transpired at Boulogne up to the hour of its
publication. I have to add, that his Majesty arrived at
about half-past eight p.m. He was received a few hundred
yards beyond the Calais gate by the Sub-Prefect, and about 70
national guards. The royal cortege, which consisted of seven
carriages, was welcomed by a great crowd (respect being had
to the bad weather) with considerable enthusiasm. Their
Majesties proceeded, on their arrival, to the theatre, where
they remained about an hour ; they were there received with
unabated warmth. I have heard that the Veloce shipped a
sea off Grisney, which disabled one of her paddles, and ren-
dered it necessary for the frigate in attendance to tow her
into Calais. The King suffered much from sea sickness, the
traces of which were still evident when he arrived here. An
incident of some interest occurred, upon the truth of which
you may rely. Mr. Romeo Coates, once so well known in
the fashionable world of London, occupied a handsome suite
of apartments at the Hotel du Nord; these apartments he
politely surrendered to the use of the Royal Family. As the
King ascended the stairs of the hotel, he honoured Mr. Coates
with a bow and a smile of recognition, which the latter an-
swered by shouting " Vine le Roi Vivant la France et
l'Angleterre Soit entre elle: le pair par for jours ?" The
King hastily seized the opportunity, and replied to Mr.
Coates in English, somewhat better than that gentleman's
French—" Yes, eternal prosperity to England and to France
—eternal peace between them ; and I promise you that while
I live you shall have peace."

(From the Boulogne Gazette of Monday.)
HIS MAJESTY LOUIS PHILIPPE'S VISIT TO BouLoaxE.
This morning, at half-past five, we were roused from our
slumbers by the rappel. Why, we exclaimed, Prince Louis
is not landing again ! We were soon in the streets, and, in
answer to our inquiries, found that the present bustle was a
joyful one,—not to summon to arms to repulse a pretender,
but to hail the arrival of that monarch for whom life had
been perilled, and who, so soon as important affairs would
allow him a comilnand over his actions, had hastened to re-
turn thanks to the loyal people who had turned out in his
defence, and personally to reward all who had acted cou-
rageously in the moment of trial. On inquiry we learnt that
'his Majesty had started from En last night at 11 o'clock, in
his yacht La Reine-Amelie, accompanied by the Veloce and
Courrier steamers, and was now lying in the roadstead till
the tide would permit the yacht to enter the harbour, which
would not be before past 12. We hastened to the port to
be satisfied of the truth, and here unfortunately witnessed a
sight that thrilled all assembled with horror. The two ves-
sels were lying a mile and a half from shore. A. boat was
seen to leave the steamer, and another to follow it from the
yacht; the word ran round, " The King is coining !" but
the joy was a little damped from the risk he ran in the heavy
sea that was rolling in. The boat rose upon the billows
and disappeared ; all was anxiety it rose to the top of a
sea, when a cross wave struck it and over it went! The sen-
sations of all may be imagined. The other boat instantly
rowed to the spot, they were seen to pick up four individuals.
We breathed free again, hoping that all were saved ; it was,
however, clear, after a time, they were searching for some
one that was lost; after a few minutes they continued their
course to land. We are happy to say that his Majesty was
not in either of the boats, but regret to add that this joyful
day was clouded by the death of the cockswain in the pilot
boat, who, it was supposed, was borne away by the rapid
current that sweeps over the bar. Capt. Pollet had boarded
the steamer ; we soon learnt there would be no attempt to
laud before the flood tide enabled the vessels to enter the
harbour. During the morning the rain poured in torrents,
the wind blew a strong gale, and the vessels were obliged to
put to sea. Crowds were on the port in anxious expectation;
but their curiosity was not gratified. The king landed at
Calais. Her majesty had arrived at eight a.m., expecting to
find the king ; she drove to the establishment and remained
there till nearly two in expectation of his landing. The
Courier and the Reine Amelie entered the harbour at one
o'clock. The king was in the Veloce steamer ; he had not
entered the town from Calais at six o'clock.

THE LANDSLIP NEAR AXMOUTEL—A few days ago, We,
for the second time, visited this highly interesting phenome-
non ; and the more we examine its mighty and varied parts,
involving in their ample range the total ruin of about 500
acres of land and cliffs, the more arc we struck with the
extent of the dilapidation, the wild magnificence of the spec-
tacle, and the mysterious cause that has produced effects at
once so vast, complete, and sublime. .The great chasm of
the slip, extending from the sea cliffs at the west extremity
of this singularly interesting scene, inland, northward, for
nearly three-quarters of a mile, and then sweeping eastward,
in the form of a crescent, is more than a mile in length, by
five hundred yards wide ; and this large portion of the sur-
face having sunk, throughout the whole of its course, full
two hundred feet, leaving naked perpendicular rocks, of the
chalk formation, on either side : on the bottom of this yawn-
ing recess stands a succession of dissimilar pyramids of stra-
tified rock, crowned with their scanty depth of mould an I
caps of green undisturbed. What is still more remarkable,
a considerable part of an adjoining wheat field, after falling
to so great a depth, remains in the deep repose of its abase-
ment, with its crust unbroken, and now bearing a luxuriant
crop fast ripening into maturity ; and is to be reaped on the
25th inst. by all visitors who may desire to join in the ope-
ration ; and it is to be sold in handfuls on the ground.
Local paper.