The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

THE CJURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD,

The Court returned to Osborne House on Wednesday
morning, after her Majesty's marine excursion.
Arrangements have been making for some time past for
a grand entertainment to be given by her Majesty, at Os-
borne House, on Friday, the 25th instant.
Lord Stanley and the Hon. E. Stanley are expected to
arrive in the course of a few days at Latham House, the
seat of Lord Skelmersdale, in Lancashire, from Drum-
mond Castle, Perthshire, where the noble lord has been
enjoying the sports of the season.

THE QUEEN AN ANXIOUS WlFE.—During his Royal
Highness's absence from the Victoria and Albert on
Monday, on a visit to the mines, her Majesty (says another
paper) was observed to be very nervous, and after the hour
of his proposed return, two p.m., one or other of the gen-
tlemen of the suite was continually with a glass in his
hand, reporting moment by moment the movements on
the shore, as indicative of the Prince's arrival back. The
Prince appeared to have some sense of her Majesty's
anxiety by driving on at once to the pier, instead of wait-
ing at the Polytechnic-hall.

THE ROYAL YACHT.—If anything could render the sea
agreeable to those whose stomachs are always deranged bY
the motion of the vessel, the luxurious accommodation of
the Victoria and Albert would do so ; there is a beautiful
suite of apartments, so perfect in all their appointments,
that, but for cer'ain ivory handles inserted in the wails to
hold by when there is any great motion, it is almost im-
possible to fancy yourself on board ship. All the rooms
are hung with chintz ; bed, bedroom, dressing rooms.
drawing, dining rooms, all chintz ; and it has a very light
and elegant effect. Exclusion is. however, the "order of
the day." and the captain and lady in waiting, &c., are
rarely bidden to the royal table. The Queen and Prince
always breakfast alone in the little house on deck, in which
a sliding table is inserted ; that is, when his royal highness
can eat any breakfast, which is not always the case.—
Cheltenham Looker-on.

THE PRINCE OF WALES A MIDDY.—On Saturday the
Prince's name was entered on the ship's books of the
Victoria and Albert. The event was celebrated by a tre-
ble allowance of grog to the crew, who drank to the suc-
cess of the young officer. It is usual to muster the crews
of her Majesty's vessels every Sunday morning, and the
Prince in his new character was not exempt from thisduty.
The Prince's outfit was not of an extravagant character
it consisted of only one white duck jacket and trowsers
and one blue suit, the former soiled by the youngster's
pranks on deck. He was bound to appear neat and trim
at muster on the Sunday morning, and this he was enabled
to do by the good nature of the captain of the foretop, who
washed the white jacket and trousers on Saturday night,
and dried them by the fire, and for want of a mangling ap-
paratus or an ironing box, sat on them to get them
smooth, giving them all the appearance of a first-rate
man-of-war's wash. Lord Fitzclarence, on Sunday morn-
ing, when all hands were called to muster, noticed the
cleanly appearance of the attire, and, on inquiry, learned
this little circumstance, which, on being repeated to her
Majesty, was the subject of much amusement to the Queen
and Prince Albert.—Globe.

On Monday morning Prince Albert landed from the
royal yacht at Falmouth, and proceeded to chit the ►Mun-
sted copper mine and the Polheron Consol's tin mines at
St. Agnes. In the afternoon the Queen embarked on
board the Fairy, and proceeded about ten miles up the
river Fal to Truro. On Wednesday morning the royal
squadron left Falmouth, and anchored two hours after-
wards in the little harbour of Fowey. Three carriages and
four were there waiting to convey the Queen and Prince
Albert to Restorrnel Castle, the property of the Prince of
Wales, a noble ruin of the seat of the ancient Dukes of
Cornwall. After inspecting the castle, the Queen pro-
ceeded to the Restormel iron mine, where her Majesty and
Prince Albert entered one of the ore carts, lined with
green baize, and were drawn by eight miners 200 fathoms
into the recesses of the mine. The Queen alighted from
her cart and witnessed the process of hewing the ore.
Prince Albert also took a lesson in the art of using the
hammer, and various specimens of ore were conveyed
away. After examining the residence of Mr. Trefoy, the
royal party re•embarked at Fowey on board the Victoria
and Albert, which immediately put to sea; and at nine
o'clock on Wednesday morning the Queen and Prince
Albert, with the royal family, landed at Osborne pier.

THUNDER STORM.—Leeds and the greater part of the
West Riding of Yorkshire were visited by a tremendous
storm on Monday afternoon last. Rain for a short time
fell in torrents, accompanied by vivid lightning and loud
claps of thunder, which followed each other in rapid suc-
cession. The storm approached from the south, and
crossad the country in a south-easterly direction. As it
was but of short duration less damage was done than
might have been expected from its fury. Harvest opera-
tions, where carrying on, were stopped for the day, and
in some few instances considerable damage has been done
to the second crops of hay, which are in the course of
being obtained pretty generally throughout the county,
and on the old meadow lands as well as on those of seeds
or clover. A poor woman, who had just returned from
attending a funeral, and was in the act of undressing her-
self in her own house, near Pudsey, about four miles from
Leeds, was struck by the electric fluid and killed on the
spot. At Birkisland, a double cottage, occupied by a
shopkeeper, named James Rook, was struck. The electric
fluid entered the roof and cracked the wall down to the
bottom story, knocking several bricks out of the wall over
the fire-place in the chamber. The inmates happily es-
caped with a severe fright. Some sheaves of corn in a
field near Allerton were struck by lightning, and burned
to the ground. A dwelling-house on Moorhouse Moor
was also struck, but no damage was done beyond the
breaking of a quantity of pots and most of the class in the
windows. The mill chimney of Mr. Simeon Townend, of
Thornton, received some damage. The electric fluid de-
scended the chimney,after loosening a few stones near the
top, forced open the doors of the fire-places near the
boilers, and knocked down the engineer, who happened to
be in the doorway of the engine-house. He, however, re-
ceived no injury. The lightning also entered a cottage in
the village, by going down the chimney, but happily no
person was injured. A horse was killed in the neighbour-
hood of Birkenshaw, and several other disasters occurred.
The inhabitants of Farsley and Bromley declare that the
storm was the severest within their recollection. At
Farsley, Jonas Hargreaves, cloth weaver, was knocked
down and stunned by the lightning, but was not greatly
injured. His house and web were also slightly damaged
at the same time. In Brarnley the electric fluid struck to
four or five places. It broke upwards of ninety squares
of glass in the house of Mr. Cowlson. A person who had
been weaving cloth had just left his seat when it was
struck and shivered to pieces.