The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE REIGNING SOVEREIGNS OF EUROPE

(From the Deutsche Allyemeine Zeitung.)
Of the 52 sovereigns reigning in Europe, two of them
have reached their 70th year—the King of Hanover, the
oldest sovereign in Europe, since the death of Gregory
XVI omi .ts- TZ: p „

y L., anu the King of the French. Of *the other sOvel
reigns' 13 are between 60 and 70 years of age, 14 from 50
f to 60, 11 from 40 to 50, eight from 20 to 30, and two have
not reached their 20th year, namely, the Queen of Spain,
who is only 16 years 3 months, and the Prince of Waldeck,
who is not yet 16, Of all the sovereigns, the Prince of
SAso T • • • • •• •

3ngest of t

ie time, if

uc counrea. tie has reigned for nearly 60
years. Two have reigned for more than 40 years, equally
counting their minority ; four from 30 to 40 years ; nine
from 20 to 30 years ; 21 from 10 to 20 years ; the 15 other
sovereigns, of whom three ascended the throne during
1845, have not reigned more than 10 years. By counting
the reign from the date only of majority, not counting the
years in which a. sovereign was still a minor, the longest
reign is that of the Duchess of Parma, (32 years 7 months),
as the Princes of Schaumburg-Lippe, of Lippe _ and

dietary of ti

.iwarzourg tumotstadt, and the Dile of S
.n, reigned many years before they re

:hed their

I Six Sovereigns are unmarried, namely (independently
of the Pope), the Grand Duke of Mechlenburg-Schweriu,
the Duke of Brunswick, the Princes of Reuss-Schleitz,
t-,1•-• Reuss-Ebersdorf, and of Waldeck. The King of Hano-
ver, the Grand Dukes of Hesse and of Oldenburg, and the
r Duke of Nassau, are widowers ; the Duchess of Parma is
cs;
a widow. The Sultan is a polygamist. The Elector of
v Hesse has contracted a morganatic marriage. The 39
others contracted marriages suitable to their rani
have been married thrice, and eight twice.
Of the 46 Sovereigns married or widowed, 13 have no
children. Of the 33 others, after the Sultan, comes the
Prince of Dichtenstein, who has nine children. The King
of Bavaria and the Prince of Lippe have each eight ; the
Grand Duke of Baden, seven ; six other sovereigns have
each seven ; and three only one. 15 sovereigns have
grandsons ;—the King of the French has 15 • the Em
peror of Russia, the Grand Dukes of Hesse andi of Saxe
Weimar, and the Prince of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen
have each six. As the Duke of Saxe-Altenburgh
T.; only daughters, there are 32
wesurnptiv(

Iva autaiG3 IUI MAC-
cessors. 12 have brothers; the Queen of Spain, her
sister ; and the Prince of Hohenzollen-llechingren. the
-

mg in ttu
taneously

Its grant

3vereigns have no fixed

ums sold

W
her husbi

woman, namec

n pe, the
ss of Parma, ihe iale7:7lLsowT.kict,e of roAnhalt-
erg, of Anhalt-Coethen, and the. Prince of Reuss-
lorf. Of 46 hereditary princes and heirs-presump-
lie eldest being the Prince of Reuss-Schleitz, 57

roman was

has co:

TION IN

;ea a morganatic marriage, one is divorced fox
le second time, 16 have children ; Prince John of Saxony

In the course of last year, 18 deaths took place in so-
es :—three reigning princes, Pope Gregory
IV., Duke of Modena, and the Landgrave
'-Homburg ; one ex-sovereign, Louis Bo-
king of Holland ; the Dowager Duchess (pro-
hereditary) of Anhault-Dessau,
Juke and his sister, Princess Wil-

vereign farnili
• XVI., Francis_
Philip of Hess(

naparte, e

perlv speaking princes:
mother of the reirnine

NOTICE TO QUIT

Liam of Pi

2 and 71 years, both sisters 01
Hesse-Homburg ; Prince Henn
uncle of the present king

the late

, aged

Jf the Netherlands, ah
reditary prince of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchre.,,
Prince Charles of Waldeck, uncle of the reigning pane(
aged 43; Count Henry of Reuss-Kostritz, aged 78
Count Ferdinand of Linne-Rlectprfpl,l . +is

the he-

Grand Duchess Mar

of Russia, daug

titer Of the Grand

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A prisoner in llertford gaol has died of erysipelas, I AWFUL DISTRESS IN DENTON.—The distress in the
supposed to have been produced from a serious cut from batting business in Denton, near Ashton-under-Lyne, is
a cutlass, inflicted by one of the county police in cap- such, that the population of this once prosperous village
tilting the prisoner. The jury, at the coroner's inquest, were never in so distressed a state as at present ; indeed,
thought that the officer had displayed excessive zeal ra- there are many famijies who are literally starving to death,
ther than want of duty. and whose haggard and puny appearance cannot but strike
It is said that a company is about to be formed in every beholder.
London for the erection of public ovens, on the same STRIKE AMONG THE MINERS IN SOUTH. STAFFORD-
principle as the baths and wash-houses. The labouring SHlRE.—Several meetings have of late been held by large
poor will then be enabled to make. their own bread, as numbers of the colliers in South Staffordshire, the object
pans and other requisites will be provided, and the baking of which was to concert measures for a general strike, in
performed at a trifling expense. the event of the masters ref Using to accede to their congregation of St. John's Chapel, Bedford-row, mands of continuing the present rates of wages for two
London, contributed on Sunday week the munificent sum hours less work a day. The masters have had several
of £1,240, and upwards, after sermons preached by the meetings also on the subject, and seem determined to re-
Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, and the Rev. J. G. Garrard, sist the demand. Should the price of coal be further ad-
in aid of our destitute fellow-subjects in Ireland and vanced—and this would be the inevitable result of a strike
Scotland. —the sufferings of the poor in the midland counties, in
In consequence of the high price and scarcity of pota- the present inclement and very severe season, will be
toes, the visiting justices of the Bucks county prison have dreadful.
Irdered a substitution of carrots for potatoes in the Worth-Park House, the seat of Joseph Montefiore,
_lie gaol. They have also expressed their de- Esq., the eminent merchant, was completely destroyed by
termination, in the event of the price of carrots being fire at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The mansion
raised, to make a trial of rice likewise, as a similar sub- contained thirty-two different rooms. The contents of
stitute. the library were entirely destroyed, as well as the whol. Never since the establishment of horse-racing in Eng- of the furniture in the upper rooms. Most of tl land have there been so many horses in training as there plants were rescued from the conservatory, and a nu, are at the present time. The entries for the various stakes, of large looking-glasses were saved. It is impossible which closed on the Ist of January, are so numerically present to tell the exact amount of property that has
strong, as to leave no doubt in the mind of even the most been consumed, but it must reach at the lowest several
prejudiced person that the Bentinck rules have been pro- thousand pounds. The proprietor was insured for only
ductive of all the good results which were anticipated by £4700, viz.:—£3ooo on the mansion, and £l7OO on the
their founder. furniture. At five o'clock on Wednesday evening, the
MRS. BUTLER (LATE FANNY KEMBLE.)—Mr. Bunn ruins were still smouldering.
has made an offer of £59 a night to the lady named above BEER FROM SUGAR.—A well

to re-appear at the Drury-lane theatre. The sum is the writer, who appears to have exhausted the subjee., _
highest ever paid to to Mrs. Siddons—Mrs. Butler's aunt ; pamphlet entitled " Good and cheap Beer for the Million,
but as Mrs. Butler demands £lOO per night, and Mr. by the Use of Sugar and Molasses in Public BreNieries,"
Bunn cannot comply with such exorbitant terms, the suggests that sugar may be used, together with barley, in
negociation which was opened has terminated unsatis- the proportion of one to four or five, with an improve-
fa ctorily. ment to the flavour. As the total quantity of malt used
The schoolmaster of the Chertsey Union was killed on in brewing and distilling annually is about 4,500,000
Saturday week, by trying to jump from the carriage after quarters, this would release about 1,125,000 quarters of
it had started from the Weybridge station on the South barley for food. A quarter of malt is generally considered
Western line. Having been asleep, he did not hear the to have its equivalent in 1801 b. of sugar, or about 2601 b.
name of the station called out till after the train had of molasses. This quantity of malt, therefore. would hP
stnrforl a.— •

itnost instan-

...,,mazu.s.kri I CU ULU
present supply which, we think A scarcely necessary to
observe, we are not likely to procure early PllllllO.ll +A LA

'rotter, I o'
Shef_ et

;erious assistance in our present emergency

If sugar

mutucient to release halt-a-million of
field, on Tuesday, against her will. She and her husband quarters, that is quite as much as could be expected;
had often quarrelled, and he threatened to kill her if she and even this is a relief not to be despised.
would not consent to be sold by auction. The Mayor of EXTRAORDINARY DECEPTION.—An affair has just oc-
Sheffield interfered before the r— -- removed from curred at Salisbury, which excited, first much consterna-

... ~. ...., .......8,..t.uu eumnig idle intim-
_
for the apprehension of the husband. tants of that city. The neighbourhood of Castle-street
3ELAND AND SCOTLAND.—The Bri- was alarmed on Saturday morning by cries of " Murder"
tish Association Fund for the relief of the distress in from the residence of the Rev. Mr. New, and on entering
Ireland and Scotland, at the head of which stands the the house Mr. New was seen in a state of great excite-
Queen's name, that of the Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, ment, with a carving knife in his hand, with which he
&c., has already reached upwards of £40,000; in addition said some burglars had just stabbed the servant girl, who
to which there is the Famine Relief Fund, so successfully had alarmed the family by her screams. The house had
ghhoauds e a andte w theday
s adjoining
previously
set on foot by the National Club, which amounts to apparently been entered by the hack door, and bundles
hougsievsen
between £7OOO and £BOOO, and is daily receiving fresh were tied up as if for removal. The neighbours searched
subscription° theigirl
inanvaiimnp, raonb da bal
es
a e the_ Lord Grey has sent despatches to
.ernors of colonies and dependencies who have held 'count of an attack on her by a robber, the police inspec-
,.r appointments for six years and more, informing them tor searched her box, and there found several articles the
that he will observe the rule which was laid down by Sir property of Mr.'New. The stab she had received with
George Murray, when Secretary of State for the Colonies, the carving knife, which was found by Mr. New sticking
viz., that six years shall be the duration of a governor's in her, was very slight. She was examined before the
appointment. His lordship, it is said, has also intimated magistrates, and remanded.
that' the successors of such governors will be forthwith At the Thames Police-court,
appointed, and may be expected within three months from Richard Wright, described as Cons,
the receipt of the despatches. ador, was charged at the instance of Insp.

nay week, Colonel