The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-31 00:00:00

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Liverpool y 439
• Different parts of Engid. 113
Ireland
Scotland 34
Wales . 59
Foreigners B9

SPRING CIRCUITS, 1840.

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Northern—Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Justice Erskine.
Oxford.—Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Baron Gurney.
Midland.--Lord Denham and Mr. Justice Bosanquet.
Home.—Lord Abinger and Mr. Justice Littledale.
Western.—Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Baron Rolfe.
Norfolk.—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Alderson.
South Wales.—Mr. Justice Maule.
North Wale.—Mr. Justice Williams.

MR. WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE,--PURCHASE OF ANI-
MALS FROM THE EAST INDIES.—The collection of birds,
quadrupeds, &c. now exhibiting by Mr. Wombwell, in th's
town, contains a vast variety of rare and beautiful animals,
many of which have been subjected to a system of training
and discipline which have brought into display such endow-
ments of sagacity as the beasts of the forest have never
before been suspected of possessing. Mr. Wombwell has,
since his arrival in Liverpool, purchased from Captain Gill-
man, of the ship Lintin, from Bombay, a remarkably fine
young male tiger, a.full grown leopard, and an extraordinary
buffalo of a species never before seen in this country. These
will form a valuable addition to the menagerie.
THE LAWFULNESS OF RULERS EMPLOYING THEIR
OFFICIAL INFLUENCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRUE
RELIGION.—The Rev. Dr. Tattershall preached a sermon
on Wednesday evening, in St. Augustine's Church, on this
topic; behalf of the Young Men's Established Church
Society. The text selected for the occasion, was from the
3d to the 9th verse of the 17th chapter of the 2d book of
Chronicles. The Rev. Doctor, in a most eloquent argutnent,
irresistibly established this doctrine, and answered all the ob-
jections urged against it. The discourse will forthwith be
published, and we earnestly recommend our readers to pos-
sess themselves of it.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The fourth soiree of the season
will be held on Monday evening next. We trust there will
be a large attendance, as the proceedings are expected to be
highly interesting.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The Tournament retains its
popularity, but it will soon be withdrawn. Let the hint be
taken by all who- understand it. The horsemanship this
week is exceedingly curious and amusing. The evolutions of
the Tartar horde, the precision of their movements, and the
beauty of their costume, deserve especial praise. The other
performances are inimitable in their way.
INTERESTING TO LADIES.—The more delicate the beauty
of a female, the more susceptible it is to the effects of our
rigid winters. The fine skin of England's lovely women is
not calculated to withstand exposure to their own climate,
without the assistance of some soothing application to allay
the smarting irritahilty produced by the action of a wintry
atmosphere. No discovery has effected this purpose except
ROWLAND'S KALYDOR, the application of which not only
removes the tenderness of the skin produced by cold, but all
cutaneous eruptions. In addition to these advantages, by
imparting a pliancy to the surface, which is -delightful and
luxurious to the sensation, it decidedly prevents the skin
from being susceptible to the attacks of bleak biting winds.
HSee advt.

DISTRESS IN ASHTON.UNDER-LYNE.—We understand
that the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, on being informed
that much distress existed at the present time in Ashton-
under-Lyne amongst the poor, has generously subscribed
.1:200. for their relief.

A SOLEMN WARNING.—It seems as if it were impossible
for any circumstance, or combination of circumstances to
occur, which could not be converted into an argument for the
perpetuation of the Whig ministry. The " volcanic tran-
quility " of Ireland—the actual eruptions in Wales—the
loyal disposition of one district, or the disturbed state of an-
other—war " luckily " terminated here, or threatening to
break out there—all serve their turn equally well. If they
are weak, it is an argument ad misericordia»z : if they have
involved the country in alarming difficulties, it is an argument
in terrorem, why nobody should venture to take the govern-
ment of it out of their hands ; so that imbecility and mis-
chievousness are as good recommendations for their continu-
ance in office, as vigour and wisdom would be in any other
party. The sum total of all' this is the old cry of last ses-
sion—" For Heaven's sake, sit quiet, or the coach will be
overturned ! The coachman is drunk, and has let the horses
run away ; and your only chance of safety now is, to let him
keep hold of the reins!" The Examiner very adroitly ex-
tends this reasoning from the ministry to the House of Com-
mons. Sir Robert Peel, it presumes, could not govern with-
out a dissolution; " but beware," it cries, "that it be not
• the dissolution of more than the parliament. Is the country
in a state for a dissolution ? In the fever of a general elec-
tion what would be the conduct of the followers of Feargus
O'Connor, Stephens, end Vincent ? Freedom of election
would be out of the question with Chartist rioters in the
field ; and how many soldiers would be wanted in every town
to protect the inhabitants from the worst perils of commo-
tion?" Supposing all that cunning alarmists like these say
to be true, we certainly are in a sweet dilemma. But where
is it to end ? To an end it must mine sometime, and some-
where; and, as matters are growing worse every (lay, the
sooner the better. If the reasoning of the Examiner is good
for anything, it is not for a bony parliament, but for an ever-
lasting parliament; for if we are to wait for a dissolution till
such a ministry as the present one can set things right again,
parliament may as w ell be declared perpetual to-morrow—
! aye, and (as Charley Fox is reported to have said of the cre-
dit he wanted from a Jew), /wiper, if needs be. But does
not this affected terror of Feargus, Vincent, Stephens, &e.,
speak volumes as to the real apprehensions of the whig-s ?
Beware that a dissolution would not be the dissolution of
more than the parliament!" Ominous owl! It certainly
would be—would be the mortal dissolution of the Whigs,
and, perhaps, of more than whigs —the whig-radicals.—
Morning Herald.
SHIPPING.—The weather is still wild and unpropitious'
and all the creeks, ports, and shelters on the west of Scot-
land are crowded by wind-bound vessels, or those which have
escaped from the fury of the elements. On Thursday last,
the United Kingdom one of the largest ships shoat. and
which brought a cargo of more than 2000 tons to Liverpool
in autumn, put into Gourock Bay. She left Liverpool on
the 6th instant for Charleston, for a cargo of cotton, and has
lost her spars, sails, &c., and some of the crew are disabled.
Some of the vessels now lying at the Tail of the Bank and in
Rothsay Bay, bad been from ten days to three weeks at sea,
and were obliged to put back. All of them, in fact, report
the weather to have been dreadfully wild, and even grey
headed seamen state that the gales of January, 1840, have
been the most disastrous they have ever experienced. The
Ariel brig has broken up off Troon. It is exactly forty years
since this vessel was built in \Vhitehaven, for a Troon pro-
prietor, to which, or Saltcoats and Ardrossan, she has be-
longed since the day she was launched, and it is somewhat
curious that the old brig should come to lay her bones in that
harbour in which she was so often welcomed.--Scottish
Guardian of Tuesday.

The subscription to the Centenary Fund; which information
has been forwarded to the secretaries, amounts to X 225,000,
and the sum actually received by the treasurers exceeds
£llO,OOO.

The Countess of Wilton has left town for Widmer, where
her ladyship's family have been since the summer. The
Earl of Wilton is among the party at Belvoir- Castle, on
visits to the Duke of Rutland.
Casks of provision, lard and butter, have- for the last few
' days been coining ashore in the neigbourhood of Kilrush,
supposed to be part of the cargo of the brig Quivedo, which
foundered off Bayle Bar about four years ago. The recent
heavy gales, it is thought, have broken her up.
The House of Lords has followed the example of the Com-
mons, and substituted the new police for the old parish
constables. Inspector Martin. and six inen of the A division,
now do day. in the House of Lords.
- •
EARTRQUAKE.—On the afternoon of Sunday last,- taro
successive shocks of earthquake were felt throughout the
county of Perth, but particularly in the western district's,
and along the banks of the Earn and Tay.—Perth Paper.
The Propayateur de I" Aube, in announcing the dekth of
a merchant of Troyes, M. Antoine Godet Huchard, !nentions
the following curious circumstances :—The father and grand-
father of this gentleman each died at the age of 54, anu
Oh
the 16th January, M. Godet-Huchard, although forcibly
struck with this coincidence, was without any superstition
about it. On the evening of the 15th instant, he invited
some friends to dine with him on the 17th, his patronymic
day, and observed laughingly "provided I he not dead before
it arrives." On the morning of the 16th he was carried off
by a suffusion of dropsy, a complaint from which he had
been suffering for some years, but which had latterly shown
no alarming symptoms_
Our letters from Ceylon are to the 17th November. Ex-
periments were making to introduce the sugar cane from.the
Mauritius, and the most perfect success had attended the
commencement of these, a large tract of land having been
devoted to the culture of the cane; which had produced
excellent sugar, and it was expected in a few years that
Ceylon would rival, if not excel, the Mauritius. The Lord
Bishop of Madras was on a visit to Ceylon. The governor
had returned from a cruise in the Wellington, by which his
health had beenmuch improved.
CONATANTINOPLE, DEC. 31.—A tater arrived here on
Sunday last, in nine days from Erzeroum, bringing letters
from that city up to the 20th instant, which, I' regret to /ay,
contain intelligence highly unfavourable to time prospect of a
speedy settlement of our Persian affairs. The Shah Kam-
ran, of Heral, having succeeded, by the friendly intentions
he manifested towards us on our capture of Cabool, in ob-
taining the recall of the division intended to occupy his capi-
tal, has now, it would appear, turned against us ; and, hav-
ing reproached the Shah of Persia with being the means of
forcing him into a dependence on the British, has induced
the latter to prepare a new expedition, which he expects will
be received at Herat with open gates.—Morning Chronicle.
Singapore papers to the 10th October state, that letters had
been received of the 9th Sept. from Hong-Hong, which Men-
tion that a further edict of Lin calls upon all the natives to
prepare arms and assemble in strong force to prevent the
British landing, and if they try to obtain provisions to exter-
minate or make them prisoners.
We believe the sth of next month is fixed for the soleenni-
sation of the marriage of Lord Dinorben and Miss Gertrude
Smyth, sister of the Princess of Capua. Lord Dinorben is
expected in town on Sunday or :Monday next, accompanied
by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, from Kimmel
Park. His royal highness is expected to give the beautiful
and accomplished affianced away, and the Prince and Princess
of Capua give a splendid dejeiine Xn the wedding party, at
Mivart's hotel.
ANTI-CORN LAW AGITATION. -- The Salons of Black-
burn have formed themselves into an anti-corn law club, to
help with their pence and their eloquence the unprincipled
agitation now going on against native industry and national
interests. They had a meeting in the Music-hall last Friday
night, having dispossessed a phrenological gentleman named
Bridges, who had announced a lecture for that evening. As
to what they said, what need is there to report it, for is it
not written, much better than it was spoken, in the pages of
the Anti-Corn-Law Circular and the Morning' Chronicle
Here, as elsewhere, the agitation against the corn-laws is
mainly carried on by the extreme radicals.— Blackburn,
Standard.

AstMs' BILL. FOR IRELAND.—whilst parliament is sitting
we fain would call the attention (not of government, for that
were useless, but) of the conservative opposition, and parti-
cularly of the Irish conservative members, to the'necessitv
of providing for the public peace by a new and effective Arms'
Bill. It will he seen by a reference to our last, in which the
Quarter Sessions in the south of Ireland, with respect to the
armament of the peasantry, are referred to—that the pro V-
isions of the existing registry of Arm;' Bill do not suffice to
keep fire-arms out of the hands of improper persons; nay,
have been adopted as the means of sheltering and securing
them in the possession of those who have obtained, and
would retain, them for unlawful purposes. -Unless means
be taken, then, to counteract the methods now in use for
arming the peasantry up to the-requirements of insurrection,
it is obvious that the armament will go on under the sanction
of the law till the law will not be able to repress it. There
is no time to be lost. —Dublin _keening Mail.
IRISH COAL MINES.—The extensive coal fields of the
county Antrim, situate on the sea coast, have been recently
let, by order of the Court of Cnancery ; and a companyeis
being formed, with a capital suitable to their complete de-
velopment. The seams are of nine feet in thickness, and Of
excellent and bituminous quality. They extend over '7OOO
acres, and promise a complete supply to the city of Dublin,
and to Belfast, Londonderry, Dundalk, and the whole north-
eastern and western portions of Ireland. The mineral re-
sources of Ireland are now happily beginning to be appre-
ciated ; and every well wisher of the country must desire, as
we do, the most complete success to the enterprise.-----Dublin
.Is'vening Mail.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—On
Saturday last, Captain Walker, of the Active, arrived at-this
port, from Trinity, Newfoundland;having fallen in with the
John and Mary Stephenson, from St. John, N.B. for Swan-
sea, on the Bth of January, in lat. 47 40, lon. 27 24, having
on board six of the crew, taken off the Jemima Sophia, of
Hartlepool, from Quebec for London. Captain Walker
took two of the crew on board his vessel and brought, them
to this port : their names are Thomas Nicholson and William
Cormack. The following are the partiCulars :—The wreck of
the Jemima Sophia, of Hartlepool, from Quebec for London,
Thomas Hindmarsh, Master, on December 25th, at half-past
eight, p.m. in lat 45 54, N. lon. 26 30. W. wind E.S.E. icing
to under the close-reefed maintopsail, head to the N.E., a
tremendous sea struck the vessel on the starboard side, which
carried away bowsprit, foremast, maintopmast, sweeping the
decks of boats, companion, skylight, chief mate and man at
the helm, and turning the ship on her beam ends. The
water was then making free passage at the companion and
skylight, the master, second mate, and three of the crew in
the cabin at the time ; the master, second mate, and two
others gained the deck, but one was unfortunately drowned
in the cabin. When the vessel righted, six persons were
left out of nine, with no hopes of relief. The survivors• were
upon the wreck 11 days, and nothing to subsist upon but one
four-pound piece of pork, end some bread that washed up the
companion and skylight. The crew of the John and Mary,
of Blythe, made out the wreck at three p.m. on the 3rd
January, and bore clown to the unfortunate survivors, the
sea then running very high, which rendered all attempts at
assistance useless, but the captain of the John and IVlary
humanely laid by .until the next day, when he succeeded in
hoisted out his boat and took them on board his. ship in a
very weak state. The only means they had of quenching
their thirst was when it rained by sucking the moisture-off the
stump of the foremast. but they are now in a fair way of reco-
very. CaptaiteWalker has taken every care of these two
men, and since his arrival here has applied to the Merchant.
Seamen's Hospital Committee, who have giVen d 2 to each
man, and a subscription has also been made to assist them in
gaining their respective homes—Liverpool and Newcastle.—
Dorset Chronicle.,
HOLYWELL.—Thedistregs of the poor cotton spinners in
this town, caused by the. stoppage of extensive factories,
very great. Many of those who were in comfortable circum-
stances, .are now reduced to the utmost destitution ; most of
them being without fire, food, or clothing at this inclement
season. The commissioners of roads have exercised a prompt
and extensive liberality by ordering their surveyor to 'forth-
with commetve the new line- of road, (which has far some
time been projected,) from near Milwr to Holywell, in order
to give employment to these poor men ; but from some tri-
lling cause or other, nothing has yet been done, and it is
sincerely to he hoped, the commissioners will insist upon
their benevolent determination being carried into effect ; and
it is still further to be hoped, that Mr. Edward Lee, " whose
ears are always open. to the cry of indigence and sorrow,"
will allow it to be done : so that the needy may find help in
time of trouble, and in the bitterness of their distress not-to
have to supplicate in vain.—Chester Courant.
We have late accounts from Siam which are of some com-
mercial interest. The markets at Bankok continued in a
very depressed state. . A measure was also in contemplation
by the Government, which, if carried into effect, was likely
to prove a material impediment to a continuance of commer-
cial intercourse with Siam to the seine extent -as of late
years. This was to levy upon all square-rigged vessels arriv-
ing at Bankok the Lull tonnage duty of 1,700 ticals per fa-
thom, no matter how often a vessel might go there-in the
course of a year. The practice had formerly been to charge
this duty only once in the year, the vessel paying it having
the privilege of returning subject to a duty of only 600 or
700 ticals, and never exceeding the latter. On this footing
the ships from Bombay have traded for more than. the last
ten years, and were thus frequently enabled, after discharg-
ing their original cargo at Bankok. to make three or four
trips backwards and forwards in the course of the year. This
had caused a very active intercourse, hut the exorbitant Me
would absorb all the profits of the adventure, and unless the
authorities at Bankok abandoned the measure, which in all
respects was an impolitic one, that trade would receive
.a very
,
considerable cheek.

ComixcrEitisric Srouv.---Whilst.- at Midgham, he was
absent one evening from prayers ; long search was made for
him ; and at last he was
tf(i)/111111itimisfle lie had eyl
ittlationexii
tre):lnp ti in a
nau-
lrg t,itcael, but agreeable oni}•
his youthful protegje, a voting lady
of his own age, about eleven years, and taking, a long- pole he
had contrived by its means to place his circular ship; with
himself and passenger, in the very centre of thetti* and
deep water ; and through some inadvertence; probably a
slight attention to the young lady, he lost his pole. '''Unfor-
tunately, just as his alarmed father arrived, it fell Calm ; and.
the only motion the tub had was the unpleasant one'of the
Pillory, going slowly round and round. There -stOtal the
future hero of many tights, with his arms folded hi a; nianner
that reminds one now of the prints of Napoleon on the island
of St. Helena. Night was coming on and the situation of the
children was critical, when an expedient. suggested itself to
the embryo sailor. He hailed those on shore, and told-then'
to fasten the string of his kite ton favourite dog. This being
done, he called him to the tub, and thus conveyed a towing
line on hoard the first craft he had the honour of command-
ing.-2lfemoirs of Sir Sydney Smith.
The pious Postmaster-General has ordered that t here shall
in future be a general delivery of 'letters and papeks.,at the
houses of the inhabitants of Newcastle- 011 the mornings of
Sundays—a violation of the respect of the Sabbath from
which the town has been free. This most unexpected mea-
sure has called forth a memorial to the. Earl of Lichfield,
which is now in course of signature. It seems to be wholly
unnecessary, as it certainly has been
.uncalled for by the in-
habitants themselves. It will, besides, he a very difficult
task to accomplish, in consequence of all places of business
being closed on Sundays, and in most cases from there being
no person resident on the premises, so that-the letter-carrier
will probably have to take inure letters back to the post7ohice
than he is able to deliver. - A delivery at the window to those
who think proper to" send, as hitherto,. is generally con-
sidered to be sufficient.—Xewcostle drovrnal.

THE LATE HURRICANE IN BELG WM.—BRUSSELS,: jA!:.
25.—The memorable hurricane of the 23th of November,
1835, was, doubtless, one of the most violent •that, we re-
member to have witnessed in, Belgium, but then it lasted only
one day ; that which now prevails has desolated the country
for this week past. It WAS, especially Yesterday evening (the
24th,) that. the wind coming from the South-west blew with
the greatest fury. About eight o'clock a fearful tempest came
and raged during the greater part of the night in the city and
the environs. Loud claps of thunder were mingled with the
roaring of the wind, the impetuosity of which was terrific.
A great many houses in the city and suburbs have suffered
severely from this hurricane. Fifty trees is the-bdulevards
are torn up by the roots, and many-others inneh impaired.
We look with anxiety for news trot-wool-seaports, for it is
feared that fatal accidents have occurred on the coast. Al-
most all the accounts from the provinces announce more or
less considerable injuries done by the storm. The schie has
fallen considerably, and still continues to subside. The
damage done by the inundations is not yet ascertained.

47f,

(From the Globe Ministerial Paper.)
We can confidently state that the marriage of her Majesty
will take place at the. Chapel Royal, St. James's, either on
Monday, the 10th February, or Thursday, the 13th February;
but on which of these days has not yet been positively deter-
mined, although it will in all probability he the latter, as the
court mourning does not cease until Sunday, the 9th. The
august and solemn ceremony will be performed by daylight,
in the Chapel Royal, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who
will he assisted by the Bishop of London—the dean of the
chapel. Her Majesty on the day of the nuptials will leave
Buckingham Palace, accompanied by her august mother, the
Duchess of Kent, and proceed to St. James's Palace, enter-
ing by the garden-gate, where she will be met by the various
branches of the royal family, who will be there to receive her.
It is intended that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex
should give the royal bride away if the state of his health
permit him to undergo the fatigues of the day ; otherwise
this part of the ceremonial will be performed by his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Her Majesty, with all the members of the royal household,
together with the different members of the Royal Family,
will assemble in the Throne Room and in the Ambassadors'
Closet, while Prince Albert with his suite will muster in the
Ante-Throne Room. Queen Anne's Room, the Tapestry
Room, and the Guard Room, through which the royal cor-
tlye will pass, will be fitted up with seats to view the proces-
sion from the Palace to the Chapel, as will also the Flag
Court (immediately opposite the entrance to the Chapel
Royal), and the latter will have accommodation of this kind
for nearly 500 persons. These arrangements will be admira-
bly adapted for affording means of witnessing all that passes.
The body of the Chapel Royal will be fitted up with raised
seats for the accommodation of the nobility and the household ;
and the royal family will be placed around the altar.
After the celebration of the royal nuptials, her Majesty
and the Prince Consort will leave London for Windsor
Castle.
Prince Albert may be expected to arrive in England very
shortly, and apartments have already been secured for his
Serene Highness, at Payne's Royal York Hotel, Dover.
The mayor, aldermen, and town council, of the city of Can-
terbury have called a meeting to prepare Addresses to be
presented to the Prince on his way to London.
In the evening of the day of the nuptials of her Majesty a
sumptuous banquet will take place in the celebrated ban-
queting rooom built by George IV., which has never been
used since the accession to the throne of Queen Victoria.
Dinners will also been given on a scale of magnificence
befitting the occasion by all the Cabinet Ministers.

(From the Sunday Paper which proclaims itself as under
the especial patronage of the Queen.)
The whOle of the plans-for the alterations in the interior and
exterior of St. James's Chapel, preparatory to her Majesty's
marriage, are now complete. On Wednesday, her Majesty,
accompanied by the Earl of Uxbridge, the Lord Chamberlain,
and some of her suite, visited the chapel in person, and in-
spected the drawings of the galleries which it is proposed to
erect, with a view to increasing the accommodation, which
were submitted to her Majesty by Mr. Phipps, of the Board
of Works. These, we understand, her Majesty approved ;
and orders were given for the construction of the framework
elsewhere, as it was determined not to interfere with the cele-
bration of the ordinary Sabbath service till the last moment ;
and this day her Majesty and the royal hoUsehold will attend
Divineworthip as usual. While the architectural part of the
arrangements are thus in progress, the drawings of the intend-
ed hangings and decorations, which are to be of the most
tasteful and splendid description, have also been inspected
and adopted ; and Mr. Bailey, the upholsterer, has been ac-
tively engaged in forwarding them, so as to be ready for their
introduction with as little delay as possible. The whole of the
interior of the chapel, which is extremely plain, having been
rebuilt and lined with oak about three years back, will be
completely metamorphosed, and present an aspect of a very
brilliant description. And, as it is now believed the nup-
tials will take place on the 13th of February, the workmen
have directions to commence operations to-morrow morning,
and complete their duties with all speed.
The gallery for the accommodation of privileged spectators
in the Court-yard, which is considerably advanced, extends
the whole length of the covered way leading to the State
apartments, and is constructed with great solidity. It is to
be covered in and lined with cloth ; and filled, as it, no
no doubt, will be, by the elite of the fashionable world, it
will present a,coup d'aiil of imposing magnificence, upon
which the argand lamps to be inserted in the roof will throw
a lustre.
There are, we bear, to be no extraordinrry preparations in
the state apartments of St. James's Palace, from whence her
Majesty will proceed to the chapel, accompanied by Prince
Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the bride's-maids, and all the
officers of state—according to a programme to be heareafter
arranged, and as nearly conformable to the precedent afforded
in the marriage of George 111. and Queen Charlotte as pos-
sible. The programme of the ceremonial will, we apprehend,
be prepared in the department of the Earl Marshal and issued
shortly before the all-important and auspicious day.
A correspondent of the Globe has thought proper in the
course of the week to question our statement that Prince
Albert, when a child, had been the associate of her Majesty ;
but we believe, if he extend his inquiry, lie will find that his
royal highness in early life was on a visit in this country to
her Royal Higness the Duchess of Kent, and that, with
Prince George of Cumberland, and Prince George of
Causbridge, he was frequently the companion of the then
Princess Victoria, who even thus early felt a childish attach-
ment to him from the great mildness and amiability of his
manners. We admit that from that period till 1835, when
he came over to England with his father and brother, all
personal intimacy had ceased.

THE AUSTRALIAN BOMNIERENG. This is a thin, curved
missile about two feet four inches long.
by a skilful native so as to rise upon th windand can be thrown
with a rotatory
motion, and in a crooked direction, towards anya given point
ornd to return,
with any given point with great precision,
after a considerable flight, to within a yardtwo of the
thrower; or, by first striking the ground near homie,ottotl!ound
so as to hit at a given distance, en ricochet, any
a tree. This is a very singular weapon, and probably origin-
atedel'ind
in the utility of such a missile for the purpose ofkilli
ducks where they are very numerous, as on the interior
rivers and lagunes ; and where, accordingly, we find it much"
more in use than on the sea-coast, and better made, being
often covered with good carving.—Mitchell's Australia. --
NEW IMPRISONMENT BILL._NOST IMPORTANT TO IN-
SOLVENTs.—It appears that several clauses have been in-
serted in the new gaol regulation act, of the most vital im-
portance to debtors going to gaol, and yet the public seem to
be completely in the dark respecting them. By the sth, 7th,
anti Bth clauses in the gaol regulation act, prisoners confined
for
prisoners
are to he treated precisely in the same manner as
committed for crime—that is, on going into gaol,
their persons are to be searched—all letters opened and read
—their
money is to be taken from them, and to be deposited
with the keeper—and whatever correspondence takes place
between them, their
.creditors, relatives, or friends, during
their remaining in
surveillance. The iclrillts,?n, is to be subjected to the strictest
upon the chaplain. w•eofethis delicate investigation devolves
powers vested
that the first agitation of the
question as to the
prisons towards debtors, vested in the keepers of various
sultory conversation occurredamongstt,e a few weeks ago, in a de-
sessions at the judge's lodgings, Lancaster.
sitting in petty
gentlemen were of opinion, that- '" tTaster. Some of the
duced some time back by the visiting le regulation" intro-
tain privileges and comforts were•
justices,lo, by which cer-
according to their ability to provide them,
to the debtors
seded by the clauses above mentioned, an,dhad been super-
which they held before the new regulation that the power
as taken out of
their hands. As there was a variance 'in construingthese
clauses, the home secretary, Lord Norrnanby, wag addressed,
, a—
and his opinion requested, whether debtors came under
term "prisoners in the act. His lordship, in aimder, the
stated that they do so ; and that, in pursuance of 411e.' has
their persons, on entering gaol, must be searched, their money et ,
taken from them, and their letters read, as well as those
the crown prisoners. As may be well supposed, as soon as
this circumstance became known amongst the debtors in the
county gaol, they were seized with the greatest consternation
and astonishment ; for hitherto the debtors' side has been
governed according to the old regulation. When the indig-
tatdign of soin.', the surprise of others, and the anxiety of all,
a in some deree subsided, the question with "the repub-
lic"e was,—What, must he done ? Some, " the high spirits of
13 ac,e 7for from these a prison is not exempt—were for
tr • ying physical force the moment such hateful regulations were
put in practice; but the " master minds" suggested a wiser and
more constitutional plan,whieh.the
old was to have a cops of
old regulations transni• ittotetlte the home secretary through the
magistrates favourable their continuance. This was done
in the early part of last wee; therefore the debtors are at
present awaiting the decision
is of his lordship with no little
anxiety and doubt. Thereanother point, too, which we
omitted to mention previous'
equally interested—namely, ',y,,,hreitri which the debtors feel
their friends or otherwise, by whatieira those who, through
called ' garnish,' or
paying a stated sum of money, enjoy certain •
acc.ommoda-
tions in the various apartments of the prison, will have this
privilege continued to them ; or, whet,
er
they ,
are all to be
placed on the county allowance." u
At present, in the yard,
several stalls with various articles of consumption, beef,
bread, vegetables, &c., as well as second-hand clothes stands,
are erected. But, if the debtors are not to be
allowed t
have any money, as a matter of course, these will no longer°
be required; and the whole community within the walls,
s,
debtors and criminals, will be placed on the same diet.
Probably in the course of next week, we shall be enabled to
acquaint our readers with Lord Normanby's decision upon
this important subject. —Martcheeter Guardian.

" Mr. Duncan, who has been engaged for several years
in collecting information on this subject for government, has
kindly furnished me with a list of streets and courts where
diseases are most prevalent.
" During two years (1837 and 1838) 7469 patients ill of
fever were visited by the officers of the dispensaries. Of
this number about 2300 (considerably more than one-third)
resided in courts, and about 1900 (more than one-fourth) in
cellars ; the remaining 2700 or 2800 living in houses, or
houses in streets, chiefly in lodging-houses, where a number
of families or individuals are crowded together.
" ' The streets in which the greatest number of cases oc-
curred are exactly those which are the filthiest and worst ven-
tilated, and in which the greatest number of inhabitants are
compressed into the smallest compass. But that you may
judge for yourself. I give you a list of some of the worst.
" Fourthly—New and wide streets should he opened
through the crowded parts of the town. Squares should also
be formed in several places sufficiently large for the inhabit-
ants, particularly children, to exercise themselves in. Hot
and cold baths could, in many of those squares, be erected,
at a very small expense, especially in the neighbourhood of
steam engines.
" Parks also, for the inhabitants to promenade in, or, in
other words, for equestrian and pedestrian exercise, similar
to those in London, Edinburgh, and in towns on the conti-
nent, should be formed by the corporation, and not in stinted
surfaces, but containing two or three thousand acres.
" The only places at present appropriated to such purposes
are the Prince's and George's Pierheads, St. James's Walk
and Cemetery—the latter, however, being altogether unfit,
from the causes already explained ! But how few, compara-
tively, of the inhabitants can avail themselves of those places,
being removed to such distances from their residences : thus,
then, the necessity of making such improvements is at once
manifest. . .

" Fifthly—The church yards should also be shut up ; con-
sequently, new cemeteries would be required ; these should
be formed at a distance of two or three miles from the town.
" Lastly—ln the allotment of land for building purposes,
the streets should never he less in width than 40 feet, and
laid off in straight lines-and right angles. The leading streets
should, as mach as possible, be conformable with the pre-
vailing currents of wind; nor should the houses be allowed
to approach from back to back nearer than 20 yards. The
sewers should all be formed previous to any of the houses
being built ; and each house should be amply supplied with
water-closets. _ .

" No courts in cul de sae should be tolerated ; in short,
nothing but thorough streets of a sufficient width should be
erected.

" In order to have all this done properly, it is only neces-
sary for the corporation of Liverpool to have a correct sur-
vey of the town and environs made, and a plan of the whole
laid out in a manner consistent with the general interests of
the community ; and, by obtaining an act of parliament, the
whole could be carried into execution with little or no diffi-
culty This has been done in other towns, and why not
here ?
" This may be objected to by many on the scpre of ex-
pense; but I maintain that, in the long run, it would more
than repay it all, and in many ways. Poor rates would be
lessened—the amount of crime would also be reduced ; but,
above all, the life and health of the inhabitants, which at
present appear to be a matter of the utmost indifference,
would, by adopting the measures proposed, be protected and
prolonged."
The paper was followed by some observations by Drs.
Bryce and Sutherland, who entirely concurred with the view
of the subject talLn by Mr. Cunningham. They also men-
tioned some facts connected with their own medical expe-
rience of Liverpool, as compared with other large towns in
England and on the continent, tending to corroborate the
fact that the health of large towns, in a great measure, de-
pended on the sanitory measures adopted by its municipal
authorities.