The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-04 00:00:00

THURSDAY

The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester
visited her Majesty, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Higness Prince Albert, attended by Major-
General Sir Edward Bowater and Captain Seymour, rode
.out on horseback, yesterday, between one and two o'clock.
His Royal Highness called at Marlborough House, Pall-
mall, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager.
Among the inquiries yesterday at Buckingham Palace after
the state of the Queen and the infant Princess Royal were
the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna, the Ame-
rican Minister and Mrs. Stevenson, the Bavarian Minister
and Baroness Cetto, the Belgian Minister and Madame
Van der Weyer, the Lord Chancellor, Earls of Lichfield and
Warwick, Countesses of Lichfield, Warwick, and Belfast ;
Viscount and Viscountess Royle, Lord Bloomfield, Ladies
Elizabeth Smyth, Anne Anson, Reid ; Hon. Mrs. Sander-
son ; Sirs Charles M. Clarke, J. Rae Reid, and Robert H.
Inglis; Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, Colonel Wylde, Major
Shadwell Clarke ; Messieurs Hawkins, M.P., Rich, M.P.,
Freshfield, M.P.' Daniel, Q.C., Stewart, Lawrence, and
G. R. Robinson ; Mistresses Lawrence and Stewart ; Misses
Smyth, Stewart, and Burdett Coutts.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, yesterday.

The French government has determined on raising aJoan
for 25 millions of francs, three per cents. --X1,000,000 ster-
ling. The order in council has been signed, but the minister
of finance delays bringing it f. trward till after the address be
voted by the deputies.—Morning Herald.
Sir Frederick Smith, and Professor Barlow, the commis-
sioners appointed by government to investigate the best rail-
way route to Scotland, have recently re-examined the lines
between Lancaster and Carlisle, and are said to have reported
in favour of the project which takes in Kendal.
The mahogany " door," supposed to have belonged to the
President steamer, has since been ascertained to be the pannel
of a locker in the ladies' cabin of the City of Bristol, lost the
week before last.

ENORNIOUS CABBAGE.—During the present season, an
enormous cabbage has been grown in the gardens of J. W.
Eaton, Esq., Leeswood Hall, near Mold, the weight of which
was 371bs.

DEATH OF A FEMALE MISER.--An old woman, residing
in the parish of Fetteresso, for many years a beggar in this
neighbourhood, died last week ; and in an old chest in her
humble domicile were found £3, rolled up in a pair of blan-
kets and a few webs of cloth. Some workmen having, dur-
ing a shower the other day, taken refuge in the tenantless
hut, discovered a box on the top of the wall, upon opening
which they found, in an old pocket, 17 one-pound notes.—
Aberdeen Journal.
BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY.—This work, at the
important portion of the line which runs through the town-
ship of Great Bolton, is now nearly completed, and it is ex-
pected that an engine will travel along the line, from Bolton
to Rawlinson Bridge—about a mile and a half from Chorley,
during the ensuing month. The key-stone of the last arch,
in this quarter, was inserted at the close of last week, at the
crossing of a street called Stable-row,
Horse-
street. The company have built ten sub near Black Horse-
stantial bridges in
as many streets, beneath which the railway passes, besides a
tunnel, in length about 150 yards, near the Moor-lane por-
tion of the works. The openings which the railway company
have made through the crowded and narrow streets of New-
ton, will be of essential service to the inhabitants, by greatly
facilitating a free circulation of the air throughout that fetid
and impure region. We understand that the company intend
to open the line in January, carrying passengers throughout
from Manchester, Bolton, &c, to Preston, by railway and
coaches. The entire completion of the line, to the point
where it joins the North Union, at Buxton, is not expected
—Bolton Free Press.
to take place before August next.

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THE OUT-PENSIONERS OF CHELSEA HOSPITAL.—The
whole of the out-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital (capable of
serving) have received instructions to hold themselves in rea-
diness to be called out upon active duty in the event of their
services being required. The lords and other commissioners
for managing the affairs of the hospital have just determined
that all the out-pensioners shall undergo a personal inspec-
tion within the ensuing month, in order that their identity
shall be clearly established prior to their being paid their next
quarter's pension. For this purpose several gentlemen have
been appointed to attend at the several excise-offices through-
out the kingdom, at which places the pensioners have been
required to appear, " in an orderly and soldierlike manner ;"
and in the event of any pensioner neglecting to present him-
self for inspection and examination, his name will be erased
from the hospital books, and he will be deprived of his pen-
sion until he has satisfactorily accounted for his non-attend-
ance, and clearly established his identity as the individual
actually admitted on the pension-list. There is a provision
made for those who are prevented from attending by sickness
or old age.

ROYALTY IN EUROPE.—The Augsburg Gazette remarks—
" Within a century 90 reigning houses have become extinct
in Europe. Among them are those of Hapsburg, Romanow,
Ostfriese, Stuart, Montfort, Mansfield, Kirchberg, Este,
Cibo, Sinzendorf, Cobary, and Rheinstadt. Among the 21
reigning dynasties, 18 are of German origin, including that of
Savoy. The history of the throne of Holland is unique ' • in
that of three sovereigns of different houses, two have volun-
tarily abdicated. In all probability after another generation,
six detached lines will be re-annexed to countries under a
monarchical government, and re united to the hereditary line.
The present reigning houses are composed of 688 members—
viz. 346 princes, and 342 princesses. The catholic are less
numerous than the protestant houses, with the exception of
Austria, which reckons 21 princes and 11 princesses. Among
the protestant houses which have only one reigning line. Wur-
temburg is the most numerous, having 20 princes and 16
princesses. It was saved from extinction by the secularisation
of the canon, Father Frederick, the grandfather of the pre-
sent king, and common ancestor of all the existing family,
which took place about 80 years ago.
THE IRISH CHANCELLORSHIP.—The report of the resig-
nation of Lord Plunket and the appointment of Sir John
Campbell to the Irish Seals has been renewed. Upon a for-
mer occasion this report was contradicted, apparently upon
authority ; but we believe, for all that, it is not entirely des-
titute of foundation. Sir John has, it is said—insisting upon
his right as Attorney-General—put in his claim for one of
the new offices about to be created. To this Lord Cottenham
has given a decided negative. Under these circumstances it
is said that a negotiation has been opened with Lord Plunket
for his retirement from the bench, thus securing to Sir John
Campbell, in any event, a pension of £lOOO. a year for his
life.—Dublin Evening Mail.
THE ROYAL INPANT.—The Isle of Wight has the honour
of supplying the person who is to suckle the young Princess.
She has beeu selected—a royal messenger was sent off ex-
press on Saturday to Mr. Charles Day, surgeon, of Cowes,
to announce to Mrs. Jane Ratsey, wife of Mr. Retsell
Ratsey, of Medina-terrace, West Cowes, that she had been
appointed wet-nurse to the Queen, and to desire that she
would proceed to London immediately. She arrived in
town by the Southampton mail-train on Sunday morning, to
undertake her high and honourable office. A person ap-
parently more admirably suited for the situation could not
possibly have been selected. Report says that it was her
Majesty's particular wish that a wet-nurse should be chosen
from the vicinity of Cowes, from observing the very healthy
state of the women and children during her residence in the
Isle of Wight, and from the exceedingly great benefit her
own health received from her visits to that very beautiful
island.

IMPORTANT INVENTION.--A Mr. Hall, a gentleman of
great scientific ability, has ascertained that a woollen band
or belt, if passed over two plain rollers, one fixed at the top
of a shaft or well, and the other below the surface of the
water, by turning the upper roller at the rate of 1000 feet
per minute, the adhesion of the water overcomes its gravity,
and a much larger quantity as in the case of the common
pump is raised and discharged in a uniform and continuous
stream. The inventor at once secured a patent for so valu.
able and important a discovery, and it is now in use in vari-
ous noblemen and gentlemen's estates throughout the coon.
try, and may be seen in operation in the Portman market.
It is likewise applied to the drainage of waste lands, mines,
and coal-pits.—Standard.

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING
(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &7c.
Martha, W Astrope, 301 Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius,

J Aikin & Son
Henry M'Cormack, J Clering, 65 Bombay, May & Atkinson
Devonport, R Broadfoot, 767 Bombay, R & G Berm
NEW SOUTH WALES.
Matilda, A Seott, 214 Sydney, J Aikin & Son
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.
Mary Jane, T Wood, 114 Trinidad, Kirkby & Watson
SOUTH AMERICA.
Hindley, H W Weldy, Igo Monte Video, J Aikin & Son
Wm. Russell, R Bruce, 298 Bahia, Mellor & Russell
Tiber, J Lamb, 177 Bahia, R & G Berm
Earl Percy, J Gordon, 319 Maranham, Fisher & Son
Cornubia, T Bell, 408 Maranham, %V & J Tyrer
Isabella, T Rymer, 305 Pernambuco, Highfield & Withers
UNITED STATES.
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Emily, J 11 Wardle, -
208 Texas, M'Calmont Brs & Co
Frances, J Brown, 774 Savannah, Gibbs, Bright &Co
Mary Caroline, J S Lawson, 736 Savannah, Gibbs, Bright &Co
Westchester, W Ferris, 652 New York, Waddington, Holt &Co
Martha Washington, B L Stevens, 547 New Orleans, W Quayle
Susquehanna, J Miercken, 509 Philadelphia, , Brown &Co
St. Andrew, J Leitch, 55.5 Savannah, Wildes & Co
Sarah, J Cousins, jun. 417 Savannah, Wildes & Co
Xylon, F Patnam, • 450 Savannah, Waddington &Co
Ann Hall, W Tucker, 773 Mobile, Wildes, Pickersgill & Co
Xylon, F Putnam, 450 Charleston, G Brown & Harrison
Planter, W M'Mahon, 274 Apalachicola, Cannon, Miller & Co
EUROPE.

Mischief, J Jones,
Orb,
%V Gunn,

Peru, --