The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE,

PRINCE CONSTANTINE ON SNOWDON
MOUNTAIN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
MY DEAR Sta,—On the morning of the 27th, in company
witn four gentlemen whom I met the evening before near
Llanberris, (one German, two Spanish. the other a fellow-
townsman,) I started for the summit of Snowdon. We had
heard at that most comfortable hotel, the I)olbadern, that it.
was likely we should meet with nis Imperial Highness Prince
Constantine of Russia on the mountain, as he wee that morn-
ing expected at Llanberris from Beddgelert; en route for
Bangor.

The ascent from Llanberris, as many of your readers are
aware, though in all conscience bad enough, is still much
better than we had expected. After scaling the pile of stones
on the extreme summit, and refreshing ourselves at the hut,
our continental friends commenced singing " God save the
Queen," and very well they sang it too. The mist at this
time was so very dense, that we could not see more than a few
years around ; and we concluded that his Imperial Highness,
discouraged by this, would, with his suite, make his way to
Llanberris by the pass. We had, however, scarcely finished
singing the first stanza of the national anthem, and werecom-
mencing the descent to Beddgelert, when a wild hall& was
heard immediately beneath us. Our guide assured usi on
hearing this, that it was the party of the Prince. I suggested
to our German companion, as a good and somewhat striking
way of greeting the young Prince, or at any rate of attracting
his particular attention, the singing of some well-known Ger-
man song (the Empress of Russia being a German princess
born)—a song as well known and as popular there as "Auld
Lang syne" is here. On the instant he commenced one of the
national songs of Prussia, the country of the Prince's mother,
and his own beloved " Fatherland." In a secondor two the misty
veil before us opened, and, apparently as if rising out of the
rocks at our feet, the cavalcade came in sight. They we're
twelve in number, mounted on the hardy ponies used on the
mountain. The song of 'Fatherland'' had produced the desired
effect : the Prince immediately rode up to us, and most heartily
and goodhumouredly addressed our German companion in his
native tongue.

While they. were conversing, we had ample time to scrutinise
the party. It was a singularly picturesque sight. The Prinde,
a well-made handsome fellow, though not very tall, with a
broad Kilmarnock blue bonnet on his head, and his chest en-
veloped in the warmth-giving folds of a large Royal Stuart
tartan plaid,—and the others, Count Ormoloff, Baron Bninow,
old Admiral Lutka, our countryman the Hon. Col. Grey, &c.,
all most picturesquely attired.—had to my mind much the
appearance of a party of moss-troopers, or the ancient "children
of the mist" setting out on some wild foray. By the way, our
own general appearance, I think, must have had more of the
pictorial than the elegant about it. The German, a very tall,
tine young man, with the lower parts of his inexpressibles
tucked up and put inside of his remarkably high boots, had a
good deal of the cut of one of Wallenstein's heroes, booted
and all but ready to vault into the saddle. The Spaniards,
with their large, earnest, black eyes, handsome features, and
touring costume; my fellow-townsman, with his cloak half
fastened around him, half flying in the wind ; and your most
obedient servant, with bonnet and Highland plaid,—the wild-
ness of the place, and the singularity of the meeting,—formed
a picture which my. dear old friend Ansdell would have de-
lighted to have embodied on canvas, had he been with us.
The Prince goodhumouredly assured our German companion
that he more than half envied us our mode of travelling, as the
ascent from Beddgelert on the back of a pony was no.joke.
After a conversation of a few minutes, carried on principally
in German, relative to the road on the Llanberris side of
Snowdon, the chance of the mist clearing off, and other topics
interesting to the tourist, we wished the Prince and his party
a pleasant journey, which was most courteously returned, and
we separated,—they descending to Llanberris, we to Beddge-
lert.

I remain, my dear sir, very truly yours,
- J. A. P. MT-.

Liverpool, 29th June, 1847.

fWe have been informed, since the receipt of the above
pleasant sketch,. that. the Prince visited Carnarvon, and
made some drawings in his portfolio of the ancient castle
of. Edward the First, which is the pride and ornament of
the " Queen of Wales," and
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examined the slate quarries.. From this he pro-
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PROPOSED FEVER-HOUSE AT HILBRE
ISLAND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
St n,—Lobserve in the Albion of Monday last a letter signed
" Nauticus," suggesting Hilbre Island as the most desirable
spot for the reception of the fever patients. Will you pew;;me to suggest, that it would, perhaps, be as well if " Nauticust
and any, others who may take an mterest in this benevolent 00;
ject, would first consult the pleasure of His Majesty the King Al
H Hilbre before they venture to proceed further in the matter.—
Yours, &c., NAVICULATOR.
Fort. Anne, Douglas, lst July, 1847.

THE REGISTERED PALETOT CASE,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD-
Sts,—ln your report of the proceedings before the Vice-
Chancellor of England on Saturday, June 12th, you describe
ourselves as receiving the protection of the Court in respect to
an infringement of our patented right to an invention, and by
an. assumption of the title by-which it has been publicly known.
From the great popularity. we have attained by the-sale of the
subject of the injunction, a garment styled the Registered
Paletot, of Llama Cloth, it may he assumed that the public Will
be somewhat interested with the precise facts of the case.
It has already been described, that, when •st introducing
our invention, we with much care select ame hitherto un-
known in this country; as, tracing the rigin e-F the word pa- -
letot, it was shown that it was deriveAfrom the Greek, adopt,
by the Roman, and aftenvards by tb6 French linguists. Cir-
cuinjicitur corpori pallium habitis Grfecorunir ; by BayleYt-
thus, paletoque, or pallescote, a coat with sleeves.
That we exercised due can hin selecting an unusual name;
has, by the result of these cent proceedings in the Court of.
Chancery, been fully pro d. For such, unfortunately, is the'
state of competition of de, or the envy of individuals engaged
in it, that, should em' ent patronage and- success attend an):
member in particular' he is immediately subjected to the 1,.:
injury of which we ve had cause to complain. Now, had ""
advertised our in ntion simply as a new overcoat, it is stle.:49.
than probable t t, ere this, we should have been confound,.
with the many vertisers that since our appearance before Lb:
public have a timed a somewhat similar description to, OP
which from t e first has been employed by us.
The defendant in this case, being perhaps more conspicilelt
than the rest, was first selected to bean example, as we are nr
determined to enforce our rightful claim to the originality (el
far as regards the English language) of the title. Register A
Paletot of Llama Cloth ; but yet being unwilling to procl'e
against those who may have unguardedly used a similar o'l,
without first giving them notice. We would, therefore, respect
fully beg permission, through. the medium of your coluinn.
now to notify this our intention with regard to all present (le
future copyists; for it would appear, from the affidavits Ina
by Messrs. llawbarn and Son, of Liverpool, Messrs. Warl!'il
and Son, of Birmingham, as, also, many of our other influent.;b.
agents, that they have experienced equal inconvenience No,(1
ourselves through so many. tradesmen in their neighbour
assuming the same, or a similar unauthorized, title to thi!,_.,s.
the Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth. It may be judiew:,
re to explain, that we believe that,bad a. continuance ofthely
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