The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-21 00:00:00

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containing a further and still deeper insult to th.
nd to the constituency that had been foolish enough to select
-elf to represent them. Further debate

Speaker,

such a creatu

The next day, howaver, the house had sense enough partially
to vindicate its own dignity, and Mr. Gordon's resolution was
adopted by a large majority.—American paper.

THE CHINESE NAVY.—From the latest Pekin Gazettes,
we perceive that much interest exists in the Imperial Cabinet
on the subject of constructing ships of war after foreign mo-
dels. It appears that Kin Yinglin, one of the miristers, laid
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drawings of ships of sundry forms before his Majesty, ac-
companied by strong recommendations for an increased

number of efficient lighting ships. Upon this the Emperor
sends all the drawings to Yihshan, at Canton, ordering him
to have vessels constructed, if he considered Kin Yinglin's
plans the most feasible. Yihshan, in a very long memorial,
shows that no kinds of vessels are at all proper for lighting,
except those constructed after foreign models. He speaks of
the wonderful reports of the high officers of the United
States ships Constellation and Boston, during their visit at
Whampoa, arid proposes that they be the models of all
Chinese ships of war hereafter to be built. The Emperor,
therofore, orders ships to be built of the kind recommended,
and of the best materials. His Majesty also states, that as
the ships are non' needed there will not be time to wait for
them to be built, but orders Yihshan to send the Hong
merchants to buy the ships which the barbarians may have
for sale, and at the same time to despatch proper officers to
purchase the strongest materials possible for ship-building.
Yihshan states, in his memorial, that one ship after the
foreign model has been built at Canton, and which is able to

t to sea. and t

at two more

AFPGIIANISTAN.—Arnong the numer-
ous trophies from the recent seat of war in the east, one of
the most curious that has yet reached us is a bear (ursus
Thibetanus) lately presented to the Surrey Zoological
Gardens by Captain Alexander. It was captured while quite
a cub by an officer of the 45th in the celebrated Khyber
Pass. The only other individual of this species that has
been seen alive in this country was a tenant of the Tower
menagery, about 18 years ago, and was afterwards sent to the
King of Holland. It is the rarest of the ursine family, and
differs in many important respects from its congeners, having
a remarkably thick neck, flat head, and large ears. The
claws are particularly weak, and not more than half the

length of those of the other two species of bears known it
India. The conformation of the body is heavy and massive

clothed with a thick close fur of a glossy jet black in all
parts, except a most singular-looking white patch under the

throat, exactly resembling in shape the letter Y. In India
it is considered to be ferocious in its habits, but that descrip-
tion does not apply to this specimen, which is very
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the cas

Countess de Zichiand Mr. Croker against the Marquis of
Hertford. The late Marquis had, since 1823, made several
codicils to his will, one granting to the Countess his shares
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in the United States Ban
the Virginia United States
Lars. These, with several 1

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