The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday have been
received. The King, Queen, the Duchess of Kent. and
Prince Leiningen, accompanied by the Prefect of the de-
partment, Generals Rumigny, Friant, and d'Astorg, the
Colonels of the Gendarmorie, of the 2d Lancers, and of
the 70th Regiment of the Line. with several ladies of
honour to the Queen and aides-de-camp, left the Palace
at three o'clock on Wednesday, for an excursion in the
forest. The Duke of Nemours and Montpensier preceded
the Royal party on horse-back. Their Majesties %nd
their Royal Highnesses, and suit returned to the Palace
at five o'clock. In the evening there was a grand dinner,
at which nearly a hundred persons were present; and the
King afterwards conducted the Duchess of Kent through
the galleries of the Palace.
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Tile report of Louis Philippe's journey to England be-
gins again to gain credit.

SPAIN.
Accounts have been received from Madrid to the sth
instant. The Gazette publishes the decree abolishing the
state of siege throughout the kingdom . All the acts of
the new Ministry evinced a disposition on their part to
return to the regime of legality. Messrs. Joaquim Maria
Lopez and Fernando Madoz, against whom arrest war-
rants had been issued for alleged participation in the con-
spiracy of Alicant, and who had remained cencealed ever
since, had presented themselves to the Political Chief, by
whom they were told that there existed no charge against
them, and that they might consider themselves at liberty.
A decree for the dissolution of the Cortes and the convo-
cation of a new Assembly in August next was expected
shortly to appear. The journey of the young Queen to
the baths of Caldas, in Catalonia, was again talked of.

The British and North American royal mail steam-ship
Acadia. Captain Ryrie, may be considered due to-day.
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On Saturday last Mr. Thesizer. the new Solicitor-Ge-
neral, was elected member of Parliament for Abingdon,
without opposition.

THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—The Queen Dowager will
leave England for Germany on the 2d of June, on a visit
to her illustrious relatives.

At St. John the Evangelist's Church, Hope-street, on
Sunday evening, the sum of £27 was collected, after a
sermon by the Rev. T. M`Gill, towards defraying the ex-
penses of the erection of the new organ.
INCENDIARISM IN SUFFOLR.—Scarcely a night has
passed lately without the recurrence of the frightful out-
rage of incendiarism in the county of Suffolk. No fewer
than twelve fires have occurred within the space of as
many days.

COMMITMENT.—Yesterday, at the Police.court, a man
named Richard Aspinall was committed for trial at the
sessions, on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead be-
longing to Mr. Musgrove, Ironmonger, London-road,
The lead weighed about 501 b.

It is said that Louis Philippe has forbidden the admis-
sion of a magnificent marble bust of O'Connell, by Moore.
to the Parisian exhibition of 1844.—Liverpool Mercury,
—[lf Louis Philippe has forbidden admission to Daniel's
marble bust, no doubt he has done so advisedly ; and it is
certain that old Ireland could equally well spare the
brazen original, for any length of time.]
CHEAP TRIP TO LONDON.—OUT Irish and Scotch
friends are determined to avail themselves this year of a
cheap opportunity of visiting London. We understand
that a greater number of tickets have been sold in Ire-
land and Glasgow than was anticipated by the contractor.
The City of Dublin Company have, on this occasion,
kindly consented to reduce the fares to those persons
going and returning by the cheap train.
THEATRE ROYAL.—Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Kean made their appearance, for the first time under the
present management, being engaged for six nights, we
presume to test, as tried favourites of the Liverpool pub-
lic, the alteration which has been resolved upon in the
prices of admission. As we have not had an opportunity
of attending to observe the result of the experiment, we.
must reserve our remarks until next week.
DERBY HOTEL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—It will be
seen by an advertisement in another column, that the
dinner at the opening of the bowling-green connected
with this establishment takes place to-morrow evening.
There can be no doubt but it will be well attended. The
green is in excellent order; the whole of the interior of
the hotel has been re-decorated and painted, and the pro-
prietor spares no exertion to render it in every way com-
fortable.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND HILL.—We are
glad to find, (as will be seen by an advertisement else-
where) that it is proposed to raise in this town and neigh-
bourhood, a fund for the purchase of a substantial testi-
monial to Mr. Rowland Hill, indicative of the esteem in
which he is held for his unceasing exertions in originating
and establishing by law the system of tile penny postage-
We need scarcely offer a word in behalf of such an object
rich and poor have alike felt, and we trust will enjoy
the extraordinary facility which that measure has given to
the transmission of correspondence, whether of a commer-
cial or a private nature. The Premier himself has signi-
floc' his high approval by a substantiai gift f.r. the same
object,—albeit he has at times been pushed for the na-
tional " ways and means."

THE WEATHEIL—After an unusual succession of dry
weather for the season of the year, we had a welcome but
slight downfall of rain on Thursday evening, but a drought
again set in, nor is there any immediate appearance de
change. It appears that some rain fell on the evening
alluded to in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and partially in
some districts in the north and midland counties of Eng-
land. The ground, with the vigorous rays of the sun. is
becoming very dry ; but the crops of all kinds, neverthe-
less, look well and promising. Two or three (Lys of soft
rain is all that is wanted to bring vegetation (now by no
means backward) to a full flush of verdure. The gardens
look beautiful, and we do not remember to have seen a
greater show for all kinds of fruit. Vezetables of excel-
lent quality are abundant and cheap in all the markets.
NEW ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPH.—Some experiments
have recently been made on the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the neighbourhood of Rugby, for the purpose
of testing a new electric telegraph, the invention of the
Rev. Mr. Highton, one of the masters of Rw.tby School,
assisted by his brother, who is superintendent of the Taff
Vale Railway. The wire by which the experiments have
been tried is ten miles in length ; one-third of it is isolated
by glass ; and the other two-thirds merely suspended 00
poles w thout varnish or other isolation. The object has
been to ascertain the loss of power caused by
various
lengths of wire, and with different kinds of insulation,
and to form calculations as to the distance that the elec-
tric flui I may be carried for telegraphic signals. The ex-
periments have proved that such signals may be convei
niently conveyed through a distance of 400 or 500 miles,
or more, without any intermediate application of the
power. Electricity travels through wires at the rate of
500 miles in about the 1-560111 part of a second ! The
signals may be varied, and each one is accurately regis-
tered by the apparatus itself. In this way intelligence
may be transmitted throughout Europe almost instanta-
neously ; and it is stated that telegraphs may be kept uP
for a sum not exceeding £lO per mile rer annum, includ-
ing interest on the original outlay. Thus for £2OOO per
annum, constant and instantaneous signals might be
kept up between Liverpool and London. Tue plan will
no doubt be further tested, and we trust prosecuted to
practice. Telegraphic communication by wire con-
ductors, is nor, however, we may add, new. It has
been discovered for some years by scientific men, and
Mr. Addams, the celebrated lecturer, exhibited sotr:
most curious and astonishing experiments in the art in tn
course of his lectures last year at the Collegiate Institution
in this town.