The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-08 00:00:00

July 8,1851.

IRELAND.
The Grand Orange Lodge of the county of Antrial
resolved to have no public display on the 12th offs 011..,,
The Protestant Association of Dublin have pad re3s
lutions of thanks to his Royal Highness Prince Albe7;
for his recent admirable speech at the third jubilee Mee'
ing of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
id
A meeting of the senate of the Queen's University
Ireland was held on Friday, in the Council Charon
Dublin Castle, when the Right Hon. the Lord ChaneelilTh
was elected Vice-Chancellor of the new university.
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES IN IRELAND.—On e1T,40,
day e• bill in the House of Lords was printed to ameou'L,
ie
mentioned to students of the new colleges in
several acts for the regulation of attorneys and soliciter
The object of the bill is to extend the provision of the iir*
the same manner as to students of Oxford and Carobridet
to facilitate their admission as attorneys and solicitors.,
ELOPEMENT.—Having received our information een,_'„
dentially, we must not venture further than to allude the
romantic story which has excited as much interest in
f 1 j
far west of Ireland as the " North America steamer
A f
but has ended with greater glory. A young la-y o
g
attractions and large fortune—of course an heiress _
gentleman of distinguished family and high charactec
midnight—relays of horses—and then a farewell tliet,,4
rail to the Crystal Palace—taking good old Gretna
Gr
on the route—are subjects we should like to dwelt
but being learned in honour, we can only say,
Irelaya

the brave deserve the fair."LDablin E,ipress.
THE MAYORALTY OF DUBLIN.—On the motion
Francis Codd, the corporation of Dublin, on A1°117.21,;.;
resolved to raise the salary of the present and all fai."--
Lord Mayors from £l,OOO to £2,500. Mr. Curran Oct
gested that, as the corporation was heavily in debtirr:
might be as well to be just before it was generous' b
Taggert then moved an amendment—" That, inns Lod
as increasing the salary of the present and future -L4+lo
Mayors from £l,OOO to £2,500 would cause the inflic:bst
of a borough rate on this already impoverished citY!
tg
the salary do not exceed £l,OOO until the corporationfor
out of debt." The amendment was lost, five voting not
and twenty.four against it. Mr. Curran said be dsai'Vry,
consider £2,500 too much for the Lord Mayors ),eir
but he thought it too much for the corporation in ":„At
present embarrassed circumstances to be called 011,000,
ys.umtiedowosutaldn,dthaetreitfosreo,rmigoinvaeltahmato,uinntp,l.a.vciezojx,,,s,4,:i:rri
aithwheais motion was negatived upon a division by a ""#°l
of nine, and the original resolution was then Put`

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carried. 1
THE IRISH CENSUS.—The Irish census will sho~
deficiencyof above 2,000,000, as compared with tbenll6
tiers which would have been attained this year had tom.
been no interruption of the ordinary rate of incre to
On the last three occasions of taking the cellel.9'4oli
numbers were—ln 1821, 6,801,827; in 1831, 7,7tisbea
in 1841, 8,175,124. The report about to be Pli„viiooo.
will show, in 1851, very little more than 6,5"'
tp
Phe same report will also show a remarkable decreaseber
the number of " houses," as compared with the 1103 0
in the preceding census, and, of course, still greaterred
compared with the number which would have aP
main taPea"ine(l.
now had the former rate of increase been rn A lfl
Tl.e anticipations which we have recently espress-faa
our notice of the census of Great Britain wilt thereifisiji
be confirmed by the facts which have now to be elci—ber
reported. The most startling fact of the census will
that whereas the ordinary law of increase, had it not„res9
interrupted in its operation, would have shown Pr°6:eot
at the rate of 6 per cent., the returns now made Prtsse
instead a decrease of about 20 per cent., the dee„.";o4
embracing above a quarter of the population which 1%0
anticipated that Ireland would possess at the Pre 're.
time. The county of Dublin is the only county tbstot, hi
sents an increase—an increase, however, of onlY 7,C ocli
a population of 150,000. The falling.cfr is generallY nit.fp
greater in the Roman Catholic districts of the eiellunsiOr
In Roscommon it is 31 per cent. ; in Galway and
29 ; in Clare it is 25 ; while in the two great
counties of Antrim and Down the diminution Inp
former amounts to but 9, and in the latter to 12 Per Sept.l3-
Wexford, however, with a large Roman Catholic P%Pubile
tion, presents a falling away of but 10 per cenr.','ibir
Protestant Fermanagh has lost one-fourth of 17,-;p0.•
"
bitants. It is a singular circumstance, that while 'We&
pulation of the entire country is thus terribly diulitetr
that of all the cities and towns of which there has '
separate enumeration has increased. Pr0t.e5.1,8

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THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

The receipts luring the past week were—Tuesealslo,
ls., £2,429 10s. ; Wednesday, at ls., £2,663 185.•1„4662P
day, at ls., £2,651 195. ; Friday, at 2s. 6d.,
Saturday, at 55., £2992 2s. Gd.
On Saturday morning the Queen and Prince reslite:
their inspection of the interior, and examined thZearcie/
north galleries in the western half of the building. ni
a thousand exhibitors whose contributions are Pt'o-re,
there were assembled in their respective allotments aft,'
ceive the Royal visitors. They commenced their,
with glass, in which department the stoics of Alle11)30'
latt and Co., of Brunsky, of Thompson, of Osler, ail
s
thus, chance, and other leading manufacturers, ttra
their marked attention. s filer
the
As the Queenwas on Saturday chieflY among a-e isi
exhibitors, the desire of each to show off his mite
to the great industrial gathering was proportional ortionani, of
tense. One man, who showed a small cradle
canvas, set a tea-kettle inside, on the approach ,O;48°,1
royal party, and rocked it gently with all the solid 411
a parent expresed on his face. Another had an Tnor
rocking-chair and footetool to show off, and for OW `old'
pose laid himself out as a confirmed valetudinarian Oireff
Her Majesty and the Prince closed their visit by 11,,ect•
careful inspection of the interesting india-rubber
mens shown by Macintosh and Co. titiotl
The Marylebone Committee have resolved to ,Pe f the
the House of Commons to prevent the removs4,
Crystal Ptlace, and to convert it into a winter garuectial;
The Times, which lent its aid to obstruct the e,r,.;0101/
of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, is now Indus
endeavouring to prevent its removal. the't/
A curious accident occurred on Tuesday near faill
entrance of the building. The heavy rain vthichetrel
the morning caused a branch of one of the largo bt;
there to give way, and descending upon a boY '°oo
taken refuge beneath it for shelter, it killed biCa
me
sp theot. tbo eat
On Tuesday 50 Radical girls from Bath, andGr t,
number from Bristol, were sent on a trip to 6004
Exhibition, by Sir John Hare, of the Royal beater
Six of them, we hear, got lost in the crowd, o'l",i,e ion d
been found by the police, were stowed away if,ll,th°
room of the police station, and labelled " P'"eitcll,7:6
" Bristol." They were made as comfortable OA to
stances would permit, and at last safely return
gocle';
persons who were sent in charge of the party. '‘,B„ 000
stand that Sir John intends to send another raw. 03? 1.0
but why does he confine hs liberality to Raaicalls_le..
THE FOREIGNERS IN LONDON.—Thearrivalof 01_7(4
have at last begun to tell upon the exhibition, 11;0190
London generally. The foreign department tonedofi ee
palace is crowded with men of all nations, al.'"for9.,„Ple,
representatives of the most remote peoples l°
roughfare. In passing from Hyde Park Corner to,he toy
Bar, the other day, I saw two Chinese youths 0111'„ed,
an omnibus • three Negro princes, well arr itastoof
swaggering along the Strand in the happiest stYls,e/e„os
aloe ; an Armenian in full costume ; a party of IV had "of
physiognomy no one could mistake, even if theYees, Too
baen wearing the turban ; and last of all, two P,.ersolObar
our East India possessions ; not to speak el.e n 5. scis.
number of Germans, Frenchmen, and Auterlcl%,sill 7tt
though not so remarkable in their costume, are ejader,.nvir
covered by their features. The two Parsees were ,A,11,0r
gallery of the House of Commons on Mon
attracted, no doubt, by a wish to hear Mr Disreie,l;iog,d,
has seldom been a night this session—at least CY
last month or two—in which there have not hee....13 COP"
or two of celebrated foreigners in the house'
pendent.

COURT AND FASHION. 0
010
——o -- Bruss 0,
The King of the Belgians left London for
Thursday. high 0050
The fashionable world has been in a stale of !it of "00
ment, in consequence of the sudden separat7s to
the
wealthy Lord Ward and his young bride. Itvt„rg•to 0
weeks since Lord Ward married Miss De Burg
4'lll tbo
daughter of Mr. Hubert De Burgh, and it is not 9
fortnight since the lady returned to, her pare% '05., $lOO
noble lord set off for the continent. The is,nord,slo:
her the sympathy of the public, and the noby" 11 tP. 10'
. .41 0.- to
entitled to pity, for if all be true that is so,' that I
ject, it is his misfortune rather than his fault ' 101"
-,Aloci
toward separation has become necessary. v A 0. veer ;pi
STATE VISIT TO HER MAJESTY'S 'rib— ilfor , A
in state to a place of public amusement iS °' "iionsei-44
currence than when the two large Engbsil the L'i to
looked upon as the sole representatives 0 tetoeryter,
Even then such visits always created an !ellti faS7OOl,
was the sole occasion on which the
the theatre visited was sure to be crowds,; by coantl
large part of the public a performance ' 1 it collo de'
Sovetlith tboo,
seen as the Sovereign for a length of tiese:bestio°ol;
corations and attendants of royalty. Hence` d ell a° 4
ment that the new opera would be perforreeloge ie.:
day " by command" naturally attracted a,. d efer,4hla
without the walls of the theatre, who adoinecoopaP'olo
gads,t see the State carriage and the r;_e walTo'fall
guard!, and a numerous audience within. 0.7 of it 6
occupied every seat. The demonstrationso see, Ins
"ere of the same hearty kind that bad bee trilolectr.
heard over and over again, and that ~/1 wss c'oper.,;
never become old-fashioned. Her Male of the eptly's
the tw-°aPilPig;tl-°O7l
cheered at her departure, and
on her entrance, cheered at the end 0
neatest ild
siasm was manifested during the perfe!'" estappt:
the gre:00.°..4
National Anthem, which, accoiding be elf 00.
dea t ea IP
etiquette, both commenced and conclil_ntoppbropaof
The royal party presented a most magalnr was , siitio ,
The box usually occupied by her ales'lon esep il,
some feet forward, together with the box cots bac",
it, and all three were surrounded with goribi the,itioaL
of blue and crimson velvet, surgmaiona;
while gold pilasters were placed a
In front, across the end of the orchestra, wa!tensivnit ,
royalty, the Yeomen, or, as they are__wof hlr, I
termed, the " Beef-eaters." The elefs3lo3poolopieflo
on which were placed those ancient aP_Puo're Pcrjeja°
ty's dress added greatly to the effect of Or _ were,,redv:,,
by a certain simplicity of arranger°
The diamonds, which she wore in profilogq rens' on
ensemble perfectly beautiful, The Folic!' , vva'' 00,
, 010 ke
in full uniform. The opera of • Flor _to no.
co
closer than on Thursday, but did not serail ober
impression on the audience, who devote
ent. /070, e_gf Itolcba-
-1145131 to the illustrious visitors.