The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

IRELAND.

COUNTY OF KILKENNY ELECTION.—On Tuesday
last, the election for this county, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Major Bryan, was held. Mr. P. Somer-
set Butler was returned without opposition.

BELFAST.—A rumour has been in circulation in town,
for some days past, that Mr. Emerson Tennent is about
to obtain a lucrative appointment in India, and that he
will, in consequence, resign his seat for Belfast.—Northern
Whig.

The son of Judge Perrin is engaged as one of the Coun-
sel for Mr. O'Connell and his associates. This young
gentleman was overlooked in the first instance, but the
day after his father differed from the other Judges on the
caption point he received a retaining fee of £5O.
There has been an awful backsliding among4t the mem-
bers of the temperance society in Clonmel, and since the
denunciation and prohibition of monster repeal meetings
by the crown, at least three hundred persons have broken

MR. O'COXNELL : THE IRISH PRIESTS.—The, follow-
ing is Mr. O'Connell's description of the Rornish priests
of Ireland, as given in his evidence before the House of

Lords :—"lrish priests were the sons of poor, low Catho-
lics-, whose first rise in the world or advance in the first
arRIP of eneiettr tong to apt their enna crenerelltt the ehlemt.

into the priesthood ; that they were wealthy men of low
habits and vulgar manners, and, from the character of
the society in which they moved, it was the duty, as well
as the interest of the state to secure their loyalty by the
golden link from the crown."—Achill Missionary Herald.
SUDDEN DEATH OF Mg. REES, THE COMEDIAN.—
This celebrated actor was found dead in his bed this morn-
ing, at his lodgings, in Old George's-street. tie dined
with a friend yesterday evening, and returned to his lodg.
ings at one o'clock this morning, in company with Mr.
Clement White, a brother actor, who saw him safe in bed,
and heard no more of him till this morning at about nine
o'clock, when the servant announced that she found him
with his head on the floor and his legs in the bed. _ His

normous size, a

quite black. The coroner has been sent for in orti,
hold an inquest.—Cork paper of Thursday.
THE MASSACRE IN TIPPERARY—DEATH OF ME,
WALLER.—WhiIst the public was thankfully enjoying the
prospect that Mr. Waller's restoration to health might
frustrate the accursed design of the assassins—the unex-
pected intelligence of his death arrived. It was sudden,
and, at the period of its occurrence. unforeseen ; but,
from the injuries he had sustained, it was almost inevitable.
He died at two o'clock on the morning of the 29th ult,
His deer '

:ease was precedes, ..,), sickness of the stomach,
which closed existence. It is said that his scalp could be
lifted like a nightcap. Several accounts have reached
town that the wounds of the faithful butler (Larkin) begin
to assume an unfavourable appearance.—Dublin Mail. ::

THE REPEAL AGITATION.—The usual weekly meet-
ing of the Repeal Association was held on Monday, in
the Conciliation-hall, Mr. Patrick Curtis, of Waterford,
in the chair. There was a tolerably large attendance,
perhaps about 2,500, more than half of whom were women.
Mr. O'Connell, who took his seat under his own portrait,
which now decorates the walls of the Conciliation-hall,
looked in better health than of late. The principal busi-
ness of the day was a debate on the relative merits of
federalism and repeal, the former being advocated by the
Rev. Mr. O'Malley, and the latter by the untried Dan.
Various sums of money were handed in by Mr. O'Connell,
including £1 from the Rev. J. E. Giles, Baptist minister.
The rent appears to be falling rapidly. It was announced
at £636 for the past week.
MONEY VALUE OF AN ATTORNEY.—Mr. Pierce Ma-
bony, attorney for one of the defendants in the Irish state
prosecutions, being offended at some slight put upon him
—and through him, upon the profession—by Mr. Brews-
ter, the barrister, appeals to the law association, where,
however, he gets no further redress than a sly hint from
one of the members about an appeal to powder. The
Times thus speculates upon the possible contingencies of
Mr. Mahony falling by the barrister's fire :—" As a mat-
ter of scientific search, and of personal interest, we
should be almost equally interested to see what his exe-
cutors would charge for him in their bill of costs. ' Item.
—To senior partner shot by Mr. Brewster, 13s. 4d.' The
idea is painful; but if the money value of an Irish solici-
tor is to be so determined, the profession could, we think,
spare few of its members with less mischief than this
Mr. Pierce Mahony."

FRENCHMEN IN IRELAND.—A paragraph under the
above head, which appears in the last number of the Far-
ma►ragh Reporter, announces a piece of intelligence bor-
dering rather more on romance than reality. It runs as
follows : " The persons who attended the late repeal
meetings throughout Ireland, in the character of French
emissaries, who created no little fear amongst the revolu-
lutionists, were neither more nor less than officers of the
London police, sent over to Ireland for the purpose of
watching the proceedings, and noting the seditious ex-
pressions of the leaders of the movement. They were all
(40 in number) men of first-rate abilities, well acquainted
with the continental languages and countries, and in every
way q lalified to pass for what they seemed to be—the de-
legates from the discontented part of the French nation,
which yet looks forward to the restoration of Henry V.
It is said that those gentlemen can prove certain offer
from the Repealers, which will substantiate the assertion
of the Attorney-General, that he would prove the exis—
tence of a wicked and dangerous conspiracy. If all this
be true, it is a master stroke of the Government, worthy
of the days of Fondle or Savary."

THE MILITARY ORDERED OUT OF THE CHAPEL—On
Sunday last an occurrence took place in this town (Castle-
which has
created a great sensation among all
classes, and is it ery to uc io-
quiry. It appears that a small party of the 90 regiment,
stationed there, attended chapel as usual, but after some
portion of the service had been performed, the officiat-
ing priest (the ltev. Mr. Hayden) introduced the name of
M r. O'Connell in a prayer for his escape from his enemies !
The observations of the priest were of so marked a nature
during the service, and the allusions to the executive so
clear as not to be misunderstood. Ensign Wyvill, in
command of the party, instantly and properly ordered the
men out of the chapel, and marched them direct to their
barracks. The movement of the priest was followed up
after mass by the delivery of a speech in the chapel yard.
After reading Mr. 0' Connell's address from a news-
paper, he commented in strong language on the conduct
of the officer, which, being of so abusive a nature, cannot
fail to reach the proper quarter, as Captain Roberts R.M.,
it is said, was a witness of the conduct of this meek dis-
ciple of the apostles!—Kilkenny Moderator.—Several oc-
currences similar to this have taken place in various parts
of Ireland.

AN IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION.—O'ConneII, at once
bowing to the Judges, and saluting Baron Pennefather
with the most marked and respectful courtesy (which he
cordially returned), apologised for not having appeared in
a more professional costume, and craved permission to
refresh himself in court. A bowl of milk and some bread
and meat were sent in to him, and while at either side of
him a young barrister filled each ear with all that had
been done, and how the case of the accused stood, O'Con-
nell gratified his appetite for breakfast with evident relish
after his long morning drive. 'Twas rather a contrast—
the big, massive agitator slabbering his meal in a Court-
house, and the graceful aristocratic Mr. Doherty talking
in the most refined manner to the jury. What led to the
enmity betwen O'Connell and Mr. Doherty is not pub-
licly known, but they on that day appeared to be enemies
with no ordinary hatred and aniro ,sity. As the Solicitor-
General laid down a doctrine of law, O'Connell, with a
marked contempt, cried out in the middle of his break-
fast, " That's not law." The Bench was appealed to,
and the point ruled with O'Connell, who, as the pugilists
say, " drew first blood." The Solicitor- General resumed
his statement, but he had not gone much further, when
O'Connell jumped up—" The crown cannot make such a
statement as that—it has no right to put insuch evidence
to the jury"—and again the Bench decided with O'Con-
nell—lreland and its Rulers since 1829.
SEIZURE OF A QUANTITY OF ARMS.—Mr. O'Connor,
superintendent of the detective force, having received in-
formation that there was a cask on board the Duchess of
Kent steamer, which was returned in the manifest as
"empty," and only 2s. charged on its frieght, and that
the cask was, in reality, very weighty, proceeded to the
vessel, and very soon after his arrival there a man named
David Wilson crime to demand the cask for Mr. Rounds,
paper-stainer, of Mary-street, to whom the cask was
directed. He paid the freight, and was proceeding to re-
move it, when Mr. O'Connor asked him did he know Mr.
Rounds, and he said be did not, but that a gentleman had
sent him for the cask. tie said he did not know the
gentleman. Mr. O'Connor then had him arrested, and
ordered the cask to be removed to the Metropolitan
Police-office, Lower Castle-yard, where it was broken
open, and an extraordinary discovery was made, for there
was found in it the following arms :—Twelve pike-heads,
upwards of 14 inches long; twelve muskets, twelve cut-
lasses, six horse pistols, and six pair of handcuffs. Wilson
is detained in custody.— [The foregoing parejgraph. which
appeared in the Saunders of this morning,Mreated (as it
was well calculated to do) a considerable deal of alarm in
the city. The matter was, however, this day investigated
at the Henry-street police-office, and, after a full and
careful inquiry, it appeared to the satisfaction of the
magistrates that the transaction was perfectly innocent
and harmless. It was clearly proved that the imported
arms were for the use of a vessel about to sail for the
coast of Africa, and that the pikes particularly were more
calculated for the sea than the land service. being nothing
more nor less than the usual boarding-pikes.]—Dublin
Mail of Friday.

THE GREAT NATIONAL CIIIiSS MATCH.--It our
pleasing office to announce, that in this match for• 21
games for 200 sovereigns, our countryman, Mr. Howard
Staunton, has gained the first five, and one drawn. The
contest is taking place in the Paris Chess Club, in an
arena of 14 feet square, admitting only the players and
their umpires, Lieutenant Harry Wilson on the side of
Mr. Staunton, and Monsieur L'crivain on the part of St.
Amant. The spectators are all amateurs, and the silence
they maintain is quite beyond praise ; and when under the
feelings of defeat propriety is still more complimentary to
the French nation.

IMPORTANT MEETING.—On Monday a meeting was
held at Sunderland of the shipowners of that port and of
the neighbouring towns of Newcastle, Shields, Stockton,
&c. The more immediate subject of consideration was a
plan to be de. ised of delivering colliers by their own crews
in the port of London, and to consider the depressed state
of shipping. This meeting, it appeared, was merely a pre-
liminary one, to which deputations from the neighbouring
ports had been invited, and its object was not so much to
settle anything definitely, as to consult and arrange on the
best measures to be adopted, which afterwards could be
submitted to general meetings of the shipowners of the
different ports, which might be afterwards called, and by
whom these measures might be rejected or adopted.

THE COURT.

ROYAL PROGRESS TO DRAYTON

MANOR

On Wednesday morning the Queen and Prince Albert
left Windsor on a visit to Sir Robert Peel at Drayton
Manor. It was about five minutes past nine o'clock when
her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, stepped into
her carriage, and by this time a considerable number of
the inhabitants of 'Windsor had collected in the precincts
of the castle, and in the streets of Windsor, to witness
the departure of the Royal party. The cortege consisted
of three travelling carriages, with outriders in the royal
livery. The first carriage was drawn by four horses, and
was occupied by the Queen and Prince Albert, who were
escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards. The
royal suite in attendance on her Majesty and her illus-
trious consort followed in two carriages and four. Her
Majesty reached Uxbridge about 10 minutes to 10 o'clock.
The horses being changed and the escort relieved, the
Royal cortege drove off amidst the acclamations of the
multitude.

It was near eleven o'clock when the Queen and the
Prince reached the Watford station, the distance from
Windsor (about 22 miles) having been gone over in some
minutes less than two hours. At the station the arrange-
ments made to receive her Majesty were on a very splen-
did scale, considering the shortness of the notice, and the
few facilities offered by the place itself.
Her Majesty wore a black velvet pelisse, and an open-
work straw bonnet with black trimmings. Both her Ma-
jesty and the Prince looked remarkably well.
The special train which wakto convey the Royal visi-
tors to Tamworth had previously arrived from London,

whole of the suite had alighted, the Royal carriages were
wheeled round to the back of the station, where they
were placed upon trucks and attached to the train. This

occupied some time, so that her Majesty and suite had to
wait in the room provided for the purpose for some time.
By twenty minutes past eleven these arrangements were
completed, and the state carriage was drawn up opposite
the door of the waiting-room.

' At twenty-two minutes past eleven her Majesty, ac-
companied by the Prince, entered the carriage, amidst
the most lively demonstrations of affection and loyalty
from the multitudes assembled on the bridge above and
around the station below, as well as from an assemblage
of ladies who were accommodated with an advantageous
position on the opposite side.
At twenty-five minutes past eleven the train started.
and the cheering was most enthusiastic, being prolonged
until after her Majesty had proceeded some distance.
At Hampton, the place of junction with the Birming-
ham and Derby line, multitudes had collected. The
Royal Standard floated from the height of the station,
and also waved from the top of an engine, which was
there in waiting to take the train on to Tamworth. At
this point the directors of the Derby and Birmingham
Railway, Sir 0. Mosley, Mr. Lestom, and other gentle-
men, jo'ned the train, to accompany her Majesty on their
line as far as Tamworth. As this was the point at which
the train left the Birmingham line, it may be as well to
observe that her Majesty expressed herself highly grati-
fied with all the preparations that had been made for her
accommodation by the directors of the London and Bir-
mingham Railway company.
The distance from Hampton to Tamworth is as nearly
as possible 15 miles; that distance was accomplished in
21 minutes, the train arriving at Tamworth station at 14
minutes to 3 o'clock.
At the Tamworth station Sir Robert Peel was in readi-
ness to receive her Majesty and her Royal Consort, who
immediately proceeded, followed by their suite, down the
steps of the station to the carriages which were in readi-
ness. They did not wait to have the royal carriages de-
tached from the trucks, the distance being so short to
Drayton Manor. Here an escort of the Staffordshire
Yeomanry were in waiting to escort her Majesty on to
Drayton. Sir Robert Peel accompanied the Royal party
on horseback.
From Tamworth to Drayton Manor the scene was ex-
tremely splendid. The new line of road from the station
to the town, commonly called the Clarence-terrace, was
beautifully decorated with galleries and festoons oeflow-
ers.

On the approach to the town the scene was exceedingly
beautiful. At a splendid arch at the end of the Clarence-
road, the corporation, through the mayor, according to
ancient custom, presented the mace and other insignia of
office. They also delivered, in the name of the corpora-
tion, addresses, which her :Majesty and Prince Albert
were graciously pleased to receive.
The route to Drayton 11lanor, distant about three miles
from the station, was performed in less than half an hour.
The road through Bonehill and along to Drayton was
thronged with people of all classes, who gave her Majesty
a most enthusiastic reception. The Royal party arrived
at Drayton Manor at a quarter to four o'clock.
It is a remarkable fact, that although her Majesty's pro-
gresses have usually been at a season of the year when
bad weather may be expected, she has always been either
so fortunate, or so favoured, as to have fine days of sun-
shine and balmy breezes in place of lowering clouds or
cutting winds, or, worse than all, November rain. On
the present occasion the weather was most auspicious
throughout the journey.
On her Majesty's arrival at Drayton Manor she was re-
ceived at the entrance of the mansion by Lady Peel, and
was immediately attended to her private apartments, where
her Majesty and the Prince partook at lunch.
Dinner was served precisely at eight o'clock, and covers
were laid for 21.

Her Majesty, in proceeding to the dining-room, took
the arm of Sir Robert Peel. Prince Albert escorted Lady
Peel. The Duke of Rutland escorted the Duchess of
Bu,cleuch.

1-lel;;;;3‘..oty or tne dinner
table next the fireplace, Prince Albert on the right of her
Majesty, Sir Robert Peel on her Majesty's left, and Lady
Peel on the right of the Prince. Earl Talbot sat next to
Lsdy Peel, and the Duchess of Buccleuch next Sir Robert
Peel. The Duke of Rutland sat on the left of the Duchess
of Buccleuch, and Mr. Robert Peel, and eldest son of the
Prime Minister, Fat next to the Duke of Rutland.

On the other side of the table, immediately opposite the
Queen. sat the Duke of Buccleuch, and on his right sat
Lady Portman. The Duke of Wellington was on the left
of the Duke of •Buccleuch, and on his left sat the Earl of
Jersey.
The other guests at the Royal table were Archdeacon
Lonsdale, the Bishop of Lichfield elect (who said grace),
the Hon. Miss Paget, General Wemyss, Colonel Bou-
verie, Mr. Anson, the Mayor of Tamworth (Mr. Bramall),
Lieutenant-Colapel Monckton, and John Shaw Manly,
Esq., the HighlTheriff of the county.
Her Majesty wore at the dinner a rich broche pink silk
and satin dress with rich lace, adorned with a profusion of
diamonds and emeralds. Her Majesty also wore the in-
signia of the Order of the Garter in diamonds and eme-
ralds. Her head-dress was also of diamonds and eme-
ralds.

Lady Peel wore a dress of pale blue satin, with white
lace. Her ornaments were of diamonds and pearls.
After dinner her Majesty retired to the Library, in
which room, as well as in the adjoining rooms, are many
of the chefs-d' teuvres of modern art In painting and
sculpture, which her Majesty spent some time in admir-
ing.

Her Majesty retired to rest shortly after eleven o'clock

The Duke of Wellington was to have arrived early in
the afternoon, so as to be present at the reception of Her
Majesty at Drayton, but his Grace did not arrive at the
Tamworth station until long after the Queen, having been
detained in town at the marriage of the Earl of March to
Miss Greuille, at Lord Francis Egerton's, in Belgrave-
square. A delay at the station, owing to some misunder-
standing about the Duke's horses, prevented his arriving
at Drayton until nearly the dinner hour. His Grace was
walking in the grounds at Drayton as early as half-past
seven the next morning.

Wednesday morning her Majesty breakfasted at eight
precisely in her own private apartment.
At half-past nine Prince Albert, attended by General
Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. Anson, started
from Drayton Manor for the Tamworth station, in
order to proceed to Birmingham, for the purpose of
inspecting some of the most remarkable features of
that great manufacturing town. He went in Sir Robert
Peel's own open carriage to the station, without an escort,
and accompanied by Sir Robert Peel as far as the station
at Tamworth. On the way his Royal Highness passed
through the Church at Tamworth, where he was attended
by the Vicar of Taroworth.
At 11 o'clock her Majesty went out to walk, accompa-
nied by Lady Peel, the Duchess of Buccleuch, and Miss
Paget. Her Majesty walked on the terrace, and after-
wards visited Lady Peel's flower garden, and the farmyard
and dairy. Her Majesty remained, apparently much en-
joying the fine weather, until nearly 12 o'clock.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived on Wednes-
day at the Tomworth station at three o'clock, by a special
train, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
Earl Howe, and the Countess of Brownlow. Sir Robert
Peel left Drayton soon after two o'clock, and proceeded
to the Tamworth station, where he received Her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, who proceeded, accompanied
by the Premier and her suite, and escorted by the Staf-
fordshire Yeomanry immediately to Drayton Manor.
In the afternoon a dinner took place in the Town-hall,
Tamworth, to commemorate the occasion of her majesty's
visit. The mayor, corporation, and principal inhabitants
were present.
It may not be uninteresting to the general reader to
state that this is the first visit of a reigning sovereign to
Tamworth and its neighbourhood since the days of Queen
Elizabeth. In fact, Queen Victoria, with the exception
of Elizabeth, is the first reigning Queen who has honoured
Tamworth with her presence since the days of Ethelfleda,
the daughter of Alfred. It is said, however, that James
11. once visited Tamworth, and it is known that Henry of
Richmond passed through Tamworth to the battle of
Bosworth, where he was victorious against the Duke of
Gloucester. Tamworth was, in fact, during the early
ages of English history, the residence of our most pow-
erful and warlike kings. It is not a little singular that
the last visit of a Monarch Queen of these realms paid to
Tamworth was when Elizabeth visited the Earl of Essex
(then her High Steward) at the ancient manor of Dray-
ton Bassett, where Sir R. Peel has now the distinguished
honour of receiving and entertaining Queen Victoria.
Tamworth is encircled by an extensive and fertile tract of
meadow and upland. The two rivers, the Tame and the
Anker, winding through its valleys—the venerable church
and its ancient castle, all combine to render the spot (in-
dependent of its present associations) extremely interest-
ing to the visitor.

VISIT OF PRINCE
-ALBERT TO BIRMING-

The visit of Prince Albert to Birmingham on Wednes-
day, occasioned, as was anticipated, a general holiday.
His Royal Highness arrived at the Birmingham terminus
of the Derby railway, by special train, at half-past ten
o'clock. _

The Mayor having been introduced to his Royal High-
ness, his worship presented to the Prince a loyal address.

His Royal Highness, in reply, expressed the deep in-
terest he took in the trade, manufactures, and general
welfare of the town of Birmingham. He had not the
slightest doubt but he should experience the great gra-
tification in visiting the various manufactures of the
borough.
The scene on leaving the railway station in Lawley-
street was extremely gay and animated. A detachment
of the 17th Lancers, under the command of Colonel St.
Quintin, preceded the royal cavalcade, there were two
royal carriages, in the first of which, drawn by four of the
Queen's horses, were his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Mayor of Birmingham, the Earl of Warwick, and
Mr. George Anson., The second of the royal carriages,
drawn by four grays, contained a number of the Prince's
attendants. Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm with
which his Royal Highness was received at all points of
his progress.

The first place visited was the glass-house of Messrs.
Bacchus and Sons, in Dartmouth-street: Here he in-
spected, and with great minuteness examined, the various
processes adopted in the manufacture of glass. He ap-
peared to be highly interested in the exhibition. From
the works of the Messrs. Bacchus, the royal cavalcade
proceeded along Prospect-row, Coleshill-street, Dale-end,
Bull-street, and Snow-hill to Water-street, where the
Prince and his attendants visited the rolling .mills of
Messrs. G. F. and P. H. Muntz. His Royal Highness
was conducted over the whole establishment by Mr. P.
Muntz, the late Mayor of the borough. A most novel,
but for the manufactory, a very appropriate, sight was
here exhibited. Instead of laying down carpets upon
which his Royal Highness was to walk, Mr. Muntz laid
down a quantity of beaten yellow metal, the same copper
metal used for the sheething of ship-bottoms, which has
for some time past occupied so much of the attention of
the Court of Chancery and other courts of law.

The royal_ party next proceeded to the splendid show

manufacturers, Constitution Hill. His-Royal Highness
inspected the gun-manufactory of Messrs. Sargent, Bro-
thers, in Charlotte-street. There the process of barrel
welding and rolling by machinery was seen by his Royal
Highness to perfection. _ .

The Prince reached the works of Messrs. Elkington
and Co. at half-past one o'clock, and was there occupied
about an hour in minutely inspecting the various proces-
ses connected with the electric deposition of metals as ap-
plied to gilding, plating, zincing, coppering, &c.
The button manufactory of Mr. Edward Armfield, in
Newhall-street. was the next object of interest to the
Royal party. There his Royal Highness witnessed the
manufacture of buttons, from the earliest and crudest
state of the manufacture to its completion.
The next object of attraction was the Town-hall. The
Prince arrived at the hall about three o'clock, and with
his distinguished attendants took up a position in the
centre gallery. Mr. Stem pson played upon the organ
the National Anthem. The effect was admirable, and it
was most cordially responded to by the audience. Mr.
Stempson afterwards played a voluntary, and in conclu-
sion " Martin Luther's hymn."

From the Town-hall his Royal Highness proceeded to
King Edward's School, one of Mr. Baring's splendid
buildings, in New-street.
The Royal cavalcade next proceeded to the Proof-
house, where they were received by the wardens, and
after a volley of a proof of 126 barrels. left, highly grati-
ficd, for the terminus of the Derby railway.
On Thursday morning Prince Albert went out shooting.

At noon, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by
Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and a distinguished company,
paid a visit to the cathedral at Lichfield. Their reception
by the inhabitants of Lichfield was a loyal one, and the
streets and houses were gaily decorated.
On Friday her Majesty and the Prince, with their suite,
left Tamworth for Chatsworth, on a visit to the Duke of
Devonshire.

The royal cortege left Drayton at half-past ten, reached
Tamworth station at eleven, Derby a little after half-past
eleven, and Chesterfield shortly before one. At two her
Majesty reached Chatsworth, the roaci,sby which the royal
cortege passed being thronged with spectators from almost
all parts of Derbyshire and the southernmost portion of
Yorkshire.

Yesterday (Monday) her Majesty would leave Chats-
worth for Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rut-
land, and the following is understood amongst the officials
to be the

TIMES OF HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
The following are the times to be observed by the trains
MONDAY, DEC. 4.
Nottingham, 11 30.
Belvoir Castle, 1 30.

Chatsworth, 9 A.M. I
Chesterfield, 10.
THURSDAY
Belvoir Castle, 8 30 A.M. I
Syston, 11 39.

DEC. 7.
Watford, 2 45 Pat
Windsor, 5.

FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion."

Velvets, satins, and all the richer materials of dress are
now fashionable; the make varies but little. High dres-
ses continue to be much worn, a la puritaine, and reding
otes are the favourite styles for infglig 68 ; for demi-toilettes
the corsages are lower, with berthes revers of the same
material. A new style of trimming, dentelle de velours,
is likely to be very much worn, not only on velvet dresses.
for which it is peculiarly adapted, but it will be used on
various other toilettes, mantelets, manteaux, camails,
&c. The point de Venise is the richest and most delicate
gimp trimming that has yet appeared, and being open, it
is often prettily introduced as gullies on watered silks,
and has an agreeable effect. Spanish buttons are also
f--"nnable - they resemble small round bells attached to
a chain, arida,. •
..z...,,,a.p11.02 silk redi a
otes, and velvet bodies; they are made in gold, peari4oi
enamel. Aleticon lace is the description most used ; four
and even five flounces of it sometimes ornament the vel-
vet or satin dress. Skirts continue long and full, and often
without trimming, but they have also ornamented en tab-
tier in front, or have flounces of extreme width. Long
ceintures of ribbon in plaids, stripes, or pines, are worn ;
the sleeves a l' orientate, with the under one of muslin
bouillonne'e, is much in favour.

Fur is now very generally introduced, and is ranch ap-
proved for dresses as well as manteaux, which are now
seen in every variety of form; some are entirely lined
with fur, and sleeves are very generally introduced for
them. Paletols, pardessus, polonaises witchouras, are
all in favour, but the newest form is the vale'ehe, and may
be made of velvet trimmed with lace, satin bordered with
fur, or of levaqine encircled with a broad border of
quilting, finished with a fringe. Can:ails are less worn,
and when they are, the corners in front are lengthened to
a point, and the material should be of velvet, embroider-
ed or trimmed with fur. The sleeves for manteaux are
the Danoises, Veniliennes, Isabelle or Spanish, orna-
mented with gimp, large fancy silk buttons,branaenbottrgs
of silk and velvet. Bonnets are made a little shorter at
the ears and a little more raised ; ribbon is more worn
inside than flowers, and veils are almost indispensible.
Velvet and satin are the principal materials in use, and
the colours are dahlia, green, violet, and black. Mara-
bouts and long feathers laid entirely across the front, with
wreaths of flowers, black lace and birds—not only the
entire bird, but often merely a wing—are the ornaments
in fashion. Some bonnets have nwuds of velvet, lined
with satin, supporting an aigrette or bunch of flowers.
Morning caps are small, and prettily rounded at the ears,
and the crowns are often lined with transparent gauze; all
the ornaments, folds, nwuds, are placed en touffe at the
lower pert of the cheek. Bugles are still used with
coiffures, in which there is much variety ; the Rosins and
Sevilienne are the most novel. There is a decided incli-,
nation to wear the coiffure more forward on the head
and the crowns are larger to admit the nattes.

CONJUGAL DUTIES.—On Saturday night week about
forty women, led by a woman who blew a horn, assembled
around the house of a tailor residing near Pontardulais,
and who was in the habit of rather ill-using his better half.
The party (to use their own expressions) gave the " snip"
notice that. " as he made but a very bad Methodist," un-
less he should reform, they would adjourn to the adjoin-
ing river and " make a Baptist of him." The tailor be-
longed to the former denomination.—Hereford Journal.
PtiorioGßAPHY.—Phonography is a system of writing
founded on philosophical principles, in contradistinction
to all other systems, which proved, are to he full of the
most gross inconsistencies ; and, indeed, how can they be
otherwise, when the problem was never so much as enun-
cioted—how many sounds were there in the hum n voice,
up to the discovery of phonography ? The voice is em-
ployed by all tribes of mankind, in all parts of the globe,
to represent ideas which are formed in the mind ; and,
the using of the voice in this manner, is termed the spoken
language. In addition to this, a system of signs has ge-
nerally come into use, to provide against the deficiency of
speech, which could not of itsel fbe conveyed to a dis-
tance. Sometimes the signs employed have been visible
representations of the ideas themselves, and in these cases
the writing was termed hieroglyphical ; but the immense
amout of labour necessary to acquire a knowledge of these
systems has always bean sufficient to bring them into
disuse as the people advanced in knowledge, and alpha-
betical systems have commonly, in the end, been adopted,
which, as they admit of greater simplicity, are more easily
acquired, and more expeditiously executed. But it is
strange. that although the sounds of the human voice are
the same, or nearly so, in all quarters of the globe, the
signs which various alphabetical systems contain, are
found to vary very considerably, some having only 19, and
others as high as 202, and not less so with regard to the
real sounds of the human voice. It is also strange that,
for all the attempts that have been made to frame alpha-
bets, no system of signs has ever been framed by which
the spoken language of any one country might be correctly
represented ; and surely when so much depends in many
cases on a very minute difference of sound, it is of the high-
est importance that, in representing sounds, the signs
should be of such a nature as not to admit of being con-
founded with each other, nor of being mistaken for any
other sound than that of which they are the proper repre-
sentatives. It is evidently owing to errors of this kind
that such difficulties have arisen in the art of orthography
and orthoepy, especially in relation to our own language,
although others are not much better, perhaps. It is be-
cause we have no sign for many words which occur in the
language—because the signs of certain sounds are used to
represent sometimes one sound and sometimes another—
and because there is no fixed rule for what combination
shall be used to represent any given sound, (which is
proved by the fact that the six simple vowel sounds are
found spelt in upwards of 30 different ways,) that so much
difficulty is experienced in learning to read, and so few
can spell correctly. in the Phonographic system learning
to write and read is the work of a few weeks, and spelling
does not require to be learned at all. Let us then say to
all who would wish, not only for their own sakes, but also
for the sakes of these who might still be sufferers from
the evils we have enumerated, at least to inquire into the
nature of Phonography, and this is all that is necessary to
make the science universally known.

Dec. 5, 1813,

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS'

CANtOitlpdOie
At a congregation on Wednesday last the follow °
degrees were conferred : rater
Honorary Masters of Arts.—Hon. Thomas Edwa .0.
Trinity college, son of Lord Kensington. Gorgelle.
gustus Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Trinity °le
Robert
Mast er Bruce Dundas, Trinit college.
s of Arts.—Fredericy k Charles Cook, St. Joeb:01
college. Richard Blanshard, Queen's college
Nevile, Catharine-hall.
Bachelors in the Civil Law,
Trinity-hall. pea-
Bachelor of Arts.--Edmund Samuel Crooke,
broke college.;

—Charles Henry Si''

PROMOTIONS. f
Booth. Bev. Thomas, LL.B., to the vicarage ° neg.
ingham, Norfolk, vacant by the resignation of the
R. B. P. Kidd. Patron, J. Winn Gooch, Esq. cwithiat
Day, Rev. Charles, M,A., to the rectory of St.'
Norwich, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. IN'
B. Kidd. Patron, the Bishop of Norwich. e York:
Farrow,
R, Reve.v.RJ.,othont,hßeeßcteocrtooryf Over Helmsley,
shire, to be Chaplain to the Gate Helmsley Retreat..
vacant by the death of the Rev. .- •
Marewell, Rev. M. H. Domestic Chaplain to the 0,
of Stair, to the vicarage of Framptcn, Dorsetanrios-
cant by the death of the Rev. W. Butler. Patron,
leeridan Esq. roel
en
Middleton, Rev. John, M.A., to the 'perpetual ~rortlr
of Brompton, lately separated from the parish of 1‘
allerton, Yorkshire.
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