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

SPAIN.

Accounts have been received from Madrid to the 5t4
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 t 0
return to the regime of legality. Messrs. Joaquim Maria
Lopez and Fernando Madoz, against whom arrest war'
rants bad been issued for alleged participation in the coo'
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-shill
Acadia, Captain Ryrie, may be considered due to-day.
On Saturday last Mr. Thesiger. the new Solicitor-Ge-
neral, was elected member of Parliament for Abingdon,
without opposition.

THE QUERN 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 SUFFOLlC.—Searcely 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 1814.—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.—Our 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. Cheg•
Kean made their appearance, for the first time under the
present management, being engaged for six nights, te
presume to test, as tried favourites of the Liverpool Po
lic the alteration which has been resolved upon in L. "
prices of admission. As we have not had an opporttuntio
of attending to observe the result of the experiment? W
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. 1.1
green is in excellent order; the whole of the interior o
the hotel has been re-decorated and painted, and the Pro"
prietor spares no exertion to render it in every way CO
fortable.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND HlLL._we are
glad to find, (as will be seen by an advertisement else-
where) that it is proposed to raise in tbis town and neigh
bourhood, a fund for the purchase of a substantial tetiii;
monial to Mr. Rowland Hill, indicative of the esteem,
which he is held for his unceasing exertions in origina i
n eg
and establishing by law the system of the penny pos ta
b.g -t
We need scarcely offer a word in behalf of such an o jec
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 mut-
fiad his high approval by a substantial gift fur the same
object,—albeit he has at times been pushed for the na-
tional " ways and means."
Tuw WEATHER.—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 of a
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 days 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. Vegetables of excel-
lent quality are abundant and cheap in all the markets.
NEW ELECTRICAL TELEGRAPII.—SOMe experiments
have recently been made on the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the neighbourhood of Rugby, for the purpose
e
of testing a new electric telegraph, the invention ef
Rev. Mr. Highton, one of the masters of Rugby Seb,°,nl,,,,
assisted by his brother, who is superintendent ot the
have
Vale Railway. The wire by which the experirneu." a
been tried is ten miles in length ; one-third of it is isolated
by glass ; and the other two merely susPen.de 5
poles w thout varnish or other isolation. The object.he
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 fluid may be carried for telegraphic signals. The ex;
peritnents have proved that such signals may be cohce,
niently conveyed through a distance of 400 or 500 miles+
or more, without any intermediate application of th,,ef
power. Electricity travels through wires at the rate
500 miles in about the 1-560th part of a second !
signals may be varied, and each one is accurately regls':
tered by the apparatus itself. In this way inteiligeue"
may be transmitted throughout Europe almost instanta-
neously ; and it is stated that telegraphs may be kept n!
annum, constant
between for
. a sum not exceeding £lO per mile ner annum, incou;
esetannt
ivaenrdpoionlsatanrditaLnoeonudsons.ignTailise u3pliagnhtwtt
mg interest on the original outlay. Thus for £2OOO Pbee
no doubt be further tested, and we trust prosecutedow.
practice. Telegraphic communication by vvire,,ebas
doctors, is not, however, we may add, new.
been discovered for some years by scientific men, and
Mr. Addams, the celebrated lecturer, exhibited some
most curious and astonishing experiments in the art in the
course of his lectures last year at the Collegiate Ins,titutiou
in this town.