The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-12 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT B RIGHTON

As it had become generally known that her Majesty had
signified her intention of quitting the shores of France on
Thursday, the inhabitants of Brighton quitted their homes
as the morning advanced, and before one o'clock the
beach was crowded I^y thousands of human beings. At a
quarter to three o'clock, a single steamer hove in sight,
coming in the direction from Treport. The vessel was
probably some five miles off when first seen, for the great
heat of the weather had caused a sort of haziness along
the water, which prevented objects at any great distance
from being observed. It was not long before this steamer
was discovered to be the Royal yacht, and immediately
a Royal salute was fired from the pier head, and the
splendid band of the Grenadier Guards on the esplanade
struck up a martial air. In about half an hour more the
Royal yacht was off the pier, having safely brought back
the Sovereign of these realms to her native country. As
the slate of the tide did not permit the Royal yacht to
come close to the pier, one of the boats was lowered,
quickly manned, and pulled towards the landing-place at
the pier, followed and surrounded by various small boats
and pleasure yachts, the hearty cheers from which clearly
enough indicated to the mere spectators that the Queen
of England was approaching the shore. About half-past
three o'clock the Royal barge, in which were seated Her
Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince de Joinville, the Earl
of Liverpool, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Canning, the
Hon. Miss Liddell, &c., reached the pier. A sort of
sliding platform had been fitted to the pier steps on the
west side to assist Her Majesty in landing, as it was so
constructed that it could be raised or lowered with the
tide. The contrivance, however, did not appear to please
her Majesty, and it therefore became necessary to remove
this platform before her Majesty could land, as it was cer-
tainly higher than convenient, owing, perhaps, to the water
having fallen lower than was anticipated. Its the mean-
time the exuberant loyalty of the crews in the various
pleasure boats induced them to press around the Royal
barge, and almost to bear it in ; which her Majesty ob-
serving and perhaps, fearing that some accident might
occur, if any confusion arose among the vessels, signified,
by waving her hand, her desire that they should keep at a
greater distance ; an intimation which, it is needless to
say, was as promptly obeyed as possible. The platform
having been disengaged from the pier steps, her Majesty
then stepped from the barge, and was received by Captain
Sir Samuel Brown. Her Majesty, who, it was gratifying
to observe, seemed to be in the enjoyment of the best
health and spirits, walked along the pier to the esplanade,
with Prince Albert on her right hand and the Prince de
Joinville on her left, and then stepped into her carriage,
which was in waiting, amidst the hearty cheers from the
assembled multitude. The women belonging to the
bathing machines manifested their loyal feelings in a most
striking manner, for they actually ran into the sea as the
Queen was walking to shore, being seemingly desirous to
meet their Sovereign half-way ; while they welcomed her
home with boisterous huzzas. The appearance of the
shore at this time was of a most remarkable and pictu-
resque kind.

THE FIRST MEETING OF HER MAJESTY AND LOUIS
PHILIPPE.—The correspondent of the Times says " I
know not exactly how her Majesty felt after the first mo-
ment of her interview with King Louis Philippe, but the
manner of his Majesty must have caused her some as-
tonishment, for in the outset he gave a specimen of his
frankness which eery much alarmed the Jacks who were
witnesses of it, and who began to think of cutlasses and
handspikes, and coming to "the rescue." The moment
the King set foot on deck he took her Majesty in his arms,
and saluted her on each cheek, and without waiting an
instant for recovery from the surprise, descended into is
barge with his precious burden. This produced the
first laugh, and it has been reproduced, almost every mo-
ment since.

CAN THE QUEEN LEAVE HER DOMINIONS.—Among
the numberless questions to which her Nlajesty's visit to
the Continent has given rise, not a few have been mooted
respecting the supposed incapacity of the Queen to leave
her British dominions without the sanction of an express
act of parliament. Some persons (upon what grounds it
is difficult to conjecture) have maintained that the Prince
of Wales, and not her Majesty, is the person affected by
this restriction. In order, therefore, to remove all doubt
upon the subject, it is right to mention that the third
clause in the Act of Settlement, which enacted " that no
person who shall hereafter come to the possession of this
crown shall go out of the dominions of England, Scot-
land, or Ireland, without consent of parliament," was re-
pealed very soon afterwards, in the first year of Geo. I,
(Ist Geo. I, c. 31,) " whose frequent journeys to Han-
over," says Mr. Hallam, " were an abuse of the gracious-
ness with which the parliament consented to annul the
restriction."

THE ROYAL BIBLE.—On the recent occasion of the
marriage of the Princess Augusta, among the bridal gifts
which were offered to her Royal highness by her friends
was a Bible, most splendidly and appropriately bound in
white vellum, illuminated, clasped, &c., from a lady of
the highest rank.

Lord Stuart de Rothsay, it would now appear, is about
to retire from his embassy to St. Petersburg. His lord-
ship has for some time back been labouring under physi-
cal indisposition ; and the arduous duties of an embassy
growing daily more important and delicate, will soon be
an overmatch for his increasing infirmities.

FAUX PAS IN lIIGH LIFE.—A Sunday paper says
" The report which has been current in the circles of ton
during the last fortnight, inculpating the matrimonial
fidelity of Lady William Paget, and implicating in the
dishonour of her husband the Earl of Cardigan, unfortu-
nately turns out to be too true. Lord William Paget has
commenced an action against the former nobleman, and
laid his damages at £20,000. Lady William has left her
husband's roof. She is the mother of three children."

POPULATION OF PARLIAMENTARY BOROUGUS.-BY
a list of the population of the parliamentary cities and
boroughs and districts of boroughs returning members to
parliament according to the census of 1841 (excluding in
each case the inmates of all public institutions, barracks,
&c.,) we find that the largest parliamentary borough pop-
ulation is that of the Tower Hamlets, 419,730; and the
smallest, Bridgnorth (Salop), 1,931. The following are
the parliamentary boroughs whose population exceeds
100,000 :
Tower Hamlets
Marylebone.
Liverpool...
Finsbury ~.
Manchester.,
Westminster
Lambeth

419,730

• 287,465
.. 282,656
.. 265,043
.. 240,367
• 219,930
.. 197,412

Birmingham 181,161
Leeds
Southwark 142,620
Bristol 123,188
London (city) 120,702
Sheffield

THE IRON TRADE.—A few days ago an extensive sale
of iron took place at the Horsley Iron Works, which was
attended by the principal ironmasters of Staffordshire,
and several large iron dealers from various parts of the
country. The catalogue contained no less than 1,500 lots.
The commonest pig iron fetched £2 12s. per ton, short
weight, on the bank, and cold blast pig iron was sold for
£3, short weight. One ironmaster bought 250 tons of
common cast iron scrap at £2 Bs., short weight. These
were the lowest prices that cast iron, in pigs and in scraps
were sold at. Many lots of common cast scrap iron were
sold at £2 Ils. Bd., short weight; and the greater part of
the iron sold was purchased by Staffordshire ironmasters.
Such facts prove that the statements in the papers, that
cast iron hot-blast is being sold at £1 18s. and £2 a ton,
are erroneous. The price of No. 2, hot blast, long
weight, on Thursday last, delivered into boat, was
£2 17s. 6d. cash ; and one of the first houses of the dis-
trict, holding a stock of 3,000 tons, refused an order on
Saturday for 400 tons at £2 18s. 6dr The very lowest
price quoted on Thursday of No 1 pig-iron, delivered at
Birmingham, was £3 10s., which is now advanced to £4.
The price of nail rod iron quoted on Thursday was
£5 12s. 6d., long weight. These are very gratifying in-
dications of a revival in the long depressed staple trade of
Staffordshire ; and, we may add, that one house near Tip-
ton has received an order from Liverpool for 7,000 tons of
castings for home consumptio,—Binningham Adver-
tiser.