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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

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in with large stones ; the gang re-entered, and the terrific
struggle recommenced. The Powers fought for life and death,
and owe their escape to the number of their opponents, who
in many instances beat each other in an unmerciful manner
through mistake. It being understood by them that one of
the women had escaped out of the house and was giving the
alarm, they retreated, bearing one of their comrades almost
lifeless on their shoulders, and leaving behind them a loaded
pistol with the lock broken off, two hats, and a clan-alpine.
They were not long gone when the Ballinaclough police and
Ballygraigue boys, armed with pitchporks and other missiles,
surrounded the house under the impression that the gang
wasinside ; but, on finding their disappointment, they
scoured the country, but without any effect. There were
traces of blood round the haggard of the Powers ; and in one
spot there was nearly the full of a basin, and the straw about
it was saturated.—Nenayh Guardia*.

HER MAJESTY'S

VISIT TO WAtLNIER CASTLE

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal,, and suite, arrived by spe-

the Paddington terminus of the Great Wistena
, Thursday morning, from Windsor Castle. The
royal party took their departure twenty minutes before nine
o'clock in three of her Majesty's carriages and four, escorted
by a party of hussars, for 'Palmer Castle.
On the arrival of the Queen and Prince at Greenwich, a
party of the 7th hussars relieved the escorting detachment
that accompanied the royal party from Paddington. At Dart-

ford a reltiy of horses was supplied and a flesh escort pro-
vided. Horses were again changed at Gravesend, a tri-
umphal arch being erected across the new road by High-
street. A vast number of persons loudly cheered the Queen
arid Prince, and after a short delay the royal cortege of three
carriages pursued its route, through Rochester and Sitting-
bourne, to Canterbury, parties of the 7th hussars relieving
each other at the different stages. _ _ .

At 20 minutes to three the royal carriage, escorted by the
cavalry, was discerned from St. Dunstan's, and the gratify-
ing intelligence passed very quickly to the remotest part of
the city of Canterbury.
At precisely a quarter to three o'clock her Majesty and his
royal highness reached West Gate, the Queen and Prince
having been loudly cheered from St. Dunstan's by the people.
A royal salute was immediately fired from the gaol, and
the multitude rent the air with their enthusiastic acclama-
tions of joy, the ladies in the galleries at the same time
waving their handkerchiefs, betokening their pleasure in be-
holding their amiable and beloved Sovereign within the pre-
cincts of the city. Owing to the thoroughfare being thronged
on either side with spectators, the speed of the horses was
abated, and the carriages progressed along the High-street
at a slow pace, amidst the warm and oft-repeated cheering of
the loyal inhabitants and others congregated to welcome their
Queen on the occasion.
The pleasure of the people was unexpectedly heightened by
the opportunity tkey had of beholding the lovely little Princess
Royal and the Prince of Wales, who w3re held to the carri-
age windows by their attendants, the Dowager Lady Lyttle-
ton, in care of their royal highnesses, being with them.
The guard of honour, before the royal carriages arrived at
St. Margaret's-lane, passed the Fountain Hotel, where re-
lays of horses were in waiting, and on her Majesty's arrival
received her with the customary honours. The escort kept
close in the rear of the Queen's carriage. It was about ten
minutes to three when the royal carriage drove up to the
hotel, and after the necessary delay of changing the horses
the royal cortegeimmediately resumed its route by the High-
street to the Deal-road.

The " royal progress," as far as St. Thomas's-hill, afforded
a very animated scene, the liveliest demonstrations of the
people rendering the reception of the Queen at once gratify-
ing to herself and to the illustrious prince, her consort.
The royal cortege consisted of three carriages, the first with
her Majesty and Prince Albert, the second containing the
Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and the third the
Countess of Dunmore, lady in waiting; Viscount Hawarden,
lord in waiting; Lord Charles Wellesley and Colonel Wyide,
equeries in waiting on the Queen and Prince.
The weather was on the whole fine for the month of. No-
vember, and all the arrangements for the decoration of the
houses along the High-street from West-gate to Deal-road,
and the erection of galleries and triumphal arches, were in
excellent taste.

At West-gate, the only city gate now remaining, galleries
were erected on each side of its lofty round towers, tastefully,
hung with coloured draperies, and ornamented with ever-
greens, and streamers and flags, emblazoned with the royal
and city arms, and others with inscriptions expressive of at-
tachment to the reigning family. The noble archway was
also profusely hung with evergreens, with the royal initials
of V.A. in large gilt characters. On the eastern tower was
hoisted the royal standard.
That part of the city was densely crowded for some con-
siderable time before the Queen's arrival, and by one
o'clock the galleries were filled with the families of the
clergy connected with the cathedral and those of the civic
authorities. _ _ .

At the end of High-street, by the Dane John, a triumphal
arch was formed across the road with columns on each side
with " Welcome" inscribed in large letters over the carriage
way, the whole being decorated with evergreens and various
coloured flags.
By two o'clock the thousands congregated from St. Dun-
stan's, along the line selected for the royal route, as far as
St. Thomas's-hill, were momentarily expecting the arrival
of her Majesty, and the royal carriages which passed through
the city for Walmer, with the principal domestics in the
royal household, occasioned a stir every now and then
amongst the populace. The windows of every house were
occupied by parties of ladies, all evidently anxious for the
arrival of her Majesty.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT WALMER CASTLE

On Thursday afternoon, about five o'clock, her Majesty
and suite arrived at Walmer Castle (the seat of the Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports) in perfect safety, amid the
joyous greetings of a numerous concourse of her loyal sub-
jects. As the, royal cortege passed through the towns along
the road, and under triumphal arches that had been erected
at various points, the utmost joy and rejoicing were mani-
fested by her people. The weather was rather unpropitious
—a thick drizzling rain having continued to fall during the
greater part of the day ; but this circumstance seemed in no
way to affect the loyalty of the men and women of Kent.
The Duke of Wellington left Dover this morning at an early
hour, to meet the Queen on the threshold of the Cinque
Ports, and to conduct her to his marine residence, Walmer
Castle, the keys of which he delivered in due form to her
Majesty ; and after the Queen had taken possession of the
castle, his grace returned to the Ship Hotel. at Dover, his
present temporary residence, which he reached by six o'clock.

WALMER CASTLE SUNDAY EVENING

The extremely rough and boisterous state of the weather,
—it having blown a stiff gale throughout the day, and rained
in torrents, almost without intermission—has totally pre-
vented Her Majesty and the Royal infants leaving the Castle..
Her Majesty has only been enabled once or twice, in the
morning, to walk upon the ramparts, and then for only a few
minutes between the storms.
This morning, at 12 o'clock, Her Majesty and Prince
Albert, with the whole of the Royal suite, attended divine
worship in the large drawing-room, which had been appro-
priately fitted up as a private chapel, with reading desk, &c.
The service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Wilberforce,
the rector of Walmer, who preached an excellent sermon from
the 2Gth and 28th verses of the 24th chapter of the Gospel
according to St. Matthew. " For as the lightning cometh
cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so
shall also the coming of the son of man be. For wheresoever
he carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together."
Yesterday morning, soon after 10 o'clock, the Queen and
the Prince left the Castle for the beach, and walked along
the shore for upwards of an hour. The wind was " blowing
great guns" at the time. Her Majesty appeared in the high-
est spirits, and delighted with the animated scene, there
being between 100 and 200 sail of vessels in the Downs,
driven in for shelter during the previous night's gale.
Upon Her Majesty's return to the Castle, the Queen and
the Prince walked upon the ramparts for a considerable
time, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and the Princess
Royal, and attended by the members of the Royal household.
The Royal infants were taken out for an airing twice dur-
ing the most favourable portions of the day.
In the afternoon her Majesty drove down the Walmer-road
into Deal, proceeded through Prospect-place and Lower-
street (which is the principal street, in the town), up St.
George's-place, through West-street, to Upper Deal, upon
the Sandwich-road ; and returning to the Castle by the water-
works, along the Walmer-road.
Her Majesty, upon her return, walked upon the ramparts
with the Prince, attended by the royal suite.
It is strongly feared that seven of the Deal boatmen were
drowned this morning by the upsetting of their boat a very
few miles from the shore. They were signalled this morning
to go on board a steamer, weather-bound in the roads, and
it is feared that the rolling of the steamer capsized their
craft. Some of their oars have been washed ashore, and a
boat was seen floating in the Downs, bottom upwards, by a
Deal boatman, who made the land abont 3 o'clock this after-
noon. There is very little doubt that the whole have
perished.

John Jones, Esq., one of the conservative members for
Carmarthenshire, expired on Friday last.
It is contemplated, to erect forthwith, a line of telegraphs
from the Lizard to Falmouth.

PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES.—The
project has again revived of building a bridge across the
Thames, from the stairs adjoining Lambeth Palace to the
Horseferry-road.

Mrs. Williams, widow of the " martyr of Erromgana,'
arrived at Gravesend lately In the Cairo, which left Sydney
on the 14th of May. Mrs. Williams is accompanied by her
youngest son, and both are in excellent health.
It has now been decided that no new judge is to he ap-
pointed to the Court of Review in the place of Sir John Cross,
but that the business of that court shall in future he heard
before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. Knight Bruce, who was sworn
in as a judge in bankruptcy on Friday last.
Letters sent under envelope to any part of America are
charged as double letters by the Post-office there—thus, 9d
is the inland postage of a single letter ; but in an envelope,
the charge is Is Gd. They who have friends should remem-
ber this.

EXTRAORDINARY SPORT.—On Michaelmas day last Mr
John Mears, of Bagshot, Surrey, shot in Cobham Marshes,
in the course of a few hours, the very large number of 37
snipes, Pi couple and a half of which were jack snipes. There
is no doubt that the number killed would have been much
larger had it not been for, an extremely high wind, which
rendered many shots futile.

GAS FROM SOAPSUDS 1-1101yever strange it may appear,
it is, nevertheless, a fact, that a process has been discovered,
whereby gas for lighting can be fabricated from common
soapsuds. M. Murion, aggrieved that the immense quantity
of soapsuds employed in the city of Rheims in preparing
woollen stuff should be lost, conceiving the idea of extracting
them from that fatty matter, and, by submitting it to a regu-
lar purification, he obtained a limpid oil, with which he has
succeeded in preparing the soap in demand in commerce,
while the residue of the purification serves for the advanta-
vans production of, a gas for lighting a part of the city.—
Railway Magaziue.

Why does the Queen stay at the Duke of Wellin
rather than at home?—Because, as it is cold, '
Walmer Castle than Windsor

PROFITLESS CUSTOMER.—In the good town of Shrews-
bury there were, and still are, very probably, three inns,
called the Lion, the Talbot, and the Raven, whereat were
weekly holden the market ordinaries, the charge for dinner
being 18d. a-head, beer included. A frequenter of the market
and its tables d'hote was one Mr. David Williams, a dealer
in Welch flannel by profession, of whom his friends were
wont to say be was blessed with an excellent appetite, the
English of which was, that when he dined at home he ate as
much as six ploughmen, and when he dined abroad as much
as sixteen. The Raven was David's favourite ordinary, and for
many, a long year the landlord put up with the flannel mer-
chant's custom with a resignation worthy of a more distin-
guished martyrdom. At last, when bankruptcy began to
stare him in the face, on receiving the accustomed 18d. for
three fried soles, a rabbit smothered with onions, a pair of
roast fowls, a pound of plum-pludding, and half a gallon of
ale, his natural politeness forsook him, and he spoke thus :
" Mr. Williams, 1 have no desire any longer to monopolize
all your favours. lam quite satisfied of your wish to serve
me. Why don't you give the Lion a turn ?"—Globe.

No DISTINCTIONS IN CHILDHOOD.—ChiIdren are natu-
rally inclined to love one another ; in their youth they have
no regard for rank or station ; friendship is not with them
as with their elders, the result of reason—children are guided
by inclination alone. A youthful monarch returning from
Rheims, where he bad been crowned, was received with great
pomp and splendour at the palace of a bishop, who was anx-
ious to procure for the young king amusements suited to his
age. The bishop, therefore, caused a great number of hares
and rabbits to be confined in a cage which was placed under
the window where the young king was to be seated, in order
to have a good view of what passed. A number of children
were assembled, and, on a given signal, the cage was to be
opened. the hares and rabbits let loose, and the children were
to run after them : this sport amused the court so much that
no one noticed the disappearance of the young king : but
when:it was:observed, the greatest anxiety prevailed ; he was
cagey)), sought for, and was found among the other children,
sharing in their pleasure. He had gone away unperceived
by any one, prefei ring the amusements natural to his age to
the dignity of royalty ; but the sport probably would not have
been so attractive to the young king had not the actors in the
scene been of his own age.

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