The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

DEPARTURE BY RAILROAD FOR WINDSOR.

The directors of the Great Western Railway Company, to
prevent any delay, had directed a special train to be in readi-
ness for her Majesty's use from seven o'clock on Friday
evening, and the principal officers of the company were kept
in attendance during the night. The engine chosen on this
occasion to give the impetus to the Royal train was the
" Erebus," which was decorated with a large Union Jack at
each of the four corners, whilst a profusion of laurels
adorned the top and sides of the bolter, &c. The temporary
platform on the side of the line, used by the down-trains,
which has been before used, was again brought into reqisi-
tion, and every preparation made for the accommodation of
of the Roy a) party. Shortly after eleven o'clock a messenger
from the admiralty arrived at the Railway with information
that a telegraphic despatch had been received from Woolwich
that her Majesty and Prince Albert landed at the dock-yard
at half-past 10 o'clock, and would reach Paddington shortly be-
fore 12 o'clock. By half-past 11 a large number of elegantly-
dressed females, friends of the directors, who had been
admitted by tickets, had taken up a position on either side of
the platform, which was covered by handsome crimson car-
peting; and precisely at a quarter twelve o'clock the advance
of the escort entered the terminus, The Royal cortege con-
sisted of two of the Royal carriages, each drawn by four
horses, proceded by outriders, and escorted by a troop of
the Bth Royal Hussars. Her Majesty, who, although
apparently labouring under the effects of considerable fatigue,
apppeared in the enjoyment of good health, was dressed in a
tartan silk dress, and was received on alighting by Mr.
Charles Russel, M.P., the chairman of the company, Mr.
C. Saunders, the secretary, and Mr. S. Clerk, the superin-
tendent of the line, by whom she was conducted to the Royal
saloon carriage, which, with two other saloon carriages
and one of second class, formed the special train. Her
Majesty. we rejoice to say, appeared in high spirits, as did
also her illustrious consort, Prince Albert, whose sun-burnt
couutenance gave him a much older appearance. At eleven
minutes to twelve o'clock the engine was put in motion, and
the Royal train, which was accompanied by the above officers
company, sped on its course to Slough amidst the enthusiastic
cheering of the persons assembled.

ALTERATION IN THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

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th. 1 day of every month as heve.tnf--, ; con,equently no
mails will be made up on the 15th.
" The mails for the British and foreign possessions in the
West Indies, with the exception of Honduras, as above-
mentioned, will continue to be made up in London as hi-
therto on the Ist and 15th of every month; except, of course,
when those dates fall on a Sunday ; in this case the mails
will be made up on the following day.
"The packets will no longer touch at New Orleans, Sa-
vannah, Charleston, New York, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Cu-
racoa, Paramaribo, in Surinam ; Maracaibo, Bahia Honda,
San Juan de Nicaragua, Mayaquess, in Porto Rico ; Ponce,
in Porto Rico ; Turk's Island, Cape Nichola Mole, in
Hayti ; and Santa Cruz.

" On the return voyage the packets will continue to touch
at Bermuda and Fayal, but the schooner between Fayal and
Madeira, announced in the notice of December, 1841, is now
to be discontinued.

" The following is a list of the ports comprised in the
scheme of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, as now
modified, with the rate of postage chargeable on a letter not
exceeding half an ounce annexed to each place.
" All letters marked * must be pre-paid, else they cannot
be forwarded ;

S. d.i
Antigua
Barbados 1 01
Belize (Honduras).... 1 0
Berbice .
*Cape Haytien (Hayti) 1 5'
*Carthagena . 2 3'
Chagres
Demerara . 1 01
Dominica 1 01
Grenada
*Guadaloupe
*Havannah
Jamaica
*Laguyra
*Martinique
Montserrat

Nassau (New Provi-
dence)
Nevia
*Puerto Cabello
*Santa Martha 2 3
*San Jaga de Cuba .... 2 3
*San Juan (Porto Rica) 1 5
St. Kitt'5............ 1 0
1; St. Lucia 1 0
l*St. Thomas
St. Vincent..
I*Tampico
11 Tobago
Tortola 1 0
Trinidad
I,*Vera Cruz

REMARKABLE EXHUMATION OF A HUMAN
SKELE.

It may be known to many that Lord Clifford, of Ugbrook,
has ordered a new canal to be cut from a point of the new
road between the village of Kingsteignton and the town of
Newton Abbot. In the course of excavation on the last
day of August, a workman at the depth of 61 faet below the
humanpresent
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wiinth a contact withcare thewas leg bones
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humed, and ultimately found nearly perfect. The skeleton
presented itself bending forward in a sitting posture, the
arm bones extended, and on lifting up the latter with the
ribs a metallic band or armlet shining in full refulgence was
thrown out, " hanging upon the arm bone or bones." The
band on being tested was found to be of gold with some
alloy, the workmanship was rude, and seemed to show it was
not formed by, and did not emanate from, a people highly
civilised. It had neither clasps nor mark of being soldered,
but possessed of elasticity to open, yet rigid enough to keep
close to the arm when the squared ends were brought toge
ther. Its breadth is three-eighths of an inch, oval with-
out and flat within, and both within and without it ap-
peared to have some design " chipped" or cut upon it; but
what it is intended to represent cannot, we think, be deci-
phered. To superficial observation the " jewelled arm"
might lead to the supposition that the remains were those of
a lady of rank ; professional examination, and the more accu-
rate investigation of its anatomical characters, proved it to be
a male skeleton of the middle size, but evidence was also
shown of great muscular power. He appeared to have fallen
in conflict, or soon after some skirmish ; the ulna or elbow
bone of the left fore arm being -broken obliquely, and the
lower jaw also on the same side showed fracture in two
places about an inch and a half apart, and the central piece
of bone between the fractured parts had been forced in and
was gone. What is remarkable—the articulating processes
of the jaw on that side were perfect, while those on the other-
wise sound or right side of the lower jaw were broken off and
gone, having been apparently fractured in their sockets by
some ponderous blow which had beeo inflicted on one side,
and had acted with great force in an opposite direction.
Until within the last half century the grounds wherein this
skeleton was found were unenclosed, and were called the
Common. Here the Teign once flowed openly, and the sea
occupied that space which alluvial deposit has long since
occupied. Below granitic sand and gravel is a clay bed, and
beneath, the black mud containing marine shells ; and
in the latter accumulation the bones were found, not
rudely cast into a mere pit, but surrounded and roofed
over with alder wood in parallel pieces or rather fragments,
as from the great lapse of time the whole was reduced to a
soft consistence, and could be easily separated into the
smallest fragments, and above these a few rude oblong stones,
water-worn, were removed. The common grass of the field,
which was a bright olive green colour, invested the body,
and to show the extreme care of that investiture, it had all
been laid smooth and longitudinally as it had been cut, the
fibres parallel with each other. The front of the skull and
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ther ancient Briton, Phenician, or pagan Dane, let antiqua-
ries decide ; certain it is, that in the line of the landing-
place of the cruel Danes, at Teignmouth, these remains were
interred as those of a chief, with consummate art and care.
The teeth were well set, and most of them remained, until
pulled out by the spectator, one by one, to be kept as charms
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West of England Conservative.

PROPAGATION OF POPERY.—The sums extracted by
foreign priests from the wretchedly impoverished inhabitants
of Ireland, for the Romish' propaganda, are quite marvellous.
There really ought to be a re-enactment of some of the old
statutes against these cormorant frauds and extortions. We
find the following sum tottle for one month, and that the
dead month of the year, published in the papers:—" To
total received from Ist August to sth September, £670 17s.
10d," This, together with the repeal extortions and other
such works, is pretty well. The truth is, that Rome gathers
her taxes here now much more boldly than England.--
Londonderry Sentinel.