The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-15 00:00:00

DEATH

OF THE
DUKE OF ORLEA

An ext

,rdinary express fro

Wednesday afternoon, containi
of the death of his Royal Higt

Paris, dated six o'clock on

thicting inte

Duke of Orleans,

eldeSt son of his Majesty the King of the Fr(

London last night

The

Chronicle, writing on \'

'ednesd

each, reached

" A serious accident happened to the Duke
morning on his way to Neuilly. The In,
took fright, and proceeded at
Duke, becoming alarmed, threw himself o
bead. He was immediately conveyed to
wine shop, where he was bled, and his men
.have reported favourably. It is said the ec,
Duke of Orleans is more serious than at first
The Times correspondent, writing two hours
announces a catastrophe which plunges the Royal.
France in the deepest affliction:—" 'His Royal Hig.
Duke of Orleans was thrown from his cabriolet in t
de Boulogne, about twelve o'clock, and although no
was apprehended from the accident at first, alarming s_
toms appeared afterwards, and the Duke breathed his
about half-past four o'clock."
The duke has left an infant heir to the throne of Franc.
and as in the natural order of human life, Louis Philippe
cannot live many years, there is the sad prospect of the
dangers which threaten the probability of a long minority in
France. The Sun of last night states, all France rejoiced
when the Count de Paris was born ' • yet, had the Duke of
Orleans died childless, the Duke of Nemours, his brother.
would have succeeded him as heir-presumptive to the
throne, and thus the alarming prospect of a regency in a
kingdom so unsettled as France, could not now stare every
European statesman in the face. We are unwilling, at such
a moment as this, to mix up politics with the relat;--
distressing a catastrophe, hut not to regard it in a
as well as in a private point of yiPo-
importance to England as a nation.
more momentous than the time whe
has befallen France. Happening at the t
tion in which the capital has deck.
to a Cabinet anxious only to maintain the pt.
without detriment to the honour and interest
cannot but give an impetus to the spirit of disat,
rekindle the hopes of those who have been lab
years to overthrow the Orleans dynasty.
have they been predicting that the Monarchy of
descend to the grave with its Royal founder, Louis
and this sad accident will appear a partial realization
predictions, which cannot but work dangerously upo,
imaginations of the more ignorant and more sanguine Re
lutionists. in whatever light we view the death of thit
young, amiable, and accomplished Prince, we see in it the
cause of much apprehension—of much 50rr,,,,,
The Duke of Orleans was born
September, 1810, showing him to b,
of 32 at his death. His mother, Marie
Queen of the French, is daughter of Fern.
Two Sicilies, and whom Louis Philippe espy.
that he was wandering abroad as plain Duke s.
The departed Duke was one of a family of
to whom Marie Amelie has been ever warmly
Duke de Nemours, Louis Philippe's second
at Paris, on the 25th of Oct., 1814.
In the attempt to assassinate the King on
July, 1835, the Dukes of Orleans, Nemour
de Joinville rode together; the young Dr
caped; Nemours' horse, and that of the

fearful

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Palermo

au elec-
Imcw.

lurope,

For ten y

Ily would
Philippe,

.ttachk'

wounded, but not severely
The Duke married on 30th
the house of Mecklenburg Scl
celehiated at the Palace of Fontainbleau, and in ti
gallery of Henry the Second. By this lady
ness has left two sons, the Count of Pa
24, 1838, and the Duke of Ch

'er, es-

ere both

a Princess of

August

.s, born I`

THE FIRST ENGLISH TO

N IN CIIIN.A

Until within the last year, the
town being established in China, and
was a thing unheard of. So strongly oppos.
nese been to such a measure, and tenacious of st,_
ing to their own customs in all things relating to into,.
with foreign powers, that a fact like this cannot but an_
wise than surprise not only themselves but the whole world
That such an event would ever take place has ever been
them held in the light of an impossibility. It is a per
feature, that although with Englishmen the Chines
had greater commercial intercourse than with a'
nation, and consequently have received greater be'
us than from any one or more nations, there ems._
animosity on their part towards us than to any others.
This may be traced to the unbending coldness of them-
selves, and the superior tone of intelligence arid
the English have always maintained. TI.
and will not hear of a country and its naL
equality with them. The Hong me'
had better opportunities of viitnessing t.
sciences, as in things of minor import, Eng
ably has the ascendancy, acknowledge our
beauty of our models of vessels, both merchantmen
men-of-war, their equipment and command, has drawn fot.
from impartial persons the praise so eminently our due. It
two things only do the most intelligent claim superiority,
the manufacture of silk and grass cloth. As
Chinese are bigots of the first water. The
England and China completes that which enab.
that there is no portion of the globe but what ha
our armies and power. Greater than Alexand
conquests been in more portions of the world

ave the

t greater

he Chinese cannot

being on at

•chants, men who have

and unquestlon-

a nation, the
war between

d 19th Feb

us that g

The Canton Press, of the 12t1
ceived by the last overland mail, infer
prevailed at Hong Kong. Houses and go-c
ing up in all directions, and in a few montl

more a ne

,siilerable twin will have grown into exil

were the government erecting houses and c

purposes, but merchants were also gal.—,
in the permanency of the establishment, While L.
aries of different churches had applied for and obtains
of land, for the purpose of building chapels
A large native population had already bean collecttng,
timated by some at 15,000, but chiefly composed of the poorer
class. A magistracy and police had been established, who
though, of course, in their infancy, insufficiently organised to
repress the frequent thefts and cheating, will, in time, be
doubtless found efficient. The authorities were backward in
granting building lots, from the circumstance that the •-•
for haying out the town was not yet quite completed
appears to be a general disposition among the
dents that a regular plan for building the
strictiy adhered to for the sake of bea
well as for the health of the inhabita,
several extensive fires amongst the native n
built of mats, and at one time the large and im,
(as it is represented) was nearly totally. destroyed

grants

Id schoc

ere had

Mr. Banning is well known as an accomplished organist.
He is engaged at St. Jude's Church. He has been before
the public as a composer on several occasions. In the pre-
sent instance he has been more than ordinarily successful.
The ballad of " Land and Sea" is a flowing melody, dis-
playing taste and fancifulness. It is one that will become
a favourite with every singer. It is easy of acquirement,
and capable of being made much of.

Think not of Me

A Ballad, written by W

Clark, Esq. ;

Music by F. H. J. Pendleton. Liverpool: Smith

Mr. Pendleton's compositions have several times been
brought before the notice of the Liverpool amateurs lately,
and have been well received—for instance his " Wanted,
£B,OOO, £lO,OOO, or £12,000," " We bring back to mind
how the light hours flew," and other ballads. The pre-
sent is such an one as a despairing lover would sing to his
unkind mistress. The music is graceful, but of a mournful

character

THE SUPPOSED ATTEMPT UPON THE LIFE OF

THE QUEEN