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

SECOND EJiITIU

Standard-office, El

DEATH

OF THE

DUKE OF ORLE

An extraordinary express from Paris, dated six

Wednesday afternoon, c

of the death of his R(
eldest son of his Majesty the k
The Paris

highn

the Duke of Or

of the Fr

London last night.
Morning Chronicle,.wr

" A serious accident happened to tn,
morning on his way to Neuilly. The 1,
took fright, and proceeded at such a fear.
Duke, becoming alarmed, threw himself out
bead. He- was immediately conveyed to
wine shop, where he was bled, and his 171 f
have reported favourably. It is said the
Duke of Orleans is more serious than at
The Times correspondent, writing two
announces a catastrophe which plunges thi
France in the deepest affliction :—" His R
Duke of Orleans was thrown from his
de Boulogne, about twelve o'clock,
was apprehended from the accident
toms appeared afterwards, and the Di
about half-past four o'clock!'
The duke has left an infant heir to the ,
and as in the natural order of human life,
cannot live many years, there is the sad p
dangers which threaten the probability of a lc
France. The Sun of last night states, all
when the Count de Paris was born ; yet, E
Orleans died childless, the Duke of Nemou
would have succeeded him as heir-presu
throne, and thus the alarming prospect of a r
kingdom so unsettled as France, could not now
European statesman in the face. We are unwill
a moment as this, to mix up politics with the re
distressing a catastrophe, but not to regard it ii
as well as in a private point of view, is to 0
importance to England as a nation. Nothi
more momentous than the time when thi,
has befallen Frince. Happeningat the close c
tion in which the capital has declared itseh
to a Cabinet anxious only to maintain the peace of •,
without detriment to the honour and interest of Fra
cannot but give an impetus to the spirit of disaffection,
rekindle the hopes of those who have been labouring
years to overthrow the Orleans dynasty. For ten yea
have they been predicting that the Monarchy of July woul
descend to the grave with its Royal founder, Louis IN-"'
and this sad accident will appear a partial realizat;.
predictions, which cannot but work dangerously
imaginations of the more ignorant and more sanguine hi
lutionists. In whatever light we view the death of ti
young, amiable, and accomplished Prince -
cause of much apprehension—of much

The Duke of Orleans was born at
September, 1810, showing,
of 32 at his death. His mother
Queen of the French, is daughtf
Two Sicilies, and whom Louis Phi li,
that he was wandering abroad as plah
The departed Duke was one of a fo
to whom Marie Amelie has been ever
Duke de Nemours, Louis Philippe';
at Paris, on the 25th of Oct., 1814.
In the attempt to assassinate the
July. 1835, the Dukes of Orleans, Nemours, ar
de Joinyille rode together • the young Duke,
1; Nemours' horse, and that of the Prim

him to

of Feri

wounded, but not severely.
The Duke married on 30th January,
the house of Mecklenburg Schwerin. 'I
celebrated at the Palace of Fontainbleau,
gallery of Henry the Second. By this lad
ness has left two sons, the Count of I
21, 1838, and the Duke of Chartres, born

THE FIRST ENGLISH TOWN IN CHIN

Until within the last year, the probability
town being established in China, and governed
was a thing unheard of. So strongly opposed
nese been to such a measure, and tenacious of s
ing to their own customs in all things relating
with foreign powers, that a fact like this canna,.
wise than surprise not only themselves but the whol
That such an event would ever take place has eve
them held in the light of an impossibility. It is
feature, that although with Englishmen the C'
had greater commercial intercourse than
nation, and consequently have received gr:.
us than from any one or more nations, there
animosity on their part towards us than to any others.
This may be traced to the unbending coldness of then
selves, and the superior tone of intelligence and -
the English have always maintained. The Chine,
and will not hear of a country and its natives bei
equality with them. The Hong merchants, m,--
had better opportunities of witnessing ti,*
sciences, a: in things of minor import, Eng
ably has the ascendancy, acknowledge our sui.
beauty of our models of vessels, both merch
men-of-war, their equipment and command, bas a
from impartial persons the praise so cm'
two things only do the most intelligent c
the manufacture of silk and grass cloth.
Chinese are bigots of the first water. '1
England and China completes that which
that there is no portion of the globe but •
our armies and power. Greater than Att.
conquests been in more portions of the world,
The Canton Press, of the 12th and 19th
ceived by the last overland mail; informs us tin
prevailed at Hong Kong. Houses and go-dowi
ing up in all directions, and in a few months m
considerable town will have grown into exister
were the government erecting houses and of

Englis

the Chi

ictly adhe

land um

inently our d

purposes, but merchants were
in the permanency of the establishment, while tl
aries of diffel ent churches had applied for and obt•
of land, for the purpose of building
A large native population had alreaay ..
tirnated by some at 15,000, but chiefly composed of t
class. A magistracy and police had been estate'
though, of course, iu their infancy, insufficiently c
repress the frequent thefts and cheating, will
doubtless found efficient. The authorities w'
granting building lots, from the circumstan
for laying out the town was not yet quite con
appears to be a general disposition among ti
dents that a regular plan for building the F'
strictiy adhered to for the sake of beauty
well as for the health of the inhabitant,.
several extensive fires amongst the native house-.
built of mats, and at one time the large and import
(as it is represented) was nearly totally destroyed

Iso gai

chapel

!cttng, e

fished, who

ere backward Ir
ce that the plar
There

try,
There had bi

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LORD PALMERSTON'S FAILURE

Lord Palmerston, in the memorable debate on the
war, asserted that England had been successful in e%
that she had undertaken while he presided over the
office; or, that at least, every question had been •
according to the views adopted by the English Govet
We propose to test this assertion by the principal
which arose under Lord Palmerston's adtninistra
beg our readers to note a few simple, unvarnished,
pretending facts.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a conamerc
with France—which has not been settled accordi
views of the British Government.

Lord Palmerston undertook to form a sl
with France—which has not been settled z
views of the British Government.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a cor
with Spain—which has not been settled a
views of the British Government.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a co
with Naples—which has not been settled a
views of the British Government.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a co
with Austria—which has not been settled al
views of the British Government.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a cor
with Turkey—which has not been settled r.
views of the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to form a commer
Persia—which has not been settled according
the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to form commereL
the Chinese—which have not been settled a 4
views of the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to obtain repa
breach of treaty by Holland in Java—that
been settled according to the views of the
ment.

Lord Palmerston sought to maintain
Poland—that matter was not settled act
of the British government.
Lord Palmerston protested against t
Skelessi—that matter was not settled an
of the British government.
Lord Palmerston promised to send a
that matter has not been settled accorl
the British government.

Lord PalMarston sought to obtain
rage at Portendie—the matter has not
to the views of the British governmen

Lord Palmerston t oughia to

Greece from the control of Ru

that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to obtai
so that in common they might res
to attain that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to w
being pushed on to attack Herat—
end.

Lord Palmerston sought to sub
unfriendly power in Affghanistan-
that end. _

Lord Palmerston sought to establ
—he has failed to attain that end.
Lord
Palmerston sought to get
land in North America than was a
Holland—he has failed to attain that I
Lord Palmerston sought to obt
M'Leod without trial—he failed to att
Lord Palmerston sought to establish peace
he failed to attain that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to estal
failed to attain that end.
The government, of which Lord Palmerston was a
ber, sought to remain in office—it failed to attain that
Either, then, Lord Palmerston claimed merit for fa
or he did not let the nation into the secret of his inter
The avowed intention and the manifest result are in al
instances in flagrant contradiction,—and at the close
official life his last words announce, not that his good
tions have been frustrated, but that his real ends hay
successfully accomplished.

• • . . . .

SUICIDE UNDER SINGULAR CIRCU/
day night, an inquest vvas held befort
at the Murray's Arms public-house,
of the body of Elizabeth. Jackson, a nu
herself
the
ihne the I
addrerde,sitdheast tiilliesdielc
theof age,evidence, who
who is a packer,
di
trolpv&ipntee,
went out on Sunday morning, about
with another man and woman fe
walk. They went to some garden,
show, and whilst walking by
uopnotnhethirerheetuelrno,f theher deceased's
boot
tw:o
or hat
her so mauschwittlhiatsaofmteer
an
something to that effect,B4lY'ng,
drowned. Her husband she
)
attempts to save her,
that it w
The deceased wr4;,. _ •

I-1 e wont do it

!d into t

nt in after he
but ultimately he h

conveyed t_o
the Mur

previous to t
is proved tha

committing The rash act; and it
woman of an exceedingly irritable-temper.
a-verdict to the effect that the deceased destroyed t
moment of temporary
insanity.—Manchester Chrc