The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-22 00:00:00

THE COURT,

BRIGHTON : SATURDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert
walked in the gardens of the Pavilion this morning. Her
Majesty did not leave the palace this day on account of the
unfavourable state of the weather, a cold fog having pre-
vailed during the day.
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His Royer Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Princes
Ferdinand, Augustus, and Leopold of Saxe Coburg, walked
out this morning at eleven, and promenaded along the
Marine-parade and the Western beach, and walking up the
steps by the fish-market, returned to the Pavilion about
twelve o'clock.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Princes of Saxe
Coburg rode out on horseback in the afternoon, accompanied
by Colonel Wylde.

The Princess Royal did not leave the palace to-day, in
consequence of the damp state of the atmosphere. -
The Venerable Archdeacon Wilberforce arrived at the
palace.

Amongst the calls at the palace to-day is Lady Webster, of
Battle Abbey. ,

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The dinner party this evening include e Duchess of
Kent, the Princes of Saxe Coburg, B s Lelizen, the
Earl of Liverpool, the Venerable Arc con Wilberforce,
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Lord Rivers, Baron Stockmar, Sir Geo e Cowper, Le Ca-
pitaine Count le Dagenfield Schomber Capitaine de
Zaitsch, Lady Fanny Howard, Dr. orius, Captain
Meynell, &c.

The Marquis of Bristol, who had the honour of (lining at
the palace a few days back, offered to her Majesty the use of
his splendid mansion at Kemp Town, for the accommodation
of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, at any time
her Majesty pleased.
On Thursday last her Majesty went out on horseback,
which is the first time her Majesty has taken equestrian exer-
cise in public since her marriage.
SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the
gardens of the Pavilion this morninv.

Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the DUchess of Kent, Princes
Augustus and Leopold, and the iuite, attended divine wor-
ship at the Chapel Royal. Prayers were read by the Rev.
J. S. M. Anderson, assisted by Archdeacon Wilberforce.
The venerable archdeacon preachedasermon from Matthew,
chap. xv., verse 28. The choir sung only one verse from the
43d and one from the 100th.
The Princess Royal took a carriage airing at one o'clock.
The Prince of Wales took an airing in the palace gardens
this morning.
The dinner party included the same party as yesterday. •
Her Majesty's private band, and the band of the Cold-
stream guards, attended.

A party of the Coldstream guards and their baud attended
at the Chapel Royal, thi. morning.

Mr. E. D. Morris, proprietor of the Haymarket Theatre,
died at his house in Suffolk-place, Haymarket. Mr. Morris
was born about 1770 of humble parents, but becoming con-
nected with the drama, he realised an immense sum of
money by that profession.
The number of electors in France is 224,700. This gives
one elector in every 151 individuals, the total population
being estimated at 34,000.
THE TRUTH.—The debate:on the motion of Mr. Villiers
can hardly be expected to excite much interest either in or
out of doors.—Whig Evening Journal.
TRH BLANKET TRADE AT WlTNEY.—Considerable relief
has been felt by the poor weavers of this town, by a govern-
ment order for 20.000 blankets, which arrived a few days
ago, and although the prices paid for each " stock " of weft
are rather less than what have been usually paid, the order
will give employment to this class of people for some time
to come.—Oxford Herald.

As the period within which it had been determined that the
Quintuple Treaty for the abolition of the slave trade should
be ratified would have expired on Sunday, the plenipotentia-
ries of the five Powers met on Saturday for that purpose at
the Foreign Office. Lord Aberdeen exchanged ratifications
with the plenipotentiaries of Austria, Russia, and Prussia ;
but as the French Ambassador had not received the ratifica-
tion from his Court, it was agreed that it should be left open
for him to exchange ratifications with the other Powers at a
future time.

EARTHQUAKE IN CORNWALL.—A violent shock of an
earthquake was felt on Thursday, at twenty-five minutes
past eight o'clock in the morning, at Falmouth and through-
out that part of Cornwall. It was accompanied by a loud
report, and subsequently a rumbling noise resembling the
upsetting of a laden cart against a house.

ROUGH AND RIOTOUS COURTSHIP.—WiIIiam the Con-
queror, having unsuccessfully wooed Matilda of Flanders,
took upon himself the following novel method of evincing
the ardency of his passion, and which appears to have turned
out efficacious ; —" After seven years' delay, William's love
became desperate ; and, if we may trust the evidence of the
chronicle of Inger, he, in the year 1047, waylaid Matilda in
the streets of Bruges as she was returning from mass, seized
her, rolled her in the dirt, spoiled her ric array, and, not
content with these outrages, struck her repeatedly, and rode
off at full speed. This Teutonic method of courtship, ac-
cording to our author, brought the affair to a crisis; for
Matilda, either convinced of the strength of William's pas-
sion by the violence of his behaviour, or afraid of encoun-
tering a second beating, consented to become his wife."—
Lives of the Queens of England by Agnes Strickland.

WONDERFUL AFFECTION OF A DOG.—A Newfoundland
dog, belonging to a farmer in the vicinity of Edinburgh, about
two years ago brought forth puppies; but 'as the farmer did
not wish to keep them, he gave orders that they should be
destroyed. Unfortunately, however, they had been thrown
into a court amongst pigs, and of course one of the pigs got
hold of a Puppy and was proceeding to devour it, when the
mother chanced to pass by at the moment. Rushing forward,
she seized the pig by the face until it let go her young one,
and carrying it away out of their reach, she laid it down ;
but seeing that life was extinct, she afterwards made a grave
and buried it.

NORTHERN BAR.—Though we regret to learn that the
health of Mr. Alexander, Q. C., is not as yet sufficiently res-
tored, to render prudent his re-entering upon 'the arduous
duties which would necessarily devolve upon him as leader
of the northern bar on the approaching circuit, we are happy
in being able to state that his progress towards convalescence
is now such as to justify the most sanguine expectations of
his early restoration to health, and of his resuming his posi-
tion on the circuit the next Summer Assizes.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—The Hon. Member for
Lambeth having a few evenings since, in the house of Com-
mons, enquired if it were the intention of her Majesty's
Government to introduce a bill for regulating the Medical
Profession, Sir James Graham replied, that during a recess
he had communicated with many parties whom he thought
likely to give useful information on the subject, and he had
it under consideration to bring a measure relating thereto
before Parliament during the progress of the present session.
This intelligence cannot be otherwise than gratifying to those
members of the profession who have, within the las Ula
years, so perseveringly advocated the cause of Medical Re-
form.

THE NEW GOLD COINAGE.—A nefarious system has been
carried on, for some time, of defrauding the public basidep.v
ging the gold coin of the realm, which is effected in the' 151-
lowing manner :—From the rim towards the centre of a so-
vereign several holes are drilled with a very fine instrument,
and the vacancies filled up with an inferior metal, so as to
deceive the most experienced judges. By this process a
sovereign is rendered, in many instances, not worth more
than 175., and a half sovereign not worth more than Bs. 6d.
or 9s. Government has been obliged, in order to put a stop
to this fraud, to direct a new coinage to be issued. For the
last fortnight the Master of the Mint, Mr. W. Gladstone,
M.l'., and the Assayer have been busily engaged in witness-
ing many experiments, with a view to prevent the abstrac-
tion of the gold taking place without immediate detection.
On Wednesday the workmen commenced casting the new
coinage, which will shortly be issued to the publie.—Timer.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—AdeIaide papers, to the 18th Sep.,
have been received. They are most engrossed with the con-
sideration of a serious rencontre with the blacks which had
recently occurred. Mr. Robinson, on his way overland from
Sydney with sheep and cattle, and a party consisting in all
of twenty-six persons, had been attacked, and fifteen f the
natives killed or wounded. Soon after this catastrophe, Mr.
Robinson's party was joined by that of Mr. Moorhouse,
" Protector of the Aborigines"—not, it would seem, an ap-
propriate title upon the present occasion—who had been
despatched from Adelaide in hopes of rendering any assist-
ance which might be necessary. This gentleman arrived
opportunely, for the blacks attempted to obstruct the passage
of the overland party across the river Rufus; they were,
however, successfully repulsed, and driven into the river,
when their protectors (?) arriving, gallantly set to work,
achieving by their aid the destruction of from thirty to forty
killed, as many wounded, and one man, a boy, and two
women taken prisoners. It is thought by the adventurers
that this salutary lesson will secure, in future, the compara-
tive safety of the cattle which may be conveyed overland.
THE DUBLIN CORPORATION.—A perusal of the proceed-
ings of the new Town Council of Dublin, will convince our
fellow citizens of the deep debt of gratitude which they owe to
the Right Hon. Mr. Shaw, Recorder of Dublin, for having
opposed the motion of Sir George Sinclair and Mr. Emerson
Tennent, which motion had for its object the total abolition
of the Irish corporations. It is proposed by their honours to
levy the sum of £7,500 by way of tax or borough rate, to en-
able them to pay Daniel O'Connell £2,000 a-year, for fret-
ting and strutting his hour upon the stage, as Lord Mayor.
Against this injustice we do most solemnly protest, and we
shall join our fellow citizens of every sect in an endeavour to
get rid of the nuisance. " Down with the corporation"
should be the cry in the mouth of every man, woman, and
child in this metropolis. Why should we be taxed to support
such a body? Wherein lies its utility? What advantage is
to be derived from it ? Why should O'Connell be paid out of
the pockets of the householders? He is amply compensated
for the duty he performs by the charge for summonses and
warrants. He has himself acknowledged that £2,000 is too
much ; but he will take it notwithstanding.—Evening Packet.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A. most painful suicide took
place in this town on Tuesday, which has created great sym-
pathy and regret for the untimely fate of a gentleman exten-
sively known and universally respected. The unfortunate
person is Mr. Benjamin John Wetherell, a clerk in the office
of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company, and it
would appear that he had occasionally fallen into habits of
intemperance, which generally continued two or three days.
At other times he was remarkably temperate, gentlemanlY,
and strongly impressed with sound religious feelings. Un-
fortunately, on Wednesday or Thursday week, be absented
himself from his duties, at a time when he had to prepare a
very complicated account for the Directors of the Railwal,
which had to be finished against Tuesday last, and he neeLr
returned to complete this document. During this time Se-
veral letters reached the office for him, amongst which
we were
some acquainting him with the death of his sister:lllj hwiB,
and these letters he did not receive in consequence
to
his
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that day lie
absence, till Monday evening, when they. S
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lodgings on Westgate Hill. On the evening
appeared more than usually depressed, and remained in the
house during the night. On Tuesday
morning he went out
r a bottle of
under_ the impression
and repaired to a chemist's shop and
p
prussic acid, which was sold to him ocured
that he was a surgeon. He then went into the Crowe and
Thistle inn and took some brandy, but whether he took any
tdoubtful,ogersoo,thtoiliergllialoiedlord-:
The suspicions of the
of the deadly poison there seea.s•
me
he
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phial
ihierroellil
found in a state of stupor by iNnd.
from which he quickly recowveenwrtehheor
landlord being roused, he
in charge o his landlady
and followed him to his room,
man in
Mr. Wetherell again
y procuinretod
him and went out to ascertain the naturef of its contents,'
agai left
hislDe auvriinngg
lodgings, theMr unfortunate
an.s u n fo.r tpu n a.teeel
d was watched by the servant •
e through Market-
sn.pds
rhon! t
into
aan ds
roomitting roe
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pdstairs and ordered
the Swine
,owfhere the servant lost sight of him, to the Exchange
chemist'sbs
tortetel bottle
and soda water. This was supplied to him and he
elboww chair as if he were asleep, but on lookingH
bin
more
closely he perceived that he was dead.—Newcastle Journal.
yearsm'oPrEe; —tchaThe4hol life of
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and,occurred
horsesciour
reoe ex-
tends,du coun-
tries D
individualsu ATnaturallyattaining
from ° FA 2
HORSE'SthS taog3o"
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tries where they are not tasked
• by constant over-exertion,
the period of existence is usually between 19 tend 21. But,'
in England, the destruction oftheseanimals •
with noble is exces-
sive : the value of time, commercial people, inces-
santly, a
urged into t"
ac ivity both mental and corporeal, has de-
manded
rapidity of communication, and spread an universal
taste for going fast : the fine roads have permitted horses to
be subjected to more than they can draw : betting,`racing,
and hunting are pursued by persons whose animals are not
constructed for such exertions, and violent usage in grooms,
stable-boys, and farm-servants is so common that few reach
the age of fifteen years, and all are truly old at ten.—Smitles
Horses.