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

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CHINA beim caused a alight advance upon Teas. We
continue to Sell Fine 4L'ongou-48. 64.—par lb., full
Souchong flavour, and are justified in stating that there is no
better Black Tea for general Family use, give what price
you will.
Always on hand—small Chests, 12 and lilbs. each.
COFFEE.
FINE EAST INDIA— } IS. 6D. PER LB.
(The Dutch Company's Imports)
The iVetherland Trading Society sell annually, by two
Public Auctions—upwards of " Sixty Thousand Tons—of
this class of Coffee.

Colombia and Costa Rica— } Is. 9d. per lb.
Strong and peculiar full flavour
Jamaica— 1 2s. Od. ~
Very fine mountain growth
ROBT. ROBERTS & COMPANY.

COMPTON HOUSE
FURNISHING ROOMS.
T EFFERY and MORRISH having commenced the
FURNISHING DEPARTMENT under the most
favourable circumstances, arising from the great depression
in the various markets, respectfully invite the attention of
those who are Furnishing.
PRINTED FURNITURE, for Carriage Lining:,
Chair and Sofa Covers
CHINTZ Do., of Warranted Colours.. 41d to the richest.
WATERED MOREENS, in all Colours nd. to No.
Extra Quality, Do. Do.
WORSTED DAMASK, for Curtains.... 12Ad. to 20d. which
is the richest produced.
A great variety of OIL BATZ ES, TABLE MATS, RUGS,&c.
FRINGES, FLOAT LACES, BELL-PULLS, GIMPS, &c.

Made to order.
J. and M. being Manufacturers of Table Linens, Sheet-
ing*, Toweling*, 6re., and having made advantageous
arrangements for an immense Stock of CLOTH WOOL
BLANKETS, earnestly request MERCHANTS and CAP-
TAINS, having Commissions for any of these Goods, to
inspect their extensive Stock. when J. and M. feel assured
the necessity for visiting any other Market will be prevented.
COMPTON HOUSE,
43, 45, and 47, CHURCH-STREET.

ALBION NEWSROOMS,
NO. 8. GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET,
QUEEN-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL.
THE Public in general, and Tradesmen in the Vicinity in
particular, are respectfully informed, that the above
NEWSROOMS are NOW OPENED for public accommo-
dation, furnished with a general Assortment of Daily London,
Provincial, and Local Newspapers. Irish and Scotch
Journals weekly ; with a variety of Magazines, Periodicals,
and Pamphlets, the character and principles of which will
be so arranged as to meet with approbation from all parties.
Qualification for Members—Yearly Ticket, 7s. ; Half-
yearly ditto. 4s. ; Quarterly ditto, 2s. 6d. ; Monthly ditto,
ls. ; casual Visitors, ld. each visit.
Connected with these Rooms is Mr. SAMUEL CAMP-
BELL'S Temperance and Commercial Establishment, under
whose entire management the whole will be carried on, per-
suaded that the improvement of the mind, combined with
the refreshment of the body, on strictly econimical principles,
will be duly appreciated and encouraged by a discerning and
intelligent public.
N.B. A large and lofty Room exclusively for Commercial
Gentlemen. Well-aired Beds.

CHARLES WILLM ER,
NEWSPAPER AND ADVERTISING AGENT,
ECEIVES ADVERTISEMENTS for insertion in every
IL Paper published in ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND,
or WALES; also in the United States of America, British
North America, and the West Indies.
Advertisements forwarded to London daily.
C. W. forwards to order NEWSPAPERS, MAGA-
ZINES, and BOOKS to all parts of the UNITED STATES,
CANADA. NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK, by the
MAIL STEAMERS, sailing on the 4th and 19th of each
month from LIVERPOOL, as well as by those from BRISTOL
and SOUTHAMPTON ; and to all the W EST INDIAN
ISLANDS, MEXICO, and TEXAS, by the ROYAL MAIL
STEAMERS, sailing every fortnight from FALMOUTH.
Any Newspaper published in the United Kingdom supplied
on subscription.
AMERICAN, CANADIAN, and WEST INDIAN Newspapers
supplied to Subscribers immediately on the arrival of every
steamer.
GOODS and SMALL PARCELS received and forwarded to
the United States and Canada by the Steamers and Sailing
Vessels.
5, South John-street, June, 1842.

HALF THE DUTY OFF FURS.
LT G. IRELAND, 92, BOLD-STREET, Liverpool, re-
-31• spectfully invites the Nobility and Ladies of Lifer-
pool and its vicinity to inspect his
NEW AND SELECT STOCK OF FURS,

which is now quite ready for the Season, and comprises every
novelty yet produced. -Amongst the newest may be placed
THE CARDINAL CAPE.

which possesses an elegance of appearance hitherto unaccom-
plished in the Fur Trade.
H. G. I. wishes to impress upon the public the fact that
every thing is manufactured on the Premises, under his own
inspection ; and that having an agent always in the London
Markets, he is enabled to produce the
NEWEST DESIGNS,
on their first appearance, and also to purchase on the most
advantageous terms, consequently he can offer
FURS
at such prices as he fearlessly asserts will defy competition.
In ALTERATIONS and REPAIRS he flatters himself
he will continue to please, as they will be executed, as here-
tofore, on the Premises, by Workmen of the first class,
from London, expressly engaged for that purpose.
CLEANING MUFFS AND BOAS .... 2s. 6d. each.
CLEANING CAPES AND SHAWLS..3s. 6d. „
N.B.—An Assortment of Gentlemen's Fur Coats, Boots,
Gloves, Caps, and Travelling Bags, &c. A Quantity of
Strong Boas for Travelling, at ls. 6d. each.

FINAL CLEARANCE!!! 1
REMOVAL TO EXTENSIVE PREMISES IN
LORD-STREET.
GREATER BARGAINS THAN EVER, as the whole
Stock is to be SOLD OFF during this present month,
at GLASGOW HOUSE, opposite the Bazaar, at an AWFUL
SACI,IrIGIS, 'WOOLS' nelebrated Ladiee Work
Boxes, Dressing Cases, Portable Desks, Tea Caddies, Glass
Lustres, Fancy Articles, &c. Bargains in Russia and Mo-
rocco Leather Goods, of a superior and lasting quality, sur-
passing anything of the kind in Liverpool, in Travellers'
Portable Desks, Dressing Cases, Roll-up Pouches, Enve-
lopes, and Paper Cases. The above are solid Town-made
Articles.
Splendid Lustres and Chimney Ornaments.
A beautitul Assortment of Papier Machtie Work, Hand
Screens Card Racks, Portfoios, Tea Caddies, Envelope
Cases, Inkstands, &c. at leaslt one-third under the usual
prices.
Splendid Tortoiseshell Tea Caddies, 28s. to 425.
GLASGOW HOUSE,
53, CHURCH. STREET.
September lst, 1842.

The government has at length resolved to sell the harbour
of Folkestone, which is to take place by auction on the 23rd
of September.

Baron Lionel de Rothschild has purchased a large estate
at Leighton, Bedfordshire, where he intends to erect a
splendid mansion, and support a large hunting establishment.
A correspondent suggests that the old shoe which was
thrown at Sir R. Peel in the Canongate, and which, the
right hon. baronet held up with such infinite good humour,
was directed by the hand, not of a rabid chartist, as might
generally be supposed, but of some friend of the premier,
who took this striking mode of manifesting his attachment
to the head of the conservative government. According to
the old Scottish custom good wishes are thus expressed;
and in many instances, even to this day, a bride is duly
honoured on leaving her father's house by having an old
shoe--Scottice, a bauclde—thrown after her. Though an
epheilet ber
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A'RIYAL Or HER 'MAJESTY AT WOOLWICH.
From tle Secoh)6Edition of the Edinburgh Courting of WC.OLVITCH. SEPT. 17....5h0rt1y after eight o'clock Earl
Thursday.) Jersey arrived in one of the royal carriages, and joined the
The deep and devoted loyalty for which Scotsmen have Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Ad-
always been distinguished, was never more strikingly ex- miralty, and Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H.,
emplified than in the enthusiasm with which Queen Victoria and in a few minutes afterwards the scene became quite aid-
has been received by all classes—an enthusiasm which appears " mated by the arrival of Lieutenant-General Lord Bloom-
to kindle into a new flame at every public appearance among field, G.C.B. and G.C.H. ; Major-General Sir Hew D.
them of their much beloved Sovereign. From the first land- Ross, K.C.8., Commandant of the Royal Engineers ;
ing of her Majesty until the present day of her departure Colonel T. A. Parke, C. 8., Commandant of the Royal Ma-
from the Scottsh shore, one feeling has prevaded all classes, lines ; Colonel Conolly, late Commandant of the Royal Ma-
which continues fresh and unabated, and needs not the charm rines ; Captain Phipps 11 °ruby, C. 8., Controller of the
of novelty to sustain it, being deeply founded in the reason Coast Guard, Colonel Cleaveland, Colonel Dyneley, C.B. ;
and affection of the people. Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas, C. 8.: Major Sandilands, and
A notice was published last night that it was her Majesty's Brigade-Major Cuppage, of the Royal Artillery, and a great
intention to set out from Dalkeith at eight o'clock this morn- number of naval and military officers, and many of the mem-
ing, and to sail from Granton Pier about nine o'clock ; and hers of their families.
at an early hour the whole intervening route—the windows, At precisely 10 o'clock, the Trident bore up opposite the
the roads, and every spot raised above the common level, Dockyard, having been previously saluted by the field bat-
was lined with crowds of spectators, anxious to catch a de- teries in the Royal Arsenal, as she entered Woolwich-reach.
parting view of their Sovereign. It was fully as interesting a The Earl of Haddington and Admiral Gage immediately
spectacle as we have yet witnessed ; and the fineness of the went on board from the pinnace of the William and Mary,
day, being one of the most delightful we have had, even in and the Admiralty barge, rowed by twelve rowers, went
this remarkable season, gave peculiar splendour and interest alongside, steered by Captain Sir Francis Collier.
to the whole scene. Her Majesty remained on deck under an awning some time,
Along the line of her Majesty's progress the streets pre- in earnest conversation with the Earl of Haddington, until
sented a most pleasing and animated appearance. From the vessel was made fast to the moorings. The Queen then
Preston-street, along Clerk-street, to St. Patrick-square, went below, and about half an hour after her arrival descend-
Nicholson-street, the South Bridge, and down to the arches ed the companion steps along with Prince Albert into the
of the North Bridge, the streets were lined with anxious Admiralty barge, and they were steered ashore by Captain
spectators; here and there, and wherever any spot presented Sir Francis Collier, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of those
a secure position for tables, or other articles that could in any on board the different vessels and on shore. As her Majesty
way raise them above the level of the street, the masses were came alongside, a great number had an excellent opportunity
more dense, but in general the appearance was regular and of seeing the Queen. Her Majesty was dressed in a splendid
orderly, while the windows, crowded with ladies in all shades silk Stuart tartan dress, with two flounces at the bottom, and
of dress, presented a gay and animated prospect. As her had on a plain tartan shawl formed of large white squares,
Majesty approached, which she did at an easy pace, the surrounded by darker stripes, and fixed with a brooch in
cheering was enthusiastic, and along her whole course, we front, exactly in the same form as worn in the Highlands.
might say, it was one continued acclamation. The Castle As the Royal carriages quitted the yard, the troops pre-
commenced to fire a Royal salute immediately on her advanc- sented arms, and the band played the national anthem, and
ing to the open part of the North Bridge. a Royal salute was fired from four pieces of artillery, brought
Along Prince's-street, Hanover-street, Dundas-street, and from the arsenal and stationed in the dockyard, under the
Pitt-street, every spot was in like manner occupied ; and the command of Major Sanderling.
enthusiastic acclamations of the assembled multitudes, and The first carriage contained Her Majesty and Prince Albert.
the waving of handkerchiefs, were begun the moment the We were happy to observe that the Sovereign and his Royal
approach of the royal train was descried. Her Majesty was Highness appeared in excellent health and spirits, although,
seated in an open carriage, on the right hand of Prince Albert, we understand, they suffered a little during the voyage from
and looked extremely well ; the expression of her countenance the effects of sea sickness.
was remarkably sweet and pleasing. She was dressed in a The second carriage contained the Duchess of Buccleuch
bonnet of a pale pink, and a splendid tartan shawl. and the Duchess of Norfolk ; and shortly afterwards, others
In crossing George Street, a detachment of the Archers, containing officers and domestics connected with Her Ma-
under the command of Sir John Hope, were drawn up, and jesty's household followed.
received her Majesty, who desired the carriage to stop, while On arriving at the entrance-gates to the dockyard, the
she conversed for a few minutes with Sir John. She Royal carriages were surrounded by the workmen of the
appeared to be in the highest spirits. From this point the establishment, who, at the request of Her Majesty, bad
cortege proceeded slowly down North Hanover Street and granted to them a holyday. They expressed their gratitude
Pitt Street, on account of the immense pressure of the as- and loyality in loud and continuous cheers, which Her Ma.
sembled multitude, which here seemed to be greater than jesty and Prince Albert acknowledged by repeated bows.
at any other part of the line, owing to the blocking up of
Cannonmills Bridge, which forced back the crowd upon the
centre. After all, the efforts of the dragoons to keep the
bridge clear were ineffectual ; the multitude burst through
all restraint, and occupied the bridge in such a dense mass,
that her Majesty, with humane consideration for the safety
of the people, ordered the procession to halt for a short time
till the road became gradually clear.
The grounds around Granton Pier were the great point of
attraction, as from thence a fine view of the embarkation
and departure of her Majesty could be seen ; accordingly,
before eight o'clock, many of the places were occupied by
ladies and gentlemen, and crowds of people were hurrying
towards it along the roads, on foot, on horseback, and in
every description of carriage. Some interruption, however,
took place soon after eight o'clock, from detachment of
dragoons having been stationed at Canonrnills Bridge, who
allowed no carriages or passengers to pass ; consequently the
people were obliged to make the best of their way across the
Water of Leith by any outlet which they could discover,
many scrambling up steep banks and over walls, at consi-
derable risk to themselves, and no little damage to their
clothes. A great number, however, got across in these
ways, and continued to swell the multitudes around the pier,
but few carriages followed, as they had to make a long cir-
cuit before they could get into the Granton Road.
At nine o'clock, when the guns from the Castle announced
her passage through the city, every one pressed forward to
procure proper places for viewing her Majesty ; but from the
obstruction at Canonmills Bridge, the number of people as-
sembled was not so great as might have been anticipated.
About twenty minutes past nine the royal cortege was seen
advancing at a quick pace ; her Majesty's carriage, surround-
ed by a detachment of Enniskillens, and followed by a great
many gentlemen on horseback, a number of carriages, and
an immense crowd of people, many running and keeping
pace with the carriage. As her Majesty passed the densely-
crowded sloping bank overlooking Granton Pier, she was
received with the most enthusiastic cheers ; and as the car
riage proceeded along the pier, the cheers were renewed with
increased effect, and amid the firing of the artillery from a
height on the shore.
The multitude that gathered round the embarkation was
immense, and they exhibited a peculiarly striking arid pic-
turesque appearance, as, from the nature of the elevated
ground which rises from the shore, they were marshalled in
a sort of orderly array on the ridge of two terraces, in dis-
tinct maks, with a cloud of irregulars on both sides ; and
the shout of this multitude when her Majesty embarked was
heard from afar, and had a singularly fine effect.
The Trident, which was destined to the high honour of
conveying her Majesty to London, was lying moored along-
side of the outermost wharf on the eastern side of Granton
Pier. Her fittings up were of the most superb description.
and, altogether, worthy to receive the Queen of England.
It is matter of proud boasting to the enterprising company
to which this vessel belongs, that one of their ships has been
selected for this high honour; and it shows the activity of
the officers connected with it, that on so short a notice all
things were made ready for her reception. Admiral Sir
Edward Brace was in command, and Captain Bullock under
him as chief pilot to her Majesty • Commander Crouch,
Admiral's Secretary; Lieutenant Majesty;
and Mr. Ingle-
field as signal mate ; Dr. Greenish, R.N., surgeon. Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence acted as Commodore of the squadron.
About eight o'clock a body of the Royal Company of
Archers, in full field uniform, appeared on the pier, and a
detachment of the same body was left in Hanover-street, to
receive her Majesty there, under the command of Sir John
Hope. This body was under the command of Lord Elcho,
in the unavoidable absence of his Grace the Duke of Buc-
clench. who was in waiting on her Majesty; Major Pringle,
Adjacanteceria..l,- ....a .4. mart of
Dalhousie, Sir John Hope, Sir John Stuart Forbes, and Sir
George S. Mackenzie, of Coil. Claud Russell, Esq., ac-
countant, and Alexander Thomson, Esq., of Whiterigg, were
the standard-bearers. This fine body of men, whose pic-
turesque uniform set off to great advantage the athletic forms
of many of them, have been throughout her Majesty's visit
in constant attendance whenever their services were required,
and have uniformly shown a zeal and devotion to theater vice
of her Majesty, which must have been peculiarly grifying
to her.
About half-past eight o'clock a guard of honour, composed
of a detachment of the 53d regiment, now in the castle,
marched down to the pier, when the Archers also took up
their position on each side of the platform by which her
Majesty was to enter the vessel. The guard of the 53d
lined the side of the wharf, and across part of the pier, thus
forming, along with the Archers, three sides of a square, in
the centre of which room was left for the Royal cortege.
The band of the Enniskillens was in attendance, and from
time to time played several exquisite airs.
The company upon the pier was numerous and highly
respectable. The public generally appear to have received
admission to the west side ; but as all the avenues between
the two sides were closed, this caused no inconvenience to
those whose duty it was to attend to the embarkation.
Among the distinguished persons admitted to the east of the
pier were—the Lord Provost, the Lord Justice-Clerk, the
Rev. Principal Lee, Lord Robert Ker, Sir Thomas Dick
Lauder, Sir William Drysdale, Sir Neil Douglas and Staff,
Sir George Gunn Monro, of Poyntzfield, the Provost of
Leith, &c.
A few minutes before nine o'clock the boom of the Castle
guns was heard, and was immediately answered from the
Daphne and Jasseur sloops of war, then lying in the roads.
This was the signal for bustle and commotion on the part of
all those along the pier, and the most anxious expectation for
her Majesty's coming. After some minutes' eager anticipa-
tion, the cheering of the assembled multitude along the works
at Granton, and the running of those who, having seen the
Queen at one point, were eager for another view, announced
the near approach of the Royal cortege; and soon after her
Majesty, escorted by the Dragoons, reached the pier, and
rapidly drove down to the point of embarkation. She was
received with deafening cheers—every scrap of bunting was
run to the mast-head of every vessel in the harbour, the
royal standard flying at the main-mast of the Trident—the
yards were manned with seamen in their holiday attire, all
combined to form a scene, which, for animation and excite-
ment, has rarely been equalled. The Royal procession was
preceded a few yards by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch,
who, dashing down the pier, sprung from his horse, threw
the reins to a servant, and hat in hand, stood to receive her
Majesty on her embarkation, as he had received her at her
landing. Sir Niel Douglas was also at the platform. The
Archers and the military saluted her with military honours,
the band playing God save the Queen, and the yards of the
steamer's foremast manned with the seamen. Her Majesty
alighted from her carriage, and walked down the platform,
leaning on the Duke of Buccleuch. Prince Albert gave his
arm to the Duchess, who accompanied them in the carriage,
and they proceeded through the line of the Archers amidst
cheers and waving of handkerchiefs to the vessel. A.niong
those who accompanied her Majesty on boar,, besides the
Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, were Lord and Lady John
Scott, the Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady Mary
Campbell, Lord and Lady Emlyn, Admiral Sir Philip Dur-
ham, &c., &c.
Her Majesty on proceeding on board was received by Ad-
miral Sir Edward Brace and the other officers of the vessel,
who were ranged on either side of the gangway. Sire stood
for a few moments on the deck, gazing around with evident
satisfaction at the preparations that had been made for her
reception. She then went below, where she took an affec-
tionate farewell of those around her, embracing, as she parted
from them, the Duchess of Buccleuch, Lady John Scott, the
Countess of Cawdor, Lady Mary Campbell, Lady Emlyn,
&c. The party soon after came ashore.
At the time her Majesty came on board, a salute was fired
from some cannon on the heights above Granton Pier, and
about the same time the soldiers formed in line along the
edge of the wharf.
Exactly at half-past nine the Trident got under weigh ; and
a few minutes before, her Majesty and Prince Albert came
up from the cabin upon the quarter-deck, which was the
signal for renewed cheering on the part of the assembled mul-
titude. The moorings being slackened away, the vessel
glided gently from the side, amidst the buzzes of thousands
on the pier, the sailors manning the yards of every vessel
and of even every boat in the neighbourhood ; while to all
these expressions of loyalty her Majesty and her royal con-
sort returned the most courteous acknowledgments, bowing at
every manifestation of enthusiasm.
The steamer in passing the sloops of war and the royal
yacht was received by them with a royal salute ; and in a
short time the ship was a considerable way down the Frith.
As the Trident moved from the pier, and proceeded majes-
tically down the Frith, instantly taking the lead of all the
other vessels, the scene was of the most animating descrip-
tion. Craft of every description floated on the placid waters;
flags and streamers waving in the breeze ; thousands of happy
faces, and all breathing blessings on her Majesty as she pro-
ceeded on her homeward way—combining to form a scene
which the man of taste, the patriot, and the philanthropist
would alike delight to contemplate.

HER MAJESTY'S PROGRESS TO TOWN.

Upon the Royal cortege leaving the dockyard Her Majesty
and Prince Albert were loudly cheered by an immense con-
course of persons that lined the Lower-road reaching to
Greenwich. Her carriage proceeded at a quick pace, pre-
ceded by outriders, and escorted by a detachment of the Bth
Hussars, under the command of Captain Rolles. On passing
the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the veterans of that institu-
tion hoisted the Royal standard, and about 1,000 that were
drawn up on the lawn with their officers strove to excel the
demonstration of loyalty that the boys of the Naval School
opposite, to the number of 800, manifested as Her Majesty
passed. The band of the Naval School played the national
anthem, and on the spire of St. Alphage Church proudly
waved the Royal standard. The Royal carriages proceeded
through Deptford, Peckham, and over Vauxhall-bridge,
through Hyde-park, to the terminus of the Great Western
Railway, at Paddington, weere Her Majesty arrived at a
quarter-past eleven o'clock.

ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE QUEEN'S
VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

(From the Glasgow Herald.)

During the Royal voyage to Scotland, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert having observed that the passengers of the
Monarch, one of the steamers that proceeded down the
Frith to meet Her Majesty, were amusing themselves with
dancing, directed the Queen's attention to the fact, when
Her Majesty instantly gave her gracious permission that the
crew of the Royal yacht might engage in similar amusements,
an act of condescension which the jolly tars very soon take
care to avail_ themselves of with infinite glee. One remark-
able circumstance may be mentioned in connexion with Her
Majesty's voyage, and it is this—that neither the Queen nor
the Prince were attended by any of the lite,ies or gentlemen
of the household, but merely the usual domestics ; and per-
haps a more handsome compliment could not have been paid
to the internal arrangements of the Royal yacht, with which,
upon all occasions, Her Majesty appeared highly satisfied.
In Edinburgh, on Thursday, the day on which Her Ma-
jesty landed, some ludicrous scenes took place in consequence
of the incredulity of some of the parties who had purchased
tickets as to the intelligence that Her Majesty had passed
the spot in which they had taken up their positions. Hun-
dreds, who arrived long after the Royal carriage passed by,
took their seats on the scaffoldings with the most imperturb-
able gravity, and sat in the security of their ignorance, for
upwards of half an hour, amidst the laughter and coarse
gibes of the lower class of the struggling mob, who in vain
assured them they had arrived too late. One old gentleman,
who had come from some remote part of Scotland, was ac-
tually immovable.
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When Her Majesty and Prince Albert,were driving slowly
along the avenue from Dalkeitb Palace on Friday, a collier,
with unwashed hands and unshaven chin, approached the
carriage, and extended his hand to Prince Albert, who re-
ceived it with great frankness and shook it heartily. The
collier did not attempt the same liberty with Her Majesty,
probably because he had never shaken hands with a lady iu
his life, and was not quite sure of the propriety of beginning
with the Queen ; but he exclaimed " Ye're just the woman
we want." Her Majesty and the Prince laughed heartily at
the occurrence.
The anxiety to get a view of her Majesty was excessive.
At the Castle-gate an elderly woman sprung past the soldiers,
and pressing through the party who had been in attendance
on the Queen in the Castle, and exclaimed most convulsively,
" Oh, will you let me see the Queen ?
A military gentle-
man pushed her back, but she was not so easily put off ;
again pressing forward, she stood within a yard of the Royal
carriage, and, clasping her hands, cried out, " Hech, Sirs, is
that the Queen ? Is that the Queen ? Weel? what have Ino
seen this day ? Eli, but she's a bonnie leddie ! " The poor
woman gazed awhile in silent admiration, but was at last forced
to withdraw, much against her will, consoled, however, by
the reflection that she had seen the Queen, and that the
Queen had seen her.
Decidedly the most conspicuous of all the equipages was a
coach-and-four in flashing flaming scarlet livery, followed by
a chaise and two in the same. Up and down, up and down,
the main streets it drove incessantly on Wednesday and
Thursday. The crowds of pedestrians gazed. " See ! see !
cried one in every room, and there was a rush to the windows
to see. " Who is it? who is it ? " was the question ? "It is
the Duke of Hamilton," cried some. But none could tell
surely, and all wished to know. Who is it? It must be
something great, with that red-hot kitchen furnace-coloured
livery. The thing grew to a mystery. We had seen the
equipage for the fifth or sixth time, when as it passed us once
again, we startled our companions by a burst of uncontrollable
laughter. There, in the carriage and four with the scarlet
livery, we saw, not the Duke of Hamilton, but—Provost
Blakie, in a blue coat and brass buttons. This mysterious
equipage was the equipage of the deputation from Aberdeen.

THE FLOATING ISLAND IN DERWENT LAKE
NEAR KESWICK.

'lbis most extraordinary phenomenon is situate not far
from Lowdore, at the south-east extremity of the lake, and
a little more than 150 yards from the land, where the depth
of the water does not exceed six feet in a mean state of the
lake. _ _ .

During the last forty years it has appeared thirteen times.
In the year 1808, from July 20 to the beginning of October
in the same year; in 1813, from the 7th of September to the
end of October following ; in 1815, from August sto the
end of the month ; in 1819, from August 14 to the end of
the same month ; in 1824, from June 21 to the end of Sep-
tember ; in 1825, it was above the water from the 9th to the
23rd of September; and from the 11th of July to the end of
September in 1826. " The circumstance of its appearing in
three successive years," says Mr. Otley, " may be attributed
to the extraordinary warmth of the season." It made its
appearance again on the 10th of June, 1831, and remained
uncovered until the 25th of September. In 1834 and 1835
it was visible for a few weeks in August and September. In
1837 it appeared in 'July and August. It appeared again on
the 19th July, 1841, and remained till the end of August.
And it made its appearance in the latter end of last or the
beginning of the present month (September,) but it is not
yet quite so large as on so lie of the former occasions of its
appearance.
We will not undertake to investigate the great number of
hypotheses which have been advanced relative to the cause
of this singular phenomenon, nor examine into any of the
arguments which have been adduced, but will merely give
the opinion of Mr. Otley, who is well versed in the geological
and meteorological properties of the lake district, who is
resident at Keswick, and who for the last thirty years has
watched with much attention the operation of it. Mr.
Otley says—
" That it generally rises after an interval of a few days,
and after a continuance of fine weather. Its figure and dimen-
sions are variable ; it has sometimes contained about half an
acre of ground, at other times only a few perches; but ex-
tending in a gradual slope under water, a much greater por-
tion is raised from the bottom than reaches the surface of the
lake. Several large rents or cracks may be seen in the earth
about the place, which appear to have been occasioned by its
stretching to reach the surface. It never rises far above the
level of the lake, but having once attained the surface, it for
a time fluctuates with the rise and fall of the water, after
which it sinks gradually. When at rest in the bottom of the
lake it has the same appearance as the neighbouring parts,
being covered with the same vegetation, consisting princi-
pally of litterella lacustris and lobelia dorimanno, inters-
persed with isoetes lacustris, and other plants common in
this awl .11 the neighbouring lakes; after remaining some
,ctme above the water, its verch Fnr a few
inches in depth it is composed of clayey or earthy matter,
apparently deposited by the water, in which the growing
plants have fixed their roots ; the rest is a congeries of de-
cayed vegetable matter, forming a stratum of loose peat earth,
about six feet in thickness, which rises from a bed of very
fine soft clay. A considerable quantity of air is contained in
the body of the island, and may be dislodged by probing the
earth with a poll. This air was found by Dr. Dalton to con-
sist of equal parts of carburetcd hydrogen and azotic gases,
with a little carbonic acid.
Mr. Otley further adds—
" That one material circumstance, has however, generally
escaped observation—namely, that the air to which the rising
of this island has been attributed, is not collected in a body
underneath it, but interspersed through the whole mass.
And the most probable conclusion seems to he, that the air
or gas is generated in the body of the island by decomposition
of the vegetable matter of which it is formed ; and this gas
being produced most copiously, as well as being rarified in
hot weather, the earth at length becomes so much extended
therewith as to render the mass of less weight than an equal
bulk of water. The water then insinuating itself between the
substratum of clay and peat earth forming the island, bears
it to the surface, where it continues for a time, till partly by
escape of the gas, partly by its absorption, and partly by its
condensation consequent on a decrease of heat, the volume is
reduced, and the earth gradually sinks to its former level,
where it remains till a sufficient accumulation of gas again
renders it buoyant. But as the vegetable matter of which
the island is principally composed appears to have been
amassed at a remote period, when the lake was of less depth
than at present, receiving very little addition from the decay
of plants recently grown upon the spot, it is reasonable to
suppose that the process of furnishing the gas cannot from
the same materials be continued ad infinitum ; but that
there must be a time when it shall have arrived at its maxi-

mum, after which the eruptions will become less extensive
or less frequent."

ASSIZE COURT OF LA HAUTE VIENNE.

CRUEL ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT A MARRIAGE FEAST, AND
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF THE INTENDED VICTIM.
Guillaume Bourbon was charged with having attempted
the life of Jean Laborie. The crime with which the pri-
soner stood charged was committed under extraordinary
circumstances.
Jean Laborie, a farmer, aged 25, resided at Nigrelat, in
the commune of Cussae, with Catherine Laborie, his sister,
and the prisoner, his brother-in-law. Bourbon managed the
affairs, and received the monies. He had also acted as tutor
to his brother.in-law. For the last two years Jean Laborie
had been paying his addresses to a young woman named
Marguerite Merle ; and it was believed that the union would
combine all the convenances of both age and fortune. The
prisoner, however, did everything in his power to prevent, or
at least to retard the match, and employed a person to en-
deavour to turn Laborie from his project. In this feeling of
opposition it appeared that he had two motives—one of
hatred, and the other of cupidity. He had, in fact, an
inimical feeling towards Merle, the girl's father, by whom
he fancied he had been wronged ; and he feared that after
the marriage Laborie would be induced by his father-in-law
to ask for a division of property. He had been heard to say,
in reference to the affair, " If that bete marries the girl
Merle I shall have to sell two cows ; and if he does so he
shall pay for it."
The opposition of the prisoner was, however, futile. The
projected marriage was almost concluded, and on the sth of
May the two families, accompanied by some mutual friends,
repaired to Cussac for the purpose of concluding the contract.
Bourbon went also, but took no part in the business of the
day, keeping by himself and confining his remarks to expres-
sions of discontent. In a tit of excitement at a public-house,
he dashed a glass down upon the table—" They will marry,
will they ? Well, I will give them nothing ; I will go to law
first."
The contract was, however, completed ; the two families
returned home to the village, and assembled at a friend's
house for the purpose of passing the evening with a dance.
During the time the lovers and their friends were thus en-
joying themselves, a repast was being prepared at the house
of Merle, the father of the intended bride. Ten o'clock was
the hour fixed for sitting down to supper. Bourbon, how-
ever, had not arrived, although he bad been invited. He had,
in fact, said to some person that if he came it should not be
for nothing. In order to overcome his unpleasant feeling a
friend named Morange was sent again to ask him to come,
but could get no answer at the house, and returned to the
party, thinking that Bourbon must have retired to bed. He
then found that the repast was served upon a large bin or
trough in place of a table. This was placed near the fireplace
in a large room, which communicated by a secret door with
an adjacent barn. The guests, seven in number, sat down.
Four sat on the side towards the stove—namely, the intended
bride and her affianced husband, her father and brother.
Opposite them, a little to the right, was the door which com-
municated with the barn ; on the other side of the table and
immediately opposite the lovers sat Morange, another friend
named Barriere, and the musician, having their backs turned
towards the door. The party had scarcely taken their seats
when it opened. They thought that Bourbon was coming,
and turned their faces that way ; no one was to be seen, but
the next moment the report of a gun was heard, and the right
side of poor Laborie's head received nearly the whole charge
of the weapon. He fell forward upon the table, bathing the
cloth with his blood.
Two shots out of the whole charge only appearedtohave
escaped him ; one of these struck Marguerite Merle, and the
other Morange, the friend who had gone out to invite the
assassin to the feast.. The latter, although only slightly
wounded, received such a shock that be fell upon the floor.
Taking avantage of the scene of confusion which followed his
act, the assassin ; but he had been seen and recognized by
two witnesses in his flight.
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A third witness had seen the prisoner enter his house the
instant after the murderous act had beehavesunk committed.
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Poor Laborie, it was thought, must
effects of the wound, had he not had a very fine constitution,
which enabled him to recover the shock. As it is, he has
lost his right ey'e, and has received other injuries, which he
will suffer from as long as he lives.
The jury, found a verdict of Guilty against the prisoner,
, but without premeditation ; and the Court sentenced him to
hard labour for life.
The prisoner, upon hearing his sentence, burst into tears,
and manifested a most pusillanimous spirit.