ckness, some surprise has been created
that the accident should have occurred; but it appears that the keepers
appointed to attend on the numerous and various aquatic birds which are
preserved in the gardens of the palace, had broken the ice along the
sides of the lake to enable them to take the water during the frost.
These portions had again become slightly frozen over, since they were
broken at an early part of the morning. This was unknown to the Prince,
or the Queen, and, hence, the accident occurred. There was no person
present, at the time, connected with the gardens, to point out his danger
to His Royal Highness. Yesterday morning, the Prince was suffering from
the effects of a slight cold; but, beyond this, His Royal Highness has
sustained no inconvenience."

On the 10th Feb. the Princess Royal was christened.

On 19 Feb. the Queen had a monster cheese presented to her, "on which
occasion, she was pleased to express her satisfaction." It was made from
the morning's milking of 737 cows, prepared by the labour of 50 dairy
women, at West Pennard, Somersetshire, and it weighed 11 cwt. It was
octagon in shape, and its upper surface was decorated with the Royal
Arms, surmounted with a wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks.
Unfortunately, although it had been made over two years, it was not
considered to be fit to eat for another eighteen months.

_Ecce iterum_ the irrepressible BOY JONES! Prison evidently had no
terrors for him; for, no sooner was he liberated from Tothill Fields, on
2 Mar., than he, almost immediately, set to work to repeat his former
escapades. On the day previous to his liberation, he was visited by Mr.
Hall, a magistrate, who tried to persuade him to go to sea; but Jones
made certain conditions which could not be acceded to, and he did not go.
This gave an opportunity for the _Satirist_ to come out with the
following appropriate lines:

"The impudent urchin, whom sure the devil owns,
And Government wants to send into the Navy;
Will not go to sea--and 'tis cunning of Jones,
Who, thus, may avoid his relation, Old Davey."

He was then delivered into the care of his parents, with strict
injunctions to them to watch his actions; and, for some days, his conduct
was unexceptionable; he frequently attended a Methodist chapel, and
expressed his intention of joining a teetotal society. But the charms of
notoriety were too strong for him; and, again, he was drawn, as it