The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

_ MR. BERKELEY has been returned for Cheltenham by a
majority of 682 over Mr. Ridler.
ON Friday evening a lomotive engine, employed on the
North- London Railway, exploded; but though it destroyed
some property, no persons were injured.
Tax COLONIAL SECRETARYSHIP.—THE Advertiser says
Sir William Molesworth and Sir George Grey are spoken of
for the colonial vacancy. The Herald says Mr. Vernon Smith,
Sir Wm. Molesworth, and Lord Harrowby are mentioned.
' THE Qum, accompanied by Prince Albert, the King of
tha Belgians, the Count de Flanders, the Prince of Wales, and
Prince Alfred, attended by their suite, left Buckingham
Palace on Tuesday, for Osborne.
DURING a debate in the House of Lords last week, no little
sensation was caused by the entry into the house of Sir Au-
gustus Clifford, bearing on his arm the celebrated Miss
O'Neil, now Lady Wrixon Becher.
THE Advertiser states that a meeting of Conservative
members of the House of Commons took place on Saturday,
at Mr Disraeli's. The attendance was very numerous, and
never was the feeling of the party more cordial and unani-
mous as to the course to be pursued by it.
THE SPECIE arrivals during the week have been moderate,
and do not amount to £185,000. The exports of which we
have any notification are little more than £60,000, but the
shipments to the Continent by the bullion merchants have
been considerable.

Orr Tuesday morning the corning-house at Messrs. Curtis
and Harvey's Clyde Gunpowder Mills, Glenlean, about five
miles from Dunoon, blew up with a fearful explosion, by
which casualty the lives of not fewer than four men have
been lost.

COLONEL FLEURY, the colonel of the French Guides, has
married Mad'lle Calais St. Paul, a daughter of a rich homme
d'affaires of Paris. On this occasion the Emperor made the
colonej the munificent present of 500,000 franks from his
private purse, and also settled' a pension of 12,000 franks
a-year, to make things pleasant, to a lady who went down on
her knees to supplicate his Majesty to prevent the marriage.
MILITARY DISTURBINCE.—The town of Chatham, on
Thursday evening, exhibited a scene of military riot, between
the marines and sailors against the 27th regiment. Several
of the soldiers were wounded in the affray, and one man was
so severely injured that he was taken to the hospital, having
received three bayonet wounds.

SCARLATINA IN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD AT OSBORNE.—
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louisa and Prince Arthur
have been attacked with scarlatina. Their Royal Highnesses
are going on very favourably. The same disease has declared
itself in his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, who was left at
Buckingham Palace in consequence of a slight accident.

THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.—The work
for the next Presidental election has seriously commenced.
The political events have sharply defined the three great par-
ties of the campaign, and the champion of each for the suc-
cession. These three parties are—the American party, the
Seward anti-slavery coalition party, and the Democratic party;
and the candidate of each, as broadly foreshadowed by these
late events, is, of the American party, George Law, of New
York ; of the Seward coalition party, W. H. Seward, of New
York ; of the Democratic party, Henry A. Wise, of Virginia.
THE GRAND STAND AT AINTREE RACE-COURSE was,
during the late meeting, entrusted to the care of Mr. Morrish,
of the Merchants' Dining Rooms, Lancaster-buildings, Tithe-
barn-street. The care and judicious attention bestowed on
the cuisine and the cellar were such as called forth the warmest
encomiums from the numerous visitors ; while the orderly and
ready service bestowed on the guests reflected the highest
credit on the skill and assiduity of Mr. Morrish as a caterer
for even the most refined tastes. Every delicacy was to be
met with -in ready profusion, and the more substantial elements
of good cheer were served with equal alacrity and abundance.
The wines and liquors of all kinds were excellent, and met
general approval.
1 TRE DANUEE.—A letter from Bucharest of the 3d, in the
German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The Ottoman troops
are still advancing into the Dobrudscha. From 1,200 to 1,500
Turks from Silistria have passed the Danube in boats, and
landed at Kalarasch. Although the Turkish corps now in the'
.Dobrudscha are sufficiently provided with bridge equipage,
and is supported by a flotilla, aud, although the coast of Bes-
sarabia is only defended by about 10,000 Russians, yet it is
not expected that the Muchir Ismail Pasha has any present
intention of attacking the Russians. He appears inclined to
wait for the fall of Sebastopol, in which case he would doubt-
, less be supported by some allied troops. The greatest com-
mercial activity prevails on the Lower Danube. It is calculated
that, since the opening of the navigation, more than 500.
vessels, of which 200 were Austrian, have taken on board
cargoes at Ibrail and at Galatz."
THE LATE CAPTAIN LYONS.—The enclosed extract from a
letter from one of the officers of the Miranda may be interest-
ing to our readers 1—" Therapia, June 25.—Our brave Captain
is no more. His wound was mortal, and he died on Saturday
night. C— was with him the whole time, and S— says
his death was worthy of his life. He forgot nothing, sending
messages to each of us individually, and arranging for the
smallest trifles. He said to C—, I die as a captain of a
man-of-war ought to die.' The navy has lost its greatest
ornament ; and we have lost one who, to us, was more than a
friend. He was so brave, so great, so good, and so amiable,
that we all loved him much more than we knew. We buried.
him on Monday evening, the 26th of June, with all naval
honours. Crowds of people of high rank attended his funeral.
The head of our figurehead, Miranda, was shot away almost at
the same moment that our dear captain received his death
wound.

FIRE IT HUNGERFORD-MAHRET.-011 Sunday evening
considerable alarm was caused in the vicinity of Hungerford-
market, London, in consequence of a fire breaking out on the
wharf of the market, occasioned by some boys accidentally
emptying their pipes on a waggon laden with straw. On the
sudden outbreak messengers were despatched for the Chandos-
street, Watling-street, West of England, and various other
engines, which promptly arrived, and speedily got to work,
with a good supply of water from the mains of the New River.
The, wind blowing strongly, the flames spread with amazing
rapidity, and five carts and one waggon belonging to Mr. Mil-
igan, hay and strawdealer, opposite the booking-office, on the
wharf, as well as Mr. T. Henderson's carts, speedily ignited.
The firemen worked most strenuously, and by of great
perseverance the flames were subdued, but not until the straw
and carts were nearly destroyed.
Loan Joitig RvssELL.—Lord John Russell is no longer a
member of the Administration. In consequence of repre-
sentations from some of the members of the Government in
the House of Commons as to the difficulty under which they
laboured with regard to the motion of Sir E. B. Lytton, his
Lordship came to the resolution of removing their embarrass-
ment by retiring from the Ministry. Accordingly, at his re-
quest, Lord Palmerston yesterday acquainted the Queen with
the resolution to which Lord John had come, and her Majesty
was pleased to accept his resignation. No successor to Lord
John Russell as Secretary of State for the Colonies has been
appointed, but it is not improbable that one will be desig-
nated for her Majesty's approval at the Cabinet Council to be
held this afternoon. We cannot, of course, speak with cer-
tainty upon the subject, but we believe it is not unlikely that
the new Colonial Secretary will be taken from amongst the
present members of the Cabinet, and we apprehend that his
fitness for the post will be at once recognized by the country
and the eolonies.—Globe, of Saturday.
THUNDERSTORM ON SATURDAY.—ShortIy after 6 o'clock
on Saturday morning, the metropolis was visited by a violent
thunderstorm, which continued for nearly an hour. The
lightning was of a vivid character. The rain fell in torrents,
and many of the small streets at the east end of London were
flooded for several hours. The market gardeners' grounds
were also inundated, and considerable damage was done by
the great fall of rain. At Bristol the storm took place an
hour or two previously. It commenced about half-past three
o'clock, and exceeded in violence anything of the kind that
has occurred in that city for the last 30 years. The thunder
was very violent, and the lightning so vivid that the Captains
of African and Indian ships in the port describe it as being
the nearest approach to a tropical tornado that they ever
witnessed in this country. Considerable damage was done by
the hail, which beat the wheat down in all the surrounding
country, and broke thousands of panes of glass; and at St.
George's,Gloucestershire,the electric fluid struck a house near
the Don John's-cross, destroyed the chimneys, and split the
house from the roof to the basement story.

SUNDAY DISTURBANCES IN LONDON. HYDE-PARK.—
The Sunday demonstrations in this park are unmistakably dying
out, and in another week or two there will be no trace left of
the commotion. On Sunday the number of people assembled
showed a decided falling off, and the more respectable classes
held themselves carefully apart from • the crowds of urchins
and thieves who had collected. Of course, they did all in their
power to get up a disturbance, rushing hither and thither,
making as much noise as possible, and scurrying away as
soon as they came in collision with the police. Beyond a con-
siderable amount of pocket-picking very little mischief was
done, and the number of offenders taken into custody tended
powerfully to check the disposition to riot. The police did not
show in the park itself, but at the different outlets and in the
neighbourhood they were mustered in ample force, while
a mounted patrol kept up with the quick movements of the
mob, and prevented any serious injury to property being at-
tempted. No carriages appeared in the drive, so that no fa-
cilities existed for getting up a disturbance, and we may fairly
hope that next Sunday afternoon the park will present its
usual peaceable aspect. Two attempts were made by the
rabble to penetrate into Belgravia from Albert-gate, but both
were promptly repulsed by the police, and the ringleaders ar-
rested.

STATE OP TEE MORMON COMMUNITY.—The Cambridge
Chronicle gives a letter from Salt Lake City by a woman who
had embraced the Mormon delusion, and left that neighbour-
hood. The expos 6 speaks for itself :—" Mormonism here
and Mormonism in the old country are two entirely distinct
systems. You know not whom to trust; in fact, you are sus-
picious of everybody, and everybody suspects you. Human
life is of no value here ; cutting throats is as carelessly talked
of from the stand as clipping your finger-nails ; indeed, if they
consider you becoming at all disaffected to their 'principles, it
is considered doing you a kindness to kill you, that your soul
may be saved. It is heresy to think of leaving the society ;
and should any make the attempt, every obstacle is thrown in
their way. Scandal and lies the people fatten on. I would
defy the smallest village in the world to propagate the same
with more avidity than this people. A woman's character is
taken away by the slightest breadth ; you are at everybody's
mercy, no matter how low, mean, or contemptible the party
may be ; and woe to you should your husband be on a mission!
They set husband against wife : try to get the husband into
plurality; and women's hearts are as ruthlessly broken as a
piece of straw by bending. Divorces can be readily obtained,
for from five to ten dollars; and there exists not, I verily be-
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essential.points,in a house, viz., washing, scrubbing, and cook-
ing; the latter item is by no means an unimportant one in a
Yankee household, as Yankee Doodle must have tea three
times a day, and hot bread at each meal. The United States
sent out a detachment of men in the fall, ostensibly en route
to California, but' really to investigate the many crying atroci-
ties in this horrible place. There has been a slight intermix-
ture with the officers and our people in society ; but I think
Brigham was afraid of their influence, and at once, without any
preliminiaries, they were denounced from the stand in the
most bitter terms ; and so general was the insult that the
commanding officers ordered the United States flag to be taken
down. Happy as I should be to save others from the degrada-
tion and misery of this evil place, I dare not have my name
known, or my head would pay the forfeit; and they would
think they were doing God and me service. Although I have
lost all desire for life, I should dread falling into their hands ;
for verily the tortures of the Inquisition were nothing to those
they inflict here, and in the end I should be consigned to a
horrible decapitation."