The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

summer residence at Cintra, as also the Duke de Saldanha,
who was still unable to transact business at the War De-
partment. A petition from different Portuguese manufac-
tories had been made to the Chamber of Deputies to
reconsider the reductions made in the tariff last year.
They, of course, want more protection, but make out no
case, and conveniently dispense with the demonstration of
any fact applicable to any particular trade by stating that
" all the circumstances are so obvious and generally
-own as to render superfluous the mention of any of
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The care which some members are so studious to
or the instruction of the children of Romanist

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Romish priests, is strangely at variance

the avowal of their being themselves Protes-

tants. If being in error is a reason for being taught

RUSSIA.—The Emperor, who has been amusing him-
self with grand military displays at St. Petersburgh, is
expected to visit Warsaw about the end of July. The
troops concentrated there, and in the neighbourhood,
amount to 70,000 men.

to continue in it, then infidel teachers—for such

re to be found—may be admitted to instruct in
afidelity the children of infidel parents. There is

The Russian authority in Servia, after procuring the
dismissal of the Premier Garaschnin against the Prince's
will, now demands the removal of all state employe'' s who
are known to entertain anti-Russian sentiments.

little difference in principle, it is a mere question of

The increase of steam navigation from this port
is progressing most satisfactorily. On Thursday, a
new steamer was launched for the Brazilian trade,
and on the same day the screw-steamer Sarah
Sands sailed for Quebec and Montreal with a
goodly number of passengers. It is somewhat

The Austrian General Count Gyuiay arrived at St.
Petersburg,' on the 7th inst., with a special mission to
the Imperial Court.

The Cologne Gazette says the news is being confirmed
at Berlin that a proposition, made by France and Austria
to the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh, has been received by
the latter in a manner favourable enough to be accepted
as the basis of negociations, and of ulterior mediation.

strange that, while we have been so eminently

AUSTRIA.—A considerable displacement of troops is
taking place throughout that portion of the military
frontier which adjoins Bosnia and Serbia. The Austrians
are edging on towards Turkey. The pontoon trains have
arrived in the Save, and Bosnia could be entered with
little difficulty or delay.
On the 13th Duke Constantine's Regiment marched
from Vienna to the fortress of Peterwardein, and other
troops are on the move in that direction.
The mission of Count Rechberg in Lombardy is
acknowledged to have completely failed, and the Austrian
authorities are again executing the decreed confiscation

ccessful with steam navigation to almost every

part of the world, Australia, where it is so

much needed, should prove the exception, the
quickest voyages to and from that colony having as
yet been performed by sailing vessels, to one of
which we are now indebted for the latest intelli-

The Great Britain will, however, soon be
ready to start on her second voyage, and as the latest
improvements in science have been applied to her
with liberal hand, and the most ample precautions
taken for abundant supplies of fuel, there is not the
slightest doubt that she will accomplish the quickest
passage which has yet been made. Her trial trip to
Ireland proved her to be an admirable ship, either
with steam or under canvass, and she may now
fearlessly defy competition, until some new discovery
be made in the science of navigation.

with rigour.
PRUSSIA.—His Majesty the King of Prussia has left
Berlin for Weimar.

The Bavarian Envoy at Berlin has announced that his
government proposes to open a great Industrial Exhibition
at Munich, in 1854.
TURKEY.—TheAssemble'e Nationale says:—We learn
by a private letter, which merits absolute confidence, that
at the date of the sth of July the representatives of the
four great Powers at Constantinople, France, England,
Austria, and Prussia, were completely in accord as to the
terms of the arrangement to propose to the Porte and
Russia. This arrangement could not be submitted to the
sanction of the Sultan on account of the Itamazan, during
which official relations with the Porte remain suspended ;
but there was little time to wait to solicit and obtain the
sanction, since the Ramazan ended on the 7th. In con-
sidering, as it is permitted to hope, that the Sultan has
given his sanction, it might have been sent off to St.
Petersburgh, so as to arrive by the 15th of this month ;
and the decision of the Russian Cabinet may be known
about the 25th.
The protest of the Divan against the occupation of the
Danubian Principalities by Russia, reached Vienna on the
15th inst., having been conveyed there by Mehemet
Saftaluge. According to the Presse of Vienna, the Divan
replies most energetically to the arguments of the Czar
in his manifesto, the Sultan, on his part, protesting so-
lemnly against the reproach of having. violated his word,
and calling; on all the Christian communities to testify
that he has never knowingly and wantonly oppressed
them, and that whenever inferior authorities have at-
tacked their rights and privileges they have been punished.
The document enters into details on the persecution of
the Jews at Damascus, and declares, with respect to the
invasion of the Principalities, that the Porte protests in
the most solemn manner against it, as an act of violence
which nothing can justify.
A Ministerial crisis has been apprehended at Constan-
tinople. The Siecle gives a curious version of the affair.
Its statement is to the effect that, great excitement having
been caused on the 7th, by the official intelligence of the
Russian entry into the Principalities, the Sultan at once
sent for Riza Pacha, a man of great energy, and asked
his opinion and counsel. Riza Pacha advised his oppos-
ing force with force, and the Sultan being disposed to
follow his advice, manifested a desire to give his father's
favourite Minister a seat in the Cabinet. The greatest
consternation was caused among the diplomatic body
when this became known. The Sultan was implored not
to be precipitate in going to war. He yielded, but not
definitively ; a delay was obtained, but it is not known for
how long. The Ambassadors in all haste referred to
their respective Governments for instructions.
Accounts from Constantinople of the 9th instant, say
that there is no cessation in the armaments. The com-
mander of the forts on the Dardanelles has been instructed
to permit the passage at any time, no matter whether by
day or by night, of the British and French steamers.
Letters from the army on the other side of the Balkan

The sailing-match which took place for Her
lajesty's plate on Monday, and the regatta on

Tuesday, for the splendid prizes offered by the Royal
Mersey Yacht Club, constituted the great attraction
of the week, and drew together thousands of spec-
tators. It was not merely the gratification of making

a holiday, but the sports were peculiarly appro.

priate to a great commercial sea-port, and this cir-
cumstance considerably heightened the enjoyment.
The races between the several yachts were well con-

tested, and the appearance of the Mersey, studded
with their numerous white and well-filled sails,
presented a picture not often witnessed. Liverpool

has facilities for yachting possessed by few places,
while the patronage of Royalty gives a character to
the Mersey Yacht Club which must render it equal

to any in the Kingdom.

The annual election to supply the vacancies of the
members of the Dock Committee, who retire by
rotation, will take place on Wednesday next week.
Of the four elected by the dock ratepayers, Mr.
Nicol, will permanently retire ; and the candidate
proposed to fill his place is Mr. J. P. PALMER,
chairman of the Shipowners' Association and Un-
derwriters' Association. The three other members,
Messrs. STEELE, BOLD, and HEALING, will be
proposed for re-election. It will be difficult to find
a gentleman more eligible than Mr. PALMER for
the responsible office to which he has been proposed;
and we have no doubt that the dock ratepayers will
ratify the nomination.

- were full of enthusiasm. It is a great advantage for the 1
It has been confidently announced that the Porte that the season is one of the most fruitful ever
known, and everything is remarkably cheap.
Radicals of Liverpool, under the auspices of Mr.
A letter from Jassy of the 4th inst., states that General
ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, have ventured upon a Luders, whose corps crossed the Pruth at Leowa, re-
petitionmatarirnaeidtaactalsima acials,einaioarderatotbe al.•Aeleton cross the Danube
to the House of Commons against the late
election. Whether the statement be true or false is estimated at from 100,000 to 120,0tiommyeon. It 'i's said
is not of the slightest consequence, as it is well thatoccu
ptatninhbabti inhabitants Ituosfs i
ans
b Moldaviaut trneseinji tfl,rarllnatnilioa thea
known that no two members of Parliament hold pear to be animated with a s'pirit of hostility to them. Pft
their seats on a safer tenure than do Messrs. Hous- is said that Prince Ghika, who has been living in exile at
Constantinople since the events of 1848, is exciting the
FALL and LIDDELL, even if it hakte, undergo the Wallachians against the Russians. He is at present at
ordal of an adverse Committee. The existence of a the head-quarters of Omer Pasha.
The Russian forces entered Oltonitza on the 7th instant,
triumphant Conservative majority in a popular con- an important position on the Danube, which was crossed
stituency is no doubt gall and wormwood to our p - therein 1828 by an army of 40,000 men under the com-
litical opponenta ; but the fact—which is a credit to md of Glntelligennceerr Roth.om nstantinople to the 11th states that
the town—will remain the same, despite the angry everything was tranquil; the preparations for defence,
ameantimeppaarathl t proceeding
statementwith thei the Lloyd
rapaly4?.ever . th I t
feelings of the defeated, and the more so because it
is not the less a fact that the last election was won the Sultan had sent an ambassador to t. Petersburg,'na was
without
is said.iitua ation.
i
without the slightest appeal to any other motivet the American: Consul has commenced
than political principle. We have been informed negotiations for the cession to the United Stateso
of the
1
that the Radical petition is not directed against the port of Marin orizza. It is also said that a sum of
1 8'500,000 in gold has been paid to the Sultan.
sitting members, but that it prays for a Commision

to inquire into certain alleged corrupt practices of
the Freemen, the evidence to be relied on being an
offer of a large number of votes said to have been
made to the agents of the Radical candidate on the
day of polling. This is mere moonshine, not only
as to the alleged fact, but also as to the consequences.
Parliament never grants a Commission of Inquiry
into corrupt practices except upon the report of a
Select Committee unseating the members returned,
and specially recommending the issue of a Com-
mission. There has been some little talk about town
as to who is to bear the expenses of this hopeless
enterprise. The heavy cost of the last crippled all the
radicals who were foolish enough to have anything

AUSTRALIA.

By the Woolloomooloo we have advices from Sydney
to the 21st April. She brings 45,000 ounces of gold,
valued at £lBO,OOO, and has made the passage home in
88 days, her outward trip having been accomplished in
87 days. In addition to her large amount of gold, she
has also 1,614 bales of wool on board, and her general
news is highly satisfactory. _ _

The steamer Cleopatra had arrived at Sydney, with
,deices from Melbourne of the 16th of April, at which
ime neither the Harbinger nor the Adelaide steamer had
irrived.

The following is frornthe Sydney Empire of April
20 :—" The commercial condition of Sydney is, as it has
uncertainty,been for
someh considerableigh prices, a n
( time past, characterized;by
exhausted stocks. The
w
circumstance of so fe arrivals with supplies, either from
Great Britain or from foreign ports, is very remarkable ;
contrary to general
expectation
—F
-0 s
ion an excited character,
appearance of un-
rp
which, in many instances, has the
warranted extravagance. Goods area
which are scarcely justified by any statenolfi'pthtea import
prices
ort
market at which we have yet arrived, the competitionplaikrticular
being stimulated by the immediate urgency of
demands, rather than produced by anything
per-
manent scarcity. But, if business were conducted in in the
most sober spirit, high prices for all manufactured goods
e
would still range, in consequence of the positive :;in-
sufficiency of present imports. This state of things is
experienced without any rapid augmentation of our
population, as was anticipated—for during the last few
weeks the passenger traffic inwards has barely kept past
with our outward drain. By the escorts from the Ovens
and the Northern Diggings to-day about 8,000 ounces of
gold were received in Sydney. The price now rules at
775. 3d. to 775. 6d. for Victoria, and 745. 3d. to 745. 6d.
for New South Wales."
We quote the following from the Sydney Morning
Herald
of the same date :
" No subject occupies more general attention just now
in our commercial circles than the extremely unsatisfac-
tory state of our steam communication with Enc,*lavid.
ThC Australian RoyßoyalSteam Convene. ship

to do with it, and there is not sufficient patriotism
left for any private purse to be again drained for
such an object. The present petition is under the

fostering care of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE,
and owing to his consanguinity with the CHAN-

CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, some people
cannot be deterred from attributing more weight
to the circumstance, in accounting for the disposal
of the secret service money, than perhaps it de-
serves. We, however, acquit the Minister of all
participation in such dirty practices.

The excursion trains by the various railways are
bringing crowds of operatives and country people
info Liverpool and Birkenhead, and the ferries

across the Mersey are reaping rich harvests every

fine afternoon, There are few cheaper and yet