The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

THE COAET.—Tuesday being the birthday of the
Duchess of Gloucester, the Queen and Prince Albert
visited her royal highness at Gloucester House.
TUE EARL or ELGIN and Kincardine, K.T. has been
appointed Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of Fifesbire, in
the room of the late Rear-admiral James Erskine Wemyss.
Han MAJESTY'S DRAWING. Room.—The Queen he
Drawing-room (the seeond this season) on Thursday Alp
noon, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty wore a train of
lilac and silver moire antique silk, trimmed with white
tulle and silver stars. The petticoat was white crape, with
two flounces, and was trimmed with silver and crape
ribands. The Queen's head-dress was a diadem of emeralds
and diamonds, and feathers.
TUE SONS OF THE CLERGY.—There is likely to be a
splendid spectacle in London on the 10th of May. It is.
said that the Queen and Prince Albert intend to visit St
Paul's Cathedral in great state. The occasion is to be a
sermon preached by the Bishop of London in behalf of the
Sons of the Clergy. The city authorities are engaged in
vast preparations for the event.
THE FAST DAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
Prince Alfred, and the Duchess of Kent attended divine
service on Wednesday, in the private chapel of Bucking-
ham Palace. The service was performed by the Bishop of
Chester and the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley. The Bishop
of Chester preached the sermon.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.—Count Bernstorf, now Prussian
Minister at the Court of Naples, and previously employed
at the Court of Vienna, is appointed to the post of
Minister of the King of Prussia in this country, upon the
resignation of Chevalier Bunsen, for political causes to
which we have previously adverted.
PROFESSOR JamasoN, whose name has been familiar in
the scientific circles of Europe and America for half a
century, died on Wednesday, at his residence in Edinburgh,
at a very advanced age, being on the borders of 80. He
had been for a considerable period in a declining state
of health.

HER MAJESTY will hold drawing-rooms at' St. James's
Palace. on Thursday, the 11th May, and on Saturday, the
20th May, to celebrate the royal birth-day, Her MAjesty
will also hold levees at St. James's Palace, on Wgclnesday,
tic-morrow, and on Friday, the 9th June.

RUSSIAN MANNERS.—The Cologne Gazette says, " In
a work recently published by Mr. C. W. Arndt, entitled
Pro Populo Germano, is the following passage In the
summer of 1813, while walking near the Schweidnitzgate,
at Reichenback, in Silistria, I was witness to a specimen
of Russian habits. The colonel of a regiment caused a
drunken priest to be laid hold of by some of his soldiers,
had his dress stripped off him, and twenty stripes in-
flicted on his back. After this correction, his priestly
robes were again put on, the soldiers prostrated themselves
before him, and the same colonel and the officers kissed
his hands in the most humble manner.' "
THE SCREW-STEAMER SIMLA.—The fleet of the Penin-
sula and Oriental Company has received a magnificent
accession in the screw-steamer Simla, which sailed on
Monday last week from the Broomielaw for Southamton,
from which place she will carry the Indian mail to Alex-
andria on Thursday next. The Simla is constructed of
iron, and is one of the finest ships which have ever been
constructed on the Clyde, Her dimensions are as follows
—Tonnage, by new measurement, 2,440 tons ; by old
measurement, 2,600 tons ; her power is equal to 650
horses ; by inside measurement she is 335 feet in length,
39 feet 6 inches in breadth, and 28 feet in depth. It will
thus be observed that the Simla is next in size to, and
only a few feet shorter than the Himalaya, and she is
confidently expected to at least rival her in her sailing
powers. The Simla is a three-decker, and her fittings and
general accommodation, including baths, light, and venti-
lation, fora numerous body of cabin passengers are of the
most ma,,,,nificent description. Her saloon will accom-
modate at dinner 150 passengers at one sitting. Within
48 hours, however, all her ornamental trappings can be
'remchrea, when she might be transformed into a troop-
ship, eaPable of carrying 1,500 men.
'MANNING OF TaAnsronrs.— A correspondence has
taken place between Mr. Duncan Dunbar, the shipowner,
and the Board of Admiralty, relating to the difficutty ex-
perienced in obtaining seamen to man transport-ships.
Although the ships referred to have proceeded to sea since
the correspondence took place, and, it is presumed, are
efficiently manned, the •statement is of interest to ship-
owners, inasmuch as it 'elicits from the Admiralty what it
will, and what it will not, permit under the circumstances
in question. Mr. Dtinbar informed the Admiralty that
he found it imposiitile to get British crews for his ships,
and requested to know if the board would allow a portion
of Lascars (three lascars in lieu of two S'uropeans) and
Danes, Swedes, and Norwegian seamen, 'to the extent of
one-third, to be shipped to form the crews of his ships.
In reply, the Admiralty acquainted him that there would
be no object:kit-1%0 crews of Danes, Swedes, and Norwegian
seamen, to the'extent of one-half, but 'that their lordships
decidedly o'bj'ected to Lascars. Mr. 'Dunbar, in a subse-
quent letter, `told the board that he 'could not obtain men
for the transports on any terms'; and, unless he were
allowed to employ Lascars, Manillamen, &c., " the pablie
service mutt come to a stand." 'Still the Admiralty re-
mained inexorable with regard 'to the Lascars ' • but 'no
mention ris made of Manillamen, from which it may be
infermathat they are classed With Lascars. Mr. Dunbar
has addressed another letter In the Admiralty on n some-.
what different subject, but it.-et remains unanswered. It
is a request that the Customs will allow small stores,inch
as rum, tea, sugar, &c., to he issued to the crews 'of the.'
transports from the bonded stores shipped far their hse,'
whitethey remain at Deptford ; in other words, iitr..Duu.:
bar 'asks for the same priaillege for British slAps as is ac-'
corded to foreigners. Wt can scarcely think that`such
moderate and just requeSt could be refused.—ShippiPo‘
attic: Mercantile Gazette.

SP O_RTING INTELLIGENCB.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--,PUIDAY.

The rooms were "thinly attended to-e'ay;‘some if lite
leading subscribers,lowever, having returned froni-VOTk,
-a, few investments were made upon the Chester Oup,ibut
only to small amounts. There was a ilisposition to' back
Newminster at If) to 1, and 100 to was taken.freely
about Star of Surrey; Dr. O'Toole IniE friends at22o to 1,
and 100 to G wasiturrently offered against Peggy. The
field had just Chu call of Boiardo for the Two Thousand
Guineas ;2to 1 ,a-as the highest offer against RUby, but
half a point more would have been taken. Nbthiug was
done upon the Derby ; Autocrat would have beentbadEed
at sto 1, and Andover at 20 to 1. Latest prices

"TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
10 to 9 agsflord Derby's 13oiardo—taken.
2to 1 „ Mr. J. Adkins's Riby—offereld.
6to 1 „ Baron Rothschild's Middlesex-4k.
Bto 1 „ Mr. Osbaldeston's Champagne—t-taken.
8 to 1 Mr. Knowles's Mai.ble Hill.
ONE THOUSAND ODINEAS.
Even on'llr. Howard's Virago—taken.
5 to 2 agst Lord Derby's Meteora-7taken.
sto 2 ~ Lord Derby's Sortie—taken.
to 1 „ Lord Chesterfieldls,Omoo—taken.