The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

A DOII,ATION OP £lOO has been forwarded to•the Ex-
eter diocesan training school, in the names of His-Royal
Highness-the Prince of Wales anal Duke of Cornwall.
THE MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT dinner—the invariable
forerunner of the close of the Parlimentary session—is
fixed for the 13th instant.

THE MARQuis OF WESTMINSTEU has for several *days
been conned to his bed, at Groprenor-house, by illness,
which has been the cause of his lordship's absence from the
recast debates and divisions in the-House of Lords..
HEE IMEERIAL HIGHNESS the Grand Duchess Olga of
Russia, accompanied by Her Royal 'Consort, the Crown
prince of Wintemberg, arrived off Woolwich, on Thursday,
in Her Maksty's steam-packet Vivid, from Ostend.
ROYAL MAREIAGE.—It is rumoured in continental
diplomatic circles, that at no distant period the prelimi-
naries of a matrimonial affiance will be arranged between
the royal families of Great Britain and Prussia.—Herald.
MA.ButAam IN HIGII LIFE.—The• marriage of Lord
Hobart, eldest son of the Earl of Bl.tekingliarashire, with
Miss Carr, daughter of Bishop Carr, of dlombay, was cele-
brated on Thursday, at All Souls Church, Marylebone, in
the presence of a large circle of friends._

THE Quzzies VISIT TO lIIELANTA.,—It is expected • that
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle wili:be. the,Secretary in
attendancolnaon the Queen during

I visit to

land, and Unit his " reliever," to use Sir. Thomas Pieton's
term, will,. on arrival in Scotland, be Lord PalmersVon..
THE EARL'OP ELLESMEIE AND SUITE, it iS not impro-
bable, will come to England in the Medea, 6, steam-sloop,
Commander Bailey. The Medea took Mr. Crampton,. the
British minister, to Boston from Halifax, and by the _last
accounts was to proceed again from Halifax to Boston, to
fetch the Earl of Ellesmere.
Miss LoinsA PYNE.—This celebrated vocalist has re-
turned toPEngland from the Continent, (whither shewent
at the suggestion of her medical., adviser,) in renewed
health, and with voice unimpaired,..having entirely reco-
vered from. a temporary hoarseness, caused by a severe
cold, caught at the Oxford installation.
MISS GLADSTONE, who has for some time been a Ro-
manist, entertained Dr. Wiseman_at luncheon, on Sunday,
after mass, at her house in Mountistreet, Berkeley-square.
We believe that the temporarily-famous Mr. Gawthorn,
who was,Mr. Gladstone's secretary, is now.secretary to the
CardinaL _

Two 'ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCES Of 'the Royal family of
Prussia, are expected shortly to visit England, namely,—
Prince _Frederick William, heir-apparent to the throne, and
Prince,-Adelbert, lord high aduairal of the Prussian navy,
who mall visit Portsmouth, to inspect a small squadron of

that nation about to refit at that port.
ME HON. HENRY GEORGE ELLIOT, brother of Lady
John Russell, has been accredited as charge ceaffaires at
the. Hague during the absence of the Hon., Ralph Aber-
Malay, who is on the eve of deaving London, on a visit to
his venerable parent, Lord Dunfermline, at Colinton-house,
New Brunswick.

Tiß QUEEN and Prince Albert, with their Royal High-
nesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,, the Princess
Helena, and the Princess-Louisa, arrived at Buckingham
Palace on Tuesday, from Osborne, Isle of. Wight. The
Princess Royal and the Trincess Alice remain at Osborne,
attended by Col. Wylde..

M.-GENERAL JAdk&ON isto be commander-in-chief of the
(jape, vice M.-Generalithe Hoe. George es‘theart, whose time
has expired. M.-Geywral Staveley, from Bombay, is to suc-
ceed Lieut.-General Sir Richard Armstrong at Madras.
M.-General Anson is..to be appointed, to the staff in the East
Indies.

CHBISTENING,—Her Majesty wapleased to stand spon-

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sor to the infant son of the Earl and Lady Conseance
Grosvenor, on Wednesday, in ,the.Pziv.ate chapel in Buck-
ingham Palace. There were present the Duchess of Suth-
erland, the Duk.e. and Duchess. of Argyll, the Marchioness
of WestminsteriEarl and La&t Constance Grosvenor, Lady
Agnes Grosvenor, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Wait-.
ing on the Queen. Her Majesty named the infant " Victor
Alexander."
ROYAL REvinw.—lt has been officially notified
that a reiripv, of the fleet at Spithead by Her Majesty has
been decided upon, and that it will take place on Thursday
next. There are now twenty-three men-of-war at anchor-
age, and, other ships are expected. Her Majesty will re-
turn to,,Osborne on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the Lords
of the. Admiralty will, it is understood, arrive at Ports-

mouth, to take part in the naval review. The,fleet will
proceed to the back of the Isle of Wight, and perform a
variety of evolutions of a most imposing character. The
review of the fleet is to be on a scale of magnitude and
splendour never before witnessed. As at present arranged,
the different vessels composing the fleet will move into
action at eleven. It is stated that the. Admiralty will
place steam-vessels at the disposal of the• members of both
Houses of Parliament, and other eminent persons ; and
from Gosport an ample supply of boats. for the general
public will be provided, to enable them to view the
manceuvres to advantage. Every facility, in the shape of
early express trains between the metropolis and Gosport
and other parts of the line, will be provided by the South-
western Railway, so that the immense mass who will con-
gregate to see this unparalleled spectacle may do so with
every convenience to themselves.

AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American
mail steam-ship America, Captain Leitch, took her de-
parture hence for Boston on Saturday morning, with a
large number of passengers, a full cargo, and the usual
mails. The pressure at the docks, arising from the brisk-
ness of the American trade, still continues.
PANIC IN THE METROPOLIS.—There was a panic in the
city on Friday, arising from two causes, one was the re-
ceipt of a telegraphic communication from Vienna, stating
that the negotiations with the view of obtaining a peaceful
settlement of the Eastern difficulty were not progressing
favourably. The other cause alleged was an expectation
being generally entertained that the Bank of England
would be compelled to raise their minimum rate of interest
at their next meeting to £4 per cent. Some apprehensions
are also felt about the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
ability, in the present state of the money market, to pay
off the dissentient holders of South Sea Stock.
POST-OFFICE DELIVERY EXTRAORDINARY.—The clerk
of a mercantile establishment in town, when getting his
letters the other day, received among the rest rather a
bulky parcel wrapped in a piece of newspaper, and without
either address or postage labels, Acting on the principle
of " take all you can get," he brought the suspicious parcel
along with him, and delivered it, in the absence of the
masters, to the senior clerk, who generally opened the
letters of the company. The sight of this one, however,
rather dismayed him ; and, accordingly, a consultation was
held as to what should be done with it, when it was sug-
gested that as it was only tied with string and not sealed,
it should be opened, and if private could easily be tied
again. This was accordingly done, and the contents being
exposed to view presented, not a file of East India news-
papers, nor a bundle of prices-current, but a veritable
slice of bread and butter ! The laughter occasioned by its
appearance could only be exceeded by the dismay of the
unfortunate wight who had placed his lunch ii'.
dangerous ground,—Glasgow 0-I(igen,