The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION'.

1301.1
THE COMMAND IN CANADA.—It said tat -- • the
General 'Wetherell will relieve General Rowan i:edea
command of the troops in Canada, and will be ailed nel
as Deputy Adjutant-General at head-quarters by erg
Torrens, whose place as Assistant-Quarter-Master-Gelle
will he filled by Lieut.-Colonel Cunyngliame.
ed that
THE EARL OF DERBY.—It having been report at it
the Earl of Derby was so reduced by recent illness, -,on as
was not probable he would ever resume his
the leader of his party again, the Edinburg'
quotes a letter to a member of his party, in hick
noble earl says :—" My general health is not in the least
affected ; and I hope to be quite equal to my parliallien be
work, which promises, in the approaching session, to
pretty active.' vro
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Lord Aberdeen left to
an
on Saturday afternoon for Windsor 'Castle, to bayed°,
audience of the Queen. His lordship returned to Lem t•
at night. The Duke of Newcastle has been in da119.141
tendance at the Colonial-office. Lord Granville orrQ
in town on Friday, the day the Cabinet had theirA'
sitting of five hours and a half, and remains in LetrAe
AP°ds:etcr.tif,,ere
Sir William Molesworth is. detained from joining aulin;f,i
of friends in the country, and remains in town. „I,
Earl of Clarendon returned to London on Saturdaylr
Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. William Gladstone
and Sir James Graham also continue in the metreP°lr-
Lord Palmerston has attended at the Hong-office within
f
the last day or two. His lordship's Under-Secret_arit;
State, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, came to town in :„
middle of the week. Sir G. Grey, who arrived in Wye
the early part of the week from his country residenee,ratr
don, Northumberland, took his departure on SaturdaY the
Fallodon. Sir James Emerson Tennent, Secretor)?
Board of Trade, was expected in town on Saturday nig
from Italy.
PRINCE LEOPOLD of Saxe Coburg and suite orri„Leci,unil;
London on Saturday, from Germany, en route to wil`s--
~An and
Castle, on a visit to his illustrious relatives the
the Prince Consort. The Prince was to proof,A
Southampton yesterday, to embark for Lisbon, on a;
to the King Regent of Portugal for a month or six weed'.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE.—We understand that
matrimonial alliance will shortly take plate betweelg
Richard Naylor, Esq., of Hooton-hall, Cheshire,alld,
Caroline, second daughter of the late Rev. Robert
croft, rector of Tangmere, Sussex, and niece of the la.'
gir
Henry Tredcroft, Esq., of Warnham-court, and of -
John Brooke Pechell, Bart.

EXTENSIVE nitainms.--It appears that the defalca:
tions of Mr. W. B. Anderson, the foreign
agent, at present under remand on a charge of forging tic'
ceptances, are much more serious than was at first anoint
pated, the entire amount involved being rumoured to reach
between £130,000 and £150,000. .
Port and general.
GOLD.—The Chowringhee has arrived from non
lip, whence she sailed the 6th of September, with 59,0°-
ounces of gold, valued at about £230,000.
A Went WAVED EY TDB GOVERNMENT:Tendert/he
will be received at the office of the First Lord of t
Treasury, or the office of the Foreign Secretary, for Cos'
metics to Improve the Complexion of Eastern Afar'
Punch.
ExrourATiox OF Coati.—The reaction in favour ii°ef
the farmers appears to be felt pretty generally in all
Irish markets. One of the last Belfast reports
Irish-grown oats have been in very great demand in
are
the English markets, and immense quantities
course of transit from our several ports to
Bristol, and London. High prices have induced n"9-_,,,,t
exportation, and at present the quantities of that 67,1
sent across the Channel are in advance of the grea'
average from Ireland since DM. states that
SuvrirNG TILE GATES OF DERRY.—The 165th an 21.
veriary of this event was this year celebrated in the
manner with unabated enthusiasm. Owing to the snl
versary falling on Sunday (the 18th instant) the rounds
se
cannon with which it is customary to usher in the day
discharged at half-past eleven on Saturday night ; and
virgin flags were hoisted from the Cathedral and Walk
Pillar. At twelve o'clock on Sunday the apprentice b°,{6o
formed into procession at the Linen-hall, and proceed
attend Divine service in the Cathedral. At one o'clock ,°n
Monday morning a fresh thunder of cannon, eoh°ll
•„0
from the ramparts, reminded the citizens that the por,., Tie
of the time-honourel observance, more appropriate to
week day, was about to commence. At six, and 21-n
o
firing, the effigy of the traitor Lundy was suspended frOo3
the Testimonial, where, as day broke, he was discovereeury
swinging to and fro beneath the feet of Governor Walk
whilst the joy-bells pealed forth their merry notes,n,,
the several apprentice clubs, repairing to the rampswith nine well-equipped field-pieces, Krell fifteen r°""the
At twelve o'clock there was a fresh discharge fro Oil..
heavy pieces of ordnance stationed on the north-Wen
tion. The joy-bells continued to peal almost withouL„,
termissiou during the day, and between two and
o'clock twenty-one rounds from the field-pieces annottn..."-
that the traitor Lundy was about to meet with his d°`"---
At this time the walls were crowded with a most or
able assemblage, who, notwithstanding the inclemeneY.A...
the weather, continued to promenade until about half-P7
three, when the effigy of the traitor was ignited, an
blazed away in gallant fashion. Not the slightest act 2;
dent or disturbance took place on the occasion, but t 5
greatest harmony and good feeling prevailed throne°
the entire proceedings.

A BARON OF BEEF
WILL BE ROASTED ON THE 2ND OF JANUARY,

AT THE
MANSION-HOUSE, 11, DRURY-LANE.

L A.TEST IN TELLIGENCE___.
MONDAY EViebrilqG. DEcEmßrat 26.

BY ELECTRIC T_ELEGI?.Apir

THE MINISTRY.
• Of
The Sun laments Lord Palmerston's resumptlen,..
office as an act of political suicide. The Globe sass
set
event will gratify many more than it will surprise, 11":
that it at once disposes of any doubts that may Nil"
lingered as to the conduct of affairs in the East. Tbe
Standard considers it most probable that Lord Pahnerstel
consent to retain the seals of office is the consequence °
the triumph of his opinions on foreign affairs over thee
of the Premier and the Austro-Russian party in tj'e
Cabinet.

THE EASTERN WAR.,
There is nothing later from the Danube or from ,1,
Mria;
and no authentic news respecting the movements of '—
combined fleet.
The Austrian Minister in Paris is stated to have decd d
that it is impossible for Austria to remain passive' 31: f
permit the Emperor of Russia to proceed in a Wee' in
ambition which would be fatal to the balance of Pow to
Europe and to the' interest of Germany. Changes into
French. Cabinet are no longer spoken of, and the M'°'°

• are now firmly united. le)
'
(From the Second Edition of the Morning Ch.niC
' 01.
PARIS, SUNDAY.—A Trieste despatch of ''4th Dec•jog,
to the news of
,the Persian movement sent this I,3°f fe" 6
that the Russians have entered Rhiva, and desk'