The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

FRIDAY, JUNE 2.—Wind S.E., light.

SUNDAY, JUNE 4.—Wind N.N.E. to E.S.E., fresh.
ARR I VED.—Pescadora. Fernandez, from Monte Video—
Daams, Haul Iceland—Gravinde Knut, Ring, Sax Kioking—
Nebalennia, Grivel, Amsterdam.
SAlLED.—Pelican (a. a.), Croft, for Rotterdam—Rattler,
(s. s.), Moon, Oporto—White Falcon, Ryan, and William
Berey, New York—New City of Cork, Baynes, Barbados—
Frankfort (s. s.), Lock, Genoa Dauntless, M'Lachlan,
Quebec—Holyoke, Perkins, St. John, N.B.—Bella Islena,
Wilson, Sydney—Rowena, Holland, Malta—lsabella, Grims.
ditch, Buenos Ayres—Kelsick Wood, Higgins, Shediac.

Flora M'Donald, hence at Baltimore.
Montezuma, Sulis, hence at Boston.
Aurora, Perry, hence at Matanzas.
Europa, hence for Demerara, at St. Ives.
Harvard. Hotchkiss, hence at Philadelphia.
Sultan, Berry; Shannon, Thompson; and Charles Cooper,
Cutts, hence at New York.
NEW YORK, MAY 20.—The British que dro, Ha ens for Trieste, went ashore on Prlcbarres Reef,Snow
28thp Aprilfrom,
but got off on the 30th, after throwing part of her cargo over-
board, and proceeded.—The James Moran, from London for
Quebec, was abandoned in a sinking state, 19th April, in lat.
49 N, lon. 3g \V.: crew saved by the British barque Daven-
port, arrived here from Havre.—A barque was seen ashore,
19th, near the Highland Light.
Canada (s.). Stone, front Boston, et this pert, sailed 24th
ult., and Halifax, 25th: has $450,000 in specie. On the 28th
ult., in lat. 48, lon. 50, fell in with large icebergs.

MONDAY, JUNE 6.—Wind N.E., light.
SAlLED.—Margaret (s.), Martyn, for Havre—Runnymede
Croft, Africa. --
America, Gutherie, and Harlequin, Logan, hence at
Montreal.
Thornhill, Leighton, with sheathing chafed by the ice;
City of Boston, Turner ; Arab, Everest ; St. Lawrence, Toronto, Canada, all hence; and Cleopatra, hence and Port-
land—all at Quebec.
United Kingdom (supposed), Quebec, off St. George's Bay
May 10. for Liverpool.
Sir Alexander, hence at Charlotte Town.
Agamemnon, Lawson, Mo!.ile. at New Orleans.
Horatio, hence at Philadelphia.
Sultan, hence at New Orleans.
Laurel, Graham, and Eleanor, hence at Maranham.
Clapham, Cottrill, hence at Boston.
Ottawa (s. s.), hence at Portland, cargo discharged, and
would be forwarded per Grat.d Trunk Railway to Montreal.
The Ottawa will return to Liverpool from Portland.
QUI-BEC, MAY 20.—The Arab arrived here yesterday, saw
a ship ashore on Anticosti, apparently in good condition.—
The Pearl spoke the Prudyone, 7th May, off St. George's
Rind, in an iceberg. The captain was endeavouring to get
it:to port. On the 26th April, the Pearl spoke Amy Anne,
from Liverpool. with loss of sails, both lower yards. and
chain plates broken, in lat. 46, lon. 46.—The America arrived
17th, was in the ice 14 days, in company with the Britannia,
Cambria, Albion, City of Hamilton, Caledonia, John Bull,
Three Bells, and Ottawa, and a ship supposed to be the
Favourite, from Liverpool, lost sight of them 9th May, and
Igot clear of the ice neat day.—The Harlequin arrived here
17th, saw on the 10th, in clear water, off St. Paul's, 24 ships,
',norfi them the Marnuis of Bute, and Albion, of Cork.—
The Flore,.ce, in attempting to launch, May 13, broke the
ways under her and struck.
liaLtrax, MAY 25.—The Hibernia, which arrived here
15, from l'ort-sux B:isques, passed extensive fields of ice upon
the coast of Newfoundland. On the lath May saw 76 sail of
large veesela off the edge of it. Among them were the
Princess Royal, and Glasgow, of Glasgow. Saw a ship and
brig in the ice, abandoned, and apparently in a sinking state.
The Devon, which arrived here 15th instant from Liverpool, s:ruck all iceberg 3Gth April, in lat. 44, lon. fa. which carried away bowsprit, head, and cutwater, and started stern, causing
the vessel to leak considerably. On the 21st April. in lat. 48,
saw a ship on her beam ends, with only foretopmast standing,
and spoke ship Dahlia. On 22nd, saw two disabled ships.
ST. JOHN, N. 8., MAY 20.—The Banner, from Liverpool
to Arichat. was fallen in with in a sinking state, in lon. 35,
and cow and passengers taken off by the Sir Alexander,
arrived at P. E. Island.

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Almelo, hence for San Francisco, A
Bonanza, hence for Callao. April 14, in 2N19 IV •
Brazilian, hence, May 14, in 38 N, 14 W. "
Creamore, of this port, May 16, in 52 N, 33 W.
Calder, hence for Porto Rico, April 30, in 24 N. 40 W
Crisis, hence for Bom%ay, April 13. in 2 N. 21 W.
City of Manchester, May 9, in 45 N, 54 W.
Char.dernagore, hence for Mauritius, April 7, in 2 N. 19 W.
Champion, New Orleans for this port, May 13, in 39 N, 65 W.
I)erwentwater, Hobart TOWII for London, May 18, in 48 N,
25 W.
Elizabeth, hence for Smyrna, April 30, off Gibraltar.
Enterprise, hence for Valparaiso, April 9, in 2 S, 19 W.
Envoy, hence, bound west, May 29, off Islay.
Fidelia, New York for this port, May 6, in 42 N, 62 W.
Gem, Southampton for Melbourne, April 22, in 6 N, 23 W.
George Bell, Adelaide for London, May 19, in 49 N. 24 W.
Germanicua, hence for New Orleans, April 13, in 21 N, 36 W.
Greenfield, hence for Quebec, in 48 N 43 W.
Hartley, New Orleans for this port, May 7, in 45 N, 75 W.
John and Thomas, hence for Newfoundland, May 19, in 49 N,
23 W.
James Nesmith, New Orleans for this port, May 9, off Cape
Hatteras.
John Dunlop, Apalachicola for this port, May 7, in 28 N, 80W,
Kingston, hence for Quebec, in 23 W.
Knight, hence fur Aden. on the Equator; seven men sick.
Kentucky, Charleston for this port, May 12.
Kossuth, hence for Calcutta, April 21, in 2 N, 21 W.
Niagara (a.), hence for Boston, May 28, off Waterford.
Nile, hence for Melbourne, Nov. 15, on the Line.
NellY, hence for Calcutta, April 15, in 1 N, 22 W.
North America, hence for Boston, May 13, in 49 N, 72 W.
Nieutv Lekkerlano, hence fJr Melbourne, April 28, in 18 S, 3 W
Robert Whitney, hence for Callao, April 15, in I N, 22 W.
Sarah Sands (s.), hence for Quebec, May 26, at eight a.m. off
Fairhead.
Sisters, hence for Mobile, May 2, in 25 N, 37 W.
Sarah Ann, Cudiz for this port, May .26, in 49 N, W.
Tranjore, Alexandria, E. for this port, April 11, in 34 N, 26 E.
Tuscarora, Philadelphia for this port, May 11, in 40 N, 63 NI.
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'West Point, hence for New York, May 3, in 41 N, 61 W, with
loss of topgallant masts.
William Cara y, hence for Calcutta, April 9, in 2 8, 19 W.
in 2o W.
Westbrook, Callao for this port, May 9, in 3.1 N, 32 W.
Zetus, Cambridge Island for this port, May 17, in 4S N, 25 W

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DAYS.

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June. li. m. h. m. ft. in
Tuesday.— 6 715 747 12 2
Wedneaday. 7 815 843 13 3
Thureday .. 8 9 7 930 14 9
Friday .... 9 952 10 16 16 4
Saturday ..10 10 37 10 59 17 6
Sunday ....11 11 23 11 45 18 6
M0nday....12, 0 0 0 8 18 11

Sun rises, 3 47 a.m.
Sun sets, s 35 p.m.
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THE MOST EFFECTUAL REMEDIES FOR GOUT AND
V.DRUMATlsm..—Extract of a letter from Mr. Thos. Wyborn,
druggist. Eton, dated April 21, 1853.—"T0 Professor 'Hollo-
way. Sir.—A case lately came under my notice, which I
think should be publicly known. It is that of a poor man
who suffered so dreadfully from chronic rheumatism that he
lost the use of one side of his body, and endured incessant
pain. He was under different medical tratment, and at
Westminster Hospital the faculty pronounced him incurable;
however, by the it.e. of C" or ointment and pills,
restored to health and strength."
invention con-
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Howard, of 17, George-street, Hanorer;rs.a.
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the production of an entirey new description
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Teeth, fixed by his new patent ay,' wires, or ligatures.
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the following
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where irritation and pain are to be removed, and in pulmo-
nary and bronchial consumption, in which it counteracts
effectually the troublesome cough; and I am enabled with
perfcct truth to express the conviction that Du Barry's Reva-
!ent.t Arabia is adapted to the cure of incipient hectic corn-
ptsints and consumption. Dn. Run. WURZEL counsel of
medicine and practical M.D."—A fuller description of this
discovery will be found in Messrs. Du Barry's advertisement.

RRIVED.—Otto SodV..end, Olsen, from Nrkiobing—Pallatr,
Bulcke, and Clara Maria, Albrecht, Memel—Christina (Spanish
barque).
Sat LED.—Rockaway, Goodwin, for Philadelphia—Petrea,
Osborne, New York- Acanthus, Marshall, Demerara—Mos-
quito, Dryburgh, Buenos Ayres—Gudenaac, Halm, Iceland.

Crescent City, Ilalliston, hence at Sydney, N.S.W.
Admiral Grenfell. from Sydney, of Newcastle, N.S.W.
Ebro (s. a.), hence at Barcelona, at Holyhead, with
tnachidery damaged.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3.—Wind E., fresh.
A RlVED.—Trinity Yacht. linunsell, from Porto Rico—S.
Witenzie, Dane, New Orleans—Gladiator, Parsborough, N.S.
—Caroline Lesure, al‘Quilty, Cadiz— Industry, Liebau.
SAlLED.—Columbia, Bryer ; Arabia (s.), Harri,on; Eme-
rald Isle, Cornish : and Empire State. Briggs, for New
York—
Volga, Holm. Memel—lrene, Medanich, Corfu—Castries,
King, St. Lucia—Harmony, Jamieson; and llnxine, Watson,
Qn ec
e icb—Arabian, Graham, Portland Bay—B!agodor, Grands,
Vene.

Europa (s.), Shannon, hence, nt New York, 19th tilt.
Snranak, Demi, hence, at Philadelphia.
New Hampshire, hence for New York, off George's Shoal.
West Point, Muliner, hence, at New York, with decks
sw,pt, &c. in a hurricane, 17th April.
G. A. Hopley, hence, at Charleston, with damage, cargo
having broken adrift in a hurricane, April 17.
Richard Wright, Violet, hence, and Ulverstone, from HMI,
at Boston.
Ottawa (s.s.), hence at Portland,l9th ult., bound for Quebec,
but unable to reach the St. Lawrence on account of the Ice.
Devon, Taylor, hence, at Halifax, 17th ult., with Capt.
Sadler and Crew of the Broom, hence for Halifax, abandoned
at sea.
Hope, reported as burnt in Mobile Day, is the Hope Good-
win, reported 28th ult.
ieindeer, for Guatemala, has returned into dock with cut-
water damaged, &c.. having been run foul of by the mud-
flats in the river.

New World,kniAlt, hence, at New York, with fore and
mizen masts sprung, and loss of spars, sails, Szc., in a hurri-
cane, April 17.

Enterprise, Davis; America. Barstow; General Washing-
ton ; Hartford, Burke ; J. A. Westerve't, Hoodless ; Thelatta,
Berke; Liverp:ol, Kearney; Empire, Zeraga ; Isaac Wright,
A beel ; Lucy Thompson, Pendleton ; Continent, Drummond;
and Silas Greenman, Magna, hence. at New York.
NEW Yon x, MAY 19.—A ship and barque were seen ashore
on Squan Beach yesterday, (the Wm. Layton and Caroline;)
several guns were heard on the 17th, r.ff Egg Harbour, sup.
posed to he fired from some vessel on store. The Harmer,
from Liverpool for Windsor, N.S., was spoken April 18, in
lat. 48, lon. 30, with loss or foremast, by the W. A. Cooper,
arrived here, which refused to take off the passengers, owing
to her provisions being insufficient for them. MAY 20.—The
Montezuma, from Liverpool for this port, was wrecked on
Rockaway Beach, 17th inst.; crew and passengers saved.
The W. H. Harbeck was destroyed by fire in this port, to-day.

Ettierpoot taitharb.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNEIG

AFTER a brief sojourn in the quiet and sylvan se.e.'_us

of Osborne House, Her MIJESTY and PRINCU ALBEET
attended by the members of their Cour"

returned to

Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, and, on Wednesday, the
QusEN granted an audience of leave-taking to Chevalier
BUNSEN, who has been recalled from England. On the
same day, the Royal Household was thrown into a state of
considerable alarm, by the attempted suicide of the Clerk
of the Kitchen, who was discovered in his own room, at
Buckingham Palace, with a frightful self-inflicted wound
in his throat. The alarm and consternation created by
the event was, of course, great ; and it was at first thOnght
that the unhappy man had injured himself beyond the
possibility of recovery. Medical aid, however, was speedily
procured, and Mr. N 0 TON is now considered in a fair way
of recovery. He was in the enjoyment of a salary of COO
per annum, and is said to have been promoted from a very
menial station to the lucrative post referred to. HER
MAJESTY, on Wednesday evening, visited the St. James's
Theatre, on the occasion of M. LA.PONT'S benefit. The
QUEEN was accompanied by his Royal Highness PRINCE
ALBERT—Her 'MAJESTY and her Royal Consort thr3
paying a marked and graceful tribute to the zeal, judgmeilt,
and good taste which have prevailed in the representation
of the French Plays.

At the beginning of last week, rumours were rife, at the
West End, as to an impending Ministerial crisis, and an
entire re-arrangement of the Administration. More screws
than one are known to be loose; and even minute details
of the proposed re-construction were freely talked of—all
accounts concurring in the general "shakiness" of the
Government machine.

Prominent among the topics—besides the crisis alluded
to—which have engaged the political gossips and quid
nuncs for some considerable time past, and which are
now engrossing a large share of public attention, is a
proposal for the appointment of a Minister of War
—the functions of which office are, at present, anoma-
lously wedded to, and wielded by, the Noble SECRETARY
for the COLONIES. The creation of this new Member of
the Executive is, it seems, now fully resolved on by the
Cabinet, and the resolution., it is expected, will be
formally announced to Parliament at its re-assembling
on Thursday, after the short Whitsuntide recess.
Several parties are named as the putative claimants
on the new office; and, among the free distributors of
public patronage, who are always to be met with in con-
siderable numbers lounging about the Club-house coffee-
rooms and lobbies, more members of the Government
than one are freely invested with the insignia of the
incipient dignity. The favourite among these critics, who
are generally " strong upon the strongest side," is Lord
PALMERSTON, who, in addition to what aid he may derive
from the silver mustachioed dandies of the Reform Club,
is powerfully backed by the self-constituted representative
of the fourth estate. According to these authorities, his
Lordship would be quite in his element when directing
our fleets and armies against the CZAR, whom the Times,
and some of its allies, seem to regard as his natural
enemy. That he would be less offensively employed in
directing measures for the humiliation of an open and accre-
dited foe, than permanently engaged in concocting superci-
lious homilies for the purpose of snubbing parochial vestries,
may be so true as to admit of no contradiction ; but it does
not necessarily follow that personal predilection for re-
ducing to narrow compass the overbearing disposition and
dangerous pretensions of the Russian autocrat is a suffi-
cient qualification to direct the movements of our fleets
and armies. On the contrary, many people assert that
personal feeling in the matter is likely to interfere with
that sobriety of judgment and clear perception .of results
from certain combinations, which are indispensable for the
due discharge of an important public duty. Another set
of these dispensers of good things can see in the appoint-
ment nothing beyond a place in all respects fitted for the
versatile genius and irrepressible pugnacity of Lord Joan
RUSSELL, founding, in all probability, their opinions on
the readiness with which his lordship is believed to be
gifted for the undertaking of all 'manner of odd-and-end
jobs, and which, according to a great Whig authority,
would at once induce him to take command of a fleet, or
write an essay on the longitude. The Duke of NEWCASTLE
is also hinted at as a " fit and proper person" to represent
the warlike sagacity of this great country, or at all events
of that section of it which believes in the infallible wisdom
of the " Talents" now at the helm of affairs. A more
conclusive evidence of abundant " talent" of the kind and
in the place referred to could not be adduced than the
alleged fact set forth by the partizans of each, that his
favourite is both able and willing to undertake and execute
the duties of any office, which may be vacated by the re-
arrangement of places consequent upon the new appoint-
ment. Happy administration, which is so replete with
able men ! thrice fortunate country, which is blessed with
such an abundance of patriotism and capability ! In so
enviable an embarras des riches, it is singular that Lord
ABERDEEN should find himself puzzled as to the disposal
of the vacant garter, which is said to be literally going a-
begging, having been, it is affirmed, refused by Lord Sues-
TESBITBY, although pressed on his acceptance with consider-
able urgency. Can it be that such an abundance of talent
as is embodied in the ministry, is found to be top-heavy
and unstable from want of the ballast of a little character ?
If not, why is the unappropriated dignity not placed in
the way of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who, after the sufferings
he has already endured, on account of the coalition, surely
would not shrink from the responsibility and sacrifice
implied in its acceptance, more particularly if a pretty
current rumour prove a true one, that the commencement
of next parliamentary campaign will find his lordship
enrolled among the " pillars of the state" in the Upper
House.
In the House of Peers, during the past week, the most
remarkable matter brought under observation was, when,
in answer to a question by Lord CAMPBELL, Lord LYND-
HURST intimated his belief that the time is not distant
when the legislature will assent to a measure for the com-
plete relief of the Jews in reference to Parliamentary
Oaths.

An impression which I stated some time ago continues
to gain ground, that the parliamentary session is drawing
rapidly to a conclusion, and will terminate somewhere
about the first week of next month. One thing is cer-
tain, viz., that most of the ministerial measures have been
disposed of for the session, and that Ministers make no
secret of their dissatisfaction with the questions asked of
them is becoming daily more obvious, and they show
unequivocal symptoms of a desire to escape interrogation.
The war fever, which is obviously the epidemic of the
day, spreads with much rapidity, and the ravages of the
malady, as well as the manifest symptoms of its incipient
stages, are to be met with among all classes. The bellige-
rent spirit has long displayed itself among the multitudi-
nous masses who constitute the sons and daughters of toil,
and, under that designation are, by their flatterers,
denominated " the industrious classes," as if, forsooth,
industry were confined to the laborious operations per-
formed exclusively by bone and muscle, and no account
were to be taken of that more harrowing and harassing
labour which, by overtaxing the mental faculties, prostrates
at once the body and the mind. Adverse feeling between
employer and employed has, unfortunately, too long existed,
and has been marked by hostile declarations, and deeds, if
possible, more strongly still, betokening the active presence
of a warlike disposition. From the factory this spirit
spread with wild vehemence to the mining population ; and
it has now evinced, in unmistakeable form, its presence
among the upper ranks of public life. One at least of the
performances in Parliament, last week, was so marked by
the contentious temper of the day, that even the Times,
which always seems to lead, by merely following fast upon
the heels of prevalent opinion, has deemed it prudent to
announce that " war has broken out in Parliament." The
fact intimated in such oracular and startling terms set the
metropolis, and, after the metropolis, the country, agape to
watch the coming indications of conflict thus portentously
heralded. A little reflection, however, was sufficient to
show that, like many ether vaticinations of the "Thunderer,"
it was an ex post facto prophecy ; and, like the fabled
Phoenix, had arisen out of the ashes of its own accomplished
fate. The fire of war, it was discovered, had been long
burning in the Parliamentary ranks—smouldering, it
might be, under the concealment of a hollow truce—but
ever and anon giving indications of a vigilant and combative
activity which only awaited the opportunity to blaze up
into a destructive conflagration. That opportunity, in
greater or less degree, has been afforded, from time to
time, throughout the session, and has been made available
to the extent, at least, of showing the disposition of the
opposing leaders. On Monday last a fierce encounter
took place under circumstances, which, to the casual
observer, presented no warning features leading to the
expectation of such strife. Not being deeply versed in
military tactics, or having a more exact knowledge of the
strategy of war than may be obtained in repeatedly wit-
nessing a respectable review, or attentively observing the
modus operandi at any other sham-fight, my narrative,
or my opinions on the subject, must not be too much
canvassed or too minutely criticised ; but such infor-
mation as I have been enabled to pick up inclines me to
the belief that the Monday evening's battle was conducted
as most other general actions are gone through. Ori • gi
nating in what is called a smart brush with the skirmishers,
it is speedily succeeded by what is known as a brisk affair
of outposts; the movements and the operations increasing
in intensity of importance, and gathering in complexity,
fury and
involved
in gradually the whole telligerent armies becom e
in the fray, which then rages with vacillating
and
varying success, till the resources and the courage of one
or other of the parties are exhausted or overpowered. Such
was precisely the course of events i n the House of Com-
mons, on Monday night. The grand. attack was_ preludiz.ed
by slight skirmishes relative to the administration of affairs
at New Zealand and the Vienna protocol. The ministerial
skirmishers being speedily driven in from their distant
points, fell back for support on the advanced guard, followed
by the enemy, when a sharp affair of outposts ensued, in
which the assailing party drove their opponents from the
positions they attempted to maintain, on the untenable
grounds of interference in Greece—letters to the fleet
—and the ungentle treatment threatened towards the
gallant and übiquitous corps of " our own cor-
respondents." Feints were made, but unsuccessfully,
to draw the attacking party off into the morasses
of statute law commissions—the fetid marshes which
surround the metropolitan sewers—and the impracticable
defiles which intersect the question of county-rates. The
chief object of attack was persevered in, the " coalition
cohorts' were borne back upon the main body, and a
general and decisive action took place on the extensive
field provided by the " bribery prevention bills," on which
the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, " acting as commandant of
division, endeavoured by MCCOWN► of raw:Lyres

to mask the weak points of his position. His utter ina-
bility to hold this ground, which with recklessness
and uncalculating presumption he had assumed Kans.
sion of, was long before observed, and the conflict com-
menced by a resolute effort to dislodge him. In vain
he endeavoured to cloak the squalid' and disabled
condition of the battalion of deserters, upon whose
unscrupulous style of warfare, and brigand hardihood of
assault from behind entrenchments, he had mainly
depended for support—whose wavering fidelity he had
sapped--yet whose allegiance he had expected to secure,
by promising to bear them harmless through the battle.
Of course the sullied banners of this "ragged regiment"
were speedily trodden in the dust. After this encounter
the attack was gallantly led against the united phalanx
of "all the talents," by the intrepid generalissimo the
member for Buckinghamshire, who, gathering into one mis-
sile a concentration of all the disingenuous strategy prac-
tised against the Derby army, hurled it with telling and
destructive effect in the face of the ministerial squadrons.
This deadly assault was met by Lord JOHN, who com-
manded the troops of ABERDEEN, with a characteristic
carelessness of consequences which has caused the discom-
fiture of many a gallant warrior, and has oftener than
once imperilled his own political existence : he thought
only of repelling the present shock, and rolling back the
tide of battle on his opponent. In this he was momen-
tarily and partially successful; but his wary antagonist,
concentrating his fire, and making a most skilful use of
the position the false move of his adversary had enabled
him to attain, mercilessly riddled his ranks by shot and
shell poured from the guns and mortars captured from the
enemy's batteries. The discharge consisted chiefly of the
bombs of hollow pretence and the scathing rockets of
factious hostility and unfulfilled promises, followed by a
perfect storm of the grape and small shot of evasion and
subterfuge, all of them seized from his own stores. This
well-directed and destructive shower of missiles threw the
phalanx into irretrievable confusion, at the same time
smirching and dismaying its leader. The discomfiture
was perceived, and its fatal effects were endeavoured to be
averted, by an attempt to change ground by Sir CHARLES
GREY, who tried to regain the abandoned position of
parliamentary corruption. While this diversion was being
made/ Lord JOHN, having partially recovered from the dis-
may into which he had been thrown, offered a stout resist-
ance, though purely defensive and of a merely personal
character,which was met and overthrown by Mr.WALPOLE,
who, by a well-executed flank movement, put to flight the
wavering ministerial array. At this point of the battle
a charge of the irregular cavalry, fighting under the
BRIGHT banner, of Manchester, completed their confu-
sion, and all their points of defence were hewn down right
and left by Sir J. PA.CKINGTON. As a dernier ressort,
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hung out a flag of
truce, under cover of which the beaten ministerial army
was permitted to march off to their entrenched camp,
leaving the field in possession of their assailants, and
strewn with the wreck of their war ensigns.
Exhausted by the exertions of the previous night,
honourable members evinced no alacrity in resuming
their places on the scene of conflict, and Tuesday resulted
in "No House." Wednesday, " The Derby Day," is, of
course, a holiday by prescriptive usage, so that the legis-
lative business of ithe week, in the "people's house,"
was represented by a stormy " war of words" on Mon-
day, followed by two blank days; and the transaction of
business on Thursday and Friday. On the former, Sir
Joirw PAKINGTON succeeded in obtaining the sanction of
the House to all the resolutions proposed by the com-
mittee for facilitating the business of the House, with the
exception of one, which proposed to establish a regular
adjournment of the House from Friday night till Monday.
This was withdrawn. Several clauses in the Oxford
University Bill were agreed to, as far as clause 28. Lord
I JOHN RUSSELL having intimated that ministers intend to
introduce considerable alterations into the remaining
parts of the bill, the House was adjourned. At the
Thursday's sitting it was made apparent that common
sense, backed by a pretty loud expression of popular
feeling, has begun to operate at the Horse Guards, and
the clothing and equipments of the army are to be
revised. In particular, the inflexible stock will, it is said,
be made to bend to the force of circumstances, and
soldiers, it is presumed, will now be furnished with such
articles of clothing as will enable them to maintain a
uniformity of appearance, without necessarily encoun-
tering the risk of strangulation. The same evening, Mr.
HUTT obtained leave to bring in a bill for affording
greater facilities for the establishing of institutions for
promoting literature, science, and the fine arts, and to
provide for their better regulation, which closed the legis-
lative week, and honourable members were freed from
attending to public business till after they have enjoyed
a short breathing-time during the Whitsuntide holidays.

The contingeEcies and conduct of the war continue to
furnish fertile themes for the discussion of those who, in
matters warlike, occupy a place similar to that which in
social habits is accorded by our Scotch brethren to the
children of bachelors. A man,

That never set a squadron in the field,
Nor the division of a battle knows

More than a spinster—
will harangue you, for hours together, in minute criticism
upon the conduct of the war—will show you most con-
clusively how Sebastopol should have been bombarded and
taken—how the allied fleets in the Black Sea have been
"wasting their time in strenuous idleness :" can demon-
strate, to a hair's breadth, the exact channel which Sir
CHARLES NAPIER must follow in his progress with the
capture of Cronstadt, if along with the fortress he would
also gain the good opinion of the warlike critic. The
same gentleman—for he is representative of a class, and
that class being of the grumbling order finds many lis-
teners—is peculiarly eloquent upon the sufferings and
privations endured by our gallant soldiers in the East.
He sympathises most deeply with our distressed country-
men, deprived of the privilege included in a swinging
draught of llsatcr,ky, PERICIINs, and Co.'s Entire, and of
GUINNESS'S Stout, grudged even the bitter palliative of
BASS'S Beer, stinted in his rations, and denied the last
comfort of a soldier, " a feather bed." In spite of his
lugubrious whining, however, it is gratifying to know
that some progress has been made at almost all points
where operations have been undertaken. From the Baltic
we have accounts of an affair, trifling in point of the re-
sults immediately flowing from it, but of the most grati-
fying and satisfactory description as demonstrative of the
spirit, gallantry, and intrepid daring of our naval arma-
ments. On the 19th of May, the Arrogant, Captain
YELVERTON, and Hecla, Captain HALL (NEMESIS HALL,
as he is called), in pursuance of information, proceeded
to cut out three large Russian merchant ships which had
taken shelter under the guns of the fort of Hango, an
enterprise in which they were as successful as the state of
the navigation would permit,—Captain HALL bringing
away one of the ships as a prize, and three of the enemy's
guns, in the face of a severe cannonade from the fort.
The affair is described by Sir CHARLES NAprzit as one
reflecting great credit on the officers and men engaged in
it ; and, by less cautious applauders, as worthy of the
palmy days when NELSON and his gallant confreres trod
the deck of fame. _

From the Black Sea we learn that Admiral DIINDAS
feels himself annoyed at the remarks of the press which
censured him for having laid up his ships during the
winter. He states that, if he had not done so, his ships
would have suffered severely, without the possibility of
doing the slightest good. He also denies, in emphatic
terms, that any Russian steamers or other ships left Se-
bastopol and landed troops or anything else. The Russian
fleet blockaded in Sebastopol has been ascertained, by the
blockaders, to consist of from fourteen to eighteen sail of
the line, with fifteen steamers and seven frigates. Our
tars are looking on, in eager anticipation of the large
" swag" of prize money to be realised by the capture of
this great assemblage of war ships.
Our land forces in the East are being conveyed towards
the scene of conflict, in the vicinity of the Danube, and
the best understanding fortunately exists between them
and their French and Turkish allies. The officers and
men are represented as in good spirits, and notwithstand-
ing the Bullish grumbling which has been so freely
indulged in at home, there is no room to doubt that our
troops will join the main body of the allied army—when
they do join it—in excellent condition. The authorities
here are busying themselves with the preparation of
"meat cakes," a species of concentrated food which is ex-
pected materially to aid as an auxiliary to the ordinary
commisariat.

At home, preparations, if not for ultimate and speedy
victory, at all events for triumphs, are in progress.
Properly authorised agents are inspecting the different
localities in which, during the great continental struggle,
prisoners of war were kept, with a view to the accommo-
dation and safe detention of Russian captives. Our coast
defences, at Dover and elsewhere, are also being put in a
more efficient state for resistance.

On Saturday M.LAvoyr closed his short but brilliant and
successful season of French Plays, at St. James's Theatre,
and betakes himself to the provinces, opening, as I
understand, in Liverpool this week. His company has
been excellent, and the selection of pieces, and the style
of their performances, have given general satisfaction; his
own good conduct and display of gentlemanly feeling
having been themes of frequent commendation to those
frequenting the theatre. At the Royal Italian Opera,
Covent Garden, on Thursday night, Madam GRIST com-
menced a short farewell engagement. The opera was
" Norma," and the fair cantatrice sung and acted as none
but GRIN could sing and act. She was rapturously wel-
comed and applauded by an overflowing and highly
fashionable audience. This celebrity has sustained the
highest and most arduous round of characters in the
musical drama for twenty-one successive seasons, and
retires from the laborious duties of her profession amidst
the universal and loudly-expressed regrets of the musical
world. Her appearances are limited to twelve. CHARLES
MATTHEWS, having passed his last examination, once
more assumes the dramatic sceptre in the Lyceum to-
night. Many of his friends believed that, having found
theatrical royalty was compelled to rest on as thorny a
couch as ever denied repose to a monarch of real life,
friend Cannata would have abdicated the throne, and
relinquished the diadem of mimic sway, and contented
himself henceforth with the • character of a gentleman
commoner, in which he would have reaped a more golden
harvest, and worn a wreath of as verdant laurel as any
which has yet graced his brow, apart from the respom-i-
-bilities, the hazard, and the ruin which have tracked and
hovered over his more ambitious and less satisfactory
career of management.
On Thursday, the Crystal Palace, at Sydenham, was
opened to receive company, and was crowded by a large
and fashionable gathering, including among the gay
assemblage the Duchess of KENT, and the Duke and
Duchess DE NEMOURS. The royal and distinguished
party occupied nearly two hours in inspecting the different
objects of interest by which they were surrounded. They
examined the arrangements with interest, and listened
with obvious pleasure to the explanations given by Messrs.
WYATT and OWEN JONES. The same day was rendered
remarkable by the directors receiving a deputation of
remonstrance from the Temperance Society, headed by
our old social and quizzical friend GEORGE CRUIRSHANR.
The object of the pictorial moralist and his confreres was
to protest against the management for permitting the sale
of wines and beer. within the building. I confess it
would seem more in keeping with the vulgar notions
entertained concerning a palace, to have these beverages
distributed gratis among the visiters, than disposed of
for pelf; but as this is understood to be a people's
palace," it is but right the pepple should defray the ex-
pense of their own housekeeping, including both kitchen
ad buttery. The sale of tickets goes on with speed, and
independently of the " tee-total deputation ;" so no doubt
will that of creature comforts, when the establishment has
thrown open its hospitable doors.

COMMERCIAL 4 MOIVETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE money market during the week has been
gradually improving, and the public funds have
been advancing in value from day to day, and have
now reached 921 for consols. The bank returns on
Friday showed an increase in the stock of bullion
to the extent of nearly a quarter of a million ; and
the change in the other departments were of a
more satisfactory character than of late. Money
for commercial purposes has been fully as dear,
though no difficulty has been apparent, owing to
the confidence in mercantile security which con-
tinues to prevail. The state of the exchanges has
also been more favourable, which, with the change
that has taken place in the fluctuation of gold, have
operated to produce a more satisfactory feeling,
although nothing definite has yet transpired in
warlike proceedings to justify any decided opinion
upon the probable issue of the contest.

Trade in the manufacturing districts has much I
improved, owing to the more favourable advices
from the India and China markets ; and the spin-
ners by their recent large purchases appear to
have become convinced that the raw material has
reached its lowest point for this season at least.
In the woollen, hosiery, and lace trades the im-
provement is not so striking, but the tendency is
upwards.
THE returns of the Board of Trade for the
month ended the sth of May, show a decrease on
the declared value of exportations of £747,527, as
compared with the corresponding month of last
year, amounts being, respectively, £7,578,910 and
£6,831,383. The principal items of decrease are
Cotton manufactures, £376,841 ; Cotton Yarn,
£214,838; Woollen manufactures, £102,151; Linen
manufactures, £80,868 ; and Silk manufactures,
£33,920 ;so that the falling-off is chiefly in textile
fabrics. There is an increase upon Coals, of
£106,899, or more than 80 per cent., arising pro-
bably from the exigencies of the war ; Cordage and
-Cable, £21,538 ; Metals, £18,661; and Machinery,
£17,870. Upon the four months there is an in-
crease of £222,081, as compared with the corre-
sponding period of last year.
With regard to articles for food, taken for home
consumption, we perceive that the month's ac-
count shows an increase in Wheat from 343,401 to
476,111 quarters, and Tea from 2,359,165 to
12,927,303 lbs., and Rice from 65,232 to 89,235
cwt. In most other articles there is a slight de-
crease. Of raw materials for manufactures there
is an increase on Flax, Hemp, and raw Silk, and a
decrease on Cotton, Wool, and Tallow. The impor-
tations of other articles have not been comparatively
large, except Glass manufactures and Timber, which
have considerably increased.
The returns of Shipping for the month show an
increase in the foreign trade of vessels entered in-
wards from 509,402 to 664,889 toes ; of vessels
cleared outwards, from 691,900 to 769,646 tons; and
of those in the coasting trade entered inwards, a
decrease from 1,200,554 to 1,127,208 tons.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ending the 27th of May gives the following
results, when compared with the previous week :
Public deposits ... £2,489,944; Decrease £185,607
Other deposits ... 10,283,180; Increase 136,752
Rest 3 207 045- Increase 1,314
On the other side of the account—
Government securities £9,856,309; Decrease £550,000
Other securities ... 15,441,966; Increase 16,685
Notes unemployed ... 5,552,710; Increase 452,680
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,459,510,
beinc, a decrease of £219,525 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is 212,740,849,5h0win0•
an increase of £226,880, when compared with the
preceding return.