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

COURT AND FASHION.

THE COMMAND IN CANADA.—It is said that Miler'
General Wetherall will relieve General Rowan
__Ain the
command of the troops in Canada, and will be 014,,,„evu°""„ei
as Deputy Adjutant-General at head-quarters by
Torrens, whose place as Assistant-Quarter-Master-Geaow
will be filled by Lieut.-Colonel Cunyno•hame
THE EARL OF DEBBY.--It having' been.reported thrs.:
the Earl of Derby was so reduced by recent illness, that
was not probable he would ever resume his position s 5
the leader of his party again, the Edinburgh Advertiser
quotes a letter to a member of his party, in which the
noble earl says :—" My general health is not in the least
affected ; and I hope to be quite equal to my parliamentag,
work, which promises, in the approaching session, to "'
pretty active."
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Lord Aberdeen left town
on Saturday afternoon for Windsor Castle, to have ap
audience of the Queen. His lordship returned to Louden
at night. The Duke of Newcastle has been in daily. at-
tendance at the Colonial-office. Lord Granville arrive°
in town on Friday, the day the Cabinet had their long
sitting of five hours and a half, and remains in London'
Sir William Molesworth is detained from joining a circle
of friends in the country, and remains in town. The
-Earl of Clarendon returned to London on Saturday from
Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. William Gladstone
and Sir James Graham also continue in the metropo
Lord Palmerston has attended at the Home-office within
the last day or two. His lordship's Under-Secretary of
State, the Hon. Henry Fitzroy, came to town in the
middle of the week. Sir G. Grey, who arrived in town in
the early part of the week from his country residence, Fallo-
don, Northumberland, took his departure on Saturday for
Fallodon. Sir James Emerson Tennent, Secretary to the
Board of Trade, was expected in town on Saturday night
from Italy.

PRINCE LEOPOLD of Saxe Coburg and suite arrived in
London on Saturday, from Germany, en route to Windsor
Castle, on a visit to his illustrious relatives the Queen and
the Prince Consort. The Prince was to proceed tP,
Southampton yesterday, to embark for Lisbon, on a visit
to the King Regent of Portugal for a month or six weeks.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE.—We understand that a
matrimonial alliance will shortly take place between
Richard Naylor, Esq., of Hooton-hall, Cheshire, and
Caroline, second daughter of the late Rev. Robert Tred-
croft, rector of Tangmere, Sussex and niece of the late
Henry Tredcroft, Esq., of iiirarnham-court, and of Sit
John Brooke Pechell, Bart.

EXTENSIVE FORGERIES.-it appears that the defalca-
tions of Mr. W. B. Anderson, the foreign and general
agent, at present under remand on a charge of forming ac-
ceptances, are much more serious than was at first' antici-
pated, the entire amount involved being rumoured to reach
between £130,000 and £150,000.
Chowringhee has arrived from Port Phi--
lip, whence she sailed the 6th of September, with 59,880
ounces of gold, valued at about £230,000.

A WASII *ANTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.—Tenders
will be received at the,Qffice of the First Lord of the`
Treasury, or the office oYthe Foreign Secretary, for Coe-•
metics to Improve the Complexion of Eastern Affairs.--
Punch.

ExtortTATlon OF CORN.—The reaction in favour of
the farmers appears to be felt pretty generally in all the
Irish markets. One of 'the last Belfast reports states that
Irish-grown oats have been in very great demand in all
the English markets, and immense quantities are in
coarse of transit from our several ports to Liverpool,
Bristol, and London. High prices have induced large
exportation, and at present the quantities of that grain
sent across the Channel are in advance of the greatest
average from Ireland since 1846.

SHi"TTING THE GATES. OF DERRY.—The 165th anni-
versary of this event was this year celebrated in the usual
manner with unabated enthusiasm. Owing to the anni-
versary falling on Sunday (the 18th instant) the rounds of
cannon with which it is customary to usher in the day were
discharged at half-past eleven on Saturday night ; and the
virgin flags were hoisted from the Cathedral and Walker's
Pillar. At twelve o'clock on Sunday the apprentice boys
formed into procession at the Linen-hall, and proceeded to
attend Divine service in the Cathedral. At one o'clock on
Monday morning a fresh thunder of cannon, echoing
from the ramparts, reminded the citizens that the portion
of the time-honoured observance, more appropriate to the
week day, was about to commence. At six, and amid
firing, the effigy of the traitor Lundy was suspended from
the Testimonial, where, as day broke, he was discovered
swinging to and fro beneath the feet of Governor Walker,
whilst the joy-bells pealed forth their merry notes, and
the several apprentice clubs, repairing to the ramparts,
with nine well-equipped field-pieces, fired fifteen rounds-
At twelve o'clock there was a fresh discharge from the
heavy pieces of ordnance stationed on the north-west bas-
tion. The joy-bells continued to peal almost without in-
termission during the day and between two and three
o'clock twenty-one rounds from the field-pieces announced
that the traitor Lundy was about to meet with his doom.
At this time the walls were crowded with a most respect-
able assemblage, who, notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, continued to promenade until about half-past
three, when the effigy of the traitor was ignited, and
blazed away in gallant fashion. Not the slightest acci-
dent or disturbance took place on the occasion, but the
greatest harmony and good feeling prevailed throughout,
the entire proceedings.

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

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

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAWL

THE MINISTRY.

The Sun laments Lord Palmerston's resumption of
office as an act of political suicide. The Globe says the
event will gratify many more than it will surprise, and
that it at once disposes of any doubts that may have
lingered as to the conduct of affairs in the East. The-
Standard considers it most probablethat Lord Palmerstnn't-
consent to retain the seals of office is the consequence of
the triumph of his opinions on foreign affairs over the
of the Premier and the Austro•Russian party in the
Cabinet.

THE EASTERN WAR.
There is nothing later from the Danube or from Asia,.
and no authentic news respecting the movements of the

ed Beet.

The Austrian Minister in Paris is stated to have declared
is impossible for Austria to remain passive, and
permit the Emperor of Russia to proceed in a career of
ambition which would be fatal to the balance of power is
Europe and to the' interest of Germany. Changes in the
French Cabinet are no longer spoken of, and the Ministerf

that it

are now firmly united.
(From the Second Edition of the Morning Chronicled
PARIS, SUNDAY.—A Trieste despatch of 24th Dec. add
to the news of the Persian movement sent this morning,
that the Russians have entered Rhiva, and destroyed
Achmetzen, in Independent Tartary.

The Patrie contains the following :—" We have never
doubted that the French Government, which has taken in
hand, in the affair of the Levant, the cause of humanitY
and of violated treaties, would adopt, when the pro Per
time came, a decision worthy of itself and of France. The
massacre of Sinope, which has no precedent excepting in
the annals of the Lower Empire, has made throughout the
whole of Europe an immense and painful sensation. IS
creates for the civilised nations a new position and nee
duties."

The Independent Belge published information as to the
new attitude of France, which we are persuaded will be
received with a lively sentiment of satisfaction. We think
it our duty to call in a most particular manner the attew
tion of our readers to the following passage :—" The
Government of the Empire (if my information be correct)
had put the question to the British Cabinet in terms of
such distinctness, that any escape—any compromisc---
became impossible."