The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-27 00:00:00

TIMBER.

LIVERPOOL.—From Quebec two cargoes of timber
and one of deals have arrived ; the former, imported by
dealers, is likely to be retailed from the quay—the latter
sold at £l4 5s for 2nds, £l2 5s per standard for 3rds pine.
From the lower-ports a few cargoes have come forward.
St. John deals of good qualities have realised £l2 per
standard by the cargo. One large cargo, St. John, im
ported by a firm in the trade, has also come during the
week. From the United. States a few parcels of pitch
pine have arrived. The last sale made of this article, for
arrival,• 2s 6-(1 per foot, for a good parcel of about 800
logs, Savannah wood. No arrivals from the north of
Europe this week.

SHIPPING NEA.

Santander—Margaret (s.), Harrison, Havre—Lancaster, Wal-
ler, and Tay, Clarke, Quebec—Jesusa, Algerta, H avannah—
Minim (s. s.), Goulding, Oporto—Grecian (s. s.), Thomson,
Jabez Snow, Snow, New Yolk.

John Cooper, from Cochin for London, has been burnt at
sea : crew saved.
South Sea, from Melbourne, in the Downs.
Holyoke, hence for St. John, N. 8., has put into Bristol,
leaky, and it is thought must go into dock.
ST. MICHAEL'S. JUNE 2.—sixteen boodles of yellow metal
bars have been fished up from the wreck of the Lumley, from
Liverpool fir Richibucto, wrecked on Delgada Point, May 19.

Rtberpooi #itanban.

To render the parallel complete, only one character seemed
wanting in the eventful drama—that was the appearance
of a DEMOSTHENES, to expose and denounce the tricks
and artifices of the usurper; the place of the missing
orator was supplied on Monday evening in the House of
Lords, and on that occasion Lord LYNDHURST gave an
exposition of the tortuous and selfish policy of Russia,
which the Athenian orator might well have been proud
to acknowledge.
• It has seldom, if ever, fallen to the lot of any ministry
to have its personnel so frequently reviewed, so singularly
shuffled, and so oddly complimented and commented on,
as that over which the noble Earl of ABERDEEN ostensibly
presides. On Monday evening, Mr. STRUTT enlightened
the House of Commons on the singularity of the circum-
stances under which he had found the Duchy of Lancaster
pushed under him like a joint-stool, and withdrawn with
as little ceremony as is displayed by a band of rash and
untutored schoolboys when breaking up for the holidays.
In doing this, he exonerated his quondam colleagues from
any charge of false delicacy, and in the simple earnestness
of his unpretending narrative, reminded one forcibly of
the gentlemanlike consideration which induced Lord J.
RUSSELL, a session or two ago, to propound a scheme of
law reform in the House of Commons, without intimating
to his friend and colleague, the then LORD CHANCELLOR,
that such a measure was in contemplation : and also
forcibly suggesting the extrusion of Lord PALMERSTON
from office. In this instance, however, Mr. STRUTT,
not being a political Samson, he did not, like the noble
member for Tiverton, pull the ministerial house of cards
about the ears of his ungrateful patrons. Another
episode in the " happy family" history of the ministry of
"all the talents" was given to the world the other day by
Sir GEORGE GREY, from the hustings at Morpeth. Ac-
cording to the Northumbrian baronet, on performing the
office of what is vulgarly called "counting noses," the
ministers found they possessed all the "talents" but one,
and that he alone was possessed of the desiderated " gift."
He was, of course, immediately applied to, but, wearied
with the cares, and surfeited with the sweets of office, he
showed the Earl of ABERDEEN that "he was the member
would say him nay." Time wore on, the rebuff was for-
gotten, and the truant "talent" only remembered, and lo!
Sir GEORGE was again solicited, and, like CMSAR, he again
refused ; but despairing Prime Ministers and inconsolable
administrators are not to be shaken off, so the worthy
baronet was again entreated ; but this time, perceiving
that his woers were nearly desperate, he listened to the
suit, and was won by the syren strains. What might
have happened, if he had not yielded, it is fearful to con-
template. The ministry might have committed—no, it
surely would not have done that—suicide is so dreadful
an alternative. Sir GEORGE had declined the soft per-
suasion twice, had he done so again, it is somewhat fearful
to contemplate the consequences. He might not
have been asked a fourth time. How singularly are the
gifts of fortune distributed, even to a "coalition cabinet !"
Here we find that, while pining under the coquettish
absence of Sir GEORGE'S prestige, they had yet enough
and to spare, although it is evident from the " plain un-
varnished tale" of Mr. STRUTT, they had less difficulty
in being "off with the old love" than they experienced in
being `ion with the new."
I last week made allusion to the snappishness evinced
by the noble HOME SECRETARY. Since then he has been
cutting other jokes besides those he amuses himself with at
the expense of his colleagues ; and from the sneers at official
penmanship, the condemnation of dirty sewers, his com-
mands in respect to machinery, his orders to consume
smoke, his snubbing of local authorities, and his partiality
for a Frenchified police, he seems in a fair way of deserving,
as he has already earned, the soubriquet of "The Pettish
PALMERSTON." The police whim, which he seems to have
regarded as his
Dearest of inspirations, last and beat,

PROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.

Wilms the absolute monarchs of most states in Europe,
angled iu threading the tortuous mazes of intrigue, or in
gashing to doubtful issue the selfish promptings of ambi-
KM, find only that each awakening day reveals new sources
of inquietude ; while even the powerful and despotic Mus-
e:mite, driven from planning an extension of his present
unwieldy empire, is now racking his brain for means to
repel invasion from his capital, and to avert insult and
flinger from his palace and his court ; and while each of
these arbitrary rulers, by varying means, gives torturing
eridence of

—how uneasy is the head that wears a crown,

the happy SOVEREIGN of our sea-girt isle disproves the
ipeeverb, and, secure in the affections of her loving people
--free alike from foreign menace and intestine strife—she
aerates the moments of her happy leisure to gilding the
radiant halo of domestic bliss, or gracefully employs them
in dispensing the regal hospitalities of state. On Monday,
ilirc MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT, accompanied by their
Mal guests, the King of PORTUGAL and his brother, the
Duke of OPORTO, attended the Opera Comique, in St.
James's Theatre, where, as is customary on her public
appearances, HER MAJESTY was enthusiastically welcomed
by her people. On Tuesday the usually quiet elegancies
of Court observance were stirred by the superb gaieties of
a State Ball, and Buckingham Palace was again the scene
of jubilant festivity, in honour of HER MAJESTY'S acces-
sion to the throne. The guests were more than usually
wirmerous, amounting to above two thousand, and they
included, it might be said, nearly all the members of the
ieeerage and the aristocracy. Eighteen dukes, among
whom was his Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, who has
no far recovered from his recent indisposition as to again
appear in public, andnineteen duchesses graced the assem-
bly; of marquises there were twenty, and an equal number
of marchionesses ; eighty-two earls and seventy-two coun-
tesses; twenty-nine viscounts and thirty-two viscountesses;
seventy-eight lords, three baronesses, and two hundred
and eighty-nine ladies ; together with eleven admirals and
twenty-seven generals; besides an attendance ofright honour-
ambles andhonourables without stint or limit, while baronets
and knights were present in profuse array. Numerous
and imposing as was the display of British rank and
beauty, the happy and gay throng was not confined to
them alone, but included in its brilliant circle a rich
laxy of foreign dignitaries of every degree and represen-
tative of every country and clime, conspicuous among
whom were the King of PORTUGAL and his royal brother,
attended by a retinue of Lusitanian nobles ; together with
the diplomatic representatives of all the foreign courts.
The arrangements for receiving and entertaining so
wamerous and august an assemblage were on a scale of
Orly regal magnificence, and attended with every circum-
stance of pomp and splendour. The state rooms were
literally bathed in a flood of softened light, and the air
was rich with the perfumed breath and brilliant hues of
thousands upon thousands of gay and sweet-smelling
Mowers. The walls of the staircase glowed with the noble
and life-like portraits of WILLIAM IV. and his amiable
Queen ADELAIDE, of the Duke of Sussex and the Duke
and Duchess of KENT, of GEORGE 111. and Queen CHA.R-
BOWE, of the Princess CHAROTTE of WALES, and of the
Xing of the BELGIANS, as he looked in the hey-day of
jos th, when his manly port and handsome person won
far him the love of England's heiress, the beloved and
lovely, the virtuous and truly noble Princess CHARLOTTE,
and also the present King of HANOVER. All these are
master-pieces of art, and choice specimens from the pen-
al; of GAINSBOROUGH, WILKIE, LAWRENCE, DAWE,
JEUBCHEY, SHEE, and HArren. In the ante-room which
farmed the vestibule to the state saloons, Gissosr's statues
of the QUEEN and Prince ALBERT presented to the eye
animus charms. These admirable figures are, as is
well known, dressed in the costume of classic art, and in
the draperies, and other accessories, the artist has intro-
&aced slight tints of colour, a practice which has given
71-lae to no small amount of controversy. Martial, and other
defenders of this theory, base their advocacy of its intro-
etion on the alleged sanction of high classical example ;
while its assailants, condemn it as an innovation which
lit-aided the decay of pure taste in art. Without entering
into the controversy, I may be allowed to remark that,
where tints are so delicately applied as in the instance
inferred to, and seen, as on Tuesday night, under the in-
3nence of a somewhat reddened light, the hues of colour
were so much subdued as to remove all reasonable ground
credence to even the most fastidious eye.
If U dancing-saloon and other apartments of the royal
calls were • gaily bedecked with gorgeous flowers and
artistic triumphs, the supper-room and its appurtenances
gedisplay were not less interesting, though far more rich.
glare were distributed piles of massive plate of gold, no
magi portion of it the spoils of vanquished foes, and all of
is enriched by artistic skill, or hallowed by heroic as-
sociation. Here might be seen trophies from the Spanish
Armada, and triumphs from the hand of Ceraan ; gems
of art from the spatula of our own FLarma x, and cora-
onion gems of some of the best schools of Italy and France.
heoccasion, the scene, and its august occupants were
worthy of each other. The first, in celebration of the
seventeenth anniversary of her advent to power of one of
the most generally beloved of potentates, whose pub-
air wisdom is countenanced by her domestic virtues—
whose exalted station is adorned by her personal worth
the second, the noble halls which the munificence and
affection of a mighty and intelligent people provide for the
gratification and comfort of their Sovereign ; the third, a
matchless throng of that-people eager to testify their
Toyeaty and love. Surely to reign in the hearts of a free
and an obedient—a great and a loyal people, is to occupy
a pinnacle of greatness which, though vouchsafed to few,
glorious and gratifying as it is rare.
From time to time events occur which, by stirring the
putblic mind in one direction only, have a tendency to
erect the sober judgment of the nation from due con-
sideration of the circumstances under which they have
arisen. Such .a series of events has been evolved in
reference to the present war. The popular mind has been
influenced by an aggregate of occurrences which have
Mowed each other in so rapid a succession, that the
appearance of each new one has had a tendency to oblite-
rate the distinctive features without erasing the general
lloapress of its predecessors; and, thus, a sort of undefined
aea of many wrongs is crowded into the public mind—a
kind of chaotic mass, compounded of Russian aggression,
duplicity, and trickery, floats confusedly, yet busily, over
the sea of popular opinion—which the discussion in Par-
lament, up to Monday evening, had a tendency rather to
confuse than to arrange and explain. From this state of
indistinct and hazy misapprehension the legislature and
the country were happily relieved by the manly and lucid
statement of the point at issue by Lord LYNDHURST, on
.'the night in question. In a speech, remarkable for its
anambiguous clearness and comprehensive breadth of
statement, his Lordship reviewed the policy of Russia,
m that has been disguised by treaties and revealed by
twert acts since the foundation of the empire to the pre-
sent moment—a history, in the memorable words of the
weteran legislator " of fraud, . duplicity, trickery, artifice,
and violence' After detailing the various steps by which
the predecessors of the present CZAR had stealthily filched,
now a province, now a privilege—had established now a
protectorate, and now a despotic sovereignty, over its
unsuspecting neighbours, his Lordship demonstrated the
had faith of NrcuoLis in his pretended stipulations for
the free navigation of the Danube—to secure which he
enacted tolls from Austria, while he sedulously obstructed
the deepening of its course, in spite of the remonstrances
of Austria and England, with a view to enhancing the
advantages of his own port of Odessa. All this, and
much more, his Lordship cited as illustrative of " the
mendacious policy, the diplomatic skill, and falsehood of
the Court of St. Petersburg." He then, in strong, yet
lucid language, referred to the unscrupulous statements
rof the Russian statesmen and ambassadors, contrasting
their averments with the unravelling of their plots; and
concluded an oration which, in nervous eloquence and
practical wisdom was worthy of his position in the British
Senate, by declaring the status quo ante bellum an impossi-
bnitY, and if possible, an absurdity. Bold and comprehen-
sive in his mature sagacity, as he is. wise and considerate in
counsel, Lord Lyrinneasx denounced as unfortunate the
treaty of Adrianople, by which
Wineth(eßemphatt language
of the }mperor of RUSSIA,
Turkey in such a situation that she mustuss in have placed
dependent upon our will, and do whatever we desire."
jib lordship, was followed by the Earl of CLARENDON,
who substantially concurred in most of the statements and
all the reasoning adduced Lord
un LYNDHURST, without
ecxetl lordship s uncompromising d lar
indorsing • 'ply declare, that in no event,pea
tinn' I Unhesitati ought we to make
that of extreme necessity,
R Russian fleet in the peace
the _
previously destroying
and laying prostrate the fortincatioEnsarbly
owfhich
ABERDEEN,isZ:
fended.' The meek and peaeful
ersfaring essentially from the views expressed by his col
of the Cabinet,
league charged, with the foreign polidfny
defence of the
made a hair-splitting and special-Plea g
without, however,
IINFORTUNATE treaty of Adrianople, _ .
alluding to the fact, that the treaty in all
while Lord
of its unhappy provisions was negociatedthe plenitude
ABERDEEN was Foreign Secretary, by his own brother,
St. ROBERT GORDON. With characteristic Caledonian
prudence, winking hard at this disagreeable reminiscence,
the noble Premier argued that as the Czam has not made
ally territorial predation on the Turkish empire since 1829,
and had on at least one occasion supported by an armed
force the authority of the SULTAN, the treaty of Adriano-
ge had been wrongfully denominated as unfortunate. He,
whether intentionally or not, avoided any hint as to the
attainment of his chief object in seeking territorial
acquisition-- the command of the Bosphorus and the
Dardanelles in time of war, which Russia secured to her-
!tll as the price of her interference in opposition to
lIEILET ;ALI. In reference to those manoeuvres for
aggression which so conspicuously mark the character of
Sire present Russo-Turkish war, a parallel has been drawn
ihtieo4 NICII9/all of Russia. and Paw: 9f DIANS29E.,

he has been forced to forego, the breath having been lite-
rally squeezed out of it by the weight of adverse petitions
and hostile deputations. Yielding to this extraordinary
pressure from without, Lord PALMERSTON agreed to
withdraw his bill ; but many who were not previously
converts to such faith, begin to see that to have desired
such a bill indicates the possession of qualities highly
dangerous in a borne secretary.
On Tuesday night, or rather on Wednesday morning,
many an eager eye was gratified by a perusal of the
expected Brevet, which was published in that evening's
Gazette. It has been the subject, as such matters usually
are, of much discussion ; not a few of the heroes having
engaged in the interesting thouh harmless pastime of
"fighting their battles o'er again," in giving eclat to the
step en avaneement.

The Crystal Palace continues the point of popular
attraction, and during the past week it has been visited by
about 73,000 individuals; the numbers visiting the Hyde
Park Palace, in the week extending from the sth to the
10th of May, were 128,194. So far the affair, as an exhi-
bition, is considered eminently successful, and its fame as
a bazaar is rapidly on the increase,
At our leading theatres Opera is still in the ascendant,
VIAEDOT continuing the source of interest and the magnet
of the Royalltalian Opera, while at old Drury "11 Seraglio"
has met with much encouragement. At this latter esta-
blishment the announcements have created astonishment
among the dillitante, embracing as they do " Masaniello,"
" Semiramide," " Les Huguenots," " Adis and Galatea,"
and an opera by Mr. HENRY SMART, all of which are
said to be in rehearsal.

The Exhibition of Works by the Ancient Masters con-
tinues a leading feature of metropolitan enjoyment, and it
well deserves to be so. Much interest is also excited by a
splendid collection of choice armour on view at Marl-
borough House. This magnificent array comprises a rich
display of European and Oriental arms, Italian stilettoes,
Indian maces, and English rapiers. Many of the speci-
mens are exceedingly elegant as well as rare, and the
whole. will repay attentive study. It has been lent by
HER MAJESTY from the Royal Armoury at Windsor, for
the use of the students attending the school of design.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

they can be had at a reasonable price.—lmports
for the week, 1559 bales, viz., 116 Mediterranean
Ports, 263 Portugal, 1150 East India, and 30
Irish.—English Wool is much depressed ; Irish in
good demand, at 11-}d. to 111 d. for mixed parcels.