The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

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A correspondent relates one or two incidents which
show that the arrangements have not given universal
satisfaction in high places :—" The Princess Marie de
Baden (Duchess of Hamilton) left the Palace of the Tuil-
leries on Saturday evening before the signing of the act of
marriage, because no special place had been marked out
for her in the ceremonial. On Sunday both her Grace
and the Duke attended the religious ceremony ; but
although the Grand Master of the Ceremonies went three
times to ask them to take places in the imperial gallery
with " the civil family" of the Emperor, they declined
the honour, in consequence, no doubt, of the slight of the
previous evening. Both the Duke and Duchess of Ha-
milton declined to sign the act of marriage."
Another incident many would look on as an inauspi-
cious omen :—" The wedding-ring, which the Emperor
was to place on the bride's finger, and which the Grand
Master of the Ceremonies was supposed to have in safe
keeping, was not to he found. The Grand Master bor-
rowed a ring of one of the princesses present, in order to
be prepared with one. This he handed to the Archbishop
of Paris, and that prelate had already given it his bene-
diction when the Grand Master informed the Emperor of
what had occurred. The latter immediately put his hand
into his side-pocket, and drew out a box which contained
the wedding-ring and a fine medal, ornamented with
diamonds, on which were marked the names of the Em-
press and of himself, and the date of the marriage."
The names of 4,312 persons condemned by the Com-
missions Mixtes, and pardoned by the Emperor, are pub-
lished in the Moniteur• of Friday. The parties are to be
immediately set at liberty.

SPAlN.—General Narvaez has received orders from
Madrid to proceed to Vienna at once, under penalty of
being regarded as a rebel.

TURKEY.—The accounts concerning Montenegro-are
becoming daily more important, and seem to assume the
character of a war between the Crescent and the Cross.
On the night of January 5 (the Christmas-day of the
Greek Church), the Turks fired the shops in Mostar, and
then proceeded to a general pillage. A week later, we
hear of several villages being pillaged and burnt,
and that 36,000 Turks, under Omar Pasha, hare landed
and surrounded Montenegro, with a view of attacking it in
five different parts at the same time. On the other hand,
we hear that districts, hitherto doubtful, have declared for
the Montenegrins ; who are reported to have repulsed the
Turks in more than one engagement, with considerable
slaughter. The Austrians arc marching such large bodies
of troops towards Dalmatia, that a Vienna correspondent
appears to consider a war with Turkey inevitable :—"Not
only," he writes, " has a part of the Italian army been
sent to the neighbourhood of Cater°, but reinforcements
have even been forwarded from this capital. It is pro-
bable that few persons excepting the chiefs of the
Emperor's Central Military Bureau know the exact
strength of the military cordon now formed on the Turkish
frontiers, but it cannot be less than 20,000 to 25,000 men.
No one here ventures to talk about the intentions of this
Government towards the Porte, but it is evident enough
that the very existence of Turkey is seriously menaced.
The night before last two rocket batteries were despatched
from Vienna, and orders hare been issued that a staff
officer must always be on duty in the bureau of the first
army corps, which has its headquarters here."
Other accounts state that the valiant Jellachich, the
Ban of Croatia, is at the head of a corps " of observation"
of IS,OOO men, and that Gen. Count Leiningen has been
despatched to Constantinople to demand the immediate
withdrawal of Omar Pasha and his army, on the alterna-
tive of its further advancement being deemed a cases belli.
We learn from Vienna, under date of January 2S, that
the last news from Montenegro is, that on the 15th neither
party made any great progress. "In the evening," says
the Tristie Zeilvng, " Osman Pasha, of Scutari (who
entered by Szabljak), retired into the open country, and
took up a position at the foot of a hill. The Montenegrins,
taking advantage of a stormy night, stole into the Tur--
kish camp, where disorder and confusion soon reigned.
The Turks at last took to their heels. The importance of
this affair may be judged of by the number of trophies
which fell into the hands of the victors. They carried off
seventeen flags, eighty horse-loads of powder, sixty
horses, many weapons, silver-mounted yataghans, &c.,
and three hundred and seventeen Turks' heads."

EGYPT.—There has been a meeting of English resi-
dents at Alexandria, to consider what steps can,be taken
for the completion of the English church now in course
of erection there :—" Though the foundation-stone of
this church was laid in the year 1539, and £B,OOO sterling
has been expended upon it, it is not yet finished. Stre-
nuous exertions are being made by the residents to com-
plete the structure, and it is hoped that the government
at home will come forward to their assistance. A pro-
posal has been made, in order to raise funds, to sell a
portion of the ground adjacent to the church, which,
from its central position, would fetch a high price ; but,
as this ground was a gift from Mehemet Ali to the Eng-
lish community, it would be very desirable not to be under
the necessity of having recourse to such a measure."

WEST INDIES.—The Royal Mail steam ship La
Plata has brought advices to the 16th ult. She has
also brought 732,000 dollars in silver, and 328,000 dollars
in gold. No cases of yellow fever occurred on the pas-
sage, either outwards or homewards.
At St. Thomas's, the yellow fever had almost ceased
to exist, with the exception of one or two sporadic cases.

Advices from Jamaica extend to the 11th ult. The
intelligence taken out by the La Plata had thrown the
colony into one generalstate of dismay. The inhabitants
relied on the Derby government for such measures of
relief as it had often been declared by members of that
government were necessary. But the altered views of the
government had spread an entire gloom over the whole
country, and sunk the public heart in dismay. The
house of assembly was to re-assemble on the 25th of
January. The object of members in agreeing to so long
an adjournment was to enable them to learn the intentions
of her Majesty's government. Those intentions being
now made known, it is generally supposed that the
assembly will refuse to grant supplies, which may lead to
a dissolution of the assembly.

Accounts from Barbadoes state that the yellow fever
still lingered there. The fever had disappeared from the
populous localities of the town. _ _ _

In St. Lucia the weather had been unsettled. Several
states had commenced grinding, and a fair progress in the
manufacture of sugar bad been made.
From Antigua we learn that, with the continuance of
fine weather, the island will ship one of the largest crops
known for some years.
The Dauntless is stated to have lost 73 men and 16
officers by yellow fever. The Devastation had touched
Barbadoes, with orders from the admiral to tow out the
Dauntless, if unable to proceed herself to Antigua ; but
Captain Halsted refused the offer on account of his stores
being on shore, and the Devastation returned to Trinidad.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF TIM PACIFIC.

By the United States mail steam-ship Pacific, which
arrived in this port early on Friday, we have intelligence
from New York to the 22nd ult. She brought 54
passengers but no specie. The Europa arrived at Halifax
on the 21st ult. ; and the Andes in 26 days, from Liver-
pool.

In the senate of the United States, a long and some-
what dreary discussion had taken place on the state of
relations between Spain and the United States with
respect to Cuba. General Cass was the principal speaker.
Further consideration of the subject being adjourned, he
will have had an opportunity, on the 27th ult., of extend-
ing his remarks. The debate took the form of . a
reaffirmation of " the Monroe doctrine." "So far as
respects my own personal views," said Mr. Cass, " I
have already explained to the senate, I desire the
Possession of Cuba—earnestly desire it, whenever we can
justly obtain it, and the sooner that time comes the
better, for then will be settled one of the most delicate
questions—the most delicate, perhaps, in our foreign
policy, always liable to embarrass us by grave con-
junctures more easy to be foreseen than be guarded
against. As to the means—though, as I have already
said, I am prepared to advocate its purchase even at the
most liberal price, still I should prefer its acquisition by
the action of the people of Cuba." Besides the Cuban
debate, little has taken place in congress. The Pacific
railroad scheme was taken up, but nothing done.
The Hon. Edward Everett, secretary of state, bad
delivered the annual address before the African Coloniza-
tion Society. In the course of his remarks he stated
that six vessels had been sent from the United States to
Liberia during the past year, carrying 660 coloured
emigrants, of whom 403 were free-born, 225 were
emancipated, and 38 had purchased their freedom.—A
state temperance convention had been held at Albany,
the capital of New York State, at which 28,000 females
bpd FetitiQue4 the legi4loturc t 0 cilKtf im New Xpric, the