The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

PROROOATION OF PARLIAATENT,

'7l.r was annonneent the beginningibf last week,
by ;the Ministerial organ, that the s prorogation
woxild • take place on this day (Tnegilay,), but the
event has been . anticipated, it having taken place
on Ri.turday, a day ,usually considered,so incon-
venient for State emmonial, that it is,-almost if
not qtite unprecedented, and its choice .on this
oce,asion 'betokens an .evident anxiety to-chose the
farce, wtich this session has proved, as Alirly as
possible. It may be- that the day—beinthe 12th
of Augnet•the commencement of grouse sheeting—
was seleeted -in order to consult the tastes of
those who considered ldr. f.T.AA.WLEY'S sporting: pro-
pensities a fitting qualification for the Governorship
of an Australian Colony. 'However, the session is
now over, and a 'termination thereby put to those
fruitless discussions which redounded to the ,credit
of neither party„ displayingthe -weakness of both;
.and the impracticability of .artiving at any con-:
elusion for the public welfare: The most important'
.feature on such an occasion orcourse the Minis-
terial manifesto knowx as the Speech from the
Throne. We have given the document in extenso
in another column, and shall here only briefly
allude to the prominent points of It„ premising
that, in common with most that have-been delivered
Qn previous occasions of this kind, it contains little
to call for any demonstration: of praise ior ,censure.
A fortnight aince we sketched out the probable
contents of the speech, and it would seem as if
our suggestions had been adopted, for the only
difference is an' llusion to the Bribery Bill, which
has been passed .subsequently, and the Bill for
establishing the control of the Commons over the
charges incurred in the collection of the Revenue,
a measure which will have the effect of promoting
discussions, without at all adding to the efficiency
of the Executive.

HER MAJESTY commences with a very brief
dismissal, stating that she is enabled to release
them from further attendance, without a word
expressing pleasure or regret. The Commons are
thanked for their zeal in providing means to carry
on the war ; and, lamenting the increased burdens
of the people, HER MAJESTY recognises the wisdom
of sacrificing considerations of present convenience
in order to avoid making addition to the permanent
debt. The cordiality with the EMPEROR of the
FRENCH, and admiration of the courage of the
Turkish [troops, form the next subjects of com-
ment ; and then comes a brief allusion to the
engrossing interest of the war having caused the
postponement of nearly all the measures which
were promised at the opening of the session, fol-
lowed by a notice of the Merchant Shipping Bill,
and the Collection of Revenue Bill. HER MAJESTY
is then made to desire that our legislators, on
returning to their respective counties, will preserve
a spirit of union
and concord, a phrase the meaning
9f which it is not easy to discover, The concluding
reaning

~L_l ADVERTISER.

paragraph briefly notices the Common-law Pro-
cedure and 'the Oxford University Bills, and ends
abruptly with some vague hopes about the good to
be effected by the Bribery Bill—remarks which

might well have been spared, considering that it

was passed by a bare

majority, and is limited in

duration to one year, so tho

experie

it may never

ie trying ordeal of a General Election

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Tie Speech is commendable for its brevity, but
the few who still entertain any lingering favour
for the Ministry will agree with us that they have
not made the best use of the materials at their
disposal. They might have enlarged more on the
part which they had taken in providing for the
efficient carrying on of the war ; and it would have
been more satisfactory to the country had they
taken the opportunity of stating their determi-

nation not to consent to a conclusion of hostilities
until satisfactory guarantees had been obtained for
the future peace of Europe. As it is, they have
left the question as doubtful as ever, as though the
PREItIER had been solely entrusted with that
department of the Royal Speech.

THE BRITISH PREMIER, A RUSSIAN SUBJECT,

A RUMOUR has reached us, that the Earl of Aberdeen
has large possessions in llussia! We can scarcely believe

this to be the fact, though our information is from a quar-

s that these possessions have been
visited by persons now in England. If it be true, that
the " travelled thane" has such a standing in the country

'hich assures

of his apparent adoption, the reason for his complaisance
towards the 'Czar may not merely be on account of a
friendship of forty years' standing. The evident bias of
the Earl of Aberdeen towards Russia has never been
rightly explained. It is time that it were so, and that it
were at once and for ever made known why he has been
so averse to the war with the great Northern Autocrat.—
Petra Messenger.

In reference t 9 the above, the John Bull says, we can
'scarcely give credit to a report, the truth of which is all
but vouched for by a weekly contemporary, according to

which the Earl of Aberdeen is, to a large extent, a Rus-
sian landed proprietor. The information, it is asserted
comes endorsed with the statement that the possessions
of Lord Aberdeen in Russia have been visited by persons
now in England. If this should prove to be the fact, the
reluctance

T the Earl of Aberdeen to act decisively against
id at once be accounted for. In such a case