The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

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bishops once more led the way to the cardinal's 1
where a crimson platform had been prepared heti
altar-piece, so as to allow of the Pope's ascending
figure of the Virgin, as depicted in the clouds in the

part of the picture. The Cannon of St. Angelo thundered
out applause as his holiness attached the precious diadem
to the painting, and the crowd, kept at bay by a battalion
.eeked and panted in vain endeavours to

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catch a sight o
an opinion whether Curiosity Or devotion urged the thou-
sands of spectators on this occasion ; but certainly the

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In the evening the cupola of St. Peter's and the facades
of most of the other churches, as well as public buildings
and private residences, were abundantly illuminated; and
Cardinal Wiseman wound up the proceedings by delivering
an oration on the Immaculate Conception before the Ar-
cadian Academicians, at a solemn meeting of that body in
the great hall of the Capitol.
It is reported that the magnificent column of Cipollino,
a marble which formerly decorated one of the temples of
ancient Rome, and has lain for time out of mind " to dull
forgetfulness a prey," at the back of Monte Citorio, will be
roused from its dormant position ere long, and erected

before the Propaganda College, as a lasting memorial of
the great event that had just taken place.

The Rev. Frederic Amadeus Malleson, has bee:
to the stipendiary curacy of St. Anne's Church, Bi

of Christchurch, Spiiafields, to be Prebendary of Can-
terbury, in the room of the late Rev. Dr. Spry, Rector of
Marylebone.

TUE BURGLER RALPII, who a short time ago escaped
from Lincoln Castle, and is now confined in Leeds prison,
has made a ferocious attack on one of the warders of that

prison, and injured him very
ment in that prisonßalphih
got into the corridor. He is

Since his confine-

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ringing of an alarm bell

AN EXTENSIVE FIRE occurred on the 14th instant, in a
warehouse filled with cotton waste situated in Newton-
street. Manchester. The fire was t

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estimated at £6,000.
TAR " TT Mini" Fovxn GUIT,TY_—In the rase of the
Queen r. Harrison, which was an action brought in the
Court of Queen's Bench, on Friday, by the directors of
the South-western Railway Company against The Times
newspaper, a verdict of guilty was returned against the
defendant. He was not, however, brought up for judg-
ment.

AYRSHIRE ELECTION.—Captain Sir James Fergusson,
of the Ist battalion Coldstream Guards, now serving in
the Crimea, and Mr. R. A. Oswald, of Auchincruive,
brother-in-law to Earl Craven, are the candidates for the
vacancy in the representation of this county, occasioned by
the death of Colonel Hunter Blair.
CLOTHING LOST ON BOARD THE PRINCE.—On Monday
a return showed that 35,700 woollen socks were lost on
board the Prince, 53,000 woollen frocks, 17,000 flannel
drawers, 2,500 watch coats, 16,100 blankets, and 3,700

UNIVERSITY REroßM.—The subjects of domestic legis-
lation alluded to in the Queen's speech, include, it is
understood, the further reform of the Cambridge Univer-
sity ; and the recent visit of the Master of St. Catharine's
Hall to the Queen is regarded in connection with this
topic.—Cambridge Independent Press.

THE STEIM-SIOOP MALACCA, 17, which sailed on Wed-
nesday, from Plymouth, with a heavy mail for the Black
Sea, put back under canvas on Saturday, with her ma-
chinery damaged.
THE PERUVIAN Sun' GRIMENEZA, from Swatow for
Callao, with 600 Chinese emigrants, was lost seventy-five
days after sailing from the former port, 25th April, on the
Brampton Reef, on the coast of New Holland, about 1,200
miles from Sydney. 590 of the Chinese perished
LAW.—It requires the permission of the Court
mence an action in forma pauperis, but to finish a lay
suit in forma pauperis is often a matter of course, and
therefore no permission is required.—Punch's Almanack

to com-

MISS S. STEWART has concluded an arrangement with
her trustees by which the sum of £lO,OOO is given to
endow a church at Port Glasgow, securing £3OO a year to
the rector and £lOO for a curate. A magnificent church,
having chancel and nave, will be finished by Whit-Sun-
day, 1856, by the same lady, which will cost her £5OOO or
£6,000 additional.
Aaarvem OF A SPECIAL Exvor FROM PRUSSIA.. —His
Excellency Herr Von Usedom, charged with a special
mission from Prussia to the Court of St. James's, arrived
at Dover, from Calais, onWednesday,by theSouthEastern
Company's steam-packet Princess Mary. His Excel-
lency, who was accompanied by Madame Von Usedom,
remained on Wednesday night at the Lord Warden Hotel,
and left for London by the train on Thursday.
TIIE MnlrsTEEs.—Most of the Cabinet Ministers leave
London for the country during the recess. The Lord
Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Rus-
sell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir William Moles-
worth, and Lord Granville have taken their departure.
The Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Sir
James Graham will, it is expected, remain in town. The
state of public affairs will, however, more probably require
the return of the Ministers occasionally to the metropolis
before the period fixed on for the re-assembling' of Parlia-
ment.

PRESENT FROM WINDSOR TO LORD RAGLAN AND
GENERAL CANROBEILT.—On Friday afternoon, Mr. Min-

ton, of Windsor, purveyor to Her Niajesty, with the sanc-
tion and approval of the
-Castle authorities, prepared three

ness Prince Albert, at the model farni in Windsor-pi-71.k,
for presentation to Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, Comman-
der-in-Chief of the British forces, General Canrobert,

and his Pwyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The
beef was carefully salted down, and packed in three
separate tubs prepared for the purpose.
GENEROSITY OF TEE PRINCE OF WALES.—The follow-
incident, evincing the generosity and