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

Ind it is puzzlinb

to think how public functionaries, with

only public duties to perform, could, in these enlightened
days,have attached to themselves such an amount of popular

disfavour.

7enerally asserted that the arbitrary and

disposition of Mr. CHADWICK has had a good
deal to do with the unpopularity achieved by the Board.

verbeari:

Wednesday, Lord Jour RUSSELL and Lord PAL

MERSTON again stood in distinguished relief and marked

osition to their coil

,g,ues, by supporting the Bill fo:

preventing the negotiation of a Russian Loan in England
On this occasion, Mr. BRIGHT, backed by Mr. BARING

ged t

OF THE COUNCIL and the

to the CZAR

backed, against two

The accusation, so mad

gladiatorial debaters, was not likely

to pass undisputed. Lord PALMERSTON, taking up his
ground with the skill and coolness peculiar to a master of

was, he said, practised by the agents of foreign absolutists

alarly as " thrust over guard" in any passage of
Lord Joni famed up in a flare of indigna-

small arms.

disturber of the peace of Europe in terms of indignant

Having already referred to rumours which have floated
in the atmosphere of Pall-Mall, at the bidding of the
Club habitue's, I may be pardoned for introducing an

allusion to one, which, unbidden by these authorities,
created some disturbance among them at first, and no

report to the effect that Cronstadt had fallen before the

gallant admiral, like NELSON, had closed his career, and
ended his life in the arms of victory. The report, of
course, turned out a miserable hoax, but it at first created
no inconsiderable sensation. Alluding to the war, and
the rumours connected with it, I must mention one which
has gained considerable currency and some credit—to the
effect, that the allied forces in the south-east of Europe,
are to be directed, and promptly too, against the Crimea
and its fortress, Sebastopol. The reduction of thelatter,
and possession of the former of these places, would render
the allies complete masters of the Black Sea, as the other

Russian seaports on its north-eastern margin are not of
great importance or strength. These achievements, if

;empt a

a descen

upon Constantinople by the Russians entirely inoperative,
as they would be unable to supply their armies with
either ammunition or stores. In addition to the Turco-
Russian war, Europe is threatened by a series of intestine
broils in the Peninsula, which, in less stirring times and

under less urgent circumstances, might have led to what
Sir Lucius O'TRIGGER would have called "a very pretty

Rum

1," but

are not likely to lead to any positive ebullition

s the defeated

AJADEN, Esq., of Barnane, a deputy

ad the trial

ieutenant

cowardly and foul-minded
had not only provided himself and his gang with

The attempted abduction was

trial

)pears that t

apons to subdue the courage and re,sistana

Ms WOME

;. Thus armed and so provided, the Tipperary jns-
.oceeded on his love emprise, and, by dint of cleverly

he came up with the carria

ler rem;

mates to surrender. Like some other. people
the chivalrous Mr. CARDEN had hallooed befor

ite out of the wood, and as anot
;ported to have done, he had "
led prize not only refused to "I

Ffianly dc

while he endeavoured to drag hei
from the carriage, she dealt him a kick on the breast, whirl
seemingly made his " flame" of love flicker with an unit
nial agitation, and induced the marauding

)rave Iris

caught a tartar."
give in" to his

Tered violence she resisted

wooing

Quixote tc

In fact, all manhood was beaten out

aliant squire by the unflinching womanhood lie

tear amon

)tit of SMITH O'BRIEN, as he lay

:e Miss ARBUTENOTT on her way from Church. H

has been tried for the villanons assault, and sentenced to
the inadequate punishment of imprisonment for two years
with hard labour, and, I am informed, has already been
placed on the "

In a former letter, I made allusion to the trial of Lieut.
PERRY, of the 46th Regiment. The same unhappy
. . _ _

defence befi
t or battery

since then

lucn cunnecteu witn tnat or any other corps, but to
answer for his defence, as that defence impugned the
conduct of his' superior officers. Of course it did; and
?ew civilians, at least, will believe that when

such out

have been common among the officers

3f the 48th, the

superior officers were not grieVously to blame. A pecu-
liarity which presents itself in this trial is one seldom
met with in British courts of justice :—Lieut.-Colonel
GA.RRETT and Major MAXWELL, the leading witnesses for
the prosecution, or, as some say, the real prosecutors,
rely mainly on the non mi ricordo style of evidence
which formed so characteristic a feature in the great state
trial of somewhere about five-and-twenty years ago. On
dit, the sentence on the Lieutenant was that he be dis-
missed
+l.-

one service, and that confirmation of this was
peremptorily refused ; the result of that refusal is the
second inquiry, winch it is thought will lead to the incul-
pation of parties higher in rank, and of much greater
experience in regimental abuses than Lieutenant PERRY.
The early-closing movement has been so far concurred
in the principal publishing houses in London having agreed to shut their premises at three o'clock on Saturday
afternoons, magazine Saturdays excepted. To this ar-
rangement many of the retail booksellers have demurred,
as inconvenient for them. The "trade," as it is called,
has been put in a complete ferment by the decision of the
House of Peers, refusing to protect foreign copy-rights in
this country, and numerous cheap reprints of popular
new books by foreign authors are consequently announced.
Among the latest theatrical novelties has been the
appearance of a troupe othf
esultry weather, th
Spanish dancersatte devas-
tating ys
market, where, despite
and the shocking atmosphere, they draw
nightlytgly
crowds. They are somewhere about a score in
number,
in their gyratory evolutions exhibit
less marked
Thbyepedisrsepalaya
eixshfiasbi:
ei
n wonderfula
ting v
l ntion than pleasing through combined and well-regulated
c deivaehgitYhtafluild,
though often fantatitic grace.