The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

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a game of puzzles and perplezities,—its
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I masked now by_ one difficult

:11;,v;nd the means of conducting it to a speedy, if to
conclusion at all, have been so mystified and disguised,
1-,,,msrps almost a sinzle assertion which has

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Only the other day, our vene-

?REMIER made such stateme

g it as

only to misrepresent himself and it, but actually to deceive
and mislead all Europe, except himself; and now, after he
has cleared up his difficulties, we learn that the game of
cross-purposes is little more than begun. Up to the
middle of last week, every one was told that Austria
meant, at some convenient though distant opportunity, to
co-operate with England, France, and Turkey. Till the
same period we were induced to believe that Turkey had
placed herself entirely in the hands of France and Eng-
land, with respect to peace or -nt friend-

war, to prese
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circumstances should prove opportune
ing such a declaration; or, failing that, to secure
if the means of covering the Russian retreat, and
ng such terms of settlement as would leave the
nnch in the condition it was in when MENZCIII-
_ opounded his insolent conditions to the PoRTE.
se who entertained such suspicions naturally feel them
strengthened by the equivocal and untoward rumour
referred to, and these men scruple not to say the real diffi-
culties of the Turco-Russian dispute are only now about
to reveal themselves. It is true enough that, if Austria
and Prussia, lured by the Machiavelian diplomacy of Mus-
covy, attempt to throw their influence into the scale in an

Russia

interp?3-

c occupied prior to the commencement of hostilities,
defeat and disaster had baffled his ambitious
y will seriously compromise themselves, with-
r as I can see, materially advancing the object
ain view. But what is that to us ? Such inter-
_ would necessarily complicate and inevitably pro-
.ct the war. Under these circumstances, it scarcely
amounts to consolation to be informed that we are no
parties to any such Austro-Turkish arrangement as that
referred to, and that as yet our government has received
no official intelligence concerning it. All classes of men,
particularly the mercantile and manufacturing, are feve-
rishly and restlessly anxious on the subject, and can hardly
be brought to regard the sinister rumour, and Lord Joan

out, as f

they h

are no

xplaining speech as anything
iplicated and unsatisfactory

diversion of diplomatic hocus-pocus. In short, our govern-
ment does not possess the confidence of any section of the

%11-important topic.
Princess's Theatre, Mr. CHARLES K

itry on this D

AN has

been making another, and, unfortunately, so far suc-
cessful attempt to reduce our dramatic entertainments to
things of mere spectacle and mechanical device. He has
produced a clever imitation, by READE, of a French melo-
drama, and has put that imitation on the stage in a most
workman-like style, enacting the hero himself, in a man-
ner perfectly befitting the character of the piece; the
merit of the performance consisting in the rapidity with

to changes his stage dress, an

s in different

_
and apparently impossible places at almost the same
moment. The piece is founded on an incident of French
domestic history, in which a virtuous and wealthy citizen
is suspected and convicted of the murder and robbery of

on his way to Lyons, the accusation and con-
viction both resting on the extreme personal likeness of
the innocent citizen to a notorious villain, the real thief
and murderer; and the interest of the piece, as well as its
success, depends upon the dexterity with which Mr.
CHARLEs KEAN represents both these characters. The
whole matter depends upon stare trick, in which he is an

a couri

and succeeds.

The Crystal Palace not only continues a place of
favourite resort, but its attractions increase in their
allurements, as the fascination of their charms becomes
more generally known. The refreshment department is
found to be a source of convenience and satisfaction to the
visitors, and will, to all appearance, realise a handsome

.
>rofit to the company. At the time the Palace was
Ipened, a great deal remained to be done, and considerable

)rogress has since been made in forwarding the uncom-
deted work. The Court of Lions, with its flower garden

the display of machinery in motion are making
such rapid progress, that it is expected the fountains in