The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

THE ttberpoot :`-)tanbarb+ TUESDAY; NOVEMBER 13, 1855 PEACE, OR WARP ME rumour which was current a short time since as to - a contemplated coalition tefvFeen --1 "-Igsiii. DISTZAELI, GLADSTONE, and Bamuor, with' the view. —of-promoting a termination of the war and substituting_ such an unnatural alliance.for the present Ministty, may be classed amongst the idle speculations to whiCh general dissatiSfactiOn with the existing state of things often gives rise. Such a rumour could not be bile, as far at least as Mr. DISRAELI is concerned, as it is well known that the Conservatives as a bodx . haN;e 'toe much regard for the national honour and the trueinterests of qreat Britain to allow them to be frittered away in order to gratify a sordid motive 40/ selling more calico. It has,- however, assumed a new phase; and Lord Jorcist RussELL is spoken of as the colleague of the renegade Peelite and the Manchester Quaker, to agitate for peace at any prica; and, following up the tactics of the Free Trade movement, a League has been attempted to be formed with the avowed object of putting a stop to the war. With the exCeption of some few who would sacrifice every consideration for the gratification of the present moment, and imperil the maintenance of civilisation, so long as they could save their own paltry contriblion towards the defence of it, we cannot believe that such an appeal would meet with a response from the people of England. It is so utterly pitiful and knavish, such a confession of self-degradation, that it is alien to the free and manly spirit which animates our countrymen of all classes. This truth is so evident, that the plausibility of Mr. GLADSTONE is brought to bear upon the question, and the public mind is amused with specious sophistry in the attempt to show that the object of the war has been answered with the capture of Sebastopol, that Turkey has been effectually rescued from the aggres sions of Russia, that further- prolongation of the con test can serve no other purpose than to humble the power of Russia, and that we ought not to be regard less of the balance of power, to maintain which the war was undertaken. Let us admit, for the sake of argument, that' the destruction of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea and the demolition of the fortress of Sebastopol were all that the Allies proposed to themselves to accomplish, when war was declared against Russia in the begin ning of last year, is there any man so insane as to argue that proposals of peace can come from the con. querors P Has Russia bated one jot of those preten sions with which she commenced the contest, by sending her armies across the Pruth to take forcible possession of the provinces of Moldavia and Walla chia ? Or has she in any way receded from that policy which for a century past has made the subju gation of Turkey the object of her ambition, as a preparatory step to universal dominion, which, under such circumstances, it would be difficult, if not almost impossible to resist P By now withdrawing from the contest, or even by taking the initiative in negotiations for peace, we should be virtually admitting defeat in the face of victories unparalleled in the history of warfare. Every advantage over the foe has been gained by hard blows ; defeated in every encounter, he is sullenly obdurate in holding on by - the remotest chance of ultimate success ; and for us now to relax our exertions, because the dastards of the Peace-party have no honour nor faith but in finding a market for their cotton goods, would be virtually to undo all that has been done, to confess a fear of Russia prostrate, that we did not feel when she was in the zenith of her power, and to break for ever that alliance with our gallant neighbour, which of itself, supposing it to continue to the end, will prove the salvation of Europe. It has been asserted that since the entry of the Allied forces into the Crimea the war has assumed an aggressive character, and consequently cannot be justified upon the principles of justice, which could alone reconcile it to a Christian people. This is not true either in faot or in inference. The aggression Was committed by Russia when her armies crossed -the Pruth, and were on their way to Constantinople, had they not been stopped by the valour of the Turks, at that time unaided. All that has since taken place, therefore, has been of a defensive character, in order to secure material guarantees against a repetition of the outrage ; and no better proof could be afforded of the ultimate intentions of Russia, and the necessity of taking every proper precaution against their realisa tion, than the' extraordinary defences of enormous military and naval stores at Sebastopol. It is also falsely asserted that all this enormous sacrifice of men and money has been made in • order to save Turkey from the fangs of her relentless enemy, and to enable her to maintain her position among the independent kingdoms of Europe ; and that in con sequence the war presented the anomaly of Christian nations in league for the defence of the infidel. Such an assumption is taking but a very narrow and super ficial view of the question at issue. The independence of Turkey was but an incident arising from the circumstance of her being the first object of attack on the part of Russia, the foremost barrier against- the encroachments of despotism which threatened to overwhelm all Europe. It was an onward step in a danger which has long been impending, and it was fortunate for the interests of humanity and civilisation that the Western Powers united to repel the invasion before it had become too powerful to resist. The . supineness or folly of previous Governments allowed Russia to pursue her stealthy course of territorial acquisition unrestrained and almost unheeded. She has possessed herself of Poland and Finland, of the provinces on the northern shores of the Black Sea, and in every direction, east, south, and west, until her empire stretches over the greater part of the northern continent both in Europe and Asia.. She has estab lished by diplomatic arts, which have ever been un .serupulously used as means to conquest, an influence in Austria, Prussia, Germany, and even in Greece, ' so that resistance could only be looked for from England and France, which alone possessed the means to cope with their mighty antagonist. Under such circumstances, we have much reason to he thankful that, not only has the danger been seen and appreciated, butthat, by a fortuitous combination of events, the two great Powers of Western Europe should have entered into a mutual alliance for the cause of national liberty. If we persevere, there can be little doubt that the German States, relieved from their fears, which now make them the dupes and the victims of Russian policy, will awake into vigorous 1 and independent action; but if we recede tom the contest, or listen to any other terms than uncon ditional surrender, we shall have sunk from our proud position of national supremacy, destroyed - for a long time, if not for ever, that prestige which could alone give weight or influence to Great Britain in the councils of European nations, and have helped to forge those fetters upon national liberty which we shall have rendered more galling by the attempts we have already made to break them. We have no other , course to pursue, than to prosecute the war at any hazard, and at any sacrifice, until Russia has been compelled to sue for peace. Our national honour, and even our future existence as one of the great powers of Europe, depend upon the issue of the, struggle. We ma y be call e d upon t o ma k e f urther sacrifices, but the issue will be glorious, for it will be a lasting peace ; w h e reas, to withdraw at the p resen t juncture, would be but a hollow truce, to be followed by consequences far more disastrous. A LETTER from Amsterdam states that the Bank of Hol land has raised its rate of discount for commercial bills from 3 to 4 per cent. The discount on railway securities remains u it was, at 4 per cent. FROM OUR LONLON&PRRESPONDENT„ MONDAY MORNING. Aim the: frequent disturbar.efis of ralty re:ations, and The _recurrent disrciption of Cabinet arrangements, it de-. hghtful tVenow.ihat in at . 110 onoian4'ithatthe highest department of the State—social tranquillity remains un broken, and domestic peace sheds its beneficent influence around. In the sylvan retreats and regal halls pf Windsor, our gracious.liQYZßEV:ix.-11114PS.14—lastIMILlias„ been, sharing the hosPitalities of dOtnestic life witlfei numerous array of noble and illustrious guests. Friday was the four teenth anniversary .of the,.hirthaday itrince.af. and the auspicious occurrence was celebrated more i n accord ance with the simplicity which-,.characterise s the dogrestic arrangements of the Royal houiehold, than to many Observers might seem befitting the ,celebration of such an event, in connexion with the heir-apparent of so great a throne. - The day was ushered in by the ringing of, merry peals _ppon the bells', of the Chapel ROyal, of Si: George, I R K St. JOhn's Church, and the evening closed with a -juvenile ball, held in the Red Drawing-room, in honoUr of the occasion: Not less , pleasing is it to learn that the usual paStithos for the entertainment of the Royal Family, which were in it kreat degree, ,suspended or withdrawn last year, on account Of the serious losses incurred in the Crithea, are about to he re sumed: The theatrical performandes at Windsor, which were the sources of so muck gratification, but which were discon. tinued last year, from the cause referred to, have been ordered - to be revived, the first performance of the season taking place ' on the evening of Thursday week. HER MAJESTY is about to receive the visit Of her august Ally, VICTOR EMANUEL, King of SARDINIA, who is to leave Turin on the 20th of this, and,. • • journeying by Paris, will arrive in England at the beginning of next month. This visit is already very popular by antici pation, and, considering the independent and spirited man ner in which, disconnecting himself from the trammels of. Austro-German thraldom, be has thrown his fortunes in with the Western Powers, and joined their alliance against Russia, this is not matter for surprise. His reception will be in all respects such as befits a great and loyal people to ' - bestow on the guest of its Sovereign, augmented, in his case, by a sense of his gallant conduct. As if wonders were never to cease, we of the secluded - isle are also, it seems, to be ho noured with a visit of the SULTAN. Such an intention on the part of His Majesty has been for some time currently rumoured in the diplomatic circles of Constantinople, and the. report, "with many added circumstances," has now obtained currency among the quid nuncs of London society. This visit, it is said, will take place early in the spring of next year. These expected visits, and their courtly concomitants, afford ample scope for conversation, and furnish no trivial amount of stimu lus for the gossip -mongers and retailers of court scandal. To, those who see in every footstep of a monarch the incipient form of a great state manceuvre, they are yet more prolific in anticipated results. With this latter, as with some other classes of political vaticinators, "the wish is oft the father to the thought," so it might prove hazardous, as it certainly would be tiresome, to follow their conjectures; instead of doing which, it will be safer to fall in with the general feeling, and assure both that they will meet with a hearty and "right royal welcome." Among the small, though scarcely to be accounted trivial incidents, by which the last few days have been dis tinguished, there are two, in both of which a portion, if not all - the judges of the land, have played a part. One of those has been the formal inauguration of a, Jew Lord Mayor ; .the other the formal admission of a judge to office—the first-named a very singular, the latter a very ordinary, though .a very im portant affair. This last, which took place in the Court of Queen's Bench, when the newly-created judge, Mr. Justice WILLES, presented himself to take the oaths which custom arily precede the admission to office. The oaths were adminis tered by Lord CAMPBELL, Lord Chief Justice of England, between whom and the novice judge a scene occurred which has occasioned no small amount of scandal, and given rise to many a solemn commentary. Among the oaths administered was the oath of abjuration ; and the grey-haired legal veteran observing that his junior brother did not repeat the words of the abjuring obligation, admonished him of his omission. To this the newly-made judge pertly replied, that "he he abjured in his mind, though his lips did not appear to do their office." The mental abjuration, not being in Lord CAMPBELL'S estimation a good legal form of procedure, he insisted on the words being expressed, but added, " the law requires such a farce to take place." Thus encouraged, the more juvenile histrione com plied with the law's requirement, and so the was farce ended. Every day supplies evidence of the reckless disregard with which certain parties look upon the value of an oath, and society has serious reason to complain of such disregard. What, however, is to be thought of the administration and value of oaths, when one judge sitting upon the judgment seat, in the act of administering an oath to a brother judge, which the latter appears unwilling to emit, gravely states that the oath is a farce which, under the circumstances, the law insists upon compliance with. Many people believe that example is better than precept in the inculcation of important social and religious duties ; if so, the example set by some of HER MAJESTY'S judges does not seem very favourable to securing the sanctity of oaths. The advent of a Jewish Lord Mayor is memorable on several accounts, the first being the decided breach which such an appointment makes in the Christian defences of our consti tution; another and less important consideration is the sin gular reception given at the civic banquet to Lord JOITN RUSSELL. In answer to a toast which at the saturnalia coupled his Lordship's name with the House of Commons, he essayed to offer his opinion that the attainment of the office of Lord Mayor by Mr. Alderman SALomoms was a triumph of the cause of civil and religious liberty, of which he (the speaker) had always been an ardent and conspicuous supporter; but the assertion was met by a clamour of derisive cheers and hisses, which made the city representative suddenly resume his seat. His notable dodges in reference to the famous Jewish Disabilities Bill were too fresh in the memory of the Lord Mayor's friends to allow so shallow an artifice to be successful ; his instability of purpose and want of integrity in other public matters deprived him of support from other sections of the guests ; and he was left, forsaken and dispirited, to brave the storm of popular indignation he had drawn upon himself. Every one is now convinced that his unseated colleague must, at the next election, provide himself with a more popular political twin than HER MAJESTY'S ex-plenipotentiary at Vienna, if the City is to be represented in parliament at all. At the same banquet Lord PALMERSTON came out with a speech so full of warlike energy, that the Times of the fol liming morning declares the whole symp os i um t o have been a " warlike demonstration." - I Connected with this bellicose speech, the opinion strongly expressed about it at the clubs is that it was a desperate and not over discreet bidding for popularity. In these nuclei of political conjecture, it is held by all parties that the Ramps, STON Cabinet has arrived at a crisis, from which it will with difficulty and diminished influence, if at all, escape. That So: Ministry, which finds difficulties almost insurmountable la, 1 filling up a vacancy occasioned by the death of a principal officer of state, is in a moribund condition, few can doubt. That such is the condition of the present Cabinet, is a matter of equal certainty. Personally Lord PALMERSTON is pos- , sessed of considerable popularity, which has in a large measure been increased by his conduct of the war during the period he has held the reins of government ; but one man .is not sufficient to sustain the character and credit of ar admi nistration, and his lordship feels the truth of this.. With a desperate resolution to remedy the evil, if - possible, he endeavoured to ally himself with that party, which at his own advent to power be treated with mean dupli city and out-manoeuvred by ungentlemanly shuffling. He offered the colonial seals to Lord STANLEY, as—so it is said — a sort of party compromise to buy off the opposition, if he could not secure the active co-operation of the Conservative section in both Houses of Parliament led by the Earl, of DERBY. In his anxiety to grasp the office of Premier, in February last, he disdained the proffered cc-operation of Lord DEBBY ; within eight little months of that time he has seen the necessity of soliciting the aid of Lord. DERBY'S son,, and has been humiliated by its refusal. The, present conjuncture of affairs with Lord PALMERSTON is evidently a perplexing one; and rumour takes advantage of the opportunity to cir culate all kinds of absurd conjecturea relative to his move ments ; the most recent being, that, foiled in his attempt to secure. Lord STANLEY, and fully satisfied of the futility of ad vancing Mr. FRED. PEEL to the %leant office, he has turned the matter over in his mind, and sees no one now so fit to fill the empty chair as his quondam friend and colleague the Duke of NEWCASTLE. To him accordingly it is said he has turned in ,his extremity, and has placed the Colonial Secretary ship at. t his acceptance. What will be the result of this appli cation is a matter of anxious speculation to many, not the least interested of whom is understood to be Lord PALMERSTON himself, who in some of his wild dreams is said to look upon, Lord Jonrr RUSSELL as his stop-gap and forlorn hope in this affair. If such an idea ever seriously entered his mind, the sibilations with which that " Wandering Jew" of state craft was greeted at the Guildhall on Friday evening must have effectually dispelled it. Other parties beside those referred to affect to see in the begging for colleagues an intention to prepare the public mind for an early dissolution of Parliament. His lordship is without doubt an " artful dodger," although hardly so deep in the mysteries as that would indicate; the least informed on such topics looks upon the solicitation part of the affair as greatly more indicative of a dissolution of the Cabinet than the House of Commons. Apropos of the House of Commons, it appears much more than likely that Sir CHIPLES NAPIER will secure his seat as the happy representative of Southwark. The vigour of his fire and the efficacy of his broadsides have driven his opponent, Mr.-ScovELL, from the field, and to all appearance the " Old,ConfraodoiV will now walk the "c0ur5e,,,, , , , , Prior to !this.,,consummation, and in anticipation of it, lie was on Friday resented with a new hat. The partieS"who thus geno;usly stepped forward to relieve him from the imputa ,,tion of` "'shocking bad hat" are the workmen employed ..Messrs;' CHRISTY, the eminent " Golgotha' manufacturers."'. The hat is not a vulgar " four-and-nine" affair, but a tip-top Admiral's " regulation trowner" mann ,factpred of gauine beaver, and_ bedizzened with the richest gold bullion lace: - It is - entirely comme it faut, and is fitted alike ,tbr'parading upon the . quarter-deck prifor•sviaggerifig iraeatlax, " L gaapyay.'-' --Like-other candidates for popular favour, Sir CHARLES NAPIER has provided himself with a political manifesto, which is got. less singular • for its terse brevity than it is remarkable for the bold 'vigour of that political confessio,iedi which it enunciates. It includes-.-a vigorous prosecution • of war,—vote by ballot,.—the franchise of all ratepayers,short parliaments,—adrainistra five reform, a`c~; remo~aTof the BishOpi from" the House of Lords. A tolerably comprehensive budget, truly ; and one which likely will not be quite exhausted at the termina tion of his Parliamentary campaign, if ever he should be permitted to open it, even though it should extend beyond the - period generally expected for the - land cimise of a veteran " salt." That the minds of great men are occasionally beset by vagaries, is abundantly true; and many well-disposed indi viduals believe this infirmity wisely imposed upon man, "lest," in the language Of "Holy Willie," " - he owre proud and high should turn 'Cause he's sae gifted." In following out such vagaries, which vulyo vocantur aunt "riding hobbies," it has been found that no one rides with such energy and determination as a man who, having obtained some credit by flying with borrowed pinions, is still boldly aggressive to the work. Of this kidney is RICIIA.RD COBDEN t representative of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and political Caleb Quotem ! On various occasions, when the dark-lantern of his wisdom has been withdrawn from the illumination of parliament, its sable radiance and leaden lustre have been thrown upon the path of the outer world. In each of these instances it has revealed something extraordinary. Its virgin splendours lifted the happy owner to a public testimonial, value £80,000; the second application of the " mag . e, lantern" displayed, before the eyes of an astonished world, how the Russian empire might be crumpled up like a sheet of ques tionably brown coloured paper, furnished by the necromancer himself; in its third demonstration, the implement has seemingly been turned upon its owner, and instead of approaching Russia as a trampler-up, it shows him destitute of crushing powers or propensities, and displays him as one of the meekest of mortals. Under the new arrangement of the lamp he has seized the olive branch, and now presents a twig to each of the contending parties: The picture he now shows is one altogether, or nearly, based upon profit and loss. He does not now protest against the war on account of its being war. Even for the sake of bringing about peace he does not crumple up his bullying and acquisitive friend the CZAR, but he rates his countrymen for their unskilful way of making war. The war„ he maintains, is wrong in principle, and more unpopular in fact, On neither of these grounds, however, is his indignation vented. He hates the war, but he hakes its bungling conduct worse. In the war his own precious carcass runs no risk. In paying the cost of it, his• eighty thousand pounds are trenched on. Of the injustice of the war he is quite convinced ; but he would rather see our injusticetrient pliant through able management than baffled, while costing much as to make an inroad on his pecuniary resources. - He had no such compunctious- visitings about useless expenditure when his £BO,OOO were being collected. He never wished , I wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection, unless it could be made to benefit himself. The war experts• . diture affects the value of and the demand for cotton- twist,- andtherefore he condemns, it. He now warns us of thediffil culties to be encountered in opposing the power he could- at one time so easily have crumpledup, and having heated him self into an exaggerated idea of. those difficulties, he- ad visesus to abandon the war as too costly a luxury, which r if it, could only be • got through within brief time and at little cost, he yet could bring himself to patronise and admire. Not seeing his way clearly in that direction, and descending from his moral rostrum, he places prominently before the editees of the Leeds-Mercury, and his readers; the heavy task width must be overcome in " humbliug and reducing to abject terms of peace an empire of sixty millions of people by invading their territory at a distance of 3,000 miles i and thus contend ing with-the passive obstinacy of the most stubborn races: existence, under the greatest possible disadvantage to one selves." In the fearfully protracted panorama of ctifeselt7 and dang,er. which Mr. COI3DEII -now drawe r one consolation at least presents - itself to ordinary men. The estimate he formed of the Russian power and obstinacy seven years age was a sad' mistake, and he offers no better guarantee far - accuracy in this. Both have their foundation in the same ' source, the ignorance and selfish presumpticinof the charlatan:, That difficulties of great magnitude and. number beset the endeavour to limit the aggressive spinit of. Russia, is a prepo sition which has long been felt in western Europe. Nay more;. the knowledge of its truth has operated in a high degree to. check the opposition which otherwise . it would have encoun, tered. Each province addedlo the outstretched and still out- stretching. territory of the Czar, if it has -not absolutely strengthened his position, has at least tended to weaken-Sie means of opposition. Fear has kept many in subjection ton system which, though hating., they could not., cope with, r,nd a knowledge of this fact, together with the reluctance mani-' fested be our rulers to avail themselves .of the means which those dislikes would have. , laced readii.n at their sere:_ce, to weaken and humiliate Rurssin, have concurred in fostering the belief that ministers have never been hearty in their prosecu tion of the war.. A more earnest aspect appears to be settling on affaire. The Allies seem more alive-to the advantage of col lateral aid. They are now t - it is said, endeavouring to secure the new alliances in the north. In this insiszion the Emperor of the French:has taken the initiative, and, it is-understood, with good prospects of success. Gen. CA.)7EO33HW has been despatched to the courts of Copenhagen and Stockholm; ostensibly on a message of ceremony—in reality it is believed to lay the foundation .of an extended alliance which shall lade& the monarchies of Sweden and Denmarkill the emprise , for bring. ing_Russia back to reason and restraining her ambition. The contemplation of Such. a project us this gives an entirely new ' character tothe war. If either of tbnae Scandinavian-powers be come parties to the war against Russia,their safety for the future will compel them toezact obligations from France and Britain to, bear them through whatever consequences may arise from the alliance. From the moment such an alliance is formed—if. formed it ever shall be—all talk about non-aggressive war upon, Russia must cease, as the idle babbling of children. Repress sion, not limitation, must, in that case, be the designation of the struggle. This new alliance plainly means extended objects —a widened Reid of action—increased respensibilities—Ml protracted struggle. On th other hand, it indicates, with up less certainty,fa full attainment of the end in .view--such a limitation of Russian power as will render the Autocrat a safe and quiet neighbour.. While thus,seeking to extend the European, compact on the west and north, it is singular that no overture has-been as yet made to, reconstruct the-Polish empire, as a sharp anductive antagonist to Russia. This, it is understood, would be dangerous to Prussia, and,would in evitably give umbrage to Austria, therefore it must not be thought or spoken of. Surely enough of dawdling has been already conceded to the nicely-poised friendship-of these two respectable neutrals. Time has been lost, treasure squan dered, and blood- poured out like water, to disarm their pre judices- and conciliate their good will. And. what progress has been made in, effecting so costly an, operation.? None ; abso lutely none! If either of them is now more prepared to take part with us than before,, it is not owing to any increased: affection towards us, but has been wrung from them by a process which would hare been more effectual if it had been. sooner applied. The leases inflicted on the Catu have-been more persuasive advocates than our forbearance. In the meantime, the active prosecution of hostilities must perforce be suspended for a space. The elements impel the necessary truce, and for some months to come preparations for future strife are all that can be carried on with hostile aim. Experience has so far been left to do its work in the period which is past, and it has read us so bitter a lesson, that little surely is 'now to be feared on the score of ignorance and , nothing from negligence. Our fleets and armies will beeared for this winter after a fashion very different from the last. That period of the year when a campaign cannot be conducted is generally selected as the time when the less formidable, although sometimes not less dangerous agents of diplomacy are set in motion ; and already the note of preparation for their muster is sounding in different quarters. Let us beware of losing by negotiation what we have won through fire and blood. Already a great blow has been struck at the most dangerous as well as the most vulnerable part of Russia. This is felt all over Europe, and the present time is looked to anxiously by many a beating heart. "Strike," says an able writer in Blackwood,—" we again say ' strike' at the military strength of Russia—strike firmly and unsparingly. With every blow her far-spread influence will ebb back from the face of Europe,—the fetters, not less potent, because moral will fall from many a state,—and each people will have an opportunity of developing its powers and its institutions its own way. That is what we are fighting for. It is at once the Independence of Europe and the Safety of Europe. The two go together _and have their natural result in PEAC E . Peace—not a truce—not a mere breathing-time of arms—a lasting, healthy, righteous peace—a blessing to all, and desired by all, because continued at the expense of none." CONSULAR LAW' AND CONS UL _IR , name we unfortutiately are ignorvit of, will: be suitably re- P BACTICE, _ *warded by his underwriters, thoughit is much to be regretted -- 1 thi4 that the rapacity ofo-the parties: at Pernambuco, into whose 40- - hands a disabled "hip . falls; should cause brave men to run THE CASE OF THE, SHIP MERMAID,. such a risk. A vessel belonging...to this port had the misfor tune some years ago to fallinto their clutches, and a bill was .g ,V• To a country so eminently commercial and nautical as that of run up nearly, if not quite, reaching the whole value of the Zfreat Britain, few matters are more,immedieely important than ship and freight whin, she . arrived home, The fees of the lon al well-defined code of maritime laws, which shall be so simple Sul and agents were something astounding;' the latter having, in their form, and so comprehensive in their principles, as to . if : we remember right, charged on a very valuable cargo 2f per cent. for landing, and a similar rate for reshipping, in ad admit of ready .application under ahnost 'any-'peculiarity of, dition to all expenses. The value of the Mermaid's cargo was . Pllll cii4 "3- e a sib. aboutr tal j o ° u P l ( k haanvdeleri ight be imagined4- -O l f4rer4i l i a ikia -circumstances.— The.fallimportance of this deducible-from the numerous means which have been adopted, P. e Y A large portion of the cargo was on Irish account. 'from time to time, to render those laws of general and ready ! - pplication.— -The-legislature -has been frequently busied in. —i 4 producing enactments to meet new cases—and applying cor rectives where altered circumstances have .rendered the old , regulations burdensome or nugatory. Like the label* of - important subject is never-ending. New _combinations of sir- That there was misconception here, is probable ; but the state of affairs which could gfre - famdation for sucirremarks. providing remedies for existing defects in those laws, -n is truly deplorable, and ought to be forthwith remedied.lvery one will be glad to learn that: the suggestion of_ the Irish journal as to rewarding Captain DEvnv -is being - vigorously Sisynhus, however, the occupation of the lawgiver on this carried out. The court of inquiry to which his case was sub mitted, have, as we stated last week, honourably acquitted him, and pronounced his conduct most praisewbrthy. ' The cumstances are constantly occurring, which call for new legis- ! , committee of Lloyd's have resolved to confer on-him a sub- Wive arrangements. Only last session of parliament, a new ! stantial-tokeh of their approbation ;. he meets wiiiil a similar enactment for the safety of lives and property in course of meed of gratitude and recognition at the hands of the teder transit by sea was passed, and has come into operation. This writers of Liverpool; while those of Glasgow, Cork, and other is the well-known Merchant Shipping Act, which, altheugh places follow their example. __From the very painful and try containing many valuable provisions, is found also to - ccttain lag position in which he was placed by his accidental trip to - some very dangerous, if not exceedingly objectionable ones. Pernambuco, Captain Davar has reaped honour and reward These, and the abuses to which the whole of our consular to himself—has vindicated the character of his noble ship—, regulations are liable, receive forcible illustration in the case of and has justified the reputation of the owners to whom she the ship Mermaid at Pernambuco, on the occasion of her recent belongs. voyage from Melbourne to LiverpOol. The circumstances of that remarkable case have been sufficiently sifted and exposed, to show the dangerous nature of the power conferred on consuls, in the investigation caused by Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, owners of the ship, and made in this town last week, by Captain Robertson, R.N., Inspector General of the Board of Trade, and J. S. Mansfield, Esq., the Stipendiary Magis trate. .~, LIVERPOOL "TOWN COUNCIL. ELECTION OF MAYOR. FRIDAY being the 9th of November, a meeting of the Council was held for the election of Mayor. There was a very numerous attendance. The retiring Mayor (James Aspinall Tobin, Esq.,) who occupied the chair % intimated that the first business which devolved upon_ the Council was to elect a Mayor for the ensuing year. Mr. Alderman J. H. TURNER said he' felt much pleasure in proposing Mr: John Stewart, a gentleman so well known to all the members as to require no eulogy from him. The high character and- sterling moral worth of Mr.- Stewart in an especial degree entitled him to esteem and confidence, and these, combined with his long experience and active business habits, together with the extensive knowledge' of all matters connected with the affairs of the corporation which he pos sessed, rendered him peculiarly fitted for the office. One circumstance connected with Mr. Stewart it wa.¢. impossible to pass over. That was; the' great ability and tact displayed by him in the negotiations for' purchasing the Birkenhead Docks. (Hear). Without offering disparagement to the ' valuable services of others who formed the deputation to London, he (Mr. T.) had no doubt that to the untiring zeal, patient-atten tion, and discrimination of Mr. Stewart—aided, no doubt,. by the high and deserved estimation in which he is personally held—the difficulties by wadi' the project was besei,..the success of the negotiation was - mainly to be attributed. (Hear, hear.) After alluding at Considerable length to the p r o s p ec t of further usefulness to the borough to result from the assi duity and judgment of Mr. Stewart,- heconcluded by proposing that John. Stewart, Esq., be elected Mayor for the borough for the ensuing year. Mr. How= seconded the nomination of Mr. Stewart, and indoing so said he believed it to' be universally felt that the valuable - services rendered to Liverpool by Mr. Stewart con= (erred on-his-election to the office - the character of a duty on thepart of the - council. He could' hope for no happier for tune-for Mr. Stewart, in connexionvith. the office, than that at the conclusion of his mayoralty he - might be able to restore the office - to the gift of the council,. and to retire into private life;. possessing to the same extent the approbation, the esteem, and the good wishes of all;-as-was possessed by the gentleman whawas now retiring ficm-it. The question was-then put and carried with =halation. Mr. STRVA.RT was-introduced by his prdposer and seconder, and having taken the. oaths of office and the chair, said : Gentlemenof the Council, I feel quite at'aloss-to express my self in suitable terms-of aeknowledgment r at the way in which this office has been 'conferred upon me. (Hear) It is to me most gratifying' that eo- numerous and respectable a body of my fellow-townsmen have. thought me worthy to•preside over them, and to act as- chief magistrate of this- important borough. (Hear, hear.) I will not attempt to' ,mike any promises -1 think- it quita unnecessary thatlishould endea vour to tell you what I will do, or how I will discharge my duties. (Hear; Lear.) Yau, lime placed me here; - and lam quite sure thr.t - you would> not have done so,' if you had not believed that Tlwnuld do my utmost to discbargath - those good . 7 : the eoo fpo b if e loi s affii t orene o ea : tv i r y :fitn a i ft ; ye il aot i ht t u y ia, 0. ability . gvu regain, expressed Is,hear.)psaedr all ti rt id tle vio : e r t. ,nh i d l te l asy; t.hbey th samethe honour which you-have 'unanimously conferreri -Upon , me. It will be illy stud: , ;.eertainly, to-merit it. (Head hear:). I feel proud indeed, that in this ray - native town I have • achieved iv t i lle de h i i n gh t d h i i s s ti e n i cl i tofih a ei m ng s l o o v u e tt h b el y m y ed o , n gstiti wor om thy e .. n t , :- t p ha re- t .I feel it difficult to say more ; .and will not atain.you- from the public busine-ss-which will occupy your attention;-further than again to thank you; and to-intimate to you that r in. con formity with the custom.whicb Dis , prevailed, as , l6vecas.l can 'recollect, it is my intention to go' to the parish church.of St.. Peter's next Sunuay morning, art& that I shall lie happy to- be accompanied by as many members-of the Council as sray'do me the honour to ad.6.1.42 - ..'• (Mr. ..to, .-5, opolEo emotion, resumed hiS sent amid land: applause.) That ship on the homeward voyage, in addition to a nume rous- body of passengers, had also on board a very valuable cargo. ; in bulk consisting chiefly of wool, but including gold to the value of £400,000. Shortly after leaving Melbourne, she encountered very rough and stormy weather, which con siderably delayed her progress, and among otherthings revealed the fact that she was leaky. Her commander, Capt. Edward Devey, an officer of great prudence, skill,. and firmness of purpose, on discovering this important fact,. took immediate means for ascertaining the extent and nature of the leak; and from a most careful examination of the ship, and a full consi deration of all the circumstances, he satisfied himself that the leak was in itself trifling in extent, and was not at allcalculated to endanger the vessel: In this judgment he was further con firmed by the fact that c after having encountered a very severe gale, in which the ship , rolled and pitched heavily, subse quently to the discovery of the leakage, this latter was not in the slightest degree augmented. This fortified him in the opinion. he had formed as tothe trivial nature of the leak, and fully assured him of the absolute soundness and complete seaworthisiess of his ship. This•oonviction he also fully estab lished in-Vie minds of his passengers ; the officers and crew seem never to have entertained any doubt about it. Partly in consequence of the delay occasioned by the severe weather she had encountered, and partly caused. by an unexpected mortality among the live stock, it became - desirable to obtain an additionalastock of fowls and other-'fresh provisions, and for the purpose of obtaining these the ship called off Pernam buco. That no-other object was contemplated beyond merely replenishing, is-fully borne out by thoevidence adduced at the investigation; and by the fact that so soonas the captain could get landed he - went direct to the stores from-which such articles could be purchased, seeking no assistance of any kind from any body. The-fact of the leakage, however, washy some means communicated to the consul. That officer, it is but fair to presume, actuated by'anxiety for the lives-of the passengers, and the safety of thevaluable property on beard, deemedit his drty to make inquiry into the condition of the ship, and, hav ing sought an interview with the captaina.represente& the statements which he had-heard, and suggested a survey being made of the ship. To this. proposition the captain, who had. represented to the consul, the entire absence of any ground for apprehension, and confidently relying, from actual knowledge; on - the-seaworthiness of the Mermaid, assented, and the ship was-surveyed. To his surprise, however, the report of those employed in the survey pronounced the ship unfit to -proceed , on her voyage without being brought into port, and thoroughh'- overhauled, of course with.a view to being repaired. - In the - correctness of this report,. and the advantage- of its -recom— mendation, Captain Devey did not concur ; and here that gen tleman and the consul came first into collision. Duty on both sides came-into direct opposition. The cap— tain, still-unshaken in his belief that his ship was quite fit to proceed on her homeward voyage, was unwilling: to incur -the: great responsibilities implied in •the detention of , the vess.l, .and the heavy costs attendant upon that, and on the large charges which in such a port must necessarily arise in effect ing imperfect repairs upon &ship which stood in no immediate need of them ; added to all which he had before- his eyes the large sum which would be exacted by the consuitin the shape of a commission, which he himself fixed at two and a half. per .cent. on the value of the cargo, amounting on the:gold alone which she -carried (£400,000 worth)- to £10,000.) To add to the difficulties of Captain Davey in -the circumstances, he re-- ceived a-notification from the agent for Lloyd's and other societies- of underwriters. at Pernambuco, that this -heavy. per centage • would not be paid by the underwriters.- In these-trying circumstances the consul endeavoured to. persuade Captain Devey to yield, to have hisship lightened,, brought into-port, and repaired.. Against this. arrangement he was memorialized by- his. officers and crew, and by the passengers. on board. Acting on the conviction that the Pernambuco survey was- wrong, and backed by - the expressed, confidence -of his passengers and crew, Captain Devey took the bold resolution of proceeding on his, voyage without deferring to the comae .request ; and in disobedience to, the• latter'S authority he sailed.. By doing so, nedoubt can exist in, any mind that Captain Devey, took upon himself a very unusual weight of responsibility,- which, under most circurnstanees„, success. itself could scarcely have justified. Fortunately for- him the event proved the accuracy - of his judgpient in relation to the goodness; of his ship. He made a rapid voyage from Pernambuco. to Liverpool,, where he landed his passengers safely, and his cargo uninjpred. The ship was immediately put under surrey, and the-A-rifling nature of the leak diecovered, the government emigration officers verifying upon, oath the correctness of Captain Devey's estimate• of his ship's sea-worthiness, More than this,. these officials, as well as. Mr. John Wilson Green, shipwright surveyor to. the Board of Trade„ concurred in the statement that Capt. Devey did exactly as- he- ought to have done in proceedhag ost his voyage ; and that they themselves, if placed lu his posi tion, would have done the same in addition to. ,all which the court of inquiry adopted the;r- views, and intimatsal their opinion that the captain was justified in prosecuting his voyage to England in the Mermaid ; and, so fac.frova being to bl ame i n d o ing so, did all that could.-be reasonably expected from a persca in his responsible- and trying position. So far, than,, as Captain Dewy and the Mermaid are con cerned, alLhas been right and. bas gone ri4t, but how Stands. the case with respect to the working of the law ? The consal was armedavith power, in accordance with, some of the pro.. visions of the Merchant Shipping Act„ to summon a naval. 'court, consisting, it might be, of a British merchant residing_ in the place, the captain of a merchant ship, and himself ;, and if these three were unanimous in the opinion that the safety of the ship or crew, or that the interest-of the owners absolutely demanded it, they might have superseded even so ski3ful and intelligent a commander as. Captain Devey, and have, supplied, his.. place by some parties whose knowledge and general.infor, mation on the subject might have been akin to that possessed by the surveyors who examined the Mermaid at Pernambuco, Surely such a state of matters is one imperatively calling for redress. In the- ease supposed;we have given all parties credit for disinterested zeal and well-meant attention boan,importaut public duty. It is obvious., however, that cases may arise in which the temptation held. out by the prospect of so large an amount of commission astbat which would have accrued to the consul at Pernambuco, in the case referred, to, might prove too much for the integrity of the official. At all events, it is not seemly to place so responsible an officer as the Consular representative of this great mercantile country in a position where distress might yield him a profit, and in which his interests would be brought directly into collision with those whom it should be his duty to protect. The law should be so constructed, that the British Consul at a foreign port may never be necessitated to debate with captains of ships in need of his protecting care, the terms on which that protection shall be afforded ; and, above all, he should be relieved from the odium of attempting to secure payment of those charges upon misfortune, by " extorting bonds of hot tomry on the ships and refusing bills drawn upon the owners." The office of Consul is one which ought to be placed above the reach of circumstances so degrading. Its real intention is one of protection and assistance, not of exaction. What, however, is the necessary and almost inevitable inference to be drawn from some of the painful circumstances which fortune and the law may encumber those officers with ? The misconstruction to which they may be liable is great, and such as no honour able man should be subjected to. The Dublin . Freeman's Journal of the 29th ult. has the following comment on the then undecided case of the " Mermaid," from which it would appear that Pernambuco is a sort of Siren's island, where distressed mariners have, ere now, been allured to their destruction : 3SATOIt'S WINCE.ALIKV On the motion of Mr- HOBNIXT, seseroded by Mit .8 - Ammo. Mira's, it was unanimously resokerk that the c: +£:2,o©O be- paid as an allowance. to the mayor:. THE qtrARTERLT IfEETINGS. On the motion tnapPoint the first-Wednesday intFaraary, the first Wednes(Ly , in May, and..the first Wechiesday in August, as the days-for bolding the quarterly meetings of . the Council, in addition-, to. the 9th of November, Mr. ROBE ECTSON , ; GLADSTONE revived a suegestion, made last-year, as to the propriety of having meetintnere-thani foist times a year, at which members. of the couneilenight trodnee matters trinsidered of impertance or int.-:eat, to the town. At present-the quarterly meetings were sncrowded with business that: it was almost impossible firms a private person to find an opportunity of da:ifur this, evenou-the• days on which the act of parliament gave• them the priiiiege:. Mr. PICT() N also spoke in favour otmore frequent open. days. - The TOWN-CLERK:said the "quarterly. meetingeg werelohe appointed in compliance with the'express-direetichs-ofthe.act of parliament. if more frequent meetings_ were thought necessary, there was nn difficulty in: the way of: their being held; and it was the power of ar.yi five members- of the council to present_ a' requisition to. the - mayor to..convene a special meetincfr and,,upon. his refurali: they .ceuldriconueue a meeting themselves. The resolution then passed. The minutes ofrthe last council, era the proe...E.:fingsca the dock committee, were read and confirmed. Messrs. T. Di:Anderson, Robertson, Gladstone,- anti_ William Mann, whose seats. in the dock committee lied become- vacant by their retirement from the counci4 by rotation,. om the Ist of November, _were unanimously re-elected. members- of that committee. The anntxlLoacers were re-electA,: and-.the -annual direc tions and staniiing orders passed without amenJtuent. The council;adopted unanimously the , recenamendation of the education committee to appoint Mr. ,Jantes- Ellis second master of the south school in the pleeeof Mr. Rigby, resigned, at the salary of £€O per annum ; Mr, John Daltiel, as third Master, in:ll:el:Awe of Mr. James Ellis t at the salary of £5O per annum ; and to increase the salaries of Mr. William Owens from £3O to £4O per annum, and_ Thewss Robin son frem..£l;B4l,s. to £3O per annum... the necessity,of thorozNl review of On OW mcAipan All'G to i lre• Nr :3 lT nt o t Y la - e c c O LtiTee ll s s‘ fir the ensuing year, r..S ch the car.: tortfohn°46°'ssi3 s m :i tri r e ig nii.tt of es tli b : er c itr h P." a gedo- i isi r ti m i e l n ie e d f l ai mittees-wore constituted, and ccmplaincd a the unequal distribution a the work among the members ofAhe council. He woad move • that the appointment the e th co a m t mar-ittspee:miaolf last year appointed l to make such a distribution er the work among the memherssof the council, as they. might think advantageous to the public interest, and to report to Ahe- council on Wednesday. Mr.WOODRINIF sec,ondelthe motion.. After some discussion, Mr„•Sheif's motion was rejected by A, majority of 29 to 23. Thii4nenabers who voted in its falmu• were Messrs. Crosthwaite i Anderson,Woodruff, A. C. Stewart, Sheil, W. Nicholson, Headley,. Hay.dock, Holden, 3lcGintlle,, Godfrey, Holt, Hornby,, Banner, R.. Gladstone, Kitchen, Hod son,. Clint, Beckwith,.' Ajkin, Farnworth, Langsdal,_ and Bennett. Those who voted. against it were Messrs. Mellor, C. Turner, Tyrer, Jarnes.Hohne„ Fernihough, W. P." Jeffreys, Wagstaff, John Lawrence, Fleming, Brancker, J. 13. Lloyd, Tobin, Piston, James Robertson, Gregsou,. Hal head, Preston, Dover, Parker, Robinson, Cooper, J. IL. Tur ner, R. C. Gardner, Bramley-Moore, M.P. ; Totihnin, S. Holme, and the Mayor. , The constitution - of the committees was then proceeded with, and after a. good deal of discussion was. settled as follows : COMALITTERS OF TIM COUNC!.A, Y. Finance.—Hugh Hornby, chairman ; J. A. -Tatin, de puty-chairman„; James Lawrence, John.. Brantley-Moore, James Parker ' John' H. Turner, Joseph Cooper, James Tyrer, Thomas Toulmin,' William Preston, J. C. Fernihough, Sir JOhn Bent, Samuel Holme, Thomas Dover, Samuel M. Mellor, John Buck. Lloyd. 11. Wat-oh, Lighting, Fire Police, antlFire Prevention. — Matthew Gregson, chairman ; James. Johnson, deputy-chair man ; Thos.. D. Anderson, Thos. Godfrey,. Jos. G. Livingston, Hilton Halhead, John Farnworth, J. B. l3rancker, 'John Ni cholson, Oliver Holden, William Nicholson, John Gladstone, jun.,. Walter P. Jeffreys, Thos. Bold, Francis A. Clint, John Alkln, James Robertson, William Mann. , 111. linprovement.—Samuel Holme, chairman ; Williartl Bennett, deputy-chairman; R. C. Gardner, Sir John Bont, Thomas Robinson, J. G. Livingston, Edward Langsdale, Samuel M. Mellor ' James Johnson, John Aikin, James A. Picton, Walter P. Jeffreys, William Earle, James Robertson, Joseph Kitchen. IV. Law Courts.-1. Hayward Turner, chairman ;J. A. Tobin, deputy-chairman ; J. Bramley-Moore, James Alanson Picton, James Parker, J. B. Brancker, Samuel Holme, Wil liam Earle, John Buck Lloyd. V. Markets.—Joseph Cooper, chairman ; John Farnworth, deputy-chairman ; Thomas Wagstaff, James Johnston, Har mood Banner, John 'Woodruff, Walter P. Jeffreys, J. R. 111`Guffie, John Gladstone, jun., Robertson Gladstone, Richard Sheil. VI. Educalion.—Harmood Banner, chairman; T. D. Ander son, deputy-chairman ; R. C. Gardner, Thomas Wagstaff, Richard M. Beckwith, Thomas Fleming, John Gladstone, jun., Walter P. Jeffreys, Alexander Shand, William Nicholson, James Robertson, Bernard. Hall, Daniel Crosthwaite, J. G. Livingston, Edward Bradley. VII. Gaol and House of Correclion.—The Mayor, chair man ; Hugh Hornby, John H. Turner, George Holt; Robert son Gladstone, Sir John Bent, John Nicholson, Oliver Holden, Thomas Godfrey, James Parker, Charles Tsnner, Harraood Banner, Thomas D. Anderson, Samuel Hohne, John B. Lloyd, J. A. Tobin. Vlll.— Town-hall Eslabliah►nent.—The Mayor, chairman ; James Lawrence, J. Bramley-Moore, William Preston, Hugh Hornby, Sir John Bent, Samuel M. Mellor, Thomas Little dale, Samuel Holm, John H. Turner, John B. Lloyd, J. A. Tobin. IX. Health.—Edward Langsdale, chairman, Thomas Dover. The Mermaid, from Melbourne to Liverpool, which put into Pernambuco in a leaky state, has arrived safe at Liverpool, the captain having refused to allow his vessel to be repaired at that port, and brought her home safe. It is to be hoped that the courage and management of the master, whose THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD . -,;, [NOVJMBER 13, 1 deputy-chairman; Richard M. Beckwith, a Fleming, J. A. Tinne, Robertson Gladstone, Thy Hilton Halhead, James Holme, T. L. Hodson, Roger Haydock, John Nicholson, J. R. Crosthwaite, and A. C. Stewart. X. Gardens.—William Preston, chairman; deputy-chairman ; William Bennett, Richard John Woodruff, John Nicholson, Thomas Fit. Shand, Francis A. Clint, and Daniel Crosthwab XI. Church Expenditure.—Harmood Thomas Wagstaff, Walter P. Jeffreys, Arc ) Alexander Shand, William Mann, John Kitchen, and_gdward Bradley. Obsilvalotf:-=.liiiies - Tylrei : , staff, J. Aikin, J. B. Moore, Wm. Bennett, John Gladstone, jun., John R. M'Guffie, John Bernard Hall. XIII. Water.—George Hoit, chairman ; • putt'-chairman ; Edward Langsdale, J. G. Brancker, Hugh Hornbv . ,_ J am es Holme,T. L. Hodson, John Gladstone, jun., Mt Wagstaff, William Earle, and John A. ! XIV. Library and Museum—James William Bennett, George Holt, R. M. Bee' John Woodruff, Thomas Fleming, RobertF Earle, A: C. Stewart, T. 14. Hodson, J. It' rence, and Joseph Kitchen. XV. Hackney Carriage and Licensing , chairman; Wm. Bennett, deputy-chairman; Oliver Holden, Thomas Godfrey, John stone, jun., R. M. Beckwith, and Thoi XVI. Baths Committee. Thomas James Parker, deputy-chairman; R: C. '- J. C. Fernibough, Samuel M. Mellor, Jo Thomas Fleming, and. Walter P. Jeffreys. XVII. Water Bailifs Special Com; chairman; Hugh Hornby, Charles Turner, Thomas Bold, F. A. Clint. Special Gas Committee.—Joseph - Edward Langsdale, Robertson Gladstone, A. C. Stewart, Daniel Crosthwaite, R. 5111 F. A. Clint, Edward Bradley. Spedal Committee on the _Birk( Hornby, the Mayor, William Mann, Wm. Earle, Samuel Holme, T. Bold, Moore, J. B. Lloyd, J. A. Tobin. While the Watch Committee appoi,.. ctsscd, Mr. Clara took an opportunity the allegations in which Mr. Hodse were calculated to do mischief. Mr. of the accusations, and stated that the in the world better managed than that of ilipit )4 ; 'Mr. Woonntrr, at the time for aPPO!itio l4 ' Coach Committee, moved that the coyly° O rd ' • ti° ll upon the Watch Committee ; but this rao 31 to 16. Mr. Woodruff subsequent': new committee' to manage the H - but this also was rejected, and Woodruff as chairman, appointed. After the committees had all bee) communications were read. An ; Town-hall for the - Masonic-ball, 1856, was referred to the Town-bah The Mayor was empowered to affix send a memorial to the Lords of ',- to borrow money, under the Library the purchase of a library site. The r LORD STANL_ErS , COLONIAL SECR. 13, 18 50. Nov : ~kwith, 13. She' i- /4 0( Adstone, Thoslo 4. Hodson, a Ol6 '• Tt LE J. R. ld' 6°9 " Le -GRAP R It a i Emorn, ai R ,,, 5% chairman; - " ° -...x0r ,t ßeiin , Richard,'etti ' , - li . : at the h e i Nr ' l, iT T .e,,,, Pf t iomas Flemng , " .1. of ZnPue I Crosthsvaite. , , R. ~, ' t • Jol 'mood Bantlef,e: , L 10,, T J XCIL Fs, Archibald .a : .ritt-str John Lase r ead e nons na _,--/ Tot r! i ar u ir l f.iiii p re ' , th,O4,A.T, B I 'ruffle, John it' 4 11, , T ,,. e — rai e ß a, 'I, Sit w, the to tin r ; J 33 °P t, al Et at eetm J. G 14fsiugf e sin,ed tha s,lllAlll3.o.l°BecaTitArainnth..eke'piivi,ew.j.ett°6;l., .rtell:pextilri4snthe:9,24iii:Spiit;ptbury Zobertson 6 ra A t , PPed t 1, J. A. W el 6,__ltz T eri a. i 1 ,, I , - "Ne i nt ,,, 113 1100 ensing. - I,P . f.. , fr o '', collisi, irman;ll'``d, eII Val ohu B. gi t it t ' ff 4 rll ,,,, dal nnas Wg'i 114,1, - :a l nay Wapti the Sank It ~ L Gar dneni,:i 4s, of 1, 1 ' 9 or, J°'n Gardner 0 81 11i ' t l' h ilL angt v fret's. I oru,', the E 1, 1 1 31 :lommitiet, o," r eturn 1 urner, Thor th e Tlairs,a I/ Ther o, e44 lii Ritchey The se e e n ' 4 reli (stone, 3 1 0 ecmpor a c Td din R. Shed, , 1., tiou aw i i. G eor - t bt x , kenhead 61, lirige'e-han ( in, BOberr, app r Z' realig e loidy J. ''' P 2 1 8s. fere ° °tll 9. e d• • alba...lts:4 ern , [r.suoi nt Clio lip p . o f_ jo t p i d e rto ii def y , tot4 T,A eeir T t tl yyl,ettf a o n r.r d .tzl sere ica g . il le ° men fir. Ai r. ( .* of 1 ,11 .!,0 8 * I T on I% / thaf,„ 1 Pr lcil [PRon THE Tll2 circumstances co:masted Secretaryship of State to Lord Stal pose rather to indicate than comme When Lord Derby attempted early in the year, it was by Lorda. waethwarted. From Lord Derby' ment it, was made clear that Lord marked; by am apparently strange candour, for which no colourable . offered. Lord Derby left Lord Pal, the impression that the noble viscout. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. S. Herbert, before' an answer from either o; receiatd;-Lord Palmerston wrote 1 Derby, -stating. that he could no arrangement, leaving no other alto than to define also. Let us suppose that among a cc this conduit should be applauded as what are-we-to think of the taste dif in offering: to. the heir of Lord being the leader of the Conservati a distinguished member- of it —one cabinet ? This conduct, too, may clever, but It suggests, at the same has so longbeen-acewstomed to regar' joke, as at l as t to-ix!come fixed in the b of nothing more:. are' e g i ti' Lord Paltnerston's sole title to power at,' -e , s - 11- consists, asoording.too the admission - of 1- 1, -"_; 4t :ple„ f l l, 3 his resolve to ;carry. oat a war policy. La",,,l;a - 4 .1 1 on the war aye • not doubtful. On the - -w'„ lt tr'4ll' expressed hit-sentiments to the subject it t io e declared himself °Named to a war of extre'z, 'pott; r oP and favouralde•to a pacific arran , ement. i t , h "ro r° s ;e: his opinions. have not been. ehan;e d but this point by subsequent events. 'WO I)6';'.l,''j°l,,,ft. the cabinet, he would hav e d one soc , opposed to the. prosecution of that ..war of P''', - r gific we are togs. Lord. Palmerston is bent 0,1. "0 0 .4 0 , - , , What will Lord Palmerston's adherents say l ° ii r‘",,i support the notion: of an earnest resolve 0 11 ', tv4 on the war with.vigortr? Does it countclati IGO 90 th°.0:, , ston has any poliay, or that h e , appear that heis•solely anxious '° s ho t may 1 - le 'd the!, place, without the slightest care of bis cabinet, or how they raaY 3,,r thot at t , 'C ritlOr ej r°n" this aft table. It makes one shudder to re"- lsaaidat9 fate of the nation.is.entrusted to his caf e ow , partY - It may be conceded that among la" w ell. fa t ,,, menston would mot have found a person so _„„, so ati., vacant post as-Lord. Stanley ; yet, is his Pa r r: 3 l . o , s fin 1 j + rapt of talent that he can nowhere in it ' S , t he esse sor - for Sir 'William Molesworth ? Pa' 11 Loki Palmerston!s. plight is a bad o ne; olitio a , ; ( o, stret If:then his-connection by gaining over a ll u p or It e found. himself unable decently to tP what. from, among. his- own supporters. ' e part. think cithis. admission of its deereOblti se t A. , few weeks-back a "canard" ,v: s malteio ?",o'les the effect that a coalition was in progress.bejtt; boffi raehi, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Bright; „ " du .mmies " only to pelt them, or " VS 5 ' L° Daiel' i 'y this sham was- mercilessly cudgelled by its t op , wits- are these. indignant gentlemen so silo, e ,it s , coaLition whieh Lord Palmerston has atternP' ' requesting se. distinguished an advocate of 1 ~ I, Stamertoo join him ? Has Lord Stanieldtk.'', the legislature than Mr. Gladstone or Mr. 1 3 r,'4 4 , The stcry scirculated by the ministerial P l7 4,ib e c Stanley daelina the offer at the suggestion o f o it'dy of course,.a fable. The slightest actinaintan ee ,l o ? ; pendent character of the son, and the -fatber;ecyf would stace-to, negative the supposiEdn. C ° e I' interfere with the- privacy of domeatio.-life ha y o or newspapsh The-course taken by Lord:Stol e .olf no doubt; dictated by principle alone.. t il l We cengratnlate the Conservative party e a n O A Ft stability.end cohesion. Lord Stanle,y ous of serving:the Crown—the poat offered 11 ,001/, the one for which.„by the laborious -study 0 , 1 , fo r has rendered. himself fi t—and it auo•urs. We" gorj . „, career-that he has had strength to_resist t i - le Dr ,9 posal. . Almost at the threshold ofpublit (P` his desires h e ia . oefonhivs m i e c x ti a ons pie w ill to raise the atznalard of public morality araoaf that, after-all, place is not the-highest objee".2.), stat , asman!sasnWtion. The pr.& to which D°' - f tedi longq•is,cleur of all the scandals. and disasterS ° a° e. Years.. It has shown no eagerness for power,,.ej, in opposition. But the eye must be dull, in d c 4t o ,`;;OV d ; not:perceiate„ after the repeated, failures and „ di d Whig body, that it is to thiasparty the coup' n e v eti it:hat , really any desire to escape from the Pe r r t , have.been gathering since the- overthrow of L b ° o,l :xiinistso,tion, and which are still thickening ' not he lOsl• COURT - AND FAVIP u E n li d P ers ßE ta s n B d E h r i7Rl l-E y. ' sl i . , dO tt, hesilth, exercises herself by playing at bailor''' . t ,B re which engages the greater part of her t' r ee i, ,7 l ;4,sY EVE understand bridge will leave town today for p • nrilii:rimpersiess e t u ,s,: ;:o l i r t : Paris, C oil` o Emperor Napoleon. t THE HEALTH ,DO'wl v E OF. THE BISHOP OF 1.4 0. 1, 1° I amend. His lordship is p ro • op ° % progressing, the t ie , recovery. do t tll A conunsrcei-JENT in th p e resse s ag e lief, 60 Sardinia will embark at Genoa, for bllO t , is , l i' November, that he will stay five days • 1 ,.,;,; r tod' : London, and will visit Brussels on 1i l e i ''''f i g e . eo ls ,l o lP; Tits United' Service Gazette says tli„e r Q ;,.. - W. a v ' unaccountablelitch in the appointment . 01 '1 ) .- t, ' ,• It has been approved by her NiajestY , -11 , e P,; announcement in the Gazette is withheld o i a. P I T d .I 7 THE United Service Gazette says tint' , '; - der-P" , bridge has formally signified to the Corn i n - af..; desire to be again employed on active serv',..,.f:c i . o e r ' f' PROBABLE VISIT OF THE S U LTAN T i , g Constantinople correspondent cf the Brit3 or--k ai o d that, the Sultan will very likely visit Great 6d, in the course of the ensuing sp ring. , wifOrci, i ' 'Si ON Monday, last week, the I'4lr l al -1 r Marquis of Tweeddale, was elected without oy s y ? Lor the borough of Totnes, ia the room of I ,oll ` Duke of Somerset. for °l' LIEUT.-GENBRAL FREDERICK W• 13t7LLEN0,#. Coldstream Guards, expired on Thursday rnorgol last general, who had attained the advanced Or ti entered the army as ensign in 170 0 . 9 ri • •ne , LORD Dr:ssEmax Governor-General.from the L .,r1.- is i i i ~,, secretary to the new Cgraort4 the Bengal Cavalry, Captain H. Teerich Fitz_ , ; 00t Royal Artillery, Captain A. Hunt, 3rd Dr7;io A Captain Macdonald, D3rd Higlanders, and CAL, 35th Bengal Native Infantry, will be aicles4' $ lordship. • 111,°' 0 i VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA. TO 1, 0 4 , p . Morning Post of Friday says Victor .1 : 1131 ;t We t p, Sardinia, will arrive in Loudon during the fist t 0,4 to visit her majesty, and we may say, in per& 0 0 .50 +, also the British nation, to whom be offers t l) , c iolveD ance and cordiality while offering it to our 1 , ' ,1 ). co' l f It is no journey incognito, no private steP 1 4, tli e ` j it! ness or mere personal amity, retreating, v fr leO t 10' declining the sympathy of persons in a less 0 a t o o f Tun COCRT. - 0 11 Monday, Lord 13110 01 , 1 1 3 w P. o f deliver the insignia of the Grand Cross 0 ' ••,t e d l IA his father. On Tuesday, Prince Albert Pre- i i , r i t to,, • I I!' of the council of the Duchy of Cornwall. IcereVre, birthday of the Prince of Wales, the u5 11111 ,. 0 11 ry , observed. In the evening there was a ir s- teP e e l ' Majesty's guests have been the Earl of Nve ar cl o , o e , , and Lady Palmerston, Sir Robert and 0 LadY,o4 , , W. Peel R.N. Lieutenant- G ene ral Sir J. I : 4, l)a • C i t, General ' Sir H. Bentinck, the Duchess of ge,J..„, , ,.;: t , Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Hon. Mr5..40,11?„ Couper, the Misses Codrington Col. Han 11 1 !, .•cr, l fili 7 de A` c'ept l Poulett Somerset, Col. Boileau , 'l4l. Aan _ _ A i from Belgium, Madam Van de Weyer. bo lv Torrington, Hackney C°" 53 10 d the old ro ta d. t y it ty, been e.ft) of I applicatioo,, jd 11, on Tlte 3 ;o‘,Z call Establilli affix the c01V.,. f. the Trea; ll . s l c od ibrary an ;yo' ['he Comic% o f RETAR pREsEC ofro ; r with die tanley are' if - I. ment on- 0 18111 ,4 to form 0 000,:il Palmersto n ', 0 1 0 1 V, minute ''''"o,t`*• )rd Palm e tt'd ,AOY, deficiendpa ex pl a natitr F4almerstonte 'omit Wonlaiiso, beet,-wool ° '0 11 ,1 11 .. )f those to l to th e i / : , tti t o' iot eoncar ternnti. , Te t° „ . 1 t, l l eertrin 0 • 07/ as dexter o , displayed/ ti t Db- - %,clr stepsV.:;.hesLtf e of the by ny 4v. be 1a'1, 0 6 1 ,4 ) time ttsw pin Bard j;c4,tlol ' cotli~i, VIP