The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-25 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL ART-UNION.

SUBSCRIPTIONS received by the Members of the Committee,
and at the Exhibition-rooms, Old Postoffice-place.
The DRAWING will take place on the Ist January.
HENRY TOMLINSON, Secretary.

NOTICE.

JENNY LIND CONCERTS.

TIIE PLANS are now open for the remaining
Stall and Gallery Places, at the Exchange of the PHILHAR-
MONIC SOCIETY, Exchange-court, -street East, be-
tween the Hours of Ten and Four o'clock.
HENRY SUDLOW, Secretary.

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
THE LAST WEEK OF
pENTON'S CRIMEAN PHOTOGRAPHS.

THE WILL BE
OPEN TO-MORROWEXHIBiTION (WEDNESDAY),

And until the 3lsi instant,
WHEN IT WILL FINALLY CLOSE.

ADMISSION.—SIXPENCE ; CHILDREN HALF-PRICE.
Ten till till Nine o'Clock, Dail.
There are just added Five, toand the Seven
320 Celebrated Pictures of the War
SEVASTOPOL IN RUINS,
INTERIOR OP THE REDAN,
[SINCE THE CAPTURE.]
THE IMPERIAL DOCKS, SEVASTOPOL,
Taken by JAMES ROBERTSON, Esq., of Constantinople.

OLD POLICE-COURT ROOM, EXCHANGE.
Brilliantly lighted by Gas,
AT NIGHT, AND IN FOGGY WEATHER.

J. NODDER has great pleasure in
-ILL• announcing that he is now prepared with a
very complete assortment of articles suited to the Season.
Since the completion of his New Show Rooms, he has
greater facilities and space, and has correspondingly
increased his varieties of Bonnets and Hats, of TVhile
Beaver and Felt, and ail other descriptions.
Silk Velvet and Fancy Caps of the newest Fashions.
Ostrich Feathers, Ribbons, .5-c., arc.

81, Church street.
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
WE beg respectfully to inform our Frientlsjltat
our place of business will be CLOSED for the day, on
TUESDAY next, January let, in accordance with our custom for
SOME years past.
13 SON,
LIVERPOOL 11
CLOILLIPSTH A
ENSD TABLISHMENT,
99, LOKD-STREET, AND 5, WHITRCHATEL.

*** The ?Hoe of THE LIVERPOOL ,STICSDARD
will 'in More be TWOPENCE-HAI/I/PENNY.
—After this week the SUZPLE3II24T will be
'discontinued.

THE

Xtberpoot Ipteinbarb,

TUESDAY, RECEMBVie 25, 1855

TERMS OF PEACE.

Viol many rumours whieh Itta<ve been afloat during
the last few weeks of megotiatimis for the renewal
conferences to arrange 'for 'terms of peace, though_
attributable in some ,degree ,to the desire to gratify
'the public anxiety or news -in the absence 'of :any
Warlike movements., have not'been altogether without
foundation. The laSt account states that Prince
tSTERHAZY, some time AlAassador from knstria
the Court of St. ltdtersbtrg, left Vienna on Sunday
week for the Rusiian :taiiital, at which be was • ex-,
petted to arrive (on Sundaylast ; and, aceorifing to` the
statement of the Post, he was the bearer, of,
the following distinetpropositions

" First—ile liberation of the Black :Sea ;by tthe
, xclusion from its waters of all ships-of-war ,of -411
untries and all ,kleuothinations, with the •comPltte
, .
mantling ,of all foitifications of whatever kinebion
the coast of the -sea atibwithin its limits.
" Seconcl--:The 'reception of consuls ,Of .Whattver
nations may ,degire 'to- establish consulates, in alk the
Ports of that•sea,in eider to see that the !former-eoa-
ditions be faithfUllyfitlElled.

" Third—Theices4cu 'by Russia of swill:portions 'of
13essarabia 'as enihretee the mouths of the Danitho, so
as to place the -navigation of the lower 'izcert ofliaat
liver once more wider the exclusive autlority 4f the
Nrte.

" Fourtla•Th-e surraider by Russia 'or ill,elaina of
authority in'the'Damil3ian Principalities.

" If these t erms,7 he accepted whin a Treasonable
thne, then the Austrian Government 'proposes an
armistice, and •negotiations for a permanent }tee;
hat if these terms be-not accepted with in-a reasonable
tune, which is calculated at about a month 'from the
Present date, 'then Austria will withdrow'her -‘anihas-
%dor from :St.TPeteriburg, and unite her :arms-A.6th
those of the IWesternAllies."
Our contemporary further states that no opportudity
is afforded for any exercise of diplomatic ingennity,:so
to providealooftholle for the subsequent ,evasions
Of the terms, inasmneh as the instructions of • the lie-
111Potentiary are to :demand a distinct affirmative er
negative to the'proporitions, and that in the ,event<of
a refusal Austria ;intends to withdraw her:anibassador
front St. PeterSburg. It has been argued 'by,-some
writers on the ,subject,-that Austria is now `less'
ixiillis-
Posed to enter into ,active co-operation 'with the
Western Powers, 7:beeanse Russia, having leen 'coin-
Delled to withdraw most of her troops 'from ;the
immediate neighbourhood of'Austria, she has iless-to
fear from Rusita* n hostility, and, at the sometime, the
illinor German states.are now more inclined towards:
Austrian policy than 'that of Prussia. We are Ails-.
l'?sed, however, to doubt!This view of the ease, and
Place no reliance whatever on any implied intentions
`-of the Austrian Government. Even admitting the
'4tateraent of the Jtiorni!ag Post to be craved :with
'teference to the :subject-matter of the propoSitions
ouveyed by Prince ESTIMIAZY to the Russian
'4oVernment, the alternative of their rejection is ,of
l'ery .doubtful construction; bY no means warranting
,etive:oceeperation. At the pm_
the,inference of any
dons ,conferences, Austria promised to deliberate tai.
16 course she would pursue„supposing the four poiut,6
1/I,osed at Vienna, as the 'basis-et negotiation, should
''reject,ed by Russia, and all the result of her delibe-
-44,...i0n No a military occupation of Moldavia and
iNlaehia, and a persistence in acq,aestionable neutra-
-ItY-. Nu,y,2.11 that Austria promises is the withdrawal
°F her Anibassador from St. Peteraburg, a measure
which,thongh sometimes construed.:into a declaration
°r war, is necessarily so, nor -is it likely to be in
the
~,, Present:case. It may be true alsoithat the smaller
erman states are more inclined to side with Austrian
t'bl
hall with Prussian policy ; but all the obligation they
b% under is toitake the side of Austria lathe event of
,r being attached by Russia, which, under existing
4teunastanees,, is not very probable—an .obligation
:hick by no means -implies or would be construed into
;41 assistance of the 'latter Power in any offmnive mea-
tires against the common enemy.
I There can be no doubt of the anxiety of Austria to
:ing about a settlement of the momentous question,
tlio claim all the credit of being the mediator in a
,11
litest which threatens such serious mischief to itus-
-1:4-• it may also be admitted that the propositions
"101 we have detailed above, supposing them to he
-(4leeded by Russia, might also be acceptable to the
114
ed Powers, inasmuch as the main object of the war
11
1d be accomplished by the total suppression of the
qoVal Power of Russia in the Black Sea, and the free-
:l of the navigation of the Danube, through the
elll brace
by Russia of such portions of Bessarabia as
14'ate the mouths of that river. These points would
tb.‘ doubt be satisfactory ; but it is hardly probable
107 t Russia is as yet prepared to so far forego her
etA!'eherished policy as to surrender so much. It is
4'4 said that Prince GORTSCHAKOFF has been in-
to propose the exclusion of all vessels of war
the Black Sea, excepting those of Russia and
key, the strength of the several armaments to be
h
41c `.`nged between those two governments. Should
tv e_ a proposition be seriously made, it will only serve
NI:10‘v that Russia has not been sufficiently beaten to
tiherellend her new position, and the war must con-
kilie until she is in a better frame of mind. The
tilanes would certainly not be justified in taking less
,
terms proposed, and should even these be