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

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

THE LAST WEEK OF
pENTON'S CRIMEAN PHOTOGRAPHS.

THE WILL BE
OPEN TO-MORROWEXHIIIiTION (WEDNESDAY),
And until the 31st instant,
WHEN IT WILL FINALLY CLOSE.

ADMISSION.—SIXPENCE ; CHILDREN HALF-PRICE.
Ten till Five and Seven till Nine o'Clock, Daily.
14,,
are just added to the 320 Celebrated Pictures of the War
EVASTopOL IN RUINS,
INTERIOR Ol' THE REDAN,
tSINCE THE CAPTURE.]
T„,,RE IMPERIAL DOCKS, SEVASTOPOL,
"'en by JAMES ROBERTSON, Esq., of Constantinople.

LLD • •
POLICE-COURT ROOM, EXCHANGE.
Brilliantly lighted by Gas,
AT NIGHT, AND IN FOGGY WEATHER.
ItJ. NODDER has great pleasure in
.% announcing that he is now prepared with a
elk twnplete assortment of articles suited to the Season.
since the completion of his New Show Rooms, he has
9"cater facilities and space, and has correspondingly
`),creased his varieties of Bonnet and Hats, of White
Seaver and Felt, and ail other descriptions.
Silk Velvet and Fancy Caps of the newest Fashions.
Ostrich Feathers, Ribbons, 6.c., 13. c.
11, Church street.

IV- NEW YEAR'S DAY.
E beg respectfully to inform our Priends,'ilmt
t, our place of business will be CLOSED for the day, on
me next, January Ist, in accordance with our custom for
- Years past.
Iv PIIILLIPS AND SON,
•ERPOOL CLOTH ESTABLISHMENT,
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99, LOWD-SVREET, AND 5, WHITEVDAPEL.
44 The Price of THE LIVERPOOL 'ST'ANDARD
°4ll 3n ftittre be TWOPENCE-IIitIr.PENNY.
After :this week the SUPPIZIOLVT will be
,dikontintea.

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THE
ibcrpoot.

'TUESDAY, DECE3I73BIe 25, 1855

TERMS OF ?'FACE.

11.12 tit many rumours raieh l 4 -e been afloat dating.
e last few weeks ,of mecrotiations for the renewal of

tferences to arrange for terms of peace, though
41butable in some aogree!to the desire to gratify:
e Public anxiety ler news in the absence fof :any
dike movements, laN,-e. neflaeen altogether viithotit-
The last amount states that Mince
'Ttituazy, some' imelintibassador from Axistrin
Court of St. Itetersburg, left Vienna on Sunday
!ek for the nutian •-c4iiital, at which Ile was ita-
ned to arrive Sutidhy last ; and, according tbithe
Ltement of the 31orizittg Post, he was Mae lbearer.of
e followingktEginct propositions :
t First—The Liberation of the Bic Seu !bys*he

mon from its waters of all - ships-rd,war 11
ries mid ill • aenorEnations, with the ,comiiiete
t fling 'Of •all rfoftlications of whatecrer !BIM on
Coast ,of ttlke-sea and within its limhs.
4,0 fieeevnil—:The ,reeeption of eonsrals of %villtdever
‘3°llB may ZeSire- to (establish eongaketes,lnAll the
,Cti 8 of tilat-sm,:in•oraer to see that the farmer (con-
, (1118 he faithfUllf-fdlfilled.
Thira-.2The cession by Russia of suelrpOitions of

e%rabia as .embrace the mouths of theMamilite, so
t° Place the -nairigation of the lower .part' Of that
:ft' *ace more wider the exclusive asithority,of the

Porerth-LThe -surrender by Russia Of:illc-tilaim of
tihazity in the'Damibian Principalities.
If these terms The accepted within :a reasonable
le, then the 'Austrian Government -proposes an
'tiblaltiee, and -negotiations for a permanent peace ;
tikti if these terms be-not accepted within-a-reasonable
which is talchlated at about a month:;• from the
ent date, then/Anstria will withdraw'her Ambas-
L'or from'-St. 'Petersburg, and unite her. 'arms with
'ler, of the Iffesbern_-Allies."
'ar cent mporar3fTurther states thatno- opportunity
Ctorded for. any -exercise of diplomatic ingenuity, so
to proVide-acloctiliele for the subsequenteevasions
the terms,inasmubh as the instructious, of Are ple-
Lktentiary are to'.(lemand a distinct affirmative or
iTaLive to the propelitions, and that 'in ihe,event of
refusal Austria' intends to withdraw her ambassador
°lll St. PeterSburg. It has been arguett,by some
,tars on the ,subject,-that Austria is now:less indis-
1, • to enter • into -,.active co-operation Villa the
extern Powers, `because Russia, having been com-
I eci, to withdraw -most of her troops from the
kediate neighboni,hood of Austria, she lhasiless to
from RusSianihostility, and, at the samelitoe, the
1111tior German ,states ,are now more inclined 'towards
trian po'Bey-than that of Prussia. We -am tlis-
'led, however, to doubt this view of the case,anit to
!ike no reliance whatever on any implied Intentions
t
the AnstriantAGovernment. Even admitting the
katement of the iforviigg Post to be correct vaith
reference to the •subjeet-matter of the propositions
'aveyed by Prince 'ESTERTIAZY to the liwAism
;evernment, the Alternative of their rejection is ,of
doubtful construction, by no means warranting;
re inference of any .activoes-operation. At the pro-
conferences, Austria promised to deliberate on
course she would pursu
I) e,supposing the four pdints
;
.c'llosed at Vienna, the!basie of negotiation, should
Russia, ;and all-the result of her delibe
434 was a military -I,
pat, ejected by
occupation of Moldavia and.
akiachia and a persistence in-a questionable nentra-
of %Tow, all that Austria promises is the -withdrawal
kh;lor Ambassador from St. Petersburg, a measure
ellitthough sometimes construed into a declaration
:at, ;is not necessarily AO, ;nor :is it likely to be in
cl))2eaent case. It may be true:also that the smaller
C7kau.states are more inclined to side with Austrian
WithtPrussian policy ; but all the obligation they
4: filer isito take the side of Austria in the event of
(itt being -attacked by Russia, which, ;ander existing
14111asitstnees, is not very probable—an obligation
ell eh by no means implies or would be construed into
tiitkisistanee .of Elie latter Power in any offensive mea-
hes against the common enemy.
hl.l"ere can be no doubt of the anxiety of Austria to
about a settlement of the momentous question,
eOa to claim all the credit of being the mediator in a
,itest which threatens such serious mischief to Rus-
mli It may also be admitted that the propositions
we have detailed above, supposing them to be
ki7eded by Russia, might also be acceptable to the
..
Powers, inasmuch as the main object of the war
obt,
4,17 be accomplished by the total suppression of the
(1%4 Power of Russia in the Black Sea, and the free-
°fe the navigation of the Danube, through the
411L1!)11 by Russia of such portions of Bessarabia as
'ace the mouths of that river. These points would
tb ctoUbt be satisfactory ; but it is hardly probable
lox Russia is as yet prepared to so far forego her
elellerished policy as to surrender so much. It is
eta said that Prince GORTSCHAKOFF has been in-
frtileted to propose the exclusion of all vessels of war
The Black Sea, excepting those of Russia and
kthtii-vY, the strength of the several armaments to be
eAehtad between those two governments. Should
10 a Proposition be seriously made, it will only serve
(:%).'l2Nv that Russia has not been sufficiently ciently beaten to
htl,rebend her pew position, and the war must con-
until she is in a better frame of mind. The
11144. e would certainly not be justified in taking less
the ter
Ins proposed, and should even these be

conceded, they might very properly refuse to treat
unless they came as proposals direct from St. Peters-
burg without the intervention of the Austrian Govern-
ment. The latter Power has done nothing to earn the
honour of being a mediator, and should be treated as
Prussia was at the previous conferences, by being ex-
cluded. It is far better to deal with an open enemy
than with an equivocal friend ; and now that we have
in some measure the staff in our hands by the destruc-
tion of Sebastopol, and a safe footing in the Crimea, to
be taken advantage of in the next campaign, the time
cannot be far distant when Rssia will be compelled to
grant all that she is now civilly asked to surrender.