The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

IV AR INDEX-NIT Y.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Stu,—Hull has set us a worthy example, an example that
I hope Liverpool will not be unwilling promptly to follow,
along with other large and influential communities throughout
the country. She has addressed the Throne, praying the mo-
narch to draw the attention of her ministers to the necessity
of exacting an indemnity from Russia for the expenses of an
aggressive and unprovoked war. This is as it should be. It
is a bold but a proper and righteous course to take, and, if
carried out, will be the most potent prevention of another
recurrence of war, for a couple of generations at least ; for
where the sinews of war are wanting, we can have few better
preservatives of tranquillity ; and such an exaction would
require no ordinary time for her exhausted empire to meet,
poi passu with her requirements to re-establish a normal
state of things at home. That she would kick at such a stipu-
lation we can well conceive, but without referring to the first
Napoleon, we have Russia herself, as a justifying example for
such a course, in her cruel pecuniary exactions both from Turkey
and Persia, after plundering those empires of territory, which
plunder I do hope she may shortly be compelled to disgorge.
This indemnity, therefore, is no novelty, now, for a first time,
to be attempted, but a systematised practice, pursued by her-
self, after scandalous robbery of weaker states. Surely our
own Liverpool community will lose no time in following the
glorious example of Hull. It is our duty to strengthen the
hands of the Ministers of the day, (whoever they may be, who
will have to negotiate the terms of peace,) against the petty
batteries of the "Peace at any price" party, who might per-
chance suppose such a stipulation to interpose an obstacle to
an arrangement. Nor would it be either supererogatory or
gratuitous to introduce a further request, that Austrian and
Prussian interference might not only be dispensed with, but
repudiated if attempted ; an interference from which we have
nothing to gain, but everything to fear, My opinion is, that
the more we cease to cultivate either of those two scandalous,
shuffling, and cowardly powers, the sooner shall we arrive at a
satisfactory ultimatum, and on sounder bases too. The time
is at hand when the various factions and parties will be
arranged against the government in the House of Commons,
and the country will do well to encourage any latent feeling
of the minister to propose an indemnity for our expenses, but
which the fear of those various and varying opposing parties
might prevent his attempting, except he be supported by
opinion out of the house.
There is scarcely one of the English press innocent of the
crime of pandering to the vanity and hopes of Russia, by
leading articles full of anxiety for peace, and by magnifying the'
courage, resources, and greatness of the enemy, a course antago-
nistic to the result desired. If we are to have a satisfactory
and a speedy return to peace, we must rise in our demands.
We show too much anxiety for it, ever' to realise it in a form
in which alone it ought to be made. Indemnity for the past,
must be a sine qua non; security for'the future equally so, or
there ought to be no peace with Russia: The four points
must be blown to the four winds. The-impertinence of Aus-
tria meet be put a stop to ; the enemy told that any propo-
sitions he has to submit must be direct to. the three allied
powers, without the intervention of any party. With those
he does battle with—with those alone he must treat. We
must away with all these vaticinations, and this• eternal din
and uneasiness• for peace; they must be buried. beneath a
bolder English. front ; the Gallic cock must be- spurred, and
the English bull,dog let loose, before the enemy will believe
we are in earnest ta conquer peace, and not to.sue for it De-
pend upon it, Russia's game of war is all but played out, Her
present implacability is assumed only to obtain better
terms. Secrecy has• ever been her policy. Few foreign intru-
ders into her territory leave it with any reliable information
as to the true state-of its policy, economy, and resources for
protracted war. She-has sagacity to impress strangers-with a
belief in her overwholthing greatness and invincibility:. But
where are the proofs,?: We saw them not on the banks of the•
Danube, when opposed; tO, the supposed effete Tacks:- We
found them not on thvbanks of the Alma. They aro-both a
sham, as is everything= Russian—except extent of territory,
profundity in diplomacy; and insolent aggression, to alhvhich•
an end must and will be put if the united allies use than:sans•
and avail themselves of the opportunity which, to my thinking,.
Providence has institutcd'the'present crisis for accomplishing.
Breathes there a man cut-of ignoble Greece, (save one-little-
nn+Fiseish, brainless booby whoa endeavoured to sell 4 his
country's interests at Vienna,. to preserve intact whaV
ttaitocewsiy called "the honour. of Russia") breathes there, I
repeat,. a man who desires notto•seeßnssia split up into prin-
cipalities and small harmlets states F If there be such an one,
he is-an enemy to peace, and; consevently, to humanity.
T.. 3 leave her empire as, now' will be to leave her to renew,
the -traditional 'policy of uniiersal empire so soon as another.
Ozar awark another generation shalt arise ignorant of her,
present &hats and prostration. -
' Butita my zeal, lam wanelering from the object of my intim,'
fshin,-whieli was to hope that some'influential townsmen will
'call a meeting to second the Hull address to Her Majesty, fors.
'requiring an indemnity for the-expenses a the war ; a punieh.
,sent that will most contribeteeto keep the Russian eagle's
wings frees expanding for a future flight for foreign conquest—
Ldsfof Man,. Jan. 9,1866. BROOKVALE..

AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD..

5in,,,7-In your publication of Tuesday last, you have an-.
article entitled "Australian Emigration from Liverpool,"ln.
which you are strangely wrong in some of your statements.-
abrinstause, you say the " Red ;racket" made the quickest.t
:.ipizssage-os2, record from Liverpool' to Australia. Such is,
inot the fast—the quickest passage- on record having been,
iaccomplishad by our ship " James -Baines," in 63i days, or one:
iweek less, time than the above: vessel. Our clipper ship,
,1"-Lightning" made the passage -home from Melbourne in 63 ;
days,.being six days less than any other ship afloat ; and the
lquickest voyage on record to, and; from Australia, was also
:made by the" Lightning," in &Ye:months and eight days..

The largest and most valuable.carg,o, ever conveyed to .&,Is-
,tralia in,one ship, was by the " Sovereign of the Seas," when
she sailed under the " Black Bar flag, on the 7th September,
,1858.

The •greatest number of passengers ever carried in one ship, .
to and from Australia, has been; by our famous " Marco Palo"`
—four thousand seven hundred and eighty souls in three
years.—The Emigration Statistieslor 1855, will show thatout.
of 1503 a. passengers who sailed. from Liverpool, the "Block.
Ball" Line conveyed 9,324, being considerably more than .one--
half the- entire emigration, from Liverpool, and nearly three.
times as many as any otherldne in, England.
Wewrite this in justice to our ships and their commanders,.
:and,the facts will speak for-themselves.—We are, Sir; .yours„
;resPeotfally, JAME-S BAINES Amato,:
liiverpool, Jan. 10, 1859:,...

ZWPORT.ANT TO4 THE MERCANTIJ
AND SHIB-RkNeg INTEREST'_

DROIMS-,OF ADMIRALTY.

0931BESPONDENCE B)3•INVERN MESSRS. J. ERINICaY7M.DOBB
AND CO. AltD, Tar BOARD OF TRARB..
DECISIO,I* OF THE 80A,R,0,

Liverpool, Decemher,.lo, 11356.
MY LORD,—We begzto call the attention of Ilex. Majesty's
Government to the following case:—
The shin " Pied-new' arrived iu the Mersey on;the 4.th iasst.,
and let go her anehor,, about 7 p.m., and. on checking_
the chain parted.
The master hull on board, at the time, boatmen from the
shore, and agreed,with them to lift and restore the chain and
cable for the =mot £16.,

The chain oreskted in due course, when the men went to
inform the master that they were not permitted to deliver the
same without an order from the receiver of droits ; and, to ob-
tain this oraer, the master was compelled; to pay a deposit of
£l6, and aos. fees.
Being anxious for the ship not to incur any penalties, by a
refusal to, comply with the demand of the receiver of droits,
we paid the-money on behalf of the vessel. At the same time,
we cannot find, in 17 and 18 Vic., cap. 104, any warrant for
such a demand.

Thic officals becoming such a nuhance, and the exactions on
shipping so heavy, that we deem it our duty to bring this
muter the notice of Her Majesty's. G,overnment, and ask if the
claim be a legal one; and, if not, toclaim protection from such
impositions by the interference, of your Honourable Board.—
We are, your Lordship's very obedient humble servants,
( Signed) J. BIZA.3ILET-MOORE AND CO.
The Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley,
President of the Board of Trade, &c.

Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Marine Department, 17th December, 1855.
GENTLEMEN,--I am directed by the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 10th instant, relative to an anchor and chain cable
slipped from the ship " Pied-nez," and the conduct of the
receiver of wreck with regard to its delivery to the owners ;
and in transmitting to you the accompanying copy of a letter
from Mr. H. C. Chapman, in reply to your complaint, I am to
observe that the case appears to my Lords to assume a different
complexion under the circumstances, as stated by the receiver ;
and they are desirous, before coming to any decision, to be
favoured with any further observations you may wish to offer
on the receiver's statements.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
T. H. FAUBER

Messrs. Bramley-Moore and Co, Liverpool.

(Copy.) Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1855.
SIR,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 12th (9439), requesting me to report on the case
stated in the enclosed copy of letter from Messrs. Bramley-
Moore and Co. _

The facts are as follows :
On the Bth inst., William Christian, of Kitchen-street, " re-
ported an anchor, 21 cwt., and 7 or 8 fathoms chain, picked
up near the Rock, now lying in Prince's Basin."
In the afternoon, a person representing himself to be the
Master of the "Pied-nez" appeared to claim the property, and