The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-12 00:00:00

\char'c°ce of Jacob, and holding out the hand of Esau.
of „Pi 3 like these were never made against the Duke
thely_ellington, and those who served
with and under
They could not be alleged: the Whigs did
rut; because they dared not, say them. Such transpa-
thle falsehoods would have defeated their own end ;
‘l,o_°,Ye'l of the gullible and much misguided people
this ``,e have been opened by such glaring absurdity as
We leave it to that people now to say what
amountote of fraud and folly, of base servility to courtly
shat of subservience to anti-English factions—
de depth. of falsehood,. what extremity of political
tegraatLiatinn and moral turpitude—it would be unjust
ate to the ministers of Queen Victoria, the
lover'b
eaves 8
of of liberty, the friends of the people, the advo-
theo nt
,truth, the tried supporters and reformers of
yish constitution !
16171.4 the flood tide of popular opinion rose. against
Nli' 4 ministry in the autumn of 1830, and not
ritiieB,wept before it the impediments which haggard
ald f
had thrown into its channel to obstruct its natural
e
it, e course, but bid fair for a while to break down
trillhiriettlieinnattlzkins and involve everything around it in-
ruin and confusion. And shall public
who ha`, not raise its angry waters now against men
sNpa„ve emPloyld worse means to compass infinitely
r Shall we tear down a noble ruin,
th:tem nth all the sacredness of national antiquity,
illay have broader windows and a clearer sun-
!' itery°nin-L And shall we sit patiently by, and observe the
hands that levelled with the dust that consecrated
ttruttLalling in its place a huge, unsightly, ill-con-
• 'the,: heoP—shapeless and purposeless, except for
of fraud and villainy, to be the abode of
Zand robbers ?
Owe, Rho struck the lion down,—shall we
4rthe Wolf homage ? Preferring lowly gaze
For l: ervile knees to tyrants ? Prove before ye praise !"
tthey4Y should the people of England, so exasperated
!Pakt beso patient now ? Is it because treachery
the en ?—because pretended virtue mitigates
ete°"ltY of. detected vice ?—because the loudness
of pr
Perfo:i°ll compensates for the utter destitution of
theheaatice ?—because hope deferred never maketh
Doiatetin Sick,?—nor promises broken, hopes disap-
ntellthe and faith perjured,. exasperate wrath, and
tilevia tUmult of the troubled soul ? If these be
tiO4 "41' circumstances, mild must be the indign a-
the 414 most dove-like the dispositions, with which
ik;le of England will regard the wretched Whigs
l'ote:ther deceivers of the people, their days are de-
hitt to field-preaching, their nights occupied in rob-
'oll' eilli;relles; and the piety of their fanatical dis-
tiete' given as evidence to character, when con-
-Ikt the bar of public justice for heinous sacrilege.
hilal2Y rnan reflect upon the crisis of 1830,l et
telierh eMber the charges of political corruptcorruptionn
doelaiming patriots against the tory ministry,
and h:e,t him think on the Greys, and the Mintos,
Ott dunketts.—let the army list and the navy list,
evetl—ttell of judges and the bench of bishops,—let
hePoi *here room for jobbing existed, or could
kittiall•od '"e; e contrived,—let the whole history of whig
IvithLth4tration be remembered, and set in contrast
The-lt Quixotic exclamation of honest Lord Althorp,
Pe
ilaYB of Patronage are numbered." If the peo-
bee:.e 1-'ngland are not exasperated now, it must be
Public honesty has been so scouted by the
that that men are sceptical of its very existence : or

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e namenameReortner' hallows this corruption,
gut end Chastisement cloth therefore hide his head."
the eh;People of England does not' slumber in this,
1111t1,1, °f 1839. Public indignation is not loud,
-1). A whip clamour makes a great noise.
ttY .
exiting kettle-drummer echoes it on his drum
artl,:.S. 'Meetings are held, and advertised. Pla-
tort ate" 'Meetings
and every dishonest expedient re-
4pproht°, for magnifying the liberal demonstration.
pea,efigiate to such an outcry was the saying of the
th) 41 Quaker to the braggart drummer—" Friend,
ettlAty44l i,a type of thee : it soundeth because it is
tattlp It is not the nature of conservatism to be
444 ` and uproarious. Conservatism in Devonshire
Ilkiiirti77°l as the grave,—but Mr. Buck had his 480.
%tit-
silent,—but the silence of Oxford was elo-
ItYtahi,, Prevent Mr. Erlrs elevation to the bench.
ill silent,—but Campbell of Craigie will know
tite' e
tilne,' that conservative Ayrshire has been busy
they talk courts. Let that dissolution .that-
: at the Reform Club really take place, and,
nieretohrd Howick in Northumberland to paltry Pal-
-44441 popular constituency at Tiverton, the
takeii 8 Will learn that conservative silence must not be
tilat i 8 for
consent in whiggery. There is many a voice
1041401,°t11Y heard in sighs over the disgrace of our
14 h country, or in prayers for her deliverance
°tit el:Present disgraceful bondage,—that will speak
Peril th-1.1 and loudly enough, when the liberals shall
Ocelionei: existence upon the sorry chances of a new
Ltt th
hi, :ern look about them. To your tents, 0 Israel!
kaih7:!,°hred that Lord John had fixed upon St.
144 ICue'B as his ministerial Zoar. But the sun was
\Ve 'upon Johnny when he entered his Zoar !
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11"
411 t honestly say we wish any better fortune
k pittLl,at numberless host of whit, and radical, and
htti, atPirEttits who.are standing outside the palace-
Pitt,:dlvaithig for such Morsels as the Favourite is
'lOl4 t° throw them. We tell these gentlemen,
,1
t6eirwith all sincerity, that the sooner they secure
little tires the better for themselves. They have but
Oltrie now to lose. With this advice, and with
"rally nest (left-handed) benediction, we most cor-
°Rl them farewell.

th
titigt e Present period, when war in the east is a con-
eo?rnot only possible but extremely probable, it is
InlPortance that we should be able to form a
`ttist,„• eatintate of the actual state and position of
I)sive-' hi reference to our Indian possessions and the
%Ile Lt 3 ja alliance with us, and of the facilities which
of '-'44el3es for carrying her long-cherished schemes
ndisement into execution.
tht ellbizidividual existing has thrown more light upon
410 b:iect of Russian aggressions than Mr. Urquhart,
4140i-44 itirnished us, in his various publications, with
NeteretY of statistical details of the most startling ch a-
ill 01, tending to illustrate the grasping policy pursued
successive emperors of that country. Of these
ails w
shall frequently have occasion to avail our-
tow 'hile we shall endeavour to rouse our country-
'4l ird,,a "Ilse of the dangers with which the commer-
]p
0-4eBtB of Great Britain are surrounded.
the va:cler that our readers may the better appreciate
territorial acquisitions which Russia has made,
ltketh cession of wholesale robberies, we shall lay be-
1, peromparative view of her population and
'lt „ Reaj
periods of her existence as a formida-
SliZre the time of Peter the First Russia was an in-
-IPower. At his accession, in 1689, the po-
S,00(;11 nf (;11 nfthe whole of the Muscovite empire was
It is and this was spread over a large surface.
7sl, the t° be taken into consideration that, at this pe-
ke 140 e great mass of Peter's subjects were sunk in
iiikarL abject barbarism—ignorant of the arts of ci-
N e and unacquainted with the discipline of war.
had e rest of Europe, with some trifling excep-
rnade great advances in the knowledge of
ttarld.tacties, Russia was without the semblance of
`-tbfitet;:sg armY• Peter the Great, however, who had
"Y the experience which he gained in other
kt.). foreB, Perceived the necessity of organising a mili-
i?osklekcei and of bringing the wandering hordes of
e 8 tinder some established control. He, it must
ts.. Mom
the a edged, first laid down the plans for the fu-
,Niattgrandisement of the empire, by a system of
'tttehtl4 and encroachment which have been so con-
* 1/4%1' upon by his successors.
it% • tne death of Peter the First the population cf
111144 increased in an astonishing ratio—not absolute-
k, b,
successive additions of territory. At the
tk • citl f
° Catherine the Second, in 1762, the popu-
it Rite
sko limed to 25,000,000. At her death, in 1796,
ip noted t
1825, 36,000,000. At the death of Alexander,
A it amounted
h :cve h to 58,00Cr,000.
taken l_aNe already stated, the vast increase which
tttn 'Place in the population of Russia has not
ti tieeti .""g to natural causes. It has arisen from the
, inve additionsf , made to the empire by a system of
1:C44 13414der• Thus the acquisitions of Russia
wede
P":lrigtlo,- are greater than what remains of that
4,1414 they acquisitions from Poland.
.a•re
,nearly
Phs t 9 "'Man empire. Her acquisitions from
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are
no of greater extent than the
--• nillii°ns, exclusive of the Rhenish pro-