The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

party only wants a decent -excuse to retire from the

quarrel, without an ap,
from demands which have been previously insisted

3arent submission or a retreat

upon too pertinaciously, The preservation of peace
is too important to be lightly hazarded upon mere

punctiii

of nlifionZ honour

and even were the

ciremastanees more urgent, we are

A in a. position

have been et

,o Dear tne

T. Ot

would necessarily involve; our monetary and com-
mercial crellit would be too seriously shaken, to

population have been taught to depend on the very
theatre .of the threatened war tor n great proportion
of their supplies of food. -ALI these consequences
should be carefully considered, before we venture
_.; conunital of an overt net of hostility, which
the entry of the Black 'Sea 'by a British Set would
urdoubtedly be considered ; and we give our rulers

on VI(

More credit for prtiC

knot on

us matt

If their partisant.seeM inelinecito aenord to them.
Nothing, however, 'has yet" transpired to weaken

the opinion £hat ,ike negotiations, protracted as
they have been, *ill be unsucee,ssFul in arriving at
a peaceful teitnitition. There 'is very little doubt
but that the Einperor of Russuls sincerely anxious

• • •
to retain possession of the Danubian provinces, anti
that he kas,ridied upon the diplomatic skill of CoCint
NEssELEOD'eto enable him ter do so, without having
renonrse 7to 'force ; but, at the same time, we be-
lieve that! he is equally anirious to avoid hostilities,
and. Wit die determined front which has been
shown ty -the other Pokers of Europe, may have
the .effect of inducing -kiln to surrender his Treten-
sions,•;:nnd to be content with the securities which
Turkey is willing to offer him, for the maintenance
of the privileges of that portion of her pupillation

w:holwe members of,Uie Greek Church. ilry cse

fuitst=r confirmed in 'the opinion by other citeum-
stanws, that the Emperor of Russu has no ailterior
.dAigns of preciriftathg Europe in war.. °it~is well
1-nown that two daughters have }at:sly =taken
zip 'their residencetk England, one of them'having
arrived within fliilast few days ; and w-elmve been
'Latrine(' that tbetagents of Russia in this-country
I.4urve, for several srweeks past, been abting under

, -*pedal instructions to purchase the Bonels,of that
State to a large aiount,—a course whibli-can in no
-way be reconaled-with any intention to proceed to
, .warlike ex-tronitics.

THE progress cot* the Session of,Pailiament is
showing,' in fi.ttll more prominent 'degree, the
:mischief of )ivaitiw so much time in friftless dis-
Tussions; and -leaving all the real inisiness of legis-
lation to the last moment, when Bills:: are either
hurried through Tarliament without- oomideration
,or ruthlesily Tektponed. The Colonial Church
Regulation Bill, which was introdueel by the
Archbishop of .:O"...NTEnnunY, Slia.:hia.,,uadergone
the consifileration, of the House of Lords is rejected
by the CommonE.on the plea of want *:if time, an

txcuse which .:womid come far more --p.pirlopriately
from the Lords; if were to reject 'the numer-
*us Bills senturto them at this late period. A
Similar fate is experienced by the Episcopal and
flapitular Estates Bill, promoted by.-the Marquis
of BLANDFORD.; 1r measure which—thonkh not un-
exceptionable,-ana requiring considertible,revision—
vas designed to accomplish a remedy ,*huh was
generally admitted to be necessary. • The Church
liEssionaries 11111,' which has shared the Mme fate,
was open to more-Abjection, because.it,grumed a
as belongingrto ourselves, which: we were
•otrulious to denyjm.the case of Rome, And was
thereby admitting ea. .dangerous precedent. The
meaning and the effect of all this is, that the. afthirs
of Ce Church—however pressing—may wait, while
Parliament and an. tbsequious brmister an find
time; to pass two Bills 'for the regulation :of Lon-
don cab-drivers. It may, perhaps, be hardly fair
to attaute all the blame.to our present _Ministers ;
but the public generally, without reference to-their
political feelings, must admit that such proceed-
ings are not only highly- unsatisfactory, but dis-
graceful -to the vaunted intelligence of the age.
Instead of,electing Represeuktitives for their fluency
on the hustings, it would, perhaps, be as well to
look for the,opposite quality,,anil prefer the man ,

aMo says little and votes night, to the one who
;talks much a, #d does nothing. Without drawing
invidious comparisons, it may be remarked that
the Liberal members are the moat prominent in
displOng the latter qualities—a hint that may be
useful :at another Election.

It is generally believed that we ,are now very
near the tlose of the Session, and even.a day has
been named—not very distant—for Her MAJESTY
performing the agreeahle duty in person ; but
what are we to think of senatorial deliberation,
when only on Wednesday last the SECRETARY AT
WAR introduced two new Bills ; and on Thursday
Mr. LowE, another Xiniaterial subordinate, intro•
duced no fewer than six new measures. They
must surely undergo a kind of legislative gallop.

CVANGE OF NAME. —The Queen, under her sign manual,
bearing date at Whitehall, the fith instant, has been gra-
ciously pleased to grant her royal license and authority
unto our townsman, William Smith, of Vauxhall-road, in
this borough, and of Larkfield-view, within Wsvertree,
brewer, that lie and his issue may bear and use the sur-
name of Ackers only, in lieu and place of the surname of
Smith; and hath further commanded that the same be re- ,
corded in her Majesty's College of Arms.
buitussxs YESTERDAY.—There were six inquests yester-
day, before the Borough Coroner, viz.:—Oil the body of a
man, named William Dignan, aged 66 years, a cart-owner.
From the evidence adduced, it appeared that since the
deceased's wife died, some months ago, the deceased had
been very much addicted to drinking. He was drunk
every day last week. About five o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing he was found dead in the stable where he kept his
horses.—On the body of a man unknown, which was found
floating in the water in Bootle Bay. From the deceased's
dress, it appeared he was a sailor; but no Pallet's were
found upon him to lead to his identity.—On the body of a
child, named Jane Rafferty, eight months old, who was
scalded to death by the upsetting of a teapot. boiling
The
tea went over the child's right arm, belly, and knee, from
the effects of which it died on Friday night.—Theother
three inquests were upon the bodies of infants, all under
twelve months :old. From the evidence adduced,
neared that thoy. all died from natural canses.eitdiactsP.
accordance with the evidence were eyeu in each case.