The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

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U. M., Standard-office. Liverpool,

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questions and answers, the majority of which lead
to nothing, but may gratify the querist by giving

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his constituents an opportunity of seeing his name

in print, Mr. HEYWOOD moved for an address to
obtain a copy of a document in the possession of

the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, respecting a pro-
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posed revision of the Liturgy in 1689. The object,
no doubt, is with the view to propose some alter-
ation in the Book of Common Prayer ; but,
notwithstanding the importance of such a propo-

position, the Ministers had no opinion of their
own : they merely had no opposition to make to
it, and, upon a division, it was carried by a
small majority. A dissenting member shortly

after moved to bring in a bill to substitute a
declaration for an oath in judicial proceedings.

Here, again, the HOME SECRETARY had no decisive
opinion on the subject; he should not oppose the
motion, but thought it would be as well to wait
until another bill, on the same subject, came down
from the House of Lords ; and, on a division, the
motion was carried by a majority of one. Then
followed a discussion ou a motion for a bill to

prevent nuns from being compelled to sign away
their property to the 'convents where they may be
imprisoned. Again, the HOME SECRETARY had
no opinion, but, fearful of being in a minority, he
was not disposed to oppose the motion, though he
thought there was some force in the objection to
it, and, on division, the motion was carried.
One sitting, therefore, was occupied in discussing
three several motions, proposed by individual
members, neither of which, though then carried,
may late the slightest chance 'of ultimate success,
and yet on neither of them was any Ministerial
fiat pronounced, Ministeiia responsibility being
sheltered underthe expression of individual opinions.
Or 'what value, then, is 'the House of Commons
far the deliberate builness of legislation, or of
what use is a MiniSthrial leader, when the time
which should be devoted to public business is thus
frittered away in ,alscussions which lead to
nothing ? Wednetday is usually considered .a
bye-day for the iliscussion of the partieularcrol-
Chets of amateur 7:legislatOrs, who gratify in this
manner their pectiliar predilections; bait Thtirsilay
was wasted mush in the same manner as Tueslay,
in cliscussing ia -motion for the amendment 10: the
laws of inortnutin. Notwithstandinethe 'impor-
tance of the 13r posed change, it failed-to, eliiit any
Minlgterialdecision upon its meiits,-Otherlhan an
avowal .fromtthe ArrouNxt GE.IERAL that he had
no objediOn to the introduction of'the Iraeasure,
but the'Government could nOt pledge themselves
to aaoliethe details of the bill. Thus,vfrom Mon-
day to 'Friday the members ,6f House of Com-
mons "might have been vajciying 'themselves
sewheft for any praetiokoVect,setomplished by
their wAsembling, and yet, the. CthigerLtoß of the
ExciimuEn's scheme for,aouhling4 the Income-tax
was -postponed for want qif firne,,taid when the
,seaifor.. draws near its close, we •shiallear of nam-
bersK.df Government TRCRSuresrit off to another
:session, for the same 'reason. indeed, may
'be',;forand the key tothe teornOaltts so prevalent,
iin*tly and August, .of want 'aline. The Nenis-
'ters allow the early part the session to be wastiell,
!bemuse they want either • the t moral courage tiro
oppose impracticable prkijects, ttr press forwmfa.
Alm* own measeres4 ;and this; indecision is ,e,Wiag
'to 'he want of guilty •among4-`themselves, and 'their
ibeing destitute of that ,moral 'influence laticihis
indispensable to 'the :success, df any Governmext.
~.Composed of every tease bfzgolitical feernigr(ox-
mepting the true (Conservative, *the Ministers lase
mot one idea in ,00mmun,:aild; the effects azte
in the proceettings -of 'the house of IpopElar
aepresentatives.

NOTWITEUSTANIWICG 'the empantration cif 33titisb.
troops at Malta, 'the 'presence of a llttitigh :and
French fleet in `the Haek ',Sta., and the gaol-Attire
oaf another Brifitihtfle..et 'torlite Baltic Sea, in-order
'to blockade the Tnotthern ports 'of Russia, it-hero:we
naany who still ,entertain-tlati opinion thattille
;natter in divide 4,111 be, kd without :a -resort
nto the fearful arliitrement bf war. It is a!sing,rllar
h; and important Tact, that qihe vast Empire 4rf
"Russia, occupying •about :a•-smenth part (or Aire
iliabitable surface .of the globe, has no naeaus.-ef
.access to the ocean sbntthrough the two narroweA
passes known to navigators—it-he Straits of ',the
Dardanelles from +the 'south, sand the Sound,,utt
-Elsineur, from the morth—.-sct that the blockad6by
,sea is comparatively .essy,,and7,:in the hands of:the
British navy almost .eertaitty. In the face ,of
-Ludt difficulties, arising 'from-wographical /log-
%kw, it is difficult te believelhat the Emperor
NicrwLAs can be so neterly-regardless of his Tell-,
tickl Tosition as longer 1 defy-suela powerful oppo-
nents as have now taken •the-fi'eld -in earnest ; but,
there is no fixing Ennis 'to' infrefaity when the.:
;victim is a despotic ruler, 'though; ii-, is not diffietilt
-to-preißct the issue Shcfuld the power to do
tliiof,Painain much longer in rikii:hands. It is said
that attempts are now being 7. made to re-open
negotiations, upon the basis of RusSia being placed
in -the. some position with regard, twireaties with
Turkey,..us she was before taw demand,:for a protec-
torate •wag made by Prince MENSCRIKOFF. As
-this wottld'involve, among ,other things, the exclu-_
sire possession of the Black Sea, and the passage of
the Dardanelles to Russian dips of.wars it is not

in the slighilest degree probable •that !Turkey will
consent to Rai an arrangement after the:proof she
has bad ,of,Russian honour, aneugh,consent is to
be followed '-hy the evacuation of the :Danubian
provinces.; uor would England and.Fmnet,,„ after
what has alreao-y transpired, countenance such a
settlement of the4uestion. The refusal, ,hcwever,
is said to be matte the means of dissevering from
the European alliance Austria and Prussia, )both
of whom are believed to be favourable to theterves.
It may suit the purposes of Russia, and .no, doubt
sn arrangement 'vhieh in the first place would
-have been readily ,coaeeded would now be as ,gladly
-accepted. But the time has gone by when half-
.measures can be of spy avail. Through A long
course of diplomatic intrigue, Russia has wrung
from Turkey concessions wliich the other European
powers have submitted to, for the simple reason
that each step in aggression was not in itself of
sufficient magnitude to demand more active. inter-
ference. She has, however, strained the cord until
at length has snapped, and novr, when each force
has buckled on its armour for the Aght, there must
be no sheathing the sword until not .only the last
outrage has been avenged, but every previous step
in aggression has been retraced, and security
afforded for the peace of Europe for the future, by
RuSsia being restrained within her natural limits.
Turkey has a long arrear of injustice for which she
now demands satisfaction ; but it is an amount for
which Russia might never have been called to a
reckoning, had it not been for the reckless seizure
of Moldavia and Wallachia, which the Emperor
NICHOLAS foolishly imagined would be as tamely
submitted to as his previous inroads upon Turkish
territory, By this last act he has forfeited all the
privileges conceded to him in previous treaties, and
now that Turkey has England and France at her
back, Russia will have to render up much that she
before enjoyed ; and it may be, that before a treaty
of peace be signed, she will also be called upon to
pay the expenses incurred. A short time only now
remains, and should Russian obstinacy still hold
out against the demands which every investigation
tends to prove are dictated by justice, the thunders
of British cannon in the Baltic, re-echoed by simi-
lar sounds in the Black Sea, the bombardment of
Cronstadt and the siege of Sebastopol, and the
dash of Turkish cavalry, aiki by the aiscipline of