The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-10 00:00:00

Zo be Fzoth or let.

WOOD FOR SALE.—A fine OAK COP-
PICE, of Forty Acres, more or less, suitable for
Hooping and such like purposes ; also a considerable number
of OAK TREES, standing within 17 miles of the shipping
ports of Palnackie and Kirkcudbright.—For particulars apply
to Mr. THOMI,B AUCAuL, Factor, Dairy by Castle Douglas.
2nd January, 1854.

TO be SOLD, (for the remainder of the Lease,
about thirteen years,) a SPIRIT VAULT and TAVERN,
having a Concert-room, together with the GOODWILL and
FITTINGS-UP, and FURNITURE, which are complete, and
in excellent condition. The Premises are in one of the best
thoroughfares in Liverpool, and now command a good busi-
ness, which only requires capital to be considerebly increased.
For further particulars apply to Messrs. NEAL and MARTIN,
Solicitors, Liverpool.

TO be LET, a small convenient WAREHOUSE,
in the upper part of Moor•street, containing six rooms
and a dry cellar. Rent £l2O per annum.—Apply to ROBERT
THOMAS, 9, Old Ropery.

TO be LET, in Lots to be agreed upon, about
83,800 square yards of LAND. lying to the westward of
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, on the south side of the Locks
leading from the Canal to the Stanley Dock, and eastward of
Great Howard-street. And about 19,000 square yards of
LAND on the north side of the Canal Locks, fronting Light-
body-street.—Parties desirous of renting the same may ob-
tain further information by applying to DANIEL MASON,
Dock Secretary's Office, Liverpool.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 10th October, 1853.

WM. WILLIAMS, ESTATE AGENT, 47, Rane-
lagh-street, and Hall of Commerce, 3, Hackin's hey,
has the following very valuable PROPERTY to-OFFER for
SALE, viz.:—
Several splendid COUNTRY MANSIONS, from Three to
Twelve Thousand Pounds. One with about 300 Acres of
LAND; one, about 3 miles from town, with about 10
Acres of LAND; and several other smaller ones in different
localities, with a few commodious FAMILY RESIDENCES,
in some of the roost fashionable parts of the town. Also,
upwards of 600,000 square yards of LAND, in various local!.
ties, and in different lots, to suit purchasers, upwards of
100,000 of which would be exchanged for good property in
the town.
To be LET, a few delightful COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
from two to four miles from the Exchange. One at Seaforth,
one at Huyton, one near the Prince's-park, one in Edge-lane,
with a few excellent Houses in Cheshire, and an excellent
Furnished HOUSE near St. Bride's Church. An excellent
SINGLE and DOUBLE OFFICE in Hackin's-he) ; and a
good SCHOOL-ROOM in Gerard-street.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

millions and a half from individual contributions.
It is one of the most pleasing features in the pro-
gress of society in England, and the vast increase
of material wealth, that so large a portion has
been voluntarily bestowed towards increasing the
means of grace. Nor is this all, for the income of
the several voluntary Church Societies amounts to
about £400,000 a year. These are gratifying
proofs of the piety and munificence of Englishmen
in the nineteenth century, fully equal to the
vaunted times in the middle ages, when donations
for Church purposes were too often wrung from
as unwilling devotees, through superstitious fears,
compensation for rapine and other crimes. No such
influences, however, could have induced the pious
offerings from which two thousand new churches
have been erected within twenty years. Much,
however, remains to be done : the work of evan-
gelisation requires continued exertions, not only
in our own country, but in our distant colonies,
where rapid strides have already been made to
spread the truths' of Christianity, and the glad
tidings of salvation among those who, going
forth into the wilderness as the pioneers of civi-
lisation, would, without such aid, too soon forget,
in their earthly pursuits, the early lessons they
may have learned in the land of their birth.
The document we have alluded to contains some
interesting information with respect to the various
societies which, by the voluntary aid afforded them,
contribute so materially to the work of the
Church. The Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, which was established in 1698, has,
since 1733, issued above a hundred millions of
publications. In 1851, it voted £28,000 towards
the endowment of new colonial Bishoprics, and
within three years £31,000 was voted towards the
establishment of Colleges and Collegiate Institu-
tions, and £12,000 towards the erection of Cathe-
drals in the Colonies. The Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was
established in 1701, and its objects are devoted
exclusively to the maintenance of clergymen and
missionaries in the British dependencies. The
Church Missionary Society was established in 1798;
and with an income of about £120,000 maintains
116 stations in Africa, India, Ceylon, Syria, China,
New Zealand, and North-West America. The
Church Building Society was established in 1818,
and makes grants, not exceeding £5OO, in.aid of
oluntary contributions, on condition that one half,
at least, of the increased accommodation be reserved
for the use of the poor. In addition to the above
are several others, including the Additional Curates'
Society, the Church Pastoral Aid Society, and the
Colonial Bishoprics Fund, which was founded in
1840, and has been the means of establishing
fifteen new dioceses in the Colonies. If judged of,
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position over and above all voluntary religious 1
communities, and well maintains its claim to be the I
religion of the country. The Dissenters boast of -
their voluntary efforts in the cause of religion, but
it will be seen by the foregoing, that beyond all
legal obligations, and the provision made by the
piety of our ancestors, the Church exceeds them all
in the sacrifices made by her members for the spread
-of evangelical truth, not only through our own
country but through the heathen world.

THE tone of the despatches from Eastern
Europe, which at first teemed with accounts of
Turkish successes on the banks of the Danube
magnified into important victories, has lately taken
a totally new direction, and we hear of Russian
triumphs on the Black Sea, and successive defeats
of the Mahometan forces. So many contradic-
tory accounts have been received, and so many of
the reports have proved to be concoctions for
political or stock-jobbing purposes, that it is not
at all surprising that great distrust of their truth
should attach to all despatches from the same
quarter. It may, however, be admitted, that after
receiving the first onset of the Turkish forces,
made with their accustomed gallantry, the Rus-
sians have begun in earnest, not only to interpose
an effectual resistance, but to carry the war on
the offensive into the enemy's territory. During
all this time, negotiations have been carried on
between the representatives of the four mediating
Powers, but with what success remains to be seen;
for, though the SULTAN has expressed his willing-
ne'ss to put himself under the protection of his
allies, the time appears to have gone by for the
EMPEROR OF RUSSIA co-operating in these com-
bined views with equal facility. It is evident
there must be two parties to any agreement, and
it matters litttle how readily the SULTAN may
adopt the advice of the English and French
Ministers, if his antagonist has determined to be
satisfied with nothing less than the cession of the
coveted provinces, even at the hazard of a general
war with the Western Powers of Europe. Such
appears to be the present state of the case, if we
may credit the reports of. warlike preparations in
Russia, and the determination said to be expressed
by the EMPEROR,—not to concede any portion of
his demands ; and the problem to be solved, is the
position to be assumed by England and France
when the alternative is a disastrous and expensive
war, of which none can foretel the end, or a dis-
honourable concession which may prove equally
mischievous. But, while the contending parties
have been in actual conflict, and preparing for
more deadly strife, the mediating powers appear
to have confined their interference to the mere
wordy warfare of diplomatic negotiations. Months
have elapsed since the fleets of England and
France were called into the Bosphorus for the
active defence of Turkey against her aggressor,
but nothing has actually been done until, at
length, the sincerrity of all professions has been
doubted, and matters, instead of being better,
have become worse, and the hopes of peace more
distant. Through all this protracted negotiation,
it would appear that the English Government has
had no serious intention of taking any decided
course, but rather followed in the wake of France,
whose position has been the more creditable of the
two. Austria is believed to be secretly serving
the cause of Russia, by protracting negotiations
which are never intended to come to anything,
in order to enable her Northern Ally to complete
her preparations for war, which appear to be car-
ried on with an earnestness of purpose which
leaves little doubt as to the ultimate intentions of
the CZAR. The French Minister has, however,
spoken out, and openly declared the intentions of
his Government to recognise the nationalities of
Hungary, and the other provinces, which, in the
event of a war, would prove a thorn in the side of
Austria.

The English PREMIER has literally done no-
thing : .he is believed, in this country, to be
secretly favourable to the designs of Russia, and
this view helps to account for the extraordinary
delay in bringing the affair to a settlement. Par-
liament, however, will shortly meet, and the
Government will then be, imperatively called upon
for some solution of the apparent enigma. They
will then need all the peculiar powers of the offended
HOME SECRETARY to make even a decent apology ;
the country will, at least, be spared from the uncer-
tainty which 'has so long prevailed, and which is as
disastrous if not more so than the knowledge that
we must be prepared for a termination of the peace
of Europe. But whatever may be the nature of the
explanation, or however great the ingenuity dis-
played in glossing over Ministerial faults, plain
straightforward Englishmen, who look for honour
gad honesty the Ain of states as well as be.