The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-20 00:00:00

are raging war (

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and foreign tra

her magnificent Colonies as incumbrances of the most
dangerous and expensive kind. While the spirit of
dissension is thus active in the bosom of English so-
ciety, the external enemies of England are no less ac-
tive and watchful in every part of the world. Let
England be but fairly embro►led in a perplexing and
unprofitable quarrel, and too soon shall we experience
the verification of the great captain's saying, that
" England cannot have a little war." Russia, France,
the United States have all their own reasons for desir-
ing the subversion of the English empire. Russia

longs to occupy European and Asiatic Turkey, as well
as British India :—to the success of this project, the
power of England opposes the only obstacle. France
longs to revenge on England certain old and deep-
rooted hatreds : and France meditates, besides, exten-
sive schemes of territorial aggrandisement. France
still desires " ships, colonies, and commerce." She
pants to regain the settlements of which England has
stripped her :—she aspires, besides, at no remote pe-
riod, to the command of the Mediterranean. Already
she has occupied Algiers ; she meditates the occupation
of Majorca and Minorca. Let but these points be
carried, and Egypt will speedily be ranked amongst the
dependencies of France. To the realization of all these
schemes nothing is wanting but the overthrow of that
naval supremacy which has so long been the founda-
tion of the power of England.
The democratic party in the United States, again, is
determined, sooner or later, and at all hazards, to add
the Canadas to the federal union. A successful war
against England would not only lead to that, much-
desired result, but to the confiscation of large masses
of English capital, now invested as loans, or otherivise,
in every industrial enterprise throughout the United

States

France, Russia, and the United States are all, there-
fore, subject to many influences, which impel them to
collision with England ; and these powers watch hut
the opportunity of successful aggression. That op-
portunity Lord Auckland or Lord Palmerston would
seem anxious to afford them. An unsuccessful issue
to the war in Affghanistan may shake the English em-
pire in India to the centre. An unsuccessful issue to
the crusade against China may lead to the same result.
Then will follow rebellion in Canada, and war with the
United States ; then, simultaneously, will Russia march
upon Constantinople, and France proceed to take pos-
session of Majorca and Minorca. War with these great
powers will, in such circumstances, be inevitable, and
the proclamation of such a war will, in all probability,
he followed by the appearance in the Thames of a Rus-
sian or French fleet. A Popish rebellion in Ireland,
and (in Bacon's phrase) a " rebellion of the belly" in
the manufacturing districts of England, may be anti-
cipated as amongst the not remote consequences of a
general war, if such a war shall be entailed on us by
the folly of our rulers. _

To the chance of all these melancholy results has
Lord Auckland exposed us by his foolish interference
in the quarrels of Schah Soojah and Dost Mohammed.

ROYAL BABE'S ESTABLISHMENT,
lye.)

(From M

We some months sinc

laccount of a preli-

the appointment of certain eminent characters to cer—
tain places. We have now the opportunity, from the
best authority, to announce the names of the indivi-
duals who are to fill the important situations—which a
Royal Babe is entitled to. There are but few reporters
that have access to the Palace. We have the entree of
the chamber, and our readers may rely upon the accu-
racy of the list which we now submit to them. There
has been a great deal of difficulty in arranging affairs,
and it was not until late on Friday that the arrange-
ments were finally settled. Many of the disappointed
have gone over to Leopold to wait the event of another
nine months. The appointment of Sir James Clark
and Dr. Locock has already. been announced. The
subjoined list is correct, and we have no doubt will
prove satisfactory to the public, and show that her
Most Gracious Majesty is well taken care of, and in
good keeping.
Head Nurse
Deputy ditto..
Caudle Man
Clerk of the Pap-room
Spoon Bearer
First Napkin Man .. .
Second ditto •
Swaddling Master ...
Yeoman of the Nurser
Clerk of the Mouth
Inspector of Cradle
Inspector of Baby Linen ..
Keeper of the Balls and Corals.
Master of the Rocking Hor-
Washerwoman

Lord Melbourne.
Earl of Uxbridge.
Sir John Cain Hobhouse
Lord Duncannon.
Lord Alfret Paget.
Maroto Gibson.

Rigby Wason.
Lord Morpeth.
Lord Palmerston
Sam Crawley.

Lord Kensington
Lord Cottenham.
Earl Cowper.
Earl Albemarle.
Lady Portman.

Senior Whistl

lIIISTI-A -BY BABY BOARD.
Tom Macauley.
Herr Von Joel.
Lord Seymour.
Colonel Cavendish.
O'Connell.
Sheil.
Whittle Harvey.
Lord Normanby.
Tom Waklev.
Lord Gleneig.
:ery
s Carminative Lord Brougham.
By ail the Disappointed

Second ditto
Chuckler ..
Dandeller.. ,

Squeeker

Bawler

Puff Bag Beare
Fire Keeper...

Sleeping Master
Inspector of Cro
Purveyor of Dalb

Messengers, 84,

We observe that Mr. Mackreth has taken to himself a
wife ; and to our hearty congratulations on his late escape
from assassination' we add our cordial wishes for a long period
of uninterrupted happiness to the newly married couple.—
Bristol Journal.