The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

The British lion was apparently dosing, lulled by
the dulcet tones of Manchester men, who cared
nothing about national honour, and knew nothing
about the balance of power : but the word to arm
I
• was given, and the people have started as a nation
of heroes determined to emulate the glory of their
ancestors, who never drew the sword but in the
cause of justice, and never turned their backs
upon an enemy. If the Emperor NICHOLAS relied
upon the peaceful habits of commercial Englishmen
as immunity for his ambitious designs upon Tur-
key, the very enthusiasm with which the quarrel
has been entered upon, should serve to show him
the reed on which he leant. If the men with
whom WELLINGTON went forth conquering and to
conquer are no longer available, their sons are
emulous to share their fame; and should the AUTO-
CRAT madly persist in his obstinacy, the very spirit
of English chivalry which he has evoked affords
an earnest of the issue of the contest. It can no
longer be said that devotion to the arts of peace
has damped the military spirit of England ; and
we rejoice at the circumstance, from the conviction
that such a fleet and such an army as England
will dispatch to the scene of conflict, will the sooner
bring the war to a termination.
It will be observed that our respected represen-
tative, Mr. TIORSFALL, has, very properly, brought
the subject of privateers being fitted out by neutral
states to interfere with British shipping before the
attention of the Government in the House of Com-
mons. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rather evaded the
question, by speaking of precautions for the pro-
tection of their allies. It would, of course, be
premature, before the commencement of actual
hostilities, to go into the question of arming Eng-
lish privateers ; but should we be compelled by
Russian obstinacy to " cry havoc, and let slip the
dogs of war," the ordinary practices of civilised
warfare will, no doubt, be pursued with that spirit
and enterprise which is the peculiar characteristic
of Englishmen. It will be remembered that, during
the last war, English merchantmen, with letters of
marque, did good service even against foreign
ships of war ; and should the necessity now arise,
which we may still hope will be averted, the mer-
chant ships of Liverpool and London will not only
be able to defend their own, but leave Russia with-
out a feather to fly with. It has been suggested
that the few Russian ships of war in the Southern
hemisphere may prove dangerous to our Australian
gold vessels ; but should England be called upon
to arm in their defence, such fleets as Liverpool
alone can furnish will suffice to render the high-
way to Australia safe from all intruders.

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MILITARY ENTHUSIASM OF A *
LaADY.—During the
embarkation of the 28th regiment, on Wednesday, a lady,
who drove down to the Pier, in her own carriage, suc-
ceeded in getting on to the Landing-stage, and while the
Harmonic Band were performing "The British Grena-
diers," took the sticks from the hands of the polite and
astonished leader, Mr. Peter Stubbs, and in a fit of en-
thusiasm, played the drum portion with immense spirit.
An eye-witness has forwarded us the following lines, sug-
gested by the heroic incident :
In history's page bow oft we find
The bravest acts by woman's hand :
'Midst carnage, strife, the wound she'll bind,
With soothing look, and eye so bland.
In slays of ancient chivalry,
Knights fell to her on bended knee,
She gave the banner, pledge, or prize,
Men fought for love and ladies' eyes.
If ages gone, then, heroines boast,
In present day we find the same,
Brave woman comes, amongst the host
Embarking,—tyranny to tame!
Fair T--n. hailing freedom's cause,
Discarding pride and woman's fears,
Descends, and, without word or pause,
She calls to arms " The British Grenadiers."
Let none despise, who cannot feel the glow
Of valour in that fair one's breast;
'Tis her's, and only such as her to throw
True halo o'er a cause so blest;
.s. And blest is freedom, in whatever land,
For freedom did she beat with feeling hand.
Usurper, pause ! fear England's host,
Whene'er i•s fair ones aid the cause of right,
For were't 'gainst us you made your boast,
'Tis she, perhaps, might meet you in the fight!
As Sarragossa's maid her city saved—
Guided the snatch that set its people free—
As she, for liberty, all danger braved,
Fair T —n England's heroine woule be.—J. C.

THE SCREW-STEAMER CIIA.EITY sailed on Wednesday
from the Clyde, for Portland, United States.
THE LIVORNO, which put into Lisbon with her screw
loose from the shaft, arrived here on Sunday afternoon.
MEssas. Fox, HENDERSON AND CO. have contracted
for the building of the Paris docks. A company has been
organized under their .auspices to carry out the project.
THE REv. H. H. Hreniss is about to deliver, in the
Collegiate Institution, a series of three lectures on the
" Sacred Localities of the East," the •procceds of which
will be devoted to the erection of schools in connexion
with the new church of St. Chrysostom, Everton.
ISLE of MAN.—The Manx Sun says,—" The cod-fish-
ing., notwithstanding the boisterous weather during part
of the week, has been prosecuted with success. Large
shipments were made for the Liverpool market by the
-steamer on Tuesday and yesterday, from this port. The
quantity of fresh fish shipped yesterday for the English
markets from the Manx luggers and. English trawl-boats
was very large."
Two SERMONS were preached at St. Stephen's Church,
Byrom-street, on Sunday ; in the morning by the Rev.
A. Hume, L.L.D., D.C.L., and in the evening by the Rev.
H. Pousonby Linton, 3L.A. This church is now in a
thorough state of repair, and comfortably seated, offering
accommodation for 500 persons, the sittings in which are
very inexpensive, and may be had on application at the
vestry.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The revenue
account of this company for the half-year ending the 31st
of January shows that £162,404 had been received and
£67;808 expended, leaving a balance of £94,596. To this
sum is added £4,257, the balance from the last account,
making £98,853. From this is deducted £51,216 for divi-
dend, at the rate of 8i per cent. on the Lancaster and
Carlisle shares, £7,085 for interest on loans, and £28,607
the Lancaster and Preston Railway Company's proportion
of the traffic ; leaving a balance of £8,943 for the next Re-
count.

COST OF LIVERPOOL POLICE.—The return made by
Mr. W. Shuttleworth, town-clerk of this borough, in
compliance with an order of parliament, shows that the
total cost of the police-force, exclusive of any charge in
respect of cost of station-houses and bridewells, or of
interest of any money expended in their construction,
amounted, in 1852, to £41,344 25., of which sum £16,918
2s. 10d. was paid by the Dock Trustees, under the provi-
sions of a local act, as the cost of the portion of the force
employed in the dock division. This division consists of
twenty-six officers and 279 constables; the town division
of eighty officers and 501 constables, making the total
force of the borough 886 men. The amount raised by
the rate for the expenses of the town division was £11,892
10s. ld., the rate being made at 1 191-200 d. upon property
of the rateable value of £1,459,895. The amount beyond
the rate and the sum received from the trustees of the
docks was paid out of the borough funds.
ILLICIT DISTILLATION—On Saturday, John Price,
carrying on the business of a druggist in Whitechapel,
under the name of Denson and Co., was summoned for an
infraction of the Inland Revenue-laws. It appears that
the Customs' authorities have reason to suspect that an
illicit manufacture of spirits of wine is carried on in or near
Liverpool on a very extensive scale, and they are conse-
quently on the alert. From information received, Mr.
Chadsvick was induced to visit defendant's premises on
the 23d of December last, when he discovered fifteen and
a-half gallons of spirits of wine, (a quantity very much
exceeding what druggists usually keep in stock,) for which
Mr. Price could show no permit to remove, and which
there was sot the least doubt had been illegally distilled,
and never paid duty. Its strength was 52 overproof, and
the duty would amount to £9 4s. The spirits had been
seized, and an information laid, under an act the 7th and
Bth Geo. IV., cap. 54, section 32, by which a penalty of
£lOO might be inflicted, or a mitigated one of £"25, at the
discretion of the magistrates. After a short deliberation,
the magistrates fined Mr. Price in the mitigated penalty
of £25.

MR. HENRY COLEMAN, THE PoLYPnonisT.—ln refer-
ence to the performances of this talented gentleman, we
find the following remarks in the Birmingham Mercury,
which we extract with much pleasure :—" On the occasion
of visiting Liverpool a few days ago,we were much surprised
and delighted to find our old friend Coleman, 'Mathews the
elder's second self,' starring' it at the Clayton-hall, Clay-
ton-square—a new and very beautiful building recently
added to the public edifices of that town, and nightly
drawing around him the elite of the northern metropolis.
The success which attended ' Masks and Faces,' when re-
presented in this town for a period of something like three
months, and the high opinion everywhere entertained of
Mr. Coleman's rare talent and rich genuine humour, must
be familiar to every reader of the Mercury. Depending
entirely upon himself and a few stage adjuncts, in the
shape of pictorial and musical illustrations, alike remark-
able for beauty and effect, Mr. Coleman has succeeded in
producing an entertainment as 'complete, and polished,and
amusing, as full of racy mirth and well-drawn sketches of
actual life and character—as any yet presented before a
British audience. Many have attempted to follow in the
same wake, and imitations have sprung up on every hand,
but Mr. Coleman is without any compeer, and is destined
to achieve a name and a reputation in whatever part of the
globe he may appear. It is not to .be wondered at, then,
that the good people of Liverpool, whose taste and judg-
ment in such matters are not unknown to us, should set
a substantial value upon ' Masks and Faces,' and nightly
crowd to witness and applaud Mr. Coleman's extraordinary.
exertions. It is an appropriate and well-deserved compli-
ment ment to their talented and popular townsman. IhisVe trusttown
there is no foundation for the rumour current s
aviait
a few months back, that Mr. Coleman eon!emp!ate
to Australia. We cannot afford topartwtoxthir
styheotm,aneyi,
feel assured that there is a wide field open