The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

BER 12, 1854•

DAY,

ale policy upon our en;
the reke
rn ietus with those of
estthinegyetaocompare
if
wer
1845. tatbe
the European States as those most affected ,
of
change, we shall find that the actual increase
,0
exports has been very trifling ; the resPectl6l
amounts being £24,864,277, and £27,880,5:36.4p
the other hand, if we take the gold-producing cythe
tries, Australia and the United States, nor'! Sc.
whole of the increase in our export trade -
counted for. The comparison is as follows
1845. 1853.
Australia .... £1,201,076. £14,513,70
United States £7,142,839. £23,658, j

trade, it may be

Total . . £8,343,915. £38,172,1''
An increase of thirty millions to the Odifail
clueing countries, whereas the whole increase ';
Europe is only three millions. Unless, therer)v
it can be shown that Free-trade had allYib
whatever to do with the discoveries in Caiiiir°o
"
and Australia, it is sheer folly to attribute tne
tension of our commerce to the operations of e"
commercial policy.

PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

10'
THE news of each succeeding week see°
,411.
strongly to confirm the suspicion that, 1113t"-ty'
standing the vast preparations for carrying forces
war, and the immense naval and milital the
despatched by England to the seat of contestio
whole is a mere sham, and that our rulers4.29e
never any serious intention of enforcing ecluj-0
terms of peace by the terrors of our ar131.5;,
months have elapsed since war was forni9J,,,,y
Glared ; the speed of our unrivalled steara the
has been able to transport a powerful army t° r 5
farthest confines, and yet it is doubtful villet'ec at
British soldier has yet seen a Russian actor
the point of his bayonet. Weeks have passed
n 0
since we were gravely assured that the Crimea qe
being attacked on all sides, and although 11°01
have intelligence through the apocryphal Cll°'
of the telegraphic wires that the expedition 1135
tually departed from Varna, we may be elp
for doubting either the fact or their desth33
until we have authentic intelligence that a sh°:4 1,01,
been fired in anger at the walls of Sevas'°wert
Many will remember the speculations that oge
entered into a short time since of the total °log
which would take place in modern warfare, ° bit
to the improvements which scientific skdlev
effected in the implements of war ; but now, ':co
we have need of all that science and ingenni° ,sii
accomplish, we look in vain for the results. ii'4;o,
has withdrawn her troops from the Danubian Ptio
vinces, in order to avoid a collision witlietpri
advancing forces of Austria, the new pro to
she bids all Europe defiance, and coolly reOseboif
enter into any negotiations unless upon the

of her own conditions. the
In the Baltic Sea the anticipations 7s, the
brilliant deeds which were to be effected ',e11,"
popular idol, Admiral NAPIER, have been cri.di'
disappointed, and though we must admit theitile
cious manner in which he has blockade%of
Russian ports—a measure rendered futile, horn ofl
by the export trade of Russia being oil?
through the pretended neutral ports of Prat- por
will not compensate for the failure of anY ;11tlY
hilt assault, and the non-fulfilment of the an It
expected attack on the fortress of CronstsP'beeP
is true that the forts of Bomarsund have
ii re'
captured and destroyed, and the link there'nl
moved which bound Sweden to Russia; beopr
were told that the great importance of this; the
paratively little affair was the solution 4:". 00'
experiment that granite walls were not imPregz!tt
to British cannon, so that the success (4. an asap
ci
upon Cronstadt was brought within the raijoelle
probabilities. The natural inference, and ttle
torf
that was generally entertained, was, that ilLe" t of
important fortress would be the next objee#
attack, or at least that an attempt would 1)e 1;0
to destroy the Russian fleet shut up in I3elsln the
All expectations were vain. We now learn 6,153 lett
French Marshal, BARAGUAY D'HILLIEIIS) 11' bjell
the Baltic with the ten thousand troops for scipor
Admiral NAPIER waited so long in a state o hone'
tivity ; that the Admiral himself is cornillgto
and for the rest, whether the British f.ndileetict°
remain or return to the mouths of the 7,tlice'
spend the winter, people are less curious to
since all their anticipations have been so griec

disappointed. g
We must be content to wait, as our force 001;e"
to have done, before we can fathom the ere- of
policy which appears to have actuated the,sl6,
have the direction of affair but it will be 'iv",
to persuade the public that the Earl of Aliisl3friee
has not been playing the game of his old
the CZAR, who may very safely hold out fort sll''
of advantage to himself, when he has his be"eserf
in the camp of the enemy to paralyse all
COit Tr °;
t ions. We have no confidence in 'the
tb
Ministerial professions, and we are sure wltvi
until HER MAJESVS 5,
Or
to her councils men who have no Russian I),,i'e 03e;
tions. We are called upon to pay a double le' V
tax,
and fifty per cent. additional on galti:-Dollt
lions more has been borrowed on Exchecluea
and all the fruits are, the little fort of 13eillble lec„;
destroyed,.oll and the prospect of an honourL re
,e
of the war as far off as ever. crol)'e
is another expensive campaign or a u„):1
to
peace, and for all this we are indeb
Coalition Ministry.

public will have none

PlVlL.Oftlevo.yx•m•r.c.nia•M,PM.l.Moll.l/
.

ST. GEORGE'S HALL

Tna preparations anticipatory of the inem'eul.7cvl/
this splendid edifice are being pushed fell het° t'
thest steadiness dhiannedssse
ma lel dstcoenleerihtyal-.
lusTiltraedearaenadillttheerche:siiell:greAi'.:°:i
form on the east side has been almost el -me e' d
unsightly wooden paling, which, on the same sr-r; ;'e.",,tl/
the building from the street, has been
removed, and the aspect of the edifice has e°; &Ink bat
been much improved. The anomalous
on this side are now seen more in counei-'l3-00;008
principal structure, and their incongruity
possible, less offensive. At the south end "Dee'
gates enclosing the entrance to the portico ha'l'e
ded
up, and nearly completed. 00017 r, Ole
Interiorly the massive gas-lustres have heellieo,
from the ceiling, adding, in some points °ff',or3 te/1);
profusion of the general decoration. The ° tile (
of the organ has been almost finished; %ietea,'
porary orchestra in front of it has been co
the o,' er4ooeo
statue of GEORGE STEPHENSON, frail coop. frit
GIBSON, has been placed in its nichefevAir
• eA,,tO
Pe e
with one of Sir ROBERT PEEL, by 11°11..-
admirable works of art, and in their Place giAthe d
of the effect which would be produced if g
were similarly filled. The bronze gat° I`.-„f tbe 114:11
Hall to the different subsidiary divisiene,;he
have been put up, and all the fittings ,°""cosicetrtfi
are nearly if not entirely completed- .'"'_e) is 199 tfi'e
(immediately over the northern entran°":ag 5
from finished; and no expectation of its hel one °Ai'
day of inauguration seems contemplated- gs the
tPc
Law Courts has been finished in the P 5 t
e
has not yet been begun. see be °- 1
will he see C
From our advertising columns it .01 is - 4
cereronitue o:00,0;
musical portion of the opening
scale of magnificence corresponding wieti:be ctee/
the edifice, and in all respects worthy
ihtlfo
in accordance with the liberality and `-,4,,e eatePeeijol;e,,e
cence of Liverpool. To accommodate ore- hi"
ges cos wev
ence, seats have been constructed PI the „o ej€
and PARKER, of Church-street; for 0; 64000 ;0
four hundred in number, are covered iengel'o anti
They are each nine feet four inches in llou
t 'OOO
calculated to aegpximodate six individtade'ased s°ooloyo
three
hi
tcounssoofncurled e
fill i
horse-hair have been the eve,
these 11.14
vacancies ier,°
and C
they should be wanted, Messrs. 1101000
have orders, also, to furnish four