The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

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Tuzszlfr araRATT iv_ Z 7., JULY 18, 1854

TAE nOOIVfiVIERCE 'OF LIVERPOOL

TRICE ;all previous
ree(illeetiOns of obitiudions to commerce, increased
risks of capture b
and y enemies' cruisers, and the delay
expense of convoy, the contest now Caitiea on,
thongirall the powers of Europe mty be
'ultimately
411%1%74 in it, presents not the slightest' prospect
of ,tny interruption_ to the . 'tic -commercial
enr,stns in which'w are en g
gaged Within Parts
of'the world. Ilide e
ed, so far Trom -anticipating
anY`dinainution
We ©n a of our trade, we may *fairly e,alcu-
great increase, and this more particularly,apPlying to the tort of Liv
doll ol; from the cessa-
on of intercourse with Russia. 'Prom the latter
and fl
-country we .deri:7ed chiefly /guppies of hemp,', the trade in •Whiek was chiefly
eland, owing
'carriedon' lithe
P°rt' e a
tcoast of Eng-
Must now look to their geograPhicesais position. We
sable articl
. to new sources for -these indisptn-
es, which will
treated ; aid as
means y no difficult
when once the de be -bmand has tom
fibrous materials will be femid- in the East, and
tallow on 'the American side orthe Atlantic, Liver-
pool will nftarally form the most convenient place
for itePort;?End thus a be am im :given
to our alrediiy petus will enormously increasing trade. It is
to the offer-rise of LiverpoOl merchants that by
far the.- greater portion-of British commerce is
owing ; and now a field is open for their exertions
in discovering and fostering supplies of- fibrous
material,' to compensate'ibr- the hemp and flax
which•we;shall no longer oirtain from RosSia; and
an additional stimulus is ifforded in the necessity
'which , exists for a more abundant .styply of
Cheap ur materials for the manufacture .Of
ludis has vast resources-en. undevelorred-„in addi

experience of low. -bring

lion to tixt immense districts, both east I
Whiek
are °Pen to commercial enterprise-;
all 41,and as
the: KinTulus that was required wasis. market
for consronption, this. is .nQw abundantly supplied
in i
the'eessation of' tire with - Russia,, and the
turers IIY
'lPittwereasing demands of thq.popercmannfac-
.

said west

lludetr-lhese circumstances, not only,ii:7ll all the
lanilitiesffor trade -Allah Liverpool- at ptesent pos-
•sesses' he'in fill recliuieition, but .fresh deniands
‘iwill‘baszade ,upon- her•capabilities for traffic, ren-,
.uerth/gAtmssary all- theavailable reslsllMeB of the
Tort. 'Arad as awe our docks, there Will be full .emplcyyment for all,=and more than all;
as, are.our,ships, many more will ,he req.
t,hereforei:no opportu nii y should be lest cof giving
everyatili
fty to ship-htilding on our instead oefoeompeiling gown shores,
inner , Our merchants Ate send to
ports for. vessels. Some progress Ins been
maile in the .eonstrueties of ship,bitikring yards
on the •Oheihire side of the Mersey, between Wood-
side and aiffrenhead Feriies, and still' further ad-
vantage shadd .be taken of the many facilities
POssensedtby the. opposite-Shore, as the demands of
Liveriseld acme wo:utd Amish ample.enkeloyment
for an immense • extent of ship-building,in addi-
tion to the •demands . for :vessels froin otkor ports.
Liverpool, within the :last :few years, -has made
extraordinarily =pill -strides in her mercantile
operations, lout the :future ;Increase bids fair to
outrival the past.and :it :4,*therefore, but,Arisdorn
to make such praviSion.as y l ensure the,raisa-
*Hon of the prosped.

numerous

Wired, and,

AWOTHER weekharicranspired, and the aspect of
the War already presents a new phase, as though
the differences with 'Russia were not :to be al-
together decided by hard blows. The preposals of
the Emperor,,lsTiclioras. for an armistice, in order to renew•negociations; have, it is said, been listened
to by the German. Powers, or rather Prussia has
prevailed -on Austria -to lend them an ear, and
some cohnar is given •to ,this belief b the
which has4aken place on- y stop
-}lie A
e advance of-theus-
trian troops:;iuto.t4e Pollution provinces in:fulfil-
ment of the -treaty with Turkey. The -Ruseian
forces also, wilich; 'in their. retreat from their,rlis-
comfiture at !Silistria, were evacuating the pro-
vince of Watla4Yia, have rn.ldell rally, and are now
being conceutratod for -further resistance. The
`IIR Proceedings in Parliament are so dull. 7te°lll:ttie,, rl . . . fear that the Enelish sGovernmeat would be weal:
Y devoid of aufstluag:of :atepirited clia.rae- .
enough to listen megociations*t this juncture,
in :„'Diat men began to il,eepuir.of,finding anything
and the doubt as to :the steadiness. of the Emperor
intie`ueeti:debates at all well
.reading. It seems,
iixtene,„i-4' though the age, ;nate aid being one of of AUSTRIA in adhering,tolis wattege professions,
'have no doubt tended to create that messy feeling
pirrty.:ll4l,,A ,r ogress, had Atka into dreary stn-
is this country which was shown last week in the
with 1,;„71,7 "Le souse of Co ons,.thst once rung
decline of the Funds ;but the.effect ofthe latter evil
talk'''4444o6 flashes of eloq e,, becovae a mere '
proceetliz„
are is, we believe, over-estimated. It would no doubt
1,„,, 411.14, in which the
tend materially to abridge the duration a the war,
.0:-slire<i'hy the time the speeches oect‘p,y, rather
if the -German Powers co-opesate heartily evith the
to an `by
the interest they excite. This 48 owing •
rest of Europe in their awned resistance to Russian
the simple fact that the . speakers have no heart
in
aggCon, but they will be the greatest sufferers
the cause in which they engage, no object togreson,
gain, nothing to „awaken ambition or animate their by their failure to do so. England and France
exertions." The
.
opposition see no immediate 9r6g"
combineelzre fully equal to the emergeney,.even if
Peet of their Russian diplicity should be successful in makikg
return fa power, nor do the y Russian
allies instead of enemies of Austria end Prussia,
'to have an intelligible rinciple on which to appeal '
and the latter cower must be a heavy loser, as the
r, Popular sympathy arid bid for future suffrages..
allied fleets would find it no great addition to their
ilreetful of all the t ''ns of party, and un- '
&ties to include the Prussian ports in the block-
Nadtil of the chivalry which should ever animate
a ni„,• __,
ode which they hare so well maintained in that
the'lltY, whose cause is that .of truth and justice,
quarter. In the meantime, the English and
d Noreity of them, at the last election, surren-
'red . .
French contingents are uniting with their Turk-
pree.:::4" convictions on the great question of .sh
the Danube and as every man is
sietere• and now have not even their own con- I . allies' °I.I .
animated with enthusiasm to show his
the prat which to appeal, although. not one of
against the-Russians, the latter will soon be driven
The mti46 of their opponents has verified, a"'
from their positions, without the assistance of the
deuce tlhAte". cin the other hand, have toe xpe-
Austrians. Had we the slightest confidence in
of bein e -411111440 n of constant defeat, the sense
our Government being animated by the same
sation gable t„
f been -- do nothing,' and the sole compen-
feelings which are shared by all the rest of our
bought ot-i g allowed t retain their dewy_ feelings
every doubt would be set at rest with-
zlente a'„-aae,e,s through the weakness of their oppo-
out reference to German diplomacy, for Russia
distil; i-'" the general confusion by which the
would then have no alternative but submission or.
Ohli et-ve
Principles of party have been almost terated. defeat ; but so long as the Earl of A BEI/DIEN IS
11°
Iftger 0 The position of a Cabinet Minister is
ostensibly at the head of HER. MAJESTY'S consti-
atabitio ne to be coveted as a legitimate object of
tutional advisers, do but
doe 11' but directly the reverse, involving, as it. weexpress the opinion of
13, a sacrifice
the whole public in saying, that the course pursued
be cord of principles ; and the people must
is •
by our Government tinctured with suspicion,
Politie_nn_t with this mortifying result of their
and when the close of the Session shall have re-
chao_
ea,l delusion, until circumstances lead to some
moved every check from Parliamentary enquiry,
eonstgitaeaad
bodyppeal be once more made to the
it is impossible to say how soon some plausible
to return a new body of repre-
pretext may be found for removing the decision of
the question from British valour to diplomatic

PARLIAMENTARY VIOGITCOMINGS

sentatives
011 Thursday last, however, the House of Corn-
presented a somewhat novel scene, in a
"ited attack by Mr. DISRAELI on the conduct
of the Ministry during the present Session. He
Launted
the Government with having done nothing
an
;,,,nring the last six months, and then attempted
" excuse of want of time for postponing legisla,

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— A man named Francis Peat,
who formerly worked in the mill of Sir Elkanah Armitage,
attempted, whilst muddled with drink, to hang himself in
his own house, at Pendleton, near Salford, on Monday
night. He was released from a rope by whiSit he had
hung himself up, just in time to sine his life,