The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

Merman, was 40,000 strong

ation whatever as to wh:

could only oppose 8,000 to the Russian 60,000
iing to his aid in this arithmetical dilemma, 31r

(lied arig

mounts to little short of 160,000 men ; none of the three

attempt to show why, with so large an army under his
command, Lord RAGLAN should have been so urgent for

reinforcements, and why the necessity for them Was s°

pressing;

as to induce the SECRETARY AT WA

, with reluctance and " very great regret,"
men not
ciently trained, and not habituated to their duties.

In point of fac

the whole is but an extension of the

LI art of cooking and mystification. In no case'

nor under any complication of circumstances, have trig
industriously Plied.

talents" of the coalition been more

than in the

art of hiding

If they have not bee:

_..4 infliction of a wound, they have, at all events:
been ready with a plaster to disguise its whereabouts, and
have had an abundance of unguents, liniments, and erd.
brocations to change its complexion and conceal its forra•
In the speech from the throne, with which KM
MAJESTY opened the session, considerable stress is
on the importance of the treaty concluded with Anstr"—
In reference to that treaty, Lord ABERDEEN manifestlY
hugs himself with great self-complacency, and in °Jill'
conceit his lordship is backed with considerable vehemence;
by the Times, which, in defiance of its own sharp an
recant denunciations of Austrian bad-faith, smartly raps
the knuckles of Lord Joint RUSSELL, for having venture('
even mildly to hint that the Austrian treaty may after
all in reality amount to nothing. The noble Rarstno_
or THE COUNCIL says, Austria has " agreed that, before tliv
end of the year, she will take into consideration what steps
she will be prepared to take with respect to the terms of
..
peace with Russia," and naively adds, " I understand the
meaning of that article, certainly. SW '

to avert the

ta• lig
Jul !if!,

anything very precise." If the PREMIEL,
recently found ally the Times, can point out the inlet.,"
of not seeing anything very precise, in such an article'
apart from the great cabinet iniquity of " not fo
lowing the leader," it might tend to sharpen the wits,.:°
some, who, in that respect, are as blind as his Lordswl.cl
Suppose, however, that Austria really means, what Lord
JOHN, and ninety-nine out of every hundred of his 01,1];
trymen, doubt her to mean, and that after mid-winter
active operations will be adopted by her against Rus°,7d
what does this amount to ? Assuming her strongest a^:11
most active adherence to us under this treaty, she wie
not stir before the spring. Between this and that time 6110
has good ground for expecting an army of from 60,00°
80,030 French and English, aided by from 10,000
20,000 Turks, arranged on the heights above Sebastopol
after, in all probability, having fought another battle °o
decisive as Inkerman, against probably treble the numbed
of Russians. She will then step in with her arn3Y,s
300,000 men with its unruffled plumage, and insist .s
retaining her influence and position in the Principalitl',,";'
This supposition is countenanced by her previous eqt
vocal if not treacherous conduct, and still further,
hints thrown out in the court paper of the Prussian 16115
Under any view of the case, keeping past experiene
before us, we must not repeat the grand mistake of biei;
hewing Austria to be our sincere and effective ally, rilife
her finessing, intentionally or unintentionally, has
suited in our having had to encounter in the Crimea h
concentration of Russian forces which, without Sic
finesse, could never have been effected. eet
Among the Ministerial war-manceuvres is the Pr'lld,r
for organising a force of mercenaries from Germany, ed-
which organisation, it is said, not more than 15,000 arra
foreigners are ever to be permitted within the kingati:
While we have, as we are boastingly and in all Prote
bility truly told, native volunteers offering at the rtl,
of one thousand per week, what can we want with
a foreign legion ? The support of such a body
troops has always, and justly, been regarded with $ll%
picion, as anti-national and fraught with danger to „,
institutions. Have we any reason for supposing that tn_.`c
volunteers, now coming forward among OurSelVeg, 2";.,
worse, and that the Germans whom we would hire _
better, soldiers than those who fought and died at lia.ft
lava, who swept the heights of Alma, and who vanquisnue,
the veteran myriads of Russia in the defiles of Inkerrno..f
If not, why should we have to maintain a force wbi‘
might, at the bidding of a faction, be made both hostile
and dangerous to our liberties and institutions ? urres
eye to the establishment of such a c:orrnpolifiZetrepeain'ad
any share in extorting the sinister
bV
our new WAR SECRETARY to the reinforcements
reluc-
tantly despatched by him
to the Crimea? Whether these-
conjectures be so or not, the measure is meeting with s
opposition in Parliament as indicates a really natiotry
spirit ; and the Earl of DERBY deserves well of his c0n,,11,13
fof declaring that he will oppose the proposition in all

stages

Among the highly gratifying circumstances which b. 3;
already occurred in this brief Parliamentary sesbithe
has been the unanimous and cordial recognition, bY.,ices
three branches of the Legislature, of the eminent ser,,lte
rendered to the country by our gallant army. This trio
is at once graceful and gratifying ; and not less so is "tbe
which is intended to be conveyed by Her Maieks;ti, the
QUEEN to the French army, by conferring on its chief
Order of the Bath. Another and a striking complimen
arrangement, arising out of the heroism of our arrnhoPto
been an instruction communicated from the Qunroui
Lord RAGLAN, requesting him to name a serjeant
.coed
each regiment, to be raised_ to the rank of a commis

_
officer, as a reward for efficient services.
While the war has been absorbing all serious cons,' 6,43
tion in the state, even our amusements have reoe
eiy
twist in that direction. Some men, less wise than au Set
turous, and more conceited than intelligent, hav,!, of
themselves up in opposition to this popular disPT'ere;
national feeling. Some Greeks, in the city and elsewPbere
a few eccentrics in divers places ; several quake 001
and there, have attempted to stem the tide, but bal,eue to
met with an outburst of public indignation ; and, It hiro,
the natural instinct which has all along guided role
COBDEN, where he could not lead, has slunk out o,:ietlf
arena, and, instead of crumpling up Russia, has q`:joll•
doubled up himself, and retired to his un-Englisb Bas
JOSEPH STUEGE has condemned the war, because. 't
,pro
raised the price of Corn, leaving, of course, the collie or
open, that if Corn had been cheapened by it, theooP,
would have had his sanction and approval. A nincomuol
who courted martyrdom, by opposing his neighbours,to lie
so making himself unpleasant, was so far gratified asorth•
kicked out of a reading-room, somewhere in the,taking
To crown the peaceable joke, JonN 017hoter,
his own reflected self-will for the opinion of Tan3'
not fewer
has been suddenly informed of his error, an.-
than six hundred and fifteen of his outrakee Taeev
citizens have requested the Merott to call a puil
ing, where the community of Manchester in3Y ho e
IA"
opportunity of showing how little his opinions are sJentle
thised with, or shared in, by those whom in Parlialli
misrepresents. The meeting has been fixed to take

this daN

in literary circles, the class of works suited to eifiirroce
kind feeling, to excite seasonable charity, and P,r°—, as
benevolence, has taken the lead, as it generally ide
this season of the year. Christmas tales and m—ibc
carols, home remembrances and festive gaiety, f°ll 1)0
chief attractions of the current literature. Now anuforte'
we find fruit of another tree appearing, but that, ter is
nately, is seldom to be met with. Among these
a volume professing to be a " Gallery of Portraits,.tico
GEORGE GILFILLAN. This is a work made up of cll by
essays, in which the author—a reverend gentlera„, rt,
the way—takes occasion to scratch the less protecten,2,-0-
of several literary men, who have given him real 01;
these
annoyance. Conspicuous anion"
'
~,,bi
LAY sits for a likeness, the leading tints of,ell by
seem steeped in gall, while the drawing is distori;io;cll
rankling dislike and undigested spleen. Screerlingoerell
under the shadow of Professor WILSON, the peg
scribe contrives to stick an envenomed needle intoo,?o
vital portion of Bow GUALTIER, the late Pnovloillal3'h
in-law, who has been suspected of inditing " 'l,O t°!t;
spasmodic tragedy," wherein GrisiLLAN serr"„icl h"fi
alluded to, not exactly in such terms as hens'c's. of ora;
M.M. Mossuyn and Mezzinr, forsaking the 'llOTlj,
agitation, in which they have, the former pantie bout tot
late years had their sole public existence, are. riatora
enter the fields of literature; but, true to theird heroti
instincts, they will still continue agitators 31:he weld
worshippers of themselves. KOSSUTH is to treat a revie
to a collection of his letters from Turkey, andiricludl;
edition of his speeches on the topics of the day P'p
of course, the management of the present vrlye'magogil;
ideas of the interests of freedom : the Italian work
is, it seems, employed in the preparation of a a greatly
the social and religious regeneration of ittliy:Z" gorse,.
more welcome and accomplished labourer la rrhis plcf;
vineyard than any of those named has resurneToco 17e.
with his wonted vigour and ability. CHARLES tale,
broken ground with the first part of his " %stain W'or
Martins of Cro' Martin," which promises to s
eli,est
the works,
etching
even augment his already well-earned fame aosfai".os refere;
of Irish life and character. Like most
a/be"
niseesdplieriotedly f
• rons action, . oceS
The Theatres are not in very vigo . _ iota 4.
benefits for the Patriotic Fund have in sor
At
ova y'
added public spirit to the ordinary attraction Mop
James s,the tragedy of Macbeth was perform The
andie
hililzu.?yated by clever scenes
the proceeds being devoted to that purposes .„theirs.,lo!`:
meat 0.
nt by repeated plaudits in ackno
_. „„1„.1,7,..
Ofl
resentation of Lady Macbeth by M-is• "as a hoir_ea'•',
evening, a Mr. MarLEsoN appeared_ „_riebo _
numerous, and they ter
itedr
vial Othello, on the boards of the
General dulness is common as a
Theatres Is_
..n, and the leaden monotony of the
ductory to the pantomimes.

cause of

was brilliant and

Juu,,
able rep;

Theatre

A PINIC prevailed amongst the sugar traders or. r•~4
north last week, from the belief that the Chancellor 01.!:',.
Exchequer intended to increase the duty on that artiosp
In Glasgow, duty was paid on cwt., and a Wnak,
-,,tity of whisky was taken out obond. In Green-re.
aid to the extent of £20,000, and for the P
f 138,000. tbera
JNT of the dulness in the cotton tratitago,
ral hundreds of unemployed PaoPie in Iflf their
clothing and furniture bit b bit, till they are pow JP--*
.a _ a local paer have disposed 0 . ~.to
on the bare floor. ' i Y.

duties were

vious week c