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tIESDAY aro2M2VG, )DZ 18, 1854

THE
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coitk,„
-azta4CE OF LiirtRPOOL

ry RILR all prexious experience of war brings
.'recollections of
risks obs'ructionsto cemmerce, increased
hof capture by enemies' criisers, and the delay
expense ofconvoy, the contest now carried on,
gh atthe powers of Eurepe may be ultimately ,
Involved 'in ilt, presents not 'the slightest prospect,
of any interttqiiion to .the gigantic commercial:
concerns :in which we are 'engaged with all parts.
of the worlt. Indeed, so far from anticipating,
lateany minution of our trade, we may fairly -mkt-,
on e. great incresseft nd this more particularly,
al2PlYingsto the port Of
n of Liverpool, from the•cessa-
tio' 'intercourse With Russia. From the latter
country, :We derived chiefly our supplies of hemp,
tralo_.w, sand flax, 'the 'trade in which was ,zhialy
carriedtp with,the porta on the east coast' Of fEng-
ni c!,- owing to • their geographical position. We
ust now look to
sable Articles neNV sources for these ithisPen"
, whieh will be by no means Alfficult
when -ence the demand has been created, ;,and as
tallow on' the American side of the Atlantic;Liver-
ill naturally form the most convenient place
fbr Import ; and: thus a new impetus will be given
Umanr already enormously increasing trAde. It is
tcrthe enterprise ,of Liverpool merchants that by
fat- the greater portion of British eormnerce is
fting, and now field is open for their. exertions
in discovering .and fostering supplies ',Of fibrous
'Material, to -compensate for the hemp .‘and flax
Which we shall no longer obtain from Russia and
a additional stimulus is afforded an-the-necessity
'which now exists for a more ahundant:fupply of
cheap materials for the manufacture paper.
'la
b; has vast still undeveloped, in addi-
lion to the immense districts, both east and west,
..:I.lhil
,1,1; are open to commercial enterprise ; and as
---
the
Istiranixs that was required was.a market
.!or consmption, this is now abundanVy supplied
at -.the, cessatieu of trade with RemSia, and the
IVIdIY inerealing demands of the paper manufac-
turers.
I

ruder thesemircumstances, not only 1011 all the
fEeilities for, trade which Liverpool at 'present pos-
es be. in ..fal requisition, but fresh ,demands
w„.._ 41be made neon her capabilities for traffic, ren-
ng uecessav all the available resources of the
Pcmt• -Vast .as .-are our docks, there ,Will be full
as
ettvloyment fora, and more than all:;' numerous
..are our ships,many more will be redid, and,
therefore, no oppsrtunity should be lost. tf giving
every facility to ,tlip-building on our :own shores,
instead of .compening our merchants to send to
other ports for vessels. Some progress !las been.
made ,in • the •construction of shi
on the p-building yards
eheshire side of the Mersey, between Wood-
side aisid;Birkenheai Ferries, and still further ad-
he should' be :taken of the many facilities
Possessad,by the opposite shore, as the demands
Liverpool :alone wonkl furnish ample employm of
ent
tion
foi an immense -extent of ship-building, in-addi-
to lite demands :for vessels from other Torts.
LiverPocd, within -the last few extra years, has nude
orilinati ly rapid -strides in her mercantile
operation% but the :futrre increase bids fair yto
outrival fle;past, and ;it is, therefore, but wisdom
to make antihprovisieja<as will ensure the realm-
tion of the proved.

PARLIAMMTAR4Y MIORTCOMDTGS

Proceed/J:lp in Parliament are so duH,
ter, th
!o utterly devoid of any of thing. a spirited charae-
in the at men begs despair
indeed, de tdebates at ,se finding anything
Al worth zeading. It seems:lateu,
.holigh the age, :instead of being one of
441, y' progress, bad sunk :into dreary stu-
Withhign:an4 achet house of Cominons,,that once rung
flashes of eloqnence,:hecome a mere
Club, in which the proceedings are
red by the time the speeches .ooeupy, rather
1,4,4 ibe the interest they excite. 'This is owing
"4" Ete,simple fact that the speakers 'have noh to
art
the ,cause in which they engage,
r"). eject
) notling to awaken ambition or anun.ate their
eettions. The opposition see no immediate pros-
„Peet of tlieit return to power, nor do they .appear
4.7 have au :intelligible principle on which to appeal
L'u NNW. sympathy and bid for future serves-
Porgetfid of the traditions party' "4
tnindful of the chivalry which should ever animate
tbtuill(Aity, whoe.eause is that of truth and justice,
d'ae InAlority of awn', at the last election, surren-
pe,...",their convictions on the great question of
864— age, and now have not even their own con-
eye-tn.h to appeal, although not one of
The xhietlcqls of their opponents has been verified.
rienee.th:'ere' ari. the other hand, have to expe-
of beh.,,, ,s,lnuiliation of constant defeat, the sense
sati 'caut.'n to do nothing, and the sole compen-
bout:lll4 44,
wing allowed to retain their dearly-
Noes through the weakness of their oppo-
dintin-48',,,..nd the general confusion by which the
Obliterateda Prineiples of party have been almost
The position of a Cabinet Minister is
aa longer one to be coveted as a legitimate object ofl
d1404,1)t61' but directly the reverse, involving, as
be-B, a sacrifice of principles ; and the people must.
..atent with this mortifying result of their
evh"natitlcal delusion until circumstances lead to some
cons' and an appeal be once more made to the
4aent hod to return a new body of repre-
aentatives Y
it,„°4 Thursday last, however, the House of Corn-
. 7,11.8 presented a somewhat novel scene, in a
-oPfiriteA
u. attack by Mr. DISRAELI on the conduct
t the Ministry during the present Session. He
duns
the Government with having done nothing
itunring the last six months, and then attempted an I "Cllft Qf want of time for postponing legisla- 1

his ow-

tion on the important subject of Land-tenure in
Ireland, the measures for settling which had been
ably drawn by Mr. NAPIER, the late Attorney-
General for Ireland, and adopted by the present
Ministry. He considered that gentleman had been

scurvily treated, but comforted him with the
assurance that he was treated no worse than the
Ministers treated each other. They had been
obliged, among themselves, to make each other
withdraw bills in violation of solemn pledges ; nor
was this to be wondered at, for, with a coalition
Cabinet, business could not be carried on without
mutual perfidy. Lord JOHN RUSSELL attempted
to reply, but it was pitifully weak and mere spiteful
recrimination, betraying too evidently the bitter
mortification which he felt ; so much so, that he
once more resorted to the stale trick of challenging
his opponent to bring the title of the Government
to the confidence of the House to the issue of a
vote on some great question. Mr. DISRAELI was
again more than a match for him, by the remark
that the Ministers had themselves withdrawn every
great question which they had pledged themselves
to bring forward, and should look to one of their
own supporters if they wanted to be helped to a
vote of confidence. For 'his own part, he was
'obliged to them for being -members of an adminis,
tration upon sufferance---4 course of conduct which
he attributed entirely to patriotism—and he con-
cluded with the remark that he did not wish to
disturb them, as he felt convinced that the Coali-
tion Government Ix'ould last until the public
character of every one of its members had been
irretrievably injured.

While some will attribute much of the force of

the invectivele ale sarcastic spirit °file speaker, it
• anfortunately, founded too much on truth, and
oust erelong occupy more serious attention than

appears •as 'yet to have been devOted to it. When
the ministerial difficulty created by the resignation
of Lord DERBY was overcome 'by the coalition of
Whigs, ikelites, and Radictils, confident hopes
'were indalged in of future blessings from a Minis-
try whip comprised "all the talents," which, from
a `fusion of parties, tended 'to disarm opposition,
and which realised the dream of amateur politicians,
of Conservatism and Liberalism working together
' &rile common good. Not one of the many pro-
Iniises has been performed, not one of the many
expectations has been ;gratified. The head'of the
Tabinet is suspected by friends and opponents
alike of something alittle removed from treaellery
in his conduct respeoling the war, which, indeed,
is solely owing to his un-English policy and Rus-
sian predilections in- he previous negotiations, and
he is kept in his place by his colleagues 'who hate
him, because his fill would be their faltalso. The
CHANCELLOR otthe EXCHEQUER, who was lauded
to the skies as armarvel of financial skill, has failed
in everything which he has undertaken, and com-
mitted more Islanders than even the candid Lord
ALTHORP, who'included abolished &Ities in pros-
pective estimates ; and the name cf GLADSTONE,
which was once a tower of strength, has become a
warning for -experimental financiers. Lord JOHN
RUSSELL

hasrbecome a mere cifoher except in self-
importance, 'compelled to give up-his pet project of
Reform, nucl'acknowledge his 'discomfiture almost
with tears in his eyes ; and then, to have his inge-
nious intrigue for supplantingthe Premier defeated
by the cool-reply of the latter, -that his own resig-
nation should be followed by the advice to TI
MAJEsTv to send for Lord DECI3 Y. In legislative
proceedings the Ministry have experienced worse
than a defeat, for they are themselves at once the
anthorsasai victims of everydiscomfiture. Through-
out the session they have been guilty of political
suicide, and at the close'they will have to put a
falsehoddinto the mouth of HER MAJESTY, or bE
1.1. A

. -
COMP. J undergo the.mortification of aeknow-
ledgiv-that the time has literally been wasted—

nothi „ done, for nothing-was intended to be done.
This is a-wretched state of public affairs to exist at
any time,:but it is infinitely worse at the present
juncture,-when England is -taking the lead of the
powers of Europe to chastise the ambitious despot
of the North. It is nowlhat the moral influence
of this nag—hty empire isof the greatest eonsecpience
to ensure, n successful issue •to- the contest, and yet
we present the miserable spe4taele to neighbouring
nations, io.f,a divided Cabinet, no-two members of
which haTe one opinion -in common, and which,
neither, izt policy; principles,,nor practice, enjoys the
confidence -of a-single intelligent individual amedig
our vast population.

TILE •WAg •WZT RUSSIA

ANOTHER week has- transpired, and the aspect of
the War Already presents a: new phase, as though
the differences with Russia were not to be al-
together detilled- by' hard- blows. The proposals of
the Emperor 'NICHOLAS -for-an armistice, in order
to renew negadiations, have, it-is said, been listened
to by the •Glerman_Powers, or ,rather Prussia has
prevailed on Austria -to lend -them an ear, and
some colour is „given to this 'belief by the stop
which has taken ,place on- the advance of the Aus-
trian troops into:the Danubian_provinces in fulfil-
ment of the treaty with Turkey. The Russian
' forces also, which, in their retreat from their dis-
comfiture at Silicitia, were evacuating the pro-
vince of Wallachia, -Inive made a rally, and are now
;being concentrated tfor further resistance. The
dear that the English Government would be weak
enough to listen to 'revelations at-this juncture,
and the doubt as to the-steadiness of the Emperor
of AUSTRIA. in adhering to his warlike professions,
have 410 .doubt tended to create that uneasy feeling
in this country which was shown last -week in the
decline of the Funds ; but the effect of the -latter evil
is, we-believe, over-estimated. It would -no doubt
tend -materially to abridge the duration of the war,
if the German Powers co-operate heartily with the
rest of-Eurepe in their armed resistance to Russian
aggression, but they will be the greatest sufferers
by their failure to do so. Englanfeand France
combined are fully equal to the emergency, even :if
Russian duplicity should be successful in making
allies instead of .enemies of Austria and Prussia,.
and the latter power must be a heavy loser, as :
allied fleets would find it no great addition to their
duties to include the Prussian ports in the block- •
ale which they have so well maintained in that.
quarter. In the meatutime, the English and
French contingents are uniting with their Turk-
ish allies on the Danube ; and as every-man is
animated with enthusiasm to show his prowess
against the Russians, the latter will soon be driven
from their positions, without the assistance of the
Austrians, Had we the slightest confidence in
our Government being animated by the same
feelings which Are shared by all the rest of our
population, every doubt would be set at rest with-
out reference to German diplomacy, for Russia
would then have no alternative but submission or
defeat ; but so long as the Earl of ABERDEEN is
ostensibly at the head of HER MAJESTY'S consti-
tutional advisers, we do but express the opinion of
the whole public in saying, that the course pursued
by our Government is tinctured with suspicion,
and when the close of the Session shall have re-
moved every check from Parliamentary enquiry,
it is impossible to say how soon some plausible
pretext may be found for removing the decision of
the question from British valour to diplomatic

gvrciDE.—A man named Francis Peat,
corked in tut min a RI. Eumnah Armitage,
ilst muddled with drink, to hang hirom-elf
e, at Pendleton, near Salford, on Monday
as released from a rope by whlell he had
up, just in tivac to save his life.