The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-10 00:00:00

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ties offered a sill

since the colonial authori

the establishment of a line of steam-- a
by the Posl-oface

nothing has been done
ties in this country to realise so obvious
They have, indeed, persist,— --
by circuitous routes and uncertain 91',
wilfully neglected the advantages agbrciggevil,
unrivalled clipper-ships of Liveipool•
ordinary channels the certainty of steam Co
nication has been superior to all utber:ll:os.
the Australian trade the sailing vessels !'a
had the advantage ; and it is, therefore, 'fort
disregard of the means within their Powers lye
Post-office authorities not to avail '11166:61
the Liverpool lines of passenger-shiPs' P4superiority of steam-vessels for speed 95
tuality be fully established.

,fAd in forwarding
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THE UNFOUGHT BATTLES 1111
CRIMEA.

WE do but echo the sentiment whie
expressed by every newspaper published sviros.
last few days, when we say that the e7iie
topic of thought and conversation during ~,ce
has been the numerous telegraphic reV)rts;(l
announcing the capture of Sebast°P°l„itll

Russian fleet, and which were so aPl32re':ge9
firmatory one of the other that they fe" goo
rally credited. It may be that there Is °tl,o
tendency in the human mind to believe tifit
it wishes to believe, and therefore acceP'' del°
the account of a ictory when that cf
There ;'OO,
would be received with suspicion.'
ever, no doubt that much of the crecienctcslV
was given to the recent telegraphic reritirck°ll:
which have since been proved to be 'a" iosiojv
may be attributed to the confident TaaedriaboFje
The Times newspaper endorsed then',
with ingenious sophistry to prove that
°P °0
true. The public at large had but fe'N',,(4 00 j;
ties of judging of the probabilities °I oreo4,
which were said to have come through °l4beevii"
official channels, and too many had anflars
the habit of relying upon the statenienliv Oo:
the leading journal of Europe, as harw: et'
question. There is, therefore, the 11; De' lir
that the fall of Sebastopol was genet,'coilfllll‘l,.
to be an accomplished fact, and that •r
tion by official despatches was of In
fijl'soev°3,,pi
quence. Now, however, that the 11,a0rDe
apparent, people wonder how they ou,Tithereutt
no
so deceived, while the journal that 7,i2-.4
deception quietly passes it over as
moment, and proceeds to comment 011 oce°";;
bilities attaching to the subseque%' edbC
Some lesson should, nevertheless, b° g 04,11
perience, and not the least valuable .4, t' tea
wholesome distrust of a newspaper
(Jo
scrupulous. in its assertions, as 113ri3„(f00,e1
climate in its principles, and which has t"':4l
amount of public confidence to whic!l‘,loos4
very slight. At the same time, 111°s' rdeer ed
admit that The
_Mites has often ren-aeO'd
service to the community in its earlY
communications on the most interestingotee.'
its occasional fearless exposure of public

THE WAR WITH ItIISSIA'

ply
WE were enabled last week, frol:°11, Pot
though brief despatches published the
Pot
Gazette Extraordinary, to aruaottnee 00p5 ifi
pu
and successful attack of the allied %/attej 0-
Crimea on the Russian forces who 11.°1,5ce
nreoswistetvheeitrhepamssoargeedaectailrosesdtlizZarsth
1/1
beenminp btorotuhgehct
obinymLanordderßotintGhnex7s.bifi:ih;ospe,
trf,?,4e,
It may truly be designated as a 110 Or'
yielding to none in our military 311
bravery and courage displayed by ti; 000
engaged, and proving to demonstrati°o lost
forty years' peace, British soldiers
vh
Of that daring and indomitable sPirit:tile r
the French out of the Peninsular av cictlorit
the bayonet, and won the crow' 01'''
Waterloo. For the first time, howev,erof fob'
the French have been allies instead Dicro
the contest has been one of emulati°_illow 10111,14
be foremost in vindicating the insti%ceplii°
Europe, disturbed from its peaceful °'tioctotles
the aggressions of the northern 'IA:1%10'1'00'
Russians, it appears, had all the 14, b
situation, being posted on a )010" defePvet 013
manded the river, and was strouglYeerijob
heavy artillery. The allies were,
conquest, and, nothing daunted by ti,lollll'l
front opposed to them, struck the first doou oftb
Russia in a manner which left ,iiii,,,°o4l°.leao. I
Sebastopol, the Russian fleet, and 11'059t",es"ef'
Crimea would shortly be in theirAP,olol 55,
was, however, a victory, not gaine',.,r ouicepe to
loss, and, amidst the rejoicings I 611- e"
- 1311- it
must not forget the mournful tri tio tie boll
gallant officers and men who fell W4epopei,
counter. It is part of the price ,0
pay for triumph ; but the regret lc to °l'r (10°
A 4 of
with the reflection that the WI 311."
been forced upon us by the stern ``e-11
be
tea C
for which a fearful retribution stern
„her '
the hands of the EMPEROR of 1117'4 fliPll(eir'
We have reports by tele,graPlll:o esPeti ";,
cesses in the Crimea, but, after t'-ts ov
the last few days, all such statorae-firtaericerro
ceived with great caution, until c°ll
tljg'
„mos° I ,101
thority, unless, indeed, we maY st 4 0'
parties who have lately practised s° "e'
popular credulity will be afraid t° r
adfd
the 0,
dangerous experiment. ecl t° fge
Public attention will also be turtt 4 10, 0 d
any j 10; -
of the fleets in the Baltic, as it ea tilt` V'
sb,o io co,
be insisted, upon that every means gtls9 r
available to weaken the power °I fartlie tie':c
the approaching winter shall rolder•ect
lie
tions impracticable. The great °b futiP
to obtain material guarantees for tleiffeeete`i;of the
of Europe, and this can never bethe ities° Jo/
".
as the EMPEROR NICHOLAS has ierao(lso,l of
posing any. resistance to the reason'' 0(10:4
Western Powers. Insensible to he th olv
to any sense of justice, it is °. ble fite
our cannon which can be madente s' ititY
but when he is deprived of ins
not meet our ships on the open bv &iv VA.;
ence in the Black Sea is destro.yu 'iriris; to :co
Crimea from his grasp, he v"...e 10%4°45 °co'
up in his vast but sterile enll3.ii_ 'acalito sil J 0
rest of Europe all the practieuiv:tist bo here{
war. To do this, however, we 5e3,50il
ch
ful in the Baltic as in the /31aci‘ A fr
isfiet4 t
the public ought not to egoh OOO
NAPIER shall render that ,
his setting out he so confidentlY•Pooise