The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser. — 1854-10-24 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

JAMES BLAND, E.q., . _ _ _  of Europe against the aggressions of the Northern Despot, than an appeal was made to individual munificence to provide for the wives and children  the accommodation which the profitable nature of his transactions had enabled him to obtain, he was compelled to succumb to the pressure. There are few cases wherein the sudden realisation of large assets would not involve very considerable loss; but it remains to be seen, in this instance, supposing time to be afforded for the judicious disposal of the property, whether the creditors will ultimately be sufferers to any great extent. But however this may be, and if even it could be proved that the individuals alluded to had acted with the utmost perfidy, it by no means justifies the sweeping charge, or rather insinuation, which has been made against the mercantile community of this great town.  , . 1.---That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby passed, to J. M`Nicoll, Esq., for the valuable services he has rendered to the Ward during the two years he has been its representative; and regret that so trifling a cause should have deprived the Burgesses of a Member so much appreciated.  of those who had ventured their lives for England's  Proposed by THOMAS TouLartrr, Esq., seconded by C. Swans, Esq., 2.—That this Meeting do consider Jamas MARX Woon, Esq., Merchant, a fit and proper person to represent Great George Ward in the Town Council.  quarrel. So readily and so generally was the appeal responded to, that in a short time nearly a Hundred Thousand Pounds was collected, and the minds of the soldiers set at rest with reference to the welfare of those they left behind them. Then came the news of the fierce and deadly struggle on the heights of Alma, where hundreds of gallant soldiers lost their lives or their limbs to gain the brilliant victory which struck the first blow at Russian supremacy in the Crimea, and opened the road to the fortress of Sebastopol ; and this was followed by the harrowing intelligence that the wounded, conveyed to the hastily-arranged hospitals in Turkey, were suffering from the want of the commonest necessaries, and enduring more bitter agonies from the neglect than they had experienced under the murderous fire of the Russian artillery. Again an appeal was made to public sympathy, and so cheerfully was the response made that in one week more than Five Thousand Pounds was contributed. It is true that the tale of distress has since been contradicted, and we quite agree with the opinion expressed at the preliminary meeting held in the Town-hall, on Wednesday, that everything needed for the sustenance and comfort of the wounded soldiers should be provided by the Government as part of the necessary cost of the war ; but, while the question was being debated, the sufferers may have been lingering in agony. It was a time not for discussion but for action, and the manner in which the appeal was met demonstrated most forcibly that a reliance on the kindly feelings of our countrymen was not in vain. We have given in another column a letter from our townsman, Mr. HAUSBURG, enclosing a donation to the fund, and it is with much gratification we call attention to the circumstance. In addition to these aids, a Royal Commission has been issued for the management of a Patriotic Fund, similar to that whichivas raised after the battle Waterloo, to provide for the widows and orphans of the slain, and none can doubt that the contributions to it will be worthy of the occasion. With these facts before us, open to all the world, we may endure the reproach of being a money-getting people, for a large number are evidently practically aware that " it is more blessed to give than to receive."