The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S SPEECH

in an extra Edition very shortly after Two o'clock this
afternoon. - •

LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S PATRIOTISM.

THE speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL in the House
of Commons, on Tuesday, when he made a convulsive
effort to wriggle himself once more into notice as a
public man, has excited the ire of our contemporaries
of almost every phase of political opinion. The
Radicals have discovered, to their mortification, that
they have grievously mistaken their whilome idol, and
that, so far from his being a statesman of profound
sagacity, he has displayed the peevishness of a spoiled
child, and tried to damage the Ministry in which he
had lost all hope of taking a part ; while the leading
journal charitably concludes that he is labouring under
a kind of hallucination, something nearly allied to
insanity. It would hardly, indeed, be considered the
act of a sane man to take the opportunity of the
session being about to expire in order to indulge in
a series of platitudes, and to make observations which,
if they were entitled to the slightest weight, would
damage the cause he has professed to espouse. The
rejection of his peculiar notions about the conditions
of peace might certainly rankle in his bosom, because
the exposure made him appear so extremely ridiculous ;
but it would scarcely mend his position to tell the
House of Commons that the Turkish Ambassador,
who was a very intelligent individual, agreed with him
on the subject. In the first place, it was not true;
and, it it were, it would not mend the matter, unless
we are prepared to give Turkish intelligence the pre-
eminence over that of civilised Europe, which would
be a somewhat new phase in modern statesmanship.
As for his forebodings about the difficulties of the war,
and the awful responsibility incurred by persevering
in it, such remarks could only have emanated from
one in the interest of Russia ; but, as we cannot
believe his lordship to have sunk so low as to be acces-
sible to Russian gold, we can only believe that he has
suffered from that peculiar fascination which is said to
be characteristic of Russian diplomacy. Like the
harmless bird under the gaze of the basilisk, he has
been charmed at Vienna, and cannot in England dispel
the illusion. But the most extraordinary part of his
speech was his allusion to the affairs of Italy, and his
well-feigned horror at the tyrannical despotism prac-
tised in States professing the Romish religion. It
must be a return of one of those fits of ultra-Protes-
tantism which have sometimes seized him, such as
when, like the boy who wrote " No Popery" on the
door and then ran away, he wrote the famous Durham
letter, and afterwards shrunk from his own doing in
the milk-and-water scheme called the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill. However true his statements that Pro-
testants in some Italian States suffer grievously from
religious persecution, and that the Bishop of Rome is
only maintained in his authority by the presence of
French and Austrian troops, calling attention to the
subject at this critical period could not have the
slightest effect for good, while it might tend to
embarrass our foreign relations, when it is more than
ever necessary that attention should be concentrated
on the prosecution of the war. If his object were to
make a speech to be talked about at a time when he
was afraid of being politically extinguished, there is
no doubt he has been to some extent successful ; but
if he fondly thought to create out of it political capital,
or to recover any portion of that public confidence
which he has forfeited, he has wofully deceived
himself. He has sunk so low that all his old friends
have turned their backs on him ; even the Radicals
are foremost in crying him down ; nor could he find
an apologist, unless it were amongst that shred of
faction known as -the Peace party.
There is nothing, after all, surprising in this. It
is now about a quarter of a century since the time
when, by the over-heating of the political cauldron,
the scum was :thrown to the surface, and Lord Joul

RIMELL, being ;foremost in Taking the cry of "The

fAuGusT 14, 1855._

Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the
going so far as to threaten the House of Lords sl
physical demonstration of armed men from Thrslt
ham,—was elevated into the position of a 11,
idol. With that peculiar tact of which he is sag;
to be a master, he has contrived since then 0100
himself before the public eye, displaying
versatility in principle as in talent, and ellaugujgr
tone as varying circumstances seemed to recl7ol
order to preserve a show of popularity Whichos
has deserted him altogether. His position as
man has been as little creditable to popular intesiso 0
0
as the cry with which it originated. The cry
nothing but the Bill, and truly it may be 50
nothing but the Bill has been the result o'o
political mania which shook society to its We'll)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL took the first step to playsof
he has since clung to with unscrupulous ,eiffi

The Liberals have now discovered the wortrdi
of their idol ; but they have themselves elitel
blame for being so blinded by party as to 13°00
such a leader. It may truly be said that there
#0
shade of political opinion which he has not; 3tll,
of his life espoused, and at another repudiair"7oo4
his crowning act has been to advocate PO 1110/
price, and discourage the prosecution of a Wgirhio#
might never have been commenced but for
at
servile letter to the English Ambassador I
Russian Court.

LIMITED LIABILITf.,4
:.°illl#
to

THE important question of opening to
companies, under certain restrictions, th
usually accorded by a charterofincorporati_
the crowning act of the session, though 4401.:
forced through Parliament with such preei_air
must tend to deprive it of much of its praeu;o4(
It has been acknowledged by several of the
minent members of the House of Lords that V
no real objection to the principle of limited
but they consider it of the first importailee..:ctif,
privilege should be guarded with such rest
may prevent its being abused. Owing, tb
its having been delayed to within a few (1` gir fie
close of the session, no time has been afford
amendments as might have been deemed 10,
and the Act will come into operation wit yirt
crudities attaching to hasty legislation. °lei eol;
undergone so many alterations that it is Jis
define precisely what are its provisions, but ~a is
briefly allude to such amendments as have Tod/
since it left the House of Commons. The apil
limit its operation to companies having
,:isisY,
not less than £lO,OOO was defeated, so that w
no element of the measure, but the clause wo
ijoiddi
altered as to confine its application to collo ,
not fewer than twenty-five shareholders. of
clause was also amended so that the affairs °,,fo,‘
party before being admitted to the privileges 'ivied'
liability shall be audited by some person Arlo, eitit:
the Board of Trade, and its complete 991:eottif
blished. Another amendment was that all- 0011'-
securities issued by companies with Mail A Cla-.a
should have that fact mentioned on these.' ectoTs
was also agreed to, providing that where st`l,-.olt, th
a dividend when the company was his°'Llchs'egtl
should be jointly and severally liable for tP",., sv,
the debts, exempting, however, such direet°:oe:
opposed the dividend ; another additional der
prevent the note-of hand of any share poll;
received in payment of stock, and also
fo
that, in the event of any companyl°s-ng t
wound uP• 110
of its stock, it should be forthwlti• "
are the principal alterations 10t
committee of the JO
bill in its passage through e°l21—
be seen, when tfie,
Lords. It remains, however, to
it will s'doobil
shall come into operation, how tba
faro 1,
commercial operations of this country ; but
considering the hurried manner in which be
were gone through, that an amended meaoe gocies
found necessary in order to provide for Cont;re
which have not as yet been foreseen. If it es to
sible to conceive that the managers of cone'pto'
which were made is
formed under the Act would in all cases be
by the principles which guide the honest tire"
the measure might prove beneficial, and not tP..,b04

that the knowledge of the liability of shacl4
being limited might tend to restrain that urdill3/ pIICS
which has often been the bane of joint-stieceper
turers. Unfortunately, however, there have ju
things known as " cooking" acccounts ecei'vel te
terns where the directors have been belie,lo9,t'e
highly honourable men ; and it is, thereforePLPs
of surprise that some anxiety should be evi7, od;
coveted privilege to be hedged in with restrie off1:0,
the other hand, it should not be forgotten that°`
alluded to were perpetrated under the old
limited liability, that against such conduct i°,:theltie.ell
to provide an effectual legal remedy, and W'iii9;%
fact of creditors being deprived of that self- 'the
they often falsely imagined was derived fro' 1„ tlie°
limited liability of shareholders may prove
more efficient protection.
ref''``
The discussion which took place, on the 1.10.,
the Board of Trade to grant a charter of 51'16'0
to the Canadian Steam Navigation Company e 5 e
in this town, owing to the opposition of so
pi
great steam:packet companies, was acknovjool
Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, in moving the sec.,,e
ing of the bill, to have been the primary e9l`;b ido
introduction of the measure. That emnPenYol,',lr,g
its incorporation by an act of the Colonial lfront:;
of Canada, but it was felt that the duty °f rto
or refusing such privileges, which had hitiietile 01
exercised by the Board of Trade, was 01 jeicei
invidious 'character, being liable to °Pardo
political bias, and that, therefore, it was ferroleil
that companies, under certain conditions, silo
;04
a general right to the privilege. This was wet of
of the measure as first introduced, but its oleettee
confined to companies possessing a certain
oof ffe
capital, a restriction which has subsetlufwencieD
abolished, so that the condition of having :g
shareholders is the only one of any imPerl4o,l4l9;"
remains, the bill applying to sleeping Pond
lPot
mercantile firms having being postpone'

session.

AFFAIRS OF ITALY'

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THE aspect of political ;airs in Ital °befilli-t; illta'
the great question of the war, is not Yvir''li/I°.itite lilt ef
ptßhaoin. church
pr
presence
ne been o
f rapidlyrrennwh
rest, however inopportune may have been 20011- of
in which the subject was brought before t'' 00. ~it
:Id
levivieic::t; a.le :V041:::
h Commons, on Tuesday, by Lord Jolls of
Rope
as long been evident that the influence 01 7 foll_xe ij
artiaEllycanw:)tnhldyrhawolnd, hisow isnegattion :his own v....,are
apt
inOre 00111
demands from the Crimea. In the neig lithorit
provinces a similar duty of upholding all.il i iilSt:i
which is alleged to be maintained by sPiri'lgat tij'
anitr:pas
1r
encc is performed by Austrian troops ; °,lcliriste;
power which at one time boasted to sway a-110004
dom is now virtually a military tyranny' t IC
The of
every moment to break into insurrection. joels
trtail: jotitilea
Of SARDINIA has nobly thrown off the
superstition, and not only suppressed Ina° with tof
tions, but shown his practical sYlnPatiltipeeotteg
cause of Western Europe by sending a e°/1,5ii01701,4
15,000 men to the Crimea. If the other lII' woit "t
have not followed this example, it is not f199)11„ toclev
spiritual and military bondage, who
croft- 4eep
sympathy on the part of the people, viT,l they ' ii
the opportunity to free themselves ; and, ~e caos,t
from wil'etherefore' of
is not easy to foresee the consequences to iii-iow aitavwe
civil and religious liberty, when the war, lisoji hAile,
confined to Russia and the Western powers' strugof
involved other States in the momentous
_.,00
,he stroPr
`_'even Spain, which has long .been Y

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IN SIEGE OF SEBA-S.TOPOL.
1,„„ are ,
At op ''"%t .
ck ''"%t • With any tiPak„, DI th,,,,, *communications from the
414 il,7ttitc,l: Crimea, imtcept-stel brief despatches
‘L'At ' 4talt . 't be satisfactory:;:
NEI. no tet, 11 of the troops o
1,1/I(i' ei'°l)l fllpetBe has been ,experienced, we xnayr
'01)),., 41 the ' absence of ;any notes of tTrkiaph
f. t'll .‘qll •
44.1,08 pkt.r swan Journuis. We. may cenclude
Iftit:Cq ill eonaed silence us to details, that :the
k, Ye a t4D,
".'clq '4eti,, -445 t are biz-say preparing tln. -seine
, vasi,_ ..
:.41it ,' etpeoz,trori, the particulars of which--we
fltt' INeve-17g 'to 'receive. They are entitled to
the.',Dzike
; 4t,,,cc,1t fOr 'this foi-bearance. Hall
c; :1'1,4, \red, 'av'hen -conetructing the famotiqiines
:,.,,,ttit :-'44, Prod • _zd to the ward what he
Li% '4l 'order to till the col:aphids. of 'his
,ii „ ti, , • s
Nt titypi:Ekla 'were ,s-eneral, the Prerxilh .*rzny
ke
0^ ii lave met that sudden check ,-which
. , ,t),_ .
tlietro 1.7 'brilliahtTsenes of vidowes 'by 'which
,q‘4el.l:y driven out of the }enema... On
rtl,llig 44 ki, . t liereis a growing ,eonvietion ' that
)LBttr.,t_,,4tiOn SO-- atrictly to the zassaidt• on the
'kli 'Ntstopoi is not the Wiest react to success,
• Itt.e.
tit, • "Qe.wiselit policy to are 'OIILtE PASHA.
One e Pendent position wikth Ibis Turkish
‘•trPlitl. d
11414 In Fending the DamibianZrovinces.
4114 'ef ~ tit?, Allied Tones :new in the
, which are being tilaijy -csiTengthened
', 1,, 'rrrials, must be far .more :-..than •sigill-
ifti,Nirttair ti
he
& Ale positilcm 'before the town;
'ii s..'st*
' ' n'e
ther.e*le, it is natnrally:askd, why are
N6f litalltwed to send ireinforefments aid
, .
rrefoOd :..4,-,a ani ..tion iitito the w.f.
4t1'.1,41,a te:1";„? ,With the numerors troopszt,
,1 tha 6 -jz".e' having inll poseeosion of .the
4,tk itt -"*"-leff5T 'night
k1itk1..1,444..._,"'1)10. wade, witlirg • ere:this have been
hetterhop of sueness
k ttit`lKl,Z4t human life dOTtliebesiegers. If
?sie;„,,,:. b@,,. ,'basis of Et..ussian:
..-opec-ations,,.and
kat4.`' at n 8421% comneunicakon,mheld with• the
k4b.,,, qiov,.tpol, there mnie;tht- surely be wane
...40
k,l 'Df•ttl'rthis place, so .os, to.:olstain complete
1, ctilles mediate country. t
To intercup
" 'the •T7Tht wind employ nt,..for the Turkishit
,),
‘,,Aiid„. Iltltiiiiikia contin,,,el4, and :such of • the ,
\ At}, 1.. e - troops as .enuild,lx, spared from
,
, While operations in:the ppm field woodd,
clt 'Ple
t ' i, all 4santnulief from 'the ,confikement of the'
1,1 kr -,3. •
'''..3.ti. (I
~,--or active exercise to -ram anxious to .
'4'‘)4 kittrz. can be no houbtrthat the Allied 4 \ 145 re. : q.5 lilt 41ft a match for .any, Russians that;
td d t
E4:k ,th `l44rElose them. This ,Awao abundantk:
4,,,e'heziglits of Alma :€d:> at Inkerman, .
~,, itt Ntv74l'.f.ke disadvantages to -contend with,
11';''''Iltl'ic:411-1116'1`littrabers and. position. :Such a dis-
01it1,;qt,44,' to exist. and iLappears almost
1140:1 N• ill:stile Allied arm y.,,even'N' in its present
1,4,, •tfire,.7ooll sweep the Russians from the
I. No,o''',:tlstopol in a :complete
°llki tic fott, state of
al- f . At
'red by its s. case :gown '''l': p,)llkiti.,4:tkie b lant fair to give' ztio_ge,.--eeals credt
of their
44%,,,, 4.4,,,°11!-Prehend the pecullaritiffi
NkiNt';ill4La. st-they have at least .shavvn a wise :
°f . lit lig"their intentions „seeret, we must
the
,wrii, '..-4,.,„ - ,irttzttl‘4l:4:l'l :::`'iopnast.ience until tv.e ;learn
iti's4l4t4lfial
4t1N5k,14,4 4' roan of colour., whale:4*one Ise of
hel,e (pitql.b ,t,lo'it:i., was found tyliagut,the.irtat
state
e
'll, ftr4lii',,,4,te,wa lk. ae, in Huskies TotrY.,-,lepittaati,
}'4, frog
I,,,,t,kitSaken to the A.orntenevern
' le to tell
ki't.it' Ae kt'etl'ci•ii'i• pceasd wh7t,eil down, tae fore
i ya,. crtr,v Nita is thought
rilB?fi:4l',/,,,,_
N.,1014,11 tl..rllaer4;c, Boooks, a seaxim,il4elOrkging to
'.! el p.,.,-Djah•-•e 8 "‘, Km taking a bulk of timber on
i,4'''tlt, otiriveeo4:lll6ills allksti Q - .‘ 1 ?eso c
dk
e,
on
kite:,'ii theth thl,.„. slipped from the slings,
'"TlTedj62e tisrudaYber.,l94ll,..ovt" rneg-
' , (II wivAiv- ii,--,,,-inpine as to erase .his,,death,
'4l''' I) e 4e'LLQllltea iiso-spital, where he hailbeem
~tt;.*ite 1ti1,,.. -4.
‘'":t ,q. 10..: n,Q_
11:1• illki "44 I. Ntl4-:34tor4ay a woman named eatheriple
1 kl Ake), '-urtin residing in court No. B,,Chris-
-and
41 illtheill(1 roilla*,,`Ridenl:7lEabout four o'esiod.k,
n'i'lilil 4', LV„41(1 Y Yew Obtained she expired. Au -inquest
, t,i4D,t1,,,e the-.7rclaY ;:hut on the ground of state!
~, kk'lkitl'hoat ft t*Y, to the effect that the deceased_
1:t k the Was cal: and. -,was also ill-treated by her
3rtem
'kl,kt sit IN 441J0
y 4 lulled. to allow a post
lroln e ") ht 'Made
f 1 fll-"•h tt*PD .
k'Y' *, tailse --e3l----AI IKOE.y, who described her:
e '444' k ePer 'warYb - ht up at the Pohce
" INA 'l4a4lDlittl.
f ...I taso aretfor a month, for steal-
tt:Nt`qti:hot:3-eptitter at .gelevsa o'clock on Saturday
kti,, to ':t.., took'hop chile ;Dyer, Pownall-square. Nt, li,„
cabs
the propx;eter was. busy. t.P. -if kittij'il eiP„, ae butter, sa,ying "I think this ill
1/4"1 Ile liti.. Deian..! ocher, and then walked out with-
vlitml‘li,) 'Ae el". Drght hack to te shop and re-
v} ash liii,to '-:sight, she fell .upon her knees and
tl,aN,-,' (~‘ • vaY for the batter ".at, any price" the
pryi'l ppeillq, kV.ititti Lucks Kinney, au oi.d_ilian who
the ".
,t,l):4j),,ll.4l4l:ktZD:isstßeri7Perfth" dressed:itisli's
m _,h pocket of
~!chief '2,040-`,14,. Y etiening,wwhile listenging,to an ont-
„,,,tkietne,-;AiZe-street. Officer 216, into whose
ht Aareht he tiven, said the latter produced the
tiAre.,ll.l'und he was being taken to the
tt 1111,' I ;1)4 ta 1.1.. e magistrate to the prisoner :
ii, Ilki.nve ali.r" Prisoner : " I'm
_guilty, sir,
IN AIL', 440.1 Y of four or five children, and
Vl' °P 4 h lie was sent to gaol for fourteen
Ite',,ott -nzt,c„,
i*t(,;,,il„:eNlrte'', re,,i•
,-Ela 144.-X NOT EVIDENCE.—Yester-
i -P., N`Y.ith i7:4qed from Saturday, was charged
l'S:4-t C'iln'harilva
~ii.,,ohhel;
the
at twe-stittreet
Y robbery. William Green,
.
%said. that he was going
44 91e .1.,t-ttiiiie Prisotj nilniltes to eleven o'clock on
I, tviirilso,,4' ilp a,,,,. r attaited him and knocked i;l4i ,14, 'lice „'-er haen, he discovered that his watch ' yt'i4', 4t trgaiaat 17.-"tiosaes to move an alibi, and
thjt+l llea le tiine lin was that of the prosecutor,
t, as diseii and the watch had not been
;'4ll)ot.l'ilit:ti'',4l In„,rged.
•:11'thlit'is the 11..gy1,n-n.l-' n?ited Christopher Sedgewiek,
..44sp„. e,,,,_at in,_l,l? in Ashton - was sent by
1; Tillper, 0,..tut.11 to street,fetpl from the
i,:e? tei7,gardet7.42 umgle-bank, on Friday last, in
kt. 1, It. `, Sdge„,usikil putting the plants carefully
,v ki, geic7ls,Tere would not be room for
, tl',11O,!illa auto the'l4'l u took the horse by the
t, th des 3', the lane nd in about ten minutes
11it e .tkassi gardener
giti, og, and had, was called into the lane
tw9l4t, of the
ant
found Swick lying on
4,‘)(r.:11e
I,ll,hiserb:chlit)
%:411,1'$ pe,llo,;Witilatana_ltehaPel. O inquiry, Mr.
i,i',4lla `no board Ti-g the caution he had re-
tially
1-
111,1,al: ont, and sitting on it
iractured his spine. He
Medical aid ; At he

dtion, 'has begun to throw off the yoke SOUTH LANCASIII.RE SUM.2II-ER
ion of church property ; and it is said ASSIZES.'
'nment has resolved upon joining the
tg a contingent of 25,000 men to the
r adhesion of this kind will give more
;haracter to the war, and consequently
Imption of a more definitive position by
'ewers, Romish tyranny will have
vntpathy-of the Italian people with the
and as this feeling becomes stronger,
ample set by the King of SARDINIA,
find it more difficult to preserve her
Ilk% She must take part with the
lie Italian people, or, by restraining
Ilelf in opposition to the rest of Europe
Ili* though in accordance with her
towards Russia, might eventually
per than an active hostility to Russia.
cc'reed to declare on which side in the
to to be ranged ; and, though she is
41)., > for recovering her lost authority in
Power might be sensibly affected
N'ulte4i.attle ll Italian side, where at present she
SwEkiell There may be reasons why Den-
'east: o d even Prussia may be permitted, for
people
maintain a neutral position in which
7 Yoke 11,,blay agree:; but Italy is suffering
as only 'tell she is impatient to throw off,
I,lll,ooll„maintained by foreign troops, and, as
v„k,, the 11,,e t'cittired 4elsewhere by the exigencies
attist estein Powers, having met with no
arlee from Austria, can have no legiti-
aria f atd refitsing aid which, as in the case of
'l4 isPr°4l3l3, of Spain, will be on the side of
'the he wte t r will thus become one of liberation
`of both North and South—from the
4)4.
air" 71e41 of the Imperial policy 'of Russia,
''th universal dominion—and from that
th:4lQ_l4ety
,mtht - of religious intolerance, which has
'441, ,A of Europe in mental an unmoral degra-

ON Saturday last, Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Crowder
arrived in Liverpool, from Lancaster, and were met at the
Lime-street station of the railway by John Pemberton Hey-
wood, Esq., the High Sheriff. His Worship the Mayor, in
his state carriage, was alsci in attendance. The learned judges
immediately proceeded to St. Geohe's Hall, where the com-
mission was opened by Baron Platt. The court was then
adjourned to yesterday, at twelve o'clock.
On Sunday morning their Lordships and the High Sheriff
accompanied by his worship the Mayor, attended Divine
service at St. George's Church, instead of at the Church for
the Blind, as had been previously announced. The Rev.
John Boughey Monk, A.M., assisted by the Rev. W.
Blake and the Rev. Roger R. Lingard, performed Divine
service, the sermon being preached by the Rev. W. Blake,
from Luke xix. 41 :—" And when lie was come near, He
beheld the city, and wept over it."

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Lords te,ecnfiscati
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be 541.1'34 t'll°lls of
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