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

[AUGUST 14, 1
whether they had the impressed stamp or not. —3.lr. P-as
iklooßE said that at present he had to place two 11001
an impressed copy of the Times for postage to the
sal
Would that be necessary in future ?—Mr. WitsoN
penny
the postage to the Brazils would be covered by a
belongin
hesive stamp. ,01
PROMOTION IN THE NAVY.—Some discussion tOOk
a motion for " a select committee to inquire into thq.y4t
ment of the navy, relating to the lists of officers, Pril,o
promotion, and the efficiency of the service in all t,iiiejsiool
and during. the discussion the house was counted cu"
gto it."—The motion was opposed by Sir .+il

quarter to eleven o'clock. ---
FRIDAY. v. 04
PROPOSED ITALIAN LEGION.-Mr. BOITTER
adjournment of the house, in order to make some reli
the proposed Italian Legion, which were replied to
PALMERSTON. l
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tragoafinchianntcoeryco&m,itateee.Aarei
clauses of which were agreed to, and the bill Was "'-
time and passed.
The house adjourned at half-past 8 o'clock.

SATURDAY. F
The Speaker took the chair at one o'clock. eejti
After some motions for returns, the house ,„%iier,i sr
amendments introduced by the Lords in the _r!`_,, V et
(No. 2.) Bill, Dwellings for Labouring Classes VP'
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Contiguous Benefices Bill, and Burials Bill. isiP' of
LIMITED LIABILITY.—The Lords amendrnelsgel an
were next considered.—The first read was that riodto
minimum of 25 shareholders in a company to be.„l°,..ilitei Pt
the act, which, after some discussion, was agree
amendment was one which required that, in order Oa d
Ut
ing companies to the privileges of limited liabibtfi,,itor
of solvency must be given by an auditor appointeurle
of Trade, after a full examination of the accounts 01,•be re d
—Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE contended that it 10111? the rj
impracticable to carry out the proposed plan. .1-t 06,2
holders of a company were disposed to be dishoneZ 0(19 ,k
be so in spite of all the diligence exercised by 0,:evt.19,0
prevent it. lie hoped the house would not a'flipc.°oo et
amendment.—Lord PALMERSTON expressed his °op)
many of the amendments introduced by the othe;s
very objectionable, and regretted that they bado„,e
„10 pil
in the bill. At the same time, it was necessarY„le NJ' tr, li
allowances for them. It had been found impossi"6l,Vra
this bill to the other house until a very late Pe,,0,10,4r ;
house, without being very unreasonable, had 0;10010;
to discuss the bill upon the ground of want of OPA
If it should be found in practice that any of tlie ;0
did interfere with the operation of the principle, °'soooo'
would be very easy in the next session to bring,l,ll4oo,/
bill, and there would be no difficulty in renwsip',4:ol' ;
cle which might stand in the way of such
After some further discussion the amendmentlvo c:1110
—The third amendment, which was discussea,„fo
posing as a penalty liability to the whole amount 34i
of the company upon any director who should" 4
dend, knowing the company to be in a state of „` 014 1,
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said that, if any ners°'„'t ti
enough to become a director of a company `'ldro
11 tl
liability, subject to this condition, he would scejD
that might befal him in the loss of his msoeY.. go/
10 41
did not believe that any one would he found surs.c,pf OOA k
to become a director of such a company.--"1-"W Fr
protest from other members against passing r)
the shape in which it then stood, this am,e% Ifcr/!
also agreed to.—The fourth amendment
cussed was that which provided that and to or
formed under the act should be coroPe"ls 014
up its affairs after it had lost three parts of i.e/
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE thought that, as thg;pe
the bill, the amendments introduced
Nothing could be more absurd than this
a3nird.
mheAstuifigsesdteepdreteahatetdthtehehoexueseeeodhiugghltytroto, 0:4010
which this bill appeared to have been discusseu -„bt
house. Their lordships appeared to have thOW
persons engaged in commercial transactions wereleisif
or idiots—knaves who were anxious only to see „blewt'
could impose upon the public, knaves who were 0"; ell
stand the nature of any contract into which they ili'or
Lord PALMERSTON said that if the bill were lioo,bolerifory
session they would have next year to go over the its Pe Pi
again, whereas, by passing the measure 13°1;0 13.,,e10,1
would be definitively adopted ; and all that 0/I„nencl,'"r I!)
done hereafter would be merely to pass such ~-sror„OF
were found to be necessary to give effect to 0" 11'44;
ing out of the principles which had been adoPtete ce;iles,A)l
meats were then agreed to, as were several tlijj,ofrool
minor amendments, without discussion.—Thesers , ofl
was read a third time and passed, with a fey( • t 121'•
sides of the house. 005
The house adjourned at 4 o'clock until
Tuesday.
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THE Royal Agricultural Improvement Secief"CofrO
held their annual show on Wednesday, last, o''flosew
the dinner which took place in the evening the 't. „t
ster presided, and the lord-lieutenant wasp reselltbstPi,
THE agricultural returns just published show tent i
vation of wheat has decreased to a remarkable
Co% tie°
ut
land, the number of acres in 1853 being
stir
increased in produce about
in 1850. The extent of lands under oat
rseet n..
but barley had decreased abo
they show an increase in acres of7 onlye
about
per cent. since
of the 1853 crop being 10,000,000 barrels nit
either 1851 or 1852, and 14,000,000 more tha,
SORE ASSAULTS ON SCRIPTURE READE:
week a very wanton and violent assault W
Grango's-road upon two eeriptUre-reEtderS,
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