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

[AuGusT 14, 1855.
whether they had the impressed stamp or not—Mr.
MooRE said that at present he had to place two
an impressed copy of the Times for postage to the!,,r7ii
Would that be necessary in future ?—Mr. WiLsos
the postage to the Brazils would be covered by a Pe'
besive stamp. ,
PROMOTION IN THE NAVY.—Some discussion took Po'
a motion for " a select committee to inquire into the
ment of the navy, relating to the lists of officers, Pt_ru
promotion, and the efficiency of the service in all t!;.elvocA
belonging to it."—The motion was opposed by Sir u
and durmg the discussion the house was counted 0

quarter to eleven o'clock. -
FRIDAY. Vea
PROPOSED ITALIAN LEGION.—Mr. BOWYEE -
adjournment of the house in order to make some rel;
the proposed
dyltallan Legion, which were replied
p to
The house then went again into committee lIP°OOII
Despatch of Business, Court of Chancery MA the red a
clauses of which were agreed to, and the bill was Iva
time and passed.
The house adjourned at half-past 8 o'clock.

SATURDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at one o'clock.
__.ed fo
After some motions for returns, the house
amendments introduced by the Lords in the PT; tr0;00
(No. 2.) Bill, Dwellings for Labouring Classes BP.',
bl
Contiguous Benefices Bill, and Burials Bill. to t1:51
LIMITED LIABILITY.—The Lords amendruen,
were next considered.—The first read was that forted or)
minimum of 25 shareholders in a company to bll4
iat
nbmge e
ncact,odmm pwe
anhuti
icwehsa
s,
tafter
ews
pohrmi
icvehi
ldre
eigsgecusu
isorsefi
dol wile
da, si
nal greed
oarb4lettoce r
of solvency must be given by an auditor appointed ,400040
of Trade, after a full examination of the accounts °1 'be peil,!:.t
—Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE contended that it wouldf the
impracticable to carry out the proposed plan. 14. tbeY,
holders of a company were disposed to be dishouT,
000
be so in spite of all the diligence exercised by tneeot t°ol.
prevent it. He hoped the house would not. as..6njoico,6l
ameudment.—Lord PALMERSTON expressed his vteor:ki
many of the amendments introduced by the other ivFoi
very objectionable, and regretted that they oliedot
in the bill. At the same time, it was necessarY4 :0 9e*
allowances for them. It had been found impossl:loj. r.ll!lection
this bill to the other house until a very late per
house, without being very unreasonable, had 07(16,'
to discuss the bill upon the ground of want of 513,""ill,
If it should be found in practice that any of thy( tlle "00
did interfere with the operation of the principle 000b5tr
would be very easy in the next session to bring?, .0(
bill, and there would be no difficulty in removilh*.gs:lolo'
de which might stand in the way of such lerg hoe
After some further discussion the amendment ,
—The third amendment, which was discussed, Wofaibe.'o
posing as a penalty liability to the whole amounteco!e
of the company upon any director who should cl.„,olceV
dend, knowing the company to be in a state of
WI 0 Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said that, if any Pers filth At,
enough to become a director of a company it- 0110
liability, subject to this condition, he would well Ili
that might befal him in the loss of his moneP•potly,
did not believe that any one would be found sufdcpl; 404
to become a director of such a company.—A'„be 9
protest from other members against passing 00,
the shape in which it then stood, this amen fit
also agreed to.—The fourth amendment which 90
cussed was that which provided that all to ,il./
formed under the act should be compelled
up its affairs after it had lost three parts of ',,dolort
Mr. BRA MLEY-MOORE thought that, as they "ine AtO
the bill, the amendments introduced bee3..4ovV
Nothing could be more absurd than this ,`;eet°,o
and he suggested that the house ought not to as;po
Mr. 31ALINS deprecated the exceedingly narro; ot
which this bill appeared to have been discussed ht' tlOl
house. Their lordships appeared to have 00_70,P
persons. engaged in commercial transactions wereileovi (3.04
or idiots—knaves who were anxious only to see ible tea
could impose upon the public, knaves who were n”` ?1;
stand the nature of any contract into which they 111, PO
Lord PALMERSTON said that if the bill were n0",,b01e,f4
session they would have next year to go over the `'its PP to
again, whereas, by passing the measure non,' 1001,00_,,
would be definitively adopted ; and all that wou'eo,
done hereafter would be merely to pass such stn roper 3
P e were found to be necessary to give effect to bAI
ing out of the principles which had been adoptetLer drt
ments were then agreed to, as were several et2;itosto
minor amendments, without discussion.—The e'er or
was read a third time and passed, with a few CI) cl3e
sides of the house. past
The house adjourned at 4 o'clock until
Tuesday. ,

IRELAND.

'etY
THE Royal Agricultural Improvement Se°l,,t Car dr-
held their annual show on Wednesday last, pale
the dinner which took place in the evening the , „cir
ster presided, and the lord-lieutenant was present'll,ttri4,
THE agricultural returns just published Show
,atat
vation of wheat has decreased to a remarkable , I
e cen..;eri
land, the number of acres in 1853 being 1.5 P
er h
.1,
in 1850. The extent of lands under oatscsenT: potatocoic,tlo ,
but barley had decreased about Per
they show an increase in acres of sent. since 1850, thePtii?
increased in produce about 45 Per
rrels more thae4.0.70;41
of the 1853 crop being 10,000,v--
0001 r more than that of
either 1851 or 1852, and 14,0°°' lteu,,t(
MORE ASSAULTS ON SCRIPTURE tf V
Mess,fen cell"
Grange's-road upon two scripture-readers,
and \Vinton, by an organised rabble. These v:1, to :" joggyi
ing quietly to some people who had no object° 0° pecP,,
versation with them, when a number of persoodatia
week aver y wanton and violent assault was cu 4,0 A
their footsteps for the obvious purpose of intro' l once „p,
from entering into communication with them, at flictivt;
yell and fell upon them with stones and MO.,' iderat°,ooe
them some very severe bruises.—Kilkenny-Tlievrel;rieVry
THE IRISH SPIRITUAL PEERS.—The Tad
per cev
Bishops on the rota for the next session are the; tbe
the Bishops of Cashel, Tuam, and Derry ; hut', to b.eo
of Tuam sits as an English peer, his see cease in tu,". I{4eot
seated on the bench of Bishops, and the Del", ve
11.
Bishop of Limerick) takes his place. So iji par ,
Plunket lives the same bishops will always sit„ 005,%0f
together. In 1857 the bishops will be Pew"4,,ao'
Cork; and in 1858, Killaloe, Kilmore, and 31e,,;/,
.„Ati
The Archbishops sit alternately.—Evening Su:4l"i
REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE CRIMEA.--‘"- r€R5ll:O,
number of officers and men belonging to differfezeso°o
at the seat of war were embarked on board the.,,at,lc
steam transport, at Kingstown. The detaciw:,:eo,llo,
about 2
posed of three captains, nine subalterns, eight sefro4ity
corporals, eight drummers, and 306 privates, be`otyliftr
Ist Royals, 13th, 14th, 57th, and 90th Regloo,t',olllllB'
under the command of Captain Grogan, 14th ,riy#l/ipl,
of the 12th Lancers. A draft of the 6th (Inlvot CA'gt
goons, with 77 horses, is likewise taken out
on board of which are also several of the Grotros oe,
Sir W. Synge Hutchinson, Bart., and Lieuteo tiolipokrfd?
among those who go out in her. The embarltp;',, ttlf
ducted with remarkable celerity in presence of I.lo°V°
Colonel Doyle, Town-major Fairclongh, and
ifar
parting salute, the vessel left Kingstown P. d
after nine o'clock, p.m.
„„ floas„cceti
LORD STEWARDSHIP OF IRELAND.—The ejem
had a special sitting on Tuesday to hear the loot 4t9
port of the claim of Bertrand Arthur, Earl of yre,;pl
Earl of Waterford, to the right to the office el uylyforOit,
of Ireland, and who prayed that Her Majesty or°,.„ pot It/
to direct that his lordship should be admitted
officeo) i
duties incident and appertaining to the said steo.4lf,
stated in evidence that "the duties of Lord „vei-tot
principally performed about the person of thuferreo
tv
in the household." The claim had been ri_e„ry a 9 ett~
lordships. The title of the Earl of Shrews
Waterford, to this office was traced backward, L.,%—ri ot;(1.1,0'
the reign of Henry VI., who directed that the irjrni#ol
bury and Waterford should be his steward thest.,,,4o
his heirs stewards in Ireland. From the time °catlvi:M
ties which had been imposed on the Roma° t•I 110t,"'
Earls of Shrewsbury had been prevented, 1111.,eiver$41,01
exercising this office. The act of Charles, 10'00°Die
created a forfeiture, and therefore Mr. Flemingb.s po ,iltt
in support of the claim) now submitted that 14,0;4.0,
was fully entitled to claim to exercise the right the jt,
sought at the hands of their lordships. -4„,tt il/;00'
(which was very voluminous) having been .aerati hJ
ordered to be printed, and the further COns' r
ye
claim was adjourned sine die. rrhe •cS,d
RIOT IN THE CAMP AT THE CITHHA,--- 'OO4
Express of Monday contains the following c'atoP •,A,
very alarming character took place in the pahliortiro
evening, between the soldiers of the CouutY,es,
and those of the Longford and Westmeath nit' S'fro;)e v'e
commenced at one of the canteens attached These
the news was soon conveyed to the men of,' tDeopo ied;
simultaneously turned out, and repaired L(3O fer Ape
action, when a general tnelere took place, 3 O°A of
dangerous in the extreme. Several haviag ileov3y
muskets and bayonets, the latter weapon 66Tebbe
and stones and brick-bats were freely thrown' gel 5t °l3te
men have been severely injured. Only for voleto
assistance rendered by the commandant,,iiier,,i,/
Smith, and the Adjutant-General, Major JP" ebb der
t 5 0
ad went to the spot, and ordered the „ got ioo a 0
sounded, and the whole of the troops to Poviacli oll.egaeA,
in all probability there would have beet', 000'030/10;f;
The troops were kept under arms until ; hell
tional sentries were posted all round the
also patrolled during the night to Prev-fal °P(leldv'rigs,lo'
Several of the ringleaders of this disgraceniar/I!_ide, 6
are in custody, and, no doubt, will be slows:
The troops in the camp are brigaded as Ali, cori'r 13`'floJel
County Dublin Light Infantry, and Not' 3foielies,
manded by Col. W. Smith, C. 8., Wit6oth
Major of Brigade. 2nd Brigade as,/,jor
Longford Rifles, and Westmeath itizade,
Bedford, 60th Rifles ; acting Major of -"`
60th Rifles.

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been in circulatio.oebnreeac.
the trade of the ' important .11,41!
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colony." . C, ..P't
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left wing not arrived at Corfu, but glad ' reper`,-PII,
Various° _ at
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dation,portion oafndtheprorebgiambleynt,
originatedb uttliey
fair.oetoentainretlhlailiiditel;!o.l:ecti?of
might have been of a more serious nature the r 00e te
be. It appears that the vessel convaia ejla :fitted pi
the officers, accompanied ba few ladies, were ;liies,'i ,Vei,
s wit ~ a
a,
their course the boat was upset, and it wit i
aotvveo Aft
culty that the ladies were saved fro Tangiers, being "i tbe 'del 'of
on e•
ultimatel
y reached the shore neard an Oloolot
coast, and shortly afterwards were capture 08 . 8 ire
soners by the pirates who infest that localitY• but tPe oft!'r
e to the I !sopa 0,1);ii:o
the party were imprisoned for the nigl.lt:terfereii,etbe t'
morning they were liberated through the p.,,5,i wit!'
British consul, who had been made accinal!
cuinstanee. They reached the vessel in safetY•
ywh owedewhat
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