The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

The Public Libraries' and Museum Bill passed through
committee.
_ _

The Piers and Harbours' (Scotland) Bill was read the 2nd
time.

The Coal Mines' Inspection Bill passed through committee.
with amendments.

The Earl of AIBLIE asked Lord Pamnure whether govern-
ment had lately received any information respecting the war
in Asiatic Turkey. He described the position of the bellige-
rent forces in the vicinity of Kars, and pointed out the peril
in which the Turkish army was understood to be placed.
There was reason to believe that the Russian army might be
enabled to act with considerable effect ~.and, indeed, as the
Black Sea was closed up against her, and every field of action
shut, she had every motive for risking a great blow. Should
it go forth to the tribes of Asia that the united power of Eng-
land and France was unable to resist the power of Russia, the
consequences might be extremely serious.
The Earl of CLARENDON said government were fully alive
to maintaining in Asia the spirit of resistance to Russian
aggression. With this view, General Williams had been ap-
pointed to the command of the Turkish forces, and he had no
doubt that, by his spirit and vigour, Kars would be put into
an efficient state of defence. The last information was down
to the 23rd ult. It stated that the Russians had advanced
within range of the batteries at Kars, but they had been re-
pulsed with loss. He was enabled, on the authority of Gen.
Williams, to contradict the report that the Turkish army wds
demoralized. Its spirit, on the contrary, is excellent, as the
men had been supplied with arms on their own demand, and
were always obedient to their officers. There was no appre-
hension of Kars being taken by a -coup de main
The Merchant Shipping Bill passed through committee,
after much discussion.

The Religious Worship Bin was, after a debate, read a third
time and passed.

The other orders were disposed of, and the house adjourned
at 20 minutes past 8 p.m.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY.
The house met .ift 12 o'clock p.m.
On the motion of Mr. HATTER, a new writ was ordered
for the borough spf Southwark, in the room of Sir W. Moles-
worth, appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies.
NUISANCES REMOVAL BILL.
The Nuisances Removal Bill was read the third time, and
on the question that it do pass, Mr.- GUILD moved the fol-
lowing proviso to clause 45 :—" The provisions of the Act
shall not'extend or be construed to extend to mines of dif-
ferent descriptions, so as to interfere with or obstruct the
efficient working of the same, or to the efficient working of
the same, or to the smelting of ores and minerals, or to the
manufacturing of the produce of such ores and minerals."
Mr. Mitchel and Mr. Dilwen opposed the amendment.
SIR G. GREY opposed it, on the ground that there was no
reason why mines should be excepted from the operation of
the hill, and also on the ground that the bill would not inter-
fere vexatiously with those trades.
Mr. Muntz, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Wilkinson, and Mr. Pellal
supported the proviso.
Lord R. Grosvenor and Sir B. Hall opposed it.
The House then divided—
For the provisio
Against it
Majority against the government
The bill was then passed.
The Metropolitan Buildings Bill passed through committee.
PASSENGERS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
The remainder of the morning sitting was in committee on
the Passengers' Act Amendment Bill, and the house adjourned
shortly before 4 o'clock.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock.
On the motion of Mr. Hayter, a new writ was ordered for
Marylebone, in the room of Sir B. Hall, appointed Chief Com-
missioner of Works.
In answer to Mr. Hamilton, the CHANCELLOR OF TUE Ex-
CHEQUER stated that the commissioners appointed to enquire
into the subject of decimal coinage were Lord Overstone, Lord
Monteagle, and Mr. Hubbard. He had no objection to lay the
commission upon the table.
In reply to Mr. Mitchel, Lord PALMERSTON said the govern-
ment had no intention to bring in a bill this session to repeal
the act of 1782, disqualifying certain contractors from sitting
in parliament, and rendering them liable to heavy penalties in
the event of their doing so.
In reply to Mr. Bright, Lord PALMERSTON stated that ac-
counts had been received at the Colonial-office of the transac-
tions on the coast of Africa, which were now occupying public
attention, but none had been received at the Admiralty. He
would make inquiry as to what information could be laid
before the house.
In answer to another question from Mr. Bright,
Lord PALMERSTON said the President of the Board of Con-
trol would take the earliest possible opportunity of bringing
on the Indian Budget, but in the present state of public
business he could not fix a day for the purpose.
THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA.
Mr. DISRAELI, alluding to a statement in Lord J. Russell's
speech on Thursday night, begged to ask the noble lord a
question in respect to it. The noble lord, in accounting for
the expedition to the Crimea, was understood to have stated
that one of the principal reasons of it was the refusal of Aus-
tria to cross the river Pruth. He begged to ask the noble
lord his authority for this statement.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that his authority for it was his
general recollection of the communications which at that time
passed between the Governments of Austria and that of her
Majesty.
Mr. DISRAELI then put the same question to Lord Pal-
merston.
Lord PALMERSTON said it was impossible for him to
answer such questions piecemeal, arising out of a long course
of correspondence. All he would say was, that he had always
thought the Crimea was the place to strike an effectual blow
against the power of Russia.
In answer to Mr. Laing,
Lord PALMERSTON declined to appoint a day for a dis-
cussion upon the second Berle. of the Vienna Papers.
Mr. LAING thereupon gave notice that he should call
attention to these papers.
THE TURKISH LOAN.
On the report of the resolution respecting the Turkish
Loan,
Mr. STUART WORTLEY expressed his regret at the division
on Friday night, which he attributed to a surprise, and hoped
that it might not be taken in Europe as an indication of the
real sense of the house upon the question of the loan. He
could see difficulties in the form of the convention, and the
possibility of various embarrassments arising out of it, from
the manner in which each party was made to guarantee the
full amount of the loan. But he contended that, admitting
these objections, the position of affairs in Europe required
that the convention should be adopted. He regretted deeply
much of the language that had been used on Friday, bat,
still more, that it should have gone forth to Europe, that the
British House of Commons should only have carried the con-
vention by the small majority of three. He did not himself
venture to say that the rejection of the terms of this conven-
tion would endanger the alliance with France, but he cer-
tainly thought what had occurred would be misunderstood
with regard to the war against Russia.
Mr. BRIGHT denied that there had been any surprise in
the division, and vindicated those who had opposed the con-
vention. He contended, too, that Mr. Wortley had, by his
own showing, established a case for the rejection of the con-
vention. Condemning the terms of the arrangement, he re-
marked that the security which it offered upon the revenues
of Egypt, Syria, and Smyrna, is, in point of fact, the first
step towards a partition of Turkey.
Mr. SERGEANT STEEE made a vigorous attack upon Mr.
Gladstone for his speech on Friday, and accused him of at-
tempting to trip up the government, and of questioning the
honour of France and of Turkey..
Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY vindicated his vote in favour of the
resolution on Friday, and Mr. ALCOCK defended his against it.
Mr DEEDES also vindicated his vote on Friday in favour of
the convention, on political considerations.
Mr. RICARDO said he had opposed the proposition, because
he was opposed to our entering once again upon a system of
subsidies. He denied that there had been any surprise on
Friday ; he was so anxious that the war should be carried on
with vigour, that if he thought the course he advised was
likely to interfere with warlike proceedings, he would not have
brought it forward, but lie could not believe that the rejection
of the resolution could for a moment peril the French alliance.
Sin DE LACY EVANS contended that the vote had been
arrived at by surprise, and he urged that Turkey had acted
most energetically in this war.
Mr. LAYA.RD declared that the course taken by Mr. Glad-
stone and his friends on this question, was unwise, unstates-
manlike, and unpatriotic. The course of Mr. Cobden and
Mr. Bright was consistent, but he could not understand that
of Mr. Gladstone, to whose speech at Manchester he attri-
buted the hard terms to which Turkey is obliged to submit in
order to negociate the last loan. The present policy of the
right hon. gentleman would effectually answer the designs of
the enemy. At the same time he admitted that the joint
guarantee was impolitic, but he contended that there were
high motives of statesmanship why it should be accepted.
Turkey was extremely sensitive upon all points of finance, and
he gave an animated description of her resources, to shew that
there was no reason to fear that this country would have to
pay the interest upon the loan. At the same time he earnestly
called attention to the progress of the Russians in Asia Minor,
expressing a fear that Kars would fall before them.
Mr. GLA.DSTONE, after a powerful reply to Mr. Layard and
Mr. Shee, warmly vindicated the 'course he had taken on Friday,
and pointed out the inconsistency of Mr. Wortley, in absenting
himself from the deliberations on that evening, and now con-
demning them. He defended the right of free deliberation
on the part of the house, and remarked that not one man
present on Friday had spoken in defence of the arrangement,
except the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. The subject was one of grave importance
and difficulty, and being such, it certainly ought not to be
made the subject of retrospective lectures from gentlemen
who had not thought proper to attend to the discussion. It
was not upon financial considerations that he rested his ob-
jections to the measure, but upon political objections, and
here he contended from political considerations arising out of
the interpretations of the convention, that, for the sake of pre-
sent ease, we were really perilling our future alliance with
France. He entreated the house to remember that for forty
or fifty years we were to be in relations with France, which
this convention involved. Those nations which wished to
avoid quarrels should avoid the occasion for quarrelling ; but
here, instead of avoiding the occasion for quarrelling, was a
opinion
nviootni voting faotr.
ever as to the prudence,
•
cas conventionion s. nwe hbicehlievpoedsititvheelyrecrievaats no created and
intention husbanded
to test
th
theoc
opinion of the house by a division at this stage ; but he hoped
-
the Government would bear in mind that, although there was
tgrheeatdifferenee of
convention,
wisdom, and expediency of the terms
of it. In conclusion, he hoped that, before the next stage of
this question, the noble lord would endeavour to remove the
objections which had been made to these terms.
yetopthineiroenw as
as to
no tdhieffeprerZre propriety
After some observations from Mr. John Macgregor, Mr.
Kirk, Mr. Laing, Mr. Cayley, Mr. Frank Crossley, Mr.
Muntz, and Mr. Phillimore, principally in explanation of the
reasons for their several votes on Friday,
The report was received, and leave given to Lord Pal-
merston and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in a
bill founded upon it.
Mr. PALK asked a question as to the reinforcements in-
tended for the Crimea.
Mr. PEEL declined to give the information, but said our
reserves were going on satisfactorily.
On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Lord EBRINGTON called the attention of the House to the
present state of the proceedings in the Encumbered Estates
Court. of Ireland, and he moved that the delays in the court
had caused such hardship to the former proprietors of estates
sold under its authority have to a serious extent disappointed
the expectation entertained when it Iva§ established of its
probable efficiency and usefulness.

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A very lengthened discussion took place on this motions
which eventually ended in its being negatived.
Lord SEYMOUR then called the attention of the house to
the course pursued by the Government, in respect to the grant
made for the Ordnance Survey of Scotland in the present
year. He complained that, in violation of two promises to,
the house, that the Treasury had sanctioned the 25-inch scale,.
which scale was so large as to be useless except to the landed.
proprietors, and as the house had been deceived he called upon.
it to express an opinion that would put an end to an under-
taking that would involve the country in an expenditure of
millions for purposes not of a national character.
The LORD ADVOCATE said in reply, that if the papers now
on the table were carefully considered, it would be found that
the Government had pursued a right and proper course. En-
tering into a history of the survey, he pointed out the incon-
venience that had arisen from the changes of scale up to 1853,
about .which time the opinion of many competent men was
given that a larger scale than 6-inch should be adopted, and
the larger scale of 25-inch was selected. He then replied to
the allegations that the house had been deceived in
this respect, contending that fair notice had been gi-
ven of the intention to survey Ayrshire and
Dumfriesshire upon the larger scale. There was no
ground for stating that the house had even been taken by
surprise. "Where the 25-inch scale had been undertaken it
had been continued, but beyond that it would be stopped; at
the same time there was an immense preponderance of-opinion
in favour of the larger scale.
Mr. HENLEY observed that, by the course taken by the
government, the vote for the survey had been taken without
the house having been made acquainted with the circumstance.
Lord PALMERSTON defended the larger survey as of great
public interest.
After a few observations from Mr. WILLIAMS, the subject
dropped.
Mr. ALCOCK then called the attention of the house to the
state of public opinion on the subject of the Sale of Beer Act
of last session, with a view to take steps to repeal that act—
allowing public-houses to remain open on Sundays after one
o'clock in the afternoon.

Sir G. GREY said it was most inconvenient to discuss this
question, whilst the committee was yet sitting; until they had
reported it could not be considered ; but when the corhmittee
reported, then the house wculd deal with the subject.
The subject then dropped.
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Mr. CRAWFORD then called attention to a paper published
in the appendix to the report of the Statute-law Commis-
sioners by Mr. Bellenden Kerr, which, he said, was not
referred to in the report, and which was not a paper either
discussed by or laid before the other commissioners.

It was then ordered that the committee of supply should be
taken on Thursday.
On the motion that the Limited Liabilities Bill be postponed
till 12 o'clock to-morrow,
Mr. MircirELL opposed it; and the house divided—
For the motion
Against it •

Majority
The other orders were then disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at 2 o'clock, a.m.

WEST INDIES.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay, Captai►r S. W.
Sawyer, arrived at Southampton on Sunday, from the West
Indies, with the usual mails, containing advices from Jamaica
to the 28th ult. She brought 154 passengers, and 51,328,436
in specie.

Tile Island of Jamaica was healthy. Business is extremely
dull. Sales of any magnitude cannot be effected, owing to the
continuance of high prices. Much importance is attached to
mining enterprises. The explorations of the last two or three
years have been remarkably successful. The extensive mid-
land district of Clarendon, running from the termination of
the limestone formation almost to the lines of St. John, has
been found to be oiTe vast copper country.
Exchanges on London, at 90 days, 2 per cent. prem.; 60
ditto, 1 ditto; 30 ditto, 1 ditto.
At St. Janus, Porto Rico, great numbers are dying from.
yellow fever. The troops are suffering very much.

AT THE Police-court, yesterday, a Spanish seaman, with a
name so formidable that even the interpreter could not pro-
nounce it, was fined £5 and costs, or two months' imprison-
meat, for attempting to stab one of his shipmates in a quarrel
on board their vessel, the schooner Maximina, lying in the
Victoria Dock.
ONE POOR WOMAN ROBBING ANOTHER.—EIIen Pearce, a
poor-looking woman, charged Anne Murphy, a female of
equally destitute appearance, with picking her pocket of Bs., in
St. John's Market,on Saturday night. The case was very &early-
proved, and the prisoner was sent for trial at the sessions.
ROBBERY AT THE GASWORKS. —Yesterday,Robt.Humpliries,
an old man employed at the gas-works, Athol-street, was brought
up at the Police-office, for stealing lead. Cousens,' the de-
tective, said that he apprehended the prisoner at his own
house, No. 4,Wilbraham-place, on Saturday night, and found on
the premises two pigs of lead and some lead piping. A wit-
ness, deposed that he melted down the lead, and recognised
marks on the "pigs" as corresponding with the mould. A
great quantity of lead had been stolen, and suspicion fell upon
the prisoner. He was ordered to pay 20s. and costs, or to go
to gaol for one month.
SATISFACTORY SO FAR AS IT GOES.—The two notorious
burglars Owen Hall and John Mitchell, who were apprehended
on the morning of Saturday week, trying to enter various
houses in Upper Parliament-street by means of skeleton keys,
were again brought up at the police-court yesterday, and sent
to gaol for three months each. The case was fully reported
in the Standard of last week. John Mitchell ,who was also
apprehended as an accomplice, and a gold watch case found
upon him, was discharged, as no owner had been found for the
case.

SINGULAR SUFFOCATION OF A CHlLD.—Edward Bingham,
a child, 14 months old, whose parents reside at No. 27, Kent-
terrace. Kent-street, was put to bed by his mother at' sir
shellowwseunnt
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the deinqefeuite dead. The
mother bears an excellent character, and there is not the
slightest suspicion of any imprudent act on her part. An
inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict returned of " Acci-
dentally suffocated in bed.'
CRICKET IN BIRKENHEA.D PARK.—Yesterday afternoon a
match was commenced between the first eleven of Birkenhead
Park and the Birkenhead Victoria clubs. The score, so far as
it went, was—Birkenhead Park, Ist innings, 137 ; Victoria,
Ist innings (for the loss of two wickets), 41. The game will
be resumed this afternoon.
THE HIMALAYA will embark a detachment of the 12th
Lancers, at Southampton, to-morrow (Wednesday), the 25th
instant, and leave for this port, where she will take on board
12 officers, 204 men, and 154 horses of the lstDragoon Guards,
and 15 men and 40 horses of the 2d Dragoons.
LAST night some thousands were congregated in the Zoolo-
gical Gardens, the occasion being the annnal festival of the
Liverpool Rechabite Lodges. There were some very promi-
nent instances that the principles of Rechab were not strictly
adhered to by the majority of the spectators.
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TRIAL TRIP OF THE HABANA.—This handsome and power-
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THE LIVERPOOL REFORM ASSOCIATION. The annual
meeting of the Radicals of this town, who are members of
the above body, took place at the Commercial Hotel, Dale-
street, yesterday, at noon. Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., Chairman
of the Association, sent a note of apology for non-attendance,
urging the necessity of his presence in the House of Com-
mons to support Lord Palmerston last night, as his reason for
being away. Under these circumstances, the chair was occu-
pied by Mr. Walter F. Macgregor. The business was merely
of a routine character ; but nearly all the speakers dwelt upon
the strong necessity of Liberals looking after the registration
lists, as they anticipated a hard struggle at the next borough
election, which was believed to be imminent. This hint will
not be lost on good Conservatives.
APPLE STEALING BY "PEEP OF DAY BOYS,"—John Revey
and Thos. Lloyd, two young men, and John Darley, a boy, were
brought up at the Police-court, yesterday, charged with steal-
ing apples. Detective-officer Percy said that, in consequence
of the numerous robberies committed at such early hours on
Sunday morning, from gardens in the outskirts of the town,
he and Sullivan were sent to look after the marauders who
are known as " peep of day boys," in police phraseology. They
discovered the three prisoners prowling about South-hill-road,
Toxteth-park, and afterwards caught them stealing apples
from the garden of the Rev. J. S. Howson, No. 4. The boy told
them that the other prisoners had put him over the wall, and
thrashed him when he wanted to go away from the garden.
They were each fined five shillings and costs.—Several others
were brought up for stealing flowers, and fined in various
amounts, or discharged if they had not previously been before
the court.
VERT LIKE A CASE OF POISONING.—An inquest was held
on the body of Wm. Sharrock yesterday, a young married man,
aged 27, and who, previously to Saturday, never had any illness
of a serious nature. He lived with his wife, at No. 9, Princes-
street, and, according to the statement of the latter and another
female witness, he got dinner on Saturday on board a vessel in
dock, the steward of which had been on such familiar terms
with his wife, that three years ago she ran off to sea with
him, leaving her husband. On Saturday evening Sharrock
went home and complained of a pain at his heart. He took
two purgative pills, purchased at Mr. Howell's, druggist, Dale-
street, and two glasses of brandy, and went to bed. On Sunday
morning he took three cups of tea and some bread and butter,
and directly after commgeontc
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in the afternoon he had a fit, and another about five o'clock.
His wife stated that when he had the first fit she sent for a
surgeon, but could not get
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on she sent for Dr. Slack, but before he arrived her husband
was made of the body. The name of the
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which hich the deceased dined are not known.
COTTON ROBBERIES.—A very intricate case of cotton rob-
bery was heard at the Police-court yesterday, which had been
remanded from Saturday. In the first case, Joseph Murphy
and John Wells, two old men, were charged with stealing
cotton from the office of Messrs. Armstrong and Berry, Vir-
ginia Buildings, South Chapel-street. The principal evidence
was given by a boy, named Thomas Murphy, son of the pri-
soner Murphy, who had been admitted to turn approver. He
does not bear a good character, having been in prison for
week for obtaining money by representing himself as co a
n-
nected with the detective office. About seven o'clock, on Fri-
day morning, Scott, the detective officer, met this boy in the
street, carrying several brown paper parcels of cotton, which
he said he bad obtained from Wells, at Messrs. Armstrong
and Berry's office, having been sent there by his father. On
most of the parcels was written, by the boy himself, " To be left at the Oldham Station until called for, per L. and Y. Ry." Wells had been employed for twelve years to clean out the
office, and he said he had been twenty years in town without a
either
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stain on his character. He utterly denied that he had seen
be identified.—Joseph Murphy, Michael Dunne, John Foster,
and Wm. Dowling, were then charged with stealing two par-
cels of cotton from the warehouse of Messrs. Sill and Mengens,
in Edmund-street, where the two latter were employed.
Again the principal evidence was given by the boy Thomas
Murphy, who swore that his father sent him to engage a cart
to remove the cotton from the warehouse. The carter, a boy
named Patrick Delaney, gave evidence
of carting the cotton
to Dunne's residence, where part of it was found. It was
stated that Murphy sold the cotton to Dunne. All four pri- •
the Sessions.
Boners were sent fop trial at celsHeeowurd