The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

LIVERPOOL )JD BIRKENHEAD Docnc.—Mr. HORSFALL
moved that. the Liverpool' Docks and the Birkenhead and
as amended, be considered on Thursday,
Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Birkenhead Dock Trus-
tees,
having been deposited on Tuesday.--e Mr.
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Ferznot, as Chairman of committees, Oppeaed the motion.
The report on these bills was fixed by the standing orders for
consideration en Monday next, and no reason had been
, assigned why the house should depart from its rules, and
allow private bills to be taken four days before their appointed
S: FrizoraALD thought that this was a peculiar
ease, these bills having been for months before parliament,
and unless the report was considered on Thursday, instead of
Monday next, they could not leave that house in time to go
up to the House of Lords before the 10th of July, the latest
date for receiving bills there, in order that they might be
Passed this session.—Mr. WALPOLD observed, that if the
bill, as amended, was considered on Monday, it could be read
a third time on Wednesday. It would then be taken to the.
Lords directly, so that there would be ample time for its
being read before the 12th of July, Under these circum-
stances he trusted that his hon. friend would not press his
motion.—After a short discussion, Mr. UoasrALL consented
to withdraw his motion, which was accordingly done.
Mannia.6ll4 Law.—The House of Commons having re-
solved itself into a committee upon the Marriage Law Amend-
ment Bill, Sir F.. THESIGER moved an amendment of the first
clause, the effect being to take away the retrospective opera-
tion of the bill. In an elaborate argument, hecontended that
this was the first time Parliament had sanctioned a wilful vio-
lation of the law by securing to the offenders the very, fruits
of their offence, rendering at once lawful that which;had been
unlawful. for twenty years. The example of such legislation,
which would interfere with the rights of property, he thought
a dangerous one.—Mr. HEYWOOD resisted this amendment,
citing precedents which he considered to be exactly in point in
the reign of Edward VI, legalising the marriage of priests.
After a lengthened discussion tbe.amendment was negatived
by 132 to 85, and the clause was agreed to. Upon the second
clause, whiCh provides that such marriages after the passing
of the act shall not be void or voidable, Sir F. ,THESIGER
moved the omission-of the words which has been or shall be
celebrated at any time or place whatever." Ills object, he said,
was to prevent the retrospective operation of the bill. - They
ought to understand what would be the effect of a .marriage
Which had taken place with a deceased's wife's sister, and a
subsequent marriage either with a deceased wife's . niece, or
witleany other person. He wanted-to• know what would be
the effect-of this clause upon those marriages; whether the
first was to be the lawful marriage and the children legitimate,
or the second was to be the lawful marriage and the children
legitimate. Until some explanationwa.s:given as to the con-
dition of such parties, he thought the committee were hardly
in a position to legislate at all in this matter. Another long
discussion took place, in the course of which Mr. HENLEY
said there were plenty of cases where men had married three
sisters, and all of them were still alive. Was the bill in-
tended to allow such men to have two legitimate wives ?
Several divisions took place, and ultimately the clause was
carried by 128 to 03. Clause 3 was found so full of difficulty
that further proceedings were adjourned.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to go into committee on
the Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill.
The Administration of Oaths Abroad Bill was read a second

time.
FRAUDS IN MA.NUNACTUREB.—The house resolved itself
into a committee, when a resolution en which to frame a bill
to extend to
_Scotland the Act to Amend the Laws for the

Prevention of Frauds and Abuses by Persons employed in the
Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton, Flax, Mohair, and Silk
Hosiery Manufacturers, and the Wages of the Workmen en-
gaged therein, was agreed to.
Mr. FITZGERALD obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend
the Dublin Carriage Acts.
The house adjourned at a few minutes to six o'clock.

THURSDAY.

The SPBAKER took the chair at noon.

The house wenFinto committee on the Metropolis Local
Management Bill, and clauses 123 to 158 baying been gone
through, further proceedings were adjourned till Tuesday.
THE VAR TELEGRAPH..--In reply to an inquiry, Lord
PALMERSTON said the telegraphic communication with the
Crimea had been interrupted for two or three day, which was
the reason why no intelligence had been received; but that it
had been re-established, and the last accounts were dated the
17th.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORM.—In answer to Mr. Lindsay,
Lord PALMERSTON declined, on the ground of the state of
public business, to fix a day for the resumption of the adjourned
debate upon Administrative Reform. Mr. LINDSAY therefore
gave notice that on Friday, on the motion for adjournment, he
should take the opportunity of repeating the statement he had i
made with respect to the mismanagement of the Admiralty n
the matter of steam transport. •
The house went again into committee upon the Tenants'
Improvement Compensation (Ireland) Bill, and was engaged in
the discussion of a single clause—the 4th—until past midnight.
MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT or 1854.—The Muse having
gone into committee, a resolution was agreed to upon which
to found a bill to alter in some respects this act, and leave was
given to bring in the bill.
_ _

- The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill passed through com-
mittee.

The house went into committee pro forma on the Dwel-
lings for Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill, and the Bills of
Exchange Bill.
The Spirits (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill and the Jus-
tices of the Peace Qualification Bill were read a third time
and passed.
The County of Lancaster Trials Bill was read a second time.
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM.—The order of the day for the
resumption of the debate having been read, the SPFAICER put
the question on Sir B. Lytton's amendment, now become a
substantive motion—" That this house recommends to the
earliest attention of Her Majesty's Ministers the necessity of
a careful revision of our various official establishments with a
view to simplify and facilitate the transaction of publie busi-
ness, and, by instituting judicious tests of merit, as well as by
removing obstructions to its fair promotion and legitimate
rewards, to secure to the service of the State the largest
available proportion of the energy and intelligence for which
the people of this country are distinguished."—A solitary cry
of "No" was uttered by an individual on the Ministerial
benches, and the resolution was declared to be carried, amid
loud laughter.
The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock.
FRIDAY.

CENSURE ON THE OPERNMENT. POEHUCR gave
notice that on the 3rd of July he should move the following
resolution :—" That this house, deeply lamenting the sufferings
of our army durin,,c, the winter campaign in the Crimea, and
coinciding with the resolution of their committee that the
conduct of the administration was the first and chief cause of
those misfortunes, hereby visits with its severe reprehension
every member of the Cabinet whose counsels led to such dis-
astrous results."

THE BUSINESS OF THE Hous.7--Mr. DISRAELI asked
whether Lord Palmerston would have aky objection to state,
on Monday next, the course which he intended to take with
regard to the business of the house. There were at present-
' 79 orders of the day; there were 36 bills waiting for a second
' reading; 31 bills passing through committee; two bills, as
amended, were to be considered; there were six bills -for a
third reading; one bill for the consideration of lords' amend,
meats; and three adjourned debates on matters of importance.—
Lord PALMERSTON had no objection to state at once that
there were several bills which the government were anxious.
to press forward, but that there were many bills of which they.
knew -nothing, and the fate of which was a matter of indif-
ference to the government. He would go into the matter on
Monday.
On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn until
Monday, a short conversation occurred on a question put by
•SirJ.PAKINGTON respecting the resumption of the adjourned
debate on the Bill for Promoting National Education.—Mr.
•Joisis VG-EEG-on called attention to the expediency of re-
instituting the office of Secretary. of State for Scotland.—s The
LORD-ADVOCATE, remarking that. the Scotch Education Bill
stood the first order of the day, declined to follow Mr.
M'Oregor into his details.-,Mr. W. S. LINDSAY, upon a
notice to call attention to the present state of the transport
service, entered upon a vindication of hiniself against a charge
-which- affected his personal honour, his veracity having
been called in question by Admiral Berkeley, by whom he
had been accused, he said, of uttering virulent untruths.
IC. WOOD went minutely through all the charges
I brought by Mr. LINDSAY against the government authori-
I ties, supporting his refutations or explanations by reading
the official documents and correspondence relating to each.
Some of the charges, he said, were totally destitute of foun-
; -dation ; in others the fancy of Mr. LINDSAY, he thought,
had overcome his memory, and in respect to one or two he
retorted upon that gentleman. The -house havingagam re-
-solved itself into committee upon the Education (Scotland)
Bill, proceeded as far as the 13th clause, when the chairman
was" ordered to report progress.
BILLS or LADING (No. 2) BILL—The house again
' went into committee on this bill. On clauSe 4, which gave
persons having any claim for debt or damages against any
foreign ship or owners thereof power to detain each ship
until such claim was satisfied, being read, Mr. BonvEniE
said, he retained the objections to this clause which he had
urged on a former o-:_'casion. The clause had reference to
foreign ships only, but no distinction could be made between
foreign owners and colonial owners, therefore if the law was to
.iatp,;Tplhanye-
dtyotothllleitehhofounules it
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resumed.
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(ultisrmplai
dlyz. apply to the other. He had
I received' a communication from the Liverpool Shipowners'
e
Association, the members of which, seeing the danger to the
shipping interest if such a law as this were passed, expressed
.a hope that the house would not sanction the clause as at
present worded.—Mr. CAIRN'S said that one-half of the
1 objections urged by the hon. gentlemen Against the clause
were mere matters -of details, which could easily be removed,
awhile the main objection was entirely without foundation.
The bill had been well considered out of the house, and was
,unanimously supported by the Chambers of Commerce of the
Zifierent mercantile towns, throughout the kingdom. Mr.
THORNELY opposed the clause.—Mr. HORSFALL said, the
,members of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association did not
oppose the bill, but they approved the objects which it had in
view.—On a division there was .a majority of 68 to 51 against
the clause, which was therefore expunged, as were also the
remaining clauses of the bill, which were all dependent upon
were2o)fmroßoeminal ,ye d
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sus doe
second
tothnhecielY time.ool
Militia;l en , &c . ,
Manufactures
fafC concerningoeoti arwprPaeyEs (8
teohcnboetttalqoai obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the
and
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Mr. BODVERIE, a bill to repeal the stamp duty leviable on
oThe house adjourned at five minutes to 2 o'clock.