The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-23 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE.

STOVE, CONSERVATORY, AND GREENHOUSE:—A'V 311
plants which have contributed to the beauty of the c°„,
servatory during the spring are now going out of blo°
and should be cat back the hard wooded Plt,t
especially require attention in this respect, as any negicer'",
will cause them to have a leggy and unsightly appear3l2bey
they require rest and careful pruning, after whiclo4
may be made to break out by being placed in a Fad
moist atmosphere.
FLOWER GA..unEri.—ln very well sheltered gar.de°.
110*
commence the planting out of verbenas, scarlet geran,
red'
and other bedding plants : let them be thoroughly 'cote he.
and if shaded for a few days by sticking a few bra ue be
of trees with the leaves on about the beds, they Will
much benefited.

KITCHEN GARDEN.—PL.IIIt out Basil and Say* Pre`
pare the trenches for celery, and continue the routine ore;
rations of hoeing and weeding amongst the growing cl*-

IRELAND.

A
A DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLY IN DITBLIN.—s-a.Jv
gregate meeting" of Roman Catholics was held in
yesterday week, to petition against Mr. Chambers's e`,.'1,8
mittee of inquiry into conventual establishments, :;es
Lord Mayor presiding. It appears to have been one sera
of Irish rows. The first was occasioned by an attempt
the chairman to put down a Rev. Dr. Marshal-13 svil the
sisted.on denouncing Prince Albert for his speech a ipt.
Mansion-house dinner on the previous Wednesday, q•fied
ing the passage commencing " When our ancestors Vit,;'64
the Christian faith," and warning his Royal 111E7,0
that he was about to forfeit the esteem he had hu"
been justly held in.. The speaker continued, " That net
personage claimed from them the performance of eae.r, to
duties ; but, if they had duties to him, he had duti,eeo
them, likewise; and let it be known and konestly sr ss
out, in spite of any efforts made to stifle utterance, y. to
useful warning to make him remember and look hse „re
past history, when meddlers behind the throne, o;:ted
punished with exile from the land which had 3,"°`.,:itil
them." This. was followed by loud cheers, mingled .061 e.
hisses, and succeeded by uproar and confusion quite rifheii
scribable, which continued for fully fifteen minutes. , 30,
there was a scene between Alderman Reynolds an". 4,0
Lucas, the former warning the meeting that there 'if is
man who. had been a Quaker among them—a w° pa
sheep's clothing—Mr. Lucas, who, in the Tab/el,, (or
called all the Bishops of the Church knaves and fee' tioo
words meaning the same thing), for signing a declarawo
of rights. Mr. Lucas vociferated a denial, and the 10,14.
freely exchanged between the two gentlemen. The rel'Ot
ers' table was upset, and the Lord Mayor insisteeA aot
the reporters should not take anything down he cool's('
hear ! The scene of confusion lasted again som o f
and was at last terminated by the withdrawal of
Lucas. A resolution by Mr. G. H. Moore, in favonr,eoe'
independent parliamentary party, caused another.
the Mayor declining to put the proposal to the meekf sor
A MOST AMUSING CASE of breach of promise °f 1,10
riage has just been heard in Dublin. The plaintiff' fete,
‘ Flynn, is a young lady" of 40, and the defendant' FroO!
Kieran, has reached the mature age of 48 years. cot
t/T:
the evidence, which was very amusing, it apPt,reoan,o"
both parties are of the small farming class in rIY
of Kildare. They had been well acquainted for neat .reef
years ; and in the month of October the defendol to
with plaintiff,. her sister, and one of her brothers)folf
Dublin Exhibition. They all came back in then
t
jaunting-car, the defendant and plaintiff sitting,
and one cloak " covering them round." The ae,,00.11
got so enamoured that, on arriving at home, lie
"proposed for Eliza ;" and on being told that her I,l'ol
was 450, he expressed himself perfectly satis,fied„Ve Gth tic
he would "go to Father O'Rorke at once.' ver to?
January was appointed for the marriage, but it nether Pr
place, the defendant alleging that " there was ano
who had a claim on him." The examination
Flynn, the plaintiff's sister, was exceedinc,l4 as t 4;
" Cross-examined by Mr. Battersby, Q.C. upon ath
nished at her sister going to throw herself away,, inoo
old fellow like the defendant. She dropped into rte
at once, like a ripe apple. Never saw
w(Lasaugguhiteterr.)eadyLivtedo
leainrna very
bluotnewsooulmedpPirootpt c°,llltf'rssrYii!,;
old fellow that offered; had heard that the det u."`
aite vged
looking after her."—Chief Justice : You were offer
not to take him." (Laughter.) No evidence
with 6d. costs.
0,g0)
forthe defence, and the jury gave the plaintiff XNu

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, ,i, AP:
SUICIDE BY A YOUNG LADY.—A, young in'ol,,t
parently about 30 years of age, committed suicide
able
Saturday evening week, in one of the most fasbi°ll 0
frO
hotels in Glasgow by suspending herself with being ;dor
the window shutter.: Some letters led to her , `rgli,
tified as Jessy Lauder, whose family resides in E-n-11°0o
to which city she apparently belonged. The act 0010
Sile
to have been the result of disappointed love• rtia
been engaged for the last clay or two in writing 1:13
letters to her relatives and friends. e tile
MERCENARY MATRIMONY.—On TuesdaY, betel*
_.48,
Knaresborough magistrates, Richard Smith, of ga,„4,5g,
was placed in the dock on the serious charge of 0bt,"..,.., of
under false pretences, the sum of £750, the
novelproPe:-, it
Mrs. Grace Thackwray, of the same place. The hythe
appeared, had been handed over to the defenditn aof
good lady on his promising to marry her ; bu
till. s-,te.l:oll° t
fulfilling his promise he had ue
spent the greater Foriclrig
the money, and she had become chargeable to
t The prisoner was remanded.

TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1854.

bIPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TIIESDAY MAY 16.
PETITIONS against the sale of intoxicating liquors on
Sunday,in were presented by the Earl of DERBY, from places
Pancashire, and by the Earl of HAEROWBY from the
Bristol Temperance Society.
course
Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that, having in the
inyse of his observations on the administration of justice
relaiid, felt impelled to illustrate his arguments by
observations
to a particular case, he regretted to learn that his
uservations had given pain to the learned judge who had
_pronounced the sentences in question, though nothing
could be further from his wish than that such a conse-
Pence should have resulted. He therefore wished to say
othat his observations were intended to apply to the general
e
1-2-Irse of proceedings which had taken place for some
leaars, and that he had no wish to cast any blame on the
gi,..ed Person who pronounced the sentences alluded to.
The Benefices Augmentation Bill was read a third time
the tflPasotsed, and the Nuisances Act Amendment Bil
cl, on
ion of Lord Shaftesbury, passed through om-
"iittee and was reported to the house.
T
Asc-fi ON LAW PROCEEDINGS.—Lord BROUGHAM
~a.brought before the house the subject of taxes on law pro-
rugs, and, after a speech of great length, moved a series
le resolutions, condemnatory of the existing system of
14„/"Sing' such taxes. or fees in the County Courts.—The
10121 CEIANCELLOR agreed on many points with Lord
I.o,_"?lagham, still he thought there were considerations
'Lich rendered the adoption of the resolutions inexpedient,
,!ad te wee ne
gatived without a division. Some oth
ullshihessy wasr despatched, and their Lordships adjourned. er

THURSDAY, MAY 18.
Bottfter a brief discussion on . the fund for supporting
(tiers' wives and children, which was maintained in a
l'erY i •
naudible tone by Lord St. LEONARDS, the D. HEE of
e„,',NycesrLE, and Lord COLCHESTER, their lordships pro-
(l„leci to discuss the clauses of the Landlord and Tenant
aiie'and) Bill, which was ultimately reported to the house,
their lordships adjourned at a quarter to ten o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY, MAY 19.
brightavy Pay and the Manning the Navy Bills were
up from the House of Commons; and severally
and a first time. Several bills were read a third time,
Passed.
thfil,e Duke of NEWCASTLE, in answer to a question from
-Lad of MALMESBITRY, replied that the government
trZo neither in a position to deny nor to corroborate the
h',
ll of the report as to the loss of the Tiger steam fri-
,Th, at Odessa.
Abl'lle report of the amendments on the Church Building
)40endroent Act was, on the motion of the Earl of Hilt-
-trr, received.
the ord STANLEY, of Alderley, moved the second reading,of
toe Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill, which,
ebe!: a discussion in which Lord Campbell, the Lord
C,r eellor, the Earl of Derby, Lord Lyndhurst, and others
Part, was read a second time.
r After despatching some other business of a routine cha-
e ht kter
their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes to
o'clock.

SOUSE OF COMMONS—TUESDAY MAY 16.
Soill'/ITITioNs against the sale of intoxicationg liquors on
one LaY were presented from various places, among others,
th'm werey Mr. Hon SFALL. Petitions on various
subject also presented, after which, in answer
esto,„,' 1.• Xlcartney, Mr. WILSON said the supplementary
pares for the commissariat expenses were not yet pre-
, 2Vtro.,„
mor " ...PAPER STAMP DIITY.—Mr. MILNER GIBSON
of air the following resolution That it is the opinion
Pros 8 house that the laws in reference to the periodical
snfoe and newspaper stamp are ill-defined and unequally
dekreed; and it appears to this house that the subject
101,ands the early consideration of parliament." In a
tadLspeech he went over numerous cases of hardship en-
e‘4 on parties by the vagueness of those laws and their
r,,lual and partial application. He contended that it
s,"e Public policy, if observations and discussions of facts
thee allowed to be circulated free of stamp duty, to permit
diftfireulation of the records of the facts themselves.
lA
vv'' mentioning specific cases of the uncertainty of the
th law
adduced instances in support of his allegation that
40e t Iv was unequally enforced.; that it was put in motion,
the against the powerful London publisher, but against
little proprietor of a small paper in some provincial
see 11..; Finally he impugned the manner in which the
kblifitY law was administered, arguing that, while it was
ti7o to publications not within the purview of that law,
itiffe against which it was expressly directed were
ered to esca e All he asked, be said, was that the
ht P
might be made clear and be enforced with justice.
motion was seconded by Mr. KINNAIRD—The AT-
Qjt GENERAL said he was inclined to agree with Mr.
tio 'en, that the law on the subject of periodical publica-
beitrequired revision and amendment ; still though
44h.1 that there were portions of the law which re-
ew."' amendment (to which he was prepared to give his
attention,) he could not go the full length of the retstoo-
4en, and therefore, without meaning
.any disrespect
spoke in
he moved theprevious M
trke in favour of the resolutionlto; and HUME said he
.o ht the press la be repealed altogether.
GiEffis'jr obj ectecl that the resolution im-
DiiTereixoliti- u
on _le
p Cresol authorities.—Sir J.
yresp
arpopacorted-the tion, and Mr. CROSSLEY
Lillggesteß d that the newspaper stamp should be taken off,
ta
Denny stamp. on bankers' cheques substituted.--Mr.
'IIIGOT insisted on the necessity of facilitating the access
the labouring, classes to newspapers by the abolition of
stamp duty, and contended that by the substitution of
Itt;,stage stamp of equal amount, no sacrifice of revenue
kod arise.—LOßD PALMERSTON said if Mr. Gibson
at alter the terms of his resolution, so as merely to
11,atfiltliat the law demanded the early consideration of
1;e rent with a view to its revision, he would not object
‘.l ace'''-uis Mr. GiBSON declined to accede to, but declared
jaidn nation was against the system, and not against in-
‘tition-als• —The amendment was withdrawn and the reso-
agreed to,
rimzisionE postponed the motion which he had
then notice of relative to the principle promulgated by
ro,u'imslnunent as to trights
and Mr. of neutralsScimix in war,
uthatrith-
-7 C make free goods ;
"Atitv nals Motion for a public examination of qualifications,
011-41ials, and general fitness for office.in .
hillthe motion of Mr. BLAND, leave was given to bring
xrep.. for an improved mode of taking the corn averages.
ent erld, and also to provide for the annual variation of
",a,rge in lieu of tithes in Ireland.
gIN the motion of Mr. M.A.Lisrs, seconded by Mr. L.
Vroal have was
given to bring in a bill to enable married
Dere ell to dispose of reversionary and other interests in
and estate,
r,
'-'
13)1E moved fora select committee to inquire into
threportrr‘ upon the state of the present public registry
an rerogative Court used as a testamentary office,
awhether a better office can. be established for the keep-
tiertliti Preservation of wills.—The SOLICITOR-GENERAL
rred in the motion and it was agreed to.
4eohed Industrial and .Provident Societies Bill was read a
time
the house then went into committee upon the Manning
,clu
one Oa,„l'3' ,
Bill, the clause of which underwent considerable
'kt (7" and the house adjourned at twenty-five minutes
'clock

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.
11, 41..T10ns against the Episcopalv and Capitular Estates
(N,54401,"° Presented by Lord A. AND from the Dean and
'411,' °f Norwich,from the Dean•and Chapter of Christ
tlhterv___er St. Peter, Exeter, the Dean and Cheater of
get, "'IrY, the Canons .of Christ Church, Wells, and
eul„ and Chapter of St. Peter, Westminster.
0_
• "le motion of Mr. RILINGS,. the Registration f
Th°f Sale Bill was,passed into Committee.
14th:P°ratigh.Boundaries (Scotland) Bill, on the motion
ApyocA,Tn,.was negatived.
14.1
—..,PAL AND CAPITIMAR ESTATES BILL..
th•
lec V.A..xm, on rising to oppose the second
bill, expressed his regret and surprise that irioe
tl443ineillbe of the government was present on the dis-
% °f so important a ,measure—a measure involving
te-,:°3' millions of church property. In government
._,llhoti"ee with the property of the church, even in his
Zecou.e.__
sllaerience he had witnessed something which was
"h. --`'eu to excite his most serious apprehensions. 'With
beenll to
the Canada Reserves Bill, that measure had
'hang ttended with this peculiarity—that, when the
of the Exchequer supported the measure, he
C1:05,745,e,..H.0u5e that.the property would be devoted en-
tiAes.s'enelotts purposes , but. the hon. gentleman the
re Reeretary for the Colonies told • the llouse that
h: s,,as Eve probability that the surplus fundsaysevohulimd
ofle'°,.ttd to secular. objects,
,e Viese F
,701 e;,,,, '0 apprehend that the. House sanctioned the
44'0h.-"e of this bill, and moved the manaigement of church
,7rty entirely out of the hands of the church, and if,
411%k1a holding the fee simple in their hands, th church
Ih°lllll have the entire control taken from them, a day
came when a motion would be made in the House
"klroOlnions to devote the church property to secular
cic
th-sea altogether. Reflecting on what, were the opiniotiS
Who gave their -support to this measure—among
• wer South-
to be lumbered the hon. member for
;,lor: alr.epell tt d the hon. member for Stroud (}lr.
formerll of whom was a warm advocate
an
Vo aration of Church and. State ; •and the latter
0_
Chat`t t„ ate for the- exclusion of bishops from the House_
for the abolition of tithes—he really thought
noble lord the mover of this bill,. should pause
Aerr-Je enforced its second reading, and seriously con-
L':kbi'.'"uether it a measure calculated to benefit the
i:4eroliihe4ent church.waa. • .As not a single member of the
e t to announce either their indi-
‘litt4l °Pinions, orwas Ptrhese;eneral views of the Administrationem
respect to this, imPortant questiOn,
Ineone of them
t 7 the. House except. the two hardwor c_
_d gentlemen
,01!the Treasury bench (Lord Mulgray e
and
..(hear, , hear, and a laugh)—he should
1,„,4,7!t.,,the debate be now adjourned. (Hear, hear.)
1,4,4cit4 ,i3IiTT seconded the motion, and said, a bill, the
touep,°f which was so important. as that of the pres.en. t
advantage with-
' tit
tb' net be discussed with prae--oal
rtese.nce of some influential minister, who ,he
~N.erortientnee it would be sanctioned or opposed by t
f"4t4c,}e nor was it fair to the noble lord who pm'.
0rt,141114e all his exertions, in the matter, that he
I.4!*feei 2°,ll!elled .proceed ;Vittoh the debate, when he
147. e ,'ertain that it could lead 110 practical result.
4.41 e tinfßn.xELEy. said the Home Secretary would be •
bume -
sti
said be 11:411°143)could not see much differende.
Whylo :lose who declared their intention of utterly
Itt,tiltlitNeeS_"h,eealeibedurch root and branch, and those who, by
" reform," endeavoured totally to pervert
1/4141.11%i 4,l.institutions by destroying that which was the
Ir. "t our episcopal church.
th 4TELD said the voluntary efforts of the people
Viatechillorp for the cause of religious instruction than
ko, °pea Lestablishment, with all its power and influence:
kl,te o4f.tiu,ia see the property of that church devotedrWe.
',Purposes than those to which it was at P
A +to eu.
1,1, r some
remarks from Mr. SPOONER and Mr. WAL-
ttl.e2r.4
the -EvussELL admitted that, there was very great
`iet°e reasons which had been urged in favour of
ilc"l''Atis 4111:111fut• He. also admitted that many of. the.
and proposed bill were open to very grave owee-
'9neluded by etating that; under the &cum,

stances of the case, he hoped the noble lord who proposed
the bill would consent to its postponement. At the same
time, if it were to be a question of voting "ay" or "no"
upon the second reading, he should certainly vote for the
second reading. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. T. LIDDELL and Mr. MOWBRAY advocated the
adjournment of the debate.
The Marquis of BIANDFORD, in replying to objections,
and stating the alterations he propo3ed to make in the bill,
expressed his satisfaction at the declaration of Lord John
Russell, that the government would, if necessary, be pre-
pared to take up this subject ; but he felt the matter, he
said, to be of such pressing importance, and so many con-
tingencies might arise to put it out of the power of that
noble lord to fulfil his intention—considering, also, that
the subject was not new, but had often been discussed,
he asked the house to affirm the principles of the bill by
reading it a second time:
On a division, the adjournment was negatived by a ma-
jority of 123 to 62 ; and, after some further discussion,
the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted pro forma on the 21st of June.
DRAINAGE or LAND.—Mr. SEYMER, after a lengthened
address, moved that the Drainage of Land Bill be read a
second time. After a protracted debate, and a motion by
Mr. CHRISTOPHER that the bill be read a second time
this day six months, which was withdrawn, the second
reading was ultimately carried.
The report, with amendments, on the Manning the
Navy Bill, and that on the Navy Pay Bill, were severally
agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday.
The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes past five.