The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-26 00:00:00

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TUESDAY 131ORNING, APRIL 26, 1853.

THE WEEK.

ALMOST all interest having been concentrated in the
financial operations of the Government, the past
week has been comparatively dull, as minor sub-
jects have been allowed to pass almost without obser-
vation. The near approach of the opening of the
Great Exhibition in Duhlin has stimulated many of
our Liverpool tradesmen and manufacturers to take
part in the competition for superiority, and no doubt
the department allotted to this commercial metropolis
will prove by no means the least attractive feature.
The annual meeting of the Liverpool branch of
the Church Missionary Society was celebrated yes-
terday by two crowded meetings, at which the Lord
Bishop of CHESTER, ever foremost in any good
work, and the Rev. Dr. APNEILE presided. Ser-
mons were preached on Sunday at many church es
and chapels in the town and its vicinity, and c ol-
lections were made in aid of the Church's mis-
sionary exertions. We have given a more detailed
report in another page.
The motion of the Earl of WINCHILSEA for a

committee of inquiry into the system of education
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pursued at the College of Maynooth, was negatived
in the House of Lords by a majority of 110 to 53,
upon an amendment being moved by the Earl of
ABERDEEN for a royal commission to inquire into
the management of the college and the discipline
and studies pursued therein, and also the effects
produced by the increased endowment in 845.
The latter was agreed to without a division, but it
will be observed that it is a mere variation of the

mode of making the inquiry.
The motion for the second reading of the Canada
Clergy Reserves Bill led to a long discussion in the
House of Lords on Friday, in which the Lord BISHOP
of EXETER and the Earl of DERBY strongly con-
demned the measure. It was, however, resolved to
agree to the second reading, and endeavour to
amend the Bill in committee.

On Saturday, the Braziliera, the first of a line of
steamers for the South American and General Screw
Steam Navigation Company, to trade between this
port and Brazil, was launched from the yard of
Mr. JOHN LAIRD, at Birkenhead ; and yesterday
the Olinda, the second packet for the same line, was
to be launched at Port-Glasgow, from the yard of
Messrs. JOHN REID and Co.

A new iron steam-boat for the Woodside Ferry
was launched yesterday, from the yard of Messrs.
JORDAN and GETTY, at the south end.
It appears that no arrangement has been come
to as yet with reference to the acquisition of the
Birkenhead Docks, the committee, on the part of
the present owners, having refused to name a price.
It is to be regretted that any obstacle should be
interposed to an arrangement so mutually advan-
tageous.

THE SPANISH NfINISTRY.—The knot of obscure
men who have lately governed Spain, appear to
have miscarried in an attempt at a coup d'e-tat, and
to have been dislodged from office by the recoil.
As usual, it is difficult to discover that the change
involves any public interest or any political prin-
ciple. The progressists being crushed, the domi-
nant party seem to have fallen to quarrelling
amongst themselves. Narvaez was e:iminated from
office—then expelled the country; by the injustice
inflicted on him he became queerly identified with
the cause of constitutional liberty which has suffered
so much violence at his hands; the Senate listened
to his appeal, and the popular Chamber became
angry and rebellious; the unpopularity of the
Court rose suddenly to an unusual height ; the
Government, without courage to take the last step
of all, hazarded the last but one ; they suspended
the sittings of the Cortes, dismissed, by an expiring
effort of malice, the senators who had voted for
Narvaez—and resigned. The natural result would
be the recal of Narvaez and his eventual restora-
tion to power. But the whole political drama in
Spain is an outrage on probability. The fallen
Government:sent him to Vienna; it is on the cards
that the new one may send him to Timbuctoo.—
Guardian.