The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

IDAY, APRIL 28.

Petitions iraavour of closing beershops,,,on the Lord's.
day were presented by Mr. DUNLOP, from Moss-street
Wesleyan and Canning-street Presbyterian, congregations,
Liverpool; 'I33,!;MT. KERSHAW, from the, 00figregation of
Trinity Chapel,-.l,Va,vertree, Lancashire; are Mr. GREBNZ,
from female inlMbEtants of Halton, Lancashire.

TRAVIS:PORT - TROOPS.—In reply to.,a, question by
Sir J. Wsmen, whether steam power could not be gene-
rally applied to '-the conveyance by sea of cavalry and
artillery, Sir J. GRAIIAM stated what had been accom-
plished since -the ,Bth of February—namely, that 830
officers, 24,11.9 men, and 2,259 horses, with 2,000.t0ns of
provisions ,and voursaissariat stores, and .13,000 tons ,Of
ordnance stores, hadtheen conveyed to theintiestination in
the East; that the fnumber of transports employed, in-
cluding steamers, was 92, of sailing vessels;lB, and horse-
transports .70. .Considering the distance to which this
force of risen and horses had been moved and the time
occupied, he was --confident, he said, that at no former
period in the history,of. this country, had svichan operation
been performed in so ',short a space of time. The Admi-
ralty, he subsequently added, had come to the conclusion
that, generally, stearn,vessels were not applicable: to the
transport of cavalry.
THE EASZERN ‘WAX.—The subject of the war .in the
East was introduced in the form of a variety of .questions
addressed to the members, of the Government, the details
of which ran to such length that we can merely glance
at them.—Mr. S. HERBRRT, in reply to Mr. Sugsrourß,
said every posale arrangement for the comfort of the
troops in the East 'had been made, and all statements• to
the contrary were exaggerated, if not wholly erroneous.—
Mr. COBDEN wighed :to point out the importance, in a
commercial point of ,View,, of the edict which was pub-
lished for the expelsion.of,tke Greeks from TurkAv, up
operation which he comparedxith the revocation of the
edict of Nantes.—Mr. M. GIRSCCT, at some length, elide*.
ivoured to exculpate the Emperor of Russia from the
,charge of having improperly .idetained Sr. H. Seymour's
inggage.—Lord J. RDAERLL, intloying on the table papers
relative to the declaration of warsgainst Russia, observed
that with regard to the luggage of Sir H. Seymour there
had been no seizure or confiscatien, but certain valuable
effects belonging to that gentleman had been prevented
from being placed on board the vessel which Sir H. Sey
mou4s agent had indicated.
BgJnERY.—The Canterbury., Cambridge, Kingston-
upon-Hall, Maldon, and Barnstable Bribery Prevention
Bills, which stood for a second •readiug, were, on the
motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, pOStP01101;till the 12th May.
WITS A,ND MEA.Ns.—The house went Tinto a committee
of Ways and Means, when, on the 'notion Ad Mr. WILSON,
a vote of 411,024,100 Exchequer-bills was agreed to.
The Corrvt Practices at Election Rill was read a
second time.

DAYS OF Pir,BLIC SOLEMNITY.--Mr.. iIIr4:I.VOLE drew
attention to the circumstance, that some difficulty had
occasionally °warred with reference to days cBf public
solemnity. On the occasion of the death of the Duke of
Wellington the theme government had to bring in a bill to
plate the funeral dayon the same footing as Sunday. Last
Christmas falling on a Sunday, and observed on a Alonday,
led again to a difficulty ; and the same thing occurred
with regard to the Day of Humiliation last Wednesday.
He wished to ask, therefore, if the noble lord had any ob-
jection to bring in a bill giving power to the Queoa
Council to place any day of solemnity that might occur ou
the same footing as Sunday,—Lord J. RUSSELL said ft
was the intention of the government to bring in a bill for
that purpose. The house adjourned at half-past eight.