The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

n The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Exche-
..
ikr bills hill, th,e transfer of Aids bias the Dean Forest bill,
4i:l33Cwine private hills:
ISHOFRICK OF DCHHANI.—The Marquis of LoNnotinininv,
afßishop a high tribute of respect to the memory of the late
p of Durham for his piety and munificence, would suggest
to Lord Melbourne, beforeq the ecclesiastical report was laid
uPon the-Cible, to Consider the peeTitiai-eiteithsifiti 'which the
county of Durhatn.was placed. The bishop had always enter-
tained the judges. Now if the sheriff, were to have that char,e
attached to the office it would be very heavy; and in conse-
quence of there being so few indepewlcut landed gentlemen re-
4nlent iu that county, when once the routine had been ex-
haiisted, it would he difficult to find persons quAlitiod 'to exer-
cise the office of high sheriff. These.were topics he ventured to,
Suggest for the consideration of the noble lord, anti he hoped
that the funds,olthe see would be retained sniEcietnly large to
'liable future prelates to exercise. a becoming dignity. - Lord
Melbourne concurred in the just euloginin pronounced by the
boble marquis on.the late Bishop of Durham. The report of
111 e commissioners had been signed on that very day. He
'lusted that the arrangement made would be found satisfactory
beneVial to the see.
L ,rd GLENELG brought in a bill for the better administra-
ofjta,tiee
t, in the colonies.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. --Term.
CRItAILViA Y HOUSE,
motion of Mr. WARD,
the London and
`-On
railway bill was read a second time.
On the ne tion of Mr. AesTiirst, the London and Blackwell
1' lWay bill a as, read a second time, A petition from the corn-
Vssioners of high Ways against the last bill was presented by
COUNTY OF CA rt Low.—Mr. WA L L ACE presented three peti-
tions from f, eeho'ders of the couniy of Carlow, complaining of
nPPeessi in on the part of Colonel Bruen towards them, on ac-
„onut cf the von s they had
_giveu at the late election for that
e--
,•,6f't,4ltY• The hist was from Wtn. Murray, an elector, a tenant
for',done' Bruen, who had also served him as '• rent driver ;"
1„ the vote lie had' given, this man had been dismissed from his
e""cy, and from an office worth LIU a-year paid to him for
78ervices as a collector of rents, &e. The second-Was from
Murphy another tenant. ef the gallant officers. In
0
O - this man voted for the reform candidate, and in rouse-.
• nce of having done se, was deprived of part of his posses-
; they were restored to him in 1b32, on a-promise that he
vote for Colonel Bruen and his colleague. His eon-
iscienc„, however, would not suffer him to do as he had pro-
O"pt, and the consequence Was, that he was removed from the
uT'he hadeultivated with his own hands. The third petition
as
,siened by 19 out of 22 tenants of Mr. Alexander. This
ELR'eta4n induced his tenants, the petitioner, to vote, as he
,kuselt voted, in 1831 for, the radical candidates.. In 1835 he
Langed his politics, and vote 4 for Colonel Bruen and Mr.
Cvanee,h,,ancl lecause they, the petitioners, would not follow
e'B example,. they were all suhjected tags the most vexatious and
I:rusire law proceedings adopted inst them. The hon.
thsseber concluded by. saying that some means of inquiring into
the e transactions, should be adopted by the house, in order
„at. they tome to some decision en the subject, and if
eessary, some measure for
,the protection of the electors of
Barlow shOuld be introduced.
Benere. for himself and the other landlords of Carlow,
er,_senked Mr. Wallace for bringing this subject before the house.
0,11 Colonel then read a letter from his land agent, detailing
;le facts of the terse of the first petitioner. In 1821, two years'
4et't had been forgiven him, and a reduction of five shillings an
-ere
had been made to him on the plea of his poverty. In
17,4.., he. ()wed an arrear of £B3 2s. 6d. In. the April of that
„ ••I lie
was ejected, but he redeemed the land by paying up the
erre •
„t,rear with die exception of a balance of L 4 15s. 2d. 'I he p'ea
beenvey was found to have been untrue. The man' had never
that employed on the estate in any capacity ! except being told
if ha, protected the game somethiug, perhaps, would be
hiul. With respect to Murphy, he was to pay a rent of
tSo a-year, which he allowed to accumulate to the amount of
the in fact, he paid what and when he pleased like the rest of
the tenants. He had several letters from Murphy expressing
te° leepest gratitude.fot the forbearance shown him on several
thfieasi"s• The Colonel then read en extract from a letter from
ti-5"-in•law of' the petitioner, in which.he says, " with refer-
b ,u to the management of the estate, a receiver was appoinied
Court of Chancery, .during`the• minority of his brother-
1n ►to: Wi and. the assentemder. the .Court; was compelled to te-
le the such tenants as were either unwilling or unable to pay,
their rents to the Court.; with this you had nothing to do.
eti ocar,
) How Mr. Alexander, the gentleman complain-
vviisf, might think proper to proceed with those of his tenants
er refused; to,pev either tithe or rent. was not for him (Col. 13:)
any one else to inquire. But he knew that, to nu man was
4:ll:'dild more iudehted than to Mr. Alexander for the extraor-
G7,4r3' impravemonts. he had made in an extensive district. He
I,'ll built- the most extensive mills in Ireland; a handsome
Ill'ioeise for himself, with comfortable houses inhabited by a nu-
tint.,?us, bapPY, anti grateful tenantry, in constant employnient,
or Or their sins, Father Kehoe torned politician. The effects
eeti.lB pious labours may be gathered in some degree from the
non. Alexander still remains the same kind and liberal
elanLe that his acts have proved him ; but lie does not choose to
e(it,,b,edit and sold, AO has the hardihood to say so openly.
Rt,tu_nel Bruen then proceeded to state that he had received,
allegations
from both in letters and affidavits contradicting- the
tr,l'lLTations of Mr. `Vi, petition in every particular. After
vto.il!enting at some leugth on these documents, time house
aft:id Observe that a number of idle and disorderly people, had
This l!nicle kindness and generosity shown ahem, been removed.
tu the eyes of the political priests, was an offence not to be
bee'll• iv!qi• Their consequence and their power as a;Yitators had
the !mPaired. These were the deluded people at whose head
peery,sts the country in all di-
Placed themselves, and scoured
Peisi"S• by day and by night; they sallied forth from the cha-
Rieu:"l 'he Sabbath-day, having. first duly iiiflamed their reli-
ihr--;,2e4% ahema the freeholders at the head of mobs,
ati;;-,f"ing with death, and destruction to their houses
veenruPerties it' they did not vote for their. priests and their
Teets 17- Colonel Brkien then gave a graphic sketch of the ef-,
raLtesoi Priestly insolent domination in. Ireland,
.and. the out '
exer committed upon all who dared dispute. their will
,by the
for el'e of their ten judament. Take, continued the Colonel,'
weexaceple the' transactions of the last few years in Carlow
and Live been hawked abOut like a bale of goods to every fair
fe,e,market in the country,: we have been offered to one,
tipre-
f and forced upon a third, till we have become
to re dill, in the market. The patriot in Ireland, the radical
eilasngbiiiii, have both been eqnally deaf to the voice of the
et 4 Possibly. the liberal of SCotland may have had his
ultidu tickled by glowing descriptions of this safe speculation

TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1836.

By the Echo, Captain MALLETT, which arrived at this
port on Saturday from New Orleans, we have important
and extremely disastrous news from Mobile and the
southern limits of North America. The Echo sailed on
the 30di January, on which day a New Orleans paper
published the following extract from the Mobile Chro-
nicle : • •

"There are various rumours in this city from the seat of In-
dian warfare, that Tallahassee has been surprised and sacked—
that Apalachicola is in the possession of the savage enemy, and
that C.,lumbus is likely to share the disastrous fate of the
Florida towns and fortifications."

1 In addition to this it is stated, that the Captain of the
Echo was informed, when he was on the point of sailing,
that racial despatches had reached New Orleans, an-
nouncing that Tallahassee had been taken by the In-
dians, and that the inhabitants, to the number of 2,000
persons, had been murdered in cold blood by the
savages. it is also said that the Indians have joined the
blacks, that both have received arms from a vessel
hovering of the coast, and that dreadful enormities had
been committed upon the whites in all directions. We
sincerely hope that these accounts are exaggerated.

In our second edition of Friday •we were enabled to
publish the last special message of Mr. PresidentlAcK.-
sox to Congress in relation to the proffered mediation
of England. We repaint it here.
"The government of Great Britain has offered its mediation
for the.adjustmeut of the dispute between the United States and
France. Carefully guarding that point in the controversy,
which, as it involves our honour and independence, admits of
no compromise, I have cheerfully amepted the Offer. It will
be obviously improper to resort even to the mildest measures of
a compulsory character unit it is ascertained that France has
declined fir accepted the tnediaiion. I therefore recommend a
suspension of all proceedings on that part of my special mes-
sage of tyl rith of January last which proposes a paitial non-
intercourse with France. '
" White we cannot too highly appreciate the elevated and
highly-disinterested motives of the offer of Great Britain, we
have a just reliance upon the great influence of that power to
restore the relations of ancient friendship between the United
States and France—and know too that our own peaceful policy
wilt be strictly adhered to until the national honour compels us
to depart from it. We should be inseusible to the exposed con-
dition of our country, and forget the lessons of experience,if we
did not sualciently and sedulously prepare for an adverse result.
"The peace of a nation dues not depend exclusively upon its
own will, nor upon the beneficient policy of neighbouring
powers; and that nation which is found totally unprepared for
the exigencies and dangers of war—although it came without
having given warning of its approach—is criminally negligent
or its honour and duty. I cannot too strongly repeat the re-
commendation already made to place the sea board in a proper
state for defence, and promptly to provide the means for amply
protecting our commerce.

"ANDREW JACKSON:

" Washington, Februarq 8,183 C."
All that we can substract front the above is that it is a
very flimsy excuse; for procrastination which cannot
possibly lead to any good results. Lord PALMEnSTON'S
hand is visible in it. The President declares that no
fluffier apology or explanation can be wrested from him,
and in the state in which the new French ministry are
placed we contend that they dare mot pay the money.
What then ?

We have Corfu papers to the 25th January, from one
of which we extract the speech of the Lord High Com-
missioner, Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, to the Legislative
Assembly, at the close of the .session, on the 23d Ja-
nuury •:
"Mot Excellent president—Most Noble Signors,—The ses-
sion which is abotit-toc%io will always be distinguished in the
parliamentary history of these states us a business-like, harmo-
nious, and useful meeting, in which measures have been adop-
ted and completed of the first and greatest importani•e to the
welt-being; of the country; and which cannot fail to produce
permanent advantage to the lonian population.
You have adopted Unanimously, and so brought to a happy
conclusion, a measure, honourable alike, to the protector and
the protected, for fixing the amount of the contribution to be
paid by the lonian States, in lieu of separate payments for mili-
tary protection, and which settles most advantageously to these
islands a difficult and long-contemplated arrangement. I
thank you in the name of the protecting sovereign for your
unanimous, prompt, and grateful adoptitin of that proposition
The gracious and generous spirit in which that proposition was
conceived, and the terms in which it was expressed,' are so marked
and explicit as to preclude the possibility of misinterpretation ;
but, should any doubts arise in construing the terms of that ar-
rangement, I hesitate nut to assure you, in the name of my gra-
cious King, the Sovereign and Protector of these states, and
on the part of his ministers, in the sense too in which I inn
sure the great and magnanimous nation to which I have the
honour to belong would pronounce, and fur myself I most ex-
plicitly declare, that any such doubts will receive a construction
the most favourable to these states. . . . .

" You have adopted unanimously andpatriotically the project
which has been submitted to you for the improvement of agri-
culture, that great basis of the public wellbeing, and for the
encciuragement of industry throughoUt these states. You have
concurred unanimously,: liberally, and philanthropically in ar-
rangements for more generally diffusing over the population of
all these states the hletiAiigS and benefits of general education,
and for giving effica4 dird extension to tho. seminaries in which
learning and science, adaptcd to the wants of society and suited
to the necessitieS and dignity of the state, may be disseminated.
You have adn'tfe'd Measures which firm the first step in the
great ohjeei 8f intro'dneing gradually and generally the Greek