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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY.

After the presentation of several petitions, the report of the
Sodor and Man Bishopric Bill was brought up and agreed to;
after which their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-FHIDAI.

Lord PALMERSYISN; in answer to Sir Robert Peel's inquiry on
a former evening, stated that the papers regarding the Ameri-
can boundary question were in the hands of the printers. His
lordship after wards, it will be perceived, in Lord inquiry,
admitted that there had been an interruption of our friendly
relations with the government of Persia, in consequence of out-
rageous conduct towards our diplomatic authority in that coun-
try, but that he hoped, on reflection, that the Shah of Persia
would afford adequate redress for such a tyrannous proceeding.
Sir S. CANNING having made inquiry on the subject,
Lord Pat.siEitsToN said that be had been in communication
with Austria regarding the occupation of Cracow, and that the
answer was, that it was only temporary.
Mr. PEASE inquired whether there had been received a me-
morial nuinerousty and respectably signed, for a mitigation of
the sentence pa,sed upon two men for murder at the late Hert-
ford assizes? and whether the statement was correct that the
jury, in finding their verdict, modified it by saying they did nut
think the prisoners intended to commit murder?
Lord J. RUSSELL answered that the information received re-
specting the alleged statement of the jury was totally incorrect.
He received a memorial on the subject, in consequence of
which he had an interview at the Home-office with the judge
who presided, and who assured him that he perfectly agreed
with the verdict; and, after fully considering the circumstances,
his lordship said he felt it to be his duty not to recounnend the
convicts to her Majesty for mercy.
Sir G. GREY, in answer inquiry made by Lord Stanley, ad-
mitted the receipt of memorials from the island of Grand Cay-
man. for participation in compensation fur slaves, and added,
that the law officers of the. crown had given their opinion that
the slaves there were free On the passing of the Compensation
Act; at the same time he had uo objection to produce the pa-
pers.
Sir R. PEEL again called attention to the case of some pro-
vision for the Bishop_of Quebec, but as no specific and satisfac-
tory answer was derived from the'Chaucellor of the Exchequer,
it was understood that the 'Object would be again brought fut-
ward on the moving of the colonial estimates.

Lord J. Russsit. proposed an alterali in of the resolution of
23d June, 1833, regarding the proceedings in election com-
mittees on votes unduly omitted from the register, &c.; but,
after considerable conversation, the change was deferred for the
purpose of amending the terms of the resolution, and until the
present election coniamttees had gone through their labours. It
is to be proposed' to suspend the resolution of 1833 as it respects
Ireland and Scotland.- •

Mr. C. WOOD (in answer to inquiry) said that the prome-
nade at Somerset House, fronting the Thames, was opened to
the public under certain restrictions.
Lord PALMERSTON. stated, in reply to Lord Ingestrie, that
the order in council continued in force for intercepting all stores
being conveyed to Don Carlos.
The house then once more resolved into committee on the Poor
Relief ( Ireland) Bill, which, as usual, occupied nearly all the
remainder of the sitting, 'but making no very great progress,
only about half the clauses being yet disposed of by the cow-
mittee.—Adjourned.

The new coinage of Queen Victoria has been struck. The
effigy of the Queen is without auy emblem of sovereignty, quite
plain : the reverse is a shield. .

The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has presented the Rev.
Edward Wilson, Principal of King William's College, Isle of
Man, to the Rectory of Weston Super Mare, in the county of
Somerset, vacant by the resienation of Archdeacon Law.
LoForiEst Isrus.—THE M A LSTROEM.—The most extensive
group, as well as the most valuable for their commercial impor-
tance, are the Lofoden Isles, renowned from the earliest ages as
the great fishing-station of the north. Their appearance is
rugged and dismal, resembling piles of rocky mountains heaped
upon each other, covered with snow, and rising abruptly from
the bosom of the deep to an elevation varying from lOU to 4000
feet. Hindoe, Langoe, Andoe, and Senjen, are the largest;
but Fast Vague is the central point fur the fisheries. and it has
contiomeil so since the dawn of• Norwegian history. They
are separated -from the mainland by the tempestuous chan-
nel of Nest Fiord, at the entrance to which. between the
lower point of the group and the small island of Muskoe, is the
celebrated Moskenstroem, or Malstroem, so terrible in the an-
nals of northern navigation. The ancient belief of its being a
subterraneous abyss, penetrating the globe, or communicating
with the Gulf of Bothnia, has, among other fables, been long
discarded; and the true cause of this dangeraus whirlpool is the
conflicting agitation of the waves, as the tide rises or falls,
against the rocks which confine the sea to a narrow passage.
These straits do not afford a sufficiently quick outlet to the im-
mense holy of water which presses like a wedge between its
shelving barriers; the ebb returns with prodigious force; and
when their motion is opposed by high winds, the struggling bii-
lowsuount into the air, and precipitate themselves in cataracts,
or whirl into eddies, whose powerful suction draws down fisb,
boats. and even thing that approaches it,.to :he bottom of the
vortex. Large pines, absorbed the current, have re-appealed
after being chafed in the cocky caverns until their trunks were
bruised and torn as if covered with bristles. In calm weather,
the furious turmoil nearly ceases; but in stuff ins, the dashing
and roaring of the waves are heard at a great distance, and the
wary mariner dreads to approach within seven miles of this de-
stractive collisiOn id. the elements. Although exaggetated de-
scriptions have been given of the Malstroem,,its real dangers
are unquestionable. But it is not the only phenomenon of the
kind in these seas.—Sahenstroetn. near Badoe, is equally
perilous, and no less fatal to the natives.—Edinburyh Cabinet
Library. Scandinavia, Ancient and Modern.