The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-16 00:00:00

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Lord J. RUSSELL obierved that Roman generals, and the
generals also of Queen Elizabeth, had opportunities of ac-
quiring spoils from conquered states, which opportunities no
longer existed. Even in the time of Elizabeth, successful
commanders had accumulated wealth to an extent such as
would have brought down infamy on Lord Keane, bad he
brought it home from Affghanistan. Even in a much later
period the crown had means which no longer existed, of re-
warding great military services by means of great offices of
state and sinecures, which had been very properly done away
with. Even in an economical point of view, he thought the
grant a proper one. If a pension like this were to be re-
fused, the peerage could never be conferred even for the most
distinguished services, except on persons of great wealth.
Mr. HUME said the consequence of the system proposed
to be continued would be the increase of pauper peers, who,
with their families, must become burdens on the public. If
a peerage was considered the proper reward, why not grant
it for life only, which would not take his successor out of
the middle ranks of life, and thus cut him off from pursuits
which might secure him an independence. He should cer-
tainly take the sense of the house: in opposition to the grant.
Sir H. Visual,/ supported the grant, and enumerated some
of Lord Keane's services in Affghanistan.
After some further discussion, the motion for the grant was
carried by a majority of 195 to 43.

The house then resolved itself into committee on the
customs duties bill, and Mr. Labouchere moved the reduc-
tion of the duty on rum the produce of the East Indies to
9s. Ad. per gallon. This was opposed by Mr. Goulburn, as
u breach of faith with the 'West India interests.

What is the month of the year in which Lord Brougham
talks the least ? The answer is in " Joe Miller"—February.
In "Joe," however, the question relates to the ladies ; but
we shall make no mistake if we alter it to suit the case of as
loquacious an old woman as ever wore a petticoat. In
this short month what, then, is to happen ? In thefirst place,
we hope that in a short time there will be made a short end of
the ministry, and that Lord Melbourne and his friends will
upon short commons. One of the party, at all events, viz.,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will stand as short in his
accounts as Lord John Russell stands short in his shoes. If,
as some people imagine, parliament will be shortly dissolved,
many whig members will find themselves short of seats ; and
if Lord Stanley's bill be carried—and we are not short of the
mark when we say it will—our friend Dan. will find himself
very short of election coin.

Sir Lytton Bulwer will attempt to make a long speech, but
will be Cut short by the short coughing of the house ; and
Johnny Easthope will find it a very short corner to wheel
out of the railways. Short 'Torn Macauley will write a long
article for the " Edinburgh," which will be shortly after con-
signed to the forty-twa. Short Tommy Moore will finish
his edition of Little's poems, and display a very short me-
mory in his short prefaces of some not very short services, in
days when he was very short indeed.

What short M. Tillers will do we are short to conjecture ;
but we have no doubt that he would take office at the shortest
notice. Short Bob Keeley will shine in short pieces, and
short—somebody else will cut a short figure in looking after
long ones. In short, to make short of a somewhat long
story, the shortest princess in Christendom—not yet in her
shorts—will, by a short ceremony, receive a rare long name.
And may a certain short young lady. of whom that short
princess is daughter, find her reign long and her troubles
short, is our short and sincere prayer ; and that is the long
and the short of it.—Aryzes.

LORD CARDIGAN.-1t is said that Lord Cardigan, if found
guilty of manslaughter, will plead his privilege as Lord War-
wick did, the old Lord Byron, and the Duchess of Kingston,
when the two former were found guilty of killing their anta-
gonists in duels, and the duchess was convicted of bigamy.
But it is also understood, that to avoid all risk of his privi-
lege not being allowed, his lordship has conveyed away all
his property, to avoid the consequences of a forfeiture, which
takes effect as to land from the commission of the crime,
and as to personalty from the date of the commission.—
Record.

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