The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—Tins DAY.

GREAT NORTEEERN HANDICAP.-4 tCh 1 agst Virago,
tk 9 to 2.
NEWMARKET: HANDICAP.-6 to 4 agst: Virago, tk.
Two Tnous4.‘ND GIIINEAS.-3 to 1 agst Roiardo, tk;
5 to 1 agst Ruby, off.
CHESTER. CUPS--8 to 1 agst Marc Antony; 12 to 1.
agst Baalbec, tk ;, 12 to 1 agst Star of Surrey, tk; 1,000
to 35 agst Newminster, off.
DERBE,7-s;to, 1 agst Autocrat, tk ; to 1 agst Dervish,
off ; 33 to 1. agst Marsyas, tk ; 40 to./ agst Scythian, tk,;.
50 to 1 agst New Warrior, tk.

IiOUSE. OF LORDS.-31oaDA.x, AI'IUL 10.
Their lordships met at five o'clock,

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS.

Tno.Earl. of WICKLOW asked Lord Lindhurst when he
intended. to bring in his bill on the subject of oaths.
Lord LYNDHURST replied, that a measure on this. subject
had been, ntroduced by government in the other house
It would. be extremely inconvenient to have two measures
running on the same subject, one in either house.; there-
fere, as soon as he knew the. course which government
took with their measure, he.would determine on the steps
he would take with regard to his own.
The Earl of WICKLOW remarked that the two.neasures
were essentially different.
Lord LYNDHURST had read them both, and they were
as nearly alike as possible.
The Bisnop of Loxnorr intimated that neither of
them would pass through their lordships' house without
opposition.
SEIZURE OF SIR H.. SEYMOUR!S PROPERTY.
Lord LYNDHURST asked government whether it was
true that the Russian government had, as was reported,
seized the property not only of Sir H. Seymour, but that
of Lady Seymour,_ at St. Petersburgh. If this were true,
it was a gross violation of the admitted law of nations,
that excluded Russia from the class of civilized nations.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Foreign-office had
received no information of the proceeding alluded to. If
it had happened, of course, government could give no
explanation of it.
Lord LYNDHURST repeated the question, and said that
Sir Hamilton Seymour had stated the fact.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he had no doubt
Sir H. Seymour might have received such information,
but none had been received by government.
The Income-tax bill was read a second time.

Lord CAMPBELL called attention to the importance of a
better distribution among the public of the papers
printed for their lordships' house. No inconvenience
would arise from folloxing the example of the other
house, and selling these papers to the public ; and he
asked Lord Granville, who had had the subject under his
consideration, when he intended to bring in a measure
relative thereto.
Lord GRA,NVILLE replied that he intended to bring in
a measure on the subject very soor. after Easter.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUH observed that a great many
papers were printed that were never read, and which were
comparatively useless.
The Lord CHANCELLOR made a few observations to the
same effect.
The subject then dropped, and the house adjoUrned at
six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MorrDIy, APRIL 10.

Mr. W. PATTEN moved that it be an instruction to the
Committee of Selection to appoint a chairman to the
General Committee of Railway and Canal Bills.
Mr. E. DENISON opposed the motion, and recommended
its postponement until after the second reading of the
Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill.
Mr. PATTEN asked his honourable friend to allow the
proposition to stand as it did, upon the understanding that
the Committee of Selection should not appoint a chairman
till after the Easter holidays.
Mr. E. DErnsort assented, and the motion was then
agre.ed

Sir G. GREY brought up the report 'of the Committee
of Selection, which stated that the following members had
been appointed the select committee on Mr. Stonor's case :
Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Hors
man, and Sir J. Duckworth.

THE REFORM BILL.
Sir E. DERING enquired of Lord John Russell whether
it was his intention to move the second reading of the
Reform Bill on the day he announced.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied that he was unable to answer
the question at that moment. He should, however, be
prepared to make a statement to the house on this subject
to-morrow evening, on moving the adjournment of the
house.

After some other questions, on the motion for goipg
into committee on the DriberY Bill,