The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF CONIMONS.-FRIDAY

The following bills were read a second time:—Rear
Dock Railway ; Bath Waterworks ; Rt:yal Asylum of '
St. Anne's Society ; Trent Valley Railway (Alrewas
Branch); London and South-Western Railway Acts
(Amendment); Manchester and Birmingham Continua-
tion and Welsh Junction Railway ; Liverpool and Pres-
ton and Manchester and Southport Railway; Lancashire
and North Yorkshire Railway ; Willingham Inelosure
and Drainage; Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction
Railway; Norfolk Railway Extension (Stowmarket, Wy-
inondharn, and Attleborough Branch) ; Manchester and
Leeds Railway Extensions ; Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
chester Railway ; Birmingham Cemetery ; Shrewsbury,
Oswestry, and Chester Junction, and North Wales Mine-
Aral Railway Amalgamation, North Staffordshire Railway
(Pottery Line); Dundee and Arbroath Railway Exten-
sions (by order); Southport Improvement (by order.)
Sir J. GRAHAM took an opportunity of stating to the
Louse that he had yesterday received a communication
from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, re9ncting the ex-
tent of the failure of the potato crop, and consequent dis-
tress and fever in that country, which rendered it impe-
rative upon him to move at once for leave to bring in a
bill to make temporary provision for destitute persons la-
bouring under fever in Ireland. He regretted to say that
not only in all the provinces, but almost in every county
in Ireland, this melancholy state rf things prevailed ;
and it therefore became necessary to make temporary
provision for the difficulty. By the bill which be was
about to move, power would he given to the Lord Lieu-
tenant to establish a board of health in Dublin, consisting
of not more than five commission rs, who were already in
the public service, and to whom, therefore, no additional
salaries would be paid. To there a medical officer vi uld
be added, and on the report of this board the Lord Lieu-
tenant would have power to appoint a medical officer to
each union at the public expense. He would also be
glen power, nn the report of the medical officer of any
uhioii, to direct the building of temporary fever hospital;,
or taking houses vu'table for the purpose, at the exi.ense
of the union ; and also to have provided the necessary
m. dical « istance and attend,..nts, &c. The bill would
be of tempcory duration, bin to exvire in SeptewLer,

1817 ; bit power would be given to the Lord Lieutenant
to suspend its operation at any time in those di,tricts in
which the fever would be reported to have ceased.

Mr. \VAKLEY reminded the house that Ireland was in
want of food rather than of physic, and that a timely
supply of the one might obviate any necessity for the
other. _ 1

Mr. W. SMITE! O'BRIEN suggested the propriety of
taxing the absentee landed proprietors of Irela: d, and
said that Ireland only asked for a proper appl mion of
her own resources. If she 'attained that she would scorn
the generosity of England.
Sir R. PEEL regretted that those hon. members from
Ireland who had lin t' house wio--

only appearec. ie Diu the
last few evenings, and during whose absence seve:;=l mea-
sures had been adopted with the sole view of conteuing
benefits on their country, should now, when they did at
length ni,he their appearance, taunt them as if they had
been negligent, and declare that the generosit y of England
was scorned by the people of -Ireland.

A desultory debate ensues, in the course of which Mr.
J. O'CONN ELL and other Irish gentlemen bore testimony
to the feelings of sympathy apparent in the measuris
hitherto adopted towards Ireland during the present
session.

Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN took occasion to qualify his ob-
, and to say that his meaning vvas that Ireland
med of four or five millions annually by absentee
proprietors, and they could not view a sum of J.:100,00U
voted for their relief as any rqnivalent to this.
Ultimately leave was given to bring in the bill.
Sir J. GRAHAM then obtained leave to bring in a bill
to amend the ,aw of settlement in England.
On the motion for bringing up the report on the Cus-

servations

_
toms resdations, _
Mr. SPOON ER moved as an amendment that the report
be received that day six months. The hon. gentleman

strongly advocated the principle of protection, and attri-
hutei the greater portion of the evils of the country to the
Currency Bill of 1819.

Sir G. CLERK was surprised that in the present uncer-
tain state of the commercial and mercantile feeling of the
country, which was eccasioting s, much tnischief, the
hon. membPr should seek to prolong that uncertainty by
moving its continuance for at least six months longer.
After some observations from Mr. Newdegate,
Mr. SPOONER withdrew his amendment. _ _

Tire corisiderhtiou of the duties in tie various aricles
in the tariff was then proceeded with. On the proposition
for the reduction of the duty on butter, .

Mr. GROGAN proposed as an ecnenan ent, that the ar-
ticle he excluded altogetht r from the tarff. _

This was opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Sir G. Clerk, and supported ny ord George Ben-
t nck and other hon. members. On a division. however,
the amendment was defeated by a tr., jority of 213 to 111.

The article of cotton hosiery also led to Considerable dis-

ettsion ; and
Sir El ti:NRY lIALFoan moved, as an amendment, its
oroi6sion from the tariff. A division ensued, and the
amendment was defeated by a majcirity of 190 to 102.
Mr. BANKES then moved the adiiurnment, and was
supported in so doing by Mr. MILi s and other hon.

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Mr. LABOUCHERE suggested that they might go on
with the articles unobjected to, in order that there might
be no derangement in the commercial concerns of the
country by the delay of this measure.
A discussion ensued, which was terminated by
Sir R. PEEL declining to press the further progresa of
the tarlf that night. Ile also suggested that he should
propose that the tariff should be proceeded will) on Mon-
day, provided that the corn bill, as c,ntraeistingushed
from the tariff, could he taken on Tuesday, if honoutah!e
gentlemen who had :Lotions for that day would give it
precedence.

FOREIGN AND C'OLOAIAL.

UNITED STATES

The news which came to hand on Thursday by the Ro-
chester, Captain Britton, which sailed from New York cn
the 21st, is more pacific than the previous accounts. Sir
Robert Peel's financial scheme had arrived out hy the
Cambria. The commercial classes were highly elated by
it. and it had gone far to allay the war fever about Oregon.
Most of the papers express their gratification at its " li-
beral and comprehensive features."
In the Senate the chairman of the committee on foreign
relations had introduced the joint resolution from the
House of Representatives, abrogating the convention of
1827, but it was very doubtful, even before the arrival of
the Cambria, whether these resolutions would pass, On
the 19th ult. the question was further adjourned to the
23d.

A dreadful snow storm, and gale had swept along the
American coast, which destroyed a great number of ves-
sels, and upwards of sixty lives. The amount of property
sacrificed was likely to exceed a million of dollars
We have the following rich scene in the reoorts of the
senatorial proceedings of the state of New York. It is
truly characteristic. It is a correct report :
" Dlr. Clark.—You dodged on the Convention Bill.

" Mr. Young.—You lie, sir.
" Mr. Clack.—You owned stock in thirteen banks.
" Mr. Young.—You lie, sir.
" Mr. Clark.—You have a princely fortune from the
country.
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" Mi. Young (with his foot on the desk).—You lie—
you lie—you lie, you old hypocrite.
" All the Senators.—Hooray hit him again, Buck, he
hain't got no friends."
By the Cambria steam-ship, which arrived here on Sa-
turday, we hive received New York papers to the Ist
instant, and the news, though unimportant, is of a more
peaceful nature.
The discussion in the senate on the question of notice
as to the Oregon territory, was resumed on the 24th ult.,
and carried on for several days. Two resolutions bad
been brought forward by Mr. Colquitt, and it is said they
met the views of Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Crittenden, and
others of both parties. They were to the effect, " that the
notice be given at the close of the present session of con-
gress, unless the president, in his discretion, consider it
expedient to defer it ; and that it was earnestly desred
that the long standing controversy be speedily settled by
negociation and compromise, in order to preserve the
friendly relations of the two countries." After several dis-
cussions, the senate adjourned to the 2d March, without
coming to any decision, but the speeches, generally speak-
ing, are of a pacific zharacter. The New York Herald,
of the 28th February, states, upon the authority of its
Washington correspondent, that, on the 25th, Mr. Pa-
kenham had submitted the ultimatum of our Govern-
ment, in reference to Oregon, to Mr. Buchanan, and that
the Cabinet at Washington met the same evening and
rejected it, Considerable doubt, however, is expressed
in Liverpool as to the correctness of the Herald's cor-
respondent. The Washington correspondent of the
New York Advertiser says that a rumour was cur-
rent at the former town, that " 111. r. Crampton
brought out instructions to Mr. Parkenham to re-open
negociaticns by an offer of the 49th parallel, the whole of
Vancouver's Island, and the navigation of the Columbia
fiat twenty years. It is said that Mr. Polk will not take
the responsibility of accepting the offer, but will submit it
to the senate for advice."
The news of the Government commercial scheme bad
been received out at Canada, and had caused a great stn-
sation, "mingled with no little consternation and alarm."
The Board of Montreal hail determined to memorialize
the home Government to admit Canadian corn and flour
duty free, without a certificate of origin, and other ad-
vantages.

There are 48,981 dogs in Paris.
Earl Cathcart has been gazetted as Governor-general
of Canada.

The regiments selected for Indian service are the 10th
Hussars, and the B,h, 24th, and 32nd Foot. The 18th
and 28th Regiments are also under orders to move from
China to Benpl.
A tremendous fire has taken place at Philippopoli
(Syria), and besides the destruction of about 2500 houses.
numerous stores filled with rice, produced there in large
quantities, were consumed.
The French Government has established a school at

Athens. for the purpose of enabling a certain number of
young Frenchmen to stady the monuments which stll
render that capital so interesting. A professor will be
sent from Paris to preside over this establishment.

Attempts have been made to take advantage of the pe-
culiar wording of the finnan for the election of the Eng-

lish Church at Jerusalem for rendering it unavailing.
These difficulties, however, have been overcome by the
vigour find decision will which they have been met by Sir
Stratford Canning.
NIOODKEE.—Moodkee is a large village, sixteen miles

from Bbooga Poorana, belonging to the Lahore Raj, con-
tains about 001) houses (many of brick) and 4,000 inhabi-
tant,, Sikhs, Maltomedans, and Hindoos. There are 30
shops in the village, and 100 Lahore sepoys arc on duty
at the place.
The French Government has at last come to the deter-
mination of reducing the exorbitant charge upon the
postage of letters, which has so long been complained of
by the public at large. The Minister has presented his
prnjet de loi stir Ia reforme po.stale to the Chamber of
Deputies, and will, no doubt, be carried by a large majority.
We hear from Italy that a tumult took place at Pia-
cenza on the 25th February, owing to the raised price of
corn, and that the populace went to such 'excesses, that
the Austrian► troops found themselves at the necessity of
using their arms. Four persons are said to have been
killed, and twelve or fifteen wounded.
A RICH .JOKE.—We are informed by the Paris papers
that two works on galvanism were seized the other day
by the blind and bigoted Pontifical Government at Rome.
The Government actually imagined, in its besotted igno-
rance, that the works bad something to do, not with gal-
vanic electricity, but—ceedat Judceus I—with Calvinism.
This beats the seizure of Plato's works in Russia.
On the 29th ult., the damming of the Sig, 12 leagues
from Oran, was completed in the presence of General
Lamoriciere, his staff, and a numerous assemblage of the
natives. At six o'clock the flood-gates were let down,
and a salute of ten cannons was fired. By means of this
work more than 15,000 acres of land may be irrigated, and
rendered fertile.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN RUSSIA.—The Journal
• des Ee'bats publishes a letter from St. Petersburgh of the
; 22d ult., which states that the Emperor had commanded
that all foreign Jews, even those of Poland, who are ,at
present in Russia, should quit the Russian territory within
three months, should they even be established and pos-
seas landed property in the country. In future no foreign
Israelite is to be pc:mated to reside in Russia without a
special permission from the Government.
PRESIDENT Pot K PRISONRR OF WAR" TO ENG-
LAND.—It is a curious fact that the President of the
Uritte'd States, the warlike and pugnacious Polk, was a
prisoner of w rin the ear 1812 to the " Britishers " Mr,
Pi,lk was then a subaltern in the United S!ates' army,
arid was captured on the ice near Detroit, by a party a
the ,Ilst Regiment of Foot, under the.mnanand of Capt,
Bullock. Gen. Cass, the bellicose military orator in the
American leg•slature. also fell by the f, rtume of war into
the hands of the English forces in the woe y6eAr.