The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

CATALOGUE

Of various Live Stock. shortly to be sold without reserve,
on the premises, Downing-street, the present proprietors
having no further use for them. They must be cleared off
within the next fortnight, or the purchasers will have to
pay for their keep.

Lot L—MZLLY, a pet Lamb. This animal, although past
the usual age of its species, still keeps up all its juvenile
habits, and constantly runs bleating after its mistress, and
cannot be torn away from her house.
Lot 2.----JOHNNY, a small terrier puppy of the Bedford
breed. Knows when he is in a good kennel, and will not
leave it. Strayed from Tavistock to Huntingdonshire—from
Huntingdonshire to Bandon Bridge—from Bandon Bridge
to Devon—and from Devon to Stroud. It is fully expected
that, should he stray again, he would be entirely lost. He
therefore must be sold. Much annoyed with corns, which
should be cut.

Lot 3.—CAWLEY, an Indian war-hound. Is an interest-
ing animal, from its many curious peculiarities. Is delighted
at hearing itself bark, which it does at stated periods, and
frisks round to look after its own tail, but has not got one.
Was unkennelled at Windsor Castle some time back, and
has never been seen there since : offended the mistress by
barking from its walls. Latterly domesticated at Edinburgh,
but, fearful of the Scotch mange, is forced to be brought
away and sold.
Lot 4.—Holz, the Grey puppy. Rather a dangerous
animal to be at large, as he runs and snaps on all sides.
Lot 5.—A large boa-constrictor. Has consumed so much
Irish provisions, that he is known as the Irish bore. Feeds
once a-year, and has been known to swallow 20,000 lbs. at
one time. Leaves the slime of its tail wherever it crawls,
and has almost destroyed Ireland with its venom. An at-
tempt was lately made to Cooke it at Belfast, but it cast its
skin and escaped, but was Scotched. Like the whale, does
the greatest injury with its tail. Has propagated its venom-
ous species to a very injurious extent. Gulped down I,ooolb.
at one bolt while being exhibited at Manchester some time
back, which was thrown to it by the manufacturers.

Lot G.—EASTOPE, BANES, ENVAT, DUNCUM, TAVES-
Tox, HORD. Six common English curs.
Lot 7.—PALMY, the notorious ratter. If not sold, will
go with the premises, as it always has done. is shortly to
be exhibited at Liverpool, to run in the same truck with Sir
Joshua, the Liverpool pug.
Lot B.—Jozi the Scotch terrier. Will shortly be kicked
out of the Kilkenny kennel.
There are many more lots, but the above will comprise the
first day's sale.

LIABILITY or THE SHIRE-HALL TO WINDOW DITTY.—
A case having been submitted to Justices Patteson,
and Coleridge, relative to the taxing of the windows of the
County-hall, their lordships have decided that the windows
in question are liable.—Worcester Journal.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'OP ENGLAND ANNUAL
MELTING AT LIVERPOOL.—A meeting of the members of
this society was held in London, on Saturday last, Earl
Spencer in the chair, when an interesting report from the
council was read. The following are extracts relative to the
approaching visit of the society to Liverpool :—" The coun-
cil, having selected Liverpool as the place of the annual
country meeting to be held this year, have decided on addi-
tional country prizes to the amount of one hundred pounds,
to be given at that meeting for agricultural horses ; and have
also agreed to the mode in which the £2OO to be awarded
this year for implements shall be distributed into classes.
The Liverpool prize sheet, containing the details of these
arrangements, as well as the general regulations for exhibi-
tions, has been printed, and a copy sent by post to each
member of the society. Mr. Earle having consented to act
as the society's representative in directing the progress of
arrangements on the spot, a deputation was sent by the coun-
cil to the authorities of the town, and was received by Mr.
Bolton, the present, and Sir Joshua Walmsley, the late
mayor, with every mark of interest and respect. This de-
putation reported to the council the result of their personal
inspection, when it was resolved that the piece of ground
termed the Old Infirmary-yard, and offered by the mayor and
corporation, should be accepted as the site for the dining-
hall; that Falkner's Fields, offered by Mr. Falkner and Mr.
Lace, should be selected for that of the cattle-yard ; that the
rooms of the Mechanics' Institute should be accepted for the
use of the finance and dinner committee ,• and Mr. Lucas's
Repository for the purpose of the Wednesday's dinner.
Having ascertained from Mr. Manning, the contractor for
the Cambridge works, that his present engagement would
preclude his undertaking the works this year at Liverpool,
the council decided to appoint a surveyor of works, who
should report the progress of their erection ; on Mr. Wild
having been elected to that office, he has proceeded to Liver-
pool for the purpose of making arrangements with the con-
tractors to he employed. The council having decided that
there should this year be two days for the exhibition of the
stock, instead of one, as formerly, the exhibition of the im-
plements will open on Wednesday, the 21st of June, and
that
of the cattle on Thursday, the 22d, the stock.remaining
open till two o'clock on Friday. They have also directed
that catalogues containing list of all the subject of the x-
hibition, shall be prepared for sale before the time of meet-
ing; that only the printed forms shall be allowed for the cer.
tificates of the exhibition ; and that the awards for imple.
meats shall be announced at the same time as those for
cattle. They have decided that the sale of dinner tickets
shall only take place at Liverpool, commencing on Tuesday,
and continuing open to members in general on the two fol-
lowing days; each day, however, a certain number of tickets
being reserved for old members—viz., for such as were elecced
by the 24th March last , and that, after the first week inJuly,
so further election of members shall take place until after the
meeting._ , •

Sir R. PEEL brought forward the motion of which he had
given notice some days since, to the effect that the present
government had lost the confidence of the house. The right
hon. baronet commenced by a reference to the defeat of the
ministry upon the sugar duties, and said that, at as early a
period as he could, after that decision, he had given notice
that he would plainly put the question to the houre, as to
whether the government any longer possessed its confidence.
He thought it scarcely necessary to enter into a history of
the defeats of the present ministers, in order to show that
parliament had no longer confidence in them ; nor was it ne-
cessary either to enumerate the various occasions in which
they had failed to carry their measures through parliament.
He would say, however, that it, was the duty of a ministry
not possessing the confidence c,i the House of Commons, to
retire from their official stations. The constitution of this
country might be said to have taken its present form at the
accession of the House of Hanover ; and since that period
the various administrations had retired when met by the hos-
tility of the House of Commons. Thus, in 1742, Sir R. Wal-
pole retired, as did Lord North in 1782; Lord Sidmouth in
1804 ; Lord Liverpool in 1812 ; the Duke of Wellington in
1830. and he himself in 1835. The case of Mr. Pitt, who re-
tained power in opposition to majorities in the House of
Commons, was not a case in point, for he was condemned by
a hostile House of Commons as soon as he accepted the reins
of government, and before he had the opportunity of bringing
forward any measures, which circumstance fully justified him
in appealing from the house to the country. It might, per-
haps be said, that though the present government did not
possess the confidence of the House of Commons, yet that
they did possess the confidence of the country. This was an
extremely dangerous doctrine, even if it were not contravened
by the results of all the recent elections which had taken
place. The right hon. baronet condemned the course pursued
by ministers upon the corn laws, the agitation upon which, in
conjunction with the prospect of a general election, was doing
a great deal of injury to the retail trade of the metropolis.
It was the weakness of the government, he contended, which
led them to propose the reduction of the postage, which
had been so detrimental to the revenue ; and it was then
weakness, resulting from their constant oscillations between
conservative principles and those of their extreme sup-
porters, which rendered it necessary for them to re-estab-
lish themselves in the opinion of their own side of the house,
and which they now sought to do by proposing the mea-
sures which had recently been the subject of discussion. It
might be alleged against him that in bringing forward this
motion, he had suggested no comprehensive scheme of policy
of his own; but where, he would ask, was the man who had
more explicitly declared, than he had done, his opinions on
all great questions? Had he not declared his opinions on
the ballot, on the suffrage, and the shortening of Parliaments ?
The hon. member for Finsbury said if he (Sir R. Peel) would
outbid the Government, he should receive his support, but
he would do no such thing,—he would make no such bidding
for popular support. He had never desired to increase the
power of the House of Commons at the expense of the pre-
rogative of the Crown. On a former evening he did what lie
could to preserve it, and it was fortunate that the Speaker,
by his casting vote, had been enabled to do so. He only re-
gretted that upon that occasion so few members of the Go-
vernment had followed his example, and he could not help
feeling that under such circumstances the prerogatives of the
Crown were not sufficiently protected in their hands. The
present House of Commons had been moulded by the noble
lord the member for Stroud, and yet even such a House of
Commons ,had given sufficient indications that it withheld
its confidence from him. The right hon. baronet then moved
his resolution of want of confidence, and resumed his seat
amidst general cheering.
Lord WORSLEY, who had voted against the Government
in the late division on the sugar duties, announced that it
was his intention to vote against the motion of the right hon.
baronet, because he thought that a motion of want of confi-
dence should not be narrowed down to three questions only,
when their policy on all other questions might be approved
of by the house. He did not know that the agriculturists
had any reason to support the right hon. baronet in prefer-
ence to the present Government, for the right hon. baronet,
though opposed to a fixed duty, was evidently in favour of
some alteration in the sliding scale, and what this alteration
would be he did not inform the agricultural interests. It was
the more likely that he contemplated some serious alteration,
inasmuch as a former member of his Government (Sir G.
Murray) in putting himself forward recently as a candidate
for Manchester, announced that lie was in favour of a small
fixed duty.

Mr. CHRISTOPHP,R snid that at the recent meeting in the
county of Lincoln, every individual then present felt, he had
no doubt, perfectly convinced that the noble lord had with-
drawn his confidence from the Government. lie even said
that as the Government had sought to overthrow the agri-
cultural interest, he should endeavour to overthrow the Go-
vernment ; and he only qualified this expression by saying
that he could not give his confidence to Sir R. Peel.
Lord WORSLEY, in explanation, read a portion of his
speech at Lincoln, in which he said he could not vote for a
want of confidence in the Government upon their general
measures.

Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE denied that the present Government
had been unable to carry its measures, although on first
taking office they had not the confidence of the Crown, and
were exposed to the undisguised hostility of the House of
Lords. The right hon. gentlemen then enumerated the
various bills which the present Government had carried
through Parliament, and intimated that he would not remain
in office in defiance of a majority of the House of Commons,
for if the Ministers found themselves in a minority, they
must either resign, or adopt some other course of procedure.
Mr. D'IsnAELI supported the motion, and contended
that the whole conduct of the Government, was a systematic
attack upon all the institutions of the country.
Mr. HOBROUSE opposed the motion, which was rested
upon too narrow grounds, imismuch:as even those who might
disapprove of some two or three of the measures of the pre-
sent Government, might yet feel disposed to support them
upon a comprehensive view of the whole of the policy they
had pursued while in office.
Mr. LIDDELL said that the motion of the righthonourable
baronet (Sir R. Peel) was an attempt to relieve the country
from the evil felt by every class of society of having a Go-
vernment too weak to carry any measures whatever which it
proposed. The hon. member enumerated the various mea-
sures which the present ministry had been compelled to
abandon, and contended that no greater evil could accrue to
the country than the confusion created by the continual pro-
position of measures of legislation which could never be car-
ried out.

Sir H. FLEETWOOD said, that although deriving all his
income from corn, yet he had never withheld his support
from any proposal made to alter the present corn-laws. The
Government had now ranged itself on the side of the people
against monopolies, and under such circumstances it ought
to be supported. If the alterations proposed should take
place, he would not reduce the rents of his tenantry, but he
would take from them, if they thought proper, their leases
and their stock at the market prices they would have brought
if no alteration had taken place.
Mr. WALTER said he was convinced that the government
was not in earnest in its propositions, and he had, therefore,
no confidence in them. He looked, in fact, upon these pro-
positions as a dying struggle on the part of the ministry.
The noble lord (J. Russell) had, it was true, given up the
poor law amendment bill, but he had stated his intention to
renew it if he should have the opportunity, and, in ord_er to
prevent his having that opportunity, he (Mr. Walter) would
vote for the motion of the right hon. baronet.
Mr. MACAULEY denied that it was unconstitutional for
a ministry to retain office even if a small majority of the
House of Commons should be against them upon some im-
portant measures. In a nicely-balanced House of Commons,
upon a fiscal question, the private interests affected might
upon that question throw the parties possessing those inte-
ressts into the ranks of the opponents of a government; and
surely, because of such an occurrence, it would not be con-
tended that that government should at once retire. If there
was a general vote of want of confidence in a ministry upon
their measures as a whole, he admitted that in such a case
that ministry would be bound to retire or dissolve the parlia-
ment, but not because they were defeated upon some two or
three measures, however important. The right hon. gentle-
man appealed to the house to say if the foreign policy of the
government had, during the last few years, betrayed anything
like weakness, and contended that if the present ministry
quitted office they would leave to their successors the influ-
ence of the country abroad unimpaired, and the glory of the
British name and of the British arms, it possible, increased
in brilliancy. In conclusion, the right hon. gentleman said
that the government had done its duty, and it was for the
people to do theirs. If they displayed the spirit which ani-
mated them in 1831, they would be sure to succeed ' • but if
they allowed themselves to be defeated, they would, at all
events, have no reason to accuse those who had done their'
utmost to carry out measures which they thought calculated
for their benefit. _

—Tile discussion was then adjourned until this day.
In consequence of some observations made by Mr. C. W.
WYNN respecting the propriety of instituting a prosecution
against parties at St. Alban's for bribery at the late election,
a conversation occurred, in which Mr. C. BULLER and some
other members took part.

The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY

The Victoria Park bill was read a second time

A great number of petitions were presented for and against
any alteration in the corn laws, and some petitions were also
presented against any alteration of the system of banking in
Scotland.

Several bills were brought up from the House of Com-
mons and read a first time, after which their lordships ad-
journed until Thursday next.