The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

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ti.Ur..TSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAI
TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY.—In
Lyndhurst, the LORD CHANCELLOR said
the bill before parliament was passed—he hoped it wouio
be during the present session—he should give his anxious
attention to the improvement of the law relating to the
transfer of real property ; and he felt convinced that great
improvements might be made without much trouble.
THE INCOME-TAx.—The Earl of ABERDEEN moved
the second reading of the Income-tax Bill, a bill for
which, in the present condition of the finances of the
country, it was impossible to find any substitute, and
!Olio': the Government had, therefore, resolved to re-
impose, with certain modifications, for a period of seven
Years.—The Earl of DERBY would not oppose the second
reading, because it was quite impossible to dispense with
the money, but he stated his objections to the tax as re-
imposed by the Government, and concluded by declaring
that he only submitted to it because he believed it to be
an inevitable impost, and one which, after these repeated
renewals, he did not believe would ever be taken off.—
After some further discussion, the bill was read a second
time.

3 Lord
:orn cot

that the

Encumbered Estates (Ireland) e._
lnd time, and their lordships adjourned.
THURSDAY. JUNE 23.
The Charitable Trusts Bill passed through committee
ith come verbal amendments.
THE INCOME-TAX.—On the motion of the Earl of
kBERDEF.N, that this bill be committed, the Earl of
.;ciatszcAltri complained of the injustice of extending its
ieeeat:ons to Ireland, a question which the Earl of Aper-
deen refused to discuss. The House then went into com-
mittee, Lord REDESDALE in the chair. On arriving at
the 13`.1 clause, the Earl of W!ciaow gave notice that,
en the third reading, he intended to move its omission,
and the substitution of a clause by which the mode of
vent in Ireland should be assimilated to the mode
_essment in Great Britain. The several clauses were
greed to after some desultory discussion ; their lordships
resumed, and the bill was reported.
Their lordships then adjourned.
COJIMERition from FRIDAY, JUNE 24.
CIAL TRIBUNA LS.—Earl GRA NVILLE presented
a pet a society of merchants in London for pro-
moting the amendment of the commercial laws of this
countrY, rraying for the institution of a tribunal of com-
merce, by which all questions affecting the practice and
customs of trade should he decided, instead of being re-
ferred, as now, to the decision of special juries.—Lord
WHARNCLIFFE supported the petition, and hoped in the
course of the next session some proposal would be madethe
on the sub'imerovement of the law.
ect, as be believed it would tend much to
uultY entered into a lengthened vindication of his pero_
13IsRnPate OR SALISBURY.—The Bishop of SALIS:
sonal character from an attack made upon him in on 9 f
the morning journals, which alleged that he had received
a larger annual income from the property in his diocese_l
than he was entitled to, from the conditions under whic]
he accepted the see. He entirely denied the whole of the
After afew words
48AP'4 the •
imrutaticmsAft from the Bishop of ST.
, •-: e subject dropped.
ZECLLESTRATION OF BENEFICES.—Lord BERNERS pre-
sented a Petition complaining of the evils of the law of
B,nuestration as applied to benefices.—The Archbishop of
,41%;TERBURY said it would be difficult to apply a remedy
Of an extensive amendment of the law.—The Bishop
(3t LONDON' desired to see the law altered ; but the subject
Pet 1:-Lird S. was
a very
difficult one, and required serious considerate-
LEONARDS supported the prayer of th
ritoners, and pointed out the evils of sequestration. .
mos EE IRISH CONSTABULARY.On the motion of Lord cider the OLE, a select committee was appointed to cope-
____s.a. , consequences of extending the functions 0.f,93.
9,1 t balary of Ireland, for the prevention of illicit
distillation.
ITHE SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFFAIR.—The Earl of CAR-
ran
eG At NoinDolired whether it was the intention of govern-
last prosecute two Romanist priests for riots at the
:Eli 2 etion for the County of Clare.—The Earl of ABER-
tha:s-' said this matter remained in the same state now
ee ~ it did in March last, when the subject was fully dis- .
prssed in both houses, and when it was stated that no
said?setFution would be instituted.—The Earl of .DERBY
directlye
to after the report of the Clare election committee,
implicating the priests and showing they incited
e_,l?eope to riot, he thought his noble friend was justi-
ti.n I'l azain bringing the subject forward. He warned
.; governtnent not to entertain the delusive hope of being
priesthood.--
wale to govern Ireland through the instrumentality of the
du
The LORD Clia.gA •CFILOR defended the con-
0f government.—The EarlN of EGLINTON contended
th t it was the bounden dut of government to prosecute
eoen P;iests.--Lord CAMPBELL warmly approved of the
lanl-e Pursued by the present Attorney-General for Ire-
."'.—After goose further discussion, the motion was
withdra„. "
----.
ROUSE OF COMNIONS.—TUESDAY, JUNE 21.
favourEarl GROSVENOR presented a petition from Chester in
t of an ocean penny postage,
:lilac LIBRARIES.--Mr. ER gave notice that on
Mlle 19th of July, he should
move for leave to bring in a
?II amanding the act for the establishment of public
libraries in large towns.
E LIVERPOOL ELECTION. '
Mr. INGTRAHxt appeared at the bar, with the following
report of the Select Committee :
_
Esqrs., were n That Charles Turner and William Forbes Mackenzie,
t duly elected la r, sses to serve in this
present Parliament for the borouull'oef Liverpool.
" That the last election for the said borough is a void

read a

of ass-

election.
i`

--•,tirs.,
treatin r,

at Charles Turner and 'William Forbes Mackenzie,
were, by their agents, guilty of bribery and
•

,ejoss'rohlat it was proved that William Dodcl,Felix M'Leary.
Underwood, William Harris. Owen Jones, George
Jones, John Foulds, Simon Croft, Charles Maxwell,
Tlaonsas Walthew, Robert Cook, Joseph Parkinson, Ro-
},),,e,rt Cook, Joseph Owen, William Coward, Peter Rice,
"illiam James Haa.ilton, John Brecken, Thomas Wilson,
Richard Joynson, Robert Serjeant, and William Whitby,
Were bribed by the payment of ss. each ; John Westmore,
Robert Talbot, and John Brown, by the payment of 4s.
each ; and Thomas
It was not Cannel) by the payment of 10s., but
proved that such bribery was committed with
the knowledge and consent of the sitting members.
. " That refreshments were provided on the polling-day
vor voters in the interest of the sitting members at nu-
merous public-houses where such voters had been directed
zeoo ,assemble for the purpose of being conducted to the
iibut that it did not appear on the evidence that the
treating
which took place at such houses was of an extra-
vagant character.
, That the several sums of ss. and 43., by which the
elooeMa/fled electors are reported to have been bribed,
's°.ere given to them on account of having voted for the
„I'Ling members, under the name of the day's pay, and as
le Compensation for the time alleged to be lost by atten-
arlee at the election.
the` That these payments were not of an amount beyond
teverage daily earnings of the voters who received
i. ; but, from the disposition of the polling-places in
n.several wards of the borough, every voter might have
ri,led without any such interruption of his employment
;'s to occasion the loss of wage, and without any necessity
l();', refreshmnt.
of
the
so far as the conduct of the election on the part
Irlite other candidates came incidentally before the cora-
withtee, there was no evidence, and the committee had no
e.asoll to believe that any illegal practices took place
regard to the voters in the interest of such candi-
receates, and, in the majority of the cases where bribery has
ivedorted, it did not appear that the illegal payments
de by the voters had been the primary motive in
their votes.
siding The committee do not, therefore, think it right to re-
commend that the issue of a new writ for the said' borough
should be suspended, or that any further Should
inquir s
take place into the proceedings of the last electioyn"
Mr. FRESHFIELD gave not:ce that he would on that d
week move for a new writ for the borough of Liverpool,ey
Lord D. STUART gave notice that he would move an
amendment to that motion, to the effect that at the next
election far the borough of Liverpool the votes be taken
I3Y way of ballot. (Hear.)
ECCLESIASTICAL PROPLIITY.—The Marquis of BLAND ter in moving for leave to bring in a bill to make
e
Ditee, Provision for the management of episcopal and ca_
te ur property observed, that the proposition he in-
hnded to make to the House was neither hazardous nor
-tioonw •
f., . itutional, but was calculated to strengthen the
e,lllllations and enlarge the fabric of the Establishedeis
',,llllarrch.
after shortly reviewing the acts of the L
gon
tte e and the efforts of private individuals bearing upon
rogac7vneditrinn of that Church, and showing that
inherentthe
Estabr-h
right of it the
Crown did not interfere with the
the.
yid, as to supplprimaryin ecteoonfdhitiisonbpiltl,
ile
toobt
object the
ehtitat ciihZseeh e n
thein
uire
Y the deficiencies of the.parochi.al system,
and the
inane prevenient of which the episcopacy
entire wer:eertested, and he proposed to transfer tiie
that portioe e
_, . of episcopal and capitular. property. to
recent Let corlusi,. the Ecclesiastical Commission which a
of modern 1 eituted Estves C •r• inners. The effect
the e• • egisia,io , 011311115,t0 .. -
remarked, 8.3 a o-
igrutaries f n had been to limit the incomes of
the Church, and it seemed to follow, he
meet of v. eecessary en",
Hth 'e lea qnence, that the manage-
e en pmeee Y should be intrusted to other hands.
believed to 0
would accrue f show the advantages which he
'doll with the,r°m his proposition, if adopted, in
kay, upon whiett spiritual requirements of
.the
eat! populous
!mars of the dwelt at some length, indica-
par?i Paroehial clergy labouring
.u. stipends, and Parishes With very small endow-
and evils .t, insisting upon the ano-
In some disi-''u'tllle from this state of
ctsi hi which new churches
d, no funds whatever had been
riation of a portion of the Church
Could invite and stimulate. pri-
the pressing -,, sum required, he said, for sup-
',_ wants of the Church was £351,000.
a series of calculations which would show
vvise administration of the episcopal and
as, there would be a surplus applicable to
,ounting to Z 115,000. In conclusion, he
e proposed to invest the Estate Commis-
' legal control over the property for the
'lv, without affecting the fee,

Present
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Band thP
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of the provisions and .mob. the object of the bill would he worked
ma-
ofto,,:d J. RUSSELL heartily assented to the introdue-
, Qs 13:1!, but thought, looking at the proposition
Its deta that it would be far better that the
the bill before it entered upon the d;
—4nv parts of

pe..—Afte

rich were of very

tadical men

gen era 1! y supported the
ng in the Bill.

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ESDAY, Jc

e,,,,tions were presented for and against the
g to be for the Recovery of Personal Liberty
Cardwell presented a petition from
of Liverpool, signed, he believed, in one
- declaring that the
-,..aving the

UP Wards

of 50,000
he bill was absi

T_-p•''LL to allow it tolima
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SALT .AIONOPOLY.—A petition presented by
4-ARIN GTON', from a public meeting at Droit Sir
wicb,