The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-10 00:00:00

SUPPLY

Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the committees of
supply, which was agreed to.
The report on the Ashby-de-la-'touch small debts bill was
brought up and agreed to.

QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS BILL.

Mr. WAiinuitToN moved the order of the day for the
further consideration of the report on the qualification of
members bill.

Sir E. SUG DEN said he was anxious to propose several alter-
ations in different clauses.

Mr. WARBURTON thought the hon. member might with
more propriety suggest his alterations on bringing up the
the report.

Sir E. SUGDEN stated his objections to certain descriptions
of property giving a qualification. For instance, a house and
furniture in the East Indies he did not think ought to give a
qualification, as it would be impossible to ascertain its value
before the time expired for petitioning against the return.
He (lid not think either that property in the colonies ought
to give a qualification. To property in mines or railroads
within the United Kingdom the same objection did uot exist.
Mr. WARBURTON said he gladly agreed to the alterations
proposed by the hon. and learned member.
After a few observations from Mr. BERNAL the report was
agreed to be engrossed and read a third time on Monday.
ARMS (IRELAND) BILL.
The arms (Ireland) bill, after a tew observations from Sir
R. FERGUSSON, Lord MonpErti, and Mr. Serj. JACKSON,
was read a second time and committed.

The report on the South Australian act amendment bill
was brought up and agreed to.

COUNTY OF CLARE ADVANCE BILL.

Lord MO R PLTII moved the second reading of the county of
Clare advance bill.

Mr. Serj. JACKSON said he was at a loss to know the object
of the bill; perhaps the noble lord would state it.
Lord MORPETH said he would not have moved the second
reading of the bill to-day had it not been very pressing. The
fact was, the treasurer of the county of Clare had failed to a
large amount, and consequently there were no available funds
to keep up the repairs of road, prosecutions, and other public
business, connected with the county. The object of the bill
was to procure the means of raising funds for public business
in the county.
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Monday.
The house adjourned at ten minutes before five o'clock.

CAPTURE OF TWO SLAVERS BY HER MAJESTY'S

SHIP ROVER.

BCO JANEIRO, APRIL 30.—Her Majesty's ship Rover,
Captain Charles Eden, leftthis port far England on the 11th
instant. It appears from the following extract from the letter
of an officer in the above vessel that they were standing out to •
clear the land, when the look-out man cried out • " a sail in
sight, on the larboard quarter." To a question :from- the-
captain it was said to be a schooner with raking masts.
The captain, on looking at her through his glass, thought her
a rather suspicious-looking craft, and gave orderg-tw the first
lieutenant to alter the ship's course and speak with the
schooner. The schooner perceiving the Rover bearing•down
on her, hauld her wind, altered her course, (this movement
spoke volnmes,) and then hoisted every inch of canvass she
could carry; but the Rover, being one of -the fastest sailing
vessels in her Majesty's navy, gained upon her, and it was
not long before she was within gun shot. The captain now
ordered a gun to be fired to bring her to heave to, of which
she took not the sligtest notice, but tried her utmost to get
among the islands. Three guns were now fired, one ball
passing near her cut-water; this brought her to, when she
hoisted Portuguese colours. A boat was lowered from the
Rover, with twelve well-armed men, to board her, when they
found, what they expected—she was a slave vessel Shewas
from the coast of Africa, and had nearly three hundred slaves
on board, in the most miserable condition. These poor
wretches appeared much alarmed, but were soon comforted
by assuring them we were friends. The crew consisted of
eighteen men, the most ferocious-looking fellows imaginable,
who were conducted on board the Rover, while twelve men
and officers remained on board the prize. Captain Eden
seized her papers and other documents, and returned in his
gig to Rio, for the purpose of condemning her. In the
course of the succeeding night (the vessels were sixteen
miles out at sea) a storm arose, when the Rover parted from
her cable and lost her anchor ; during this the two vessels
parted company, and at daybreak were out of sight. The
men on board the prize were in a very distressing situation,
having a " cargo" of slaves, and but little provisions and
water on board. The Rover went in search of the schooner,
and in so doing fell in with another slaver. She was a small
brigantine, with nearly the same number of slaves on board
as the first one. Immediately the crew of this vessel espied
the Rover, they took to their boats, not, however, until they
had lashed the rudder, so that she might run on shore. On
boarding her, not a soul was to be found but the poor blacks.
It is thought that the crew of this vessel were Englishmen,
from the several letters and papers found on board being in
English. These rascals (lid well to run, for had they been
caught they would have been run up to the yard-arm. The
next day the three vessels entered the harbour. The other
day we had not a single English man-of-war in the harbour,
and now there are not less than eight, viz.:—Alligator, 28,
Calliope, 28, Samarang, 23, hover, 18, Electra, 18, Brito-
mart, 10, Spey, 6, and Cockatrice, 6. The commander of
the Calliope is Captain Herbert, a relation of the Pembroke
family, and is very wealthy; he gives a grand ball this week
to the whole of the higher class of persons here.