The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

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e British distillers were entitled to.
Bentinck had overstated his case, and that
nund for his own refusal

more tlian in justice t 1
Lord Geoi

ateinent

Mr. BERNAL thought that neither equity nor justice
had in this instance governed the treatment of colonial
interests. If fiscal arrangements pressed upon the home

distiller, let theca be repealed ; bui let theni not, because

ressure, corn

rsel the colovies to

pay the

penalty

He was opposed to referring the matter to a select com-
mittee, for that would be only to unsettle the markets, to
the still further disadvantage of the colonial distillers.

Mr. DISRAELI was sorry to find that the Government
proposed to raise the differential duties on spirits from 6d.
to 9d., particularly as it appeared to be almost contrary to
the opinion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He
could not see how the House could consistently refuse
inquiry after having granted the committee on the navi-
gation laws.

- Mr. CARDWELL was opposed to the appointment of a
committee, as there were no disputed facts to bc ascertained.

Lord JOHN MANNERS thought that common justice
called upon them to accede to the reqliest of the British

The House then divided, when the numbers were—For
the motion, 68; against it, 185 ; majority against the

The bill then went through committee, and the House
adjourned.

FOREIGN 6- COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The news by the mail, arrived last week, contain little
of importance. The Punjaub is quiet. Lall Sing had ar-
rived at Agra and become a resident at the fort there.
We have been installing a new sovereign at Bhopal, the

ceremony attending which attracted a great amount of at-
tention from the natives. In Scinde all is quiet. From
Calcutta we are advised of the then approaching departure
of Sir George Pollock; on his return to England by way
of the Cape. The Bombay Times makes the following
very just remarks in regard to the gallant general :
. _

"As an officer, General Pollock has never met with a
tithe of the applause he deserved. The smallness of the
sacrifice of life which occurred to his army on their way
c..nrn Ppal ftwur to Cnhool. has been accented

s an evi-

dente of the ease of the enterprise, instead of the con-
summate skill and caution of the General. The manceu-
vres by which the Khyber, Tezeen, and Khoord Cabool

passes were forced in the face of a triumphant and furious
enemy, find no parallels, save inthe•cateer of the Duke of
xicr„m„,,+,,,-, ;,, tha militorr antirdc of our enimtrvi'

Sir Henry Smith, like Sir George Pollock, is about to
leave India, but not unhonored.
_A_ meeting has
_been

Smith went off with gref
mation is void of interes

The Co mmercia
the orders for manufactured

goods being based upon much lower prices of the raw
material than will enable them to be executed with profit.
The exchanges upon London were, from Bombay, Feb.
16, 2s ltd. to 2s, id. per rur for bills at six months
sl (1 from Madras. ls 'd. to ls. Ild., according

to sight. From Madras the freights were, to London and
Liverpool, £4 to £1 ss, per ton of 20 cwt., and from
Bombay, £5 15s. per ton. Money was not considered
tight in either presidency. There is nothing of interest
from China.

The wholesale price of beef in New South Wales is less
Lan a penny a pound. _ _ _ _ .

The general fast was observed by the Eng
in Paris, in the same manner al in England.

In consequence of the corn disttubances in the depart-
ment of the Loirct, all convoys of grain and flour in that
district will henceforth be escorted by soldiers.
Mr. Wilson is now delivering his Scottish vocal enter-
tainments in Paris, and meets with a flattering reception
_ _

_
from a mixed Parisian and British audience.
A collision has occurred in several districts of Austrian
Gallicia, between the peasants and the Jews, and many
of the latter have been killed.

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Many vessels are now laden with maize at Vigo, for
England and France ; and the exportation of potatoes,
which are excellent in Galicia, has also been considerable

art of Lower

very promising a

Egypt, the ear
be got in by the

An Ame;ican pa:

ember, 1846, and the deatl
in his 45th year, at half-past
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f the bridegroom, whi
yen p.m. the same day

Mademoiselle Mais expired at Paris on Saturday night
at ten o'clock. She was born on the 19th December
1778, mid was the daughter of the celebrated actor
Monvel.
AN As
from Na.
has been

reed from the earth that surrounded it, and
may now be examined in all its parts. The dens of the
animals, which are situated under the arena, are of ex-
tremely solid masonry, and in a state of excellent preser-
vation. Lamps, parts of columns, and remains of archi-
tectural ornaments, have been found in them.