The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-13 00:00:00

CANADA.

In answer to some questions put by Sir E. SUGDEN on the
affairs of Canada. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, that he
should have no objection to lay before the House of Com-
mons the instructions and other papers so far as they had
been communicated to the House of Lords; but further he
did not feel disposed to go. With respect to the abandon-
ment of any instructions sent out to Canada, he had only to
say, that they remained in full force, and he had no doubt
that Lord Durham would act upon similar principles to those
on which the instructions were founded.
TITHES (IRELAND) BILL.
The House having agreed to discuss the Irish Tithe Bill
at a morning sitting on Tuesday, went into a com-
mittee of supply fur the purpose of discussing the miscella-
neous estimates. The conversation on the various items oc-
cupied the remainder of the evening up to half-past twelve,
when the Chairman reported progress.
The third reading of the Qualification, of Members Bill
was postponed till Wednesday.
The house adjourned at a quarter-past one.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TuEsnAy.

Lord MELBOURNE, in answer to Lord Brougham's inquiry,
said that he believed there was no truth in the rumoured
taking of Teheran by the Russians.
Lord BROUGHAM moved an address for copies of Admi-
ralty orders respecting Sardinian vessels on the Spanish
coast, and any notices or warnings to neutral nation, upon
the subject. They regarded the interception of vessels sup-
posed to be laden with munitions for the service of Don
Carlos. , .

Lord MELBOURNE and Lord Mitsyro opposed the motion
as of inconvenient tendency.

Considerable debate ensued.
The Duke of WELLINGTON eventually recommended the
motion to be withdrawn.

Lord MANSFIELD, and many other
.peers, opposed this
recommendation, and supported the motion.
Their lordships divided on it; and, curiously enough, the
numbers were evev, being 57 contents, and 57 non-contents
—the lord chanceror having voted, (bele was no one to give
the casting vote. The Duk of Wellington had retired front
the house, whereby one vote was lost.
The remaining orders were disposed of, the Charitable
Trusts Bill being deferredefor a fortnight, and their lordships
adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.

The Commons met at twelve o'clock, pursuant to arrange-
ment, to proceed with orders of the day. -
Mr. P. THOMSON (in answer to Sir J. GRAHAM) said, that
on account of the quantity of business of a more pressing
character before the house, he should defer "till the next
session," the Pilotage Bill; and that be should bring it for-
ward early that session.
Sir R. PEEL, inquired respecting the Registration of Elec-
tors. Bill, and other measures which he thought it would be
quite impossible to proceed with ; but _
Lord J. RUSSELL said that he could give no answer, as the
measure named was under the management of the attorney 7
general.
On the motion that the house resolve into committee on
the Tithes (Ireland) Bill,
Mr. O'CONNELL moved an instruction to the committee to
make provision for the payment of the arrears of the tithes.
Considerable discussion ensued, in which Lord Stanley,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Shed,
Mr. Hume, &c., took part—all agreeing that, in order to
afford this bill any chance of working successfully, no tithe
arrears ought to be left unadjusted.
The motion, however, was eventually withdrawn, and the
bill was committed.
' The house adjourned soon after four o'clock till six o'clock.
On the reassembling of the house at that hour, Mr. W.
GLADSTONE moved for an address to the Crown for the ap-
pointment of a commission of inquiry to investigate on the
spot the past and present state of the relations of our colo-
nists in the eastern part of the Cape of Good Hope with the
Caffre tribes. _ _

The motion was opposed by Sir G. GREY, and negatived
by 41 to 32.

BEER ACT.
Lord F. EGERTON having referred to the petitionls he had
presented, one of which was signed by 6000 of the most re-
spectable inhabitants of Manchester, as evidence of the strong
feelings of the public against this act, called the attention of
the house to the operation of the measure. He contended
that the license given to open houses for the sale of beer to
be drunk on the premises had been followed by-consequences
the most injurious to public morals and to the peace of
society. He was anxious to put an end to this system, which
had led to frightful increase of crime, and had multiplied the
temptations to vice which beset the poor man. He had re-
ceived communications from Huddersfield, York, Rother-
ham, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Portsmouth, and London,
tending to show that the operation of the act was equally
pernicious to the morals of a large manufacturing commu-
nity as of a less thickly peopled rural district. He had re-
ceived, among others, a lettler from Mr. J. F. Forster, chair-
man of the quarter sessions at Salford, a gentleman re-
markable for the liberality of his character and the capacity
of his understanding, who expressed himself strongly opposed
to the measure, from the experience of its pernicious conse-
quences he had had as a magistrate. The gentleman stated
that he had been not unfavourable to the experiment at first,
from a wish to supply the labouring classes with a wholesome
and refreshing beverage at a cheap rate, and to extend to
them every advantage which their station permitted; but he
was now quite satisfied that the introduction of beer-shops
had been productive of consequences had in every respect
among the working classes, destructive of their habits of
foresight and economy, subversive of moral feeling and ruin-
ous in many instances to their families. (Hear hear, hear.)
These beer-shops, the noble lord went on to say, were often.
kept by men destitute of character, and became hot beds of
depravity, sometimes being the scene of most disgraceful out-
rages. The opponents of the measure had predicted the con-
sequences it would produce with more truth and accuracy
than could have been anticipated. The spread of immorality
and crime, the ruin of the licensed victuallers, which was
proceeding, as his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the
Exchequer well knew, and the serious increase in the con-
sumption of spiritous liquors, were among the evils attributa-
ble to it.—(Hear, hear.) The Beer Bill would in fact have
been more correctly designated as a bill for the increase of
immorality and drunkenness in England. (Hear' hear.)
So appalling were the evils which it produced, that he
found himself obliged, notwithstanding the late period
of the session, to bring the subject undr the notice of the
house. His object was to procure the repeal of that part of
the law which permitted shops to be opened for the consump-
tion of beer on the premises. It was impossible that the force
of public opinion, which was daily gathering strength in re-
ference to this matter, should allow that provision to remain
in force another session (hear, hear,) and he thought it ad-
visable to warn those who might have embarked their capital
in the business, that a storm was impending which would
soon sweep the iniquity away. Without interfering unneces-
sarily with the poor man in the free disposal of his time and
money, it was merely the duty of the Legislature to remove
the facilities to crime which were presented to him, and to
guard his morals from contamination. (Hear, hear.) The
noble lord then moved that an humble address be presented
to her Majesty that she will be pleased to give directions that
there be laid before the house copies of any passages in pre-
sentments of grand juries in Eneland and Wales bearing re-
ference to the state of the law affecting the sale pf beer in the
Years 1836, 18.37, 1838.
Mr. SANFORD, iri seconding the motion, said he did not
wish to return to the old system, but thought that regulations
might be effected which would very much ameliorate the pre-
sent practice.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExclisQuEn still thought, as he
thought at the time of its passing, that the measure which
repealed the beer duty and opened the beer trade was one of
the wisest, most statesmanlike, and prudent financial mea-
sures which, in his experience, he had seen adopted by par-
liament.
Mr. PAKINGTON said it was almost impossible to overrate
the very prejudicial effects which the beer act hail had upon
the morals of the people; and he agreed with the noble lord
that before long some measure to remedy the existing evils
would he forced upon the legislature.
Mr. H wit said no one who knew the noble lord could
-doubt the integrity of his motives, but he thought that pro-
ceedings of this kind were a kind of meddling with the com-
forts of the poor. He was surprised that gentlemen who
could themselves drink their bottle of wine when and where
they pleased, should object to the poor man having his pot
of beer where he chose—where he could get it best—and
where he could get it cheapest.

Ltt DUNGANNON*pressed his conviction that tift'lleYl
houses were the sources of much evil and crime in the eoun-

try. In the part of the country where he resided, there,*as
scarcely one case in ten of .poaching, wood-stealing, &c.,
brought before the magistrates, in which it was not found
the beer-shop was the place Where the crime was concocted,
and, not unfrequently, the depot where the stolen goods were
afterwards found.
Mr. WARBURTON said it was notorious that the beer-
houses were unpalatable to the clergy and the magistracy,
and when an invitation for petitions proceeded from such a
quarter, it could not be doubted that it would be accepted,
and that petitions would pour in.
Mr. DARBY said the condemnation of these beer-shops was
by no means confined to magistrates or the clergy, for there
was scarcely a respectable layman in the country who did
not set his face against them.
After some further conversation respecting the working
of the beer-shop system, the motion was agreed to.
Lord SannoN called the attention of the hou-Se to the -un-
settled claims of British subjects on the Government of Por-
tugal for military services rendered to Donna Maria in the
contest with Don Miguel.
Lord PALMERSTON said the government had not been in-
attentive to these claims, and assured the house that whatever
influence the British Government possessed should be exerted,
to bring about as early a settlement of them as the circum-
stances of the Portuguese Government would admit.
Sir G. GREY withdrew, after a short conversation, the mo-
tion of which he had given notice respecting moving for the
production of papers.
t. On the motion of Sir R. BATESON, a return was ordered
of all the stipendiary magistrates in Ireland, specifying their
names, salaries, and emoluments, the date of their appoint-
ments, their residence, and the districts under their charge.
*Mr. ELLis withdrew a motion of which he had given notice
for a return of the purchases of property for the site of the
new Houses of Parliament made by the Commissioners of
Woods and Forests. _ _ _

Mr. PR AED moved for papers relative to the kingdom of
Oude, part of which Sir• J. Hobhouse objected to produce,
and Mr. Praed was contented to take the others, which were
accordingly ordered:
The house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. •

MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE

WEDNESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

Consols opened at 95i 4 for the Account; Money, 93i :3„
ex div. Exchequer Bills, 73 75, Bank Stock, 2051.1. India
Bonds, 77 79. India Stock, 265 266. Spanish Active Cents
232 24. Brazilian, 794804. Belgian Scrip, 11 pm. Mei
can, 241252. Columbian, 26-1 7. Dutch Two-and-a-Ha
per Cents. 533 4i.

HALF-PAST ONE.

Consols for Account 951, Money, 94; Exchequer Bills,
75 73 pm.; India Bonds' ' lower, 79' 77 • Bank Stuck, lower,
2054; India Stock, 266
2654. Spanish Active, 21i 2h, with
coupons; Portuguese, 351 36 ; Three per Cents., 233,i 24 ;
Btazilian 79Z 80 ; Mexican, 24 7,5% : Columbian,`)
'27 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cente's3A 54%.
QUARTER BEFORE THREV.i:
Consols for the Account, 954 1.

From the official list, coot

aining the business actually
cted.)
DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

transa
BRITISH FUNDS THIS
Bank Stock, 2051
3 per Cent. Red., 9lh
3 per Cent. Cons. 931.
31 per Cent. Anne. 1818,
31- per Cent. Red. 101 i
New 33/4 per Cent. 1011
Long An. 1860. 151 7-16
Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, 15 3-16
Ditto 30 yrs, 1860,

India Bonds, 79 7 pm
India Stock, 266 51
South Sea Old Anns.,
Bank Stock for Acct.,
Consols for Opening, 951
£lOOO. Ex. Bills, 75 3 pm
, aoo.do. 73 5 pm
Small do. 73 spm
,Ditto Commercial,
SgARES.
The quotations give the actual price, without reference to
premium or discount.)
British Iron, 101 'Asphalte, Liverpool,
Birmingham & Derby, 3-1 Asphalte, Polonceau,
Great Western 76 75 Asphalte (Claridge's Patent),
London & Brighton, 101
London and Blackwall, 41 Asphalte*British,
Asphalte, United States,
Asphalte, Scotch, Asphalte, Netherlands,
Bitumen, Polonceau, 11- Asphalte, Swiss,