The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

Sir J. GRAHAM moved that the house go into commit-
tee on the Poor-Law Removal Bill.
Mr. E. DENISON moved as an instruction to the com-
mittee the following resolutions :
"After a day to be fixed for each union, all paupers of
the parishes comprising the union shall be settled in the
union, and not in any such parish of such union.
" That such paupers be maintained, and all expenses
defrayed from a fund levied from each parish in the pro-
portion of the expenditure for the relief of the poor in-
curred by such parish for the last seven years.
" Debts already charged on the rates, and interest due
in respect of such debts, shall not be affected by the
change."
'Col. Woon was of opinion that the poor-law settlement
question would ultimately compel the legislature to pay
that.attention which its importance required, and he hoped
that.a' general assessment for the poor-rate on the plan
of the property tax would soon be adopted. With respect
to the bill, he hoped that it would be so framed as to se-
cure to persons the benefit of a proper residence in any
locality. At the present moment he could not support
the 14,solutions as they then stood.
Sir J. GRAHAM entered into a lengthened explanation
of the-merits of the bill, and concluded by saying that it
was Iris intention to support the proposition of Mr. E.
Deni-en ; but if the house refused to adopt that proposi-
tion, be was ready to accept any other which would be an
improvement, as he was of opinion it was of great import-
ance this measure should be passed, to prevent the evil of
operatives-in manufacturing districts being removed, in
opposition to their will, to rural ones.
Sir R. IN4Lts considered the measure as another of
those blows levelled against the parochial system of Eng-
land. - . . .

Lord Mortis adverted to the evils which labourers
endured in the Welds of Yorkshire from the working of
the parochial system. Three-fourths of the removals
were persons who had lived more than five years away
from their respective parishes. He had no doubt the
present measure would greatly diminish those removals,
.and he should therefore give the bill his hearty support.
Mr. T. DIINCOMBE said that to do any good at all they
emelt to abolish the law of settlement altogether. He
was perfectly sure that the whole of the labouring popu-
lation were in favour of such a measure, and he thought
that if ever any alteration was to be made, now was the
time to do it. He, therefore., had a proposition, in the
shape of an amendment, to make, to the effect that an in-
struction be given to the committee to make a provision
for the repeal of the laws of settlement ; that relief should
be give« in the union when the oeces
sity should occur,
and also that government should provide a fund instead
of an assezement.
General J4iINSON seconded the amendment.
. Lord Ilessem. considered the question before them
a most difficult one, and that the difficulties surrounding
it bad not been decreased by the course pursued by the
hon. gentletnao_opposite (Sir James Graham), who lec-
tured the Whig :Government for bringing in a Poor Law
Ameadvnent Bill ia an imperfect state. The right hon.
baronet had now teaught forward a bill which he was wil-
ling to alter. lie should give his vote for the amendment
of the hon. member for Melton, provided it was under-
stood that if it should behereafter considered necessary to
adopt a unicn settlemeni he should be at perfect liberty
. vote against it.

The house divided on Mr. Dunrombe's amendment
when it was lost by a mejori, y of 105 to 59
Mr. F. Denisoo's motion w

eo put, and carried by

a majority of 92 to
The Committee on the Bill was appoio,:-ed for Monda

)eaker of the House of
after Commons, came to town from his seat in Seotlan.:l,

Lord Dc

c, fora

an absence, of Eev.. _ exp. -
ly to support the Ouyernment on the cora bill jq tbe

Lards.

FOILEIGN AND COLONIAL.

I •N!D I A.
(From the Times.)

The'Bernbay mails of the Ist of May have arrived ;
they aro, remarkably barren of exciting Intelligence.
The Governor-General and the Commander-in-Chief
had reached Simla, where they intended to remain during
the hot .and rainy seasons. The troops had taken alp
their stations for the same period in the newly-acquired
districts along the Beas, and also in Lahore. The Sikh
soldiers were tranquil, but not satisfied. The govern-
ments of Lahore and Lamoo were engaged in tracing out
the frontiers between them. Gholab Singh is not popu-
lar with the Sikhs, who accuse him of having sacrificed
their country advance to his personal ambition. Dost
111ahommed. who was delighted on hearing of the inva-
sion of the British dominions by the Sikhs, has since as-
sumed a pacific policy, for the rapidity of the British
conquests had not allosed him time for any offensive
operations egainat Peshawur, although some preparations
for that purpose appear to have been made at Jellalabad
by his son and Wuzeer, the notorious Akhbar Khan. It
is evident from the position of the different rajahs and
their adherents as well at Lahore as in the neigh-
bouring states, that the present cessation of hostili-
ties is kept up rather as a temporary armistice, than a
lasting peace. The division of the spoils of Runjeet
Singh's kingdom is not satisfactory to them, and it is
highly probable that before 1846 expires there ewill be
other conflicts.
In the meantime the British are not idle either in con-
solidating theirmew provinces, or in weakening their ene-
mies. Amongst the materiel of war surrendered by the
Sikhs, were specially enumerated the guns which bad
been pointed against the British Indian army. Those
guns, to the number of 256 have reached Delhi, and they
are to be taken with all the pomp of a military procession
from that city, even as far as Calcutta. This procession
of nearly 1000 miles, =ill not fail to produce a powerful
impression in India, where men judge from what they
see. The mighty power of the British government will
therefrom be recognised•by even the Mahomedan fatalists.
It will resemble one of the triumphs in ancient Rome.
The Governor-General had issued a general order that
all soldiers engaged in protecting the camps, &c., during
the late. battles, shall receive the decorations as if en-
gaged in them.
Scinde is tranquil. Sir Charles Napier arrived at Kur-
rechee on the 15th of April in good health, notwithstand-
ing the extreme fatigues of his late rapid march to Le-
bow. The invalids and wountledenen from the battle of
Mcodkee had passed down the Indus and arrived at Bom-
bay; twelve had died on the way, amongst whom was
Colonel Ryan, of her Majesty's 'soth Regiment. Pre-
parations were making at Bombay at,the time of the de-
parture of the steamer for sending those invalids on to
European the best transport that could be procured.
The Eingof Lucknow was crowned with Asiatic cere-
mony in his capital on the lith April.
As all the foreign officers have been obliged to quit the
service of Lahore. Colonel Minton, a ,Frenenman, and
Captain Hnron de Alcantara, a Spaniard (by whose skill
in engineering the powerful fortifications of Ferozeshah
and Sobraon were constructed), had come down to Bom-
bay at the same time as the wounded European:. Prince
Waldemar of Prussia, with his attendants, had arrived
there on the 18th of April, and had come on to Europe by
the steamer with the mails. The Prince has gained no
small experience from the late campaign on the Sutlej, as
he was continually in the company of the Governor-Ge-
neral, and witnessed the battles.

The Yzam's dominions are in a disturbed state, in con-
sequence of the bad management of the finances of the
vernment.

Several changes had taken place in the Secretaries of
the Bombay Government and in the Council. Mr. J. H.
Crawford had retired from the Council, and had been suc-
ceeded by Mr. J. P. Willoughby, who was succeeded as
Chief Secretary by Mr. R. K. Pringle.
The heal h of the Governor, Sir George Arthur, was in
such a broken state, as to give a colouring to a rumour
current of his intention to resign his important post
within a few days, and to come to Europe. His com-
plaint is described as of an apoplectic tendency.
It was rumoured that in consequence of the apprehen-
sions of an American war, the harbour of Bombay, which
is capable of strong defence, was to be immediately for-
tified.

Great complaints prevailed of the scarcity of water in
many districts in which the cholera was raging. Hopes
were, however, entertained of an early monsoon.

It is stated in a Berlin letter of the 27th, that all the
Polish ladies of the capital have gone into mourning, and
that even some of the young Polish brides have worn
black at the celebration of their marriage.
A disgraceful scene occurred on Good Friday, in the
church of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem. It is cus-
tomary on that day for the Latin Fathers of the Holy
Land, to repair in procession to Golgotha, to adore the
cross. The Greeks, however, who have usurped the ve-
nerated chapel, denied them admittance, and the two par.
ties having come to blows, the Governor of Jerusalem was
obliged to interfere, and cleared the place at the head of a
regiment of Turkish soldiers.
HUSBAND MURDER A LA LAFFARGE.....-At the Mount-
pellier assizes, after a trial of several days, Madame Ma-
laret, charged with the murder of her husband, adminis-
tering small doses of arsenic occasionally, for several
months, was found guilty, " under extenuating circum-
stances." and sentenced to imprisonment for life, with
hard labnar. What the extenuating circumstances were
remains a mystery. M. Malaret seems to have been a
most kind and indulgent husband, and the murderess had
long carried on a criminal intercourse with a young man
named Berdet, whom, after her husband's death, she
married. The paramour was charged as an accomplice,
but acquitted.

THE INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL. Advices from
Lisbon of the 30th May, have been received by the Pacba
steamer. Several conflicts have taken place between the
troops and the people, in the course of which some 13 or
14 of the latter had lost their lives. The Cabrals had fled
in the Pacha to Cadiz, where they had been received with
distinction by the Governor. The Cortes had been dis-
solved, and the whole of the legislation of the late minis-
try had been annulled by royal decree. The new Cabinet
was constructed on the 26th. Its constitution is as fol-
laws :—The Duke of Palmella, President of the Council,
and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Count Lavradio, Minis-
ter of the Home Department; Marquis of Saldanha, of
War; Count Loureiro, of Marine; and Joaquim Felippe
de Soure, of Justice.

ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED FROM THE SUTLEJ.—
On Sunday and Monday, the steamers Victoria, Bernice,
and Medusa, arrived from Kurrachee, bringing with them
five officers and upwards of 200 men who had been more
or less severely wounded during our late operations on the
Sutlej. Many seemed to suffer from sickness as well as
from the hurts they had received ; some were sadly
maimed indeed, and all were objects of the most heartfelt
and generous sympathy. It was sad to see fine young
men, in the prime of life, disabled of a leg or an arm, or
cut up in the face and person, as so many were. Save in
the cases supplied by Scinde, we have long been o'it of
the way of such things, and custom comes luckily not to
aid in reconciling us to them. Every care and attention
were bestowed on them, and they are, we believe, likely
to be fortunate in having a first-rate vessel for their con-
veyance home. A good many had died on the journey,
and it was remarkable that the most of those who did so
were men who had been hurt in the lower extremities,
those who had only lost an arm or so did well.—Bombay
Times, April 26.

MASSACRE OF THREE HUNDRED PRISONERS BY
ORDER OF ABDEL KADER.—The Paris papers of Tues-
day bring a full confirmation of the reports previously re-
ceived, of a wholesale massacre of Prench prisoners, by
the directions of Abdel Kader. It appears that the deira
was encamped about three leagues from the Midonia, the
prisoners, three hundred in number, had been placed in
the midst of a camp of regular infantry, surrounded by
high bushwork, with only two outlets. On the 27th day
of April, the French officers were withdrawn from the
deira, under the pretext of an invitation to be present at a
fele at the Kalyfa's. In the course of the night the pri-
soners were all assembled, and were a short time after-
wards fired upon by the troops of Abdel Kader. The
only survivor who succeeded, almost by a miracle, in
making his escape, was Rolland, a private soldier of the
Bth Orleans Chasseurs, who, having some suspicion of the
intentions of his captors, had contrived to arm himself
with a knife. The despatch which supplies these facts
stiles that the troops of Abel Kader are never paid in
money (how indeed should they ?) but in paper notes bear-
ing the seal of the Emir. It is impossible to speak of this
flagitious massacre in other than terms of the deepest in-
dignation. There was evidently no pretext of a necessity
for its perpetration, for it is admitted that the safe custody
of the victims would have bee❑ secured by a very small
body of men ; seeing that there were but two places of
egress from the camp, which very small detachments
might have guarded most effectually. It is quite certain.
however, that there was no greater necessity for roasting
800 human beings at Dabra than there was for this atro-
cious massacre ; and if a civilized nation repudiates alto-
gether the dictates of common humanity, it ought not to
expect that a barbarous foe should be more scrupulous
when an opportunity of reprisal occurs. By this act,
however, Abdel Kader has deprived himself of much of
the sympathy which his previous gallant and chivalrous
bearing had excited.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

VISCOUNT HARDINGE'S ANNUITY BILL

Majority and Minority on the Question that the clause
which provided that the whole of Lord llardinge's an-
nuity, and one• half of Lord Gough's, should be sus-
pended so long as the annuities granted by the East
India Company should be paid, he struck out of the bill.
Contents, 38; Non-contents, 28.

MAJORITY AGAINST THE CLAUSE.
DUKES. Suffolk Granville Sondes
Richmond Scarborough Auckland Clonbrock
Newcastle Eglintoun yiscoUNTS. Carrington
Cleveland Rosehery Torrington Redesdale
MARQUISES. Stanl.ope Strangford De Lisle
Winchester Fitzwilliam Beresford Ashburton
Exeter Radnor Combermere G tenth;
Clanricarde Wicklow LORDS. D atherton
Norman by Lucan Stanley Port man
K:nnaird
Sheffielderid Beaumont Monteagle
Sheffield
EARLS.
Huntingdon

NITNORITY FOR THE CLAUSE.
Westminster Wilton VISCOUNTS
EARLS. liarewood Hawarden
Shafrt sbury Brownlow Carmine
Haddington Sr. Germans
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PUKES
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Liverpool Ripon Colchester
Clare gllenborough Wharncliffe