The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-31 00:00:00

The steamer Atlantic arrived at New York on the 14th
instant.

The steamer Hermann arrived at New York
Southampton on the 11th inst.

A dreadful calamity had occurred in Buffalo by the
falling of a building, occupied as a banking house, by
which upwards of 25 persons were killed and wounded.
The coroner's jury, in the recent dreadful railway acci-
dent at Norwalk, after sitting several days, had returned
a verdict that the accident was caused by the wilful negli-
gence of the engineer.

- It is not intended to remove Mr. Aspinwall, who now
holds the London Consulate, from the office, but simply
to transfer him to another Consulship, giving the London
office to Mr. George Sanders.

The steamer Texas had arrived at New Orleans, from
Vera Cruz, with advices from the city of Mexico to the
sth inst. The inauguration of Santa Anna and the for-
mation of a new cabinet had taken place. Santa Anna
had proclaimed a new arbitrary law with regard to the
press, requiring all the papers to be licensed by the Go-
vernment, and the proprietors to deposit large sums as
securities, and send copies of every article to Government
officers before publication, and to abstain entirely from
discussing political matters.
Texas accounts, of the 10th instant, state that th. gold
accounts are fully confirmed. The Galveston News says
it is informed by a gentleman, from Holkhart, that a party
of citizens, who had just returned from an exploring ex-
pedition, found gold in the mountains, 70 miles north of
that town, both on the surface and by digging. They
brought back several lumps, all of which were valued at
$5,950. The deeper the digging the more abundant and
richer is the gold.
The steamer Prometheus had arrived at New York
with advices from San Francisco to the 17th ult., and
$170,000 in gold-dust. The steamer Northerner sailed
from San Francisco on the 16th. with $2,713,550 in
gold dust, en route for the United States.
The steamer Philadelphia had arrived at New Orleans
with the California mails, and a small amount of specie.
She reported that the Illinois was to sail from Aspinwall
yonortk.he 6th, with nearly $3,000,000 in gold-dust for New

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. 26.
Certain
erreetnurrdnesrecdo,nonnecttieled
mwnitthintnh the f aLllnergdedß nneir,eGaas.eAof
perjury .
The Aggravated Assaults Bill was read a second t
on the motion of Lord GRANVILLE.
The Common Lodging-houses Bill passed through OM.:
mittee, on the motion of Lord SHAFTESBURY, and
time,The
and
ofd
EProcedurevidence andßiil
r.wasrn
reported.
reported.
:4: from
INDIA.—Lord MONTEAGLE presented petition
a p ,
of
inheritance in India.—After some discussion,
the inhabitants of Bengal, having reference to the la • ri
was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Their lordships then adjourned. ceredaudre 8131 second
the petitio

FRIDAY, MAY 27.
AFFAIRS IN TURKEY.—In reply to ouestions Ihe
Earl of I.II.ti.mESBUR.Y, the Earl of CLARENDON Sai" le,
with reference to existing negociations at ConstantinoPio
the Ambassadors of England and France were acting,' to
concert ; but as further explanation would only tea
embarrass the public service, he would only add his beech
pectation that the peace of Europe would not be &Etta ea
—After some observations from Lord BEAcmoST $
Lord BROUGHAM, the subject dropped.
l of
LEGACY DUTY ON REAL PuorEuTy.—The
MALMESBURY moved for a select committee to ing;c,
into the probable effect of extending to the case of -"t.
censors to real property, and property under settlereq:,
the stamp duties now payable in respect of legacies,
question, he thought, was one of great difficulty, and tner;
he believed, very little understood, if he might judge"ibe
the debates elsewhere. The measure proposed 10 re.
House of Commons he thought unjust, and in matiC.ed
spects very inexpedient.—The Earl of ABERDEEN 0,04'0
the motion, as being obstructive, and one which
lordships ought not to agree to. The Government
e 0
no wavering in their opinion of the wisdom and ju,tic„ust
a tax on successions.—The Earl of DERBY said the P'ip.
of Lords were not merely in the position of registfibe
the measures of the House of Commons. They /la" to
right of judging of measures for themselves accordiqw
their merits ; and judging by this standard, the succeslo
tax had no ground whatever to stand upon.—After 9°,no
further discussion, their lordships divided, and the rati'
was negatived by 139 to 126.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY, MaYh
CORK ELECTION.—Sir JOHN BULLER reported 4',
the select committee " That Francis Stack Murphy, 4,a;
and William Trent Fagan, Esq., are duly elected Cltiettbe
to serve in this present parliament for the county o'ol.
city of Cork. That the evidence adduced before the c, of
mittee shows that during the election for the coutnio
the city of Cork riotous and tumultuous proceedings %le
place in the said city, and that serious outrages and 0041
were committed on the persons and property of set 00
electors and others. That intimidation was exercised 0120 f
and threats used towards several voters for the pureNt`no
influencing their votes. That in consequence of a rie."ol
disturbance at one of the polling-booths in the Lea l&
the deputy-sheriff adjourned the poll till the next ,to,
when it was again opened and the polling proceeded schci of
That it appears that at the last election for the conal•fo,
the city of Cork meab, drink, and entertainment were ,01
vided to some extent for the refreshment of voters.
no sufficient evidence has been brought before the co t 4
mittee to connect the sitting members or their agent,
with the providing such meat, drink, and entertain
The evidence was ordered to he printed.
tir
SAVINGS BANKS.—The CHANCELLOR of the a,—,do,
Qrsra gave notice of his intention to move, on TO- tO
for leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relatiagtbe
savings banks, and also to amend the laws relating Wee
purchase of Government annuities through the inters'
Lion of savings banks. the
f
CORPORATION PROPERTY.—The CHANCELLOR - n
EXCHEQUER stated, in reply to Mr. HEADLAM, that
rotwas the intention of the Government to make a Pr,
for applying the legacy duty on successions to the
perty of corporations.
ce'
noti
FOREIGN CHEESE.—Mr. TOLLEMACHE gave -oulel
that when in committee on the Customs' Acts, he EL; tse
take the sense of the House on the proposition 0' ae
cheese.
Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the duty on fele°
fo
CHURCH RATES,—Dr. R. PHILLIMORE moved r
re
leave to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law oil
specting church rates. His proposal was that Eel
parishioners who conscientiously dissent from the
tee,
tablished Church shall be exempted from church rafoot
on their stating in writing to the churchwarden the Rae
of such dissent ; but they shall with such exemption ete
all right to compel burial or other ecclesiastical rites Pe 00
liar to churchmen, or to vote at vestry meetings, or ufo,
questions of Church property. He would provide, aL;O
for a mode by which such persons may be restored toa.eit
Church should they so desire it. On withdrawing, wre,
written declaration of dissent, and requesting to ne:tar
stored to the Church. the request may be complied cc.'_„.
provided the ecclesiastical authorities give their sancotui°;.
—Sir W. CLAY moved, as an amendment, that the I:
in committee, do consider whether church rates
c.)a3ru_„'6
theandb frog;
tnootwbheicahbtoiliiesyheadre, anapdpipicroabvilsei,onfrommadie,,orfrroedmat
from church
the increased value which may be derive
that the
lands and property.—ln the course
would rather
cussion, Lord J. RUSSELL said be
law should remain as it then was than adopt either of tPd
• as
proposed remedies in the shape they were proposed , ,o,
he warned the house not to sanction the doctrineVi,
volved in the proposition of Sir W Clay.—Upon a alcv
sion, both questions were negatived, the amendment 1
209 to 187, and the original motion by 222 to 174.
PLYMOUTH.—Sir J. Y. BULLER moved the issue 0- 6
new writ for the borough of Plymouth, which, after
short discussion, was agreed to.
The house finally adjourned at two o'clock.
of the subsequent
FRIDAY, MAY 27.
Mr. CHARLES TURNER presented petitions from tlebo 0(
of Welsh Calvinists at Liverpool, from the wernbersol,
St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney-street, Livia:olh
and from the members of the Oldham-street Secnoi
Church, Liverpool, against• the opening of the Cas
Palace or its grounds on the Lord's Day• a the
BLACKBURN ELECTION.—The SPEAKER inforroe ea
house that he had received a letter from the agent:ale
gaged to prosecute a petition against the return of )30
M. J. Feilden for the borough of Blackburn, stating t
it was not their intention to proceed with the petition. oe
LONDON, LIVERPOOL, AND NORTH AMERICAN SCltodo
COMPANY.—On the motion of Sir H. Maddock, 013
dress was agreed to for copies of all petitions to, are.
orders of Her Majesty in Council ; of all memorials ?till
tented to the President of the Board of Trade °'se,
correspondence addressed to the President and to the
cretary of the Board of Trade ; and of statements 5;12
mitted with such correspondence, or the abstracts of swbe
statements ; and of all correspondence addressed I)s' lie
Board of Trade to various persons in relation to an 3PPmil
cation made on behalf of the promoters and procis'?,'/I
committee of the London, Liverpool, and North Alper p,
Screw Steam-ship Company, between the month of SePf
1852, and the month of April, 1853, for the grant of
royal charter of incorporation to the said company. 0,
CUSTOMS REFORM.—In answer to Mr. W. Br° of
Mr. WILSON stated that the bill for the conso:idatiot,,
the whole of the Customs Acts, and of the acts of anans!oe4
merit, which he had promised to lay before the bous'cl
early as possible, was now in preparation, and I.e bace
to produce it within the next fortnight.
THE TURKISH QUESTION.—Mr. DISRAELI P'...,r 11'
certain questions which he wished to put to the Ge,.;e+rto.
ment respecting the state of our relations with the (-1`
man Porte by a brief narrative of the circumstances COS,
nected with the extraordinary embassy of Prince N—te;
chikoff from the Court of St. Petersburg to the Ini;11
and, in conclusion, inquired, first, whether the ELI tbe
and French ambassadors at Constantinople were 5LDet
present moment acting in concert; and, secondly, wbe'te
Her Majesty's Government: could communicate t°s,
house the tendency of the instructions they were fulhol;ilS
Lord J. RUSSELL, correcting some of Mr. Disttle'd
details, said the English Government had been inforn]a.
by that of Russia that the Emperor had thought it nere to
sary to send a special ambassador to ConstantinePlfore
obtain a confirmation of certain concessions heret° to
made by the Porte to the Greek Church with referealeoe
the holy places at Jerusalem, and some security that the
concessions sho Ild not be withdrawn ; the nature 0f,.,0
securities not being stated. On twhmhiaektsaohnrfreroiTrwnnuoelrucokei tidsssthiltlt
eyeGnci,:reecl
ambassador at Constantinople, circumstances ocenroci
which created apprehension in the mind of the Cr-oce
Vizier, who applied to Colonel Rose, acting in the abseve
of Lord Stratford, our ambassador at the Porte, to Pracaed
the presence of an English fleet in the Dardanelles, irsl
Colonel Rose sent a steamer with a despatch to -A•dn/aer
Dundas at Malta, who forwarded the despatch to Engl°,o.
The negotiations Pals
determining to wait the orders of her Majesty's Govnie'ej
ment. In the meanwhile, Colonel Rose was inf°r the
favourably.tEbn
~,Pheyrneaei
ngtdtn edseht ,he:eG missionet
itriLeaae nroenastrd
Btcdihott\iioirkstloi
szotiflrtiffee:Paartntvprfotoeipitnrienaidcaa:certtiteslal:dtil
cniltilet.ate:
cient, and it was hoped that the matter was settled+, "„te
madeOf
bv the Prince,
which, although in the estinnati to
the Russian Government, were no more than necessat-oe
secure the fulfilment of the declarations made b' sell
Porte, in the opinion of the Turkish Government, as t
as in the opinion of her Majesty's ambassador and t 11,5 of
the ambassador of the Emperor of the French, wertbe
such a nature as to endanger the independence 0 st
Porte. His answers to the questions were, that the Aber
further were
pro,
p o s
orals.
ros,
arsecho;is assistance to ens
a'
perfect confidence and accordance subsisted betweerjasss'
Majesty's ambassador at Constantinople and the an1":0-10
dor of the Emperor of the French, who took the
state
view of the Russian proposals ; that in the present od ,
of the negotiations it would not consist with the g°,,,bos.
the public service to produce the instructions usotifst
Lord Stratford acted ; but that the policy which °l'tres'
them was that of maintaining inviolate the faith of
ties and the independence of Turkey. ittee
IscomE-Tax.—The house went again into COrnp•
upon the Income-Tax Bill.—On the 26th clause, 05,
BUTT moved to exempt precarious incomes under
aS
a-year, and clerical incomes.—The CHANCELLOR'veaI
EXCHEQUER objected that the alteration would intl. nrlo
the principle of investigating the sources of income't
embarrass the measure with difficulties which I rser
intended to avoid,—The proposed amendment n'sss
been
tived upon a division.—Before the 26th clause hauscoot'
gone through, the CHAIRMAN was ordered to "

progress.
ea trfttrii°"
R REGISTRATION OF ASSURANCES.—The es-13
of Assurances Bill was, after a short conversation, r with
second time, and referred to a select committees
power to call for evidence. s vote
SUPPLY.—In a Committee of Wars and Ales Con'
of £4,000,000 was granted to her Majesty out of t"'
, I
solidated Fund.
The Conyholds Bill,
and Confinement Bill, the Burgh Harbours (?," ove'
Bill, and the County Rates and Expenditure 131"'
rally passed through committee.
the Convicted Prisoners_rt-erlaV)

ralTgiEr James
the fifty-gun
and relieve Rear-admiral Moresby, C. 8., whose
of service will expire..in August.
NAVY.—ltstirl insg will currentlysh rily reportedhois e
sßgeroahrn-SoFitiial

AT 26•

acreaSe of
,orGoAii.
:wad time,

>ugh orn.
and la°
•

a SeCOPd
e Bill 05

tion fromf
the 1
.. on
e pe WO'

from tbe
said
tbst,
antiroiqf
tiding to
ly tend!
Id is "'
disturb/
1010

Doi of
to iDgle
se of sat
!Wesson
and oa
idge °hots
,4 in tv,-
wool oppose
oPP°
bieb tbeii
meet
justice;
the 10_1
egistese
Y had to
ordiogoo
recceol
,fter so;
le wati

75.
the e°
it
egeloig
nreen'

Exce
'altorue
ng to
ting
a *be
nterfe

A 0f tbe
k
t
PLOP
the to•

notil
og]aall
1, i",r
foleiP

ue of
after -

be b°4ll
beg
rp"
'sot