The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1854•

rOgiti"; bit
appeared to interfere with the Royal Pre_;...os to 6,51
though he may have seemed to give Peru"— that'
Charles Napier 'to declare war, it was nnt°rirstberefett".
Charles never obeyed orders-(laughtagaie%
no danger need be apprehended. He, however, ..,,,,rot
the invective of the right hon. baronet
of Russia as very undignified; but he remake 4.ivoqao
-sttuli:eear'wregal:tit
was only a twelvemonth back that he used incee"
as strong against another emperor. and )tt.
After some remarks from Mr. SrooNo
COBDEN, the subject dropped. Phit.
A brief discussion arose on the subject of the °P. sito
ment of Mr. Stonor to a judgeship at Melholutt7gott
that gentleman had been declared by a ceraml •
of bribery.
Mr. F. PEEL vindicated the appointment. ....0101
Sir C. WOOD, in reply to a question, said that tnefrogy
government intended to pursue in reference t°,ool3'
nations and the rights of neutrals was under anx!`blo. .
sideration, and would be declared as soon as 1091
THE RUSSIAN DISPUTE. ,A, '00)
Mr. DISRAELI called attention to an article in li, cer
of St. Petersburg stating that communications !:',06,0'
dential nature had taken place between Her 2.13J;10
vernment and the Emperor of Russia, in which. " oul
tis- h
had frankly statedhis views respecting the Tlir-Ao
and also as to an article in the Times of Saw" saconfirmatory of the authenticity of its statelneL";olo
desired to know whether Her Majesty's girli°wit, oio
prepared to lay such communications before' the 0.
Lord J. RUSSELL stated that, as the .fo.fowl"
o,five
Petersburg had thought proper to refer to that I/
pondence, Her Majesty's Ministers had no her wbeio
consenting to its being laid before the house, to
would be found that while respect was she", lid
Emperor, they had repelled every suggestion tend°
dismemberment of the Turkish empire.
STAMP DUTIES ON BILLS OF EXCILefO
Mr. GLADSTONE, in answer to a question, elaoteg 1
intention to postpone for a few days his resolutiolo_,,,i . •
ing stamp duties on bills of exchange, as he IT, Ili
desirable to collect the fullest information relative
amount of the Bills of Exchange circulated in this e7/1),
Lord J. RUSSELL postponed the consideration
Oaths Bill till the 2ith instant.
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THE INSURRECTION IN TURnVoss ir 4
~
On the motion for going into committee of
Means,
Mr. MONCKTON 3lnsrEs addressed the hconee?.°o.
length on the subject of the insurrection in Tilit
contended that the interference of the British go
nl'
was required for the protection of the Greek pop
„ice ,r 1
and trusted that they would exert their inu,...fill-fri
prevent the.landing of troops on board the Egr,,.7,deel,
Lord J. RUSSELL promised to exert the 1101"vati,
government on behalf of the Greek subjects of the 100
but said that the government felt it their duilusail
courage these insurrectionary movements, which co of tY
tend to the improvement and better condition
people.
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Mr. Rim maintained that it was the duty to„,,
-
government, in return for the assistance renderecti,
Porte, to exact conditions from Turkey for the pfo
of its Greek population.
LordLOVA.INE denounced the sway of the Porteetterbf
Christians as cruel in the extreme; and was rePirof #
Lord D. STUART, who defended the conduct
Turkish government, taking occasion to condemn
and temper of the speech.
Mr. BEIGIIT expressed his regret, rskewise, tot,
asperity displayed by Lord Palmerston in rePlYing„ At
Lord C. HAMILTON urged the claims of the Gree•.,
tion to be protected against the Turkish oppress'°istr
government was bound to give further information !IL,
intentions with regard to the Greek subjects-of TC'
Mr. LAYARD went into the circumstances whim ostg ,
to the Greek insurrection, expressing his conviction.sorea
Turkish government had no other course open to fl'
05
existing circumstances, than employing of Aibanieloc,
in putting down the insurrection. He described t,..beyoft
of the Greeks under Turkey as, on the whole; if 004%
The Turkish government merited' high praise for 0,.,,'d It, bi
tion, liberality, and love ofjustice, of which, it, loge is
given so many proofs. He contrasted the spirit' diebiliol,o
the- Russian Emperor with- that evinced by they , betts
dealing with their subjects-. Reform in Turkey btosool,l
operation only fourteen or fifteen years, and it wer,70106
to reform a whole generation in that time. He con'dof ,
an earnest appeal on behalf of Turkey, on the groan es P"
r j
rights and international principles involved in the or a
After some remarks from Mr. E. Ball, .00;0
Lord PALMERSTON briefly replied. Every effort. -- 0101
made- by this government to improve the conditien.... "
Greek subjects of Turkey ; but, at the same tirnerv";,et...,
not fall into the course which we condemned on thUnErt i
Russia. The improvements already effected bare:restel;
mense • only a few days ago a firman was receive", pal
that the- testimony of Christians was now Piece" eoOra
equality with that of Turks in civil and criniivel_at.n
throughout the empire. After defending the condtro;
Porte towards its Christian subjects, he' concluded 7, As '
that the question was not one between Turkey enniad_lii
but one which concerned the interests of the world. an
war in which we were about to engage was one'tebellefF
great rights and greet principles; and such a war be itehj
will be-worthy the efforts that may be made to carrropfa
Mr. MILNER GIBSON protested against a pledge to ofr"
any peculiar form of government with regard to t"'
wid,
popnlation.
Sir R. PEEL vindicated the conduct of goVerniZetje"
regard to Turkey and the Greek population, and -" etl.il
phatically on the motives with which the war wno"
upon, and the objects which it proposed to be ."7-011
among which was to resist the aggression of Euss4 do' a
avenge the wrongs she bad committed.
After some remarks from Mr. Drummond, thedlW-..40144
terminated, without any formal resolutions beings"-
sod
WAYS AND MEANS. f- 044 t G/1
Mr. DISRAELI objected' to the Committee o__,weit, to
Means being proceeded with at that late hour ; she, of to
to refer to various points in the financial sche4,„ se ..1
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and particaw rotes
the doubling of the Income Tax. He thea,..,;artally
ire strong terms against the discussion of so u",,,,e-wittee
subject alter midnight, and proposed that the CO"" i
ways and means be postponed until Friday next. .0
The house went into committee, when the Citie.NCOS,l
the EXCHEQUER moved that the Chairman report Pr"_l,oo
The discussion on the Budget was postponed till ;rids,
-The remaining business was disposed of.
The House adjourned at 12.25 a.m.

FUNDS, STOCK, AND SHARE MO"— isi•
Wltbter
English Securities were steady all day, and closed 91 t
proving tendency. Railways, supported at SaturuaY t
tationa. Land and Bank Shares, tolerably buolloPree
experienced little change. Mining Shares, little done.
Stocks, inactive and unaltered. Buenos Ayres, flat'
CLOSING PRICES.
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Spanish Deferred
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North Staffordshire .• 611
S. Eastern and Dever,
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