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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

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ns declaration, and cautioned

3rovernment-not to allow

of which it could
The motion was,

It rely to lie made on this subject

however, granted

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY

Lord BROUGHAM withdrew his Bankruptcy and Insol-
ill. and laid on the table another Bill embodying
restions made to him by the profession.—Read

ZeVE
a first
The Prisons Bill and the Custody of Offenders Bill were

read. a third
The £B,o'

nd passed.
Loan Bill was read a first time

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Trttritsnia

Lcird G. BENTINCK in moving for certain returns rela-
tive to the number of deaths in Ireland in the last six
months, said, the Irish people ought not to be allowed to
die like dogs, without any record of the amount of mor-
tality. - _
' '

—Xfier some discussion, the motion was withdrawn.
The adjourned debate on the annexation of Cracow
was then resumed.

Mr. MIL Es contended that the loan could be legally
withheld from Russia. _ _

Sir W. MoLEswonTir said the loan was a debt from

this country to Russia

Lord MAINE agreed with the views taken by Lord John
Russell.
Sir R. Itqcrtis denied that the first resolution of Mr.
Hume was either an abstract resolution or a telum imbelle
eine Sictu. It would, at any rate, be a rebuke to the three
powers, and would prevent them from considering the ex-
tinction of the nationality of Poland as a fact accom-
plished.
Lord G. BENtuswic was of opinion that the three
powers had not committed any violation of the treaty.
He showed that Cracow had attacked Austria, and not
Austria Cracow ; and such being the case he could not
understand Why Austria had not a right to make war on
Cracow, and to treat it as a conquered nation.

,d; this country had been

ossly insulted and d,
Si, R. PEEL had th

I by the three poWe

right of
this country to relieve itself from the treaty of 1815 and
the convention of 1831 ; and if there could be any ques-
tionlef such a right, he doubted the policy of attempting
it. 'it was evident that we had'received the Cape of Good
Hope, Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbi

equiv

leniYor
and it v

nir portion of the interest of the Dutch Loan,
Ls an express stipulation that the payment of the
interest shall continue even in the event of a war with
Russia. Supposing then that the violation of the treaty
of Vienna was so flagrant as that we should go to war
ill, he contended, we should be bound to

with Russiil

continue the payment o:
to vote for the previous

this inter

was prepared

n the treaty of Vienna, and an -insult
_to the

as the 1

earty iefoimations

Tile debate was adjourned to Tuesday

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY

The Earl of RIPON presented a petition from the Great
Western Railway Company complaining of the conduct of
the London and Birmingham Railway Company in collu-
sively purchasing shares of the Oxford and Birmingham
-Railway Company.

—Atte; some di.Scussion, Lord LYNDHURST Savo notice
that on Tuesday. next he would move the appointment of
a committee to inquire into the allegations of the petition.
Lord BROUGHAM then presented a petition from Brad-
ford, in Wilts, complaining of the great influx of Irish
paUpers into England ; and the noble lord also stated as
a fact that 3,100 poor persons had arrived in one day at
Liverpool from Ireland, many of whom said they had re-
ceived 2s. 6d. to bring them over.
This statement brought down a reproof from Lord
DEVON, who declared he did not believe a word of it. An
altercation ensued, in which both noble lords grew warmer,

and Lord BROUGHAM declared he
•

ready to call most

reyectabl

to the truth of his st

ome discussion followed

declared that his (
lords was to awaken the Irish 1

11 which Lord BROUGHAM
se attacks on the Irish land-

ject in t

fives for

land;
gciven

upon their for

113 of L.

iuiy exertion a

HOUSE OF COMMON

Lord Jc

for corn in Fran
intended to pro.

corn from
chant had

fdr consun

of cc

be likely to bi
but if he wer

as his pia

xe-exported he would

very likely to avoid

I the Briti4h

their attendance' on prosecutions, observed, .that it' was
undoubtedly a practice liable to extremeabUse, and he bad

given directions, as far as it was in his power, for its
discontinuance.

mittee

houses at ports now in possession of the American forces,
and levying moderate duties to meet all the expenses of
holding the line proposed, which would be about 2,250,000
dollars per annum. One fort at the mouth of the river,
another at Camarago, and a third at El Passo, would be
all that would be necessary, and five regiments could main-
tain this line. He thought that such a course would
induce Mexico to peace.
Accounts from the seat of war are not of a very definite
character. It is now certain that Vera Cruz and Sau Juan
d'Uloa will be invested by a combined naval and military
force, under the orders of General Scott, and General
Worth, second in command. General Patterson arrived
at Tampico on the 23d ult., with 4,500 men. The expe-
dition will assemble at that place, and probably muster
about 10,000 strong. That General Scott will succeed in
his enterprise is highly probable ; but whether his troops
will be able to hold their: conquests during the sickly

season-

—which commences in March-

is rather doubtful

General Taylor will remain in command of the corps at
Monterey. A report reached this city, a few days since,

that in consequence of Santa Anna's refusal to inter

with the Church property in Mexico, he had been shot by
his soldiery. The rumour has not been confirmed, and is
probably unfounded. It is also stated that Santa Anna
had withdrawn 15,000 men from San Luis, and marched
towards the city of Mexico.

The New Orleans Bulletin contains the following para-
aph :—" We have seen letters
of the 7th of January

sources of information, which express-in decided te-rms,-a
belief that the differences between the two nations will
very speedily be amicably and honourably settled."

Large amok

Ireland have been

immense am! enthu

,de in all parts of the Uliion. An
Lstic meeting has been held in Wash-
er to the rising of subscriptions for this pur-
on a national scale. The result was highly satisfac-
tory. A Bill for granting half-a-million of dollars " for
the relief of Ireland" has been brought into Congress,
read twice, and will doubtless pass both Houses.

PORTUGAL.
Intelligence from Portugal to the 3rd inst. has arr

Two sharp actions had been fought, one near Coimbra,
and the other at Estramadura. In the first, 11 of the in-
surgents had fallen, and in the second, 12 were killed and
100 wounded. Both actions had gone in favour of
the Queen's troops
0

0, and was expected to invest the town as soon as he
could form a junction with Casal. Count Mensdorff, Sir
H. Seymour, and Col. Wylde were pressing upon the go-
vernment the necessity of an accommodation, and Lord

E ft I E

market altogether. The noble lord, in answer to Sir R. where they were buried in one large grave. They were for
PEEL, said, with respect to Capt. Warner's long range, the greater part so mutilated that they could not be re-
that the minutes of the officers who had tested the inven- cognised. - According to the information which we have
tion, should be laid upon the table, if he found they could received, it may be regarded as certain that most of the
be produced without inconvenience. victims were suffocated, and that they had not to undergo
Mr. HAwEs, in reply to a question from Mr. Vesey, as death from the flames ; it is almost beyond. doubt that,
to whether it was intended to afford government assistance overpowered by the gas, they lost all consciousness before
to free emigrants to reach their destination after debarka- .the fire reached them._ A person who saved himself by

tion, said, that under the advice of the emigration agents, getting out of one of the windows to the roof of an adjoin-
those who had been instrumental in sending out emigrants ing house, states that when the fire broke outeverybody
usually had provided them with the means of sending the .rushed towards the doors ; but the effect of the gas was so
parties on to the interior on their arrival in the
_colony, strong that they began to lose their sight, and were
this system had worked well, and he had reason to believe crowded together in a senseless state, unable to utter a cry.
that the additional aid proposed by the government would A chimney-sweeper who saved a person in the third tier
be found sufficient for the purpose. said, ' All who were then there were seated, without hav-
Mr. &MIL, in answer to Mr. Hume, as to the extra ing been able to move a limb.'"
payment made by the Mint authorities to policemen, for

UNIVERSITY

OXFORD, MARC

AND CLERICAL NEWS.

in a convocation held this day

On the question of going into committee on the Poor the Rev. W. Jephson and the Rev. R. E. Roy, Masters
Relief Ireland Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL proceeded, at of Arts of C. C. C Cambridge, were admitted ad eundem.
great length, to state what had been the latest proceed- —ln a congregation held at the same time, the following
ings of the government with respect to the lamentable degrees were conferred.—Master sof Arts : T. B. longe,

state of affairs existing in Ireland, and to call the atten- Exeter ; F. Temple, Fellow of Balllol ; 11. Lambert, Bal.
tion of the house to the principal provisions of the bill, liol ; E. Perceval, Brasenose; Rev. E. H. MachLachlan,
on which it was about to be called upon to go into corn- Scholar of Pembroke; Rev. W. C. Jowett, Magdalen
Hall ; Rev. T. Bearcroft, Queen's ; Rev. W. F. Stirling,

A protracted discussion ensued, in which Mr. Stafford Trinity.—ljachelor of : Charles W. Corfe, Organist
O'Brien, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. Gregory, Mr. D. Browne, of Christ, Church.
Captain Bateson, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Shaw, Mr. It is said that we are chiefly indebted for the appoint-
Ellice, and Sir B. Hall took part, after which the debate ment of a day of fasting and humiliation, to the urgent
was adjourned until Monday, entreaties of the Archbishop of Canterbury, backed as he

The-Drainage of Land Bill was reported, some amend- has been by the solicitations of some influential laymen.
ments made, the maximum of any one loan fixed at the The Church and State Gazette says, that " difficulties
sum of £lO,OOO, as proposed by Sir James Graham. have arisen at Rome respecting the re-ordination of the

„ . .
Rev. J. H. Newman, and that they are_of such a nature
FOREIGN 4. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. as are not likely to be overcome.”
It has been decided in the case of the Rev. D. Sanders

of Latimer's Chapel, Bow, who was summoned on a com-
AMERICA. mon jury at the Central Criminal Court, that the exemp-
By the packet-ship Virginian, we have advices from New tion under the Toleration Act does not apply to ministers
York to the 13th ult., being four days later than those who carry on secular einployenents.
brought by the Henry Clay. The church for the seamen of the port of London, the
In the Senate, on the 9th, the Three Million Bill was first stone of which was laid by Prince Albert in May last,
taken up. Mr. Calhoun spoke in explanation of his views is now completed. About £2,000 more will be required
upon the war. lie was in favour of abandoning all offen- to be added to the endowment fund before the church can
sive operations, and. establishing a line, commencing at be consecrated.. The Lord Mayor has consented to pre-
the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence up the river to El side at a public meeting on the subject.
Passa, thence due west, striking the gulf of California near Various rumours,'more or less authentic, of plans of
its head, and holding this line, acting altegether in the church extension, entertained by the Ecclesiastical Corn-
defensive. , In addition, be was for establishing custom- „,.,;„,;,,- b..,„ n.,+-n.. 1,-- 4-1.—„b;.,.4- of ~,,m-nrcotinn ir,

circles understood io be well-infor-med on such subjects.
* * The last rumour we have heard is that of a bill
actually framed for a new and very extensive interference
with church property.—Mcrning Post.
THE BISHOP OF CHESTER'S TRENNIAL VISITATION.—

We understand that the tardiness of the Government in
proceeding to make the appointment of a Bishop of Man-
chester is causing considerable inconvenience at the pre-
sent time, and may occasion much greater to be felt here-
after throughout that portion of the present diocese of
Manchester. Dr. Sumner now being quite unable to
make any arrangements in connexion with his next trien-
nial visitation, which should commence in May or June,
on the ground that he is yet ignorant whether he will have

jurisdiction in a large portion of the diocese as at present
constituted, wherein those arrangements may be reouired

he conte

in whic

A. state of uncertainty like this

, who a

TUE LITERPOOL STANDARD.

IRELAND.

Within the last few days, a great number of vessels
freighted with Indian cdrn and wheat from Vienna, Leg-
horn, &e,, have arrived at Cork.

The very extensive corn mills at Askeaton, Limerick,
were accidentally burned down on Thursday. The chapel
next to the mills was also consumed; one man killed.
The slgaths in the Dunmanway Poorhouse, for the week
ending on Saturday last were 60. This was out of a house
containing little more than 700, and there are over 100 in
dysentery.
Fever is spreading in the city of Cork. An assistant
fever assylum has been prepared, but all is not sufficient ;
a number of patients applying for admission have been
sent back as the hospitals are full.

A public meeting,-to be presided over by the Earl of
Roden, will be held in Dublin to-day, Tuesday, for
the purpose of giving expression to the feelings generally
entertained towards the Rev. R. J. M`Ghee, prior to the
reverend gentleman leaving Ireland.

THE WHEAT CROP.—i'Ve deeply regret to say, that
the state'of the wheat crop in this county is most alarm-
ing. Indeed, in several cases it is a total failure. In
others its appearance is most unhealthy. Of this we are
assured, on the best authority.—Kilkenny Journal.
Mr. O'Connell arrived at Hastings on Saturday week,
and immediately sent for Dr. Duke. The doctor does
not think him in the dangerous state which the papers
represent, but reduced by influenza and very nervous and
depressed.

The Cork Examiner states that there are nearly 1,000
prisoners in the county gaol ; and of these about one-
tenth are in fever—the " famine fever." The extraordi-
nary number of prisoners is principally owing to the ex-
isting distress, the charges being generally for larceny and
sheep stealing.
The Kilkenny Moderator says, that a gentleman in
travelling from Borris, in Ossory, to Kilkenny, about 24
miles, had the curiosity to count the farm labourers and
instruments of agriculture to be seen at either side the
road, and that he numbered only nine men and four
ploughs so occupied.
The repeal association, it is said, would be immediately
dissolved were it not that the debts exceeded the assets by
£2,000, and all hope of collecting this sum would vanish
were the association formally dissolved. Circulars have
.been issued, it is stated, to the clerical patrons of the so-
ciety, soliciting their aid in raising a subscription to dis-
charge the liabilities of the committee. .

STATE OF THE CORK WORKHOUSE.—TcitaI admitted
during the week ending the 7th inst., 393; births, 3;
number at the end of last week, 5,305-5,681 ; discharged ;
323 ; died, 143: on pass, 11; deserted, 4-486 ;. total in-
mates remaining, 5,195 ; number in hospital, 707 ; ex-
terns, 478, The deaths for a single day, Sunday, were
31.
r-- 'PP TF

HROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.—For the week
ending the 27th of February, there were 708,228 persons
daily employed on the public works, that number, on an
average of five to each family, representing not less than
3,500,000 human beings. In Leinster there are 129,258
persons employed ; in Munster 293,886 ; in Ulster, 87,745 ;
in Connaught 197,339.

Muannii.-10n Sunday a boy of 14 years of age, who
was left alone in a farm-house, in the neighbourhood of

found in ou

anty, was murdered by some per-
,:rvant in the employment of a neigh-

)een arre

on suspicion, and fully