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

COURT AND FASHION.

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LORD WEMYSS is suffering from an injury he ens,
in one of his legs, some time ago, by the bite of a fa:Apir
the injury has now become so. serious as to rendeS;tilt
tation of the limb necessary, to which proceed
sufferer has given his consent. t 515
LADY BLAyNET expired on the 4th instant, la! the
town, near Dublin. Her ladyship was wife 0' vi."
Lord Blayney, and the daughter of the first P.'
Caledon. „ iead
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THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY died
last, at Holderness-house. The death of the 'iteig;
was caused by an attack of inflammation of the 1.1
which, after a few days' suffering, terminated fatail'.til
lordship was marquis, earl, viscount, and baron ii
raf
peerage of the United Kingdom. He was also a ftb,
of the Garter, a general officer in the army, colonel,'"
2nd Life Guards, knight grand cross of the Bath, tce
grand cross of Hanover, and knight of the Pr'
foreign military orders of Europe.
LEVEE.—The Queen held a levee (the second theile
son) on Wednesday, in St. James's Palace. TPe;th
wore a train of white Irish poplin, embroidered $9
rose, shamrock, and thistle, in colours, trimmed dtw,
silk fringe to match. The petticoat was of White
trimmed with gold blonde. Her Majesty's head•nr`Ot
formed of emeralds and diamonds. Meer Jafur Akjer
Bahadoor of Surat, appeared at the court in an aid'
costume of great magnificence, richly adorned with
diamonds, and emeralds. • of I"tt
THE PEERAGE.—By the death of the Margin", 59.,1
dondenT, a peerage in the United Kingdom ww t fr,
each of his two sons. His eldest son, and by P
wife (Lady Elizabeth, daughter of the third Earl of Yei, a
ley), Viscount Castlereagh, becomes Baron Steol,,
the United Kingdom, and Marquis of Londonder
the Irish peerage. The marquis's younger ,son, el;
second wife (the heiress of the Vanes), Lord Sesn''f,,d
has represented North Durham since 1847, becallyr
Vane. The late marquis received from the Earl of '
Of Cl;i
the Garter left vacant by the death of the Duke cot',
lington. He was Lord-Lieutenant of Durham, an" ,34;,:
rotulorum of Downahire and Derryshire, in 'rec.',"
general in the army, and colonel of the 2nd Life `.;Vierej
FAREWELL BANQUET TO SIR CHARLES N inn. _too
Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., appointed to the Col 0:
of the Baltic fleet, was on Tuesday entertained cioh
splendid banquet by the members of the Ref°lrboa"'
The dinner took place in the coffee-room of the clay cei
in Pall-mall, but, owing to its limited dimensions, "otle'
modation could not be provided for more than 200 g'wef):
men. Many members of the club, however, who , th,
unable to obtain seats at the dinner table, irowdeola ,ip
ante-chambers and the approaches to the coffee-r°° 4tl;
order to hear the addresses of the noble chairman a",roi";
invited guests. The only decorations of the dining,,ei
consisted of the French, English, and Turkish e4oel),`i
which were arranged alternately around the ag.:.„,
A considerable crowd had assembled in Pall-man 1.;r6
of the club, by whom Sir C. Napier, Lord Palni' tbe"
and others of the guests were loudly cheered 00 00
arrival. Lord Palmerston took the chair; an Sir
the gentlemen present were Sir J. Graham, M.P., p';
Molesworth, M.P., Mr. Peto, M.P , Mr. Fergusnream
Admiral Berkeley, M.P., M. liusurus, the d".1,1,,,r
minister, Namik Pacha, Mr. Keogh, M.P.,
general for Ireland, Mr. Sadlier, Mr. 1-1.,;" pc'
M.P., &c. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., 'and Sir v 4,
,s
Evans, M.P., acted as vice-chairmen on the oca,as: deAle
DEATH OF ALDERMAN THOMPSON, ay,
of Alderman Thompson, M.P., took place at half-P'-31(1'
o'clock on Friday morning. By the death of_thettoorr
man a vacancy occurs in the representation of VYrso4l/5:
~,, efo
land. The late Alderman was the son of Jas. lfrej
Esq., of Kendal Westmoreland. He was born 1-0,100,
married in 1817 Amelia, second daughter of A iltie`1
AHomfray, Esq., formerly, M.P. for Stafford, allie 'l*-1
Of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., of Tredegar.
Lord Mayor in 1828-29 Director of the 1- 0 r
Director of the Cambrain, Gloucester, and .inege'i.
Railway Company, a Deputy-Lieutenant for 15/04'
Treasurer of King's College, President of Chrisefi, Coo
tal, and Vice-President of the Honourable Artinelftee
Pany. He was some time Chairman of the Conlin tbeor,i
Lloyd's, but resigned on the subscribers expressingieriol;
selves dissatisfied with his having joined the Sun :s
Shipowners' Mutual Assurance Association. lieroti!e;.
eminent ironmaster and shipowner. A emillbe Ott
voted for agricultural protection, 1846, and in
rity of 53 who censured free trade, November, inv.., 11.4
for Callington from 1820 to 1826; for London frori '
to 1832 ; for Sunderland from 1833 till Septeln„,bei
First returned for Westmoreland, September, 1n4.1'

THE LAwsoH OBSERVATORY.—An agreement bile.:
concluded between Mr. Lawson and the Duke ° bereb'
castle, as chairman of the Observatory Committee, }v,,,stro;
Mr. Lawson undertakes to transfer his collection 0
ments and to hand over his gift of one thousald,,t,Pi
to the trustees of the proposed institution, stirl'a; he'd
the whole subscriptions shall be paid in, and eidoj
cient to produce an annual income of £2OO fora 4,
observer, to be invested prior to Midsummer o'oo'
the building finished and ready to receive the instru
by Midsummer 1855.—Nottingham Journal.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1854

I4PERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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.„,11°17SE OF LORDS--TUESDAY, liaßcH 7.
Earl of BEEISBOROUGH presented a petition from
~,,,,trustices acting for the hundred of Salford, in favour of
"It tnatory schools.
°NI. BEOUGELCK presented a petition from the Com-
ihitte f
for the °r the Protection of Trade in Manchester, praying
fereia assimilation of the English and Scotch law in re
-
of tO debtor and creditor. His lordship gave noice
intention to introduce a bill relative to the subject
a few
days —The house sat for only 20 minutes.

THURSDAY, Mlncli 9.
sokotr-.lfG TRR NAVY.—In answer to Earl ELLEN-
ao~r4II, the Earl of ABERDEEN denied that the fleet
1/11 ts'eding to the Baltic was inefficiently manned.
tOr fle tentrary, it was in every respect properly
;pequiped
tne'Zgreat services it was proposed to accomplish and
ItianZt about it was certainly remarkable—it was entirely
114174 bY volunteers, and did not contain a single pressed
Tita
1'44,48 RaROZ3I BILL.—Earl GREY moved for certain
ezpre„„_,"llflected with the proposed Reform Bill, and
ArestiTu great satisfaction that the impolitic course of
BtancesaL,°ll a measure of this kind under existing ctrcum-
,titxrg been abandoned by the government.— Lord
the gov'zi declared that it was the present intentlo_n of
n
the 274irnment to proceed with the new Reform Billo
Nldit;,, of April ; but, of course, in the present critical
1 of affairs, he must decline to pledge himself
s4eably that course.
nio,l•l4.Rv IMPROVIDIENTS.—The Earl of HARROWDY,
1514,,,',1,11,g for certain returns connected with the Board
1,4 v -L4l said that the corporation of Liverpool had been
for several years in endeavouring to suppress a
kqh„eiron
by indictment. A quicker remedy was wanted,
hotßaa Ped the government would strike while the
The motion was agreed to.

• FRIDAY, MARC]! 10.
to a THE GREEK CHURCH.
the, 'IIIAETESBURY moved for papers connected with
ittrk;`,°4l4 of religious liberty enjoyed by Christians in
Sife,"'#,,,ad called attention to that passage in the recent
'411(1 au "
''`',of the Emperor of Russia which accused.Thlg-
'4ll the-„Lran, ce of siding with the enemies of Christianity
o,Ahei,-,`inodx faith.
ilit,,-44r1 of CLARENDON said there could not be the
t ground for the charge of the Russian Emperor,
thgland
'ettlieg and France were taking part with the
/as °f Christianity against the orthodox faith;. but it
NrsLinY consistent with the course
.which Russia had
Rlig throuciiout. He strongly denied that this was a
stdtemtc4l3o„.ls,ar:' and warmly condemned the spirit which
to give it such a character. He regarded the
`aith;:ilt that we were fighting against the orthodox
.e(lit-a,ari unworthy artifice, and said it had obtaind no
u.'"ng the intelligent 'classes of Russia. This cer-
Sk, :as not owi to lack of zeal, because the Rus-
'llere w"er,e zealous for their religion, but
.simply because
°I truths evidence in the Emperor's manifesto of a want.
• ex,4', The Russian people knew that their religion
'l;a to --o,e,a to no danger nor had they the slightest rea-
-45 -e"eve that the religion of the Greek subjects of
that boerte was
exposed to danger, for it was notorious
1401 y u cire those differences began, the question of the
ilits'-ces had been settled. Declarations of the Empero.r
resPeet should rather be translated-J` the princi-
dotiLs are necessary. The Danube would make a better
4'4lS• lOTlrLtilan the Pruth. The time is come for the pos-
ingnut Constantinople," or better still, " for under-
• ara‘aer, authority of the Sultan, and rendering him a
'Nktle nilithism'dePendent on Russia." We were about to en-
t po, Contest in support of a principle of justice and
}ltiae f4„°Y, to prevent the weak from being overwhelmed
iu sl,',(tig, to prevent unjust interpretations treatiesof...
14',4',4105-hi'liorted by violence, to prevent the equilibrium
41a'r°1:3t."e from being disturbed, and, as he hoped, to put
blightinginfluence which had deprived so
Ps
0,,,,L10n of Europe of its free action. Their lord-
Po
cl,l4l's find in the papers ample. evidence of the
la,:e ((e.sire to grant perfec religiours liberty to all
tes`, ea/1' subjects ; and it was
_Fe kable fact that
D. 'kit it gay, a field of land fora the erection of a Pro-
d• pets i!taPel, just at a time when their lordships had
Laid on their table, stating that a Christian nation,
1)1:41:1a):.‘e supposed would consider itself degraded by a
‘rote,-,lson with Turkey, was strictly prohibiting the
'+-leel)l44it religion and the burial of the Protestant dead,
thel,llllilev the ignominious condition of being smuggled
nce of RlsaYes. He regarded the circumstances as
AroPe a
sincere desire o n the part of the Sultan to
kb religi
A Jeets. ous and civil condition of all classes of his
alld he read a despatch from Lord Stratford de
rp'',uated Constantinople, February the 25th, and
f",`li'ilet-feLYed this afternoon, announcing that further
• t•
hees had just been granted to the Christian
key. Under these circumstances, he could not
I,'ov °Pportunity f expressing his deep regret at the
14'‘e witted hadotakenp place on the Greek frontier.
I Tlir1;1 >,e3', and
that great civil reforms were still necessary
'fit h and that the Greeks had much tocomplam'
•14,t wa;"ng Could be obtained by the way of insurrection.ey
ad b(44,11 idle dream to talk of a Byzantine empire. Th
confide in the intentions of the Four Powers,
„ta: "allici take care that improvements were effected.
. not
uerbee kii,."4""T contended that too much credit ought
81v en Turkey for a spirit of toleration, whicho had
Theroanifested under pressure.
\''al Earl of ELLENBOROIIGH warned the government
,•44t thi • any way assuming the. character
s country in .
Avetors of any portion of the Stilt:lll's subjects.
fpsAM
la few words from Earl rrzA , their lord-
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t4ZF COMMONS, TUESDAY, .A.Ecii 7.
t of Mr. STANLEY, copies of any me-
t.l'4• 14t,811b:'''—.1ag`rots,„ anndmasters of vessels to the Admiralty,
%t at.. and op 'Atruction to the navigation of the Menai
Port ;7 Ogle any report made the Admiralty by
p4Poia the onr other persons appointed by them to re-
PAylt4bot oVaAne, were ordered._nreply
ONVICTS.to a question, Lord
bw. be „_ stated that the clemency of the Crown
Ata,::'etided not only to Frost, Williams, and Jones,
'APt it'an. and Doherty.
of -/r atnoswer to a q.u.estion, whether the
4th in e pos make provision for the despatch
1 he to the Cape. of Good Hope, and thence
t,,k—ft, this and Calcutta,—Mr. WILSON said, it w.as
", tl• ik,„•—e that the steamboat company had given notice
it t,-,3-211tention to terminate their contract, and to sub-
fitY fine or penalty to which they might have sub-
Wesiv.V.,ernselves. The Postmaster-General had only
;IsYs ,-4„,atimation of this intention during the last few
tb,,ter; h`,;( Ile had not yet had time to concert new mea-
,•qe fi„ which the mails in question would be conveyed.
444• 4,„7brnas„ tr-General, however, intended to take ad-
Z',.°J the numerous sailing ships to transmit the
p.,,-Nbe.."!l as much regularity as possible. There would
-jnoi, a steamer which would convey the mails betxnen
7sttle."lni the Mauritius, and letters for the Mauritius
,Pogrnoverland, and continue to be sent in that direction.
Alio* ‘iPPICE lIIREGULARITIES.—TheMOOII b
tlt- (tee
• fi for a select
to Inquire into the postal communication
4dou and the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow,
9fa_scertaili*in g whether greater despatch and
VZ,, abe attained in the transmission of letters,
07 to, with a modification so as to make the
co a general character.
4.„81r TRIDE.—On the motion that the Coast-
'4ll be read a third time, Mr. H. T.
Linnsaliii;
tl%
h 74.•
4 bill now before the house was fin
had been requested to urge on the right
is th" -al (Mr. Cardwell) the necessity of his
41.tts. factory assurances from foreign nations as
pa.ih_Ple of reciprocity ; and his observation had, of
esS,s7• 3477. reference to the government of the United
the tra7istill reserved, as was well known, its entire
e. Indeed, he felt justified in stating that
411-4 seelslttart American had. on the subject of red-
atii'ect to resolve itself into this—that America
110be°11147,41 all she could get, and give up nothing that
ti.eeP• lie would, therefore, entreat the. right
ttle .„11411., to keep this consideration steadily. in view,
(4.7 14Z:4 trot allow the moment to pass without stating_
ItaTBit dZed forward to all the possible conjunctures and
VelialLof our trade with considerable anxiety. He
"mte hat, although at the present time, in conse:
tat •,tt the
demands commerce, abundant empl%-
M• ae 01„,,everYwhere to be found for the mercantile
ti 7 of f.1.T4 nations, that the day would. come when t
Ap M"4l7igs would cease—when, consequence of the
114--71,011 of foreign competition, our m.merchants
eSperience in addition to the falling off.in
siTts,Sea,Z°ltifi ti 'f
seeing-our ports crowded with.
read someo further conversation the bill
kih"tly
timehird and passed.
--4" al. —ILL.—Mr. S. HERBERT brought
in the
The which was read a first time.
• hoe ne
adjourd at a quartet past 7 o'clock.
A, •

D4ltitio WEDNESDAY, Menu( 8.
Ivo Prang were presented by Mr. HOBSFALLt? from Liver-
ei"r,,, ,--i,, y that the exemption from taxa ion which is
--mnde to steam-carriage by land and water should be
Aka..
„i‘to carriage by horse-power.
t4,,kle they Ns.—In answer to a question, Sir J. YOUNG
‘llll4 ' Was no intention on the part of Government
kid o‘snlfie,str the
~.superm. tendence of Government priso.
trand,' dePots from the Irish authorities to those in
~_k* r,.- •
`tki ~,,,,"?. PgintociErcitunz.—On the motion for the
iLk-tizb,"`ang. of the Succession to Real Estate Bill, Sir
to alter
„b.:7 lititi-,°,,T01s said, the object of this bill wa:s
h74ite ~,eltle a the law in respect to the succession torerea.l
o41e„ t,,;,-4,2% he called upon the House emphatically to .
re-
the 131 S. ad
Pm' ciple opposed. not only to the spirit of
,t/eal)le ils , but to the feelings of the great bulk of
the bill would be
,„ ,41.,, People.
F. THEsIGNR said .
'44 (1":"3. because it recognised the principle that it,
tkooolite4uanbl,e. there should be a division of real propert)
b,„,t.eetl dr,,llle children. It was acknowledged that a
.`l,'Lac'hi 'l3ton would be obectionable, but when once the
:gortCwie was recognised it would be impossible to stop
.I,_
_Alell aZ co as
• All experience was againnst
ml Ve; eltPeriment. Even the Kentish law of gavellE i d
s"eea fi;11 faillld so inconvenient, that lands. had by law
'lle-e•dgavellecl; and in Ireland a similar law, intro-
srkbe reign of Anne had been repealed in that of
iled, tt-•'•In the course of the discussion whichi en-
tlii:T eT• RUSSELLsaid, the ordimiry rule of the law
Z9,_Old „'',,,tands were inheritable by the eldest son, and 1
gat they regard this as a mere feudal notion, or hold
appe ere wag n
bef_ared to i_, o difference between land and money.. e
1 "Teen. a mum that there was the greatest difference
'Nice ale two, the same general reasons not beuing,
'ilqkt ,44040 to the one as to the other. It had been arg ea
Font la great hardship often occurred under the
j'l; but he did not see that this was a r9asanoi,i,
h-4es„ g the ordinary rule • and, on the other I a
;51ertAatt occur 'in which an intestate owner of real
ovNe; „ d incurred a large expenditure on account of
yl, 4 valis,ol_.... There were too in which, for want,,
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Wili'diaVieseibtlage
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the°111(1 be
must consider the interest
inheritedcases for a long series of
t4kk,,,t1l pt,t: . and the COniralleunity, and look at what. Mr.had
fa,7olllloeh, the Prance and Ireland. According to
11,
arable or yabdivision of land in France i
.bre, 'kW as th. e upon cultivation ; if so, such a changea
---iytt'trty, micilltwoold lead to the subdivision of landed
f0,...t. DraRAL woulbe tenure injury to the comunity.
1 faTklee -e a tithes of land entailed the. per:
u 1144tiot eti" Z,„' TPanY important duties, and this established
4 littW
"MI Landed and other property. Luge

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landed estates were a guarantee not only of peace and
order, but of public liberty. He opposed the bill, looking
at it as the first of a series of changes which would lower
the character of the country, and injure the interests of
the whole community.—Upon a division the bill was
thrown out by a majority of 205 to 84.
PROPERTY QUALIFICATION.—The second reading of
the Property Qualification Bill was postponed until the
sth of April.
The Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill was read a
second time.
The Report of the Committee of Ways and Means was
brought up.
The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Mutiny Bill was read a second time.
The house adjourned at a quarter before six o'clock.