The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

TURKEY AND GREECE

Colonel DUNNE said that. there was a dispute between
Turkey and Greece, relative to certain villages on the
frontiers of the two countries, which were claimed by
Turkey. He wished to know whether any arbitration on
this subject had been referred to this country.
Lord J. RUSSELL said there had been no arbitration on
the subject. The Greeks resolved to dispute the claims of
Turkey, and send a force for the purpose of resisting the
attempts of Turkey to take possession. The English
ambassador, however, in concurrence with the representa-
tives of the other Powers, intimated to Turkey their wish
that force should not be resorted to until the whole ques-
tion be considered by Great Britain, France, and Prussia.
Those Powers, after considering the whole question, bad
decided unanimously that, according to the settlement of
1832, the villages rightly belonged to Turkey; and, on the
expression of that opinion the claims of the Greek govern-
ment were withdrawn.
SUCCESSION DUTY.
The house then went into committee on the Succession
Duty Bill.

On clause 20, which enacts that the interests of succes-
sion to real property shall be treated as an annuity,
Sir FITZROY KELLY objected to the clause as calculated
to inflict great injustice, but the Chancellor of the
Exchequer declining to entertain the objection, he gave
notice that he should draw further attention to it in a
subsequent stage.
Mr. WILLIAMS, on the other hand, complained that
too many concessions bad been made to owners of land
and property.
Mr. AGLIONRY was at a loss to perceive where these
concessions were to be found.

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Clause agreed to.
Clause 21, which relates to the valuation of timber on
an estate, gave rise to some discussion, but it was purely
technical, and therefore uninteresting in its character.
Sir J. TROLLOPE moved the omission of so much of
the clause as related to the mode of valuing timber.
On a division, the amendment was carried by 153 to 150.

Mr. MuLLIN'os moved that the chairman report pro-
gress, and the committee divided, after a brief discussion,
when the motion was negatived by 157 to 119.
fir. COBDEN objected to making any exemption in favour
of timber, and in the name of those parties who had no
timber, protested against the exemption.

After some further discussion the chairman was directed
to report progress, and the house resumed.
The resolutions upon a portion of the stamp duties were
brought up.
Lord J. RUSSELL fixed the second reading of the Uni-
versities Scotland) Bill for the morning sitting on Friday.
The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave, in a committee
of the whole house, for a bill for the abolition of the
Edinburgh and Canongate Annuity.
The other orders of the day having been disposed of,
the house adjourned at 2 o'clock.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—A poor man lately produced
at the Aylesbury branch of the London and County Bank,
a Bank of England note for £25, dated 80 years back.
Twenty-five years since he married, and his wife's mother
gave them some old books, upon recently turning over
which he found in one of them the note. At compound
interest it amounted to £1,400. It was paid by the bank.