The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.HIioNDA.r, FEB. 27.

Their Lordships met at five &clock.
In reply to Lord CAMPBELI4-
The Eart of SHAFTESBURY said it was his intentionak•
bring in a bill for the prevention of juvenile delinquency
this session,.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH stated that he had heard-
from St. Petersburgh that twelve Russian men of war
were about ba leave the Baltic,. and that by the 21st of ,
March they would be at the mouth of the Cattegat, -
These vessels. might give some trouble to the coasts of,
England and Ireland, and he described the mode in which,
other Russian. ships were scattered all over the world, .
contending that, if not prevented, they might easily do,
great damage -to our shipping. If these twelve vessels •
were permitted to leave the Categat, they would do tbs.
greatest possible damage to our merchant shipping, and, .
therefore, he asked the Government whether they were
prepared to prevent those vessels leaving the Baltic.
The Earl of AR DEEM declined answering the ques-
tion, but said Government were keeping the greatest,
watchfulness, not only over the 13altie, but over all parts
of the world where Russian vessels= were stationed.
After some discussion, the subject' dropped.

The Lord CIU-IiGELLOIC called attention to the second
report of the Common Law Commissioners. He laid a
bill upon the table, comprehending_the recommendations,.
in which he concurred ; all of which were of a technical.
character. He proposed that, after this bill had been read
a second time, to refer it to a select committee. The
select committee not to meet until the return of Leal..
Ctuupbull hum L`_►r circuit.
Lord CAMPBELL expressed a general approval of the
measure, but said it contained some details in which he
could not concur..

Lord BROUGHAM .also appproved of.the bill.
The bill was then read afirst times.
The house adjourned at a quarter•past seven.

HOUSE OP COMMONS.-7--MoNDAT, FEB. 27.

The house met. at a quarter to four o'clock.
A number of private bills were read a second time, and
referred to the committees.

RUSSIAN SUITS.

In reply to Sir.W. CLAY,
Lord J. Russem..entered into some explanation relit ire
to Russian ships which have been chartered by British
merchants to bring corn from the Black Sea, and whether
such vessels would be, permitted to pass the Bosphorus
and Dardanelles, and stated that the parties interested
had 'better make application ,to Lord Clarendon, at the
Foreign-office, but that there was no doubt tkat.every
care would be taken for the protection of British interests.
In reference to the progress of public business,
Lord J. Rumex', said a supplementary estimate would
be brought in .on Friday next, by the Secretary at War,
and that the Chancellor of. the Euchequer would.xuake a
statement respecting the state of the finances on:Monday
week.

The report of the Committee on the Army,Eatimates
was brought up,,
On the motion for.going iato committee,
Sir B. HALL called attention to the statementa made
by Mr. Maguire on Friday evening, respecting_ the remo-
val of Irish paupers, and stated that, after making every
inquiry into the matter, he was enabled to state that
there was-no, foundation. for the charges brought against
the parochial officers of. St. Pancras, and that they were
perfectly. untrue. Greater care ought to be,taken, before
making such charges, to ascertain whether they were
well founded or not.

Mr. 31AciuntE vindicated the course he had taken, and
read the declaration made before a magistrate by the
woman alleged to have been illegally removed.

SINOPE AFFAIR,'

OnAbe motion for going into Committee of Supply on
the Navy Estinute:3,
Sir H; WILLOUGABY, pursuant to notice, asked for an
explanation of government relative to the circumstance
attending the destruction of the Turkish.flotilLs at Sinope.
lie impugned the conduct of our ambassador and admiral
at: Constantinople, and contended that instructions sent.
eut-by Lord Clarendon to protect the Turkish territory,
had not been properly acted upon, and that this failure-
was the direct cause of the attack on, Throughout
these transactions there had been an entire want of
vigour and energy, and his impression was, that we had
been always too late in our movements.
Sir J. GRA.HAM said the matter had already been dis-
cussed by several members.. The instructions of the Bth
of October referred to the protection of the Turkish,terri,
tory, but when the news bad heen received of the outrage
at Sinope, further instructions bad been given to.protect
the flag as well as the territory of Turkey, and likewise
to prevent Russian vesselsnavigating the Black Sea. He
read an account given by AdmiralDundas, of the slaughter
at Sinope, throwing the blame of the disaster on, the want
°lncaution displayed by the Turks themselves. Neither
a want of vigour nor decision were fairly, chargeable
against the admiraL
Lord J. RUSEIBLI, stated that nothing of a very important
nature had occurred in the Black Sea since the disaster
at Sinope, beyond the conveying of Turkish troops by
British steamers.