The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-13 00:00:00

FRENCH SYMPATHY FOR IRELAND,

PARTS, JUNE 5,
done by the French for keeping up the population of Algeria,
1813.—One of the cleverest things lately
and which is nothing more nor less than " Burkinbf," on a
grand scale, has just been perpetrated. Perhaps the publi-
cation of this letter may save the lives of other hundreds or
thousands of our poor countrymen, whose poverty and whose
industry lead them to accept employment, no matter how
laborious or how dangerous.
You may remember that towards the finish of the works
on the Rouen Railroad considerable numbers of Irish labour-
ers were imported by the contractors from England to enable
them to complete the undertaking within the prescribed
period. The job over, the poor fellows were, of course, left
to shift for themselves, which (voluntary immigration from
France being at an end) presented to this wide-awake govern-
ment a capital opportunity for supplying the vacuum hourly
occasioned by fell disease in the European population of Al-
geria. Crimps were employed, and with so much success,
that alrehdy 200 of those poor men--all Irish, let me ob-
serve—have been carried off to Algiers, where they are sure
to be carried off for the last time, in a few weeks, by another
process.

This experiment is about to be repeated on an immense
scale. Will you!: government sanction it? Or is there any
law or any reason to oppose to it? These questions I leave
to-you to answer, adding
only
correctness of my statement. that I pledge myself for the

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following is a calculation of
the last weekly returns of 43 railways, 1,561 miles in length.
Number of passengers on 28 railways,
, £23,558 Bs. 2d. ; 372,526, consequently
the total for the week must be above 500,000. The receipts
for passengers on 43 railways, A:75,372 16s. •'
d;tto for goods
on 38 railways, total, £98,93145. 4d. This
is an average of • —4.
64 per mile per week. The traffic, there-
fore, is certainly at the rate of about £4,500,000 a year, and
carrying 20,000,000 of passengers.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY

In the House of Lords last nightilie-LO;ICIIANCELLOR
laid upon the table a letter from the Governor-General of
India, acknowledging the thanks of the house for his services
in India.

The Earl of ABERDEEN postponed until Tuesday his bill
respecting the Church of Scotland.

Lord BROUGHAM postponed the second reading of the
Slavery Bill until Monday week.

The Lord CHANCELLOR communicated to their lordships
a message from her Majesty assenting to the nuptials of the
Princess Augu•ta of Cambridge with the Hereditary Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and relying upon Parliament
to make suitable provision for his royal highness.
In answer to some remarks of the Marquis of CL AMU-
CARDE,

The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the government had
received the written opinion of the Lord Chancellor of Ire-
land to the effect that the meetings held in Ireland for the
purpose of obtaining a repeal of the union had a tendency to
outrage, and might be dangerous to the public peace, and
that therefore it was not proper to confide in those magis-
trates who attended those meetings. There could be no-ob-
jection to public meetings to repeal any act of Parliament,
but it was obvious that meetings such as those held for ti
purpose of repealing the union might result in bloodshed;
and should, therefore, be discouraged.
Earl FORTESCUE explained that on a former occasion be
had said, while Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, that he would
confer Government patronage or honours on tiO persons as-
sisting in the agitation for a repeal of the union. This, how-
ever, was very different from depriving persons of honours.
and appointments already conferred.
Lord BROUGHAM contended that those meetings were
illegal, inasmuch as they were called, not for the purpose of
discussion, but with a view to intimidate by a demonstration
of physical force.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FILIDAY.
In the House of Commons last night Mr. T. DUNCOMBE
presented a petition from Cooper and other chartists, com-
plaining of the treatment they received in Stafford gaol. The
hon. member asked if the detention of the petition by the
gaoler or magistrates for a period of fifteen days was a breach
of privilege ?

The SPEAKER said he did not consider it a breach of pri-
vilege, but it was decidedly an improper interference with the
right of the subject to petition.
Mr. H umn gave notice he would on the next open day
move that the payment of a pension to an independent
foreign sovereign was unjust, and that the pension of .E 21,000
to the King of Hanover should be discontinued.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Sir A. L.
Hay, said it was his intention during the present session to
move for leave to bring in a bill giving additional facilities
for the endowment of quoad sacra ministers in Scotland,
but he did not propose to ask for any grant of public money
for that purpose.

.
Mr. GLADSTONE, in reply to a question from Dr. Bow-
ring, said that the government was direcl!ng its attention to
the anomalous position in which British merchants were
placed in their commercial transactions with Turkey.
Sir R. PEEL, brought down a message from her Majesty,
assenting to the marriage of the Princess Augusta of Cam-
bridge with the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Strelitz, and hoping that the house would enable her Majesty
to make suitable provision for her royal highness.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply to a question from Mr. Ewart,
said he did not think it fair to extort from members of the
government their opinion as to the legality or illegality of the
meetings now being held in Ireland, but he would say that in
Ireland, but he would say that in considering the question of
illegality, numbers formed a considerable ingredient by which
to form a judgment.
In reply to a question from Mr. R. YORKE,
Sir J. GRAHAM said he did not contemplate any large mo-
dification of the poor law, but he would, on an early day,
bring forward his bill for its amendment.
The Canadian Wheat and Flour Bill went through com-
mittee after a short discussion, and the report was ordered to
be received on Monday.

Lord ELLIOT then moved the committee on the Irish
Poor Law Bill, upon which
Mr. REDINGTON moved, as an amendment, that the bill
should be referred to a select committee. He had originally
supported the Irish poor law, but experience of its practical
operation convinced him that the whole system required re-
vision.

Lord ELLIOT declined assenting to the proposition, as it
would open up the abstract question as to whether there
should be a poor law at all—a matter which he conceived to
be settled. There was no desire to treat the subject as a
party question, and any suitable amendments would no doubt
be adopted in committee.

After some conversation, Mr. RI DINGTON withdrew his
amendment, and the house went. into commit tee on the bill.
The first three clauses were agreed to with some amend-
ments ; after which the house resumed, and the chairman
reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned.

TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHER

The largely increased and most respectable circulation
which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile
body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify-
ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable
claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion
of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to
bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in
the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of
the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of
the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester,
however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our
publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im-
portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its
Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu-
facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es-
tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased
• d increasing •
an interest.

Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to
receive an increased measure of support from the mer-
chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it qffords
us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst
those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver-
tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability
to do justice to the interests committed to their care.

NEWSPAPER STAMP RETURNS

The following is an extract from a return of the
Stamps issued to the various Newspapers of- Great
Britain and IrOand, for the three first months of the

present year:—
Mercury
Albion
STANDARD
Chronicle
Courier
Mail
Advertiser .
Journal
Gazette
Times

TO CORRESPONDENTS

" IT K" could scarcely expect us to insert his doggrel.
We will look over the
.papers forwarded by "A Constant
Reader."

We cannot fathom the meaning of " Free Trader."
There is not a single copy of the STANDARD of 26th May
remaining.