The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-16 00:00:00

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ona
H. SYERS returns his sincere an 'rateful acknow-
NV I
• ledgments to the Friends of hislamented Father
(with whom he had been in business ma y years). for the pa-
tronage conceded to him as Appraiser and Auctioneer, and
begs most respectfully to solicit a continuance of their favours,
-with the assurance that all commands shall have his prompt and
utmost attention.
Houghton-street, Clayton-square, July 13th, 1833.

TO SHAREHOLDERS IN RAILWAYS, CANALS, AND
OTHER PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS.
consequence of the general complaint of the very high
price charged for Brokerage in Liverpool grille Purchase
and Sate of Shares in Public Companies, AK Subscriber has
determined to transact his': business on the same terms as are
charged on the Stock Exchange in London, being about one-
quarter of the usual charge in Liverpool. All Shares under
£2O each will in future be charged with 2s. 6d. each, brokerage.
WM. OKILL, Share-broker,
177, Dale-street, corner of Castle-street.

CHINA TRADE.
Gentleman of respectability and active habits, accustomed
ti to the Tea Trade, and now acting as a Sworn Tea Broker
in London, is desirous of an engagement to proce • to China to
select and purchase Teas for one or more h u ,or he would
have no objection to make arrangements any respectable
Brokers' house in Liverpool for the sale of this article and other
general produce with which he is acquainted. The most re-
spectable references will be given, and security, if required.
Applications, with real Signatures, addressed Y. Z., Standard
Office, will have immediate attention.

FISHING TACKLE.
TOHN EDMONSON begs to inform his Friends and the
tl Public that he has removed his FISHING TACKLE
ESTABLISHMENT from TtrmatiAaN-sTaiiEr to BAS-
NETT-STREET, eleven doors from CHURCH-sTAEET, where
every variety of RODS, REELS, LINES,tSSp-WORM GUT,
,& ITOoKS, FLIES, NET, e., of the very b description, are
constantly kept on hand. SALMON RoE.
J. E. teing. the may Manufacturer of Fishing Tackle in
Liverpool, he Is enabled to Make, Repair, &c. to order, which
will be done with the utmost pianetuality.
*** Every information that practical experience may sug-
gest will be given to Anglers respecting the principal Rivers
in North Wales, Cumberland, Scotland, &c.• and Gentlemen
may, at all times, rely upon haying useful Fit-outs for the dis-
trict they intend visiting.
The Trade, Ilerchanis, Captains, Sze. supplied wholesale.

TODD'S PATENT COMBINATION PUMP,
For preferring Ships, Warehouses, Dwelling-houses, 4e. from
destruction by FIRE.
TTODD, Patentee, most respectfully solicits Merchants
• Ship-owners, Captains of Ships and others interested,
to an inspection of the above valuable invention, on board the
Schooner f'i.ren, now lying at the S. W. corn of George's
Dock, close to the Mariner's Church, this d , Tuesday, I.6th
July, at Twelve o'clock. It will be found aluable on board
of ships, as the alteration of a common sh s's pump into a com-
plete and powerful Fire Engine, can be made at sea in one
minute, with very little trouble and under any circumstances.
—For particulars, apply to the PATENTEE, on board the Vixen,
or to COTESWORTH and SMITH, 22, Chapel-walks.
On board the Vixen can also be seen one of Messrs. Tyzack,
Robinson and Co.'s Patent WINDLASSES, another of which
is on board the Renoration, lying east side Prince's Dock.

GEN LINE PATENT 13HAND Y.—This exquisite spirit,
which has attained such high celebrity, and vanquished
every prejudice, was first introduced by retail to the public, on
distillery terms, by BRETT, of Drury-lane; 4? having had
experience of the amazing improvement whis.,h' it derives from
MATURITY, has made arrangements for sept-ing a successive
supply of THE OLDEST BRANDY THAT CAN BE PROCURED;
and, as a guarantee for his integrity, a certificate under official
seal, is displayed in his counting-house, declaraton, of the con-
fidence which the Patentee reposes in H. BRETT'S vending
the pure Patent Brandy, in precisely the same genuine state in
which he receives it from the Distillery. H. BRETT has,
moreover, made affidavit before the Lord Mayor, that every ar-
ticle in the Wine and Spirit Trade, sold by riim, shall be per-
fectly free from deleterious adulteration.
Ladies and Gentlemen to whom health and economy are ob-
jects of consideration, are respectfully invited either to transmit
their orders, by post, or to direct their servants or carriers to
No. 109, Drury-lane, and not to be misled by servile imitations,
at other houses in the neighbourhood.

Imperial Measure. I

Gallon. 1 I
Bott-73-eire-d
Bottle.
-- 3 6-

-18-0-

The Pure Patent Brandy
Wine Brandy, of equal strength and
purity
London Cream Gin lO 6 2 2 1 4
Old Jamaica Rum
Superior Overproof Whiskey l6 0 3 0 2 0
Prime Cognac Brandy, as imported 31 6 5 6 4 0
Spirits of-Wine, highly rectified
BRETT'S much approved SAMPLE HAMPERS of WINE, 17s.
of SPIRITS, 17s. 6d. each, packages included.
CoNnwoNs.—Cash on delivery of goods in London or the
suburbs. Exchanged in case of disapproval,—forfeited if in-
ferior to sample. Country postage and shipping charges (if
any) payable by purchasers. Discount only to the trade.
HENRY BRETT, Wine and Brandy-merchant,
No. 109, DRURY-LANE.—N.B. No. 109.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ANNUAL DINNER.
IT being the intention of the Licensed Victualle Of Liverpool
and its vicinity to Dine on the 31st instan t the House of
Mr. Jour; PERCIVAL, EVaRTON, they resp ully invite their
Friends and all persons connected with the rade.
JAMES ACKERS, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM HINDLEY, Esq., Vice-Chairman.
STEWARDS.

Thos. Rowlandson, Spirit bier- H. y Morris, George Canning,
chant, Hood-street. London-road.
Wm. Madrell, James-street. Cuthbert Halsal, Leeds-street.
Chas. Stewart, Union Tavern, George Wrig.ht,Brewers'Arms,
Sir Thomas's-buildings. 31,-F re de rick-street.
Henry Rigby, Lumber-street.
ROBERT BRYDEN, Secretary,
George's Tavern, Upper Pitt-street.
Tickets, ss. each, tobe had of the Stewards; at the Office of
this Paper; and at the Bar of the Hotel. Dinner on Table at
Three o'clock.

EXTRA ACCOMMODATION.
"BANG-UP," LIVERPOOL AND CHE NHAM
DAY COACH.
IN compliance with the numerous and r ted applications
for a conveyance upon the above line o road, on Sundays,
the Proprietors of the BANG-UP Coach beg most respectfully
to inform the Public, that in future it will, be despatched every
Morning, at a quarter past Six o'clock, from the White Horse,
Angel, and Saracen's Head Inn Coach Offices, Dale-street.
Route.—Prescot, Knutsford, Newcastle, Wolverhampton,
Dudley, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Worcester, and Tewks-
bury, to the York Hotel, Cheltenham, where it arrives at half-
past Seven o'clock in the evening.
BRETHERTON, EVANS, REEVES, t
GODFREY and Co., Proprietors.
4.,,* Observe, the "BANG-I P" is the only Coach on the
above route on Sundays.

INCOILRODIBLE MINERAL TEETH FIXED,
Without Wires or Ligatures,
AND FILLING DLCAYLD TEETH WITH
MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM,
WITHOUT PAIN, HEAT, OR PRESSURE.

-MONS. J. M. and A. MALL'AN, No. 46, BOLD-STREET,
_ILL. Liverpool, and 82, KING-STREET, Manchester, SURGEON
DENTISTS, (of the Firm of Malian and Sonst Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury, and Half-moon-street, P. adilly, London,
where they may be consulted daily,) a ently thank their
Friends and the Public, for the disti shed support which
they continue to receive.
Their methods of filling decayed Teeth, without heat or pres-
sure, and of fixing loose, natural, or artificial Teeth, without
wire or ligature, are too extensively known, and too highly esti-
mated, to require any lengthened exposition in advertisements.
The instances of the perfection of this New Principle, as re-
gards mastication and the articulation of words, are so numerous
)11 the British Metropoiis, that Messrs. M. rely more on the good
report of their patients than upon any thing which they them-
selves couid publicly advance to recommend it; they cannot,
however, refrain from stating that the imminent advantages of
their system of constructing and fixing artificial PALATES and
TEETH are in no case so evident as in giving the patient the
power of clear and distinct pronunciation, more particularly in
the sound of the Dento-lingual Double Consonant TH, whilstthe
nasal and palatel sounds are rendered perfect and uninterrupted.
Messrs. M. submit that these are advantages of the utmost conse-
quence to Public Speakers, as well as to private individuals, la-
bouring under natural or accidental defects of enunciation; but
when to them are added the appearance of juvenility, which their
Artificial Teeth give to the countenance of aged persons—and
that they are guaranteed to bite the hardest substance without
pain or injury—they feel themselves justified iu claiming that
palm of superiority in Dental Surgery, which has been so
unanimously awarded to them by the inhabitants of London and
Paris, and other continental Cities.
-The Faculty are constantly welcome to witness the applica-
tion of the Misixiim. SUccEDANEUM, which they so universally
recommend.
. Attendance in Liverpool and Manchester daily.
{l.Charges as in Paris.
One of the above tirm.may be consulted for a short period at
Mr. T. H. HOYIS Dublin Medical Emporium, No. 10, West-
moreland-street, Dublin.

The Warwick and Liverpool Committees have obtained leave
to sit on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, between twelve
and three.

The Morning Post of Friday says :—" We noticed on Wed-
nesday the indecent haste with which some members of the
committee appointed to investigate the proceedings at former
elections in the borough of Liverpool met and chose a chair-
man, and performed other acts, which they were not authorised
to do, because the* number did not amount to a Parliamentary
quorum of eight: At the time we were not aware that these
;sets involved any public expenditure, or extended beyond inter-
nal arraugeraents for the future operations of the committee.
The aPporntment or a dozen chairmen would have cost no mo-
ney; but these patriots, who are so careful of the public purse,
thoughrfit to send summonses for forty-seven witnesses from
Liverpool, who are now in town, in obedience to the commands
of this unauthorized body; and although these witnesses are
slow waiting to be examined, the committee did not think fit to
meet yesterday. ; consequently, a.day's expenses of forts-seven
-witnesses are lost. • But this loss is sustained by the public, and
therefore it is of no importance in the minds of the friends of
purity of election at Liverpool."
The late Viscount Harberton, whose death took place on
Wednesday se'nnight, atlslerrion, near Dublin, had been se-
riously indisposed fur some menths past. His lordship was for
many years vicar of St. Ann's parish, in that city, end was
,noininated governor of all the charitable institutions endowed
by the late Erasmus Smith, Esq. upon the death of Lord
jjownes. Viscount Harberton succeeded to the title and es-
sates last year, upon the death of his brother, the hon. Arthur
James Pomery, third Viscount, who married in October, 1800,
Miss Kinsley, daughter of Thomas Kinslev, Esq. whose nu-
merous acts of benevolence and philanthroiv have rendered her li
so deservedly estnable. The family of Pomeroy is of Norman
Ralph de Pomeroy had a grant from the Conqueror
of fifty-eight lordships in Devon, and others in Somerset. His
descendants were summoned to Parliament as barons, and were
possessed, for centuries, of Berry Pomeroy, county of Devon.
.X branch of this family was settled at Engesdon, county Devon,
and subsequently settled in Ireland. The late Viscount liar-
berton was born the 19th of December, 1758, and married the
31st October, 1785, Hesther, eldest daughter of James Spencer,
Esq. and had issue John James, born the 20th Sept., 1790 (who
succeeds his father, and is the present Viscount); second,
Arthur, born 1796; third, James.—Strwart's Despatch.

imptital Vallianunt.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10.
The East India Company's charter bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be committed on Friday.

BURGLARY BILL.

Mr. EWART moved that this bill be read a second time,

The SOLICITOR GENERAL dbjected to the second reading of
the bill, because he thought it would be better to give further
time to complete the measure and to obtain a better definition
of the crime of burglary. Hc, hoped that the measure might
be allowed to stand over till the next session, when he pro-
mised his co-operation to perfect it; otherwise he should be
obliged to move that it be read this day six months.
After a few words from Mr. C. FERGUSON, Mr. LLOYD, Mr.
AGLIONBY, and Mr. HUME,
Mr. EWARr agreed to refer the bill to a select committee, in
accordance with the suggestion of his honourable friend (Mr.
AGLIONRY.)
The bill was read a second time. and ordered to be referred
to a select committee.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that in consequence of what
had recently occurred in another pla ,he did not feel himself
in a situation to press this bill to committee, because the judges
under the local courts' bill were to have carried the provisions
of his bill into effect. But he hoped that he would be enabled to
make an arrangement, by which the commissioners of bank-
rupts might enforce the provisions of his bill. Under these cir-
cumstances he would move that the committee on the bill be
postponed till Wednesday next.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JULY 11.
The Woollen Trade Regulation Bill was read a third time
and passed.
CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) BILL.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented petitions against
the bill for altering the Irish church establishment, from the
clergy of the diocese of Limerick and of another place. The
most rev. prelate said, he held in his hand a petition on the same
subject fican the clergy of the diocese of Armagh. At the head
of the petitioners was the Archbishop of Armagh, primate of
Ireland. When he adverted to the exemplary manner in which
that most rev. prelate performed the duties of his high office,
nothing more, he was sure, was necessary to call their lordships'
serious attention to his opinions on this question.
Earl BATHURST presented a petition from the University of
Oxford against the Irish Church Temporalities Bill. The pe-
tition would have been presented by the Chancellor of the Uni-
versity (Lord Grenville), but he was prevented from attending
by indisposition. The petition had been agreed to so far back
' as the `2Bth of April last; but as the bill was not then in their
lordships' house, it could not be presented till now.
The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to present two petitions of a
similar nature from the clergy of the diocese of Clogher, and
from the clergy of Drogheda. These petitions were directed
against a measure which was decidedly opposed to the policy
that had been pursued by the British government, from the
period of the retormation to the revolution, and from the revo-
lution to the present time, with respect to that part of the
united kingdom to which it immediately related. It was a
direct departure from the principles acted on by his Majesty's
servants down to the latest period.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE brought up the report of the
select committee appointed to inquire into certain proposed
alterations in the Chancery Regulation Bill.
The Earl of WICKLOW moved for a series of returns relative
to Irish church property.
THELLUSSON'S ESTATE BILL.

The Earl of ELDON presented' a petition from two of the
trustees under the will of the late Mr. Thellusson. The peti-
tion enteredinto a detailed account of the receipts and disburse-
ments under the will, and the petitioners prayed their lordships
not to pass any bill on the subject without in the first instance
having the opinion of the judges of the land. The petitioners,
his lordship observed, felt that they could not discharge them-
selves from the charge that had been imposed upon them, and
they found, upon taking legal advice, that they were bound to
support the will.
Lord LYNDHURST said that he had understood from what had
transpired upon a former occasion, that if he presented a peti-
tion from all the members of the family, he (Lord Lyndhurst)
should have done all that he ,Was expected to do. He knew
not what the contents of the petition which had been presented
on this subject were, but he was well aware, from the returns
of the court of chancery which had been made, and which he
now held in his hand—returns made by the officers of the court,
by Mr. Routlen, the master in whose office the estate was
managed; from Mr. Adam, the accountant-general, and from
Mr. Raynsford, the master of the report office, that all these re-
turns and statements corresponded with the facts he had stated
on a former occasion. The result of those returns was, that on
an estate of MOO a-year; £14,000 per annum was spent for
its management. Nay, the mere passing of the accounts of the
trustees in the master's-office amounted annually to £4OO,
though passed, as it would appear, by the master's clerk in one
day—nay, within two or three hours. (Hear.) The object of the
present till was to put the whole estate in a different position ;
tor, to use the language of Mr. F. Thellusson in the petition
which had been presented, the receipts went to lawyers, which
in fact ought to go into the pockets of the family. In such
a feeling he was sure their lordships would agree. (Hear.)
Under the will of the testator the trustees were directed to, sell
off all his personal estate, furniture, pictures, and wines, except
what might be necessary for the accommodation of the
trustees during their visits for the management of the estate.
Under such a testamentary direction it could not but be
understood that it was the will of the testator that the
bulk of the property should be disposed of ; but what
would their lordships think when he stated that, notwithstand-
ing such a testamentary provision, not one stick of furniture,
nor a bottle of wine from the cellars, had been sold ? (Hear.)
The house would be still more surprised to learn that no less
than £5,000 had been obtained from the Court of Chancery for
the purchase even of additional furniture. (Hear.) It was true
that it was provided that the mansion should be kept in repair,
and, more than this, the testator had provided that proper Ac-
commodation should be in readiness for the trustees when the
management of the estate made their presence necessary, But
their lordships must be surprised to learn that the mansion was
1 occupied three months in the year by Sir Charles Flint, one of
the trustees, and that the establishment consisted of a house
steward, a hOusekeeper, and three housemaids, for but one trus-
tee. (" Hear," and a laugh.) In addition to these there was
a gardener, under-gardener, and two women, or boys, to work
in the garden, and, though the manor might have been most
advantageously let, two gamekeepers were employed. In
addition to this, twenty pounds a-week was provided under
the will for household expenses for a term not exceeding
twelve weeks in the year, independent of all other outlays.
The house divided on the question that the standing orders
should be suspended—
Content 57
Notcontent l3
Majority. _ —44

The bill was then brought in, read a first time, ordered to be
printed, and to be read a second time on Monday next.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, THCRSDAY, JULY U.

The Speaker took the chair at a quarter-past twelve o'clock.
On the suggestion of Mr. LITTLETON, the adjourned debate
on the Sabbath Observance Bill, which stood for this morning,
was postponed till Tuesday next.
On the Motion of Mr. GODSON, the Letters Patent Expenses
Bill report was read, and ordered to be taken into consideration
this day six months.
The Speaker retired at three o'clock.

The Speaker resumed the chair at five o'clock.
On the motion of Sir R. FERGUSON, it was ordered that the
writ for the election of a member to serve in Parliament for the
borough of Warwick should not be issued before the 22d inst.
On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, the Lords' amend-
ments to the Limitation of Actions Bill were agreed to.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Mr. E. L. Bimwsit said that before he submitted a motion,
with the view of eliciting some explanation as to the course of
conduct which had been pursued by England in the late tran-
sactions relative to Turkey, he wished to know whether a
government existed in this country ?

Lord ALTHORP replied (as we understood)—" Here we are."
Mr. E. L. ButwEa said it by no means followed that because
the noble lord and the right hon. gentlemen near him occupied
the Treasury bench, it by no means followed that they were
ministers. However, as the noble lord did not assert to the con-
trary, he would assume that he'was still one of the advisers of
the Crown, and would therefore submit the motion of which he
had given notice. The hon. member then adverted to the re-
cent interference of Russia in the affairs of Turkey, and ex-
pressed his astonishment that England appeared to have taken
no share in these important transactions. Ile hoped that upon
this point the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs would be able
to afford some satisfactory explanation. It appeared to him
impossible that any person who had watched the conduct of
Russia could doubt that the object which she aimed at was to
reduce Turkey under her dominion. This country, however,
could not tamely look on and see her carry that object into
effect. In order to afford the noble lord an opportunity of
explaining what had been the course of policy pursued by Eng-
land with respect to recent events in the east of Europe, he
would move that an address be presented to his Majesty, pray-
ing him to lay before the house " copies of papers respecting
the measures pursued by Russia in her interference with the
state at -Turkey?'

Lord PALMERSTON: said it was hardly necessary for him to
state that he should consider it his duty to oppose the motion,
because the transactions to which the papers called for referred
were incomplete, and their character would depend upon their
termination. The government were no doubt responsible for
their acts, but it was too much to expect that, while transac-
tions were pending:, ministers should undertake to explain not
only their own conduct, but the motives which influenced that
of others. It was probable that at the very time at which they
were speaking the Russian troops had evacuated Turkey. The
pledge to do so was repeatedly and solemnly given, not only to
this country, but to all the other Powers of Europe. It had been
urged as an accusation against ministers that they had not taken
up arms to defend the Sultan against Mehemet Ali. But let
the house consider the circumstances. At the latter part of last
year an application was made on the part of the Sultan to this
country for assistance, but the government were at that time
neither in circumstances nor in wishes prepared to afford it;
they, in short, did not think it fit to afford assistance to the
Porte at that particular juncture. From this reply, and the
subsequent rapid progress of the Egyptian arms—a progress
not to be anticipated from any preceding events—the Sultan
felt 'himself called upon to apply for assistance to Russia, and.
from Russia he obtained it. The Russian government, in grant-
ing this aid to the Sultan, had pledged its honour, and in that
pledge he reposed the most implicit confidence, to limit its
assistance to the defence alone of the Sultan, and had promised
to withdraw whatever force might be placed at the disposal of
that sovereign,' for the purpose of securing his defence as
soon as peace was established between the Porte and Egypt.
In exacting this condition from Russia, his Majesty's govern-
ment were actuated by the feeling they entertained, that for
the purpose of maintaining the independence and integrity of
Europe, it was absolutely necessary to continue the Ottoman
empire in the form of a separate and independent state. With
every wish for the enlightenment of the people of those domi-
nions, he still could not allow that wish to supersede what was
the real duty of a British government—to enter a protest
against any step which would tend to the separation or divi-
sion of the Turkish territory. Acting on this principle, his
Majesty's government were opposed to the dismemberment of
any portion of it by the Pacha of Egypt. Indeed, Russia
would after all be forgetting her real policy in wishing to effect
a partition of the Turkish empire; for even in the event of her
subduing a portion, it would be the natural desire of the Russian
government to establish the seat of their authority in the newly
,cenquered country on account of its more southerly situation.
This, at least, would be their desire if aggrandizement were
their object. But such a step would give great dissatisfaction
to the inhabitants of Russia, nor would they under any cir-
cumstances be pleased at the transference of the seat of
government to Constantinople. Besides, it would afford the
immediate prospect of a general war in Europe. These con-
siderations made it clear that every motive of sound policy
ought to induce the Russian government to renounce any
such intention. His Majesty's government bad been con-
stantly taunted with being afraid to go to war, and had been
accused of truckling to other powers iu consequence of this fear.

These accusations he (Lord Palmerston) distinctly denied. If
the present relations established between this country and
France were pointed at iu these sneers, he would only say that
he should look back with feelings of pride and satisfaction at
the part he had acted in bringing about that good understand-
ing. No apprehension could be excited in any reasonable mind
ou this score, for the circumstances of this connexion, both in.
France and in this country, were greatly altered during the pe-
riod that the present ministry had conducted the political affairs
of Great Britain. But to return to the point: as he had before
stated, there existed every reason for the wish to avoid hostili-
ties. Russia herself must wish for peace ; she was a very
large country, and immense commercial relations were estab-
lished between her and this country. On what principle could
she wish for war, or on what principle could those who in this
country were so loudly calling on the British government to
draw the sword, justify the appeal to arms at the present mo-
ment? Did they contemplate the calamities, the fatal and dis-
astrous consequences, attendant upon a state of general warfare
—consequences in which the conquerors, no less than the con-
quered, shared ? The taunt of being afraid of war in any sense
but this was puerile; for no country on the face of the globe
was likely to suffer less than England from war. From all the
unexampled sacrifices this country made during the last war
with France, her internal resources and energies were such she
had recovered and repaired her means far sooner than any of
the other nations which had been engaged in those hostilities.
He had thus stated, to satisfy either the curiosity or the anxiety
of the hon. member, what had been the conduct of his Majesty's
overnment, and upon what principles they had proceeded.
Whey had pursued the course which their duty to their country
required; and if they had quietly beheld the temporary occupa-
tion of the Turkish capital by the forces of Russia, it was be-
cause they had full confidence in the honour and good faith of
Russia, and believed that those troops would be withdrawn in a
very short time, he believed he might almost say before a few
days had elapsed. On the ground of public convenience, there-
fore, and of the confidence he had in the fulfilment of her en-
gagements by Russia, he thought the present motion ought not
to be agreed to.
Mr. BULWER replied, and stated that after what had fallen
from the noble lord, (Palmerston,) he would not press his mo-
tion.

The motion was accordingly withdrawn.
Colonel L. HAY withdrew his motion for a select committee
.o inquire into the state of the excise laws in Scotland.

IRISH ABSENTEES.

Dr. BALDWIN rose to submit the motion of which he had

given notice, relative to the expenditure of Irish absentees. In
doing so he could not help expressing the astonishment he felt
at seeing scarcely any of the Irish members in their places.
This circumstnnce proved what value was to be attached to
their professions. The honourable member proceeded to state,
that according to the most accurate information which could be
obtained, the number of Irish absentees was so large that
£4,000,000 a-year was spent by them abroad. Among other
expenditures of Irish money in England, he thought it right to
refer them to the £13,000 per annum (as we understood the
learned gentleman) spent in contesting elections before Parlia-
mentary committees. Then let them recollect that the large
majority of Irish bishoprics were filled by Englishmen, who be-
came the founders of families in England on their accumula-
tions in Ireland. The learned member concluded by moving for
a select committee to inquire into the various forms of absentee
expenditure by which Ireland is afflicted, to ascertain its effects
on the prosperity, of that country, and on the happiness of the
people, and to discover a remedy, if possible, for the evils it
occasions.
The motion having been put,
Dr. BALDWIN said it was not his wish to press his motion at
present, but he wished to record his own sentiments on the sub-
ject. (Cries of " Divide!")
Mr. S. RICE suggested whether it would not be better for the
honourable gentleman to give a notice for next session.
Mr. O'DWYER said that honourable members who brought
forward Irish questions were not to be laughed at.
Mr. S. RICE said that there had been no such thing, and
that it was only to save trouble he made the suggestion. He
knew the subject ought to be inquired into, but the hon. mover
himself saw that at this period no practical result could follow
from his motion. -Neither could it be supposed that indifference
on the subject influenced the house; for, if so, it was equally
chargeable upon some of those Irish members who claimed
most emphatically to be the representatives of the people of
that country, and who were absent upon this discussion. When
the proposition should be made, he would be ready, as he was
then, to negative it, particularly because a motion professing. to
inquire into absenteeism was in reality one for the introduction
of a federal government; and when such a proposition as that
was to be considered, it was one to be considered by the whole
legislature, and not delegated to a committee. To a committee on
absenteeism he should have no objection, as he was not one of those
political economists who did not consider it an evil, and above
all, an evil in a country circumstanced like Ireland. (Hear,
hear.) This he'admitted, but how was it possible to remedy it?
That could not be done without destroying the right of pro-
perty, as well as degrading the people of Ireland, by leaving
them without the power of free agency—mere adscripti glebec—
without the liberty of leaving their country. For the benefit
of any country, the freer property, capital, and population
were, the better. The hon. gentleman had read a paper relative
to the deciease of manufactures, but every fact he had stated
was traceable to other sources than the union, as the introduc-
tion of machinery alone would account for all he had mentioned.
There was only one way to bring the absentees back to Ireland;
that was, to make the country happy, and to put an end to all
feelings of irritation and division. The hon. gentleman said
there could not be any thing more exaggerated than the state-
ments made as to the rental withdrawn from Scotland, and con-
cluded by quoting the following passage of a letter from Burke
to Sir C. Bingham:—"A man may have property in more than
two parts of this empire; he may have property in Jamaica,
and in North America, as well as in England and Ireland.
What shall we say to this case ? After the poor distracted citi-
zen of the whole empire has, in compliance with. your partial
law, removed his family, bid adieu to his connexions, and set-
tled himself quietly and snug in a pretty box by the Liffey, he
hears that the Parliamentof Great Britain is of opinion that all
English estates ought to be spent in England, and that they
wilt tax him double if he does not return. Suppose hint then
(if the nature of the two laws will permit it) providing a flying
camp, and dividing his year as well as he can between England
and Ireland, and at the charge of two town houses and two
country houses: in this situation he receives an account that a
law is transmitted from Jamaica and another from Canada to
tax absentees from those provinces, which are impoverished by
the European residence of the possessors of their lands. How
is he to escape from this ricochet cross-firing of so many oppo-
site batteries of police and regulation ? If he attempts to com-
ply, he is likely to be more a citizen of the Atlantic Ocean than
of any of these countries. The matter is absurd and ridiculous,
and while ever the idea of mutual marriages, inheritances, pur-
chases, and privileges, subsist, it can never be carried into exe-
cution with common sense or common justice. Ido not
know how gentlemen of Ireland reconcile such an idea to their
own liberties, or to the natural use and enjoyment of their
estates."
Dr. BALDwIN having replied, the motion was rejected.
Colonel EVANS obtained leave to introduce a hitt to amend
the act of 58 Geo. 111. cap. 69, for regulating parish vestries,
in so far.as the introduction of a clause, affording Westminster,
and the parishes within the bills of mortality, the same exemp-
tion from the operation of the said act as is enjoyed by London
and Southwark.
Mr. C. BILLER postponed his motion respecting the pro-
priety of making extensive reductions in the public expendi-
ture, until the first supply day.
CASE OF CAPTAIN ROBISON.

Dr. LUSHINGTON rose to move for the production of the mi-
nutes of the court-martial on Captain Robison. He said that
he had on a former occasion presented a petition on the subject,
and he had no hesitation in saying that the principles upon
which courts-martial were constituted had been violated in this
case. His object was to obtain justice for an injured individual
from this house, which was now the only tribunal which could
administer justice to him. The hon, and learned gentleman
then went into a detail of the circumstances attending the
court-martial, and concluded by moving—that a humble address
be presented to His Majesty, requesting that he will be gra-
ciously pleased to give directions that a copy of the minutes
taken by the court-martial held upon Captain Robison, in 1828,
be laid upon the table of the house.
Mr. R. GRANT, after some general observations on the right
of the house to revise the decisions of courts-martial, remarked
that his hon. and learned friend in the speech which he had just
made had culled out of the paper which Captain Robison had
circulated only two or three of the charges which he had brought
against the court-martial which had tried him, and had entirely
left out of consideration the many other charges which Captain
Robison had preferred, and which had made, he believed, a very
considerable impression upon those who had read them. The
motion after some discussion was negatived by a majority of 31.
CALTHORPE-STREET AFFRAY.

Lord ALTHORP rose to move for the appointment of a select
committee to inquire into the conduct of the police on the occa-
sion of the meeting in Coldbath-fields. He observed that the
verdict of the jury on the coroner's inquest, and the deci-
sion of the jury on the subsequent trial at the Old Bailey,
rendered this course desirable. The meeting in question was
clearly assembled for an illegal object, and did not become ille-
gal in consequence of tumult. The police consequently were
instructed to prevent the assembling of the meeting, but were
ordered to use no violence in the discharge of that duty, except
it were necessary for the arrest of any persons who might take
a lead in the proceedings. But they were assailed on their
appearance; they were pelted with stones before they exercised
any violence whatever towards the assembly. It was peissible
that under these circumstances, some of the body might have
behaved with more violence than the occasion required; he
believed, however, that upon inquiry it would turn out that
they did, as a body, conduct themselves conformably to the
instructions they received, and did not use any violence until
attacked. He believed that the jury by their verdict on the
late trial did not wish to cast any blame upon the police, but
came to the decision they did solely because the identity of the
person charged was not clearly proved. This he would also
add, that as far as the government had made inquiries into the
subject they had come to the conclusion that the police were
not materially to blame in the proceedings in question. But
for the reason he had stated, he should move that " a select
committee be appointed to inquire into the conduct of the
metropolitan police on the 13th of May last, in dispersing a
public meeting in Coldbath-fields."
Sir E. KNATCHBULL said, that though he was generally dis-
inclined to submit inquiries of this nature to select committees,
yet, as the government in this instance recommended it, he
should not oppose the motion.
Mr. HumE complimented ministers on the course they had
adopted. They had, in his opinion, acted very wisely in insti-
tuting the inquiry.
Mr. ROBINSON asked whether the proclamation, which stated
the meeting to be illegal, had been issued in the regular way?
He knew that some doubt prevailed on this point, and was
anxious to have it cleared up.
Lord ALTHORP replied that the proclamation was drawn up
in the usual form, and was perfectly right.
Sir H. HA R DINGE asked whether the instructions which were
given to the police would come under the investigation of the
select committee.
Lord ALTHORP said that the instructions under which the
police acted must certainly be brought before the committee.
The motion was then put and agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the
house adjourned at three o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, JULY 12.
The Dublin Steam-packet Company's Bill was reported,
without amendments.—Third reading on Monday.
Mr. Tooke and others from`the Commons returned the Limi-
tation of Actions Bill, their lordships' amendments having been
agreed to.
Mr. Hughes Hughes and others from the Commons returned
Willis's Divorce Bill. _

Mr. Brotherton and others from the Commons brought up the
Assessed Taxes Composition Bill.
Earl CAMDEN presented a petition from the archdeaconry and
clergy of Canterbury, against the Irish Church Temporalities
Bill.

The Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from Scarbo-
rough, in favour of the Sea Apprentices Bill.

CHANCERY REGULATION BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving that the above bill should
be committed, observed, that in consequence of the d;.c,i.gion
which had taken place in the select committee that had ben