The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-25 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

We are happy to find that the difference between the
French and English Governments, on the disputes with
Greece, has been brought to a close by the adoption of
those terms of the Convention of London which were re-
fused on the 14th of May.
Frye ►d Bright came out as a Protectionist on Tuesday.
His motion for rendering our cotton manufactures inde-
pendent of America was a strange one for such a man.
Tl.e Eirl of De by voted by proxy in favour of minis-
ters, and against Lord Stanley's resolution on the subject
of Greece. _ _

Government was again defeated in the House of Lords
on Tuesday. The Marquis of Westmeath carried a mo-
tion against them by a majority of two, relative to the
Irish Encumbered Estates Bill. _ _ .

The Queen held a Privy Council, at Buckingham Palace,
on Wednesday, at which the Lord Chancellor resigned the
Great Seal, which was delivered to Lord Langdale, as
Chief Commissioner, who, along with the Vice-Chancellor
and Baron Rolfe, received the commission for the custody
of the Great Seal. _ _ _

The list of the minority in the House of Lords on Mon-
day is published. It is a noticeable fact that it does not
contain the name of " the Duke," who generally feels
bound to support "the Government of her Majesty ;"
neither is the name of the Earl of Clarendon, the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, to be found among those present,
Jr in the proxies, or pairs. A goodly array of the
Bishops' bench supported the Government, including the
Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishops of
Chester, Down, Limerick, Manchester, Norwich, St.
Asaph, Peterborough, Hereford, Durham, and Worces-
ter. The Daily News gives the following incredible
anecdote :—" In the uncertainty of the impending strug-
gle in the Lords, the Earl of St. Germans is said to have
waited on Lord Palmerston and asked him, for one of his
friends, some office in his gift. At such a time nothing
was to be refused. Lord St. Germans, therefore, pocketed
the paid altachl-ship for his relative (an Elliott), and
then absented himself from the division."
A PICTURE FOR FREE-TRADERS.—We had last week
the opportunity of a long conversation with Capt. Gram,
the highly-intelligent master of the Margarita schooner,
then clearing at Fosdyke-bridge, and who is also a consi-
derable farmer at Batten, in Denmark. He gave us the
following details, which will be found very edifying to the
producers of this country. The price of beef in Den-
mark is 2d. and 21d. per lb., veal Id ; farm labour is from
£5 to £6 a year, with keep, although with that keep the
above " cheap" provisions form no part. We have now
in our possession a piece of the staple food of this" happy
peasantry," a black rye bread, coarse and hard as a mill-
stone, and redolent of a flavour from which any English
pauper would turn away in disgust. Even the middle
class of farmers do not consume their own wheat ; the
captain says he sells his, which is tolerably good, and
about 601 b. to the bushel, at 16s. a quarter; the freight
from Denmark to Spalding or Boston is about 3s. a quar-
ter ; duty, Is. ; total £1 a quarter ! There is not, at
present, a great tract sown with wheat, but it will be ob-
vious that the continuance of free trade must tend to
encourage it. The captain is a highly respectable man,
and fully prepared to substantiatehis statements.—Boston
Herald.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—Prior to the brilliant debate
in the Peers, on Monday- night, an incident occurred of
rather an awkward character, in which Lord Brougham
and the Chevalier Bunsen were the dramatis persome.
It appears that the gallery now devoted to Peeresses was
formerly occupied by the ambassadors, whose positions
have since been changed—no intimation being given to
the latter :—On the present occasion the Prussian Ambas-
sador, unconscious of wrong, took his seat with his wife
and daughter as usual in this gallery, a circumstance that
called forth the ire of Lord Brougham in the manner fol-
lowing :—" Lord Brougham—My lords, I have given notice
—yes, I have given notice to the party on whose conduct
lam now about to make some comments. I believe that
it is well known to your lordships that no peer or com-
moner has any right in the gallery of the peeresses, and
that any nobleman or gentleman being there infringes on
the tules of the house. ' There is one gentleman (the Che-
valier Bunsen) there now, and he has no right to be
there. (Laughter among the peeresses.) If he does not
come down I must move that he is infringing the rules of
your lordships' house. (A pause.) Besides, that gen-
tleman has a place assigned to him in the house itself,
and by his presence in the gallery he is excluding two
peeresses. (Roars of laughter both in the house and
among the peeresses present.) I move that the standing
orders be enforced by your lordships' officers. (A laugh.)
Let it not be supposed that I am doing this discourteously.
I have given that gentleman ample notice that if he did
not come out, I would address the house upon the sub-
ject and have him-turned out. (Continued laughter, and
some confusion.) His lordship then- addressed the indi-
vidual in question, and said, You must come out now.'
The gentleman remained immoveable; whereupon Lord
Brougham stalked down the house to the bar with great
haste, and addressing either the Usher of the Black Rod
or one of the messengers (for in our position we could
not see which), said, 'Go and take him out.' Shortly
_afterwards, Sir A. Clifford went into the gallery, and
immediately the Chevalier Bunsen rose from:his seat,
and, accompanied by two or three ladies, left it."
According to the Chronicle report, Lord Brougham. is
made to say, and we should think more correctly, that
none but peers" and peeresses had any right in the
gallery. The matter was referred to next day.