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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

would lead to the loss of all confidence in public men. 1
On resuming his seat the cheering was vehement and pro-
tracted. 1

Sir R. PEEL said that on such an important question
he should feel that he was offering an insult to the house,
and an insult to the country, if be condescended to bandy
personalities with any hon. gentleman. In the course he
had pursued he was prepared for many painful conse-
quences. but the smallest of any of them he would now
declare to have been the continued venomous attacks of
the hon. member for Shrewsbury, who, although believ-
ing him to have been all his life a pilferer of other men's
ideas, yet had given him his support, and offered to unite
his fortune with his, on his accession to office in 1841.
The right hon. baronet then repeated many of the argu •
ments which he had previously used in the discussion on
this measure.

Mr. DISRAELI denied that he had been an applicant
for place in 1841, as was insinuated by the right hon ba-
ronet, or at any other time, although be bad been once
communicated with, not at his own desire, by a gentle-
man who he believed was sanctioned in his object by the
right hon. baronet. lie also denied that he had ever
asked for the ministry to Madrid, or anything else for
himself, either directly or indirectly, from the govern-
ment.

Sir R. PEEL said he had certainly received what he un-
derstood to he an intimation from the hon. gentleman
that he was ready to give the proof of his confidence in
goverement which was implied from the acceptance of
office.

Lord BENTINCK addressed the house in opposition to
the third reading, which was supported by Mr. Villiers,
after which on a division the bill was carried by a majo-
rity of 327 to 229.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

address insulting language to M. Guizot, whom he
pointed out as one "assuming airs of pride." M. Guizot,
with calm dignity, assured the Chamber that it need not
apprehend any retort from bim in such language. M.
Thiers, as if losing all presence of mind, challenged the
Chamber to a vote deciding between him and his gread ad-
versary, by the proposition of an amendment reducing the
sum demanded by only 1000 f., and suffered a defeat by a
majority of 85. There having voted—For ministers, 188 ;
for M. Thier's amendment, 103 ;—majority, 85.
SPAlN.—Accouuts from Madrid are to the Stb. The
province of Galicia had been relieved from martial law,
but Malaga was put into a state of siege, on account of
the assassination of the colonel of a regiment by a group
of persons, who immediately escaped. The Herald() says
that this act was the result of a political conspiracy, whose
ramifications extended to Granada and Valrneira, and the
focue of which was Gibraltar, where Nogueras had, ac-
cording to this journal formed a junta. We say, " ac-
cording to this journal," for the assertion is entirely
unsupported. The Itnparcial states that the Galician
insurgents who had taken shelter in Portugal bad been
sent to Perriche. The accounts from the provinces
generally were satisfactory.

The total number of vessels reported stranded on New
"Yol k pilot ground since 1829, is reported to be 220.

SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.—The Record of
last week says, " The King of the French has received
letters of congratulation on his recent providential escape
from the Pope'.
COAL IN EGYPT.—A letter from Synt, in Upper Egypt,
states the discovery of extensive coal mines in the oasis of
Ghenne, on the Arabian side of the Theb'iid. The mine-
ral is represented as being of excellent quality.
DANTZIG—May 2 : Freights—The arrival of several
ships has caused some freights though at low rates, to be
closed—for Newcastle at 35., Leith at 3s. 8.1. to 3s. 3d.,
Guernsey at 4s. per qr. wheat; Hull at 195., Grimsby
and Dundee at 189., Grangemouth at 17s. 6d., Portsmouth
at 20s, Shoreham at 20s. per load, timber.
In India, Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhov, has made a further
donation of £5,000 to the District Benevolent Society ;
and purchased, besides, a plot of ground, on which to
build rooms, for the reception of 250 people-70 to be lep-
ers. The expense of the land and buildings will be £8,500
—making a total of £13,500 given away in a single act of
charity.

ROMISH EXERTION.—A correspondent writing from
Swan .River says—" We have had a laree importation of
Roman Catholics within the last few days, no less than
ten priests and a bishop and several nuns. We hear it is
their intention to found a college for the education of the
rising generation. What a blessing such an establishment
of our own Church would be to the colony."

RIGA, APRIL 22.—Our merchants are in the greatest
anxiety. Our harbour of Dunamunde is choked up with
sand, by which above 100 ships, richly laden, are pre-
vented from entering Riga, and a great part of them have
already put back, hoisting a black flag. This is a dread-
ful blow to our commerce. The Emperor has assigned a
million of roubles, to provide the means for remedying
this misfortune.

A LADY DUELLIST.—The following is a copy of a
challenge lately sent by one New Orleans lady to another .
—" Miss , I trust that you have not forgotten
the quarrel that took place between us last night. As I
am not satisfied in the manner it terminated. you will
confer a particular favour on me by giving me immediate
satisfaction. If you do not do so, you may anticipate a
cowhiding the first place I meet you. I do not wish to
meet you in a public place and do not wish for an expo-
sure, and I suppose you are of the same opinion. I re-
quest an answer of you as soon as

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qucst of you to keep this private. Yours, &c." The
challengee entered a complaint against the challenger be-
fore the Rec )rder, and he promised to do all he could
to protect the threatened patty from harm. _

BOWIE KNIVES AND PISTOLS.—The members of Con-
gress have recently been amusing themselves with all sorts
Of recriminatory charges. Mr. Ingersoll against Mr.
Webster, and Mr. Ashmun against air. Ingersoll. During
Mr. Ashmun's speech, charging Mr. E. J. Ingersoll with
bringing a number of actions at law where one would
have served, Mr. Joseph 11. Ingersoll came to the de-
fence of his brother. Mr. Ashmun resumed, charging
Charles Jared substant'ally with picking the locks of the
state department, with having told divers falsehoods,
with being guilty of divers equivocations, and wits having
tampered with the friends of John Tyler, to procure from
said Tyler testimony against Mr. Webster. Upon this
the following scene occurred :—Mr. C. J. Ingersoll : Do
you know it ? Mr. Ashmun : Yes ; I have been told so,
and 'have seen it in the prints. Mr. Ingersoll : Do
you accuse me ? Mr. Ashmun : Yes. Mr. Ingersoll
(rising) : It is false, sir; a lie, sir—the lie of a coward !
(A Voice : That's right.) The Speaker (rapping) : The
gentleman will take his seat. Mr. Ashmun : The aged
gentleman from Pennsylvania said— Mr. Ingersoll
(rubbing his hands) : Aged ! aged ! young enough, sir.
Mr. Ashmun : I come from a section which neither be-
lieves in duels, nor bowie-knives, nor pistols—(hisses).
Mr. Ingersoll : Nor gk tting drunk ? Mr. Ashmun : But
—(a Voice : You won't fight)—let the member try it, and
he will find it out.—Subsequently, a committee of five
members was appointed, " to inquire into the truth of the
charges thus made by Charles J. Ingersoll."
EN LIGHTENED ROMAN ISM .-Mr. O'Connell frequently
boasts of the progress of Belgium in enlightenment, but
a recent event in that kingdom gives but a sorry sample
of it. A person named Retsin, after numerous ineffectual
attempts to suppress the prosecution, was found guilty
of embezzlement, and sentenced to five years' imprison-
ment. He appealed, and the sentence was confirmed,
when he openly declared that he defied the law, and that
be would not remain in prison six months. His protec-
tion was this : he had been an ancient domestic of the
Papal Nuncio, and subsequently a vender of relics—among
others a skull of St. Dorothea, since proved to have be-
longed to a man. His trade was authorised by high
authority; and in his possession were found many docu-
ments from Archbishops and Bishops, to certify that his
relics were accredited by the Church. Although an igno-
rant and uneducated fellow, he had heed promoted from
his place as servant to an office in the Ministry of Finance,
of 1,000 francs per annum, and, in succession, to others
of 1,900 francs, 2,400 francs, and, lastly, was made re-
ceiver at Jemappes, with a salary of 6,000 francs, in which
latter he had committed the embezzlement for which
he was tried and found guilty. Well, he was sentenced
to he confined in the prison of St. Bernard ; but, in place
of this he was removed to Brussels, where he daily held
levees of all the devout and faithful—persons of the highest
rank visiting and proffering their services to him ; and at
length, after some weeks of this parade, was set at liberty
by an order of the Minister of Justice, and not declared
merely free to go where he pleased, but provided with a
government order for 350 francs on the treasury ! This is
all literally and strictly true. It is an event, the time of
which is our own day • the liberation took place on the
sth of April last.—Dubin Mail.

THE MORMONS.—We copy the following particulars
from the Hancock Eagle, a weekly paper published at
Nauvoo, a copy of which, we have received by the Cale-
donia :—" The Camp of Israel.'—This is the title and
address' which has been adopted by the company of Mor-
mons now on their way westward. A mail carrier arrived
here, on Monday last, from the camp, and reported the
pioneer party, or head of the column, as having crossed
the tributaries of the Chariton river, over 150 miles dis-
tant. By this time, they are probably on the banks of the
Missouri. Thus far, everything has gone favourably,
with the exception of the breaking down of a few over-
laden waggons. The party is in good health and spirits ;
no dissensions exist, and the ' grand caravan' moves on
slowly, but steadily and peacefully. Their progress has
been materially retarded by the want of fodder for their
live stock ; the grass not having fairly started, reduced
them to the necessity of labouring for the farmers on the
route, to supply the deficiency. They travel in detached
companies, from five to ten miles apart, and, in point of
order, resemble a military expedition. We visited the
camp before it broke up, on the opposite side of the
river, and, with other strangers, were highly interested in
the romantic and exciting display of border enterprise.
It bore the appearance of a moveable town; the waggons
and tents being arranged on either side of large streams,
and public squares left for the cattle, as we see in some of
our river cities. Tattersalls never turned cut such a lot
of such broken down nags as are to be found attached to
this expedition. If they ever reach California, their de-
pendence must be partly upon slow travelling, and partly
upon miracle but chiefly the latter. Our visit was
made during the intensely cold weather of February ;
and notwithstanding the tents were blocked in by the
snow drifts, and their occupants subjected to the rigour
of a hyperborean tempest, the scene presented a cheerful
and animated aspect."

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

Amongst the gentlemen called to the bar a few days
since by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn was Charles
Cardwell, Esq., of this town.
Mr. Watson stated in the House of Commons, on
Thursday night, that, though Lord Denman's salary is
£lO,OOO a year, he has never taken more than £B,OOO.
A movement is now being made, at the suggestion of
Lord Denman, to secure the proper payment to petit
jurors, in civil cases, for their loss of time.
POWERS OF 7HE " COMMISSIONERS" UNDER THE
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BlLL.—Take Lord Cottenham's
objection to their power of selling, mortgaging, and ex-
changing lands. What a means of unlimited jobbing would
not this be in the hands of a corrupt or careless Commis-
sioner! The power of diverting trust property from its
original purposes, without regard to the will of the founder,
is even still more alarming. Are the only vested rights
in the empire to be the rights of private proprietors? Are
the Government or their nominees to alienate, because
they may consider a trust has been mismanaged, the ves-
ted interests which a testator has created? Who will de-
clare that a man shall not found a charity to be employed
in any way he thinks best, so long as the foundation H 3
consistent with the law and with public morality ? Trus-
tees, constituted guardians of public funds, have vested
rights as sacred as those of any private land-owner. How,
then, can your Lordships admit in such cases this princi-
ple of alienation ? On what principle can you draw s dis-
tinction between private estates held by individuals for
family purposes? The nomination of trustees is equally
a private right. The original trustees of a charitable estate
were nominated by the testator as the parties in whom he
reposed his confidence. He directed thesurvivors of them
to nominate their successors' and thus, in perpetuity, an
administrative body representing the original donor has
always been supplied. Why should the testator's direc-
tion be departed from ? What good purpose would it
answer? What benefit can be expected to result front it?
In the cases of chartered corporations, they can, and in
fact always do, furnish an administrative body for the e x-
ecution of the trusts; in the cases of municipal corpora-
tions, the law has already prescribed the mode in which