The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

Sir Patrick Bellew has been appointed an Irish pmt'
with the title of Lood Bellew.

Sir W. Jones has been-unseated for Cheltenham, for
reasons stated in our Parliamentary summary.
LEICESTER.-Sir J. Walmsley and Mr. Gardner havd
been unseated for bribery, committed by their agents
without their sanction.

Mr. Russell, the ex-member for Reading, and chairman
of the Great Western, is announced as a Conservative call'
didate for Cheltenham.
On Tuesday the Earl of Lucan carried the appointment
of a select committee on the Irish Poor Law, against ra'''
nisters, by a majority of 33 to 27.
It is said that the chartists are organising extensive));
throughout England and Scotland, for the purpose of holdola
great meetings simultaneously throughout the country 011
Monday next (Whit Monday.)
MR. FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S LAND SCHEME .--,11'43
committee met on Friday last, and selected Sir Gewa"
Hayter as chairman. They meet again to-day at twen
when Mr. Feargus O'Connor and two of the officers °
the company will be examined.
Mr. Grantley Berkeley has returned an answer to the
usual ministerial circular sent him, that the ministry
not to consider him one of their supporters in the usa7;
sense of the term. By this step Mr. Berkeley gives up
his right to patronage and nominations.
Lord John Russell has given notice for leave to bring
in a bill to alter the oath taken by members of Parliai
ment, the object of the measure being tantamount to thls
for which the Jew Bill was brought forward. Will ici
lordship be permitted to obtain his object by aside-win
We should think not. Boys-
THE PUBLIC REVENUE.—In the majority for Pv;,ioto
ring's motion for a full specification of the taxes Pa". - li.
the Exchequer, there were A. Henry, J. Brotherflorp,
Cobden, H. Drummond, G. Hudson, Colonel Sib_ttifely
and T. composed en
of government members, and yet they were defeated' vial/
The London correspondent of the Dublin Evening
tives
states that a very numerous meeting of the Conservn ..
was held on Saturday, at Lord Stanley's house, to coseostio_
der the subject of the Navigation-laws, and the
ec
eoMrlig by
be taken, when, after a statement made to the "
Lord Stanley, it was unanimously resolved
that
admit of,
position which the forms of the house would
should be resorted to, in order to defeat the measures pro-
posed by the Government.
comet
has Tile SUGAR DUTIES.—The parliamentary co
11every op-
has decided. by a majority of 7 to s,in favour of Sir Th?s'
Birch's resolution, recommending that the duties on I°-
reign sugars shall for the next six years be 20s. per cwr''
and on British 10s. per cwt., the duty on foreign to be
gradually reduced after that period until they are both on
the same footing. The majority consisted of Sir Thoraaa
Birch, Sir E. Buxton, Messrs. Matheson, Hope, Miles,
Lord George Manners, and Sir J. Paking,ton ; the mino-
rity being Messrs. Labouchere, Wilson, Milner Gibson,
Moffatt, and C. Villiers. Messrs. Goulburn and Card.
well did not vote. and Lord G. Bentinck was in the chair.
FEMALE CHARTIST. MEETING.—A meeting of womeri,
Chartists was convened by a bellman, in the Pasturew,eL
Leicester, on Thursday week. About 4,000
present, about half of whom were women. After sig.
....
a Chartist hymn, Mrs. Cully, daughter of the late
the
Smart, one of the earliest Chartist leaders, occupied
''_ie
chair. Two resolutions, one for the formation of a fern"'.
Chartist Association, with a " Defence Fund," for Prov _
secuting those special constables who were said to ha e,
been guilty of brutal and unwarrantable attacks on inn.%
cent persons last week ; the other to the effect that ra
dealings should be had with persons who acted as sPec;,-a
constables, were moved and seconded by women, a`"
Persons jug.
carried unanimously.
OFFICIAL SALARIES.—CHEAP (?) POSTAGE.--Froill :
return recently obtained, it appears that the actual net
increase of the number of appointments, l
and the an'eui:
of salaries in all public offices and departments, since ' e
;5-
passing of the Act 4th and sth William IV., c, 24,
6,863 as regards the number of persons, £184,368 to re'
gards the salaries, and £17,586 as regards the 0°2m;15;
ments ; 7,060 persons at salaries amounting to £260,1n,
have been added to the establishment of the Post.ofeaf:
within the period of this account, for the purpose of ,he
fording increased facilities and accommodation to ,c.
public in the receipt and delivery of letters, &c. Theme'.
count, exclusive of the Post-office, would exhibit a dill
nution of 197 persons, and about £58,000 per annum
salaries and emoluments.
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NORTH CHESHIRE ELECTION.-The nominationsl...
knight of the shire for North Cheshire, to serve in Pn'i.--(1
went in the room of the Hon. E. J. Stanley, now l',"
Eddisbury, took place on Wednesday at Knutsford. jr.
."'"o.e
T. W. Tatton, of Withenshard, proposed Mr. Ge°r°„.
Cornwall Legh ; Mr. W. Sidebottom, of Mottram, si,..
conded the nomination. Mr. John Cheetham, of St,a,olo
bridge, nominated Mr. F. D. P. Astley ; the nominal' of
was seconded by Mr. Hindley, M.P. On a shaythe
hands being taken, Mr. Astley was declared to have, mil,
majority, and a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. 1-'elbpif
Mr. Legh, in nis address to his electors, declares Ming
a decided opponent to vote by ballot; but promisee,-
give his attention to any reasonable proposition as °gee
tension of the suffrage. Mr. Astley favours progrestim
reform, but declares himself strongly averse to any
like revolutionary movements.
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ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN IN FAVOUR OF RE es,
The address of congratulation on the birth of a Princ,_r
presented by the Lord Mayor of Dublin and several ottiPsy,
members of the Corporation, to the Queen, on Tlniiliost
contained, among others, the following passage : once
~
Gracious Majesty, we humbly and with all due defer of
venture to suggest that the main cause of the 11110Yrr UV
Ireland is that her laws are not made by an Irish iegiS.'
went ' • that, instead of a sister nation, she has been;, and
lated for as a mere province ; and that the cerrarie the
effectual course to restore her prosperity, to preaZ, peoPle
integrity of the empire, and to attach most of the power
of Ireland, is by the restoration to Ireland of va-n'oeces,
to make her own laws and to manage her own r,escegisla-
by the repeal, as speedy as possible, of the act 0' ,s Irish
tive union, and the assembling of your Majesty iv, de-
Parliament." The following is her Majesty:s re4.l, fel
livered in a distinct and emphatic tone : ' I " Ace°
deep sympathy for the suffering of many of my sbo the
in Ireland. I have given my cordial sanction,i'..stioa
various Acts passed by the Legislature for the n'is7ltets'e
of that suffering, and I trust that by means of tho , o,
ressa'
aided by private charity and local effort°, the PT arn fully
severe distress has been intterialy relieved. 1, _ inter',
persuaded that measures calculated to advance taurnitea
ests and promote the welfare of that portion of in):
_tl pat'
Kingdom will continue to receive from the Imper.ia! .
liament the most careful and attentive consideration__it is
. " SANITARY 'CONDITION" OF THE 'CABINEIT:i.__,OO
our painful duty this week to publish the first !_tiotins,
knows but it may be the last !—of a series of Toot,
respecting the health of her Majesty's gove__ol: °r,
which; grieve- to say, has, within the last_2l_ ficsv
.fortnight, become alarmingly precarious. 'll rweeicr
:serious symptoms of disorder appeared on ThurslalTiou3
when its constitution received a smart shock in 1 '
"ettract°
,of Lords. Its manifest sickness had, however, a oa a
I fee tO
1 previous notice, and a celebrated quack doctor who,
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former occasion, refused to prescribe till the,bt
forthcoming, was actually sent for to the Isle of v'agent's
I give his opinion as to the general state
severe ft
health. To add to the misfortune, a very
from a vicious Spanish mule, put into harpe „lac!'
months ago, caused one of the patient's limbs—a grill,:e ocli
of the P uici;
would have it the Most active—to fall into a state
s'_',:co of,
-deep mortification that amputation seemed fora.
raPLo of
twenty-four hours inevitable. By the' administ, flo'r" the
copious palliatives, however, this calamity has ~,ooon_.,t
present, been averted. The following shot:,_tp,:
however, will indicate the. progress of them
ired'oc-
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Tuesday : Great prostration. Severe griPings Iredner:
day:
of a pill administered by Dr. Bovvring.
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.d in;
Still very weak. A Jesuit confessor irotbef
.becomes weak in consequence. Thursday
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of strength. As we go to press, the patient has
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'effort to rally, followed by fresh and-
more tranquil, but is hopelessly sinking. dun
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