The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-03-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST NIGHT,

A lengthened debate took place upon the motion for the
second reading of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway Amalgamation Bill. An amendment was moved to
the effect that the bill be read the second time this day six
months. A very general opinion was expressed in favour of
the amendment, for it was supported by many members,in-
cluding Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Labouchere, and
Mr. Gladstone. The amendment was agreed to nem. con.—ln
answer to Mr. ENVART, Sir G. GREY stated that a bill was now
in his possession, prepared by the Registrar-General, which
contained a clause to prevent the reading of notices of marriage
before Boards of Guardians; but he did not know whether he
should be able to introcince it in the present session. At the
same time, he did not think the present notice of seven days
was too long.—Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Mr. Spooner,
said there was no intention to alter the law in relation to the
liabilities of railway companies to such surgeons as may
be called to attend to parties in case of accidents.—Mr.
HUME asked the Government what notice they intended
to take of the Rev. Mr. Denison's protest impugning the
judgment of her Majesty's Privy Council in the case of
Gorham v. the Bishop of Exeter, and denying the supremacy
of the Crown as head of the established church.—Lord J. Rus-
SELL, in reply, read a letter from Mr. Denison upon the sub-
ject, and made a short statement to the the effect that the go-
vernment intended to take no steps in relation to it.---Mr.
MITCHELL, in repay to Lord Jocelyn, stated that he should de-
fer his motion for the house to go into committee upon the
timber duties till after Easter.—Mr. OSBORNE asked the noble
lord, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, whether the government
or our ambassador at Constantinople were parties to the
conduct of the Turkish government in condemning Kossuth
and the other Hungarian refugees in Turkey to banishment
and confinement in the interior of Asia Minor.—Lord PAL-
MERSTON said her Majesty's government had been parties to
this transaction only so far that they had, through our ambas-
sador at Constantinople, recommended the Porte to make the
detention of the persons (if the Porte considered it was bound
by its relations with Austria to detain them) as short as was
consistent with the engagement to send them into Asia Minor,
and as little inconvenience to them as possible (hear, hear);
and he had no difficulty in saying as his own opinion that it
would have been very desirable if the Porte could have felt it-
self at liberty not to detain them at all. (Hear, hear.) The
house then resolved itself into committee upon the stamp acts,
and the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER moved resolutions
on which to found a bill to carry into effect the reduction of
the stamp duties on the transfer of small estates, and on bonds,
mortgages, and leases, as detailed in the financial statement on
Friday. He did not mean to imply that other classes of stamp
duties did not require consideration; but the question of
stamps was so difficult in its detail, that he thought it better to
deal with it piecemeal. It was his intention, in the proposal
he had now:to make toadopt as nearly as possible the principle of
an ad-valorem duty. The right honourable gentleman then
requested that any discussion upon the subject might be post-
poned until the bill should be brought in.—After a short con-
sultation, the resolutions were agreed to, and leave was given
to bring in a bill founded upon them.—Tlic CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER then proposed resolutions to advance two
millions to England and Scotland, for the purpose of
drainage and improvement of land, and ono million
to Ireland, for arterial drainage and improvements of
land, according to the decision exponnded by him in the
budget, lie proposed that the repayment should he at the rate
of six and a half per cent. per annum, which would extinguish
the advances and the interest in a period of twenty-two years.
—After a lengthened discussion, the resolutions were agreed
to, and a bill ordered to be brought in to carry them into effect.
—The house then went into committee upon the Parliamentary
Votes (Ireland) Bill, commencing with the consideration of the
seventh clause.

LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY

CLOSING PRICES,

Consols (Account), 951 ; Consols (Money), 95g 4 ; Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cent., shut; Exchequer Bills (large and
small), 58 61 prem.; North-western, 104 5, Quarters, * 8 ds. ;
Midlands, 38* 9*, Halves, 25* 42; North Stafford, 111 *; South
Eastern and Dover, 152 14, No. 4, registered, 5* e ; Caledo-
nian, 102 11, Preference, 62 7; Eastern Counties, 7* f ; Great
Northerns, 141 8 dis. ; Great Westerns, 56* 7 ; Manchester and.
Leeds Fifths, 9i 82 dis.; York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Pre-
ference), 7* 61 dis.; York and North Midland, 16* ; Mexi-
cans, 291 *, strong; Russian, 211 prem. The Consol market
opened at Saturday's quotations, receded' upon some sales,
but recovered upon a purchase, and in the absence of unfavour-
able news closed steady at it advance on opening price. Rail-
way market closes steady for heavy stock ; but very heavy for
the smaller shares. Caledonian and North Stafford particu-
larly flat; North-western scarce and steady ; Midland Halves
weak. Both markets very little doing.