The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the order of the 27th
April, for the committal of Mr. W. S. O'Brien, be dis-
charged, on the ground that the committee of selection
which had directed his attendance on a private bill con►-
mittee was not itself properly constituted, not having

been re-appointed at the commencement of the session,
according to the " standing orders" of the house. His
refusal to attend an order from a body thus improperly
constituted was no reasonable ground for his detention.

Mr. ESTCOURT contended that it was not necessary to
renew the motion each session for the re-appointment of
the committee of selection. It had been done I.st ses-
s!on, but that was not according to the usual course of

proceeding.
Mr. W AttnuaToN said the standing orders of the house

were imperative for the re-appointment of the committee
of selection at the commencement of each session, and he

was there ore of opinion that the committal of Mr. W. S

O'Brien was intornial

A di,cussion ensued, shared in by Mr. Strurt, Sir G.
Grey, Mr. Aglionby, the Attorney-General, Lord Pol-
boron, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Sir R. Peel, and other
hon. members ; atter which the house divided, and the
motion of Mr. O'Connell was negatived by a wajoiity of
180 to 36.
Mr. O'CONNELL was then about to move that

Mr. 'W

S. O'Brien be discharged fri m custody; but

Lit ihe aug-

gestion of Sir K. Peel, he agreed to await the result of
Air. Shaw's motion on Monday.

The arijourned debate on the second reading of the
Factories Bill was the() resumed by
Mr. BANKI, S, who supported the bill, contending that

parliament had a right to interfere with the hours of la-
bour, if they exceeded the ordinary powers of human

nature

Mr.-WARD argued that the house had no right to in-
terfere with the hours of labour. The subject was one

ngetrien

_
posed by lAnd MoncETH.
Mr. MACAULAY contended at considerable length, and
with felicitous illustration, that Ipgislative interference
with labour, if inconsistent with commercial principles,
was justifiable and necessary on considerations of public

health and morality. The principle had
recognised by modern legislators, but it was recognised
by the ancient regulation of one day's cessation from
labour out of seven, a regulation esteemed so necessary
even on merely economical principles, that when the reli-
gious observance of holidays was abolished by the Long
Parliament in England. and the National Convention of

t only been

France, they found it necessary to set apart other days
for relaxation from labour. The superiority of a nation
depended on the health and intelligence of the people.
Iu the countries where it was said the peopl- vans ked so

much more than ours, it was the complaint of the autho-
rities that they could hot find a man fit for a soldier. It
ever England was deprived of its superiority, it would not

as these

ae more difficult question,
however, was the question of degree; and, alter the best
consideration, he could not consent to a reduction to less
than eleven hours. It had been sid the period of inter-
ference was ill chosen, but he could not but think it dt
rable that. at the same period they should r
twofold error they had committed, that of

to err-

tam " wow:* naa oven
their bane, and withholding it from those in which tl
iblic health and mot
A leng,hrlied disc
r J. Hanalei

ty required it

on ensued, which was c

by
Denit•on, Sir
Murez
arid th
against It,

I J. Russell

Ir. Bright, Mr.B
, Cobden, Mr

and Mr. Fie'deo, aft

In 1814 tthere

2m-boat t

During
1,000 Br

z to the

nuv

yille, Kentucky, is f

pleted, wilt c

It is, in tact

on wi,h the

f three lin.

i at Cc

" great father of waters" from ti
to the Gult of Mexico—a contil
more On 3,000 wiles in extent I

of Lonis

will not revive the system which once prevailed,
of allowing the introduction of goods from colonies at co-
lonial duties with reference, not to their origin, but solely
to their places of export, or in other words doing away
with the certificate of origin."

Accounts from Vera Cruz to the 18th of April have
been received. Mexico is stated' to conti❑ue uneasy.
The threatened return of Santa Anna had called forth go-
vernment measures of protection.
Accounts received from Oregon and California, via' the
Sandwich 1-lands, are unimportant.
Rio ineltigence to the 19th of March had been re-
ceived. The blockade of Buenos Ayres still continued.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL

The mail steamer Thames arrived at Southampton on
Tuesday night with the West lodia mails. She brought
70 passengers, ineluding his Excellency Sir Henry MacL
lend, late Governor of Trinidad, and on fri-ight 58 tierces
of cofite, 126 barrels of ginger, and 283 packages of arrow-

'e our usual file of papers by the Thames, In
they are very barren of intere,t; some of them, hoWevet
give a more favourable account of the weather than w

have learned from private mourres ; indeed, almost at the
time of the mails leavin,z the drought appeared to be reak-
iug up. Coolies Fad arrived in several colonies, and had
produced some eff-ct in causing more regular labour; in
Jamaica and Trin.dad they were much prized. and work-
ing steadily, showing great aptness; as were the Portu-
guese einigrants front Madeira at Drmerarb and Sr. Vin-
cent. Tne colonial newspapers have little interestine local

news, if we except those of Trinidad, which are filled with
regrets on losing their governor, Sir Henry Macleod.
who, it appears, had resigned his office in consequence of
sorne misunders'atiding with the Colonial Minister. His
successor. Lord Harris. left Grenada on the 28th ult., and

would arrive next day at Trinidid.
General Richi, the new President of Hayti, was still in
the northern part of the island, where all was quiet at the
last daies. Pierrot, the late President, had retired to his
plantation ; it is rumoured he will not be allowed to re-
main there (as a few partisans may still cherish the hope
of his return to power), but be compelled to reside nearer
l'ort-au-Prince, where all his movements can be better
watched. In the south, a few hundred men, chiefly cul-
tivators, had risen againSt Richi's Government; their
object, it Seems, was to pillage the town of Aux Cayes.
They commenced by mas-acreing several persons of re-
spectability, who fell into their hands, arid committed all
sort, of depredations; but General Jaffrsn, at the head of
six regiments, had obtained signal advantages over them
in three different combats, when from 500 to 600 of the
banditti were killed. Nothing had been decided upon re-
specting the Dominicans. Despatches had been received
from Santa Anna, the President of the Spanish port, and
it is believed that a suspension of hostilities will take place
until something more decisive is deter mined on. The
foreigners thought well of the present Government, hay-
ing in office, clear•beaded minister, who had been abroad,
and bad held intercourse with foreign rowers.