The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-12 00:00:00

DONEESTIC.

. COLONEL JORMIN.—.-We copy, the , following letter: of onr
worthy and excellent chief magistrate, to Colonel Jordan, from
the ;United Service Journal of this month..

Thwu-hall 19th Jatittory.
My dear Sir,—lt is alone owing to the very _distressing acci-
dent which befel yor Tuesday morning, whilst actively and
humanely engaged in preserving the lives and property
.of
others from the ravages of a destructive fire, that I have delayed
doing what my duty and feelings have.equaily prompted Me to
do, fearful of producing any -excitement, which, by possibilit-,
might be unfavourable to your speedy recovery. 1 am now
happily relieved from that apprehension, and rejoice that it has
pleased Almighty God to -spare.yourvalu:ible lite, and that I ivri.
afforded the opportunity. 4af'making.known to von the high sen..;e
I entertain of the important services rendered' by yourself, and
the troops under your command, on this awful and distresi,ing
occasion. I reached the scene of dovastal..ion a little before
three o'clock, and, from Lancelot's-hey, I saw 'the fall of tiro
wall that occasioned, your accident, butwas not informed*. of it
'until you had been removed; as, however, I remained on the
spot for several hours after that time, I am glad to bear testi-
mony to the usefulness and
.excellent conduct of the !troops
whilst their services were necessary.—l have the honour to re-
main, my dear Sir, your most obedient servant,
. . • CHAS. lIonsPALL, Mayor.

GALLANT AND INTIMPID HUMANITY.--,011 Wednesday af-
ternoon, the 30th ult.; about half-past three o'clock, and jdst as
the steam-packet Commerce was on the eve of sailing frbre the
North Wall, Dublin, foaiverpool; a middle-aged 'female; While
shaking hands and bidding adieu to a friend, one of the pdssen-
geys, over-reached herself, and was precipitated into theifater,
between the packet and the quay, and instantly disapienred.
Alarm and fear immediately ensued, and a rope was held over
the side of the vessel,' in expectation that when the unfortunate
woman should again_lise to the surface she would lay hold of it
and rescue herself. A minute or two ha-ving elapsed without
her appearing, it was dreaded that she had got under the packet,
and therefore that all attempts to save her would prove unavail-
ing. At this moment the agonizing cries of her friend, with
whom she had taken farewell, attracted the attention of one of
the cabin passengers, who, we have since learned, *as Mr.
George Keiller, wholesale confectioner, of Dundee, Who in-
stantly plunged headlong, clothes and all, into the water. Mr
Keiller remained unseen nearly two minutes, during; which
time the greatest stillness and intense anxiety prevailed'afnong
the passengers and the assembled crowd on the quay, it being
`conjectured that in attempting to save the life of a fellow-crea-
ture he had sacrificed his own. Most happily it proved Qther-
wise. When the worst
.apprehensions were entertained,. Mr.
Keiller appeared on the surface with the 'drowning wbinan in
his arms. His. appearance was hailed with deafening cheers.
The woman, gieatlY exhausted, was conveyed home to her
frienas.tn
ite that Mr.
invoking lilessirkgesioinier, by
theprielisserhveerrooic of hielartrlei
the third
rescued persons from a watery grave.

Emptrial Variiamtnt.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6.
The house met at one o'clock.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, it was ordered
that peers should be at liberty to sign their protests till the
rising of the house to-morrow.
The Lord CHANcELLoti-and several other peers, including
the mover and seconder, went up with the lords' address to his
Majesty, in answer to the Speech from the throne.
T UltS DAY.

Petitions were presented--I;ytiteiiiifrop of BATH and WELLS,
from Bath, against the Beer Bills; bTthe Duke of LEINSTER,
from a parish in Ireland, against tithes. The LORD CHANCEL-
LOR brought in a Bill for Economising Lunatic Commissions.
,Lord TEYNHADI gave notice, for Monday, of a motion for a
copy of the proclainatibn of the Lords Justices of Ireland de-
claring a barony in Mayo in a state of disturbance; the con-
duct of the Marquis of SLIGO and that of Viscount MEL-
BOURNE being involved, he hoped both noble lords would be in
their places. (Hear.)
THE KING'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, who had then taken his seat on the
woolsack, stated that he, with other noble lords, yesterday
proceeded to St.. James's at two o'clock, with the address which
their lordships had agreed to, in answer to his Majesty's most
gracious speech from the throne, and that he had now to com-
municate his Majesty's most gracious answer to the address.—
The noble and learned lord then read as follows :
"MY LORDS,
I thank you for your loyal and dutiful address.—l receive
with peculiar satisfaction the assurance of your determination
to support me in maintaining inviolate* the legislative union
between Great Britain and Ireland, and in putting down a
spirit of insubordination and violence, the prompt and effectual
' repression of which is indispensable to the welfare of my Irish
subjects, and to the general peace and security of my domi-
nions."

CHURCH REFORM.

Lord KING, on moving for of papers regard-.
in,/ the amount of church property, expressed' his 'satisfaction
at finding that a reform in the church was contemplated. 'lie
also expressed his conviction that -reform, to be useful, must
come from the government, and hot from the church.
The Bishop of LONDON observed that 'the queries of the
church commissioners had been framed' with- the Most anxious
desire to procure the fullest information. It was satisfatory to
know that the abuses which had crept into the establishment
had-long been diminishing. He had eVery•confidence in the
disposition of ministers to preserve, and not to destroy, • the
church; and could promise for the sacred bench that there was
nut a member of it who would oppose any reform that might
be. necessary. He hoped, however, that the motion would udt
be pressed, as the information required by 'it was already
.
prepared.
Earl GREY expressed his belief that the scheme of church
reform contemplated by ministers would, give satisfaction, while
it would maintain the respectability and permanence of the esta-
blished church.
The Bishop of BATIi and WELLS declared his readiness to
concur in any reform which had for its object the promotion
of the true interests of religion.
The motion was finally withdrawn,
FRIDAY. .

The Lunacy Commissions Bill was read a second time and
ordered to be committed on Tuesday next.
Lord TEYNHAM moved that a message be sent to the Com-
mons, requesting a copy of the evidence given before the com-
mittee on the Cotton factories' Bill. Ordered.
The noble lord wished to know from the noble lord on the
Wool Sack, whether those c'oininissioners of his on the poor laws
had made any report, and whether it would soon be laid before
their lordships.
The Lout) CHANCELLOR said the Poor Law Commission was
issued as a measure of the government; he at first was opposed
to the issuing of that commission, so, that the house would see
how far the noble lord was right in calling in his commission;
and, iu fact, the house was never moved upon the subject.
(hear.) These commissioners had collected a great mass of
most useful information, which would soon be rendered into the
shape of a report, and he had no doubt his Majesty would be
advised to lay it on the table of the house on an early day.