The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

[HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

The Party Processions (Ireland) Bill was passed through
committee after some discussion, and reported. In the
course of the discussion the Duke of WELLINGTON ob-
served that, although Government had asked for no new
powers to enable them to preserve tranquillity in Ireland,
yet they did not feel themselves justified in parting with
those powers which they now possessed, and therefore it
was that they proposed the renewal of this bill.
The Marquis of NORMANDY moved an address to the
Crown upon the subject of the sanatory condition of the
poor, with the view of establishing a principle of justifia-
ble interference where the public health demanded im-
provements in poor and crowded neighbourhoods for the
purpose of preventing contagion. He dwelt at much
length on the melancholy condition of the dwellings of the
poor in large towns as deposed to in the evidence taken
before the commission appointed for the purpose of in-
quiry, and called upon their lordships to remedy that evil
by agreeing to an address, pledging themselves to legis-
late*upon the subject early in the next session of parliament.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH admitted the importance of
the subject, but yet felt that there were great difficulties
in dealing as they could wish with the evils so strongly
dwelt upon in the report, many of which he pointed out.
Government would, however, be prepared to bring for-
ward some remedial measures next session, and under
these circumstances he would move the previous question
as an amendment to the address proposed by the noble
marquis.

The Marquis of NORMANBY shortly replied, after which
the previous question whs agreed to.
Several bills on the table were then forwarded a stage,
and their lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

The Savings Banks Bill was passed through committee.
Considerable discussion took place on the third read-
ing of the Poor Law Amendment Bill, which was admitted
by Mr. Wakley and other hon. members to be a great
improvement upon the existing law, and Sir J. Graham
received great praise for the conciliatory manner in which
he had carried the bill through the house.
Sir J. GRAH Am in return admitted that the opponents
of the poor law had discussed the provisions of the bill in
a fair and temperate spirit.
The bill was then passed.
A great number of bills were passed through one stage
respectively, after which the house adjourned.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA.

The British and North American royal mail steam-ship
Britannia, Captain Hewitt, arrived here on Saturday at
midnight. She left Boston on the 19th and Halifax on the
18th instant, and has, therefore, made the passage from
the former port, including the usual detention at Halifax,
in little more than twelve days. She brought a large
number of passengers, a list of whom we give below.
The Brtiannia has now completed four passages across
the Atlantic since the fourth of May this year. In the
course of eighty-six days, fifty-two only of which were
actually occupied in steaming, she has traversed a distance
exceeding 12.000 miles. _ _ _

The seeam-ship Great Western arrived at New York
on the 7th instant.

The riots in Philadelphia had been renewed. It appears,
than, on the 6th instant, a report prevailed that a number
of muskets had been conveyed by the Irish catholics to•
the church of St. Philip de Neri, in Queen-street, South-
wark, Philadelphia. The report caused much excitement,
the street was soon crowded with citizens, the sheriff and
two aldermen were sent for, the building was entered, and
ten or a dozen muskets were found. A committee of the
citizens was subsequently appointed, and, after much con-
sultation, the church was again entered to search for more
arms. It is solemnly averred, in a document signed by
the committee and an alderman, that they were met at
the church door by two Irishmen withloaded muskets and
fixed bayonets. These were' mnaediately disarmed. The
party entered a room and found twenty-seven muskets.
The priest was found officiating at the altar. He was seized,
and asked if he had any arms or ammunition. He replied
in the negative. They subsequently found a quantity, of
arms, bullets, cartridges, gunpowder, and percussion
caps. The excitement increased greatly after this, and
matters appeared to be so threatening that troops were
poured in from all the surrounding districts. Crowds
filled the streets, and threatenings were heard in every
quarter against the Irish party, respecting whose inten-
tions the most absurd rumours prevailed. On Saturday
the state of affairs before the church was so threatening
that the military were marched to the spot. The crowd
made a rush upon them and forced them back. At
length the soldiers were assailed by missiles of all descrip-
tions which, having been borne patiently some time, the
word was given to fire. The soldiers were, however,
unable to obey, because of the position of the sheriff's
posse of police, who would have been exposed to dan.
ger. A Mr. Naylor, an ex-member of the Congress
stepped forward and exclairffed,:if they would fire on their
fellow-citizens they had better commence with him. He
was instantly arrested and locked in a part of the church
placed under guard. This exasperated the mob greatly,
and they would have demolished the church had not some
of the more prudent of them restrained their fellows.
After twelve o'clock the crowd gradually, and slowly, di-
minished in numbers, until about nine o'clock on Sunday
morning, when they began to increase, and threats, loud
and deep, were proclaimed, that, unless Mr. Naylor was
released, the walls of the church should be battered down.
The demand was resisted for some time, until, at length,
two
pieces of cannon were brought up near the church,
one of which had been taken from the ship Venice, moored
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vicinity
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church. The demand being :till resisted, the pieces were
drawn up in the reir of the church in an alley running
from Christian-street, and an attempt was made to dis-
charge them, but it seemed that, owing to some water
having been poured into the touch-holes, they were fired
with difficulty. The infuriated mob then got a large log,
which they used as a battering ram, and with it they
broke in a part of one of the doors in Queen-street. A
parley then took place between the crowd and the mili-
tary within the building, the former demanding that the
Hibernia Greens should be dismissed. At length the
request was complied with, it being that they should
leave the church with their pieces unprimed and the pan
open.
From this time the vicinity of the church was a scene
of wild uproar. Several attempts were made to break
open the church doors, and they at last succeeded. Toe
windows were smashed, and the crowd immediately filled
the church ; but it does not appear that they did much
mischief to the interior of the building. On the church
being thus taken possession of, an alarm was given by the
tolling of bells, and a large body of military was marched
to the spot, when, some formidable demonstrations having
been made by planting pieces of artillery against the doors,
&c., the mob were induced to evacuate the building. The
military were shortly afterwards assailed by a body of men,
upon whom they fired, when several persons were killed
and wounded. There were now numerous threats of ven-
geance against the military.
The mob soon rallied in various places in the vicinity,
and the news of the collision soon spread in all direc-
tions. The mob soon obtained possession of three can-
nons, taken from on board two vessels lying in the river.
They also had procured a considerable number of muskets
and other fire arms. The cannon were loaded with vari-
ous substances, one of them with a thirty feet chain,
which killed or wounded a number of the military, parti-
cular the National Artillery, a company of Native Ameri-
cans. The firing with musketry was kept up briskly, and
the mob took shelter in and fired from the houses and
alleys in the vicinity upon the military, who changed their
position, and were drawn up in front of St. Philip's
Church, which recedes a short distance from the street.
The squadron of cavalry arrived on the ground about
half-past ten, and succeeded in capturing one of the guns
in possession of the mob at the corner of Second and
Queen and one at the corner of Third and Catharine,
which was taken to head quarters. They were fired upon
by a number of the mob, and some of them wounded.
As soon as the cavalry made their appearance the rioters
generally dispersed before they were charged on. By one
o'clock the military had entire possession of the ground.
The city was placed under milit• ry rule, the soldiers
daily and nightly parading the streets. By dint of the
most vigorous measures tranquility was restored. Several
of the rioters had been arrested.
The Mormons have lost their leader and prophet, Joe
Smith, who was murdered in cold blood by a gang of
ruffians, who attacked the gaol in which the prophet and
his brother had been placed for security. It appears that
great feuds have existed for some time between two rival
sects of Mormonites, and also between the Mormons and
the people of Warsaw, who have, it is said, determineJ to
drive the Mormons out of the state.

The Providence Journal, in noticing the general pros-
perity of business throughout the country, takes occasion
to remark on the rapid extension of the cotton manufac-
ture. One individual, near Providence, had received an
order for no less than 100,000 new spindles for a factory
in Rhode Island. Preparations were making for the erec-
tion of a new mill on Fall River, and in New Hampshire
a similar spirit of enterprise has been manifested in favour
of this branch of industry.
The latest intelligence as to the state of the Cotton
Market will be found in our last page.
No improvement had occurred in freights. The
amount offering for Europe was unusually small. Cotton
was taken for Liverpool at 3-16 to id. ; Flour, Is. 6d. ;
Provisions in barrels, 3s. 6d., in tierces 4s. to 4s. 6d.;
Naval Stores, Is. 6d. to 2s. ; Tobacco, 255. ; Heavy
Goods, 225. 6d. per ton.
Exchange on England was quoted at 1051 to 109, and
on Paris sf. 273.
The latest advices from Hayti represented that all was
quiet in the island.

The Boston Atlas says that a letter, dated Lima, May
11th, states that a report was current there that the
French and - English were in difficulties at the Society
Island, and that, when the vessel that brought the report
left, they were about to commence hostilities. The
French had imprisoned the English Consul.
Late ad vices from Cuba state, that the utmost tranquility
prevailed throughout the island. It appears that the re-
cent plot of the negroes bad been much more extensive
than was at first conceived. A vast number of negroes
had been arrested, many had been shot, and above one
thousand were confined in the different prisons awaiting
their doom. One of the plans which the revolutionists
intended to adopt was to put poison in the bread, whereby
they'expected to destroy the entire garrison, consisting of
25,000 men. The poison was placed in the bakehouse
where bread is daily prepared for the soldiers. It was be-
lieved that several white men were implicated, amongst
whom' were two Americans. General O'Donnell bad
positively refused to liberate, at the instance of the British
Commissioners, any of the "Emancipados" or negroes
captured long ago by the British cruisers. There are up-
wards of 5000 of these unfortunate people, who, having
served their probationary term, are entitled to their free
papers upon the faith of the British Government. The
pretence is, that the moral and religious instruction of
these blacks having been neglected, they are unfit for the
enjoyment of freedom until they have been educated.
Their whole sum of knowledge, nowever, it appears, must
be obtained under the hard taskmasters to whom they are
re-assigned ; for, as their terms of service expire, they are
given up for a further term of seven years, on payment of
about 150 dollars per man, and about 85 dollars per woman.
The crops of coffee and tobacco have been greatly injured
by the drought, and every orange and lemon tree in the
island has been destroyed.

An official notification-from the Department of State
has been published, of the adoption by the authorities of
Cuba, of the following rules to be observed in all the
custom-houses of the island :

1. Every box of sugar, exported under the national
flag, shall pay a duty of five reals, and those under a
foreign flag, six reals.
2. Every quintal of coffee shall pay, in all cases, three
reals under the national flag, for a port of the nation ; four
reals under the Spanish flag, for a foreign port, and four
reals and a half under a foreign flag for a foreign port.
3. Molasses and rum are declared free from all duty.
4. Vessels going out, laden completely with molasses,
shall moreover enjoy freedom from tonnage duty.

5. Vessels whicli falceon board more thanathousand cases
of sugar shall pay, as tonnage duty, at the rate of six cents
per tun of measurement of foreign, and two and a half
reals of Spanish.

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6. Vessels which take on board more than two thousand
bags of coffee, and more than three hundred pipes of rum,
shall enjoy the same advantages.

LIST OF PASSENGERS.

From Boston :—Mr. Peter J. Francisca, Mr. Robert
Leech, Mr. Purton, Mr. John Gilmorer, Mrs. Lee, Mr.
Jobn Bryant, lady, and servant, Mr. Harbeck and lady,
Mr. E. Oxnard, Count Napoleon Bertrand, Hon. C. R.
Ogden, Hon. James Kirk, Mr. J. T. Jones, Mr. W. E.
Swaine, Mr. James Bryers, Colonel C. Johnson, Mr.
Thomas Appleton, Mr. William Young, Mr. W. Prebn,
Mr. Thomas Daly, Mr. George Martin, Mr. Geo. Smith,
Mr. Jacob Snider, jun., Mr. Muir, Mr. Macdonald, Mr.
Matthew Robin, Mr. Peter Robin, Mr. W. Southwell,
Mr. T. J. Kerr, Mr. Max. Bohrer, Mr. Chrs. Bohrer,
Mr. C. S. Barclay, Mr. F. C. Stuart, Mr. W. Crothers,
Mr. James M'Connell, Mr. Thomas Hacker, Mr. George
S. Glover, Mr. Chrs. Schmidt, Mr. Bernard M'Connell,
Mr. S. Forster. Mr. H. A. Vandamme, Mr. T. B. Power,
Mr. W. C. M'Leod, Mr. G. W. Hoghton, Mr. J. Cuth•
bertson, Mr. H. Holland, Mr. J. Garson, Mr. J. Rickard,
Mr. S. Benjamin, Mr. Jos. Jacobs, and Mr. James
Maguire.

From Halifax:—M. M. G. Black ; Hon. Emos Collins,
Mrs. Collins, Master Collins, child, and servant, Mr. R.
H. Chilton, Captain Egerton, Mr. Donohoe, Mr. Chrs.
Enches, Mr. Robertson, and Mr. William Hutton.

A BEGIMENT.OF BLACK GUARDS.—The British go-
vernment has considered it expedient to organise some
companies of black troops in Upper Canada, which are
stationed along the line of the Welland Canal, commanded
by white officers. The Halifax Herald says the Cork-
onians and Fardowns are kept quiet by these gentlemen in
red coats and Clack facings.—New York paper.
Something effectual seems likely to.be done for the
protection of Dr. Kalley and the British protestants in
Madeira. Lord Aberdeen has made a claim of £l2OO in
favour of the doctor, by way of compensation for his
losses during his illegal imprisonment in the gaol of
Funchal. We hope this demand will be not merely made,
but vigorously enforced.
SHOOTING MEETING IN SWITZERLAND.—The great,
federal shooting meeting at Basle is concluded. It is cal-
culated that the number of carbine-shots fired was at the
least 250,000; and, it is said, on the Sunday, no fewer
than 21.000 bottles of wine were drunk in a few hours.
The list of all the prizes would fill many columns of a
journal. There were three grand prizes of the respective
value of 3780 f., 2400 f., and 2100 f.—the first won by Col.
Hunerwald, of Lemburg, in' Argau : the second by M.
Benzinger, of Appenzel : and, the third, by the English
nobleman, Lord Vernon, who obtained his naturalization
in Switzerland, in order to have the right of compet-
ing.

SPAIN.-By accounts from Madrid, of the 16th inst.,
it would appear that the Spanish Government realty pro-
poses to send an expedition against the Mdors. Madrid
letters and papers concur in regarding this matter as cer-
tain. The Isabella 11. Spanish steamer, was to leave for
Ceuta on the 18th, with a battalion of the Regiment of
Toledo on hoard. The Spanish force destined to act
against Morocco was to be raised to 10,000 men, and it
was believed they would attack and occupy Tangier,
whilst the French operated in another direction. The
Heraldo states that Brigadier Mauri, who is to take the
command of the Spanish troops now on their march to
the south, had arrived at Algesiars. On the 6th, the
Dutch squadron, commanded by Prince Henry of the
Netherlands, reached Gibraltar, after a passage of 14 days
from Pl)mouth. The prince had taken up his residence
in the Governor's palace. The Patriarch of the Indiei
left Madrid for Barcelona on the 16th, at the request of
their Majesties, to act as their spiritual director.

THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.—In consequence of the
recent decision of Lord Chief Justice Tindal, that lodgers
paying a yearly rent of £lO, were entitled under the Re-
form Act to the priyilege of voting at elections, there is
every probability that the constituencies of the metropoli-
tan boroughs wit this year be greatly increased. In the
Tower Hamlets about ICOO claims have been sent in to
the overEeers ; in the ward of Cripplcgate notices have
been served for 700, and in the borough of Lambeth there
are no fewer then 1000 new claimants, the great majority