The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sir R. PEEL said that Mr. Ewert might obtain much
information by referring to the minutes of the Privy
Council on Education. He was favourable to the sugges-
tion of Lord flowick, and would willingly act upon it as
far as practicable.
Mr. Ewsat suggested the importance of establishing
public libraries in large towns for the use of the working
classes.
Sir li. PEEL thought that government interference in
surh matters might prove prejudicial.
On the motion fur the house resolving itse'f WO 'a corn-
miitee of supply,
Mr. M. Glasox moved an address to the crown for the
appointment ot a commission to fnitilre into the causes of
incend'arism in the agricitltnral counties, and into the
general condition of the rural population. It had been
urged that the new poer law was the cause of the discon-
tent and alienation of the people ; but he denied that it
was an adequate cause for the present disturbed state of
society in these districts. Prejudices had been fostered
in the minds of the people against machinery and wages
for party purposes by the landlords, and the results were
now recoiling upon themselves.
Sir .1. GRAHAM apprehended the motion of the hon.
gentleman was calculated to promote, rather than allay,
the existing discontent.. There was such a thing as fan-
ning the smouldering flame, and he feared such would be
the only resul of the present discussion. lie had been
in communication with the judges now on circuit, and was
happy to say from their report that the crime of incen-
diarisin was rapidly decrea•ing. and the law was being en-
forced with the most salutary effects. Under these
circumstances lie should resist the motion.
Upon a division, the motion ot Mr. Gibson was defeated
by a majority r.f 130 to 41.
The house then went into committee.
In reply to some observations of Mr. WYSE on the
gubj-ct ot an additional grant for Catholic education in
Sir R. PEEL said it was in contemplation to increase
the education grant from £50,000 to £75,000. The means
of academical education in Ireland were, he admitted, at
present inadequate, and the attention of government
would be directed in the next session of parliament to
placing the College of Maynooth and education in Ireland
upon a more satisfactory footing.
Mr. SHE►L aid Lord JOHN MANNERS expressed their
gratification at this announcement of a more liberal policy
towards Ireland.
Mr. GROGAN said the Protestants of Ireland were not
prepared for such a wholesale and sweeoing announcement.
Colonel VERNER said it appeared to be the object of
the government to place the education of the people of
Ireland in the hands of the Roman Catholics, and he felt
satisfied rho• Established Church would never submit to it.

Mr. M. MILNES congratulated Sir IL Peel on his an-
nouncement, and he hoped he would carry it out.
Af er some further discussion, the Tote was agreed to.

Another discus-ion took place on the vote to the College
of Maynoo,h, which was agreed to by a majority of 87 to
30; and the house then adjourned.

FOREIGN Ah\D COLONIAL.

SIR HENRY HARDINGE.—The new Governor-General
of India reached Alexandria in the Geyser, from 'Mar-
seil!eQ, on the 22d of June; and, after having had one
public and several private audiences with the Pacha, de-
parted on the 25th for Cairo, on his way to Suez, where
he was to embark for India in the Hindostan.

THE REv. DR. WOLFF.—Letters from Trebizond to
the 24th of June announce that intelli4ence bad been re-
ceived there of the safe arrival at Bokhat a of this enter-
prising traveller, who had had a very kind reception from
the Bukhatees; but, since nothing is stated touching the
interesting object of this journey, it is concluded either
that the rev. gentleman had not yet arrived at any certain
facts, or that, sent as he is by certain individuals on an,
undertaking under the sanction of government, he is de-
sirous to communicate the result to them and it before
publication in the public journals.

WINE TRADE.—Athices received from Lisbon state
that the wine exportation of Oporto and and Madeira was
depressed beyond all previous experience within living
memory. Good wine was unsaleable at £5 per pipe.
BIRTH OF A FRENCH PRINCE.—On Friday week the
Duchess de Nemours was safely delivered of a son, to
whom the King of the French has given the name of
Duke d'Alencon.
ANOTHER ATTACK BY THE MOORS.—We have received
by express the details of a skirmish, which took place on
the 3d instant, between the French and the Moors, and
which is important, as it proves that up to that date, not-
withstanding the expressed expectations of the French
government to the contrary, the forces of the Emperor
were still moving against them. The results of the fight
were (the despatch published in the Messager states) of
little consequence, but this refers of course only to the
action and its immediate effects upon the conflicting
forces.—Times.

TURKlM—Letters from Constantinople of the 27th
ult. state, that the intelligence received by the govern-
ment from Albania continued to be of a satisfactory na-
ture, and that the Greek Archbishop was assisting the
Mussulman authorities in preparing an inventory of the
losses suffered by the peaceable inhabitants, and for which
they were to obtain compensation. On the 26th Sir Strat-
ford Canning repaired to the Imper al Palace of Beyler-
hey, and presented to the Sultan an autograph letter of
Queen Victoria, in which her Majesty congratulated his
Highness on the fortunate arrangement of the misunder-
standing which, to her great regret, had momentarily
affected the relations of mutual good-will which ever ex-
isted between the two courts.

GREECE.—The accounts from Athens of the 30th ult.
describe Greece as on the eve of becoming again the thea-
tre of party strife. A few days previously some rioting
took place in that capital. Cries of " Down with the
Ministry !" and " Viva the Constitution !" were vocifo-
wed under the King's windows, and Callergis was obliged
to order a body of Cavalry to disperse the mob. Several
parsons were wounded in the affray, two of them subse-
quently died. The elections were nearly over in the pro.
vinces, and had passed off quietly, except in Messenia,
where five individuals lost their lives. On the 29th, the
list of the st-nators, thirty•six in number, was published.
Celetti, Mavrocordato, and Aletaxa would Lot permit
their names to be enrolled on the list, which inc uded the
most eminent of the p,:n onages who took part in the po-
litical events for the last 23 years.
SPANISH AFFA IRS.—The accounts received from Spa.n
are considered rather ominous, by that portion of our
commercial interest that have attached importance to our
direct trade with the Peninsula being pl iced upon a more
liberal and secure footing. The decree for the dissolution
of t Cortes has excited comparatively little interest, it
having been expected for some time, as the necessary
consequence of late events. But the decree for the re-
establishment of the deputations and municipalities in the
Basque provinces, according to the Fueros, is looked
upon as an important step in retrogression, in both the
commercial and the financial view of the case. The lead-
ing object of the administration of Espartero was to bring
the country under one uniform system of law and govern-
ment, by the progressive abolition of provincial distinc-
Voris ; one great object being to put an end to the demo-
ralizing influence of the contraband trade, by the uniform
imposition of a moderate scale of import duties. The
restoration of the Fueros in the Basque provinces, will,
however, put an end to all hope of this kind. The whole
frontier will again be thrown open to the French smug-
glers ; and the present change is considered decisive of
the undivided ascendancy of French counsel in Spanish
affairs. The recent return of the trade of France exhi-
bited a very large diminution of the exports to Spain from
the period of the removal of the line of custom-houses to
the frontier; and although tho status quo, as it respects
them, is not included in the present decree. it is antici-
pated that it will follow at no distant day. Every person
acquainted with the state of society in Spain uniformly
places the evils arising from the contraband trade in the
foreground, and its suppression an essential requisite to
ensure respect to the law, and the establishment of an
efficit-nt system of finance. Until this is done it is per-
fectly clear that Spain cannot resume her place amongst
the nations of Europe, and everything tending to retard
t:le change must be a subject of unqualified regret with
all well-regulated minds.