The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY.

The following bills were read a third time, and passed,
the Protection of Purchasers (Ireland) Bill, the Customs
(New South Wales) Bill, the Books and Engravings Bill,
the Courts of Common Law Process Bill, the Courts of
Common Process (Ireland) Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, and
the Privy Council Bill was fixed for Thursday.
A great number of other bills were forwarded a stage.
At the evening sitting, various documents, &c. connect-
ed with the deposition of the Rajah of Sattara were order-
ed, on the motion of Mr. Hume.

The Debtors and Creditors Bill, and the Transfer of
Real Property Bill were read a first time, and ordered to
be read again on Thursday.
Mr. HUME moved a resolution, pledging the House to
take the case of the coopers into consideration early next
sessions, with a view to the removal of distress which the
coopers attributed partly to the tariff charges of 1842,
throwing open the colonial market to the Americans, with
whom it was impossible for them to compete, whilst a
duty of 25 per cent. was levied on the raw material for
staves.
Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion.

Mr. GLADSTONE admitted that the coopers suffered
some hardship, and he had doubts of the expediency of
imposing a heavy duty on wood, or a class of articles like
staves, but he maintained that the coopers had been bene-
fitted, not injured, by the tariff of 1842. He assigned va-
rious other causes fur the distress complained of, and said
that of late a great improvement had taken place.
After some remarks from Mr. HUTT and Lord SAN-
DON expressive of a hope that Government would direct
its attention to the subject early next session, the motion
was negatived without a division.

The Earl of LINCOLN obtained leave to bring in a bill
for the embankment of the Middlesex side of the Thames,
from Blackfriars to Westminster-bridge, the object being
that the bill may circulate during the recess, for the con-
sideration of all whose interests may be affected by it.
Mr. MACKINNON drew attention to the practice of in-
terment within large towns, and in churches and chapels.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM saw great difficulties in the way
of any general legislative enactment on the subject, and
could not pledge himself to bring in any bill on the sub-
ject either this session or the next.
A motion of Mr. BORTHWICK, for the production of
certain correspondence relative to Don Carlos, was nega-
tived, after some discussion, by a majority of 33 to 2.
Mr. WYSE drew attention to the petitions from artists
and friends of art in London and Dublin, praying for the
establishment of a gallery for the reception of the best
works in sculpture, or of casts from them, from the ear-
liest period of art to the present time. He moved an ad-
dress to the Crown on the subject, which, after a short
discussion, he withdrew for the present, Sir T. Freeman-
tle and Lord ELLIOT having objected to it on account of
the lateness of the session.

Mr. FOSTER moved iOi• further returns on the subject
of slavery, but Sir J. Graham having in vain urged its de-
lay, the house was counted on the motion of Mr. Cripps,
and, there being only 37 persons present, the house stood
adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY.

The Grand Canal (Ireland) Bill, the Spirits (Ireland)
Bill, the Piccadilly Improvement Bill, the Woods and Fo-
rests Accounts Bill, the Clerks to Attorneys Bill, the
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill, the Horse
Slaughtering Bill, and several private estate and divorce
bills, were read a third time and passed.
Several other bills were forwarded a stage without dis-
cussion.
The Juvenile Offenders Bill was withdrawn.

At the evening sitting numerous petitions were pre-
sented, and amongst them forty from Ireland, in favour
of a repeal of the Union.
Sir C. NAPIER, after introducing the matter as one of
great importance to the character and reputation of this
country, referred to the intelligence from Otaheite re-
specting the proceedings of the French, asked if it were
true, and, if so, what British force there was at the island
whilst those operations were going on ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL said Government had received ac-
coubts from Otaheite, and, presuming on the accuracy of
those accounts, which he had no reason to question, he did
not hesitate to say that a gross outrage, accompanied by a
gross indignity, had been committed. (Loud cries of
" Hear, hear.") Her Majesty's Government received in-
formation to this effect on Monday last, and had taken the
first opportunity of making those communications to the
French Government which they considered the circum-
stances called for. The outrage was committed by a per-
son in temporary authority at Otaheite, and from what
government knew of the facts it was not committed in
consequence of any authority given him by the French go-
vernment. Presuming that the accounts were accurate,
he apprehended that the French government would at once
make such a reparation as this country had a right to re-
quire. He trusted he should not be pressed for any fur-
ther information on the subject. (Hear.)
Sir C. NA PIER said there was one part of his question
which the Right Hon. Baronet had not answered—whe-
ther a proper force was stationed at Otaheite at the time,
and whether the French had established fortifications in
the island.
Sir R. PEEL said he had given the hon. and gallant
officer all the explanation necessary.
Lord INGESTRI E concluded a speech of great length, in
the course of which he expressed his own conviction that
the invention was one of vast importance to the country,
and moved for the production of the correspondence on
the subject between Captain Warner and the government.
Sir R. PEEL, in seconding the motion, said " that Go-
vern meut had offered every reasonable means and facili-
ties for testing the value of Mr. Warners discoveries, the
' invisible shell' and the long range,' and, after alluding
to the negotiations with that gentleman, and especially his
preliminary demand of £lOO,OOO, saidthat all his experi-
ence with him strengthenepdhmisednetermination not to pledge
the Government to the ay
without a previous concession thepayment
any
secret,
its efficacy ; and sum whatever,
ie
cautioned
rough
knowledge oftheHouse against any departure from this rule. But both
the late and
the present Government were amply vindi-
cated from having treated Mr. Warner's proposals with
neglect.
After a short discussion, in the course of which Sir H.
Douglas, Sir C. Napier, Sir G. Cockburn, expressed great
doubts as to the utility and applicability of the invention,
the motion was agreed to.
The Insolvent Debtors Bill was read. a second time.
In committee on the Art Unions Bill, a clause was
ad-
ded extending its operation from Scotland and Ireland to
England.
The Arms Act (Ireland) Bill was read a Prat time.
Adjourned at a quarter before twelve,