The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

rATTRSDAY

cts before

or likely soon to be brot
Parliament, the bill for tl
tics in Scotland was read a second time
standing that it should be referred to a select committee
Sir G. GREY next moved the third reading of the Alien
Bill

under-

Mr. Mow Arr moved an amen,
third time that day six months.

ent—that it be read a

Sir G. Grey, Mr. Bro-

therton , and Lord J. Russell
Hume, Lord D. Stuart,
Cobden, and Mr. Bright
On a division, the
29—majority 117. T

Ewalt; Mr

al motion was carried by 146 to
woe than ranri st third time and

pagsed

Towns Bill, when Lord Morpeth stated that the Govern-
ment would consent to make some alterations in the mea.

lar discussio—n was kept up for some time, but no progress
of any moment. ROO mode with the

HOUSE OF LORDS. -F ru DAY

Lord BROUGHAM brought under the consideration of
their lordships the state of the law. legislatively as well as
judiciously, in a speech of great length, in the course of
which he referred to his exposition of the subject some
twenty years ago. At that time a commission was formed
with a view to its improvement ; and the noble and learned
lord now stated all that had been done since that period,
and much that still remained to be effected in order to cure
the extraordinary anomalies inits operation. The noble and
learned lord concluded by laying on the table a bill to
amend and consolidate the criminal law of England so far
as related to indictable offences and the punishment
thereof.
The bill was read a first time.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Mr. HUMS stated the nature of the motion which he in-
tended to make on the 23d of the present month. It
would be to the effect that the present House of Com-
mons did not fairly represent the property and industry of
the country, and that it was necessary to enlarge the fran-
chise to the extent of household suffrage, to adopt the sys-
tem of vote by ballot, and to limit the duration of parlia-
ment to three years. . . . . .

Mr. Woo]) moved for a select committee to inquire into
the allegations contained in the petition of certain electors
and inhabitants of the borough of Stamford, which was
presented upon the 14th day of March last, complaining of
the interference of the Marquis of Exeter, a peer of the
realm, and lord lieutenant of the county of Northampton,

„...thering of ” Friends." The troops appear to have en-
joyed the contrasts of place and people amazingly. The
Baia norougn. costume of the men was a perfect rebuke to the gaudy
Mr. T. D'EYNCOURT seconded the motion. display of military uniforms, which they regarded with
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had so much doubt in coming the wondering pity of a philosopher looking at the war-
to a decision on this subject. that he would not seek to paint of a savage. The peculiar head-dress of the women,
influence the vote of any hon. gentleman who might have and the unmistakeable " type "of countenance of all the
formed a different judgment on the matter. He thought community, were equally matters of observation for their
it would be well to have some further inquiry, in order to guests, more especially the supernatural gravity of the
set the public mind at rest, if the allegations could be dis- children, who are supposed to be some 40 years of age at
proved. Under all the circumstances he would support the day of their birth, and are never young at all. But
_ -----

t the late and former elections of members to serve for the

lect commi

ine appointment of a se.
Sir R. PEEL said the petitioners had put forward direct
allegations of bribery and intimidation, and the proper
tribunal to have gone before would have been an election
committee, where the facts could have been thoroughly
sifted. Not having done this, they had no right now to
come to Par liament and ask it to appoint a new tribunal
to investigate the matter. Under these considerations he
should vote against the appointment of the committee.
The House then divided, and the motion was carried
by a majority of 178 to 177.
The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheering from both sides of the house.

. .
great essentials of " provant " and supplies there are much
worse quarters than a Hernhutter's village.

10.0MMIEINMM.MINOIL
UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS,

The confirmation of Dr. Graham as Bishop of Chester,
took place at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, on
Saturday. . .

The Bishop of Manchester has announced that he is
averse to granting letters dimissory under any circum-
stances, and that he will require candidates for orders in
his diocese to be ordained by himself.
The Rev. Richard Mitchell, B. D., public orator,
prwlector in logic, and vice-principal of Magdalene Hall,
has been appointed by the hebdomadal board of Oxford
university to preach the lecturefounded by Canon Bampton
for the year ensuing. Mr. Mitchell is a sound theologian
and free from the tractarian leaven.
The Gazette of Tuesday contained an order in council,
ratifying a scheme of the ecclesiastical commissioners, for

beer;iliministed in consequence of the establishment, by
authority, of new parishes adjoining their incumbencies.
Among the rev. gentlemen so compensated are Mr. W.
Hutchinson, incumbent of All Saints, Newton Heath,
Lancashire, who accepts £l6, and Mr. J. Henderson,
incumbent of Colne, Whalley, Lancashire, who rejoices
in the bonus of £24.
CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—On Tuesday morn-
ing the annual general meeting of the supporters of the
above society was held at Exeter-hall. Lord Ashley,
M.P., was in the chair ; and amongst the persons on the
platform were the Earl of Waldegrave, the Bishop of Nor-
wich, the Bishop of Manchester, the Rev. Hugh Stowell,
the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, and other friends of the.
society. The chairman read letters from the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of Winchester, and the Bishop
of Ripon. expressing themselves favourable to the princi-
ples of clerical aid upon which the society was founded.
The receipts of the society amounted to £25,767 9s. 6d.,
and the disbursements to the larger sum of £29,537145. 3d.
The sum received from auxiliaries was £2,697. In May,
1845. there were 77 grants vacant out of 320, while there
were at present only 24 out of 360. The outlay had in-
creased in a corresponding degree, viz., by about £5,000.
The Bishop of Norwich moved, the Bishop of Manchester
seconded, and the Rev. J. Harding supported, a resolution
for the adoption of the report.
THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE REV. G. C. GOR-
HAM.—Five commissioners (W. W. Wingfield, chief
commissioner), appointed by the Bishop of Exeter, met
at Penzance on the 2nd inst. to inquire into a charge
against the Rev. G. C. Gorham, of having on several occa-
sions, and, on the 19th or 26th of July in particular, omit-
ted to read the Lord's Prayer in a part of the service
where it ought properly to be read. A witness named
William Addy deposed to the fact on one of those two

days, he was not quite sure which, and on several other
occasions generally. The general omission was also de-
posed to by another witness, who could not point to any
particular day. It'was, however, distinctly shown in the
evidence of the Rev. H. Comyn, that on the 6th, 19th,
and 26th of July, Mr. Gorham was performing service for
him (Mr. Comyn) at Sancreed, at the times sworn to by
Eddy as those when he was omitting passages of the ser-
t ice in his own parish church. His evidence was on the
handwriting in the Sancreed register, but it was confirmed
by Mrs. Comyn and Miss H. Comyn, who saw the service
performed, Mr. Comyn being absent. Mr. Kitson, how
vr, for the prosecution, urged that the general evidence
a 1 not been contradicted ; and the five commissioners,
Ater a lengthened absence, declared a prima fade case
against Mr. Gorham to have been established. The bishop
has since, very wisely, abandoned further proceedings.

IRELANII
The United Irishman newspaper is-taken in and,Teed
by the paupers of the Limerick workhouse !
The trial of Smith O'Brien was to commence yesterday

(Monday).
The " Protestant Repealers" have held their • first
meeting, and a sorry affair it seems to•have been.
Mr. Butt has been retained for the -defence, of Mr.
Smith O'Brien. So far Mr. Mitchel perseveres- in his
determination to conduct his own defence.

Extensive failures have taken place in the potatoe crop
in the West of Ireland, but as yet no failure has been as-
certained which cannot be traced to ignorance, or mis-
management in committing the seed to the earth.
THE QUEEN V. MITCHELL.—The ..Court of :Queen's
Bench, Dublin, has decided that Mr. Mitchel's plea of
abatement is bad, and he therefore has, had to put in the
usual pleas to two indictments against him for sedition.
Mr. O'Brien has received a letter from the, Chancellor,
informing the hon. member for Limerick that his Lord-
ship has felt constrained-to remove his name from the roll
of magistrates. _ _

A PRIEST DOING PENANCE.—Father ,Bermingham, of
Borrisokane, the author of the celebrated letter preaching
blood and slaughter, and who was very properly suspended
by his bishop, has mounted the stool of repentance, and
in abject communication addressed to the Evening Post,
the organ of the Irish Government, retracts his letter,
and deplores his having uttered sentiments " so much at
variance with the pi caching of our Divine Redeemer and
his blessed Apostles."
THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN. —in 'his capacity of
Grand Master of the Orangemen of the'United Kingdom,
the Earl of Enniskillen has published a long and sensible
address to the Orangemen of Ireland, calling on them,
and upon all the Protestants of Ireltind, to " come for-
ward as one man, to pronounce one stern declaration from
every Protestant hearth and home, to assure her most
gracious majesty the Queen that they look upon the Act
of Union as indispensable to their existence as Protestants
and to the true welfare of Ireland."