The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsnAr.

The Princess Augusta's Annuity Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that
on Friday next be would move for a committee of the whole
house upon the Excise Acts (Ireland). He said that there
could no longer be any doubt but that the additional Is.
duty on Irish spirits had led to an increase in smuggling,
and he should propose on Friday that it should be with-
drawn.

Mr. G. W. WOOD moved the second reading of the Scien-
tific Societies Bill, for the purpose of relieving from local
and general taxation the buildings used by such societies for
their collections of hooks, statues, preparations, &c.
Lord SAN VON seconded the motion, which was agreed to.

The house then went into committee on the Coroners Bill
pro forma, for the purpose of making some amendments,
after which it was arranged that the bill as amended should
be printed and re-committed that day fortnight.

Lord Wonstity moved the second reading of the Com-
mons Enclosure bill (No. 2).
Colonel SIBTHORP said it was impossible that such an im-
portant measure could he properly considered during the
present session, containing as it did no less than 137 clauses.
tie therefore moved that it should be read a second time that
day six months.
Mr.-S. WORTLEY supported the propriety of postponing
the bill until next session.

Lord WORSLEY said he thought the measure too import-
ant to allow him to assent to its postponement. lie believed
there were over two millions of acres of land in this country
which might he redeemed and enclosed at an expense of
about £l2 are acre, to the great advantage of the poor and
labouring classes of the community. At present parties
were deterred from enclosing by the great expense of enclo-
sure acts. He contemplated to carry his measure into ope-
ration by the aid of the tithe commissioners, who upon the
application of two-thirds of the interested parties should send
assistant commissioners to examine and report on the circum-
stances. The commissioners should make a report twice a
year to the Home Office, and the House of Commons should
have the power of stopping any enclosure if one-fourth of the
interested parties should oppose it. Under the present sys-
tem the expense of enclosure acts amounted to from £lOO to
4300, while under the operation of this bill the expense
would not exceed .-C-10. He felt satisfied that his bill would
confer great benefit on the agricultural interests, and on the
country generally also. •
Mr. FERRAND opposed the bill on the ground that it would
deprive the poor of England for ever of their rights of com-
monage. He felt satisfied, however, that some measure
should he adopted for the purpose of reclaiming the waste
lands of England. The measures of Sir R. Peel had, he
contended, proved to .be failures, for food was still beyond
the reach of the labouring classes. Machinery was still
throwing thousands out of work, and the state of the work-
ing classes in the manufacturing districts was most deplora-
ble. He admitted that the bill before the house would be
beneficial as far us that it would give employment, but he
could not support it for the reason he had stated ; but he
would waive his Opposition if the principle of the allotment
to labourers were incorporated with it.
The bill was supported by Sir C. BURRELL and Mr.
M►LES.

Mr. ROEBUCK contended that, if the allotment system
were carried out, they would have throughout England a
pauper agrarian population. lie would prefer seeing a labour-
ing population dependant upon wages. The hon. and learned
gentleman advocated the necessity of maintaining these lands
as commons, rather than presenting them to the adjoining
landowners, and said, that if the noble lord would repeal the
corn laws he would give more employment to the people than
he would ever give them by his bill, which, if it passed,
would prove to be the parelit of many law-suits.
Lord J. MANNERS wished to see the labourers dependant
on wages, but the allotment system would enable them to
eke out their subsistence.
Mr. RoEutioic—" Eke out their subsistence!"
Lord J. M ANNERS said yes—the expression was, unfortu-
nately, a just one as applied to the present state of the la-
bouring classes in the manufacturing counties.
Mr. C. BULLER said the principle of this bill was so simple
that the only wonder was that the House of Commons had
not long since acted upon it. He strongly advocated the
propriety of passing the bill.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to all enclosure bills as rob-
beries of the poor, and he objected to this bill in particular,
as a bill for general plunder of the poor without the inter-
vention of parliament. It was not his wish to see the poor
dependent altogether on wages, for he wished to see them in
a great measure independent, by being dependent noon their
own labour on land, It was not the small holdings of land
in Ireland that caused distress in that oountry, but the
peculiar circumstances under which they held them, and the
injustice and tyranny under which they laboured.
Mr. DLVETT supported the bill, as did also Mr. AG-
LIONBY.
The house then divided, and the second reading was carried
by a majority of 64 to 4.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house ;tdjourned.

PENSIONS.—By the death of the Earl of Cathcart, and of
Sir Charles Bagot, two diplomatic pensions have fallen into
the government, amounting together to the sum of £3,486;
but, by the accession of Lords Beauvale and Ponsonby, pen-
sions of a similar nature, amounting together to £2,568 have
accrued, so that a saving of £9lB only will take place in the
diplomatic pension list, which contains 43 members. The
total amount of payments being £43,138 12s. 4d` for the year
ending January 5, 1843, for retired pensions; and £140,408
for ambassadors in active service, for the same period ; being
in the whole the sum of X 183,138 I ls. 4d.•for this one
branch of the public service.
THE LATE DR. MAGINN.—An erroneous opinion appears
to be entertained as to the proceeds of the subscription, some
time since set on foot for the destitute family of this highly-
talented and much-lamented gentleman. We regret to find,
that up to this time it has fallen far short of what was ex-
pected, and of what it ought to be. The whole amount paid
into Coutts's bank scarcely exceeds £5OO, nearly one-half of
which has already been expended in fitting out the only son
of the deceased as n cadet for India—an appointment which
did great honour to the feelings of Lord Fitzgerald, and was,
we believe, the last official act of his life. This, however, is
the only thing the conservative administration, which owes
so much to Dr. Maginu as a political writer, has done for
his family.— Times.
HER MAJESTY'S ACCESSION.—Tuesday being the fifth
anniversary of her Majesty's accession to the throne, in 1837,
the morning was ushered in by the ringing of a merry peal
at the different churches throughout the metropolis. The
royal standard was hoisted at the Tower, Somerset Douse,
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. Margaret's, Westminster,
St. Giles, and the usual public buildings. At one o'clock
the Park and Tower guns fired a royal salute, which was
responded to by the batteries at Woolwich, Tilbury Fort,
Chatham, Deal, and Dover. The vessels in the St. Katha-
rine's, London, West and East India Docks, had their
colours fairly flying in the breeze, as well as those up and
down the river, English and foreign, which presented a
variegated and lively appearance. The 28th instant will be
the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, in 1838.

THE BIRDS AND BROUGHAM HALL-MUCh interest has
recently been excited in Cumberland, and other places, re-
specting the visit to Brougham Hall, of some persons of the
name of Bird, who claim to be the rightful owners of
Brougham Hall, the residence of Lord Brougham, and
which was formerly called " Bird's Nest." The Birds were
seized upon, and put in Appleby gaol, on a charge of tres-
pass, for a fortnight. One of the parties resides in this town,
and he has sent us the following communication on the sub-
ject, with the orthography and general style of which we take
no liberties :

" Preston, June 8.

" Sir,—Having of late observed repeated paragraphs in
your papers respecting brougham hall we beg to make they
fowling statement on they 29 of may birds went into brougham
hall they place of their ancestors they went in peacably and
that they can prove in any court and that Lord Brougham
has not had peacable possession for thirty yeares they further
further beg to state that we can show a right and gust title to
the mansion house of Brougham in they house of Lords or
in any court of justice in they three kingdoms and that he
lord brougham has no title bnt a fictions one.
9 THOMAS Bum"
—Preston Chronicle.

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14 Liverpool. pre‘iions to his departure from England.
On ITIDAr EVENING, June 30,
HERR STAUDIGL
will repeat, by particular desire, " Reven7e," and introduce
Schubert's Romance of the " Erl King" ; Mozart's beau-
tiful Aria " in Dicsen Heiligen Flatlet'," and choice selec-
tions of °Owl- celeiirat,d pieces.
kssisted by Madlle. PAULINE LANG,
From the Grand Opera Vienna, and other talent.
Doors open at half-past seven, commence at eight o'clock,
Reserved Seats ss. ; Body of the Room 45.;
Gallery 2s.
Programmes and Tickets to be bad at the Rooms, and prin-
cipal Music Shops.

TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS

The largely increased and most respectable circulation
which the 'Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL
STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile
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of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to
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the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of
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the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester,
however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our
publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im-
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Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to
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us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst
those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their adver-
tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability
to do justice to the interests committed to their care.