The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY.

Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house, at its rising to-day,
do adjourn to Thursday, for the Whitsuntide recess, and stated
that on that day he should propose the naval estimates. On
Friday the miscellaneous estimates would be proceeded with,
and a vote would be taken on account of the Kairre war. For
the convenience of the members connected with Ireland, he
would not proceed with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill till the
Friday after. In answer to a question from Mr. Scholfield, Sir
G. GREY said he had received no communications from the
Mayor of concerning the erection of a large con-
vent within that borough.—Mr. SPOONER repeated an assertion
he previously made to the effect that, beneath the ground floors
of the building there were cells, intended, no doubt, for the
inmates of the convent.—Mr. MOORE warmly repudiated this
insinuation.—Mr. HUME postponed his motion for Parliamen-
tary Reform till the Ist of July.—He then resumed the ad-
journed debate on the nomination of the Select Committee on
the Income and Property Tax. The hon. gentleman defended
at some length the nomination he had made, and entered into
a general review of the natureand constitution of the select corn-
mittee.—After some discussion the debate was adjourned until
Friday next, it being arranged that four named by Mr. Hume
—Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Horaman,
should be allowed to remain on the list, and that the Chancel-
lor of She Exchequer should nominate tee rest.—The house
then resumed the consideration of the Ecclesiastical Titles
Bill in committee on clause 2.—Mr. REYNOLDS moved the
omission of the words .under any designation or description
whatsoever: His intention was to carry out the declaration of
Lord J. Russell, that he would leave the Catholics in the same
condition as they held under the act of 1829, in which these
words did not occur.—Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the amend-
ment, contending that the words in question added to the
force and distinctness of the clause, and although going beyond
the letter of the act of 1829, were in conformity with its spirit.
—Mr. Rociin supported the amendment.—Mr. WHITESIDE
expressed his conviction that the intentions of the act of eman-
cipation had always been fully and fairly carried out by Lord
J. Russell;:but that it had been broken by those who had taken
part in the late aggression.—Mr. MoSsELL and Mr. J. O'CoN
NELL, and other gentlemen, having spoken, the committee
divided, when the numbers were, for the amendment, 38 ;
against it, 107; majority, 69.—Sir H. Winnotlon BY then pro-
posed an amendmerit, extending the penalty of one hundred
pounds to all who shall procure or publish rescripts appointing
bishops, &c.r.-After a short discussion there appeared for the
amendment 129; against it, 133 ; majority against it, 4. The
result was received with considerable cheering.—Col. Si BTHORP
proposed an amendment to the effect that parties offending
under the Act shall be fined .e5OO instead of .elOO, and shall he
imprisoned until the fine be paid, and then banished the king.
dom.—This was negatived, by 199 to 65.—Sir F. THESIoEIt
moved an amendment, giving_ any person the right of insti-
tuting proceedings against offenders under the act, with the
consent of.'the Attorney-General.—Sir J. ROMILLY opposed
the motion, on the ground that it shifted the responsibility of
enforcing the law from the Attorney-General to some other
party.—Mr. WALPOLE supported, and the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RAL opposed, the amendment. —Lord J. RUSSELL said it was
contrary to all analogy that such a prosecution should be com-
menced by a private individual, and that the Attorney-General
would be unworthy of his office who would give bis consent to
such a proceeding.—The committee divided, and the numbers
were—for the amendment, 130; against it, 166; majority, 36.—
The house' then went into committee upon the resolution pro-
posed by Lord Naas, relative to home-made spirits in bond.—
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, with a view of prevent-
ing further progress wills the resolution, moved that the chair-
man do lave the chair. The motion wr.s negatived by 140 to
123.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA.

We have received, by the arrival in the Mersey on
Wednesday evening of the mail steam-ship Arctic, Luce
commander, from New York, despatches from that city of
the 24th ult. She encountered fine weather during her
run, and arrived in the river at 5 20 p.m., bringing 160
passengers, 4470,000 specie on freight, and the usual ,
mails.

The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Comstock,
with Livqrpool mails of the 14th ult., arrived out at New
York on the 24th, at 5 30 p.m., after a remarkably fast
run of 1() days 12 hours and 40 minutes, mean time.
The United States mail steam-ship Ohio, with
51,250,0)0 specie on freight, the San Francisco mail of
April 15th, Chagres mails of the 14th ult., and Havannah
of the 17th, arrived at New York on the night of the 21st;
and the N: Scott, with 519,724 specie on freight, on the
22d ult.

The actvices prove the growing popularity of the Hon.
D. Webster us a candidate for the Presidency. He had
delivered at Buffalo several splendid orations, advocating
the cause of Union.
Letters from Baltimore of the 22nd ult. state that 25
men arrested in Florida as Cuba conspirators had arrived
there, and add that during the previous month 1,500 sus-
picious men had been on the coast but had dispersed.
A. clipper ship of large tonnage was about to be built in
New York for British capitalists, in order to meet the
competition in the China trade. The screw steam-ship
City of Pittsburg, for the Philadelphia and Liverpool sta-
tion, would be launched at New York in four weeks.
Mr. Martin F. Tupper, and M. Cabet, the Icarian phi-
losopher, are passengers to Liverpool in the Arctic.
Advices from Boston of the 23d ult. say the Hon. Caleb
Cushing, has introduced into the Legislature a bill to aid
in the construction of the European and North American
Railway, authorising an issue of State scrip to the amount
of $500,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent.per
annum,payable semi-annually, and the principal redeem.
able in 20 years, with 1,000,000 stock subscribed for and
ALOO,OOO paid in. The State of Maine has made a simi-
lar grant of 43'500,000.
Letters from Toronto of the 23d ult. announce that the
Government had on that day suffered a defeat in the Le-
gislative Assembly in resisting a motion to introduce a bill
for preventing the expenditure of public money not pre-
viously 'authorised by the Parliament, and for restraining
the granting of pensions. It was the first division of the
session, and the votes stood 20 to 25. The address in
answer to the Royal speech was carried without a division.
A boy had been carried over the Niagara Falls.

By the Royal Mail steamer Cambria, Captain Leech,
we have received New York advices, by telegraph, to the
29th May. She brought 33 passengers and 150,000 dols.
in spccie. The Cambria arrived on Sunday evening at ten
o'clock. . . . .

The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Harrison,
arrived at Boston at five o'clock on the morning of the
28th ult. A serious riot, attended with loss of life, had
occurred at Hoboken. The Germans of New York were
holding their May festival at that place, when a disturb-
ance took place with some New York men, resulting in
the loss of several lives. Upwards of GO Germans had
been arrested.
Notwithstanding the heavy exports of bullion, the sup-
ply of money was abundant. The demand for foreign ex-
change was moderate, at 1104- to 11(4.
The unfavourable advices by the Baltic had a very de-
, pressing effect on the Cotton market, and the sales effected
on Monday the 27th ult. amounted to 600 bales, at a re-
duction of lc. on the previous Saturday's prices.