The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

HOUSE .OF ,OOMMONS.-TUESDAY

Lord ASHLEY reported from the Lyme Regis election
committee that T. N. Abdy, Esq., had been duly elected.
Mr. LABOUCHERE, in reply to Mr. Hume, stated,
with reference to Van Dieman's Land and Australian
colonies, that the Government hoped to be able, before
the close of the session, to propose measures -for extend-
ing free institutions to these colonies.

'His answer not being satisfactory to Mr. Hume, he
gave notice that he should bring in a bill himself on the

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lifter a short discussion, Mr. S. Crawford obtained
leave to bring in a:bill:for soeuring the rights of •outgoing
tenants.in Ireland.

Mr. LABOUCRERE, at the instance of Lord George
Bentiuk‘ , explained some recent transactions which had
taken place in Demerara relative to the state of labour in
that colony. It was true that some incendiary fires had
taken ylace,'but measures had been immediately adopted
by governor to restore order, which he hoped .would
be effectual.

A conversation ensued between Mr. Milnes_and fir G.
Grey relative to the proceedings in Trafalgar-square, the
right hon. baronet stating, with regard to the collisions
between the people and the police, that the consequences
which had followed had all been comprised.in the break-
ing of some-lamps, which the police most effectually, but
most moderately, suppressed.
On the bringing up of the report on the Passengers
Bill, Mr. LsuoucliißE intimated that he had amended
it, in conformity with the suggestions of the previous
Night, by providing that sick passengers landing on any
part of our shores should have the right to be conveyed
back to the place of embarkation, and that in the case of
in consequence of sickness the passage
returned.

FEARFUL CONFLICT AT THE FEEJEE ISLANDS, 800
KILLED.—By the arrival of the Sydney mail on Saturday,
we are informed of a most severe battle having taken
place on the 4th of September, at the Feejee Islands,
between the chiefs and the people of Mbau and Rena, in
)F COMMONS.—WEregssnAv. which the latter were defeated, but escaped with a num-
mof Mr. ANSTEY, the louse resolved it- ter of their adherents to Java harbour, about seven miles
self into committee on the Roman Catholic Relief-Bill. west of Rena roads, where they intended to settle, all the
Sir R. INGLIS objected to that portion of the first habitations of Rena being burned to the ground by the
Lse which went to repeal the Ist of Elizabeth, enjoin- chiefs of Mbau. The number slain on both sides
the oath of supremacy. At present Roman Catholics amounted to upwards of 800, the bodies of whom still
were exempted from -taking that oath, but the penalties remained exposed there. Fortunately for the missiona-
.were retained at common law, an immunity not enjoyed ries, the scene of warfare occurred at some distance from
by their Protestant fellow-countrymen ; ,he therefore their location.
moved the omission of the words " shall be repealed." AMERICA.—The Washington, from New York, arrived
Considerable discussion took place on this amendment; at -Southampton on Tuesday, having left on the 21st ult.
but it was negatived on a division by a majority of 94 She brings 17 passengers, and 5000 dollars only in specie.
over 50 voices. The stock market in New York was much depressed, al-
Mr. HENLEY then moved that part of the clause be- though money was much easier, with symptoms of im-
ginning at the 17th line, at the words "so much of an provernent. The exports of bread to England had been
Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of Queen Eliza- on a limited scale. Preparations were making for the
beth," down to the words "in any wise conceals the election of President, which was to commence on the 22d
Roman Catholics," he omitted, as it was that part of the ult. The news from America is of no great importance.
clause which repealed the said Act_of Elizabeth. Thevrincipal topic discussed is, " Who will be President ?"

money shout

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Considerable discussion also took place on this amend- Strong efforts are being made to crush Mr. Polk, and
ment ; bjit tt was negatived on a division by a majority of bring in a Whig of moderate principles. The dates from
155 over'll9 voices. Vera Cruz are to the 29th of January. The accounts and
After agreeing to some other clauses, the committee prospects of peace there were very contradictory. Orizaba
got involved in an angry polemical discussion of no im. had been captured by Col. Lane, at the head of 500
portance in itself, but of some importance as to its con- cavalry.

a private. .
THE WORKMEN. -On Wednesday, the paviours of
Paris struck for an increase of wages : they refused to re-
sume their work unless the government gives them Bf. a
day in place of 4f. the ordinary price. The government,
not being inclined to yield to such a demand, has em-
ployed journeymen masons to repave the streets.
RETRIBUTION.-In 1830, no sooner had the Dey of
Algiers arrived in France as a prisoner of Charles X. than
the King was dethroned and exiled ; and in 1848, no
sooner had the Emir Abd-el-Kader reached the shores of
France as the prisoner of Louis Philippe than the King
.--- - - - ,is. of the barricades was dethroned and exiled! The Dey,'
Jews to Parliament.
.. - copal cross and full costume to visit the sick in the at the fall of Charles, exclaimed, "God is just :he has
hospitals, and finds himself greeted with respect. Pas- avenged me !"-and who would prevent the Marabout,
Similar petitions were presented from the Bishop of
OXFORD, from places in the county of Oxford.
local letters are published in every diocese. In all, the Abd-el-Kader, from making the same assertion of provi-
The Earl of EGLINTOUN presented a petition from Ber-
clergy are desired to inculcate peace and order, and to dential retribution ?
wick against the Currency Act of 1844.
accept whatever form of government it may please Pro-
SYMPATHY FOR LOUIS PHILIPPE.-The Presse says :
Earl . . vidence to set over them.
Some little conversation ensued, in which the zof -" A considerable number of journeymen joiners who
Franefort Journal of the 3d had assembled to converse upon their own situation Were
Shrewsbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord Stan-
GERMANY.-The German
alluding to the 1,000,000 f. of the Civil List, which the
22th ult., stating that ley took part. relative to the street disturbances in the contains a letter from Berlin of the
Provisional Government had promised to distribute
metropolis. It was admitted that the mobs were rather the treaty of alliance between Austria, Russia, and Prus-
of a thievish than of a political character, and that the among them, when at the moment the arrival of Louis
sia, for supporting in common Austria in Italy has been
police had acted well in dispersing them.
ratified. Three corps d'armee have received orders to be Phillippe and his family at London in a state of depriva-
mobilised ; the fourth is to march from Saxony and Thu- tion was announced. Upon hearing
this news one of the
HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TIMRSDAY.
ringia into Westphalia; the seventh is to descend from men present said, ' Saeristi . that is very hard upon
Westphalia to Cologne; and the eighth to move to the them. I tell you what should be done. The advice
A great number of petitions on the different subjects
were presented. frontier of France. The third corps d'armee in the march of Beranger should be followed. A million distributed
Mr. BRIGHT postponed his notice of motion for leave replaces
the fourth in Saxony. The Journal de Franc- amongst us would be but very few francs a-piece. Well,
to bring in a bill to abolish the Game Laws till that fort denies that foreign troops are to quarter in the city.
then ! Let it be sent to the ex-King. The arlms of the
day fortnight. At
Heidlberg there
hadrel f f
BRITISH MECHANICS AND WORKMEN IN FRANCE. re bee some troubles on the 29th. poor do honour to misfortune I .
The Duchess of Orleans, with her two children arrived at A BRAVE GIRL.-The following is from the Presse :-
Mr. A. STAFFORD wished to ask a question of the go- Coblentz on the Ist. Her Royal Highness arrived at the " A young girl was present at the late massacre of the
vernment relating to the expulsion of mechanics and Hotel du Giant, and immediately after set out for Ems.
Municipal Guard of the post of the Place de la Concorde,
which fired on the sth legion. There remained only one
artizans from France since the commencement of the Among the persons of her suite were the preceptor of the
o
Princes Lnd the French general. The German Diet has of these unfortunate men. ' Mademoiselle,' cried M. de
revolution, and if such had been the case, whether the
British government had taken any steps to relieve their
decided upon authorising each state of the Germanic Diet
V-, commandant of the firemen, ' you may save this
wants and procure means to convey them to then' re_ to regulate the question of the liberty of the press as it "an ?' ' What must. Ido ? I an, ready !, ' Throw your-
spective homes. (Hear, hear.) may think fit. self into his arms, and claim him as your father !' The
CURIOUS COINCIDENCES.-The Paris Union__ointy young girl threzr_limsejtaLtizi same moment into the
Sir G. GREY said, on Sunday morning he received..cog • 4.0, weeping, „,.,...2, • 0..-
, ' - cumsralicfailitEiMiethelate.of the rent monarchs tlernen, in the name of God, spare my father, or kill me
aorsincat kitten, stating that the French populace had
demanded the immediate discharge of all British labour-
who preceded the republic :-" As in 1830, three days, with him !' At the same moment the muskets of the as-
ers and mechanics employed in factories or on railroads, and the same three days of the week, Tuesday, Wednes- sailants were lowered, and the municipal guard, protected
and that a considerable number in consequence were day, and Thursday 1 As in 1830, a man of the people by his liberatress, was saved.
ordered to leave France almost without clothes, and in a taking his seat on the royal arm-chair! Louis Philippe THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVANTS.-Among those
state of great destitution. He (Sir G. Grey) immediately was dethroned in the same month as the Duke of Berry who have suffered most from the revolution are men and sent orders to the British Consul to engage a steam-boat was assassinated ! Raised to the throne by barricades, women servants. There are an extraordinary number of
to convey the parties so circumstanced to England, and he was- hurled from it by barricades ! Lik
Charles X these poor creatures out of bread. With the domestics
Louis Philippe had a grandson, and this grandson was Of' of the court must be reckoned those of ministers and
he also gave instructions to the Mayor of Portsmouth, on
their arriving in that port, to make necessary preparations the same age as the Due de Bordeaux in 1830. Like aides-de-camps, officials, and foreigners, English, Russian,
Charles X., Louis Philippe, at the last moment, wanted German, &c., leaving Paris, with the reduced establish-
and arrangements to convey them to their respecti
homes. (Hear.) These arrangements had been made, ve to abdicat in favour of his grandson, and he likewise ments of people whose means have suffered, as well as
and the unfortunate individuals alluded to, some of whom received for answer, 'lt is too late !' Charles X. fell those who, even if they could, would not like to make an
belonged to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other places in
shortly after Hussein Pacha, the dey of Algiers; the fate ostentatious display of wealth. The peers are abolished
Scotland, appeared (he was informed) very grateful for
of Louis Philippe arrived soon after the day on which -the deputies broken up ; and, consequently, the number
the attention which had been shown to them. (Hear,
to
was brought a captive to France. Now of men and women servants not knowing what to do is
hear.) They had means provided for enabling them .o for Louis Philippe as for Charles X., we say `he ex- truly pitiable. The war department gives great dissatis-
return to their homes. (Hear.) King.' But there exists a difference, which the people faction to the National, which blames General Subervie
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved for leave to bring in a bill to in their justice acknowledge aloud. Charles X. departed for the character of his appointments. All important
poorsminintoentswexealileth.vd lie Philippe will in his; enjoy commands and trusts are conferred upon men who are
amend the Irish Poor Relief Extension Act, with a view
amongst the most devoted servants of the late Govern-
to repeal the 10th section, commonly called "The Quarter- -,........„___
went.
•
acre Clause." The hon. member contended that this THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. MISERY BEGINNING.-PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING.-
preliminary clause, which forbade relief, out-door or in-
How to support public credit is the question of the day.
door, to all- persons in possession of a quarter of an acre -
of land or upwards, inflicted the grossest injustice on many The failure of the bank of Gouin and Co. has profoundly
who could not get rid of their occupancies. touched the public sentiment because of the name of
Sir Was. SOMERVILLE opposed the motion as unneces-
Jacques Lafitte, and by means of certain associations pro-
clueing sadness has given a tendency to alarm rather than
sary, as it was held that the guardians had power to give
relief to such persons as tendered their occupancies to their actual alarm itself; for we are still under the influence of
landlords, whether accepted or not by the landlord. hopeful expectations. The revolution of 1830 ruined
Jacques Lafitte, who publicly asked pardon of God and
Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Fagan, Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. F.
his country for the hand he had in placing Louis Philippe
O'Connor, Mr. Clements, Sir. G. Grey, Col. Conolly,
on the throne. That throne is destroyed, and the sue,
Mr. E. B. Roche, Mr. Aglionby, Major Macnamara, Mr,
cessor of old Jacques is the first to be swept away in the
Reynolds, Mr. Maunsell. Mr. Wakley, Mr. Drummond,
storm. The public are clamouring for relief. Trade is at
Colonel Dunne, and Mr. M. O'Connell, took part in the
discussion which followed. a stand-still. The look of the shops, except those which
sell the mere necessaries of life, is gloomy. Propositions
The house divided-For the motion 21, against it 114,
majority against the motion 93. of various kinds, for the relief of people of business unable
-
to meet their engagements, abound. As no one will think
of laying in new stocks of goods-, the manufacturers must
soon begin to feel the pinch. If manufacturers, then
workmen ; and workmen have been taught to expect the
advent of a new era. The State has taken a voluntary
pledge, and it behoves it not to trifle with hungry sto-
machs and inflamed minds.

sequences, when a motion made by Sir G. GREY was put I OMANISM AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—What
and carried that the Chairman should report progress and says the French Church ? She holds out her hand to
ask leave to sit again on Wednesday next. Democracy, but with a timid boldness, as a man might
On the motion of Mr. COLVILE, the Game Certificate do who found himself face to face with an unchained
Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed wild beast, watching all the while its glistening eye and
that day fortnight. restless limbs. The Archbishop of Paris, seemingly of
his own accord, but really after receiving a significantly
pressing message from a republican club, issues directions
for substituting the name of the Republic for that of the
.
the daily prayers. He goes with his arol-app

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition from a

The events of to-day (says the correspondent of the
Daily News, writing on londay) have been untoward.
The Provisional Minister of Finance has resigned. The
Bourse was to have been re-opened, and all the agens-de-
change were assembled, ready to commence business,
when, unexpectedly, soon after one o'clock, an order ar-
rived from the Minister of the Interior, forbidding its
opening till further orders. It is understood that bargains
had been made for purchases and sales of the Threes at 60.
Gouin's bank stopped payment to-day. This bank had
done much business for the petit commerce of Paris. It
is reported that its liabilities are fifty-five millions. Con-
tradictory reports are circulated as to its assets. I am
told in one quarter that they areconsiderable, while I hear
hear from another that they bear but a small proportion
to the liabilities. However it be, this failure must pro-
duce great temporary distress. Gouin was banker to the
conservative party in the chamber, who have withdrawn
their capital, which is assigned as the immediate cause of
the failure. Gander Pages takes the Ministry of Finance.
Advices from Paris of Tuesday evening announce that
the Bourse had been re-opened amidst great excitement.
A melodramatic deputation of Americans waited upon the THE PROSPERITY AND FALL OF LOUIS
Provisional Government on Monday, and, according to • • PHILIPPE.
the custom of republicans, taking upon them to speak in The following extracts from the leading articles of the
the name of the United States, they presented M. Arago Times are interesting, the one setting. forth the immedi-
with an American and a French flag united. ate cause of the success of the mob in Paris ; the other
The news from the departments is generally favourable. pourtraying Louis Philippe in the plenitute of his power.
Public tranquility is everywhere maintained. The miners First, the cause :
in the north who had revolted, have resumed their work. "After Count Mole's failure, the King sent for M.
Great commercia
the pro l distress however is reported in the chief Thiers. That gentleman may be said to have actually
towvinces. formed a Cabinet in conjunction with M. Odillon Barrot
The armed band which occupied the Tuilleries, and and M. Duvergier de Hauranne, for they instantly pro-
made it the theatre of their disorders and orgies, were in- ceeded to the discharge of the highest possible duty which
duced on Tuesday to evacuate it. could devolve on Ministerial responsibility. The one act
It seems that a band of some four hundred armed indi- of their government was the publication of that incon-
vidnals had, after the capture of the Tuilleries, resolved to ceivable proclamation stating that no further resistance
remain in it, and make it their quarters. They slept on should be made, and the promulgation of orders to the
the sofas, such as were not broken, got cam brag, alapt,---officers commanding regiments to withdraw- them. This
lived, cooked, and made themselves at home in the Tuil- was, of course, the capitulation of the Monarchy. Mar-
eries. The authorities occupied the guard houses with the i shal Bugeaud, who had the command of the troopsi.and
National Guard, but one of this band always stationed , had now completed his preparations for a general attack
himself as sentry alongside of the National Guard sentry. on the barricades,
and was confident of success rotested
It was soon found that these gentry were not of the most most energetically against this extraordinary order, and
honest kind. For they contrived to force open doors and said that if it was acted on all was lost. The King's then
drawers, and to pass objects of value through the gratings Ministers, M. Thiers and M. Barrot, insisted; the King
of the Tuileries, to cornsanions outside. At first food was , took their advice, and Marshal Bugeaud resigned the
sent to them, as to soldiers on a post, but this being with- command of the troops, observing that it was useless for
held, they contrived to procure some. At last the Prefect, I him to retain it if nothing was to be done. General La-
Caussidiere, begged them to dislodge. Theyrefused flatly, moriciere was therefore named to the command of Paris,
declared that they had fifty rounds of ammunition per and M. Thiers and his friends proceeded to effect their
man, and would first set fire to the Chateau, if attacked, pacific arrangements. The effects of their orders were
and then fight their way out. How dislodge these des- immediately perceptible, although the declaration of their
perate men ? An assault could scarcely be asked of the names was certainly not followed by the consequences
good citizens who compose the National Guard—police they bad anticipated. The officers of the army, indig-
there is as yet none. The soldiers have declined to at- nant at so unexpected a termination of their duties,
tack the people. The only corps that could be got were sheathed their swords, the men allowed themselves to be
the youth of the College of St. Cyr—i.e., the sons of the disarmed by the mob, whom th been ordered sot
offer families of the kingdom. The prefect accepted their to
resist, and the people encounteringeyhad no serious opposot
i-
offer of reducing the brigands; and the latter war, sum- tion from the Municipal Guard, which was cut to pieces,
moved last night. In reply. they offered to decamp on I rushed on to the conquest of the Palais Royal and the
condition that each one of them was to have a pension of Tuileries. To sum up this narrative in two words, the
800 francs a-year, and that none of them were to be dismissal of the Guizot Government rendered it impossi-
searched on marching out. The Prefect refused the honest ble for the Executive Government to act effectually.; the
terms, and gave them until ten this morning to submit. subsequent advice of M. Thiers and the resignation of
At ten this morning the boys of St. Cyr, well armed, Marshal Bugeaud rendered it impossible to act at all. .If
marched into the court of the Tuileries, with a crowd of this be, as we have every reason to believe it is, a correct
Parisians gathered thousands strong, to witness the fun of narrative of these transactions, we are not surprised that
the chateau taken by storm. They were in part:clisap- M. Thiers and his colleagues should not have made them-
pointed • for the brigands, frightened at the determined selves conspicuous in the subsequent passages of this re-
aspect of' the St. Cyr scholars, consented to March out volution.'
without setting. fire to the palace. Some were searched ; Now the picture :
all had dollars in abundance. Some were marched to the " This day fortnight Louis Philippe was the most
Hotel de Ville, andsome escaped.
prosperous, the most pul and d abl
The 3foniteur of Wednesday contains a decree of the Sovereign in the world ower
Iff th, e reader willaccounte justthe thinkest of
Provisional Government, whereby, in all the industrial it, he will find that this wonderful man had attained the
and commercial towns, a " Comtoir National d'Escompte" very acme of success, consideration, and power. It is a
time .n Prinrnarat. +tin nf I
is to be created, destined to spread credit to all branches' work of

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Mr. LABOLTCHERE, in reply to Mr. F. Scott, stated that
t Colonial Secretary hoped, before the close of the ses-
sion, in consequence of representations from Australia, to
bring in a bill for separating the government of New South
Wales from that of Port Philip. His noble friend had
also under his consideration whether it would not be ne-
cessary in that bill to introduce certain other alterations
in the constitution of New South Wales.

Sir .13. HALL, in reply to Mr. Hamilton, stated that it
was his intention to take the sense of the house, in com-
mittee of ways and means, upon the proposition of which
be had given notice, for extending the income tax to Ire-
land.

The house went into committee of ways and means on
the income tax resolution ; but the debate principally re-
solved itself into one of free trade and protection, accord-
ing to the views of the various speakers. The votes of
the hon members, however, would be thus distributed :
In favour of the government proposition of continuing the
tax for three years--Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. Miles, Mr. Bro-
therton, Mr. Cardvrell, and Mr. W. E. Gladstone ; for
Mr. lltime's amendment, of limitation to one year—'Mr.
J. B. Smith, Sir W. Molesworth, and Mr. Disraeli; the
debate standing adjourned, on the motion of Mr. Mac-
regor, till Monday.

The Passengers Bill was read a third time and passed

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.
The Royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, from Boston and
Halifax, arrived in the Mersey on Saturday morning, at
half-past one o'clock. She brought advises from New
York to the 27th ult., £40,000 in specie, and thirty-four
passengers.,

On the 21st tilt. the venerable John Quincy Adams was
seized with apoplexy in his seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives, and died on the following night. Another
account states that he died in the house, in the Speaker's
room, and adds—" Congress marked its sense of the
mournful event by immediately adjourning for a week.
All the party bickerings that had passed between the
members but a moment before were hushed on the in-
stant. The citizens of the capital partook of a like feel-
ing, business was suspended, and a general gloom took
Possession of every one, so much so that several persons
put on mourning." All the cities of the Union had tes-
tified their respect for the memory of tie deceased. His
public career commenced in 1781, when he was but 15
years of age.

- The meeting of Gen. Taylor's friends, at New York,
which had been adjourned to the 22d, was held on that
day ; it was attended by 15,000 persons. Various reso-
lutions in favour of Gen. Taylor being the next President
were proposed, and carried unanimously.
The Courier and Enquirer says Money is easy,
but there is not much activity in exports. Our stock of
flour is so small on the seaboard as to prevent any such
fall in prices as might benefit shipments; and the last
accounts for cotton were so little encouraging, that there
~sposition to operate in that staple. The
to England have been larger than previ-
t sufficiently so to advance the rate. n4'

of any

great d

Is
sales for exT

according to the wants of the localities, ind the ca'

iaips pretty mud:

consist of a third, in cash, contributed
3ers . a third it. nhii.,,t;"vt. ;ran

_3, the sithsCri:

dutiful children : the brilliant alliance's—one of them
recently concluded—which brought into one family inter-

tain and

auc wwns, est the vast region from Antwerp to Cadiz ; the near
and a third in treasury bonds. Another decree institutes
her to February 19, wre-- i►t Paris a " Comptcir Nation
the Ilegent uf ,Spain ;
! prospect of an event which would probably make his
National d'Es.conpte," with a ' gra:At:Lila the sa%tleigu, 1,16 butt
256; wheat, 21.1,217; corn, capital of twenty millions, The city of Paris has subscgl- I, the great cross and drawback of his reign just rentoged