The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-30 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 28,

The Speaker entered the house at a quarter past twelve o'clock,
when not more than twenty-two members were present.
Several returns, which had' been' ordered from various public
offices were presented, and laid on the table:
Sir H. IrvoLts laid on the table an additional return froth the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.—Ordered to be
printed.

TIIE EARL OF WARWICK.

Colonel EVANS, begged to
.ask if it was the intention of his
Majesty's Government to take any, and what further steps in
this case ?
Lord Aurlionr said he had before stated, that a'letter had
been written to the noble lord from the Home Office and when
he last saw his noble friend (Lord Melbourne) he asked if any
written answer had been received from the noble lord, when
the answer was in the negative. It was at present impossible
for him to say what course his Majesty's Government might
deem it proper to pursue.
CONSTABULARY FORCE OF %VESTMINSTER.
Colonel Evarts, after making a few observations, which were
not distinctly heard in the gallery, upon Mr. Burges' case, said
lie would take that opportunity of asking the noble lord (Al-
thorp) opposite whether he could now give him any answer to a
question he had put to him sonic short time since relative to the
congtabulary force of Westminster. The inhabitants considered
it a great hardship on them that they should have to pay not
only their share to the Police of the metropolis, but also that
they should have to pay part of the expence for Whitechapel and
other parishes. They considered it a great hardship, and he had
risen to ask whether they might hope it would.in future be dis-
pensed with.
Lord ALTHORP said, inquiries had been made upon the sub-
ject, but he could not answer positively the gallant colonel's
question, and therefore'it would be vain to excite the inhabitants'
hoes, by holding out any expectations to them.'
Lord ALTHORP moved that the house agree to the amend_
ments in the Tithe Composition Act. They were merely verbal,
with an exception, which referred to the deduction of 25 per cent.
for the tithes of 1831 and 1832, and of 15 per cent. for the tithes
of 1833; and confined its application to those who were not the
original defaulters.
On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, the lords' amendments to
the Bank Charter Bill, the Stamp Forgeries Bill, the Tea Duties
Bill, the Dower Bill, the Court of Exchequer Bill, the Roman
Catholic Marriages (Ireland) Bill, and the Church Building
Act, were agreed to.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Mr. T. ATTwoon rose for the purpose of asking a question or
two respecting the foreign policy of the country, which he was
anxious to have answered, as far as the noble lord could, Con_
sistently with his public duty, develop the plans of his Majesty's
government. He was rejoiced at the course which government
had at last adopted towards Donna Maria—(Hear, hear)--nut,
in other respects, he must say that he was much dissatisfied with
the general policy pursued by government, for many years past,
in relation to Spain, Italy, Turicey, and Poland. With reouni
to Portugal, however, he was satisfied with what had now teen
place, and he could not but express a hope, that with regard to
Poland and Turkey government would soon adopt such measures
as the honour and interests of this country imperatively demand-
ed. (Hear.) With regard to Turkey he would merely remark,
that it was generally believedlhat Russia had gone so far as to
raise threats towards England, if she interfered and granted as-
sistance to Turkey. He wished to put two or three questions,
which he hoped the noble lord would answer. The first question
was whether the noble lord was aware of the existence of a treaty
lately entered into between Holland and the United States of
America, which he understood was very ominous to the interests
of England ? Secondly, he wished to know what were the
reasons which induced government, in August last year, to re-
fuse assistance to Turkey, which had been asked by the Porte ?
Thirdly, whether the noble lord was really aware of the offers
made to England on thatoccasion by the Pacha of Egypt, which
he understood were of a very extraordinary cliaracter. Fourth,
what was the object of Lord Durham's late mission to Russia,
and with what success it was attended? And lastly, as Count
Orloff-was soon afterwards sent over to England, what reception
he had met with at his Majesty's court ?
Lord PA LMERSTON expressed his surprise at the very copious
bill of fare which hail been served up to him by the hon. member.
(Hear, hear.) He hoped that hon. gentleman would not con-
sider it any want of courtesy or respect to him personally, if he
( Lord P.) should be obliged from public duty to decline an-
swering some of the questions that had been proposed. With
regard to the first question he had no official knowledge of any
treaty lately concluded between Holland and the United States,
so that he could give no information upon that subject. With
respect to the second point, the reasons which induced govern-
ment not to comply with the request made by the Porte for
naval assistance, he was happy to correct an error as to dates.
He was reported to have said on a late occasion that that request
had been made in the month of August last year—he said, how-
ever, in antunin last year. (Hear.) In fact, it was in the month
of October that the application was made. Without giving any
very detailed explanation of the matter, he would only remind
the house that when we were embarking in naval operations in
the North Sea, and on the coast of Holland, and were under the
necessity of keeping up another naval force on the coast of Por-
tugal, and without an application to parliament, it would have
been impossible to have sent to the Mediterranean such a squa-
dron as would have served the purpose of the Porte, and at the
same time have comported with the naval dignity of this country,
and as Parliament was not then sitting, it was imposSible for go-
vernment to acquiesce in the request made by the Sultan. He
could assure the hon. member, that if any person imagined that
amorg other motives which influenced the conduct of his Ma-
jesty's government, there was any thing like a threat on the
part of Russia, they were entirely mistaken. On the contrary,
it was but justice tfiat he should state, that so far from Russia
having expresed any jealousy as to government granting that
assistance, the Russian Ambassador officially communicated to
him (Lord P.) while the request was still under consideration,
that he had learned such an application had been made, and that
from the interest taken by Russia in the maintenance and pre-
servation of the Turkish empire, it would afford satisfaction if
they could find themselves able to comply with the request.—
With regard to there having been any communication with the
Pacha of Egypt, the hon. gentleman had not explained to what
he alluded, therefore, the house would excuse him from saying
more than that as it was a war against a Sovereign by a subject,
and that the Sovereign was in alliance with the King of Eng-
land, it would have been inconsistent with good faith to have had
any communication with him-=therefore nothing could pass be-
tween them with reference to the hostilities. Th-en, with respect