The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

A conversation of some interest, which originated from
some comments made by Sir De L. Evans on the report
of the election committee for North Cheshire, relative to
the general system of treating adopted by both candi.
dates for that county, then took place. in which Lord J.
RUSSELL and Mr. S. WORTLEY laid it down that giving
refreshments to county electors on their coming to the
poll was not treating, unless refreshment was given for
the purpose of influencing the vote.
Mr. V. SMITH, on the other hand, contended, that so
long as the customs of England remained as hospitable as
they now were. some refreshment must and ought to be
given to county electors who came from a distance to
tender their votes.

This doctrine was controverted by Mr. BRIGHT, who
declared himself an absolute purist both in county and
borough elections, and pronounced the giving of any kind
of refreshment as an act of corruption.
Colonel SIBTHORP fired up against this doctrine, and
stood up as usual for the extension of hospitality and
Christian charity to the poorer portion of the constitu-
ency by the more wealthy representative.
Sir R. PEEL took the same view of the law as had been
taken by Lord John Russell and Mr. S. Wortley, in
which he was corroborated by Mr. HENLEY, who never-
theless thought it advisable that some clear and distinct
rule ought to be laid down, distinguishing the treating
which is legal from that which is illegal.
At the close of the conversation, the House resolved
itself into committee.

Considerable discussion and several divisions on amend-
ments proposed to various clauses of the bill then took
place, but no essential change was made in it, although
several amendments were agreed to. The schedules,
however, were not passed, with the exception of that part
of the first schedule which includes the boroughs of Derby,
Great Yarmouth, and Carlisle.

The house then resumed, and shortly afterwards re-
solved itself into a committee of supply on the Museum
Estimates, which were moved by Sir R. Peel, and agreed
to after some slight discussion.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

AMERICA,

On Wednesday the Royal Mail steam ship Caledonia,
Captain Leitch, arrived in the Mersey, from America.
She left New York on the 19th ult., and has brought
home 47 passengers, and £28,090 in specie. The Niagara
had arrived at Ile.‘ton in Il days.

A passenger on board the Niagara had bean robbed of
1,400 dollars in gold by a swindler, being all his property.
As he was left entirely destitute Captain Ryrie generously
offered a free passage to England to him and his family.
The news by the Caledonia is not important. The
senate were occupied with a discussion of a report rela-
tive to territorial governments in Oregon, California, and
New Mexico.

The township of Ingersoll, Canada West, was visited
by a most terrific hurricane on the 27th ult. It passed a
little to the south of the village, and for about a mile in
width did much damage, the wind and hail prostrating
everything in their course. Some of the houses, after
falling were destroyed by fire.

The French news had fallen like a thunderbolt on the
people of New York, and had checked their love of
European republics.
Trish affairs are freely discussed by the American papers,
and their opinion is not very favourable to an Irish
revolution. They look with great dislike on the Irish
emissaries arriving at New York, and assert, that on that
side of the Atlantic Irish nationality was lost.
The weather in the New York state was beautiful.

The Washington, which has arrived at Cowes, brings
one day later from New York (20th ult). She has about
£30,000 in specie. Money is quoted higher, 12 to 15 per
cent. being paid on good paper. The city of Boston, it
is said, is a borrower to the extent of one million of dol-
lars, for which a high rate was offered. This may do for
corporations ; buc it must be a very remunerating business
that can allow of a trader paying 15 per cent. for money.
Increased caution was the order of the day ; and the con-
tinued drain of specie was exciting alarm.