The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-02 00:00:00

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THE " GREAT NORTHERN

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIIRSDAY

Londonderry Sentinel.)

teresting sight of the launch of the
Ltely built at this port by Capt. Coppin,
ipated, an immense assemblage of spec-
ing of yesterday week all the hotels of

dwitli gentry belonging to the neigh-
hosts of visitors quartered themselves
were resident here. On Saturday
-ur vehicles of all sorts were in
and four to the donkey-cart—
f anxious but cheerful visitants ;
of the Fovle was studded with
vac the turn-out of small
on a regatta day.
o wedges were driven home,
uficent ship moved majestically
•-o• in any direction, or the

res exhibit:

Lion in her career, cheered by
amidst the thunder of artil-
le Britannia," as soon as the

was performed after the
a bottle of whiskey at her
same moment a flag was

le name of the vessel, the " Great
racters, to the gaze of the lookers-on.
me into contact with the water it was
mtinued to revolve rapidly until she

reatness of the crowd, and the
Lees, not a single accident occurred,
e, to the excellent arrangements

'oppin, nor was there any thing wanting
of, the whole proceedings, which passed

the Great Northern may realize
ad the other proprietors. They
iterprizing undertaking; we wish

may prove as remunerative as it was
ts. Nor, if the screw should succeed
pulsion, can there be any doubt of this
are so many, that it will soon effect a
::hitecture. In the water the Great
arance of a sailing vessel, being free
tly paddle-boxes of a steam vessel ;
-cely perceptible, giving a clear run
1 the space to be occupied by the ma-
very much less than in the ordinary
also be similar to that of sailing ves-
ornbine the advantages to be derived
am. As a government transport for
y from one point to another, she will
nose that are used at present. How
le would have been in conveying out
recent occasion, when speed was so
e is equally well adapted for warlike
be fully rigged as a 50 gun frigate.

stand, are the ditnensions-of the

.ngth ; between perpendiculars,
p in the hold; burthen, 1750
nain-mast to be 90 feet, and
9 feet, and 221 inches dia-

and mizen-mast 76

spread 6,400 yards of canvass.
ipper one to be left entirely clear
I for 44 guns ; the windlass and
twist decks. She is to be pro-
ri Screw, which willbe 12 feet
ut the length will be only 7
ns per minute; the gearing
, working into a

) feet diameter

ameter, upon whose axis is the

ne power consists of two cylin-
-1 feet 6 inches stroke, and to
iominal power about 370 horses;
19 inches in diameter, and 4
lindrical boilers. The engines
e vessel, leaving the midships
sels already fitted with Mr. F.
have, we are happy to learn,
especially the Archimedes, the

anent was attached, a vessel of 237
Besides this vessel and the Great
een already built, with the Screw Pro-
loyal, 101 tons, 40 horse power, of
?ortsmosth, 30 tons, 10 horse power;
th Shields, 270 tons, 60 horse power;
tons, 25 horse power. There are now
itain, 3,600 tons, 1,000 horse power!
NO horse power ; two packets for the
rvice, 130 horse power, and a French

ly to the launch prove that

at Northern on the most im

MAIL STEAMERS

letter, dated on board the
1312 :

the circuitous route of Bar-
Island. Here we are now,
ssengers, per Clyde, from
r to proceed to our different
ommon to us all, is Havana.
's schooner here, which left
hat we did, and which has
and the Gulf of Mexico, as
ich the Clyde brought from
,3vail upon the packet agent
,ain Ewing, of the Clyde,
uld carry us on to Havana,
a sailing vessel. The cap-
npany's office in London,

mails, by steamer, direct from St.
I to Havana ; but the instructions
it in Barbadoes, to return to that

, had greater weight with them,
he mails, &c. on the most import-
ed by a sailing vessel, a schooner
which they wanted us to take our
il, but which we refused. It was
sit for the Tweed, expected from
, via Turk's Island, Nassau, Ber-

all, that the interest of the Barbadians
I shareholders of the Royal Mail Steam
rful. The great lines of correspondence
lagres to the Pacific, and with Havana
Pico, are evidently suffering from the
Barbados now enjoys. We arrived
Barbados, 24th at St. Thomas, coaled
eft on the 26th, arriving on the 28th at
we found no other company's vessel
wreck, and a schooner. On the 29th
ere from Jamaica, on board of which
lyde returning to Barbados. On the

s from Jamaica, arrived at last from
ward Islands, St. Thomas, and Port
sailed for Nassau.

lat we were two days and six hours
I the steamer to Havana direct not
to proceed by the present route to

pf June from London will

the 2d of July, and the Havana
ime date will not reach Havana
- sent by way of St. Thomas,
t necessarily take coals, they
)rt by the 28th of June.
an take in three hundred tons
:h, at any place where there
uch longer time : there the
in twenty yards of the
and at Barba-
The route

s very difficult

)y Baibados, Turk's Island,
;t. Thomas. Porto Rico, and
rmuda, 4,255.

magement of

hat shorter routes

After some further discussion, in which Mr. V. Smith, Mr.
Aglionby. Mr. S. Crawford, and Mr. Turner took part,
Mr. ROEBUCK replied, and the previous question was
carried by a majority of 136 to 47.
Mr. HUME asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he
would grant the Chiltern Hundreds, to enable those corrupt
compromises to be carried out?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that, if the
hon. member applied on his own behalf, he would readily
grant the application. (Great laughter.)
The second resolution was then moved by Mr. ROEBUCK,
but, being met by the previous question, it was negatived
without a division, as was also the third resolution.
The other business before the house was then disposed of,
and the house adjourned.

on the great

1 twenty-seven

rpose. We had but one letter
ye received one passenger, and
one passenger. At Falmouth
few tons of coals, but might

we got to St. Thomas

st all the wines, brandy, and gin on
tehedly bad : the cookery on board
d: some of the provisions, such as
part of the flour, &c., of the coars-
!a, and very unpalatable- to all the
:custorned to better fare on shore
an ships: there was a total want of
e berths on board these steamers
k, and hot in a West India climate.
irds and servants did not un-

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY

made known to the company,
range for the better take place.
greatly dissatisfied at the de-
ertainment and arrangements ;
;els, and we found the captain

On the motion of the Duke ofi3uCeliueii, the South
Australia Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Poor
Law Commission Continuance Bill was read a third time
and passed.
The Earl of RADNOR laid upon the table a bill for the
repeal of the duty on the importation of foreign corn. The
bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on Thursday next.
Tdhbel:l, arquis of CLANRICARDR said, that at this late pe-
riod of the session he could not expect to carry into law theSudburyur
Disfranchisement Bill, and he should therefore
m
jo nvr ne
metdehatoittlili Saturday
the order for its second reading be discharged.
The_ Some was agreed to.
s
yesastwtwaselve o'clock.disposedof, and the house ad-

forwarding the passengers I
the captain :
, on board Clyde steamer, 1
June, 1842.

nl.-ters by the vessel
Spain, for the Ha-
, been this day in-

-
wing forwarded frum
steamer or steamers,
pynressed on the
se must
small

motion relativ
Mr. 11/311.r.PaU e
announced
his intention of withdrawing his
Mr. Husax
cowmen
the Danish claims for the present session.
claimants by
the
The CHANCELLOR- e 9
on the injustice done to the
ntinued resistance to these claims.
of these claims. of the EXCHEQUER denied the justice
Sir R. PEEL, in replyo
Thornely, said he had little
imported doubt but that a considerable
qu
some observations from Mr.
orted from the United States
,
wider the existing corn law.
Mr. EWAItT hoped that if this
shoolluilli!.etlrti out not to be
the case, the right hon. baronet w
error when reminded of his present declaration.
as
.1. ?onveying
admit his
The house then went into a committee of troti
Mr. WILLIAMS objected to an item of x 96 -V.
lie Bishop of Exeter to the Scilly Islands,
being Paltry
n character and extravagant in amount.
Col. SIBTHOILP commented on the salaries of mr. Row
and Hill and Mr. Henry Cole, arising out of the new post:
ge plan.
After a few words from Sir C. NAPIER in support of the

h to corn-
st against

to you, that

ny other party or parties
anger and delay, and all

ourselve

have the satis-

'our uniform

to bear witness to

ou have carried on the business

;0 :MLA MESTRE

G. 13ALSIANA'
JAMES BANKS.'

objection,
Sir G. CLERK said thift the charge was for a visitation
male by the bishop in 1838, and it. was in proportion to the
established scale for persons of his rank. With respect to

nave been Lecelved. '
HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
in the papers is the petition In , -
reply to questions from Lord MONTEAGLE,
vhich had arrived there from
The Earl of RIPON said it was fully anticipated that the
influential inhabitants, call-
Willis from his seat on the commercial treaty with Portugal would be very shortly
ted to be the arbitrary con- brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Negotiations were in
ry in connexion with the progress with the Brazilian Government, respecting the re-
I the editor of one of the newal of the treaty, which would shortly expire, and with re-
vive launched forth from spect to the French ordonnance respecting the importation
nit those who, though of linens into France representations had been made by this
Government to that of France.
with the victim of
what could induce The Poor Law Amendment Bill passed through commit-
..
. The libel, it would ap- tee, and was ordered to be read a third time this day.
Lord CAMPBELL moved that it should be a standing order,
manner in which the learned that no member of the House of Commons should be allowed
colony, which it is stated was
to plead at their lordships' bar as counsel for or against any
ection, but hardly deserved such bill which might be under their consideration. There were
the Port Philip paper. but three instances of their being permitted to do so, one of
ercial matters paper.
but
which was on the celebrated bill of pains and penalties
ourse observed by the mar-
against Queen Caroline. He did not, of course, wish to
ocking the market is stated
un prevent their pleading at their lordships' bar on any judicial
Sir George Gipps proceedings.
Jay, the new adjct of The Loan CHANCELLOR opposed the motion, and said
and government reserves. that in the practice hitherto no inconvenience whatever had
.1 appropriated for emigrant been discovered ; but if any interference were necessary, it
arable is said ; but persons should take place through the medium of a select committee,
in selecting it for any experi- and after very mature deliberation.
es who appeared to be in favour Lord BROUGHAM censured Lord Campbell for want of
) China for a supply of labour, delicate consideration in bringing forward the motion.
t capabilities of the soil may be After some observations from the Marquis of CLA.NRl-
ttempt to initiate the Celestials, CADE and Lord CAMPBELL, the motion was negatived with-
ie fond of hard work. The to- out a division.
Sydney was the new Municipal Several bills on the table were advanced a stage; after
which their lordships adjourned.

In reply to a question from Mr. DIVETT, as to the present
state of the proceedings of the joint French and English
.
commission on the claims of certain English merchants, for
serious injuries to their ships and property by French ships
of war in the Bay of Portendic.
Sir R. PEEL said he hoped if he used temperate and for-
bearing language in answering
this question, it might not
be therefore supposed that he did not deeply feel the justice
of those claims. Although he could not confirm the expec-
tations of many, he must say that he had held out no expec-
tations which he was not justifiedin doing in accordance
with the professions made to him. He thought, however,
that the feelings of the Briti▪
sh government could be better
conveyed to the government of France through the medium
of its ordinary communicati▪
ons than by means of speeches
in that house. He still entertained a confident belief that
France, actuated by a sense of justice, and by a regard for
its national honour, would make a speedy adjustment of
those claims.
In reply to a question from Mr. FIELDEN,
Sir J. GRAHAM complained of the reports of the inter-
views between deputations and the ministers of the crown,
and said that such reports tended to destroy the confidential
nature, and he might say the familiar intercourse, which
usually prevailed at those interviews.
Sir R. PEEL said that he would not charge those reports
with absolute mis-statement, but the whole view which they
presented was very different from the reality.
Captain FITZROY obtained leave to bring in a bill to re-
quire and regulate the examination of all persons who wish
to become masters or chief mates of merchant vessels.
Mr. ROEBUCK then brought under the consideration of
the house the report from the select committee on election
proceedings, and moved the following resolutions :
" That the compromises of election petitions, as brought
to the knowledge of this house by the report of the select
committee on election proceedings, must, if for the future
they be allowed to pass without punishment or censure, tend
to bring this housey into contempt with the people, and
thereby seriously to diminish its power and authority.
" That all such practices are hereby declared to be a vio-
lation of the liberties of the people, and a breach of the pri-
vileges of the house, which it will in all future cases strictly
inquire into and severely punish.
" That whereas in the late elections for Harwich, Not-
tingham, Lewes, Reading, Falmouth, and Penryn, and Brid-
port, the present laws have been found insufficient to protect
the voters from the mischievous temptations of bribery, it be
ordered that Mr. Speaker do issue no writ for any election of
members for the said towns till further legislative enactments
have been adopted to protect the purity of elections."
The hon. member said that the house upon the subject of
bribery was a band of hypocrites, and had it not been for the
manner in which Sir Robert Peel stood by him he should
never have been able to have brought the inquiry to a satis-
factory conclusion. He narrated and commented upon
many of the proceedings which had transpired before the
committee, and said it was to be regretted that men who, in
private life, might be trusted with untold gold, yet did not
hesitate to debauch a whole constituency by the debasing
acts resorted to at an election. The hon. member concluded
by saying that he would move the resolutions seriatim, and
he therefore moved that the first of them be agreed to.
Mr. C. RUSSELL entered his protest against these most
unjust and most unprecedented proceedings. The inquiry
had done no good, for although they had established the fact
that compromises had been entered into, yet that fact was
perfectly well known before, and they had not approached at
all nearer to legislation in consequence of its being established
before the committee.

Major BERESFORD said he was innocent of bribery and
corruption, nor could he find in the evidence anything which
could implicate him in such charges.
Mr. H. FITZROY complained of some errors contained in
the report.

Mr. ESCOTT was not prepared to say that the practices
laid bare should escape all check aad all punishment because
the proceedings were not precisely in conformity with his
own views of what they ought to have been. He should,
therefore, support the two first resolutions. The third re-
solution he could not support, because it was an indefinite
disfranchisement of the boroughs implicated, which was a
power that the house, in his opinion, bad no power to ex-
ercise.

Capt. PLUMRIDGE said, that after what had transpired
before the committee he would have put a question to Sir
R. Peel, bad he been in his place, as to whether he (Capt.
Plunaridge) should accept the Chiltern Hundreds now that
it was ascertained that a compromise had been entered into
by other parties, and thus enable that corrupt compromise
to be carried into effect.

Mr. AGLIONBY could see no use in investigations of the
committee if they were to lead to no result.

Sir W. FOLLETT contended that the Bribery Bill, which
went through committee on the previous evening, was calcu-
lated to meet all the evils referred to in the report, and he
therefore opposed the resolutions of the hon. member for
Bath as unnecessary. The last resolution was one he could
not at all assent to, for he much doubted the right of the
house to suspend writs for an indefinite period ; and he
thought it monstrous that no less than twelve seats should
be placed in this position. He should, therefore, move the
previous question, as au amendment to the resolutions of
the hon. gentleman, and hoped that in so doing he might not
be exposed to the unfair charge of wishing to screen bribery
from punishment.
Sir R. INGLIS also objected to the resolutions, and should
have been better pleased if the Solicitor-General had met
them with a direct negative.
Mr. HUME complained of the dilemma in which the Soli-
citor-General had placed the house by moving the previous
question, which if carried would prevent the house from
expressing its opinion upon the transactions revealed in the
report of the committee.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to know if government meant
to give the Chiltern Hundreds to Major Beresford, Captain
Plumridge, and other hon. members, in order to enable
them to carry out their compromises as exposed in the re-
port?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds was in his gift, and
when the applications were made to him, he would decide
upon the subject. _

_
Captain PLUMRIDGE immediately applied for the office,
but was as quickly called to order amidst considerable
laughter.

Mr. A. B. COCHRANE defended his conduct, after which
Sir R. PEEL said that he had supported the appointment
of the committee in order that the prevailing system might
be reformed, but not with the intention of branding indivi-
duals for pursuing practices well known and tolerated. He
thought compromises bad, because their tendency was to
conceal the truth. The house itself had, however, been in
some measure a party to encouraging compromises, by sad-
dling parties with costs in cases of frivolous and vexatious
defences. He thought it necessary to put an end to these
proctices by law ; but while he advocated the necessity for
an enactment on the subject, he could not be a party to the
suspension of the writs of the boroughs named in the third
resolution, not thinking that sufficient grounds had been laid
for so stringent a proceeding against so many boroughs.
Mr. LASCELLES bore testimony to the impartial manner
in which Mr. Roebuck had conducted the proceedings of the
committee, but said, if the second resolution were agreed to,
the house would find itself under the necessity of taking some
step which might interfere with the understanding amongst
the committee, that its recommendations should refer to

future proceedings, and not to the past.
Lord CHELSEA bore testimony to the courtesy with which
Mr. Roebuck conducted the inquiry, but that courtesy was
not sufficient tahide the bitterness of the pill which he com-
pelled him (LOW Chelsea) to swallow.
Mr. WARD said, unless future proceedings were to be
adopted he could see no useful result from all that had
hitherto taken place in reference to these compromises.
Mr. HAWES said, as member of the house, he would sup-
port the resolutions, if it were not that he felt himself bound,
as a member of the committee, to adhere to the original un-
derstanding on which the committee was appointed—namely,
that it should report as to facts, and not recommend legis•
lation.