The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

STANDARD, . AND GENVR AL COMMEI

THE HAPPY FAMILY

RPM,. I

THE Ministry have shown so many instances of
differences among. themselves

so many ill-con

cealed quarrels, contradictory statements

evident working of cross-purposes, that it almost
needs an apology for again alluding to the dis-
united Coalition, lest the theme should weary by
repetition. The proceedings in the House of Com-
mons, on Wednesday, were, however, too rich of
their kind to be passed over in silence. A bill had
been introduced by a Radical member, declaring it
a misdemeanour to deal with any securities issued
or guaranteed by the Russian Government subse-
quent to the declaration of war ; and upon resum-
ing the debate for going into committee on the
bill, the Secretary of the Treasury opposed it, reite-
rating the arguments which he had used in a pre-
vious debate against its passing. He was followed
by Lord PALMERSTON, who supported the measure,
and said the arguments of his colleague were perfect
nonsense. Lord JOHN RUSSELL and most of the
other ministers were absent, and shortly afterwards
the Speaker's attention was called to the fact that,
contrary to the rules of the House, Sir WILLIAM
MOLESWORTH, though present, had refused to vote,
and that Mr. LowE, another minister, had bolted
into the gallery in order to avoid voting against
one OT other of his colleagues. It is hardly possi-
ble to conceive a more disgraceful scene, a more
'convincing proof of the complete disunion of the

'Ministry ; and we can only imagine that Lord
PALMERSTON, in anticipation of a speedy break-up
15f the coalition, is making a political capital on his
own account, and shoicing his determination to
be on the popular side without reference to his
colleagues.

`q,CIAL ADVERTISER

moded with the odour of new paint

Lord CAM

had got hold Of a grieliance, and

seemed determined to stick to it, for he reiterated
his complaint, notwithstanding the elaborate expla-
nation, and said he had since heard from his

clients, the barristers, that they were of opinion
St. George's Hall might be got ready for their
accommodation. There is an old saying, that
ignorance and impudence generally go together,
and we can readily believe it when a body of men,
not on the spot, knowing nothing of the peculiar
circumstances, and showing their utter disregard
for fact by their assertions respecting the old
courts, venture to state their opinion as being of
the slightest value when opposed to the able pro-
fessional men engaged in the completion of the
Hall, and the authorities of the town, who are
most deeply interested in the question at issue.
Lord LYNDHURST facetiously suggested that Lord
CAMPBELL should be specially commissioned to

visit Liverpool for the purpose of personally in-
specting the buildings in dispute, but the LORD
CHANCELLOR evidently showed that he was com-
pletely satisfied, and their lordships had the good
sense to let the matter drop ; so Lord CAMPBELL
has taken nothing by his motion, and the barristers
of the Northern Circuit must be content to eat
their leek in the courts which we venture to assert
are better and more commodious than the majority

of assize courts in other countie

ALL SOULS' CHURCH, IN THE
DISTRICT OP VAUXHALL.

NEW

Tills church, the foundation-stone of, which is to be
laid to-day, by Charles Groves, Esq., is the last of four.
which the Liverpool Church Building Society proposed to
erect. The others were St. Simon's, All Saints, and St

Alban's. During the progress of operations in any of
these, and for some time after, it was impossible to take

any steps relative to that which came latest in point of
time. The commercial crisis with which the public are
familiar, and other causes, especially the delay relative to

a site, interposed to prevent the more speedy accomplish-
ment of the wishes of the promoters.

It had been amicably arranged at least two years ago

buildin

here Dispensary

limits of the district had been altered, with the sanction
of the Ecclesiastical. Commissioners, and the 'Queen in
Council, so as to include it. The entire cost of land and
buildings had been little short of £9,000, but., as the
building is, in a great measure, superseded by the. subse-