The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-02-26 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LOCK KING-, to get prepared for the use of the House an edition of the statutes at large, with all the obsolete or repealed statutes-left out. This was refused; but it was only one of a host of motions of similar import. The- next subject was minister'smoney in Ireland, and a bill was- introduced to settle the sub, ject, as it is facetiously said, "for ever." The subsequent stepof the evening's parliamentary diversion was the introduction of a bill for more effectually carrying out refor.t atory institutions in Scotland ; followed by another bearing on the qualifi— cations of commissioners of supply in the Scotch counties ; so far were "Scottish Rights" vindicated. After this the premier introduced a bill to extinguish certain rights of way and to, shut up certain roads near the camp at Aldershott. Next committees were appointed to consider and report on the adulteration of food; on civil service superannuations ; on silver  and gold wares; and on the ecclesiastical commission—the reports of all these committees to be followed by bills on the numerous subjects to which they individually refer. Here it  will be seen that on this one night work was cut out for thelegislature on a variety of important topics, more than suffi cient to occupy its attention for a complete session ; yet was Tuesday only an ordinary night, in, so far as regards theSysiphian labours of legislation, almost every one for the pre— ceding fortnight having been nearly as prolific.  The new loan and its concomitant- incidents have formed fertile topics of conversation among City and West-end circles.  The time for asking it took most people by surprise, and in the money market the smallness of the amount demanded excited still more general remark- It was fully anticipated that, at the usual time of making his financizistatement, a loan would. be negotiated for the full amount the necessities of the Government required; but that at so early a period a proposal for a loan, and for so smalls a• loan, only £3,000,000, and the funding of £3,009,000 of Exchequer Bills should have been made few were prepared to hear. The small financial morsel was immediately swallowed up, and con-siderably more money than was- wanted was almost at once tendered. The general solution of this pecuniaryriddle is supposed to be that given, by Lord PALMERSTON, that Government is in immediate want of money ; and the out— siders add that they have asked fdr so small a sum in tha meantime in the belief that, should peace be established, they will be able hereafter to raise a ranch larger sum on easier terms than they could now obtain, Be this as it may, little room exists for doubting that the alacrity displayed by capitalists to furnish the Government with means for carrying.. ou the war will be productive of the most salutary effect in giving weight to the arguments- adduced by the plenipoten tiaries of the Allies, at the eunfereace to be opened this day in Paris;for agreeing, if possible; (mate terms of a lasting peace:. An immense sensation has beemereated throughout London. and all over the United Kingdomby the determined and unexpected suicide of Mr. Joni SkaLEIR, M.P. The announce-meut of the fact, and the, singularly resolute character, of the circumstances attendant cn the deplorable act, were of themselves sufficient to account for much of the interest felt in the sad event. If these were of so startling and urnisnal a nature as to excite surprise,.tha disclosures since made, taken. in conjunction with those- whiah can as yet be little morethan surmised, have been sufficient to awaken the utmost degree of astonishment, as they must, if true, be productive of widespread misery and ruin. Frauds to an almost incredible extent have been perpetretedi by the deceased, with..a recklessness of audacity and a successfulness of ingenuity which throw the exploits of Messrs. STICARAN, and BAArgs, as well as the most accomplished. of public defaulters, completely into the shade. It is believed that the frauds he has. perpetrated will amount to the enormous sum of £I,