The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-15 00:00:00

Imptriai 13arilantritt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
Some conveiiition arose as to the day for discussing Lord
Fitzwilliam's motion on the corn-laws, but no day appears to
have been fixed. '

-a-iisWeitci:ite Bishop of LONDON,
Lord MELitf-ellblt` tated positively that there was no in
tention of having'd Senday delivery of letters is London.
No businesi'lif the least general interest arose.

HOUSE- OF COMMONS.-MONDAY.

Major Woon brought in the General Cemeteries Company
bill, which wai'^read a first time, and ordered to be committed.
Mr. HINDL'EY presented a petition in favour of certain
improvements in the city of Westminster.
Petitions irre favour of the existing corn-laws were presented
by Colonel SibthorP, from the owners, occupiers of land, and
tradesmen, in numerous parishes in the county of Lincoln
by Mr. Packe,,from between 2000 and 3000 owners and occu-
piers of land (130,000 acres) in the county of Leicester, many
of them being also manufacturers and tradesmen ; by Mr.
Handley, froth parishes in Lincolnshire ; by Mr. Wood-
house ; by Mr. Byng, from 700 agriculturists of the hundred
of Sculthorpe ; by Mr. Bell, from the owners and occupiers
of 100,000 acres of land in the county of Northumberland,
agreed to at a public meeting held at Morpeth ' • by Lord C.
Russell, froth parishes in the county of Bedford ; by Mr.
Gaskell, from Wenlock ; by Mr. Bowes, from several places
in the county of Durham ; by Mr. 0. Gore, from 17 different
parishes in the couhtiesof Salop and Denbigh ; by Mr. Hal-
ford, from the merchants, bankers, manufacturers, and
tradesmen of the borough of Leicester, bearing 2361 signa-
tures ; by Mr. 0. Gore, from parishes in Carnarvonshire ;
by Mr. Round, from places in Essex ; by Mr. W. G. Wood,
from Staveler; in, Westmorland ; by Sir W. H. Smyth, from
the clergy, bankers, and tradesmen of Colchester; by Lord
C. Manners, from Market-Raisin, Loughborough, and other
places in thq county of Leicester ; by Mr. Mackenzie, from
Cromartie ; and by Mr. Bailey, from the merchants manu-
facturers, and traders of the city of Worcester, and from
several parishes in the county of Brecknock.
Petitions if frying for the repeal of the corn-laws were pre-
sented by ill f. Langdale, from 590 clergymen, bankers, and
tradesmen of Beverley and its Scarborough ; and by Mr.
Hastie,
_froni Tuislet'.
Mr. ViuoitS presented a petition from Thomas Gisborne,
Esq., complitining of an undue election and return for the
borough of ;Carlow.—Ordered to be taken into consideration
on Thursday the 11th of April.
Mr. T. DUNCOMIIE moved a vote of censure on ministers,
for their disregard of the vote of the house, as to the closing
the Westminster the4tres in Lent.
Lord JoitN 'Ru'ss.p.i. said that a bill should be brought in
during the session on the subject ; and the motion was nega-
tived without a division.

The house then went into committee on the navy estimates ;
several votes were taken, and the committee had leave to sit
again. '
The debate on Mr. Shaw's motion, relative to the state of
crime in Irelind, was then resumed, and lasted some time ;
but the mehibers gradually went away, and a quarter-past
two, only 37 members were present, which being noticed, the
house was of Course adjourned.