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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-07 00:00:00

imptrial Varitatuent.

HOUSE OF LORDS—MONDAY.
The Marquis of Normanby mined that an address be pre-
sented to her Majesty for the report of the commissioners on
the case of the hand-loom weavers. The motion was agreed
to.

PRINCE ALBERT'S NATURALIZATION BILL.
Lord MELBOURNE, in moving that. Prince Albert's Na-
turalization (and Precedence ') Bill be considered in com-
mittee, renounced that part of the measure which was un-
connected with the object expressed in the title. He desired
that it should pass with as much speed and as little opposi-
tion as possible, and he therefore should not press the pro-
vision respecting the Prince's precedence, leaving it to be ar-
ranged at some future period.
Lord BROUGHAM asked whether the portion relating to
the power of granting precedence was abandoned or merely
postponed ?
Lord MELBOURNE, in answer, stated that it was not yet
arranged.
lord Bitou.ofrAxt remarked that he trusted the matter
would be decided by Parliament; and notliy.prerogativ&, as
the former course would reduce thelaw on the subiect.(which
was now uncertain) to a certainty. •
The Marquis of LOLDONDERRY said that he had origin-
ally directed attention to this part of the bill because- lie
thought that when it was stated that the proposition had been
acquiesced in by the royal family, that acqiiiescence ought to
have been recorded in the journals of that house.
The precedence clause having been strack out, the bill went
through committee, was reported, read a third time, and
passed, and then carried to the Commons—the standing or-
der& of the house having been suspended to allow the bill
thus speedily to go through its remaining stages.
THE CONDEMNED CHARTISTS.
Lord BRouo HAM presented a petition from certain inhabi-
tants of London and Westminster. praying the house to ad-
dress the crown to discharge Frost. Williams, and Jones from
prison. Previously to laying the petition on the table of the
house, Lord Brougham remarked at great length upon•the
subject, and upon the reemt decision of the 15 judges in re-
ference to the reserved point of law. In the course of those
observations be said that a stronger case—infinitely strength-
ened by the arrangement made with the counsel at the trial—
for absolute acquittal he confessed that he had never-known
in the whole course of his professional existence, .
The Marquis of NORMANBY afterwards communicated that
the capital part of the sentence would not be carried into ex-
ecution, but that the sentence would he commuted to trans-
portation for life.

SOCIALISM.

The Bishop of EXETER deferred till Tuesday his motion
on the subject of " socialism." The right rev. prelate did
so, in compl►ance with the request ~f the Archbishop of Can-
terbury and of the Bishop of London.
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented petitions on the
subject.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF' COMMaNS.-MONDAY

Several petitions were presented, and among others one by
Sir E. SUODEN, signed by 599 members of the bar, (27 of
whom were Queen's counsel, or serjeants.at-law,) deploring
the proceedings which the house has had recourse to in the
privilege question, and praying that the persons now in cus-
tody may be discharged.
Lord ASHLEY gave notice, that on Thursday next he will
move an address to the Crown that the appointment of Mr.
Pare to be registrar of births and marriages at Birmingham
be cancelled : and Mr. Liddell gave notice, that on Tuesday
next he will move for a copy of the warrant by which a pension
has been granted to Sir John Newport,—and also for a copy
of the patent conferring upon Lord Monteagle (late Spring
Rice) the Controllership of the Exchequer.
THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, in answer to a question from
Sir R. Inglis, that he intended to propose that the house
should adjourn from Friday next to Tuesday next. It was
understood in the house that this adjournment is to take
place in consequence of her Majesty's marriage being fixed
for Monday next.
PRINCE ALBERT'S ANNUITY BILL.

Prince Albert's annuity bill then went through committee,
after an amendment proposed, but not pressed, by Colonel
Sibthorp, For the termination of the annuity, if, after the
Queen's demise, the Prince should reside in England less
than six consecutive months of each year, or " cease to pro-
fess and adhere to the Protestant religion as by law estab-
lished in these realms."
Sir ROBERT PEEL thought it better that the house should
put confidence in the Prince's disposition to attach himself
to England, and abstain from anything that could look like
distritst.