The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

The royal assent was given, by commission, to sundry bills,
among wbielr was the Royal Exchange Rebuilding Bill, the
Juvenile Offenders Bill, the Affirmations Bill, the Hackney
Carriages ( Metropolis) Bill, the Bank of Ireland Repayment
(Suspension) Bill, &c.
The Customs Bill, the Militia Pay Bill, the Militia Ballots
Suspension Bill, the Mails on Railways Bill, the Mediter-
ranean Postage Bill, the Joint-stock Bank Bills, the Court
of Sessions (Scotland) Bill, the Trading Companies Bill,
and the Copyright Bill, were severally read a third time and
passed.
'The Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Bill went
through Committee.

The Earl of H. DDINGTON, in moving for some correspon-
dence respecting the appointment of magistrates in Scotland,
and the nominations (orsuggestions) of the lord provost, com-
plained of the unfairness of the proceedings ; out of 91 ap-
pointments,• most being notari... whig. and radical..
The Loon CHANCELIOIt said that he knew nothing about
the facts ; that he had obeyed the recommendations of the
lord provost in this particular instance.
'AMA LYN DI: URST added that he also had received many
complaints on this matter from Edinburgh • but that as to any
difference between Whig or radical, he thought it was very
slight— whigs when out of office being radicals.
Lord BROUG ki AM caused s,ine men Uncut by observing that
he did not exactly admit the accuracy of this definition.

Motion agreed to. •
On the question that the',rl..rships resolve into committee
on the " Canada Governmew.: Act Declaratory Bi;l,"
Lord MELBoruNE said that lie did not deny the illegality
r ~t Durham's ordin,lce—thro 11 not oTer
opposi i, a to the bid after what had passel, hu ih.,t he sho•.
propose amendments so as to secure ample indemnity to those
who might have acted on the ordinance.
The hill went through committee (it being understood that
Lord Melbourne would introduce a bill to explain the powers
of the Government-General of Canada,) and the report was
received.

On the motion of Lord H A DDINGTON, it was agreed that
the clauses struck out of the Sheriffs' Court (Scotland) Bill
by the Commons should be restored, and a committee ap-
pointed to draw up reasons.
The Prisons (Scotland) Bill was read a third time, and on
the question that it do pass,
Lord Ai ANSFIELD divided the house, when there appeared
11 for the bill, and 15 against it. The bill is therefore lost.
The Registration of Voters (England) Bill was reported,
and ordered to be read a third time on Saturday.
The consideration of the amendments made by the Com-
mons in the Imprisonment for Debt Bill was postponed till
Monday, after giving rise to a short discussion, iu the course
of which,

Lord fIROUG A M said he felt hound to call their lordships'
attention to a clause in the bill which required newspaper
proprietors to insert certain notices as advertisements on the
payment of 3s. He had received letters from the country
which stated that the effect of such a clause would be most
ruinous, for must of the country newspapers were published
once a-week, and the notices might, perhaps, occupy one-
fourth part of them.

Lord LyninFicosr, Lord FALMOUTH, and Lord ELLEN-
BOROUGH spoke against the clause, and Lord LYN DHURST
proposed to strike it out.
Lord MELBOURNE said he doubted whether the omission
of the clause would not endanger the bill, as the clause was
a money clause.

-LordßeouGu m said that the clause was not originally
in the bill, but it was one of the Commons' amendments to
the bill sent down by their lordships. The omission of the
clause would not, therefore, trench in any degree on the pri-
vileges of the Commons.

1;Ord SHA FTEsnurtir coincided in this opinion.
Lord MINTo moved the second reading of the parliamen-
tary burghs (Scotland) bill.
It was opposed by Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham,
who objected to a bill of 70 clauses, all relating to matters of
importance, being brought under their lordships' notice on
the eve of a prorogation.
Lord Misr() said he felt the force of the objection, and
would not press the second reading. The bill, therefore, is
dropped.
The pensions bill and valuation of lands (Ireland) . bill
went through committee.
The House adjourned at half-past 10 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

After the house had been to the Lords to hear the Royal
assent given to several bills, the report of the Dublin corpo-
ration (compensation to officers) bill was agreed to ; the
spirit licenses (Ireland) bill was read a thud time and
passed; and the lords' amendments to the public records
bill were agreed to.
The order of the day for the second reading of the Dublin
University (right of voting) bill was discharged.
Dr. LCSHINGTON moved for correspondence with the
French government, relative to certain claims of indemnifi-
cation for losses sustained by British subjects on the coast of
Africa, in consequence of aggressions committed on them
in 1831

Lord PA LMERSTON said that negociations were still in
progress on the subject, and that therefore it would be in-
convenient and irregular to produce the documents.

Mr. Alderman Ti-iosiPsoN said that there was an impres-
sion in the mercantile world that the government had not
been as earnest as it might have been to procure redress in
this case.

Dr. LusiuNcTroN said, after the statement made, that he
should not press his motion.

Captain WOOD moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter
the duties imposed upon "grapes, apples, cherries, and
pears, and other fruits imported into the united kingdom from
foreign parts."

Mr P. THOMSON contended that as the customs bill had
not received the royal assent, this bill was premature; and
that it was erroneous to suppose that such bill would be a
hardship upon the fruit sellers; the contrary would prove to
be the case.

Captain WOOD then gave notice that he would bring for-
ward the subject again early next session.

On the motion of Captain WOOO, a return was ordered of
the amount and value of foreign fruit imported through the
Customs, and on -which duty had been paid, during the years
1836, 1837, and 1838.
Messengers from the Lords announced that their lordships
had agreed to the amendments of the Commons on the
schools (Scotland) bill, and returned the Irish tithe bill with
amendments.
The house adjourned at a quarter before six o'clock till
Monday.

ENCOURAGEMENT To FEMALE EMIGRAT.IOIV.7.n The judgea
of the county court in Rivl,ind State, United States,
case of alleged breach of promise, stated that no explicit
promise Was necessary to hind the parties to a marriage
contract; but that long-con,inued attention or intimacy with
a female was as good evidence of intended marriage as a
special contract.
A YANKEE HORSE.—He never tried to do anything and
eou.dn'i. As for going be codld do that, and begin again
when the others leave off. No one going the same way on a
'dike ever saw anything but the crittur's tail when he was a-
head, and didn't choose to be overtaken. He'll go at any
pace under a steam-engine at full speed, and will overtake a
first-rate steamer, if it stops to take in water. He's the
cheapest crittur, too, as ever I seen; for he'll go by a toll-
bar on a 'pike before the man can look out to see if anything
is coming,

LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.-F RID AY.

Their Lordship's heard divine service at St. George's, and
proceeded to court at half past eleven o'clock.

CROWN COURT.
Before Mr. Bacon ALDERSON,

The Court having been opened with the usual formalities,
the following gentlemen were sworn on