The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

The occasion of Lord Brougham's presenting a petition
in favour of the Health of Towns Bill led to some obser-
vations with respect to the corporation of the City of
London by the noble and learned lord and Lord Camp-
bell, which created great laughter in the house.
Lord CAMPBELL observed, that the atmosphere of that
house and the atmosphere inside Temple Bar affected his
noble and learned friend very differently. At Westmin-
ster he censured the corporation ; in London he was elo-
quent in their praise. He brought in a bill one year ad-
verse to the wishes and interests of the corporation of
London, and denounced that body in no measured terms,
yet the following year he went into the City, and made an
eloquent Speech in praise of them. (A laugh.)
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Lord BROUGHAM said, that of all the misrepresenta-
tions, of all the misstatements of a notorious fact that ever
had been uttered by any one, or even by the noble and
learned lord—which was going as far as any one could—
none had ever exceeded the assertion which the house had
just heard. (Loud laughter.) His bill was brought in,
but stopped, because he was told that he had not the re-
motest chOnce of carryin., it in the other house. Upon
that occasion it was said that they would in time yield to
the efforts made to reform their corporation, but it
would appear that they would yield neither in time nor in
eternity. (A laugh.)
After a 'few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the conversa-
tion dropped.
On the re-committal of the Army Service Bill,
Lord DE Ros moved an enactment, to the effect that
any soldier, within six months prior to the completion of
his term of limited service or, if under orders for foreign
service, within one year, may be re-engaged for six or se-
ven years,,and again for five years ; which was adopted.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGU moved the insertion of two
clauses (after clause 4), which proposed to enact, that if
at the expiration of either term of service, a soldier, enti-
tled to his discharge, on a foreign station, shall not be
willing to ye-engage, the commanding officer of the regi-
ment shall take measures for conveying such soldier to
England ;- providing, that any soldier in one of the colo-
nies claiming his discharge, who shall signify his desire to
remain in such colony, shall not thereafter be entitled to
a conveyance to England at the public expense.
Lord COMBERMERE and Lord STANLEY both urged the
latter orpiment as deserving great consideration, and Lord
Stanley appealed to the Duke of Wellington for his opi-
nion upon the point.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said it would be extremely
Inconvenient to discharge soldiers in India, and to leave
them not under the control of military discipline, and
above all he deprecated their being sent by sea anywhere
without such control.

Earl GREY said, after such an opinion from the noble
duke, he should no longer oppose the amendment.
The prciposed clauses were then agreed to, and the bill,
as amended, was reported to the house.
.

The third reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was
then proceeded with, various clauses being proposed which
were negatived or withdrawn, after which the bill was
read a third time and passed.