The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-17 00:00:00

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL the house went
into committee on the abolition of imprisonment for debt
bill. Mr. Bernal in the chair.
Clause 1 and 2 were agreed to without observation.
On the 3d clause being read,
Lord STANLEY moved that the following proviso be added
to the clause, which was agreed to without a discussion—
" Provided always, that the said writ of capias and all
writs of execution to be issued under this act, when issued
out of the superior courts of law at Westminster into the
counties palatine of Lancaster or Durham, shall be directed
to the Chancellor of of the County Palatine of Lancaster, or
his deputy there, or to the Bishop of Durham, or his chan-
cellor there, in manner heretofore accustomed."
Aner a desultory cur itirzatiun, elautie& 4to 20 were agreed
to without amendment,

In clause 22 the following proviso was added :
"Provided also, that no order, directing any person or
persons to be held to bail under this act, nor any order for
discharging out of custody any person or persons arrested un-
der this act, shall be made by any Justice or Justices of the
Court of Pleas, in the County Palatine of Durham, who shall
not be a Judge or Judges of one of the Courts of Common
Law at Westminster."

The clause as amended was then agreed to.
Clauses 23 to 56 inclusive, after some verbal amendments,
were agreed to.

Clauses 56 to 60 were agreed to without amendment.
Clauses 61, 6.3, and 64,- were struck out of the bill.
Clauses 65 to 118 inclusive, after a desultory conversation,
were agreed to without amendment.
Several new clauses were added to the bill, and the house
resumed.

On the motion of Lord hIORPETH, the report on the Loan
Societies (Ireland) Bill was further considered. The various
clauses were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third
time on Monday.

The Dublin Police Bill was read a third time and passed.
The County Treasurer's (Ireland) Bill went through com
mittee.

Ou the motion of Lord ASHLEY, the Insane Persons (Eng-
land Bill went through committee.
• The report on the Land-tax Commissioners' Names' Bill
was brought up and agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read
a third time.

Lord NloupETH brought up the report of the committee on
the County of Clare Advances Bill, which was agreed to.
The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the house
adjourned at a quarter past four.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
During the whole of the present week the Consol Market
has been in a dull state, with little fluctuation—about j to 3
per cent. Consols opened this morning at 951 3; Exche-
quer Bills 7375; India Bonds 79; Bank Stock 2051; Indian
Bonds 265. In the Foreign Market we do not hear as yet of
any business doing, and the prices are nominal.

HALF-PAST ONE.
Consols have been a shade lower during the morning ;
they are now sellers at 951 for the Account, bnt no operations
of any consequence have taken place up to the present hour.
Exchequer Bills 73 to 75 pm., India Bonds 77, Bank Stock
2051, India Stock 265 M. In the Foreign market scarce a
bargain doing. Spanish Active lower, 22, with coupons;
Portuguese 351 36; Three per Cents 2-34; Austrian 106.1;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Conts 5418; Five per Cents 1014
102.

FOUR O'CLOCK
Consols for the Opening, 951; Spanish Bonds, 22

(From the official list, containing the business actually
transacted.)
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT THE CLOSE.
Bank Stock, 205 i dia Stock, 265
3 per Ct. Red., 941 a 1. is Bonds, 79 7
3 per Ct. G 934 4- ,_ uth S

per Ct. Con., ,ea Old Anne., 92;4
32 per Ct. Annuities 1818, Jank Stock fur Acct.,
.per Cent. Red., 101% a Consols for Open, 951
New 3ji per Cents., 1011 II k £lOOO Ex. Bills 73 5
Long Ans. 1860, 15i 7-16 £soo do. 73 5
Ditto, 30 yrs. 1859, 15 3-16 a Small do. 74 6
Ditto, 30 yrs. 1860, 15 1-16 Ditto Commercial,
SHARES.
(The quotations give the actual price, without reference to
premium or discount.)
United Mexican _(issued at £2, Bolanos,
pm..) 21 Asphalte, Liverpool,
Edinburgh and Glasgow 41 A Asphalte, Polonceau,
Great Western 76 51 6% • Asphalte (Claridge's Patent,)
London and Brighton, 981 I
London and Blackwall, 4 :Asphalte, British,
London and Birmingham, 169 Asphalte; United States,
London & Southampton, 42;1 Asphalte, Netherlands,
London and Croydon Trunk, Asphalte, Swiss,
151- ;British N. American Bank, 22
Manchester and Birmingham, Kent Zoological & Botanical
Gardens Company, 2;I
Anti-Dryrot Company, 144 London Joint Stock Bank,
Australian, 44 5 12
Asphalte, Scotch,