The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
A bill, of which the object was stated by the Marquis of
NORMANDY to be to enable the visiting magistrates, witl •
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to relax the regu-
lations of the Prisons Acts, as regarded debtors who were
confined in the same prisons with criminals, was read a se-
cond time, and ordered to be committed the neat day.
The Marquis of WESTMINSTER brought forward the
of which he g
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on the subject of railroads, and the supply of the
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metropolis with water. Ile wished to.have the attention of
a committee directed to the measures which he understood.
by conversing with eminent engineers, were practicable for
adding to the security of railroads. With respect to tht
supply of water, he enumerated the various companies which
had been formed, and their plans, and concluded by moving
for a select committee, to take into consideration the present
state of railroads, in regard especial y to the means of security
against unforeseen dangers ; also to take into consideration
the present supply of water to the metropolis, and the state
of the sewers.

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The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it would be more
convenient if the questions were separated.
The Earl of ABERDEEN deprecated an inquiry to discover
some means of security against unforeseen dangers, as no acci-
dents of the kind contemplated had yet occurred on railroads.
He should not offer any objection to the inquiry proposed re-
specting the supply of water to the metropolis.
After some conversation, the Marquis of WESTMINSTER,
agreeably to what appeared to he the general feeling, con-
sented to abandon the first part of the subject (railways),
and to confine his motion solely to the supply of water and to
sewers.

Viscount DUNCANNON having afterwards suggested that
the noble marquis had better confine his motion to the supply
of water alone, his lordship assented ; and the motion, as
agreed to, was " That a select committee be appointed to
take into considerationt he supply of water to the metropolis."

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TIIURSDAY.
After the presentation of many petitions, Lord SANDON
inquired whether Sir R. Inglis would defer till after Easter,
and thereby oblige many parties, his contemplated motion for
Tuesday next, as to " the duty of the nation to provide for all
the people further and full means of public worship and re-
ligious instruction in the established church.
Sir R. INGLIS said that he had received so many solicita-
tions on the subject, that he yielded, though very reluctantly,
.to defer his very important motion till after Easter.
Mr. EWART stated that it was his intention hereafter to
move that a copy of the warrant of his late Majesty throwing
open the Court of " Common Pleas" to the legal profession
generally, together with a copy of the judgment delivered by
the judges of that court, again shutting it to all but a privi-
leged class (the sergeants.)
Mr. HUME saidthat on Thursday he proposed to move for
a return, showing the state of representation in England,
Scotland, and Ireland, being it continuation of that which
was made in 1834. Also, that on going into committee of
supply he should move for copies of all communications,
papers, and despatches addressed to her Majesty's Govern-
ment, on the subject of the war in China, And that to-mor-
row he should ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to fix a
time to bring on his motion for a select committee to inquire
into the system of banking.
CHINA.

In answer to a question from Mr. GEORGE PALMER, with
respect to the granting of clearances of British vessels for
China,
11,1 r. LABOUCHERE stated that, in granting such clear-
ances, the government assumed no responsibility as to the
regulations which might be made by the Chinese govern-
ment, or the changes which might take place in our political
relations with that country.
On Mr. Huasu declaring that it appeared to him very
essential to the commerce of the country, that merchants
should be informed what had been the nature of the instruc-
tions sent out by the government,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that government could not enter
into explanations on a subject of the kind without notice.