The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-26 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COM:IIONS.-MONDAY•

Mr. WAxt:EY prestinted petitions from the working men's
associations of Bristol and Loudon, for an address to her ma-
jesty to issue her free pardon to the men recently sentenced in
Edinburgh to tiansportation. Ile gave notice, that on Thurs-
day next he-would move for a committee to inquire into the na-
ture and constitution of the cotton spinners' association at
Glasgow.

Mr. Roebuck's petition having been read,
Mr. GROTE moved, That Mr. Roebuck should be beard at the
bar, as agent for Lower Canada, against the Canada bill. After
some observations, to show the injustice of the proceeding to
enact so strong a measure wii bout hearing what the agent for
Canada, now in England, had to say on behalf of that colony;
the honourable gentleman concluded moving that he should
tie heard.

Mr. GLADSTONE concurred in the motion, but protested
against hearing Mr. ROebuck as the agent of the House of Al-
sesubly.
Lord JOHN RussEt.t.Thought it better that the house should
hear Mr. Roebuck as agent for the House of Assembly, as, if
they consented to hear Lim on the mere ground of the interest
which he took in the question, it .uuld open too wide a dour to
future applicants.
After some iurther desultory discussion, Mr. Roebuck was
called to the bar.

Previensly to his appearance, however,
Sir R. Puisr. gave notice, that he would move in the com-
mittee for the omission of such parts of the bill as went to invest
the con‘entiou of sestatts with a, representative character, and
to enable her majesty is council to repeal the bill.
Mr. Itoaabck then appeared at the bar, and addressed the
house at great length, charging ministers and the government
of this country generally with all the evils and disturbances
which bad taken place in Canada. After dwelling at considera-
ble length upon the various negotiations with Canada, Mr.
Roebuck concluded by warning the house how they alienated
the affections of the Canadians, and by that means extended
the American republic ft um the Gulf ai Mexico to the pole.
The bill was afterwards • read a second time, and Lord J.
RUSSELL moved, that it be committed.
Mr.-Hums moved that it be committed that day six months.
Sir GitoitGe. GREY, at some length, defended the government
from mail* of Mr. Roebuck's imputations. Sir George proved
that Mr. Roebuck misrepresented the causes of dispute between
the British gocernmeut and the Canadian House of Assembly,
when he declared these causes to be all connected with money.
The elective principle sought to be applied to the composition
of the legislative councill
as prominent a place ia the alleged
""Pied, Sir George observed, quite
grievances of the Canadi-
ans, as any grievance connected %kith money. He also denied
the accuracy of Mr. Roebuck's catalogue of British offences
against Canada.
Lord en NC/$ EGEaroN supported the second reading of the
bill, but protes;ed, at the same lime, Must strongly against the
Canadian policy, and the general policy of the government.
Mr. LEA PER made a feeble speech in reply to Sir G Grey,
w Mr. . RICE, who spoke in favour of the
s k'
and Nlikwe
r).ld yI4'AbKINGTON,
who said he would vote for the
, measure not because lie ha,i confidence in the government, but
because he felt it to be his bounden duty to give support to the
crown against her suoject;iii rebellion. (Cheers.) For all the
wide-spread disaffection—fur all the British blood that had been
shed in Canada, lie held her majesty's ministers to be severely
and deeply responsible, (Cheers,)
Sir Wu. MoLigswoit rii then moved that the debate be ad-
ourned until to-morrow (Tuesda).)
The motion was ageed to, and the house adjourned at twelve
o'clock.

HOUSE OF LOtiDS.—Tuksoay.
The Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill was lead the third time
and passed.
Earl of RIPON presented a bill for continuing the bi-
shopric of Sodor and. Alan, slating that when he moved its second
reading he would more fully explainthe views with which he
brought fora writ this measure.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a netilion, adopted at a large
public• eneetiirg at Birmingham, praying for the adoption of
measures to compel those proprietors of slaves who nad received
E,18,500,000. as compensation, to fulfil the terms of the contract,
He took the opportunity of denying that he had ever declared
that the act of 1833 had .not bettered the condition of the ne-
gi Tres—tile increased amount and superior quality of articles
sent to the West Indies proved the contrary.
Lord (3; i.criki:6, in answer to inquiry from Lord BROUGHAM,
stated that the papers regarrliug Antigua were iu progress, and
would be ready in a few days.
Their lordships adjourned till Thursday. -- •