The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

Many petitionstwere presented against the apprenticeship
system, against additional endowments to the chuich of Scot-
land, and against the poor relief (Ireland) bill.
'Lord BROUGHAM, in presenting a numerously signed petition
for a system of general education, said that he should, as early
as possible, proceed with his bill on this subject.
The Earl of RIPON presented a petition against granting a
charter to Birmingham, which called forth considerable dis-
cussion.

Lord MELBOURNE, ju answer to inquiry from the Ear
Winchitsea, gave information similar to that proffered by Lord
J. Russell in the commons, regarding the outrages and murders
near Canterbury.

The imprisonment for debt bill, as amended in committee,
was considered. and ordered to be further considered on Thurs-
day nest, to which day their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--FRIDAy.

The house, at its rising, on motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
was ordered to be adjourned till Wednesday next (to-morrow.)
Lord J. Itussu.4,
,in answer to questions put by Mr.
PLUMPTRE, Sir G. SINCLAIR, and Sir R. PgEL, stated that he
•h 4 directed the liberation of " Courtenay" from the lunatic
asylum, on the intercession of that individual's father, and, on
the assurance that he should be taken care of; that his
lordship did not trace any connexion between the riotous pro-
ceedings and the poor-law, beyond the circumstance that
Courtenay availed himself of the feelings raised on that sub-
ject to incite followers, and that the magistrates had not made
any representations to lead him to expect that there might be
disturbances, or that the individual in question was engaged in
agitating the public mind.
Sir G. GREY, in answer to Mr. BROTHER TON'S inquiry, said
that the government had not deemed it requisite to send addi-
tional troops to the West Indies ; that correct accounts of the
proceedings iu parliament were sent out; and that the powers
possessed by, the executive authorities there, it was considered,
would be sufficient to maintain order. . .

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The house then resolved into committee on the municipal
corporations (Ireland) bill,
'the clauses and amendments proposed by Sir R. PEar,
especially the £lO qualification, with " rating,;' were defeated;
after which he said he should reserve further amendments till
the report.
The proceedings on the bill were rather suddenly stopped at
ten o'clock, by Lord J. RussELL slating that it would be better
to have the bill, as amended, printed. Agreed to, and bill or-
dered to be further considered o❑ Monday se'nnight.
Sir IL PEEL said he would give timely notice of the amend-
ments he should propose, on the bill being recommitted.
The other orders of-the day being disposed of,
Mr. F. BARING applied for leave to bring in a bill "for the
establishment of a British colony in New Zealand."
Sir R. INGLis opposed the measure, and doubted the right of
England to establish a colony there.
Sir G. GRRY said that the government was not pledged to
Support the bill, only to introduce the measure.
The house eventually adjourned till Wednesday next.