The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-13 00:00:00

LONGFORD ELECTION COMMITTEE.

The clerk of the election committee appeared at the bar, and
handed in the reduced list of the members selected to serve on
this committee. The following are the names of the members:
Liberal—E. S. Caylev, Alexander Ellice. Sir J. Coliphonn,
W. Williams, J. H. Seale. Sir Hobert Ferguson Alexander
Speirs. Henry Marsl7ttid —8 Conservatives —Edward B. Farn-
ham, Thomas Chaplin. T. W. C. Master-3.
The Canterbury election ballot was not proceeded in.
Mr. I iioccitEag repeated that the French government did
intend to propose an additional duty on linen yarn, and that
there was no ri,ason to believe the,e was any disposition to
accede to the representations of the English government
against it. , _ _

Mr. Hume asked whether it was proposed to reduce our duty
on French brandy, because, if we made deme.nds on the French
'government, we ought to proceed fairly. England taxed French
biaudy between 6t) and 700 per rent, and complained whet'
France proposed to impose only WO pet cent on some Eugliih
article. •

The CHINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sail that it was not
very logical to say that England was to reduce any existing
duty because there was complaint against a duty about to be it'll-
fpoied by France. He had no inteutiou to propose auy reduc-
ion of the duty on French brandy
Mr. Ba it RUN moved an address to her Majesty " to appoint
a rommig:ion to inquire into the constitution of the hoard of
charilaole bequests in Ireland, and into the present charitable
funds and property in that part of the United Kingdom."
Lord Mouvirrti admitted that there was a strong case in
support of inqmry, but submitted that the better mode of pro-
ceeding would he by bill, wherein the powers and expenses
could be-better defined and limited ;, he therefore proposed that
the motion should be withdrawn, and that the proceeding should
be by bill.

Mr. BA in consequence, withdrew his motion.
Mr. W.titli PH TON deferred, for a fortnight, his motion re-
garding 'he Baron de Bode's French claims.
Mr. WA LIAGE then called attention to the petition from the
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce. prayi that no experiment
on Mr. ltowlaud Hill's plan may he entered into, unless based
on its main principles. Lie moved that the house resolve into
committee on the laws regardinet the Past-office. •
The CH L-01:. of the E Xe4-IEQ GER 4; lid that, much as he
respected Mr. Hill, he could not be so itolifferent to the revenue
as to sanction at once the whole of that plan.
A good deal of desultory discussion ensued. in the course of
which there were TIVI,II y complaints regarding the present iiiodo
of delivering letters; but the motion was event oar!' withdrawn.
Mr. WA I. 1.. .4CE then, with refercuce to the Enoibureh peti-
tion " for-establishing a mornine mail to Edinburgh," moved
for returns to show what had been rt one towards carrying into
effect the recommendations of the Postoffice commissioners,
which the Chancellor of the Es.chequer nut objectiug to their
remloctiob—
The AT ronx GgNEit Al, obtained leave to bring in several
bills to facilitate the enfranchisement of copyholdi—relating to
lands held by copy or court roll—the law of escheat—and to
abolish customs affecting lands in certain cases.
Mr /117 MR moved fur various returns regarding the conduct
of Sir F. Head, as governor of Upper Canada, giving the
sanction to bills without communicating them to the British
parliament, and other papers, which were ordered.
Oa the, motion of Mr. FazA xtcittuiv, leave was given to the
par-law committee to report noun tune to time.

The banking co-parruership bill went through committee.
There was a good deal of discussion in the committee on the
"qualification of members' " bill, in which many amendments
were proposed. It was reported, and and ordered to be'recon-
idered on a future day in its amended form.—Adjourned.