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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-21 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Mospay.

The following members of the Government took their
seats :—Lord John Russell, premier ; Sir George Grey,
tome secretary; Col. Fox, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, Lord
Palmerston, foreign secretary; Mr. Jervis, attorney gene-
ral ; Mr. Labouchere, secretary for Ireland ; Admiral
Dundas, Mr. C. Wood, Lord Marcus Hill, and Captain
Berkeley.

After several railway bills and other business had been
disposed oi, in reply to some remarks f-om Sir J. Graham
addressed to Mr. T. Duncombe,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—After what has passed, I think
it will be necessary for me to state to the house what are
the intentions of her Majesty's Ministers with respect to
the Poor Removal Bill, dud I hope it will tend in acme
degree to remove the despair of my Honourable Friend
the Member for Finsbury. It is our fixed intention to
proceed with it, but with respect to the provisions as
to the residence of the poor, there is certainly some
doubt. I can assure my honourable friend that it is our
determination to proceed with the bill without delay.
(Hear, hear.) I certainly voted with my hon. friend the
member fur Malton as to the instructions to be given to
the Committee, because of the existence in the minds of
-many of no great doubt as to the expediency of the provi-
sions with regard to the residences of the poor. (Elear,
hear.) I would like very much to have a general com-
mittee with respect to the law of settlement, which was
most complicated and difficult (hear, hear) and
I do trust the bill will get all the benefit of such a com-
mittee. Having said this much, I have a short statement
to make to the house. Her Majesty's ministers having
very lately accepted office, and not having all of them as-
sembled in consequence of the necessity of vacating their
seats and attending on their elections, I do not think it
would be wise to state the particular measures which we
propose to carry out, or in what respect we propose to
alter the bills at present before the house. ( Hear,
hear, hear.) I will make a statement on Thurs-
day with reference to what period I propose to bring for-
ward the Sugar Duties Bill. lam quite aware of the in-
jury which would result to trade and commerce generally
should this question remain unsettled, and I will, there-
fore, when I fix a day, give notice for a further continu-
ance of the sugar duties for a short period, as the mea-
sures which I may introduce may meet with very great
opposition. At the present moment I have no further
statement to make to the House.

HOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY

Earl Pow's and the Bishop of SALISBURY presented
several petitions against the union of the bishoprics of St.
Asaph and Bangor.
In answer to a question from Lord Brougham, the Earl
of CLARENDON had no hesitation in assuring the noble
lord there would be no delay in introducing the sugar
duties.

Lord BROUGHAM gave notice of his intention to call
the attention of the house to a subject arising out of the
appointment of Sir T. Wilde to the Lord Chief Justicesbip.
He alluded to the compromise between Lord Denman,
and the government, whereby the former agreed to re-
ceive only £BOOO per annum, instead of £lO,OOO, the
latter being the sum named by act of Parliament.
Earl GREY reminded the noble lord that he was
Chancellor at the time, and it was his duty to have in-
quired into the matter.
Lord BROUGHAM was astonished to hear one noble
lord contradict, on his own knowledge, what he had just
now asserted on his honour that he was ignorant of. The
truth was, that nobody knew anything about that which
concerned everybody, and for which nobody cared. Such
was the case, according to the noble earl's notion, but it
was not his notion ; and as he was not roboey, but some-
body, he believed that this was a matter which required a
careful investigation.
Lord CAMPBELL regretted that his noble friend had
not brought in a bill on the subject. He knew that his
noble and learned friend bad carried bills despite of the
large majorities with which his measures were threatened,
and he also knew that if he had introduced a bill on this
subject, it would have passed both houses of the legislature
with perfect unanimity. His noble and learned friend
could not say that he had disapproved of the arrangement,
and continue to hold the Great Seal, and he (Lord Camp-
bell) knew his spirit and his courage too well to suppose
that if he had failed in carrying such a measure he would
not have continued to hold office; he would not suffer
his opinion on such a subject to be overruled. The noble
and learned lord, therefore, appeared to him to blame
himself, after the manner of the Pope, who said, "Judico
me eremari." He acknowledged himself to be in the