The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-02 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY.

In consequence of there being three ballots for the Queen's
county, Taunton, and the city of London election committees,
the gallery was not opened until a quarter to five.

TAUNTON ELECTION.
MC HALMERS appeared at the bar with the reduced list of
the members ballotted for the petition against the return foi
Taunton. The following were the names :—R. Hurst, T. P.
Williams, Hon. R. H. Clive, Richard Price, Edward Litton,
Robert Williams, Hon. Georf.7,e Henry Cavendish, Sir Charles
Robert Blunt, Sir Charles Brooke Vere, William B. Brigbtson,
and Robert Palmer.

QUEEN'S COUNTY ELECTION COMMITTEE.

The reduced list of members to serve on this committee was
handed in by the clerk, and was as follows :—Jas. Loch, Philip
H. Posey, Andrew White, Hon. John Charles Dundas, Archi-
bald Hastie, Lord Viscount Barrington, Hobert Hollond, Lord
Dalmeny, Thomas Benjamin Hobbouse, David Morris, Lord
Seymour.

CITY CF LONDON ELECTION PETITION.

The following is the list of members who form the committee
to try the merits of this petition, namely, Mr. Richard Sander-
son, Mr. Joseph Brotherton, Mr. Frederick Hodgson, Sir
William Lawrence Young, Bart., Mr. John Fort, the Hon.
Cornelius O'Callaghan, Mr. John Brocklehurst, Mr. Thomas
Duffield, Mr. John Bowes, Mr. Curry, and the Hon. Arthur
Henry Cole.
CHURCH LEASES AND IRISH TITHES.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL, wished to give notice that on the 13tb.of
March, he should propose a committee on church leases. He
wished likewise to state that he hoped to be able next week to.
,state the terms of the notice of the course intended to be, pur-
sued by the government respecting the Irish tithes. (Cheers.)
He wished likewise to state, in answer to a question put to him
-yesterday, which; he answered at the time with respect to the
detailes relative to persons confined in the Penitentiary at Mil--
bank, that he hart thought it best to ask for a report from the
committee of the Penitentiary with respect to the circumstances
that had been detailed by the bon. gentleman who asked the
question. He could not say this without at the same time re-
turning Iris thanks to the hon. baronet who had put the question
vesterday for having given him notice of his intention to do so—
(cheers) —and for having proposed the question merely for in-
formation. (Cheers.) He must at the same time deprecate the I
contrary practice—that of bringing forward subjects, attacking
-and making imputations against a minister of the criown, and
taking care to bring that subject forward without notice being
given in that house. (Cheers.)
Lord SANDON rose to order, amid opposition cheering. He
wished to know whether it was according to the rules of the
house, that remarks made in the other house should be noticed.
(Cheers from the tories, and loud cries of "Chai-,
The SPEAKER.—Order, order. _

Lord SAN DON— I rise, sir, for the purpose of asking whether
it is in order, there being no question before the house—(loud
cheers from the tories)—and no individual in this house having
been personalty alluded to, that reflections should be made on
a course of conduct pursued in the other house. (Vehement
cheering from the tory benches.)
Lord Cheering
RUSSELL then rose, and after standing on his legs
for a second or two, amid the most violent cries of " Chair,
chair," from the opposite benches, resumed his seat. His lord-
ship again rose, but was greeted with the same vociferous cries
of " Chair, chair," when

The SPF.AKER, as we understand, said the general rule was
not to notice a particular transaction in another house; and the
noble lord having asked whether any body had been attacked in
that house. he was bound to say be w.as not aware that such
hid been the case.

BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.—ADJOURNED DEBATE.
Lord MAIDSTONE moved that the order be read for resuming
the adjourned debate on the question that Mr, O'Connell be re-
primanded in his. place by Mr. Speaker.
Mr, PENDA RVES moved as an amendment, that the house.
taking into consideration that several members had avowed their
belief that. the decisions of election committees sworn well and
truly to try the matters before them were biassed by party in-
terests and questions; and considering, the late elections had
been impugned in the strongest terms by the public, press; con-
sidering, moreover, that the house had ordered to be read a
second time a bill to regulate the tithe of elections and returns
Of members to serve. in parliament, was content to proceed no
further in the said matter.
The amendment being seconded,
. Mr. GRESSWELL rose, and- observed that it ill became the
noble lord opposite to attempt to impute the shabbiness to hon.
members last night upon his side of the house,rn respect to their
conduct on this occasion, when, it was•recollected What lidd been,