The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-05 00:00:00

DECEMBER.

I Lord John Russell introduces a bill for the relief of the
poor in Ireland. '
Lord Brougham proposes his plan for the adoption of a
system of general education, and declares himself a coavert to
the ballot.
4 The metropolis and surrounding country is visited with a
dense fog, which occasions numerous accidents, attended with
loss of life.
5 A bill' for the abolition of imprisonment for debt is read a
second time in the House of Lords. •
Lord John Russell introduces a bill for the better regula*-
tion of municipal corporations in Ireland.
Colonel 'Verner brings before the House of Commons the
question of his dismissal from the magistracy for having given,
at a private party of friends, the toast of " The Battle of the
Diamond." The motion for the production of papers is agreed
to

Van Buren, the American president, delivers the message
o the two houses of congress, at the curnmencement of the
second session of the twenty-fifth congress.
6 Mr. Smith O'Brien, M.P. for Limerick, presents his pe-
tition to the House of Commons against 'the subscription fund
raised in England for the purpoSe of supporting petitions against
Irish members.
Mr. Blewitt proposes resolutions deprecating the election
petition subscription fund. After some discussion the resolu-
tious are withdrawn.
A meeting takes place at the Lon4titi Tavern for the pfir-
WIC. 111dUlliill5. nioaaoros to ni..intato the present tnernbers for
the city of London in their seats.
7 Mr. S. O'Brien moves in the House of Commons for a
select committee on the subject of the subscription to support
petitions against Irish members, Sir Francis Burdett, a mem-
ber, having forwarded his subscription of £2O. The motion is
negatived, there being for the motion 121, against it 331.
8 The motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the
appointment of a select committee to investigate the pension
list is carried by a majority of 62, there being 295 for and 233
against the motion.
The British legion at St. Sebastian lay down their arms on
the glacis of that fortress, and renounce the service of the Queen
of Spain.
10 Brigadier O'Connell publishes a general order,, detailing
the sufferings and privations of the British leuion previous to its'
dissolution.
Hubert, one of the accomplices in the Nenilly conspiracy
and included in the amnesty of April, is arrested at Boulogne-
sur-Mer, on the evidence of his having taken measures to attempt
the life of Louis Philippe.
11 Her Majesty sends a messagelti both houses of parlia-
ment, recornmendin,, a provision' for the Duchess of Kent suit-
able to her royal highness's iocreased proximity to the throne.
12 On the 'notion of the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, the
House of Commons agree to a resolution that her Majesty be
enabled to give an additional provision of £B,OOO a-year out of
thel3coLnosorlaidßatreodugfhuanmd to her Royal Highness the Duchess of
s a protest against
Kent.
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to the Duchess of Kent.
A public meeting, attended by 2000 persons, is held at
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Bradford, against the introduction of the new poor-law into
that place.
14 Mr. Harvey's motion « that due provision is made in the
civil list bill, for the protection of the right of parliament to
inquire into and to appropriate the revenues of the duchies of
Cornwall and and Lancaster," is debated in the house, and on
a division there appears for the motion; 82; against it, 184.
Disturbances take place at Munster, in consequence of the
proceedings of the Prussian government against the Arch-
bishop of Cologne.
16 A public meeting, attended by 400 students of the Uni-
versity, is held in Edinburgh for the purpose of forming an
association for disseminating the principles of protestant Con-
servatism.
17 The session of the French Chambers is opened by the
King of the French.
The Christinos surprise and capture the fort of Zugarra-

murdi.
A new ministry is formed at Madrid, of which Count
d'Ofalia is appointed premier.
18 The committee on the pension list being nominated, Sir
O. Sinclair proposes the addition of Mr. Harvey's name, which
is objected to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on account
of Mr. Harvey's having before published evidence taken before
a committee of which he was a member, and refusing to give a
pledge that he would not pursue that course on the present oc-
casion. The housedivided, when there appeared, for the inser-
tion of Mr. Harvey's name, 71; against it; 122.
--- Mr. O'Connell, in. a letterto his temporary constituents,
denounces the ministerial measure for the relief of the poor in
Ireland.
News arrives of the insurrection in Canada, and of the
rescue of two of the insurgents from a body of the government

troops.
20 The civil list bill is read a second time' in the House o
Lords. _ - - .

Much damage is done at BradfOrd,-and other places in
Yorkshire, occasioned byfbeary rains.
Lord Brougham enters a protest on the journals of the
House of Lords against the civil list bill.
22 Iu consequence of news hifying arrived to-day of the
open state of insurrection throughout the provinces of Lower
Canada, and the defeat of the small body of British troops who
were 'despatched against the insurgents, a discussion- takes
place in parliament on the state of the colony, sotrie, members
urging the declaration of its independence,-and ministers give
notice that they shall only move the adjournment of the house
until the 16th 'of January nest, in order that they might lay be-
fore parliament all the, information they might then possess
upon't he subject.
A dispute arises between Mr. O'Contaeil and the trades'
committee of Dublin.
O'Connell 'addresses a second letter to his constituents,
denouncing any measure for the relief of the poor in Ireland.
23 •Her Majesty proceeds in state to the House of Lords, and
gives her royal assent, in person, to the civil list bill and other
bills.
- The Duchess of Kent's annuity bill is read a third time in
the House of Conitnons, and passed.
Both houses of parliament adjourn till Tuesday, the 16th
of January next.
26 The trades of Dublin meet to vindicate themselves from
the calumnies of O'Connell. The agitator does not attend the
meeting, to which he had been invited, having excused himself
on the plea of sickness.
28 A destructive fire occurs at Davis's Wharf, Tooley-street,
by which property to the amount of between £lOO,OOO and
£200,600 is destroyed.