The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

noble lord th

ness, and intimated that, though he should not oppose the
third reading of the Corn Importation Bill, he should feel
it necessary to oppose the second reading of the Nal
lion Bill

The order of the day' for the second reading of the
Railways (No. 2) Bill was then discha
Mr. WAKLEY said that no otl
at this peri
of the Go`
..Medical It
for the present s

was left him,
r the example

to follov

ierefore, withdraw his
Amendment Bill

Ettion and Medical Las,

HOUSE OF LORDS

-TUESDAY

The Bishopric of Manchester Billy

wrought up to be

committed.
Lord REDESDALE MC

mendment, that a

clause be insE

until her ME

shall b
bishop
that se

p 1

led to demand as of right a writ of

summons to. Parliament

After.
Lord CI

brief discussion, in which Lord Stanley, the
cellor, and the Bishop of London took part,

their Lordships c
the amendment, 14

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

TUESDAY

Mr. VILLIERS once more directed the attention of the
Rouse to the issue pending between himself and Mr.
Christie, in reference to the nature of the questions put

A Sir F. Lewis, who was examined as a 'kit-
e Andover committee, and read several ex-
tracts from the journals of the house, which he contended
justified the allegations which he had made with respect
to the improper nature of the questions alluded to.
Mr. CHRISTIE observed that after the distinct denial
which he had on the previous evening given to these alle-
gations, and the testimony which was then borne by se-
veral members of the Andover committee to his con-
duct as a member of that committee, he did not think it
necessary to pursue the subject any further. It was then
dropped.
Mr. MIJNTZ then moved that the house resolve itself
into a Committee of Customs to consider the duties upon
the importation of copper (act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 47),
with a view to their reduction or abolition. Mr. Ewart
seconded the motion; and after a few words from Sir
Charles Lemon, .

by the latter
ness before tl

THE CHANCELLOR of the FXCHEQUER, without enter

ing into the question involved in the motion, felt himself
called upon to resist it, as he was not then in a better si-
tuation than he was at the commencement of the session,
when he resisted similar motions presented by other ho-
nourable gentlemen, to sacrifice any item of the national
income.

A desultory conversation ensued, after which the house
divided, and the numbers were—For the motion, 19 ;
against it, 59 ;—majority against, 40.

Mr. Poin.Err SCROPE was then proceeding to address
the house on the motion, of which he had given notice,
in reference to waste lands in Ireland, when the house
.was counted out.

HOUSE OF COMMONS

-WEDNESDAY

The Seduction and Prostitution Bill went tluoughcom-
rnittee in spite of a good deal of opposition.
Mr. G. BANKES then moved the second reading of the
Poor Removal Act Bill.

Captain PECHELL and Mr. R. PALMER complained of
the operation of the act last session, as repealing some of
its most obnoxious provisions.
Sir J. PARINGTON defended the Poor Removal Act,
and opposed this bill.
Sir G. GREY followed on the same side.
The Marquis of GRANBY supported Mr. Bankes.
Mr. SPOONER called urson tlica hem., rats tek
rpnestl the existing law.
Mr. V. 6iurra and Mr. RICE were also in favour of
the bill.

Sir J. GRAHAM defended his measure of last year,
which, however, he admitted had in some instances
worked injuriously to the ratepayers. He hoped that this
bill would be rejected by a large majority.
Mr. MILES spoke in favour of, and Mr. C. BULLER, as
chairman of the committee to which Sir J. Graham had
referred, against this bill ; and upon a division the second
reading was lost by a majority of 105 to 102 votes.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
On the motion for the third reading of the Poor Law
Amendment Bill, _ _ _ _

Mr. WARLEY moved as an amendment that the bill be
read a third time that day three months. The hon.
member denounced the bill as a desperate attempt to
bolster up the present Poor Law system, which was
hateful to the people.
Mr. J. FIELDEN supported the amendment.

Mr. FERRAND charged the Poor Law Commissioners
with having caused the murder of the people, and in-
stanced a case in which a medical officer had informed
him that he could have saved the life of a female pauper,
only that the pittance allowed him for attendance and
medicine was so miserably small that he could not afford
to give this pauper what she required.
Mr. ROEBUCK delivered a lengthened and fierce attack
upon Mr. Ferrand, accusing him of wildness of assertion,
of want of understanding, and of disregard of truth.
Mr. HENLEY, Captain PECHELL, Mr. BORTHWICK,
Mr. BANKES, and Colonel SIBTHORP supported the
amendment.

Sir G. GREY defended the bill, and the house divided ;
=For the third reading, 105 ; against it, 35 ;—majority,

Mr. SPOONER moved the addition of clauses providing
for the granting of relief to able-bodied paupers out of
the workhouse, and enabling boards of guardians to pro-
vide work out of the workhouses for such paupers, also
annulling all rules heretofore made prohibiting relief to
able-bodied persons out of the workhouse.

Mr. FERRAND took this opportunity to repel the attack
made upon him by Mr. Roebuck, who, he said, indulged
in personalities with impunity, because it was well known
he would claim the protection of the house, as he did for-
merly, should he be called to account out of the house for
the vituperative language used by him within the walls of
the house.

The house divided--for Mr. Spooner's clauses, 37 ;
against them, 109 ; majority against the clauses, 72.
Sir GEORGE GREY proposed the addition of the clauses
of which he had given notice.
It being now twelve o'clock, Lord GEORGE BENTINCK
moved the adjournment of the house, on the ground that,
as the house was to meet again at noon, it would be im-
possible for hon. members to sit night and day.
After a short discussion, Sir GEORGE GREY said he
would not press his clauses, and on that condition Lord
G. BENTINCK withdrew his motion for adjournment.

Mr. BORTHWICK proposed the addition of a clause to
prevent aged married persons, above sixty years of age,
from being separated in the workhouse.
Sir G. GREY thought that making the rule imperative
in every case would frequently cause much inconvenience.
Mr. HUME, Mr. ROEBUCK, MT. BROTHERTON, and
Lord G. BENTINCK urged on the Government the pro-
priety of consenting to this clause.
Lord J. RUSSELL yielded, stipulating for such an
amendment of the clause as would leave the matter dis-
cretionary, not peremptory, with the boards of guardians.
The noble lord moved such an amendment to the clause.
Mr. BORTHWIcx refused to accept the amendment pro-
posed by the Minister, and the house divided—for Lord
J. Russell's amendment, 55 ; against it, 70 ; majority
against Government, 15.
The tu.nouncement of this division was hailed with loud
cheers.

Mr. Borthwick's clause, as originally proposed, was
agreed to, and ordered to be added to the bill.
On the motion of Mr. ErwALL, a clause, enacting that
meetings of boards of guardians be opened to the rate-
payers, was added.
Mr. BANKES moved the addition of a clause enacting
that the rules and regulations of the present poor-law
commissioners shall cease to have force six months after
the appointment of the new commission.
Lord JoHN RUSSELL opposed the clause, and the house
divided. For the clause, 35 ; against it, 71; majority
against the clause, 36.
Amendments proposed by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE and Mr.
WAICLEY were rejected after divisions, and the bill finally
passed.

SE OF LORI

FRIDAY

sent, by commission, was given to various

The royal
bills.
Lord Stanley retracted an accusation he had made on a
former occasion against the directors of the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway Company.
The Earl of DEVON moved that the petitions in refe-
rence to this subject be referred back to the standing
orders committee for a report as to whether or no the
standing orders in this case had been complied with.
unnn thia niipqtinn the bon..,iividod. when the motion

atived by a majority of 12.

the numbers being

35 to 47.
Lord REDESDALE moved a resolution for an inquiry by
the railway commissioners as to the accommodation af-
forded by the several lines of railway open to Birming-
ham, with a view to definitely settling the question of the
!Pages.