The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

A considerable number of election petitions were pre-
sented, it being the last day appointed by the house for re-
ceiving them.
The house, having resolved itself into committee, a reso-
lution was agreed to that a supply be granted to her majesty,
after which the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY.
The House of Lords sat for a short time, and the royal
assent was given, by commission, to Lord Scarborough's
Indemnity Bill, after which their lordships adjourned until
Monday week.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WELINESDAY.
New writs were moved for by Sir 'l'. FREMANTLE, in the
room of all those honourable members who have accepted
office in the present administration. A good deal of amuse-
ment was occasioned by Sir T. Fremantle's moving, at the
close of the new ministerial writs, for a new writ for the
borough of Bridport, in the room of Henry Warburton,
Esq., who had accepted the dice of steward of the Chiltern
Hundreds.
New writs were also moved for in the room of Lord Fever-
sham, for the North Riding of Yorkshire ; for Bradford, in
the room of William C. Lister, Esq., deceased ; for Sunder-
land, in the room of Mr. Alderman Thompson ; and for
Lichfield, in the room of Sir G. Anson, who has accepted
the office of Steward of the manor of Poyning in the county
of Sussex. •
Mr. ROEBUCK complained of a " breach of privilege"
which appeared in the Times newspaper, representing him as
a person who was honourable only by dint of becoming a
member of that house, and was sprung from the humbler
orders of society. The hon. member contended that this
paragraph went ou to say that he was unable, and, was, in-
deed, an improper person to suggest any improvement in the
new poor law. He would defy the anonymous scribbler of
the Times to bring forward any one act of his life which
could deprive him of the title of honourable ; and even if he
had sprung from the humbler orders of society, and if his
ancestors had not been, as they were, distinguished,in the
walks of literature and science, that was no reason why he
should be held up as unfit to act as a member of that house.
The hon. member said he would not move that the printer
be called to the bar ; indeed, it would be useless ; for he was
presumed to be in prison, as any man must be who was re-
sponsible for a paper so libellous as the Times. He would,
under these circumstances, recommend all persons, who
might be more sensitive than himself, when libelled by the
Times, as it was impossible to get at the writer, to horsewhip
the proprietor !
Sir R. INGLis complained of the irregularity of the hon.
member in thus occupying the time of the house without con-
cluding with a motion.
Mr. ROEBUCK attempted to prove he was in order, but the
Speaker decided in the negative, upon which the honourable
member moved that the printer be called to the bar. No
hon. member could be found to second the motion, which,
to the evident mortification of the hon. member, fell to the
ground.
Lord PALMERSTON asked whether it was the intention of
the Government, when the house met again, to proceed to
business without any further adjournment?
Sir G. CLERK said that the right hon. baronet at the head
of the Government would state the course he meant to pur-
sue when he took his seat next week. _ _

The Administration of Justice Bill was read a first time

The report of the committee of the whole house on the
supply to be granted to her Majesty was then brought up,
and the house, on the motion of Sir G. CLERK, adjourned
until Thursday next.