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

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY.

The House of Commons to-night presented rather a singu-
lar appearance. The members seemed quite at a loss where
to take their places ; but soon after four o'clock the difficul-
ties appeared to have ceased, and though all the honourable
members, with two exceptions, had changed sides of the
house, they yet found themselves opposed to the same old
faces as before. The exceptions were Mr. Wakley, the mem-
ber for Finsbury, and Mr. Williams, M.P., for Coventry.
The former gentleman retained his usual seat, and chatted
gaily with those around him. Mr. Williams appeared to
have taken a place near the hon. member for the purpose of
conversing with him, and did not, perhaps, think it necessary
subsequently to change it. The opposition benches were by
no means so well filled as those on the ministerial side.

A considerable number of election petitions was presented
after which

Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice, that whenever the house should
go into committee on the new Poor Law Bill, he would move
the abolition of the board of commissioners, and that their
duties should be transferred to the Secretary of State for the
Home Department. _ _ _

The Queen's answer to the address of the Commons hav-
ing been read,
On the motion of Sir G. CLERK it was resolved that to-
morrow the house should resolve itself into committee to
consider of the supply to be granted to her Majesty.
The house then adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY

Lord Blum Guam took the opportunity, on the presenta-
tion of a petition, to call the attention of the Lord Chancellor
to the case of some persons who had been recently convicted
for refusing to go to church on the Sabbath, when ordered to
do so by the parish authorities, and expressed a hope that
the noble and learned lord would turn his attention to those
unrepealed laws which, though obsolete, might yet at any
time be enforced.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the erasure of the name of
the Bishop of Derry from the rolls of their lordships' house,
he having taken his seat as one of the Irish bishops, when in
fact he was not one of the bishops in rotation.—The motion
was agreed to.

On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the
Bill for Consecrating Bishops Abroad was read a third time,
and passed.

The Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition complaining
of some fraudulent alterations in the rating books of Dublin.
The object of the alterations was to enable persons to get
upon the burgess roll who were not entitled to he upon it,
and who would be enabled, in consequence, to exercise an
influence on the coporation elections.

The Duke of WELLINGTON said that this was not a ques-
tion tor the House of Lords in any way whatever. It was a
matter between the poor law guardians and the church-war-
dens, but could not be entered upon by parliament.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.

A considerable nnmber 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.-WEDNESDAY

New writs were moved for by Sir T. 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 office 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 on to say that he was unable, and was, in-
deed, an improper person to suggest *ay 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 Goirernment, 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 tlum brought up,
and the house, on the motion of Sir G. CLERK, adjourned
until Thursday next.