The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-09 00:00:00

HOLDING OF PARLIAAIENTS IN IRELAND.

Mr. Bisit moved an address to his Majesty, praying him to
hold his court and parliament occasionally in Ireland.
Dr, BALDWYN seconded the motion.
After some short observations from Mr. C. Pelham, Mr.
Ruthven, and Dr. Baldwyn, an hon. member moved that the
house be counted. The members present being less than forty,
the house was adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY.

Viscount MELVILLE presented a petition from Mr. Hope
Johnstone, praying for a decision with reference to the Annan-
dale peerage.
Lord BROUGHAM adverted to the proceedings which had
already taken place on the claims to the Annandale peerage,
and argued that some limitation ought to be laid down with re-
spect to such claims, otherwise they might go on to the end of
time considering the cases of new claimants.
Earl BROW NLOW presented a petition from the owners and
occupiers of land in the Isle of A xholm, complaining of agri-
cultural distress, and praying for relief.
Petitions for additional' church accommodation in Scotland
were
,presented by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Kinnoul, and
the Earl of Gosfirrd.

The Earl of GOSFORD presented a petition from the opera-
tive weavers of a manufacturing district of Scotland, praying
for a chamber for the regulation of wages.
Lord BriouG ris sr presented petitions from Barnsley, St.
Mary's, Lambeth, the Boston Literary Institution, Froine Sel-
wood, the Forfar Mechanics' Institute, the city of Leicester,
individuals residing in the city of London, and from various
other bodies and places, praying for a repeal of the stamp duty
on newspapers. Some of the petitions also prayed for a re-
duction of the excise duty on paper, and the noble and learned
lord expressed his decided conviction that if one-half of that
duty were taken off, the additional consumption of paper would
cause as much money to flow into the Treasury
as was now paid
under the existing duty. The noble and learned lord also pre-
sented several petitions from Scotland, against any grant of the
public 'money for additional church accommodation in that
countryy and also a petition from Charles Bucke,.complaining
of the great expense attending the transfer of real property.
The noble and learned lord stated that he had many other peti-
tions to present, but he would take another opportunity for in-
troducing them.—Adjourned to Wednesday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL. POLICE FULL.
Mr. Ew•eßr presented a petition from certain inhabitants of
Liverpool against this bill. He also presented a petition from
the householders and rate-payers praying to be beard by counsel
against the said bill.
Mr. MORE O'FARRELL took the oaths and his seat.

SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS.
Sir FRANcts BuieDETT moved the second reading of this bill,
which, on a division, was lost by a majority of 74.
e • CORK ELECTION.
Mr. BARNERY reported from the county of Cork election
committee, that Fergus O'Connor, Esq., was not duly elected
to serve in parliament for the county of Cork, but that Richard
Longfield, lsq., the petitioner against the return, was duly
elected, and that neither the petition nor the opposition thereto
was frivolous or vexatious.