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

Eirgrrial Vadianunt.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,—WEDNESDAY.
(Concluded from the Liverpool Standard of Friday.)
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

This case was disposed of by the two members, Mr. Hume and
Mr. Charlton, making explanatiunsand apologies to each other.
THE BUDGET. _ _

Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know when the ChanCellor of
the Exchequer would bring forward the budget, and gave notice
that when he did he (Colonel Sibthorp) would wove a resolu-
tion declaring the expediency of effectini, a reduction of 30 per
cent. in all official salaries exceeding £6,000, of '2O per cent on
all official salaries between £3,000 and £6,000, of 15 per cent.
on all between £2,000 and £3,000, of 10 percent. on all between
£l,OOO and £2,000, and of 5 per cent. ou all between £BOO and
£l,OOO. _ . .

Mr. S. Rics told the hon. and gallant member that the forms
of the house would prevent him from bringing forward his mo-
tion in a committee of ways and means, and recomtnended him
*to make it upon some other occasion. He could not fix the
precise time for bringing forward the budget, because he wished
the estimates to be all, or nearly all, voted first.
LORD'S-DAY OBSERVANCE BILL. . .

Mr. Pottr.TEu;sgabbatb bill was lost by a majority of 54
against 43 who voted in its favour.

WILLS' KXECUTION BILL.
The wills' execution bill was read a third time and passed.

EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS' BILL.
The executors and administrators' bill was read a third time
and passed.

ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES BILL.
Mr. LYNCH moved the second reading of the Roman catholic
marriages bill.
The bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed.

MAL MERCHANTS' SEAMEN'S EMU
After a few wools from Mr. BELL,
Mr. BETHELL, after a few observations which were quite in-
audible in the gallery, moved as an amendment that the bill be
read a second time this day six months.
Mr. CHAPMAN seconded the amendment.
After a few words from Mr. G. F. YOUNG and Mr. PRYME in
suppqrt of the bill, and Mr. HUTT against it, the amendment
aas understood to be withdrawn, the bill being read a second
time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
1•.-•il1'~`iY

houses, warehouses, counting-houses, or shops, rated for three
yeais to the relief of the poor of the borough, and w ho 'have paid
all rates due for six months before the revision, and who shall
be entitled to he burgesses, excluding all who within twelve
months of registration shad have received parochial relief or
other alms, or any pension or charitable allowance from any
fuud intrusted to the charitable trustees of such' borough there-
inafter mentioned ;• and that all occupiers whose landlords are
rated or rateable to the poor may claim to be rated, as in the
English reform bill ; and any person coming to inhabit after
the rate for the current year is made, may claim to be put
upon it.
"4. That burgesses who cease to be occupiers within the
borough, or negiect to pay their rates, shall be omitted from
the burgess roll; but within two years may be restored at the
next revision of the burgess roll; and that after the passing
of the act no person shall be elected, admitted, or enrolled a
citizen, freeman, liveryman, or burgess, or by any name, a
member of any body: corporate, in respect of any right or title
other than tliat ut being a settled rate-payer within such bo-
rough, according to the meaning and provisions of the bill.
"5. That burgesses shall nut have individual benefit from
common lands and public stock, &c., who were nut entitled
thereunto before the passing of the act. _
"ti. That all exclusive rights of trading shall be abolished.
"7. That overseers make out alphabetical lists of persons
entitled to vote by certain forms; that persons omitted in the
lists may give notice of claim, and lists of claimants and per-
sons objected to to be published; power to the mayor to re-
vise the lists, and, upon due proof, to insert and expunge
names, with certain powers to rectify mistakes in the lists;
publication of the lists provided for as in the reform bill, and
all expenses of registration and lists to be defrayed out of the
borough fund.
"8. That a mayor and town council be chosen in every
borough; the mayor to be elected by the council; the Coun-
sellors to he chosen by the burgessess on the 25th day of Oc-
tober next; one-third of the council to go out of office annu-
ally; any ex-councillor to be capable of re4lection.
"9. The larger class of towns (those with a population of
25,000) to be divided into wards; the mode of voting to be
by ticket or voting paper, containing the christian names and
surnames of the persons for whom each burgess votes, with their
respective places of abode and description, signed by the bur-
gess; all elections to be 'concluded in one day, and polling
booths in the discretion of the mayor; no inquiry of the voter,
except as to his identity, and whether he has voted before at
the same election; the register to be final.

"10. All existing mayiiis and aldermen, and councils, to go
out of office on election of new councils under the act.
" 11. Mayor to be annually elected by the council.
"12. No qualification for mayor, council, or other muni-
cipal officers, other than that of burgess; finis for refusal of
office; any public officer becoming bankrupt, or declared in-
solvent, to vacate office.

"13. The mayor to be justice of the peace for thq borough
and for the county, and to act as returning officer at elections
of members to serve in parliament during the term of his
mayoralty.
"14. Power to the town-council to appoint town-clerk, trea-
surer, and other officers; to take security for due discharge of
their official duties, and tndetermine salaries.
"15. Treasurers to pay no money but by order in writing of
a quorum of the town council, countersigned by town-clerk,
with summary powers against officers for not accounting.
"16. Town councils of cities and towns which are counties
to name a sheriff; and in certain boroughs to appoint a coroner.
" 17, Town-clerks and officers removed under the provisions
of the act to receive compensation, if they can agree as to the
same with the town councils; in case of non-agreement the
Lords of the Treasury to determine amount.
" 18. Town councils to nominate sub-committees.
" 19. All licenses of publicans and victuallers to be granted
by town councils.
" 20. Town councils to appoint charitable trustees to ad-
minister all charitable funds vested in municipal corporations;
such trustees to appoint a secretary and treasurer. •
" 21. Town councilLto be trustees of all acts of which cor-
porators are er Vida trustees.
" 22. A police committee to consist of mayor and council-
men; such committee to appoint constables for the borough;
constables to be for the county as well as borough; powers of
constables defined.

" 23. Borough magistrates to appoint annually a certain
number of persons to act as special constables in case of need,
to be called out on warrant of magistrates when they shalldeem
ordinary police insufficient.
" 24. Limited powers of rate for muncipal purposes; all cor-
porate property and all fines to be received on account of bo-
rough fund.

'r2s. Power of by-laws vested in the town council.
" 26. Burgesses annually to choose two auditors, (not to be
members of council, nor to be town-clerk, treasurer, or charita-
ble trustee,) and njayor to choose a third ; the three;half-yearly,
to examine and audit borough accounts; all accounts to be an-
nually published.
" 27. Town councils of certain boroughs to nominate persons
for a commission of justices of the peace, such commission to
be confirmed by the crown; and any town councils petitioning
for stipendiary magistrates, the crown to appoint such.
" 28. Recorders (barristers at law of five years' standing) to
be appointed by the crown in certain boroughs, if town councils
petition for quarter sessions; with powers to such recorders to
act for more than one borough. Recorder not to be counsellor
or police-magistrate; recorder to be sole judge; in his absence
the mayor,.&c.

" '29: All capital jurisdiction abolished, and criminal iuris
diction limited to that of quarter sessions.
"30. County justices of the peace to have jurisdiction in all
boroughs which have not a separate court of sessions of the
peace under the act, with provisions as to the comity rates, and
apportionment of the expenses of prosecutions at the assizes
and quarter sessions. • .
" 31. Civil jurisdiction extended in some boroughs, and gene-
rally regulated.
" 32. BUrgesses to be jurors.
" 33. Fees regulated, and tables to be published."
Sir ROBERT PEEL said, although he was resolved to avail
himself of every advantage, in discussing this important ques-
tion Which might present itself in the course of its progress
through the house, still he meant not to offer any opposition to
the noble lord's motion, and would not throw the slightest im-
pediment in the way of the introduction of the bill. Sir Robert,.
in commenting upon Lord John's observations upon the cor-
porations ,of the disfranchised boroughs of Aldborough and
Oxford, whose cases had not been reported upon, remarked
upon the extraordinary omission of Derhy, Nottingham, and
Portsmouth, whig boroughs, whose real-practices were noto-
rious..

At the close-of the debate, leave was given to bring in the
bill, and it was brought in by Lord J. Russell amid much
cheering, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second
time on Monday se'nnight.

OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON BILL,

Mr. JERN IS obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the
laws relating to offences against the person.—Bill read a first
time.

Sir H. MUSGRAVE obtained leave to bring in a bill for the
administration of certain civil affairs of a local nature in Ire-
land.

IMPRISONMENT_ FOR DEBT (ENGLAND) BILL.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that he bad to present to the
house the report of the committee upon the bill for the aboli-
tion of imprisonineut for debt, to whom it had been referred a
second time. lie had to state that the book debts had now
been put on the same footing with bills of exchange and bonds.
There had also been a certain set of clauses introduced by the
committee which would enable the assets of insolvents to be ad-
ministered by trustees without a fiat of bankruptcy issuing, or
without having recours.a to lawyers at all, so that if creditors
chose they might wind up insolvents' estates-and affairs among
themselves. The better to effect this it was provided that if
seven-eighths of the creditors concurred in any proposed ar-
rangement, then the will of the remaining one-eighth should
be overruled, so that they should not be able fraudulently to
resist the negotiation. There wore many in the city of Lon-
don who were desirous that this set of clauses should be intro-
duced, and for whose opinion he entertained a great respect.
He had now to propose that this bill should be ordered to be
reprinted as amended, and that the report should be further
considered on Wednesday se'nnight. He should then submit
the bill in its amended form, and he hoped it would not only
meet with the approbation of the house, but that it would Gun-
ter a great benefit on society.
Mr. Hums felt personally grateful to the hon. and learned
gentleman for what he had done on this subject, and was satis-
fied the country would be equally grateful to him for the in-
terest he had taken in that which he was quite sure would be
beneficial both to debtors and creditors.
After a few words from Mr. Pease and Mr. Richards, which
were not beard in the gallery, the report was ordered to be re-
printed, and further considered on Wednesday se'nnight.
Mr. WILKS gave notice that he should move next Wednesday
for the appoiutment of a select committee to ascertain and re-
port the progress that had been made in the investigation of
public charities.

FOREIGN POSTOFFICS.

Mr. LABOUCHERE stated that in moving for leave to bring in
a bill to extend the accommodation by the post to and trOm
foreign parts, and for other purposes relating to the Postoffice,
it would be necessary for him, according to the forms of the
house, to move that the house should resolve into a committee
upon the resolutions upon which his bill was founded. That
would be very much matter of form, because the discussion upon
the resolutions and upon the bill would have to take place af-
terwards. He would state generally that the great object of
the bill was to nfford reciprocal facility in the transmission of
letters and newspapers between this and foreign countries.
When the bill should have passed, he entertained a sanguine
hope that the wishes of France particulary would be met on this
subject, and that then this country would be able to conclude a
treaty with France that would be beneficial to both countries.
(Cheers.) By this bill there would be no addition of postage,
it would tie altogether a bill for the reduetion.of postage.- -He
esaaeludelhy- moving that the house resolve itself into a com-
mittee.

The house then went into a committtee.
In answer to an observation made by Mr. HOME, which was
inaudible in "the gallery, Mr. Ls riouctiLitE said he should be
happy to receive any suggestion of improvement from the hon.
member opposite, or any other member in the house.
Dr. BownING said that
.having travelled much in foreign
parts, he knew of nothing which would give greater satisfaction
to France and this country than any additional facilities afford-
ed in the communication of newspapers.
Mr. M. Pinups complained that newspapers addressed to
members of parliament containing paragraphs which had been
marked for the purpose of directing their attention to a particu-
lar subject were regularly charged by the Postoffice.
Mr. AGLIONHY corroborated the statement, and expressed a
hope that some alteration would be made in that respect.
Mr. 1., 'loci:Hung said the subject was entirely new to him.
He had frequently received newspapers containing marks as
described by the hon. member without paying the postage. He
would, however, communicate with the Postmaster-General on
the subject, and be ready on some future occasion to state the
result of his inquiries to the house. At the same time he must
be allowed to sav, that some people who were very ingenious
might so avail themselves of the pat ts of a newspaper as b 3
crossing particular parts to serve all the purposes of a letter,
and that was certainly not to be connived at.
Mr. Alderman TilosirsoN complained that a slight envelope
containing simply a bill of exchange was chaiged double,
whereas a large heavy letter of one sheet was subject only to
single postage. Ile had frequently thought it would be advisa-
ble for the postoffice to charge letters by their weight, and not
according to their supposed contents.
The resolutions were then agreed to, and the bill, as founded
on'them, was brought in.
Sir. d. GREY brought in a bill to continue till the 31st of De-
cember, 1836, the act. of 10 George IV., chap. 22, for the go-
vernment of his majesty's settlement in Western Australia,
which was read a first time.

SPEAKER'S LEVEES.
The question of the adjournment of the house having been
put,
Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of calling attention to a mat-
ter, although of etiquette, yet in itself of considerable import-
ance. Nothing, in his view, could be more important in main-
taining the good understanding existing between the chair and
the members of that house than the opportunities which were
afforded of paying their respects personally to the Speaker at
such times as he thought proper to appoint (hear, hear); and
to his own knowledge, during the many years ho had been in the