The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY.

Petitions praying for additional church accommodation in
Scotland were presented from parisheq in Aberdeenshire and
Perthshire, by the Duke of Gordon, the Earl of Kinnoull, the
Duke of Richmond, and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Duke of Wi LLINGTON moved the second reading of. the
mutiny bill.
Lord TEYNH AM took that occasion to express a hope that in
any new code thdt be devised for the discipline of the
army, the infliction of Corporal punishment might be abolished.
He also wished that the constitutional force of the country—the
militia—should be placed on a more eligible footing, in case of
its being called out.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said the subject to which the
noble lord had alluded had been debated elsewhere; but he,was
happy to say that it had never, since the noble lord was a mem-
ber of that house, been introduced there on any one occasion.
(Hear, hear.) That subject was nom under the consideration
of a commission appointed by his Majesty, and it appeared to
him perfectly unnecessary for the noble lord to advert to it in
any way whatever. Hear, hear.)
Lord TIcYNtSAM said he did nbt know why he should receive
that reprimand from the noble duke. He had merely thrown
out a sugv,estion.
The bill was then read a second time, and (the standing older
being suspended) committed.—Third reading to-morrow.
On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, the marine
mutiny bill was read a second time, and (the standing order
being suspended) committed:—Third reading to-morrow.

ESTABLISHED CHUBCH.

The Earl of MA IMESBURY said he hdd to present a consider-
able number of petitions, which were well worthy of their lord-
ships' serious consideration at the present moment. The 'first
was signed by many of the inhabitants of Portsmouth; and the
petitioners stated that they were willing to share with their
Rowan catholic fellow-subjects all. constitutional rights and
privileges, but at the same time they deprecated any measure
that was calculated in any way to compromise the safety or the
interests of the established church of England and Ireland.
They therefore most earnestly prayed their lordships to oppose
any measure that had a tendency to subvert the rights of the
church of England, or that was calculated to lead to the spolia-
tion of the protestant church of Ireland. Many of the peti-
tioners, he could state, differed in their political feelings on
other matters; but on this point they were unanimous: they
were determined to preserve in full integrity the rights of the
established church. The noble earl then, without preface, pre-
sented petitions containing the same sentiments from Portsea,
Gosport, Alverstoke, Lym►ngton, Fordingbridge, WarblingtOn,
Stockbridge, Titchfield, Havant, Middlemarsh, Romsey (infra
and cans), and Ringwood; the last signed by 500 respectable
persons, who differed on other political questions, but were
united on this.

The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from the operative
spinners of Preston against the factory bill. "-
Lord BROUGHAM said he had given notice of a motion on the
subject of education for Tuesday next, but as he did not think
that there would be a sufficient attendance of peers for the dis-
cussion of so important a question, and as he understood that
the education committee of the House of Commons bad yester-
day adjourned till' after the holydays, he thought it would be
better that he should postpone his motion to the first convenient
day after the recess.—Adjourned.