The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-31 00:00:00

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Sir R. H. INGLIs commented on the inconsistency of
Air. Vernon, wno had only list year yot..d that the exist-
ing corn-law was not injurious to the people, and ought

not to be revised. This, he contended:was an enormous
experiment, in which revenue to the extent of X-100.000
per annum was actually sacrificed, and in which a much
larger amount was risked. He would not enter a gain into
the question of tithes, further than to say, that to the
holders of tithes this was a measure of gross injustice.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY

After an unsuccessful attempt by Lord INGESTRE to
bring forward the grievances of Thomas Wood. the pro-
yrietor of the Wolverhampton Chronicle, relative to the
Lichfield Free School, the debate on the Corn Importa-
tion Bill was resumed. The speakers were Lord Polling_
ton, Mr. Plumptre, Sir J. Trollope, Mr. Rashleigh, Mr.
Shaw, and Lord March, against the bill ; and Mr. B
Barris, Sir J. lianmer, Lord Ebrington, Alr. F. Baring,
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in its favour.
The contending parties occupied the old ground. Mi-
nisterial inconsistency, and the pressure of local burthens
on the agricultural interest, were again urged on the one
hand and again replied ro on the other.

Sir J. TROLLOPR appealed to the bishops. He did not
believe they would desert the working clergy, who would
be unahl- to live should this measure became law.
Lord EBRINGTON, apropos of the question before the
house, dilated on the report of the commissioners for
amending the law of real property.

Mr. Snow stoutly denied-that the po atoes in Ireland
were rotten, or that fever had increased there in conse-
quence of famine. The closing sentence of his speech was
much cheered. He said—" It (the measure) bad not only
shaken all public confidence in public men, but the rami-
fications of its evils were absolutely untraceable. (Cheers.)
It had not only broken party ties and destroyed personal
friendships, but, setting constituents against their repre-
sentatives, friend against friend, father against son, and
son against father,—(cheers)—it had convulsed all the re-
lations of social and domestic life. (Cheers ) They must
all participate in the evil, they would all share the sorrow,
but the consolation of himself and those friends who sat
around him would be, that they escaped the degradation."
The debate was adjourned until Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
The Edinburgh and G!asgow and Scottish Central Rail-
ways Junction Bill, was read a second time.
The tollowing bills were read a third time and ordered
to be committed :—Midland Railway (Birmingham Ex-
tension) ; London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and
Manchester and Birmingham Railways Amalgamation,
Midland Railway (Darfield to Elsecar, and other
branches), London and Birmingham Railway (Aylesbury
Railway Purchase), Leicester and Birmingham Railway,
Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Mid-
land Junction Railway, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne,
and Manchester Railway (Worsborough Branch), Leeds
and Tiiirsk Railway (St. Helen's Branch Deviation),
East Coast Railway.
Mr. P. SCRoPE brought in a bill for making better
provision for the destitute poor in Ireland.—Read a first
time.

Mr. W. PATTEN moved that the following members
form the committee on the amalgamation of railway and
canal bills, viz. :—Sir G. Clerk, Sir G. Grey, Mr. Pak-
ingron, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. G. Hope, Mr. G. Craig.
and Mr. W. Patten, with power to send for persons, pa.
Fere, and records.