The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-13 00:00:00

BANK CHARTER BILL.

On the motion of-Lord AITHORP the committal of this bill
was postponed until Friday, for the same reason which caused
its previous postponement.
Mr. Baiscoe presented a petition from Mr. Williams, of
Chapel-street, Reading, praying the house to take into conside-
ration the case of Mr. Joseph Lancaster, who, after having
spent his life as he had done in the service of mankind, was now
residing in a state of the most abject poverty in the United
States of America.

Sir T. FREMANTLE brought in a bill to exclude the borough
of Stafford from in future sending burgesses to serve in Pariia-
ment.

The bill was then read a first time, and was ordered to be read
a second time this day three months. The hon. baronet inti-
mated his intention of renewing the bill next session.

STAMPS ON NEWSPAPERS.

Mr. E. L. BULWER said that in consenting to withdraw h)f
motion on this subject, it was on the understanding that ht
should certainly bring it forward in the next session, at the
earliest possible time before the noble lord (Althorp) brought
forward his budget.
Major FANCOiiItT withdrew the motion of which he had given
notice for a resolution to abolish the practice of military flog-
ging. The hon. member was understood to withdraw it until
the next session, and to say that he should never cease agitating
the subject until the end which he desired was attained.
Colonel EVANS also withdrew, until next session, hig motion
"to amend the Reform of Parliament Act, in so far as to sub-
stitute the word October for April, in the 27th section."

COVENTRY ELECTION.
Mr. HALcomo presented a petition, signed by 960 of the
electors of Coventry, complaining of the conduct of the return-
ing officers of that borough at the last election.

OXFORD ELECTION.
Mr, H. H uGuEs moved fora "return of the number of electors
enrolled in the register for the city of Oxford as entitled to vote
under the 2d of William IV, chap. 45, at the last general elec-
tion, and the election in March last, distipguisbing the number
of freemen and householders; also the number of voters who
polled at each of the said elections; and copies of accounts of
expenses incurred and made at each of the said elections by the
returning officer, under section 71 of the said act, and charged to
the candidates, with the items of the charge, stating the number
of candidates at each election, the number of booths or polling-
places,. and the amount pa/able try each candidate in respect of
each election.
After a former& from Lord 3. Rusam+, MI. H. tiu9wei,

and Sir S. WHALLEY, the motion was agreed to.
FORGERY OF STAMPS.
Mr. VERNON SMITH moved for and obtained leave to bring
in a bill for the better preventing the selling or uttering forged
stamps on vellum, parchment, or paper.
Mr. HALcosta said, with reference to the Motion of his which
stood for to-day, tUr discharging the order of the 7th inst., that li
Mr. Speaker do not issue his warrant for a new writ for the
.uorough of Warwick till after the commencement of the next
sessiou,—that, understanding it to be consistent with the usual
practice of the house to suspend a writ until a bill before the
house for regulating the election of any borough should be dis-
posed of, and understanding also that such a bill with respect
to Warwick was postponed till next session, he would also put
off his motion till then.
Mr. G.,ANT moved the order of the day for the house resolving
itself into a committee on the China Trade Bill.
Mr. D. W. flaiivEy took that opportunity of putting a ques-
tion to the noble lord as to certain returns which had been
ordered relating to the pension list, but which had not yet been
laid before the house. Ile wished to know when those returns
would be ready; but whether ready or not in this session, he
now gave notice that early in the next session he would move
for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the
grounds on which each pension was granted,.
Lord ALTIIORP made a few remarks in reply, not one word of
which was heard iu the gallery.
ASSIZES REMOVAL BILL.
Mr. TOOKE availed himself of the opportunity of seeing the
learned Solicitor-General in his place to renew au inquiry made
some time since by the hon. member for Liverpool, and in
which his (Mr. Tooke's) constituents at Truro were much in-
terested,—namely, when the Assizes Removal Bill, now in the
other house, might be expected to be completed, and what, if
any, was the cause of the extraordinary delay which had taken
place. It was most desirable that the act should be passed
within this session, so as to influence the ensuing spring assizes,
particularly with reference to Cornwall, by ail wing oltheir
being held-at Truro, in the centre of the county, instead of at
Launceston, which was on the confines of Devon, at a distance
of upwards of 70 miles from Penzance, and other populous
districts of the county.
The SoLtetTott-GENERAL. was much mortified at having been
obliged to return the same answer be had on a former occa-
sion: he could not account for the delay, it was not imputable
to any one in authority, and, for himself; lie could say that he
had used all diligence in passing it through this house. (Hear.)
CHINA TRADE BILL.
The order of the day was then read, and the house went into
the committee on this bill, when several ainendments were
agreed to. The house then resumed, and the report was or-
dered to be received to-morrow.
BANKRUPTCY JUDGES BILL.
Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of this bill.
The Soucuroit-GENERAL took that opportunity of calling
the attention of the house to a communication which lie had
received from one of the learned judges of the Bankruptcy
Court (Sir John Cross, we understood). In that communica-
tion the learned judge adverted to certain statements which he
had made, as to the judges of that court not having any duties
of consequence to perform. The learned judge denied the ac-
curacy of that statement, and, in his letter, said that the court
had sat first on the 12th of January, 1832, from which time, to
the 30th of April in the present year, it had sat 2.30 days, had
heard 989 causes, and made 155 orders of court, and that there
had been nu month since its first sitting in which it had not sat
to transact business--not excepting those months in which the
judges of the other courts were in vacation.
The amendments were agreed to.
The bit., with toe amendments, was ordered to be engrossed;
the bill to be read a third time to-morrow.
METROPOLITAN POLICE ACTS.
The house went into committee on these acts.
Mr. S. Ries: proposed a resolution empowering his Majesty
to grant out of the consolidated fund a sum not exceeding
£60,000 yearly, in aid of the parochial rates for the support of
the metropolitan 1 olice force. The effect of the resolution
would be to authorise the Treasury to contribute a sum not ex-
ceeding 2d. in the pound towards the maintenance of the police,
so as to reduce the parochial assessments to Gd. in the pound, as
originally intended.
Mr. THICKNESSE opposed the resolution, on the ground that
the country ought not to be called on to defray a portion of the
expense which pi o:ierly belonged to the metropolis.
Lord ALTHORP o:,served, that upon the general principle un-
doubtedly the metropolis ought to support its own police, but
the peace of the metropolis being of the utmost importance to
the country at large, and the police being made available in va-
rious parts of the country as well as in the metropolis, he
thought it not unfair that a-small portion of the expense should
be borne by the country at large.
The resolution was supported by Colonel Evans, Mr. Est-
court, the Attorney-General, and Mr. Hawes; and opposed by
Mr. Aolionbv and Mr. Benett.
Mr.NM(-NESSE said he should take the sense of the com-
mittee on the subject.
A division took place—
For the resolution.
Against it l9
Majority —3O
ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES BILL
On the order of the day for bringing up the report on this
bill,
Mr. SHAW proposed a clause to prevent Catholic or Dissent-
ing ministers from celebrating marriages between persons not
belonging to their own flocks, rendering such marriages, if ce-
lebrated, void, and constituting the act a misdemeanour on the
part of such ministers.
Mr. Serjeant PERRIN said that the present bill was intended
merely to repeal certain odious acts, and upon that ground
alone he would oppose the introduction of the proposed clause.
into it. When the general measure on the subject of the mar-
riage laws, of which notice had been given. should be brought
forward next session, it would be then for the hon. member to
propose that or any other clause relating to the general law of
marriage. The present was only a particular measure to re-
medy a particular evil.
Mr. G. W. Wool) opposed the clause.
The clause was filially withdrawn. The report was then
agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on
k ridgy.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at a quarter to ten o'clock.