The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-20 00:00:00

SLAVERY ABOLITION BILL.

The Earl of RIPON moved the order'of the day for the house
resolving itself into a committee on the above bill.
In the committee the bill was advance& to the 22d clause,
when the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, AUGLST 14.
The gallery was not opened till twenty minutes after twelve
o'clock.

Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from Ensign Mottram,
late of the North Cheshire Militia, complaining of hardships he
had experienced in the refusal of certain pay and allowances, of
an improper inquiry having been instituted, and of his having
been unjustly dismissed. The petitioner prayed for inquiry.
Lord G. g'ENTINCK presented- a petition from King's Lynn,
complaining of the sixpences extracted froth the merchant sea-
men for Greenwich chest.

Lord W. LENNOX supported the prayer of the petition, and
trusted that the next session would not be allowed to elapse
without redress being afforded. He considered that the govern-
ment was very culpable in not affording redress on this point,
and he grieved that the First Lord of the Admiralty yielded
to those who still supported this th.
Sir J. Cif:ADAM said he should he\ever anxious to relieve to
the utmost of his ability the merchant4ervice ; but he could not
on light grounds endanger so considerable an amount as was
produced by this tax, I:20,000, and an impost that had been so
long sanctioned, namely, from the time of William 111. ; the
amount was, in reality, not drawn from the men, but from the
merchants; in proof whereof he would ask whether any one
could believe, in the present competition regarding wages, if
the 6d. were reduced, that the rate of wages would not be cor-
respondingly reduced? That being his conviction, he should
undoubtedly deem it to be hig duty to oppose the repeal of this
du
Adjourned at a few minutes past three o'clock.

The house resumed at five o'clock.
The house went into a committee of supply, Mr. Bernal in the
chair.

COMMISSARIAT AND MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES.

Mr. S. RICE moved that a sum of £2,189,772 be granted to his
Majesty for these estimates. He observed that they had been
reduced this year by £115,600, the largest reduction he believed
which had ever been known to take place in this branch of the
public expenditure. There was another point connected with
the reduction in the estimates which he wished to impress upon
the reel-Alec-Con of the house—it was, that the present was the
first year in which no vote for army extraordinaries had been
required. This vote was one which was iu a manner placed at
at the discretion of government, 'and they were consequently
desirous to limit it within as narrow bounus as possible. This
they had done, and by a comparison with the votes of former
years it would be found that they had been successful. In 1829
it was £700,000; in 1830, £550,000; iu 1831, £550,100; in 1832,
£240,000; and in the present year, as he had stated, no vote at
all was required. He felt the greatest satisfaction in being able
to carry on this branch of the expenditure with the vote of last
year. -The government had sufficient funds on hand without
asking one tarthing of the house. 'With respect to the vote be-
fore the house, he had to mention the effective service commis-
sariat had been diminished by £4,554, and the non-effective by
£3,500. The hon..gentleman then proceeded to move the va-
rious items composing the total amount asked for, all of which
were agreed to.

LONDIT PACKAGE AND SCAVAGE BILL.
Mr. P. TuoresoN moved the third reading of this bill.
Mr. ATTWOOD considered the bill to be a measure which was
inconsistent with sound financial principles. The object of the
bill was to purchase the repeal of taxes amounting to .-E35,000
a-year by a grant of £160,000. lie objected to the payment of
this sum of money, because, according to the repeated decla-
rations of the Chiincellor of the Exchequer, the Treasury could
not spare it; and, secondly, because there was no pressing
occasion for the measure. The tax was paid by foreign vessels
coming to the port of London, and its repeal would be inju-
rious to the shipowners.
Mr. ROBINSON objected strongly. to the principle of the bill,
and thought that no reason for foi cling it on at the present late
period of the session had been established.
Mr. M. ATTWOOD then moved as, an amendment, to leave
out all the words after the word " that" in the original motion,
for the purpose of inserting words to the effect " that in all
Euestions of the expenditure of additional payments out of the
xchequer, especial regard should be raid to the interests of
those who suffer the greatest pressure of the public burdens."
Mr. G. F. YOUNG supported the amendment.
The house divided—
For the amendment............ 6
Against it
Majority .......
After a short conversation, in which Mr. P. Thomson, Mr.
Young, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. M. Attwood took part, the bill
was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of Lord Althorp, the other orders of the day
were read.

Mr. BERN AL brought up the report on the Factories' Regula-
tion Bill.

On the motion that the report be received,
Mr. M. ATTWOOD moved that the house be counted.
Lord ALTHORP hoped the hon. member would not persevere
in his motion, as he would acquiesce in postponing the receipt
of the report until Thursday.
The gallery was cleared, but the house was not counted, as
we understood Mr. M. Attwood withdrew his motion. On our
re-admission we found
Lord DUNCANNON bringing in the Land Revenue Appro-
priation Bill.
On the motion that the bill be read a first time,

Mr. M. ATTwoon again moved that the house 'be counted.
Strangers were again ordered to withdraw, and it being found
that only 35 members were present, the house adjourned at
three o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15.
Mr. BERNAL, and others from the House of Commons, brought
up the Scavage and Package Bill, and the Slave Trade Conven-
tion Bill.
On the motion of the Marquis of WESTMEATH, the Irish In-
firmary Bill was read a third time and passed.
Lord TEYN lIA H presented a petition from a place in the county
of Mayo, against the G►and Juries (Ireland) Bill.
GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) BILL
Was, on the motion of Viscount MELBOURN, read a second
time, and ordered to be committed on Friday.