The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-24 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY.

The Duke of RicomoNn gave notice that ou Tuesday next,
(this day,) he would move for returns respecting gaols in Etlg.
land and Wales.
The newspaper regulation bill, the transfer of aids bill, and
the exchequer bills bill, were read a third time and passed.
The Duke of-WELLINGrorr moved fur a copy of certain letters
from the poor-law cu►uurissioners respecting the parish of Stoke
Poges.—Oi dered.
Duke of WELLINGTON laid on the table, pursuant to.
order, copies and translations of all oaths, excepting► the oaths
of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration, taken by members of
the University of Oxford. •
The Earl of RonKN moved for additional papers relative to
the national system of education in Ireland.--Ordered.
The Loa D CHANCELLOR laid on the table the report of the
commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the esta-
blished church. - CANA DA.

Lord BROITG HA NI presented a petition from this colony, Qb-
serving in the first place, that the petitioners formed a verytou-
sideruble .inajtoity of the representative body constituting the
House of - Assembly of the province of Lower Canada, and of
a minor number of the other house, or legislative council.
Both these bodies, or a majority of the one and • a minority of
the other, urge a series of minplaints, and, in the prayer of the
petition, call for relief. Ilis lordship then proceeded to recapi-
tulate the grievances complained of by the Canadians, and
concluded by saying that it appeared to him that parliamentary
reform was nucessary in that colon), and he hoped that their
lordships would give their •serious attention to. those com-
plaints. It was quite certain that matters could not go on much
longer as they had done. , He feared that events which would
be -deeply regretted were in store fur them, and at no very
distant period, if they did not take some decisive steps on this
subject. His opinion was, that they could not carry on a large
conouial establishment—that they could notbeneficially keep up
it large force by sea and land, unless it was so arranged that the
colonial government should go on smoothly and quietly; and
above all, if it were not so managed, that the colonies should
fairly meet their own expenditure. That was his view of the.
subject, but he kneW at the saute time that it was impossible all
at once to bring the colonial system lu:tuella state of perfection.
After a few remarks front the Earl of Ripon,.
The Earl of ABERDEEN, atter replying to the statements of
Lord Brougham, said if the noble and learned lord had paid
attention to this petition, it was impossible that he could have
drawn the attention of the house so strongly to those grievances
of which the petitioneri complamed,.seeing that he himself and
his culjeagues bad been guilty of creating them. (Hear.)
'there were other tioints into which he would not at all enter, be-
cause he feared that a discussion of them would militate against
the happy and successful termination of those disputes. If
the cable and learned lord chose to make himself ih that house
the organ of those grievances, he might do so. lie might pria-.1
mute or he. might retard, as it should happen, the settlement of
this important question. But. whatever course the noble awl
learned lord might think proper to adopt, he felt it to her his
duty not to say anything that might prejudice that delicate and
difficult mission (and the noble and learned lord himself must
, be aware that it was a most delicate and difficult one) which
had recently been intrusted to a noble friend of his. ( Hear.)
Lord. Bent oast said he took no blame to himself for the
part he .had attopted. He fouud in the petition charges against
the goV'ei nor, but no.Charike against the government at finite,
exi4prthat they had adopted. no Measure itpen the 92 resolu-'
flans. His answer to that was, that the government had done
that thus cOuld do up_ to the moment when the aduainistra-
tiun vita dissolved. 'With respect to the charge about the
revenue, he had stated that he knew nothing about it. The
governor might be perfectly able to justify himself—he hoped
that he -would be able to X° so—but, as he had already stated,
he knew nothitt of the facts beyond the statement contained
in the petition.,
After a few .words from the Earl of Mulgrave, the Earl of
Aberdeen, and Lord
,Brougaam, the petition was laid upon the
table.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
The Speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock.
The SPEAKER acquainted the house that the parties to the
petitions against the returns for the boroughs of Kinsale and
King's Lynn had not entered into the required recognizances.
The orders fur their cuusi leration were accordingly dis-
charged.
Sir R. MUSGHAVE, as we understood, presented a petition
front the grand jury of Waterford, complaining of certain de-
fects in the grand jury law of Ireland, and gave notice that on
A future day he would move forleave to bring in a bill to remedy
the defects complained of.

CIIATIIAIII ELECTION.
TYlr. HODGES presented a petition from a great number of the
electors and other inhabitants of the borough-of Chatham, coin-
plaioing that in consequence of the manner in which many of
them had voted at the last election, the commanding officer at
the marine barracks had inteifered in a manner wholly unpre-
cedented with the freedom of trade of that place. The petition
was signed by 330 electors and other inhabitants of Chatham.
The petitioners stated that from " time immemorial" the trades-
men of Chatham had been in the habit of transacting business
at the mantle barracks. without let or hindrance until the 19th
January last; that at the last electi,n a large portion of the
slop-sellers and pawnbrokers resident in that borough had voted
for Captain Bvng in opposition to the government candidate
Sir John Beresford; that on the 19th January last an order
was issued prohibiting the admission of pawnbrokers or slop-
sellers into the barracks, without a special permission from the
commandant; but that some slop-sellers who had voted for
admiral Sir J. Beresfi.rd had been admitted. %bile those who
voted for Captain Byng had been iefused admittance; that the
petitioners think such conduct arbitrary, partial, and unjust,
and intended to prevent the free exercise of the elective fran-
chise in that borough. After commentinz upon the allegations
(lithe petition, the honourable member concluded by moving
that it he.referred to the intimidation committee.
Sir J. P. BEItES:FOHD had never heard of the petition until
that night, and was certain that the charge against the gallant
officer uho commanded the marine barrel ks could not be sus-
tained. If the house interfered with an officer in the discharge
his duty, the next step wuu:d be to take the command of his
ajesty!) ships.

After a long discussion, Mr. Hoy°Es gave notice that he
wouid, ssu 'Cues:lay-. next, (this day.) move that the petitiun be
referred to a select committee.

Several other petitions on various subjects were then pre-
sented to the house.

CHURCH CammrisloN.
Mr. Gour.ounN presented, by his Majesty's eommand, the
firMt report of the commissioners appointed' to inquire into the
state of the established church. ' _.

CH tNCELLOR OF 11:ELAND,

Mr. 11. GuATTAN said, that as reports were circulated re-
specting the resignation of the present Chancellor of Ireland,
he wished to know whether it was the intention of his Majesty's
ministers to recommend that a retiring pension stood i be given
to that learned person after so short a period of service ?
Sir It said that he did not hesitate to answer the ques-
tion put to him by the hon. member. ft was due, to the distin-
guished individual alluded to (Sir E. Sitgden) to state, twat in
the only communication he (Sir R. Peel) had received from
intimating an intention of relinquishing office, he begged.
it to be understood•that he should prefer no claim for a retiring.
pension. (Hear, hear.)

BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS.

Mr. HAI: rrr said that he should ri,t persevere in his intention
to move for leave to bring in a bill On this subject, because, us
a committee had been appointed 'to inquire into the means of
preventing intimidation at elections, he thought that it wou!d
ulso be advisable to leave that committee to suggest measures_
for the suppression of bribery and corruption.

POOR LAWS (IRELAND).
Mr. W. S. O'Be TEN. in pnrsuatice of the ❑otice which he had
given, moved •" that it is expedient to make provision for the
aged, helpless and infirm poor of Ireland."
Sir RICHARD MusGRAvE seconded the motion.
Mr. O'CoNNELL was opposed to a legal provision for the poor
of Ireland.

Mr. F. O'CoNNort was confident that almost all the crimes
charged upon the poor of Ireland arose from there being no
legal provision for the poor in that country.
Sir R. NEL objected to the resolution because it pledged the
house to legislate in the absence of any.positive authen-
ticated information on the subject. L'oinmissioners bad been
for two years employed in collecting information respecting the:.
state of .the poor in Ireland, whose report might shortly be ex-
pected to be laid upon the table of the house. He (Sir R.
thought it would he notch better fur the hon. member to bring
forward a bill embodying his ideas of what could .or ought to be
done than to pledge the house by the resolution before it, which
if persisted in, he must negative by moving the previous.oues
thin. FOr these reasons he (Sir R. P.) hoped the hon. Mem-
ber would withdraw his•motion.
Mr. OliatE.N sincerely rejoiced at the result of •the present
diseussioh, rand was delighted at the tone athipted by the right
hon. baronerrat the head of his majesty's goYeinnient.
hig that, under--present circumstances,' he shouul 'prejudice a
cause or which he was the anxious, though humble, advocate,
by pressing his motion to a- division,. he should with perfect'
readiness adopt the suggestions made to him, ,antl.withdrrtreHt. •
Fle dig? with.the less indisposition When he recoteete,i
in a very-short time the full and detailed evidence' would most
probably come before them from the commissioners; to the pub-
lication of whose report he looked with anxiety, at the time at
which some further, and as he hoped, decisive ineasni es might
be adopted. 'He looked forward, also, to the introduction of
of the bill intended to be brought forward after Easter (as We
understood) by his hon. friend the member fur Waterford.
Motion withdrawn.
ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES (IRELAND).
Mr. LYNCH moved fur leave to repeal so Much of the act' of
the 19th of George 11., c. 13 (Irish t as annuls and makes void
all marriages celebrated by any popish priest between protest-
ant and catholic.
Colonel l'Encivet, was resolved to offer to the proposed mea-
sure his decided opposition, and he felt bound at the outset to
express his strong dissent. On more occasions than one he had
intimated his objection to any such measure as the hon. and
learned member tai Galway contemplated. To such a change
in, the marriage law of Irelaul he felt persuaded he could never
become a party. He never could vote for giving to the priest
of the Roman Catholic persuasion a power not enjoyed by
the clergyman of the established church, and he hoped that
parliament would not be induced to sanction a bill, the imme-
diate operation of which would be to entitle a Roman Catho-
licpriest to celebrate a marriage without the knowledge of the
family of either party. and without being under obligation to
obtain a previous knowledge of whether there was, or was not,
any legal or moral impediment to such marriage being 'con-
tracted. It was most important that the marriage law of Ire-
land should speedily be placed upon a proper footing—one that
would give to no sect any advantage over another. With that
brief remark he should for the present content himself, reserv-
ing his opposition fur the second reading. -
Leave was given to bring in the hill.
ASSIZES (IRELAND) br:
Mr. 0' LOGI] LEN moved for leave to bring in a bill to extind
to Ireland the power possessed by the King in council to :ap-
point more convenient places for holding the assizes, but -the
notice was postponed to Thursday: the 26th. The hon. end
learned gentleman stated that the intention was to invest-the
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland with the powers iu this respect pos-
sessed by the crown as regarded England. Leave given. r.

ORANGE SOCIETIES bREL AND).
Mr. SHIM., pursuant to notice, moved fur two addresses and
the answers to them. One of the addresses came from. the
Orange Brotherhood Club; the other from the Orange Strad-
ballyLodge ; both were laid before his majesty, both related to
the recent change in the administration, and both, it was nailer-
stood, had been most graciously received by the King. Ile
presumed there would be no objection on the part of the right
hon. gentleman to give the two addresses and the two answers.
Mr. Gov•LBUIIN said that the addresses to which the hou. and
learned gentleman referred were received by his majesty as the
addresses of the individuals signing theni, and they were there-
fore not recognized in their collective capacity.
Motion agreed to.

At the request of the Marquis of Camden the Duke of
Wellington postponed the third reading of the abodtion of
oaths' bid until next Monday. •
The Earl of it A DNUR expressed his intention of not bringing
forward his measure respecting oaths at the Universities, as .he,
understood the beads of colleges meant to revise these oaths.
The Earl of. GALLOWAY presented- a petition from Port.
patrick. expressive of attachment to the established church of
Scotland, and praying fur additional places of public worship.
The :Duke of SuTHERLAND presented petitions on the same
subject from several places in Scotland. •