The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
Lord KtNNAIRD moved for a return of the amount of
fees incurred by the introduction of railway hills into their
lordships' house during the last session of parliament,
and by petitions against such bills, and bow applied, dis-
tinguishing those paid for each bill. The expense of rail-
way bills and the opposition to them was enormous, more
than one-third of the expense of passing a bill of that de-
scription arising from the fees payable to the house. In
one instance the construction of a railway was estimated
at £200,000, and all the proprietors were assenting par-
ties. The line was considered an excAent one for the
public ; but the expense of procuring it, in consequence of
the opposition of a competing company, amounted to
nearly .E 15,000.
The motion was agreed to.
Lord NIONTEAGLE asked the noble lord, the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, if he could lay before the
house the report of Mr. Walker, the Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, on the subject of the Ame-
rican tariff. He would not move to that effect, until he
heard from the noble Earl whether it was his intention to
lay these papers before the house.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said be had no objection to pro-
duce the document asked for.

HOUSE OF COI MONS.— MoNnA v.
In reply to a question from Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. S.
HERBERT said it was intended to bring in a measure to
amend the existing militia acts, and under that bill the
militia might be called out for the purposes of training,
but it was not the intention to embody them. As to
whether they would be called out for other purposes, must
depend upon circumstances, but he hoped the public would
not inconvenience themselfes by taking precautions until
they saw the measure in contemplation, for the govern-
ment expected to attain its object by a less onerous pro-
cess than that of the ballot.

In reply to a question from Mr. P. M. Stewart, the
ANCELLOtt of the EXCHEQUER said, there was no in-
tention to alter the duties on colonial spirits, nor did the
government intend to relax the prohibitions against the
use of sugar and molasses in breweries.
The Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill gave rise to a
short discussion, but it was eventually read a second time.
Sir T. FREMANTLE obtained leave to bring in a bill to
encourage the fisheries in Ireland, by the erection of piers
and harbours on the coast.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY

The LORD CEI ANCELLOR laid upon the table a bill to
relieve her Al aj •sty's subjects from certain penalties which
now attached to the holding of certain religious opinions.
—Read a first time.

Lard CAMPBELL begged to ask his noble friend whe-
ther the bill or, seated was in accordance with the last re-
port of the Criminal Law Commissioners?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said the bill did not correspond
exactly with the bill of the commissioners, because he had
thought it better to divide their bill into two. The other
part of the hill related to the oath of allegiance, supre-
macy, and abjuration. It was a question of much import-
ance, and he thought required further consideration.
Toe bill was then read a first time