The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-23 00:00:00

imperial Varliament.

~(Concluded from the Liverpool Standard of Friday.)
HOUSE OF COMMONS,—WEDNESDAY.
GOVERNMENT OF AGIII.
The Agra government bill was read a second time.
LIMITATION OF POLLS.
On the motion of Mr. ELPHINSTONE the house went into a
committee on this bill. 'l'he report, with amendments, was
brought up and ordered to be printed.
The colonial passengers bill was passed through committee.
The savings' bank bill was read a second time. The Roman,
catholic marriages bill, and the Hull merchants seamen's bill
were also forwarded a stage.
PRISONERS COUNSEL BILL.
In a committee of the whole house on this bill an amend-
ment was proposed by the attorney-general to one of the clauses
which gave the right to counsel, and counsel for the defence, to
address the jury, that counsel for the defence should not have
the right of rejoinder upon the reply of counsel for the prose-
cution.
The house divided, when there were for the amendment 26
for the original clause 30.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved as an amendment to an-
other clause-that solicitors and barristers acting professionally
should only have a right to appear before justices of the peace
in cases where magistrates have a summary jurisdiction.
The house then divided, fur 'the amendment 22—against it
22; upon which the chairman (Mr. Pryme) gave the casting
vote against the amendment. •
The chairman reported progress, and the house resutned.
'l'he other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18.
The 'Earl of RADNOR postponed the second reading of the
university oaths bill to Friday, the 26th instant.
The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a petition from a parish
in Gloucestershire, against that part of the beer bill that allows
beer to be drunk on the premises.
The Duke of SUTHERLAND gave notice, that his noble friend
(the Duke of Richmond) would move the second reading of the
highways bill on Wednesday next.
I'he Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from a parish in
Scotland a
m i
gainstany grant of public money for church accom-
odation n that country. -
The Bisbovnf EXETER moved for 'a.copy of the queries sent
to the Rev. W. B. Stoney by the commissioners for education
in Ireland, in October last, and his answers thereto.
Viscount DuNcANDION assented "to the motion, which was
agreed to.
The Marquis of LANSDOW Ns presented a petition from Melk-
sham, praying for a,measure for the prevention of drain drink-
ing, and against that pest of the beer bill which allows beer to
be drunk on the premises. Also two petitions from various
parishes'in Bristol, to ill e" ktna e etiect.

Adjourned,

HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JUNE 18..

In consequence of Carnarvon borough and Belfast borough
election petitions being fixed for this day, the gallery was not
opened till a quarter-past tour, though, as in neither case did
the parties appear, the ballots did not come on.
Mr. STRCTT reported from the Monmouth election committee
that Benjamin Hall, Esq., the sitting member, watrouly elected,
and that the petition of Joseph Burtey and others against his
return was neither frivuloui nor vexatious.
THE IRISH CHURCH—APPROPRIATION CLAUSE.
Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from the eastern di-
vision of Surrey, signed by 2,090 individuals, against the alie-
nation of the revenues of the church of Ireland to other than
ecclesiastical purposes. As this petition was of so important a
nature, as it was so perfectly in accordance with his own feel-
ings, and as it was signed by a number of individuals for whom
he had the highest respect, he begged to call the attention of the
house to its prayer. It prayed, in the first instance, that the
house would pause before it appropriated any portion of the re-
venues of the church to other than the purposes to which they
were applied. It next called the attention of the house to the
Rropriety of making a grant for the endowment of churches in
Scotland. 'For his part, he must say that he was only surprised
at the smallness of the grant asked for in that case, and he was
astonished to find it opposed in any quarter in that house. The
petitioners expressed their apprehensions as to the projects
which had been avowed and brought forward in that house
with respect to church establishments. They, in conclusion,
prayed the house to pause and well consider before it decided on
a question that agitated the minds of all persons throughout
the empire.
Major BEACCLERK begged, as one of the representatives for
the division of Surrey from which this petition came, to say
that it was signed by a very respectable body of persons.
He was sure, however, that his honourable colleague would
not put it upon the house as a petition representing the
feelings of the county-of Surrey. It was signed by 2,000 indi-
viduals, but not 2,000 voters or electors. Seeing that the
county of Surrey was one of the largest and most populous in
the kingdom, and knowing that this petition had been carried
about the county from one end to the other of it, he
was only surprised that so few names were attached to it.
The hon. gentleman, be was sure, would bear him out in the
statement that the petition had been so carried about. In fact,
during the last six weeks he (Major Lleauclerk) was constantly
receiving. letters from different parts of the county, stating that
this petition was lying there for signatures. He had supposed,
therefore, after such exertions, that it would have had 8,0(X) or
10,000 names to it. If the challenge should be given to him, he
would engage to take the trouble of getting up a petition signed
by 10,000 or 20,000 persons from Surrey of the very opposite
description. (Hear.) It was his conviction that the measure
brought forward by the noble lord (J. Russell) would do more
than anything that ever was done to further the establishment
of true religion in this country. He looked upon the petitioners
as wrong-headed and mistaken altogether. He did not doubt
their sincerity ; far from it; but, if the course recommended by
them should be adopted, he was sure that, instead of carrying
that good feeling which religion should into every part of the
country, it would have directly the opposite effect.
Mr. FRESHFII.D said he was one of the constituents of the
bon. gentleman who bad just spoken, and he begged to assure
him that he was quite mistaken in his estimate of the state of
feeling in the county of Surrey on this subject. (Hear.) If
that hon. member w. old only persevere in adopting and acting
upon the sentiments he had just avowed, and if he would wait
patiently till a dissolution of parliament should take place, he
would be furnished with a must convincing proof that he did
not represent the feelings of the county of Surrey. (Cheers
from the opposition, echoed by ironical cheers from the minis-
terial benches.)

CANADA.
Mr. ROEBUCK on presenting a petition from the house of as-
sembly, Lower Canada, contrasted the intentions of the late and
present government with regard to Canada. The former had
resolved to act ; while the latter only intended to send out com-
missioners to ascertain that which was already known. The
hon. member also complained that audiences were freely given
to two unaccredited persons from Canada at the colonial office
by Lord Glenelg, while he, (Mr. Roebuck,) the accredited agent
of the assembly, was not allowed to appear in that noble lord's
presence.
A lengthened discussion followed the presentation of this pe-
tition, in the course of which Sir George Grey, in answer to a
question by Sir Robt. Peel, said that the commissioners' names
would appear in the next Gazette. A great variety of other
petitions were presented, but none of them possessed any par-
ticular interest.