The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-19 00:00:00

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HOCSE OF, LORDS.—MoNnev.
The consolidated fund bill was read in committee.
The Earl of RADNOR. at the request of the Duke of Welling-
ton, postponed the second reading of the university bill until
Thursday, the 25th instant.
On the motion of Lord LYNDHURST, the marriages legalizing
bill went through comnaitte with some amendments.
NEW HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Earl of llossLysi, after a few prefatory observations,
moved, "'That their lordships do agree to the resolution which
bad been agreed to by thi select committee appointed to consi-
der and report upon such plan as may be most fitting and con-
venient for the peinunent accommodation of the houses of
parliament."
The motion, on a division, was carried by a majority of 5,
the numbers being 30 in favour of, and 25 against, the propo-
sition.
The Earl of IIoOLYN moved an address to his Majesty, pray-
ing " that he would be graciously pleased to appoint five com-
missioners to examine and report to the two houses of parlia-
ment upon the different plans proffered by the competitors for
'the erection of the new houses," &c,—Agreed to.
SPAIN.
The Marquis of Losi DONDERRY expressed his regret that the
-Duke of Wellington had withdrawn his motion for the produc-
tion of a copy of the order .in council suspending the foreign
enlistment act. He wished to know whether the order in coun-
cil tad been issued in consequence of any. application from the
Queen of Spain's government to the British government; or,
secondly, in consequence of an application from the Spanish
ambassador; or, thirdly, whether it was the unsuggested act of
O.... British government alone. The noble duke who lately held
.the seals of the foreign office had, as is well known, recently
caused a negociation to be entered into to put a stop to the
spilling of blood in Spain, and a more humane and enlightened
measure never was adopted by any government. He wished to
know whether the persons who were about to embark from this
country would be included-hi the convention which was the re-
sult of the negociation lied referred to, or whether, as there
had been no declaration of war between this country and Spain,
they would not, when taken upon the Spanish soil, he liable to
immediate execution. It was important that the country Should
be informed with respect to the points to which he had directed
the attention of the noble lord. As to the order in council it-
self, and the consequences which were likely to result front it,
he hoped that they would become subjects of discussion at an
early period.
Lord MELBOURNE- said, that as he had come down prepared
to discuss the question of which the noble duke had given
notice, the noble marquis needed to offer no apology for pro-
posiog the questions which be had to put to him. The measure,
which had been taken under the powem of Co act of parliament
commonly called the foreign enlistment act, had been adopted
in consequence of an application to the British government
from the minister of the Queen of Spain. He agreed in all
that the noble marquis had said respecting the propriety and
huinani'y of the negociation recently carried on in Spain by
Lord Eliot. That negoeiation was fuuuded on the justest prin-
ciples, undertaken..-with the best views, and carried into effect
in the most satisfactory manner. (Hear, hear.) There was no
eulogium which the noble lord could pass upon the whole of
that proceeding in which he was not prepared fully to join.
The negociation terminated in a convention which was ex-
tremely satisfactory in itseP, and had been most fortunate in
its consequences—it had been the means of saving the lives of
many hundreds of persons, who, since its ratification, had been
taken prisoners in the unfoitunate war which was•being carried
on in Spain. Ile apprehehded that any persons who, under
existing circumstances, should embark from this country in the
. service of the Queen of Spain, would of course be entitled to
the benefit of that convention, which regulated the whole of the
warfare in Spain. •
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he understood the noble
lord to say, that the order in council had been issued at the in-
stance of the Spanish ambassador.
Lord MELBOURNE assented.
In answer to a question from Lord Roden,
Lord DUNCANNON said he expected to be able to lay before
the house the report of the c6mmissioners of public instruction
(Ireland) on Thursday or Friday next.—Adjourned.