The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS—rThuasnAy

On the part of members of the government, Sir T. FRE-
MANTLE gave several notices of motion for different days in
the course of the next fortnight.
Lord ASHLEY gave notice of a motion for an address to
her Majesty, with a view to the adoptio❑ of the best means
for promoting the moral and religions educatio❑ of the

people.
The SPEAKER having read her Majesty's most gracious
Speech from the throne,
Lord COURTENAY moved the address in reply. in a speech
the good sense and excellent taste of which was warmly and

repeatedly cheered by the house.
Mr. W. P. S. MILES seconded the address. and in doing
so expressed his approval of the policy pursued in India by
the present governor-general, and the successes in China he
looked upon as the most distinguished feature in her Ma-
jesty's reign. After reverting to the other topics in the
speech, he concluded by expressing a hope that the address
would be unanimously agreed to.
Mr. C. Woon expressed his approval of most of the topics
adverted to in the speech from the throne, but expressed a
hope that ministers already possessed information which
would enable them to contradict the reports which had been
circulated of excesses committed by our troops when re-
tiring from Affghanistan. The hon. gentleman then referred
to the right of visit sought to be established between Eng-
land and America eventually with a view to prevent a slave
vessel setting the cruisers of either at defiance by hoisting
the flag of the other ; and asked if the government was pre-
pared to give any explanation of the correspondence on that
subject. The hon. member concluded by alluding to the
state of the labouring population and the deficiency of the

revenue.
After a pause of about a minute, Sir ROBERT PEEL rose.
He trusted, from the tone of the house, that the address to he
laid before her Majesty would be unanimous. On the sub-
ject of the American treaty he should be prepared to show,
that, if it had not obtained for us all which we were strictly
entitled to expect, it was, on the whole, an eligible adjust-
ment, giving us more than had been awarded by the arbitra-
tion of the King of the Netherlands, and securing to us all
His own sincere

really important to our claims
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arnest desire to pre-
eople, made it painful
of the President did
accurate representation of what had passed in the
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wining whether she be

sue should turn out
she must be liberated, even though she should clearly
appear at all points a slaver. He owned himself sursed
that America, surrounded as she was with small states, by
every one of which she was in danger of, having her flag as-
sumed, should resist a rule the establishment of which would
be so much for her own advantage. It was his duty to tell
the House of Commons, that not only had Lord Aberdeen's
despatch of December, 18,11, upon this subject been main-
tained in all its principles, but during the fourteen months
since elapsed there had not even been so much as an attempt
on the part of the American government to answer it. On
the subject of finance, he admitted that there was a great
deficiency. He had stated last year that, in addition to the
deficiency which he had found on coming into office, he pro-
posed to cause a further deficiency still. He had accordingly
remitted duties on 700 articles ; reductions had all taken
effect ; but the income-tax imposed to meet them had not
yet come into productiveness. Undoubtedly there had been
a great falling off in the excise, mainly on the article of malt ;
but that had arisen in a great degree from the very unfavour-
able harvest of 1841. There still, indeed, existed severe
distress ; but let not the house infer thence that there must
needs be a permanent diminution of consumption. Another

American ; w

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statements; but he did now
changes on which he could not for-
hopes. It was complained that the

at large upon financ

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with respect to corn. H

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I equal the expenditure,
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at was moved,

of the Governor-
ply to Lord John
Antrnent of Lord
s, contended that

explanation

How. Icx, and seve- 1

Iressed the house, but no amend- I
Lddress was ultimately agreed to,

the house adjourned