The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY.

Lord J. RUSSELL, who addressed the house under a profound
emotion, paid a warm tribute to the virtue, both public and
private, of the late Sir R. P_el. The noble lord then referred
to the awful and sudden calamity by which the country had
been deprived of so eminent a.statesman,. and, whilst leaving
the subject in the hands of the family of Sir R. Peel, declared
his willingness to propose a motion for a public funeral, such
as took place upon the demise of Mr. Pitt. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. GOULBURN, on the part of the family of the lamented
deceased, acknowledged the sympathy manifested by the house
and the government, and the public, under this painful acci-
dent, but a passage in the will of the deceased, confirmed by
expressions which had fallen from him only a few weeks ago,
with reference to the Queen Dowager's funeral; led to the con-
viction that it.was Sir -B. Peel's .wish to avoid ostentation or
parade, and to be buried in the family vault at Drayton ; in
their name, therefore, he gratefully and respectfully declined
the proposed honour.
Mr. HERMES expressed his sympathy with the loss the
house bad sustained, and he declared that henceforth no rcmi-
niscenses of political diversity would mingle with his recollec-
tions of the deceased statesman.

The subject then dropped.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL then proceeded to state what coursehe
intended to take with regard to.the bills.before the house. The
Stamp Duties Bill would be proceeded with. As the session
was too far advanced he should not proceed with the bill for the
Abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. He would pro-
ceed with the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, the Mercantile
Marine Bill, the Charitable Trusts Bill, and the Parliamentary
Oaths' Bill, but he would not go on with the Merchant Sea-
mens' Bill, the Woods and Forests Bill, or the Railway Audit
Bill, and he would not proceed and press the Landlord and Te-
nant Bill beyond the second reading.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. in reply to a question
from Mr. Disraeli, expressed a hope that he should be enabled
to proceed with the Savings' Bank Bill.
The subject of the National Exposition of 1851 was then in-
troduced by Col. SIRTHORP, who moved that the report of the
commissioners just presented be referred to a select committee,
for the purpose of examination and due consideration ; that
the report of the select committee be laid on the table ; and that
the sanction of the house be given to it before any further pro-
ceedings on the part of the commissioners be taken.
Mr. ALCOCK seconded the motion, recommending the selec-
tion of Battersea-field as a site for the exhibition, instead of
Hyde-park.
Sir B. HALL moved as an amendment, that an address be
presented to the Queen, praying her not to consent to the erec-
tion of buildings in Hyde-park.
After a good deal of discussion, in the course of which Lord
JOHN RUSSELL said that the commissioners had taken the
opinion of the building committee, and were satisfied that
either the Exhibition must take place in Hyde-park, or the
hope of having it next year must be relinquished, the house
divided twice—on the first division negativing Sir B. Hall's
amendment by 166 to 47, and on the second negativing Colonel
Sibthorp's motion by 166 to 46.