The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAT

Mr. Barrow

took t
—Mr. SLANEY
law of partner

hamshire,

e, the new member for south Nott
s and his seat, in the room of Mr. Houldsworth
r moved for a select committee to consider the
ship, and a proposed limitation of liabilities,
courage useful enterprises, and the additional
abour.—Mr. LABOUCHERE, while dissenting
ons expressed by Mr. Slaney, was not

employment of
from some of t

prepared to say that the law resting io liabilities at present
existing might not be advantageously modified, and he should,
not, therefore, offer any opposition to the motion.—The mo-
tion was then agreed to.—Mr. LOCKE KING then moved for
leave to bring in a bill to make the franchise in the counties of
England and Wales the same as that in the boroughs, by giving
the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual
value of .410.—Lord J. RUSSELL opposed the motion, on the
ground that it would admit so large a number of county votes
as would greatly diminish the power of the 40s. freeholders,
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and at the same tin,- umfor

the rig

an extens

'oak! introduce on
ing. He was of opi

be made,
duce a me

1 it was

ition of the Government to intro
that object in the next session o

parliament. (Cheers.)—AlL COBDE7N was glad that a reform
in the popular representation was at length about to be made,
and hoped that the intended change would be sufficiently ex-
tensive to meet the wishes of the nation.—The house divided,
when there appeared—For the motion, 100 ; against it, 52 ;
majority for the motion, 48. The announcement of the result
was received with loud cheers.—The Passengers' Act Amend-
ment Bill then went through committee.

'RIDAY

HOUSE OF LORDS.—
i of Lord CAMPBELL, the Administration of
Nmendment Bill was read a second time.—
e Lord

Lord BROUGHAM stated that, owi

. .
the Extension of the Jurisdiction
of Bankruptcy, till Thursday next

f the County Courts in Cases

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

it that the house go into a con
means, Sir B. HALL asked whether the pa
proposed house tax would be a necessar

ions, on the quest

•oter, as

said be was unable to answer the question ; but he could say
no new qualification was intended. or contemplated.—Sir B.
HALL put a question which had reference to the conduct of the
Rev. Mr. Murray, who was appointed incumbent of St. An-
drew's Church, in Wells-street, Oxford-street. A memorial
was presented to the Bishop of London signed by more than
third of the inhabitants complaining of the conduct of Mr.
The memorialists said, that since his appointment
ay began to make alterations in the church, and
monstrated with, and having promised not to make
lad persisted until he had brought the church into
boastfully called a state of Puseyite discipline. The
m table, or altar as it was called, had twice been
is to be approached by steps. It was covered with a
cloth, and candlesticks placed upon it, and upon holidays
t-days was decorated with wreaths of flowers, and
the chancel was regarded as a sacred place not to be
Iby the laity. The table of the commandments had
red from over the altar, and though it was prchnised
,red had never yet been. An expensive choir had
ed. the Litany was intoned by the clergyman with

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