The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY.

Lord Dyrisvon presented a petition from Carmarthen in
favour of pour laws for Ireland.
The Earl of LIMERICK directed the attention of the house to
a gross personal attack which had been made upon him in the
Morning Herald, and which he conceived to be a breach of the
privileges of their lordships' house, although he did not mean to
institute any proceedings against the printer of that paper.
The noble earl then read the article, which attributed to him
indifference to the sufferings of those who resided on his pro-
perty in. Ireland. A man was said to have died of starvation.
The Morning Herald had quoted a paragraph from the Limerick
Star, which, in speaking of the death of this person, and of what
he (Lord Limerick) had said in that place, namely, that there
was no case of real distress in Ireland that did nut meet instant
relief, said—" This occurred within a few weeks; and, as our
object is at present to confine ourselves to this one fact, though
hundreds of similar instances might be adduced, we shall, if its
correctness be for a moment doubted, give the name of the un-
happy sufferer. It may be asked why allow such scenes to occur
on his property without applying to the Earl of Limerick, who.
it might be supposed, would relieve this case of 'real distress?'
We answer, that, whenever such applications were made, the
humane earl has not had the condescension even to answer let-
ters, however respectable the medium might have been through
which such applications were made." He had he admitted re-
ceived a communication from the parish priest of this particular
district, which was of so daring a nature that he treated it, as he
would treat all such applications, with the contempt it deserved.
The Morning Herald thus commented on' the paragraph so
quoted:—" Can this, we ask; be tine of the nobleman who
would have us believe that no case of real distress occurs in
Ireland that is not immediately' relieved'?- 'We will at once
place the noble earl on the horns rf a•dilemma, from which
there is no escape. He either is or is not aware of the state of
things on his own estate. If be is aware of it, we can only hope,
looking at his conduct as a landlord and a legislator, that in the
wide dominions of his majesty ah imitator, or defender, or even
apologist for it, cannot be found." His lordship concluded by
intimating his intention of leaving the matter in the hands of
his legal advisers.

THE ISLINGTON MARKET BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM moved that the report of the judges on cer-
tain questions put to them with reference to thelslington market
bill should be now received.
The opinion was delivered by Sir J. A. Park. The judges
decided that parliament could not, consistently with the charter
of the city of Louden, establish a market on the mere hypothesis
that it would be beneficial to the public.
After a few observations from Lord BROUGHAM, who sug-
gested that the report, together with the questions put to the
judges, and their opinion, should he referred back to the com-
mittee,

The Marquis of Ssi.tssuriv said he should give notice of a
motion on a future day, if it were necessary, that the report
should be taken into further consideration. At present he
should only move that the questions put to the judges and their
answers should be entered on the journals.—Ordered.
The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from Padstow
complaining of the present state of the timber duties.
The Duke of SUTHEHLANn presented petitions from parishes
in Scotland in favour of additional church accommod'ation in
that country.

On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the letters patent amend-
ment bill went through a committee, with amendments.—Report
to-morrow.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented the fourth report of tile
select committee on prison discipline. The report related to
prisons in Scotland. It set forth that the prisons in Scotland,
generally speaking, were in a most unsatisfactory state, and,
front peculiar circumstances, in a much worse condition than
those of England. The committee recommended the appoint-
ment of prison inspectors for that country.—Ordered to be
printed.
In the committee on the prisons' regulation bill, the Duke of
Rictratortn moved the insertion of a clause, iu conformity with
the recommendation of the select committee, authorizing the
appointment of prison inspectors for Scotland.—Motion agreed
to—bill went through committee—report tomorrow.