The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMNIONS.-THURSDAY

some further skirmishing respecting the sup-
pression of documents by the Colonial-office between Lord
G. Bentinck and Mr. Labouchere, and after a short dis-
cussion on the period at which the existing duties on
sugar expire, in which the principal interlocutors were
Mr. Barklay, Mr. Bright, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. Hildyard, and the Attorney-General, it was
settled that the debate on the new plan of reform pro-
posed by Mr. Hume should be adjourned from Friday to
Thursday next, as there was no chance of bringing the
debates on the sugar duties to a close before Friday next.
The 'djourned debate on the sugar duties was then re-
sumed by Sir R. INGLis, who supported Sir J. Paking-
ton's amendment, which was also supported by Mr.
Barklay, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Urquhart, the Marquis of
Granby, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. C. Anstey ; Sir R. Peel
gave a qualified support of the ministerial measure ' • and
after speeches in its favour by Mr. Labouchere and Lord
John Russell, the house divided—for going into com-
mittee, 260; for Sir J. Pakington's amendment, 245:
majority in favour of Government, ]5. The announce-
ment of this division was received with long continued
cheering by the Protective party. The house went into
committee pro forma, and the first ministerial resolution
having been read, the chair reported progress, and ob-
tained leave to sit again this day. The other orders of
the day were disposed of, and the house adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY.
Sir B. HALL gave a notice of motion for Monday, to
ask for what reasons so large an increase in the metropo-
litan police force had recently been made; and Mr. E.
DENNISON for Tuesday, to move far the appointment of
a select committee to consider by what means the public
business of the house might be accelerated.

At the instance of Mr.-WvLn a conversation took place
as to the employment of the military in carrying out the
survey of the metropolis.
On the motion of Mr. STAFFORD, and after a debate, a
new writ was ordered for the borough of Sligo, as also for
Great Yarmouth : in connexion with the latter borough
it may be stated that the bill for the disfranchisement of
the freemen received the royal assent shortly previous to
this motion being made.
A conversation ensued between Mr. URQUHART and
Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of returns relative to
the Spanish debt due to England under the quadruple
treaty, the affairs of the Mosquito territory, and as to the
dismissal of the Hon. member for Stafford from the office
of secretary to the embassy at Constantinople. The noble
lord, in reply to Mr. WYLD, stated that he had not heard
of any seizures of arms on board a British vessel on the
coast of Brittany. If any private adventurer had been
detected in the act of landing arms on the coast of France
it was competent to the French authorities to deal with
such a person according to the law.

The house having passed into committee on the sugar
duties, Mr. BRIGHT emphatically condemned the govern-
ment for having disinterred the question of protection,
after they had buried it, and concluded a speech of details
with respect to the past and present condition of the West
India colonies, by moving, that it is not now expedient to
snake any alteration in the Sugar Duties Act of 1846.
The speakers in opposition to the motion were Mr. G.
Berkeley, Mr. Bagshaw, Mr. Tollemache, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, who expressed his pleasurable convic-
tion that the anticipated deficiency in the budget of two
millions and a half would turn out to be only half a mil-
lion,—Mr. A. Hastie, Mr. Cardwell, Mr, J. Wilson, and
Lord Nugent. .

For ti_e resolution, 302; against, 36 ; majority against
Mr. Bright, 266. The report was received on Monday, it
being understood that the discussion is to terminate that

.evening.