The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-11 00:00:00

BILLS SENT UP FROM THE COMMONS.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH_ calle,l the attention of the
house to a motion made in the other house of parliament re-
specting the bills sent up from that house, and which, from the
terms of the motion, it might be inferred their lordships had de-
feated, or unnecessarily or improperly retarded the business of
parliament. This, however, was contrary to the fact. The re-
turn to which he alluded contained the titles of fifty bills. On
looking into their lordships' .votes he found that with the excep-
tion of sixteen all these bills had made progress ; many of them
had passed, some had received and others were waiting to re-
ceive the royal assent. The situation of' these bills could be sa-
tisfactorily accounted for. Some of them had been in the house
since the commencement of the session, and as nobody thought
proper to take them up they remained as they were. No noble
lord could force a bill through the house without stating the rea-
son of its introduction and the grounds on which it proceeded.
The noble marquis then proceeded to make some remarks on
the suspended bills. Speaking of the constabulary bill (Ire-
land) he said, this bill took away from the magistracy the right
of superintending and appointing .the constabulary force—this
was done without bringing any charge against the magistrates.
The Dublin police, with reference to the corporation of Dublin,
would have had the Caine eff.rct. The Irish voters registration
bill had for its object the breaking down the principle assented
to by the legislature, and established by the reform bill. The
measure went, in fact, to establish a pauper constituency in
Ireland, and to render a pauper qualification sufficient for a seat
in parliament. This was his answer to what had been said as
to the conduct of that house; and he could not let the session
pass over without noticing the subject, as a representative peer
of Ireland. Ile would also observe, that many of these mea-
sures came up to their lordships at so late a period that it was
quite impossible to pass them, provided they were to be consi-
dered maturely. He thou;_cht it.of importance that the public
should know these facts when their; lordships were blamed for
not doing their duty. • • •
The Earl of ABERDPRN presented a petition from Liverpool
against any alteration in the existing timber duties.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL—THE CONFERENCE.
The Earl of DEVON ranyed .thatat message be sent to tho
House of Commons to request.a conference on this bill.—Or-
dered. The message was sent,hy Master Roupell, and the de-
puty clerk of the parliaments,,who hwiing reported to the house
that the request was agreed to, the lords appointed to manage
the conference proceeded to the place appointed, where a depu-
tation was in waiting from the Ilouse of Commons to receive
them. After a lapse of a short 'tithe the lords appointed to
manage the conference returned to the house and reported that
they had delivered to the commons their reasons for disagreeing,
with some of the amendments last made by the commons to the
corporation bill.—The house then adjourned.