The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

Sir R. PEEL placed on the table a schedule of the towns
which were proposed to be included in the list of those from
which the corn law averages are henceforth to he taken.
In reply to a question from Mr. M. GIBSON, the right
hon. baronet said that when he came to make his financial
statement he would state the particulars of the duties to be
levied on the importation into this country of salt and fresh
meat, live cattle, swine, &c. ; but he had no objection to de-
clare, and he hoped he should be pressed no further at
present, that he was of opinion the existing prohibition could
not be maintained.
In reply to a question from Dr. Bowriug,

Sir R.. PEEL 'said it was quite true that Russian goods
were admitted into Turkey on more favourable terms than
British, the reason of which was that Russian goods were
admitted under the old treaty. English goods were admitted
under a separate treaty, and in that treaty there was an
article providing that British goods should be admitted on
the same terms as those of the most favoured nations, and it
was still a question whether that article of the treaty could
not be enforced.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER gave notice that he would move a scale
of duties upon the importation of foreign corn, as a substitute
for the scale proposed by Sir R. Peel. By the scale he should
Propose the duty would be 255. when the price at home was
50s. and under 515., and diminish ls. in duty for every
shilling increase in price, until the latter reached 605., when
the duty would be 14s. At the ss. duty the scale would be
the same as that of the right hon. baronet.
In reply to a question from Mr. Roebuck,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Municipal Cor-
porations Act would be ready on Monday next.

In reply to a question from Mr. HAWES,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that he considered the subject of the
better regulation of the medical profession one of great im-
portance, and bad directed his attention to it with a view to
Propose smite alteration, and did flat despair of being able to
bring in a bill upon the subject during the present session.
Sir C. NAPIER asked if there was any objection to lay be-
fore the house a copy of the instructions given by Sir Robert
Stopford to General Mitchel, General Jochmus, and Captain
Stewart, after the submission of Mehemet Ali, together with
ether papers relative to the amelioration of the inhabitants of
Lebanon, as was promised by the allied powers.
Sir R. PEEL said that many of those papers could not be
found in the Record-office, and could not, therefore, be pro-
duced ; and, with respect to the others, they would, if pro-
duced, defeat the object the gallant officer had in view. He
-ssure him, however, that every effort would be made
-esent government to cause the Porte to fulfil its
„tits with respect to the amelioration of the condition
.6 subjects in that quarter.
Mr. F. MAULS moved for a return of the number of jury
cases in the first division of the Court of Session, from the
Ist January, 1839, till the 31st July, 1841, specifying those
in which the late Lord President of the Court of Session pre-
sided, and those in which any other and what judge presided.
His object in wishing for these returns was to ascertain
whe
of the previous night, which had been
whe-
ther his statement
contradicted by the
aiLord Advocate, was or was not correct.
d there was no imputation upon the hon.
purposely mis-stated any fact; and,
Sir J. Gnat-lAA! sha
gentleman that he had
as agreeing to this return would be a greater imputation on
nt than the motion of the preceding
the late Lord Preside
had no wish to press the motion to
evening, he must give it his decided opposition.
Mr. F. MAULS said he
division, but he believed his statement was correct.
Mr. WAlci.F.r could not understand why t(hseirm.
J. motion should
and the right hoi
motion, raised a strong sutshpoictiloonnste, that all
to
llthe
(the opposition) side ot.
ression, all the error o_on.
Lord Advocate on the ministerial. It
ibered that the Right H
'this honour as a
never been absent
late Lord President had ne _
gentleman and as a member of
and the only object of the motion

or. his (the opposition

was to be remetr

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hat house
and so should the judges be ; and as t
Caesar's wife should be above
ight legitimately to supervise their conduct, he did
why a motion like this should be refused.
Sir R. Plizi, said that the motion contained a reflection
the late Lord President stronger than even that contained
by inference in the motion of the previous evening. The
house had, doubtless, the Pewfx of supervising the conduct
- judges ; but if it indulged itself in passing such
the administration of justice
is as the one before them, the effect would be to pre-
Mr. O'CoNN nu. said there were contradictory statements
to certain facts ; and, surely, as they had the power, they
ought to have them authenticated. Why would they not
do so ? Because hon. gentlemen on the other side were
afraid of the result.
•

I
-6,; adivision, the ;notion was negatived by a majority of
139 to 113.

of Corr

years 1839

omitted to the

3 the county of Lancaster, in the

d 1840, for no

-attendance on some place of

Sir J. GRAHAM admitted that these parties were very se-
verely and unjustly punished. and condemned the principle
of applying temporal penalties to the non-performance of

He believed That on Wednes,

last the whole of the members of that house, if prosecuted

'he law ov