The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS-FRIDAY

A new writ was ordered for the southern division of
Hampshire, in the room of J. W. Fleming, Esq., who has
accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
Mr. EWART gave notice that, in the next sessions of Par-
liament, he would call attention to the propriety of assimi-
lating the law as regards the punishment of death in Scot-
land to that of England and Ireland ; be would also call
attention to the propriety of substituting imprisonment for
transportation.
In reply to a question from Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, relative
to what had taken place at a chartist meeting in Bridport,
Sir J. GRAHAM said that he had had a correspondence
on the subject with the mayor of Bridport, and was satisfied
that no violent language had been used on the occasion.
Mr. DUNCOMBE wished to know on what ground the
right hon. baronet had made his inquiry, and from whence
he derived the information which led him to write to the
mayor of Bridport? He wished to know if that information
was derived from spies, and should, therefore, move for
copies of the correspondence.
Sir J. GRAHAM was decidedly opposed to the motion,
though he must at the same time repudiate the notion that
his information had been received from a spy. Neither
himself, nor any of the members of the Government, would
resort to the employment of spies, who usually deceive those
who employed them. His information was derived from a
party wholly disinterested, and he was compelled to believe
that that party was mistaken when he received a communi-
cation from the town clerk of Bridport.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply to a
question from Mr. C. Buller, said that one of the first mea-
sures next session would be to meet the claims of the parties
suffering by the exchequer bills fraud.
Mr. COBDEN tried to get up another discussion on the
corn laws by asking ministers for a pledge to repeal them
next session.

Sir R, PEEL not only defended the recent corn law, but
insisted that it had already conferred great benefit on the
country.
The further discussion of the question was interrupted by
Sir A. Clifford, who summoned the house to the House of
Peers to hear the speech of her Majesty from the throne on
the prorogation of Parliament.

REPORT OF THE EXCHEQUER-BILL FRAUD.

(From the Globe.)

The report of the commissioners appointed to investigate
the late Exchequer-bill fraud is now fairly before the public,
'and is considered a very able and a very impartial document,
which must satisfy all reasonable men. After perusing it
carefully, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated in the
House of Commons yesterday. that " he had no scruples in
saying that several of the holders of these Exchequer-bills
had undoubted claims upon the government, and it would be
the duty of the responsible advisers of the crown to submit
to parliament a measure with reference to those who held
those forged Exchequer-hills, and who had a claim upon the
government for indemnity. In doing so, however, it would
be necessary to exercise some discrimination, as there was a
very material difference between the cases." To enable us
to appreciate this remark, we must refer to the commissioners'
report, where we find the claimants arranged in four classes,
of which those in class No. 1, we presume, are undoubtedly
entitled to indemnity, and those in class No. 4 are rejected
altogether. Therefore the claims requiring the " exercise of
some discrimination" must be those in class No. 2, and in
class No. 3. The amount of spurious bills in existence ap-
pears to have been 377,000 pounds, which are divided into
the following classes, as well as we can understand the
report :

Class No. 1, sundry holders, together amounting to £117,000
Ditto N 0.2, do. do. do. . •• 89,000
of which Sir James Shaw £40,000 '
„ Hitchens and C 0........ • 49,000
Ditto No. 3, do. do. do. .. 93,000
of which Ransom and Co.
II Price and Co. 26,000
J. W. Scott, . 12,000
H. Tomkins, .. 18,000
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L. Levy,....... 16,000
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A QUEEN'S SPEECH OF OLD.—The following extract
from a speech delivered by Queen Elizabeth, on the 29th
May, 1571, is peculiarly applicable to certain members of
the lower house at the present period. On that occasion
Elizabeth came down and addressed the house, telling the
Commons " She utterly disallows and condemns those for
their audacious, arrogant and presumptuous. conduct, who, by
superfluous speeches, spend much time in meddling with
matters, neither pertaining to them, nor within the capacity
.
of their understanding." Four years before, her Majesty
had lectured her faithful Commons upon the same unwelcome
disposition being exhibited by so many of their members,
declaring that "she seemed not pleased with the doings. Of
the Commons, for busying themselves in this session with
matters that do not appertain to this time ;" but she was, on
that occasion, pleased " with comfortable words," to com-
mand that Parliament will be dissolved.