The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—NVEDNEsDAy

Sir R. PEEL, in reply to Dr. Bowring, said, that the five
great powers were unanimous in their view of the course
which ought to be pursued by the Turkish government with
respect to Syria, and were doing their utmost to induce the
Porte to adopt the policy they recommended.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE drew the attention of the government
to the fact that the guardians of the poor in the city of
Norwich were issuing tickets of ls. and Is. 6d. each to the
poor, in consequence of the scarcity of silver. Those tickets
they were told to take to tradespeople, from whom the
guardians would redeem them if brought in amounts of not
less than 10s. value.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he had not
heard of any scarcity at Norwich ; but the Mint was actively
at work in coining silver to remedy the inconvenience com-
plained of by the public. _ . _ .

Mr. ROEBUCK presented a special report from the Election
Proceedings Committee, stating that it was the opinion of
the committee, that they could but discharge their duty by
conducting their inquiry with closed doors. To accomplish
this, they desired the sanction of the house to exclude not
only strangers, but members of the house, whose presence
was an obstruction to proceedings necessarily delicate and
invidious in their character.
Major BERESFORD condemned the system of secret in-
quiry which the committee were adopting, and said he wished
the tribnnal which was to try him should be as open as the
charges against him had been public.
Colonel SIBTHORP moved, as an amendment, that the order
for the appointment of the committee be discharged.
Lord J. RUSSELL could not support a motion for prohibit-
ing the attendance of members of the house.
Sir R. PEEL took the same view of the subject as Lord J.
Russel, and stated that he never repented giving his vote in
favour of the appointment of this committee, feeling con-
vinced that if inquiry bad been stifled the credit of the house
would have suffered. He could not, however, consent to
confer upon them any additional powers, and hoped they
would not press for that which would at once convert them
into a secret committee. It would be far better to trust tc
the good taste and forbearance of individual a -
they would refrain from attending the committe

abers, that

Mr. ROEBUCK, after hearing the opinions
expressed from both sides of the house, would press his
motion no further.
Colonel SIBTBOUP, however, pressed his amendment,
which was on a division negatived by a majority of 177 to 45.
Mr. ROEBUCK then moved that Mr. A. B. Cochrane, one
of the members for Bridport, should be ordered to attend
the committee on Monday next.
Mr. COC4RANE said that ever since the last election in-
dictments lifid been pending against him, and it would be
unjust to subject him to an examination which might be
made to furnish evidence against him. He also objected to
give evidence, because the committee intended to examine
him and his agent before they examined Mr. Warburton,
which course would leave him no power to reply to any
evidence given by Mr. Warburton. If the house desired
him to do so he would bow to its decision, and appear before
the committee, but he would give no evidence which could
bring in question the reputation of any one of his con-
stituents.
Mr. ROEBUCK said the committee bad called upon Mr.
Cochrane to attend in the first instance as a matter of cour-
tesy to him as a member of the house. If it would be more
pleasing to him, however, to have Mr. Warburton examined
first, he should not only be examined first, but he should be

Lich had been

xamined in the presence of the hon. member.
Mr. MITCHELL would attend the committee, but would
tate nothing to implicate others. _ nr.

Sir R. PE'. believed that there was no precedent ror
deripg a member of the house, who was unwilling to do so,
to give evidence before a committee, and requested informa-

tion on the subject from the Speaker
The SPEAKER had not flee''
Under these circumstances
•

I able to find such a precedent.
afterthe
third
reading Sir R. PEEL suggested the
appointment of a committee to search for precedents ; and
Lord J. RUSSELL moved an adjournment of the debate
until Monday, in order to give time to the committee to do
hsoalN.dlcro.nEd.uYetnedult
thaesaid the delicacy with which Mr. Roebuck
Sir R. PEEL said he proceedings of the committee was most
praiseworthy.
the hon. member to subhad* hopedto
b e examinedt h a that the
haveoffer
ren-
deredof
the appointment ortlitl committee unnecessary, but as
he had not done so he would move for the committee.
The committee,some further discussion, was ap-
pointed.
; but while the of the Sudbury dis-
franchisementmoved an amendment for the
tphueriplonse
On the motion for
B LAcK sT bill,o N E
was addressing the house, an hon. member observed
el::.er
of extending the limits of the borough
that there were not 40 members present. This proved to be
the case, and the house accordingly adjourned.

ATTENTION TO BUSI
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non-ball, from one or rue i urn,su r,,erTs, passed very near
Sir Charles Felix Smith, whose ear is particularly accustomed
to that kind of fun. "Do you hear that music ?" said he
to a Scotch sub in the Artillery. " Hoot toot," was the re.
Ply, " I care neathing about the balls which come, by busi-
ness is wi' the balls which go."

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COLUMBIA

rEAMER

Second Edition of Tuesday.)

) Columbia came up the river

splendid style, having made the passage from
Says and twelve hours—the shortest run ever

yet made by these splendid steamers. A special train to Bir-
mingham left Liverpool at twelve to-day with the intelligence
brought by the Columbia, and will anticipate, we predict,

news brou

the steamer Great Western, whit}

would leave New York for Bristol the same clay that the
Columbia left Boston for Liverpool.

s to the evening of the 15th,