The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-05 00:00:00

HOUSE OP COMMONS.^WEDNESDAY.
Sir G. CLERK moved that the house should sit at twelve
1 Thursday.

No notice having bee

given of this motion, it led to con-
ssion and opposition on the part of Mr. T.
who intimated that the object was to get
gh the government business, and then evade the mo-
' lot making a house at four o'clock.
PEEL eventually said, that, as no notice had been
question had better not be pressed ; but he im-
gave notice that he would on Thursday move that
should sit at twelve o'clock on Friday, and every
until the close of the session.
The Bankruptcy Bill was postponed until Friday at twelve

t
tons D

iderabl

rued debate on the Newfoundland Bill was then
Mr. PA KINGTON, who supported the bill at con-

Mr. C. BULLER opposed the bill, and contended that it
would enable the Crown to ride over the representatives of
e people in the General Assembly.
Sir H. DOUGLAS said that all that lhad since occurred in
)undland, and the various despatches which had beea
[pan the table of the house relating to that colony,
I to convince him of the truth of the predictions he
rded in 1832, that in the then state of society
)ut evil could result from giving to the colony a
form of government. All the disorders and
en were now complained of in reference to
had been occasioned by the constitution
considered necessary either toi take away or
L:tion always followed intemperate acts, and
that they must retrace their steps. They
er modify the constitation which they had so un-
to Newfoundland, or they must take it
Of the two evils he was disposed to
and would rather modify the constitution
With regard to the bill for that purpose

constitutional
difficulties w
Newfoundlan

Which i,

away ail
choos t
than de

__)use, he approved of that part of it which
4ualification, and he regretted much that a
eatioft had not been demanded when the consti-
given. Whenever they gave a constitution
should, in his opinion, require a high quail-
thought, however, that any attempt to estab-

Inc/
hilEtCqu
tution was f
to a e(

torm a constitution like that of England
an a colony, in whiclithe state of society was totally unfitted
ive it, and to endeavour to combine in one branch of
,islature both the aristocratic and democratic princi-
ptes,
_must.
t abl necessarily be dangerous. One or the other
inzviyPvevailere long. He believed the great error
. in %lying constitutions to our colonies, in
that
of the we had endeavoured to infuse into them
r. democratic principle. It was the colonial
was
e should
foundation of monarchial principles in
H
support the bill as the lesser of

we had fallen int:

should

V. S.Nirrki said that the state of the colony of New_
And called for legislation, the attention of the
the of tb
should have been sooner ea' to it by the Govern-
He suggested that the dur called
;port
thralification of elec-
mi..
P.
liill.
I should be omitted altering the . e operation of
which case he would support
his iewntAioß
r some observations from
intention propose
i STANLEY said it never was
I as a permanent measure, and
;to have its operation limited. He
wouldvrould therefore
the omission of the clause altering the also con-
- to procure for his bill more general suaodarlti.fication,
LABOUCHERE said, that by these concessions
+ript of its most objectionable features, and ,_ the
he
;t no further opposition.
' 'hat no blame could attach to the go_
.nging this matter earlier before the
.ly's despatch, upon which the measure
s only dated the 9th of February ; and this
3rought forward in May. and had been since
-;ng to the way in which the house had
' - great commercial measures upon
occupied.

J. Harve

on a division, the
by a majority of 68 to

imstra

ie Speaker do leave the chair,
.in opposed the motion, and strongly
I, and against the compromise which
the government and the supporters
n. He felt it his painful duty again
e house, or rather the sense of the

discussion the house again divided, and the
!ried by a majority of 82 to 21.

he house then went into committee on the bill, when an
amendment, moved by Mr. O'CONNELL, to reduce the qua-
lification from £lOO to .f.,50, was negatived on a division by
Q 4 f 1,1

her divisions were taken upon the qualification
ich was ultimately affirmed, as were the other
,he bill, except the sixth, which was reserved for

s Copyright Will was read a third time and

The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the
house adjourned.