The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

5 Do,

6 Do
STARRED BELCHER PATTERN, with Ornamental or
Hand Snap, weighing 3 Sovereigns
4 Do.
5 Do.
6 Do.

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BRIGHT GOLD CURB CHAINS .... 335. to £7 10s.
SILVER CURB DITTO .... 10s. 6d. to 1 10s.
Together with a splendid Assortment of FANCY CHAINS,
comprising every possible vatiety, of the most elegant
patterns.

PROMOLI and HAUSBURG,
OLD POST-OFFICE BUILDINGS,

imprrial Varlittintnt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
The house sat for a short time, but nothing of any impor-
tance took place.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.---THURSDAY.
William Rouse Mabson, a witness before the Southamp-
ton election committee, was examined at the bar of the house
relative to the non-production of certain documents. The
witness, in the course of his examination, admitted that
about £3OOO had been paid through his hands for the purpose
of carrying on the last Southampton election. The witness
not being able to give a satisfactory account of the documents
missing, a debate took place on the motion that he be com-
mitted to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms, which was met
by an amendment that the debate be adjourned. On a divi-
sion, the amendment was lost by 176 to 16.
Another motion was then made that Mr. Mabson be dis-
charged, which, after a long discussion involving the question
of the validity of the Speaker's warrant, was negatived by 117
to 32.

Mr. WALLACE rose to call the attention of the house to
the evidence in the report of the select committee which was
appointed to inquire into the administration of the law in the
Supreme Court of Scotland, in the year 1840 ; and to the
state of the jurisprudence of Scotland as connected with the
aforesaid court : and to move for leave to bring in a bill to
reduce the present number of the judges in the said Supreme
Court from thirteen to Dine, by abolishing one of the two
co-ordinate courts of review into which that court is divided.

Sir J. GRAHAM objected to the motion, and hoped-the
house would concur with him in voting against it. The opi-
nions of the highest Scottish judges were in direct opposition
to any such changes as proposed by the hon. member, and
he (Sir J. Graham) was of opinion that the present motion
was highly inexpedient.
Mr. RUTHERFORD said that the hon. member (Mr. Wal-
lace) was very much in the wrong for bringing forward from
time to time such motions, particularly when the people in
Scotland were so satisfied with the present administration of
criminal justice there.
Mr. WALLACE replied, and on a division the motion was
negatived by 187 to 22.
Mr. WALLACE then moved that the return, showing the
applications which have been made to the post-office for let-
ters which were missing, and which contained money or
money's-worth, which was presented to this house on the
4th day of March, be printed.
Sir G. CLERK contended, that if the motion was agreed to,
it could not answer any useful purpose whatever, as it would
not elicit how or by whom those letters and moneys were ab-
stracted.
After some further discussion, in which Mr. Vernon
Smith, Mr. Hume, Mr. F. J. Baring, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and Mr. Wallace took a part, the motion was
withdrawn, and an abstract ordered to be prepared.

Viscount INGESTRE moved that an humble address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously
pleased to order a maritime survey of the coasts and har-
bours of the islands of New Zealand, when vessels can be
spared for that duty without inconvenience to the public ser-
vice; which was agreed to.
The rest of the business being then disposed of, the house
adjourned.