The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS, MAX 6.

The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'Clock.
Upon the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, a confer-
ence was ordered to be held on the Dean of Exeter's
Amendment Bill, in Committee-room No. 5.
Lord Rosebery, Duke of Rutland, and Lord Redes-
dale , presented petitions in favour of a Penny Postage.
Lord SKELMERSDALE presented a petition
against the Beer Bill, against any system of education
not founded on the Established Church, and praying
for some alteration in the Poor-law Bill.
The Bishop of HEREFORD presented petitions on
the subject of the Church in the colonies.
Lord KENYON presented petitions against the
union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph.
Lord St. VINCENT presented a petition from the
Island of Grenada, complaining of the inadequate re-
muneration of labourers.
Lord BROUGHAM regarded the petition which
had just been presented as one of considerable import-
ance. He had no doubt if the negroes got adequate wages
they would work satisfactorily, just like other men.
The Noble and Learned Lord took this opportunity of
stating that it was not an Act (as he bad before taken it
to be), but a resolution of the House of Assembly, by
which the Colonial Legislature had raised the franchise
from 201. currency to 50/. currency, one of the
most illegal acts of which that House could have been
guilty, and the attention of her Majesty's Government
having been drawn to the subject, he hoped a measure
would be immediately brought forward to correct that

abuse.
The Marquis of NORMANBY said that the first
usurpation of that kind was in 1815, and the reso-
lution of which the Noble Lord complained was
come to in 1825. His Noble Friend at the
head of the Colonial Department at that time,
had a communication made to him on the subject, and
he then stated that that was not a resolution for the
Executive Government to come to, and that complaint
must be made to the Local Legislature, and which, if
not attended to, would have to be made to the Im-
perial Legislature. The Noble Lord then gave notice
that he should bring in the Bill nearly in the same
form as that of last Session.
The Bill was brought in and read a first time.
The Lord Privy Seal, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord
Carrington, the Earl of Ennis, the Bishop of Ripon,
Lord Hatherton, and Lord Portman, were nominated
to confer with a Committee of the House of Commons
on the Deanery of Exeter Bill. After a few minutes'
absence

Viscount DUNCANNON returned, and stated the
grounds of the conference, which were ordered to be
taken into consideration.

Messengers from the House of Commons brought up
several Bills.

Earl CAWDOR presented petitions from several
parishes in Wales against certain parts of the new Poor•
law Bill.

The Earl of RIPON, in consequence of the indispo-
sition of the Colonial Secretary, postponed his motion on
the subject of Malta until Friday next.
The Earl of WINCHILSE A presented a petition
from Canterbury in favour of a penny postage ; a petition
from the Isle of Wight against any further grant to the
College of Maynooth ; a petition from the same place
against any system of national education not in accord-
ance with the doctrine of the Established Church ; and
a petition from Lincoln, expressing want of confidence
in her Majesty's Ministers.
____