The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-13 00:00:00

MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN DOWAGER.

Lord MORPETH appeared at the Bar and said—l have
the honour to acquaint the House, that the Gentlemen de-
puted to carry the Message of Condolence to her Majesty,
the Queen Dowager, yesterday waited on her Majesty, and
delivered the Message, to which her Majesty was pleased to
return the following gracious answer :
" Gentlemen—l thank you most gratefully for the Mes-
sage of Condolence you have been charged to deliver to me
from the House of Commons on the great affliction I have
lately sustained. The unanimous tribute paid by your
Honourable House to the upright character and patriotic
intentions of our late beloved Sovereign, is the most wel-
come alleviation that could have been offered to my
fee!ings."
Her Majesty's Message was then ordered to be entered
on the Journals.

Pourdrinier's Patent Bill, and the Law of Coverture Bill,
were deferred till next Session.
LORDS JUSTICES BILL.

On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair in
order to go into Committee on this Bill,
Colonel THOMPSON complained of the great haste
with which this BM had been hurried through the House.
A great portion of the people in their simplicity believed
that no foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, had or ought
to have any power, either temporal or spiritual, in the affairs
of this country. Whether they were right or wrong,
it was not for him to say ; but certainly time should have
been given them to consider the subject.
The Bill then went through Committee, and was ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow.
The Act of Parliament References Bill was .read a
third time and passed.
The Conveyance of Building and Lands Bill was read a
third time and passed.
'l ho Church Building Commission Bill was read a third
time and passed.
COLONIAL ACCOUNT COMMITTEE.

Mr. HUME stated he had given notice, upon the un-
derstanding that there would ha no opposition to the mo-
tion, that he should move the addition of the names of seven
Gentlemen to the Committee on the Colonial Accounts,
in order to enable that Committee to report to the House.
He, however, understood, that there was an objection
to that motion on the part of the Noble Lord
opposite ( Howick) ; if such was the case he was not in
a condition to press the motion on the consideration of the
House.

Lord HO WICK bad no doubt that it would be ex-
tremely desirable that the evidence should be laid on the
table of the House, but he thought sanctioning the motion
of the Hon. Member for Middlesex would lead to the esta-
blishment of an inconvenient precedent. No inconvenience
could arise from delay, as it was the practice of the House
to re-appoint Committees in a new Session upon subjects
like the one now under consideration, and when that Com-
►::ittee was appointed, the evidence that had been taken
before the present Committee could be referred to the newly
appointed one.
Dr. BOW RING observed that he had received a letter
from the Secretary for the Treasury, requesting that the
course proposed to he adopted by the Hon. Member for
Middlesex should take place. There was nothing of a po-
litical or party tendency in the operations of the Com-
mittee, and it was the unanimous feelings of its Members
that the evidence taken before it was of that importance
that it should be laid on the table of the House.

Mr. HERRIES objected to the appointment of Gentle-
me❑ to a Committee who had not heard the evidence that
had been previously given.
Mr. WARBURTON thought that the difficulty might
be easily got over, by the House declaring that three should
constitute a quorum.
Lord HOW ICK coincided with the suggestion of the
Hon. Member for Bridport.
After a few observations from Mr. EsTcour.T, Sir R.
INGLIS, and Dr. BOWRING,

Mr. WARBURTON moved that three be a quorum,
and that it be an instruction to the Committee to report
the evidence only.—Agreed to.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the
Lords' Amendments to the Court of Exchequer (Scot-
land) Bill were agreed to.
FICTITIOUS VOTES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE moved that three Mem-
bers should form a quorum on the Fictitious Votes (Scot-
land) Bill.
The ATTORNE V-GENERAL thought it would be
of great advantage to the public if the Committee had
leave to report the evidence.—Agreed to.