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we mg agree em. n the o, _ay, at,
those resolutions were well considered and discussed, your
Lordships agreed to and adopted them. My Lords, when
resoluf ,f such acl -iotion it

_ions of s —criptlon are passe,- appears to
me absolutely necessary that they should be followed up,
by a law ; for what is the consequence? By the colonies
it is th, -ht that <Ay th- -

_iougt , that you are merely . ,reaten►ng gem wit
measures which you do not mean to carry into effect,
Nothing can be more impolitic, nothing can display more

weakness than such a course of

roceeding

Lords,

1-A e. My
I have given you these as examples of the course of legis•
lation pursued by the Government of the country. I say
nothing as to the question of Church-rates, or as to the

other various important questions, but I have called your
Lordships' attention to these, in order to Dive you strong

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instances in proof of what I have been stating, viz., the
total neglect of the Government in the discharge of its
'duty as far as relates to matters of legislation. I have)
stated these instances in detail ; but will your Lord3bips
allow me to call your attention to a !brief summary ?

Within a few days we shall have completed five months'
!of this Session. During that time sixteen Bills have re-1
ceived the Royal assent ; but, my Lords, do not irna-1

gino for a moment that because sixteen Bills have received
the Royal assent We have done much in the businossl

of legislation. Of these sixteen Bills six were measures
of trifling amendment, eight of the sixteen were merely

Bills of -routine, passed every Session of Parliament—
Isuch as the Mutiny Bill, tl►e Marine Mutiny Bill, the

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,Transfer of Aids Bill, the Consolidated Fund Bill 6
and Bills of that description. My Lords, there are tw(

measures of legislation—two distinct and special measure:
of legislation—only, which have passed durinz this Session
of Parliament. One of them is the Post-atlice Bill, tin-
object of which is, according to my recollection, to transfer
the contracts with respect to packets from the Post-olEck
to the jurisdiction of the Noble I!: :r1 (Minto) opposite.
The other was to make an alteration with respect to the'
punishment of sedition in Scotland. These two Bills passed,
without discussion, without a word on the subject ; and these
are the only two measures of special legislation which !um
been passed during the five months which we have been sit-'
'ting in Parliament. My Lords, this is a most extraord;
nary thing. There are at this moment seventy five
depending in the other House of Parliament, of which more'
than thirty have been brought in by the Government, or!
'the officers of the Government, and of which number a
very large portion might have originated in this House,
if their object bad been to do the business of legislationi
faithfully, actively, and serviceably for the country.-1
,(Hear.) My Lords, I have now lying before me the papers,
of to-night. I have counted the number, and I find stand-:
ing for discussion in the House of Commons to-night fifty--;
!seven public Bills—(Hear, and laughter)—besides the con-I
'sideration of an Address to her Majesty, and, in additinii,
estimates in a Clmraittee of Supply. Such, my Lords, is the!