The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-15 00:00:00

CONFERENCE.

Mr. LYG ;N, fir•ZOinp inied by several Members,
. brought up a Message from the Commons, request-
ing a conference with their Lordships, on the sub,
ject of then Amendments to the Local Militia Bill.
The Message being communicated to their Lord-
ships, it yi as ord4red that the desired conference be
presently held in the Painted Chamber.
In ihe course of a few minutes, Mr. Quarme,
.Aalitig Usher -of the Black Rod, informed their
Lordships that a Deputation from the Commons
were waiting, for the appointed conference with their
Lordships. Accordingly the Earls of Sandwich,
Shaftesbury, Harcourt, and Liverpool, the Bishop
of Oxford, Lord. Napier and Arden, were nomi-
nated to manage the conference on the part of their
Lordships, and they forthwith-proceeded to bold the
oonteit nce.

On their return, the -Earl of SANDWICH read a
report of the cunt rence at the table, which was
ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow.

TRADE TO INDIA.

The Duke of NORFOLK presented a Petition from
the Master .ind Wardens of the Corporate Tuwn of
Sheffield, and certain Met diants, Manufatlorers,
and others, of the said Town and Distrid, praying
to be admit ted.to a participation of tie trade to In-
dia. The Petition being read, was ordered to lie on
the table. On which his Grace, pursuant to what
he had stated on a former evening, rose- to inquire
of Ministers respelling their intentions as to the re-
oewlil of the East India Company's Charter, and as
to !heir object in the pendiog plocetdings ; whe-
ther they inten,ed to continue the monopoly—
whether to diminish it, or so do it away totally ?
The period was now arrived, and the circumstances
of the case such, when application were made from
various pasts of the country, and which applicitions
would be still followed up by oak-I.s, that the in:
tentions and objetis of his Majegy's Government
on this importa-,t subj.!6t ought to be known.
The EArl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE observed, that
the state of the negodations between Government
anti tile Court of Du e,lors was such
.a._ precludcyl
him at pretur'nt from giving a direct answer to the
queries of the Noble Duke.
FiTzwieLtAta bard a few words, apparently
to lie purport of what had fallen from the iNoble
Duke

Earl GREY said, he concurred with his Noble
Friend that the rime was now arrived in which the
intentions of Government on a topic of immense
magnitude ought to be known. The Country had
generally expressed its anxiety on the .subjett. They
were told that the state of the negociations were
such, that a direr answer could not be given. What
degree of diligenc9 had been used, when, at this
season of the year, the middle of April, no farther
progress was made, may easily be judgrd. -By what
the Noble Lord, ,at the head of the department in
question, said, it would appear to him that Mini,
sters had, not yet made up their minds on the sub-
jeti. By what had fallen from the late President of
the Board of Contronl, they were led to expea the
affair would be finally arranged this session. The
Chatter would not expire till 1314, and he was adverse
to the adoption of any premature or hasty measures.
As Ministers were unable to bring the subje& for-
ward at such a period of the Session as to afford
time for a, full and complete discussion of its
merits, he thought it would be decidedly prefer-
able not to, press it for the present, but to post.
pone the consideration of a question of such great
national importance until the next Session of Par-
liament.