The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY.

Lord J. Russell, (accompanied by Mr. F. Mau-le, Sir R.
Peel, and other Members), brought to the bar a Message
from the House of Commons, and said,—My Lords, I am
directed by the House of Coemons to acquaint your Lord.
ships that that House has agreed to the Address which your
Lordships sent for their concurrence, and that they have
filled up the blank with the words " Houses of Lords and
Commons."
The LORD CHANCELLOR having read the mes-
sage to the House,
Lord MELBOURNE moved that the Lord High
Steward be requested to wait on her Majesty, to ascertain
when it will be her Majesty's gracious pleasure to receive
the Address.---Agreed to.
It was then agreed that the House meet to-morrow at
half-past one o'Clock to receive her Majesty's answer.
The Duke of BUCKING HAM presented several
petitions from places in Essex in favour of the present
Corn-laws.
Lord KINNA IRD presented petitions from Newcastle,
and from places in Perthshire, praying for an alteration in
the present Corn-laws.
NON-INTRUSION (SCOTLAND).
The Earl of ABERDEEN gave notice that he would
postpone the second reading of the Bill he had introduced
on the subject of intrusion in the Scottish Church, from
to-morrow until Tuesday next.
The Bishop of EXETER said, that in consequence of
the intention of the Noble Earl, be would himself post-
pone the motion of which he had given notice for Tues-
day, till Monday week.
The Marquis of BRE ADALBANE wished to ask the
Noble Earl (the Eall of Aberdeen) if it was his inten-
tion to persevere with the Bill ? From a letter he had re-
ceived from Edinburgh he had reason to believe there had
been a sort of understanding between an Hon. Friend
of the Noble Ea,-1 and an eminent clergyman of the
Scottish Church, that the Bill would not be proceeded
with, it' the majority of the Church of Scotland were op-
posed to it. A majority of the ministers of that Church
had since, however, come to a resolution that the Bill
would be inconsistent
Gf Scotland.oinsistentwitl 1 the principles of the Esta-
blished The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he would proceed
with the second reading of the Bill on Tuesday next. He
was no party to any understanding with any one on the
subject.—( Hear, hear.)
CORN LAWS.
Earl FITZWILLIANI said he would be ready to pro-
ceed with the motion of which he had given notice on the
subject of the Corn-laws, if it was the wish of their Lord-
ships that he should do so. At the same time lie thought,
it would be proper to postpone the motion.—(Cries of
"Go on, go on," from the Opposition benches.) He was
really at the disposal of the House.—(" Go on.") But
undoubtedly he had understood that some Noble Lords
were of opinion that it would be more complimentary and
decorous to her Majesty that they should not then go on
with any business. He wished to know what was the opi-
nion of their Lordships.—(Cries of "Go on.") The
Noble Earl having said that he would accede to the wishes
of the House, was proceeding to present a number of peti-
tions on the subject the Coro-laws, when
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he would
prosugegeeesdtitno the Noble Earl whether it would not be more
decorous to adjourn the consideration of the question to
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He though: their Lordships had dealt rightly on this sub-
ject in going on with business of which notice had been
been given, and of so great importance to all the interests
of the empire. Before he proceeded, however, he would
lay on the table of the House several petitions with which
he had been entrusted on the subject. The Noble Earl
then presented a number of petitions from the counties of
Stafford, York, Isle of Wight, Sheffield, London, and
other places.