The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-08 00:00:00

CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS.

On the motion of Lord MORPETH, those Members
who managed the last conference with the Lords were
appointed to manage the Conference requested by the
Lords for this afternoon, on the subject of the amend-
ments to the Municipal Corporations Ireland Bill.
After an absence of ten minutes,
Lord MORPETH, and the other managers of
the conference, reported that they had met their
Lordships in a conference, at which the Lord Privy
Seal presided ; and that their Lordships had stated
their reasons for insisting on certain of those amendments,
and for disagreeing to certain others.
ThQ amendments wore then read at the table.

Lord MORPETH said that he had hoped that the
Lords would have agreed to the amendments which
that House had proposed, but that as there appeared
no chance of inducing them to do so, he thought
the best course that could be pursued, would
be to agree to the Lords' amendments, notwith-
standing which he believed that some of the
alterations would be found so exceedingly inconvenient,
that it would be necessary, in the very early part of the
next Session, for him to propose the introduction of a
Bill to amend the enactments of the present one, in
order to obviate the great inconveniences which he anti-
cipated would arise ; however, on this subject be would
say no more on the present occasion, but would content
himself with moving that the Lords' amendments be
agreed to.
Mr. HUME asked what was the nature of the
amendments made by the Lords ?
Lord MORPETH said that the amendments wet."
such as had been stated by his Honourable Friend mai.
him on a former occasion, and his own opinions were
unaltered. But he thought that as it was hopeless to
have them carried this Session, it would be better totake
the Bill as it was for the present, with the hope that those
objectionable parts of the Bill might be ameliorated by
future legislation. On one point, but far the lateness
of the Session, he certainly would make a stand ; it was
the amendment by which their Lordships protracted to
twelve months the period at which some parts of the
Bill should come into operation, and others to fifteen
months. But, as he had said, although he admitted
the choice was a very bad one, he chose the alternative
of accepting the Bill in its present state, to taking the
chance of losing the Bill altogether. He should there-
fore recommend that the amendment be agreed to.
Mr. SHAW was sure the House would allow him
to explain some circumstances affecting himself in
connection with this Bill.—(Hear.) There had been
great misrepresentation respecting him, both in Parlia-
ment and in the Press. In justice to the Press, he was
bound to admit that the misrepresentation was greater
in that portion of the Press which advocated the same
political pariy which he himself supported. It was
stated that he had entered into negotiations with the
Law Officers of the Crown, in 1837, to induce them
to omit any legislation that would affect his office.
In the Bills introduced up to 1837 there had been no
provision for the administration of justice iu the city of
Dublin. In fact, by all the Bills introduced up
to that year the Court over which he presided was
WI 1e boeo abolished aad it was to be la to