The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-08 00:00:00

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

The Earl of DE VON moved that a Message be sent to the
House of Commons, desiring a Conference on the subject of
the Conference held on Thursday last relative to the amend-
ments made by the Commons to the Municipal Corporation
Bill.

The Masters in Chancery not being in attendance, their
Lordships proceeded with the other business.
The Stamps and Assessed Taxes Bill was read a third time
and passed.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved for a Return of the
number of Bills sent up from the Commons, amended by their
Lordships, and subsequently agreed to by the House of Com-
mons during the present Session.—Ordered.

SUPPRESSED BILLS.

The Marquis of WE STMEATH begged to trespass for a
few moments upon their Lordships' time upon a matter of very
great importance to the character of their Lordships' House. By
referring to a Return laid upon the table of the House of Com-
mons, relative to the number of Bills sent up from the House of
Commons, and which had been stopped in their Lordships'
House, he would observe that the Hon. Gentleman who moved
for that Return had not stated any reason for it, and it might
therefore go forth to the public that their Lordships had ob-
structed the business of the other House of Parliament. In
that Return fifty-one Bills had been enumerated, and he had
taken the trouble of investigating the matter, and had ascer-
tained that of these fifty-one Bills, sixteen only remained with-
out having made some progress ' - many had passed, and were
now waiting the Royal assent. He did not think there was a
single Bill of these 16 that might not be satisfactorily ac..
counted for if looked into minutely. Some had remained
upon their Lordships' table since the commencement of the
present Session, nobody having taken them up—( A laugh)—
because no Noble Lord would undertake to force on a Bill
unless he was able to account for it, and state its details and
objects. He would not read the titles of the various Bills,
but their Lordships would he was sure give him credit
for having stated what was the fact. There were four Irish
Bills included in the number, and be must say that within the
last few days be had seen in the Irish Newspapers the
strongest and most unjustifiable language used with re-
spect to their Lordships' House. With respect to one of
these Bills, the Irish Church Bill, of which be must
say very little was known with respect to the reasons which
would have justified their Lordships in rejecting it—
( Hear, hear.) It contained clauses to bear on property,
the intent of which was to have cases re-considered,
after having undergone the revision of an appellate.
jurisdiction ; such a proceeding he believed was without
precedent. Another Bill was the Constabulary ( Ireland)
Bill, containing provisions most injurious to the character of
the magistracy of that country. The third was the Dublin Police
Bill, containing clauses to the same effect as regarded the Corpo-
ration of Dublin. The Fourth was the Registration of Voters
(Ireland) Bill, the object of which was to break down to the
principle which had been assented to and recognized by the
Reform Biil, which would go to establish a proper constituency
in Ireland, and make pauperism the criterion of eligibility.
He would add, that many of those Bills had come up to
their Lordships at SC late a period of the session, as
to make it impossible that their details could be maturely
considered. He felt it his duty as an Irish representative Peer,
seeing the attacks which had been made upon their Lordships'
House elsewhere, to make that statement, lest it should be
sup • posed that those Bills had been stopped in their Lord-
ships' House.
The Duke of RICHMOND deprecated-the system of ono
House finding fault with the proceedings of the other.
The conversation then dropped.
SCOTCH CHURCH.

Petitions were presented by the Earls of ABERDEEN and
ROSSLYN on the subject of the Scotch Church.

CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS.

The following Noble Lords were named as Managers of the
Conference with the Commons, on the sulject of the amend-
ments to the Municipal Corporation Bill : —The Earl of Devon,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Rosslyn, Viscout Arbuth-
not, the Bishop of Bristol, Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Had-
dington, and Lord Vesci and Fitzgerald.
Their Lordships having returned, the Earl of DE VON
(who spoke in so low a tone of voice as scarcely to be audible
in the gallery), as was understood, said, the managers had
stated to Lord John Russell and other Members of the House
of Commons, managers of the Conference), why their Lord-
ships could not agree to the amendments made by the House
of Commons to the Municipal Corporation Bill.
Their Lordships then adjourned till four o'clock to-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, SEPTEMBER 7.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock.

Mr. Kavanagh, the new Member for Carlow, who was in-
troduced by Col. Bruen and Captain Alsager, took the oaths
and his seat.

CORPORATION REFORM.

Mr. CHALMERS presented a petition from Montrose,
complaining of the alterations made.by the Lords in the Muni-
cipal Reform Bill, and praying for some measure of salutary
Reform for that House, and that the law of hereditary peerage
may be abolished.