The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--(LAST NIGHT.)
SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION.
A person from the Treasury presented certain ac-
counts regarding shipping and navigation. On the
motion of Lord GODERICU, they were ordered to be
printed.
Various other accounts from different public offices
were laid on the table.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY communicated
to their Lordships that a mistake had occurred
with regard to the Bill for Regulating the Employ-
ment of Children in Cotton-factories, which had al-
ready received the Royal Assent. The Bill had
received an amendment in their Lordships' House,
and that amendment, by Some oversight of the
clerks, had not been communicated to the House of
Commons for its Concurrence. He therefore moved
that a Committee be appointed to consider of the
subject, anti that all Lords present should be Mem-
bers of that Committee.—The motion was agreed to.
A message was brought from the House of Com-
mons by Sir A. GRANT and others, desiring a con-
ference with their Lordships on the subject matter
of a Bill entitled an Act to Amend the Laws for
the Employment of Children in Cotton-manufac-
tories:.
On the retirement of the Commons, a motion was
made and carried, that the Lords do agree to the
said conference, and that it be held presently in the
Painted Chamber.
On the motion of Lord ELLENnoRowt, the fol-
lowing Peers were appointed to manage the con-
ference for their Lordships :—Lord Goderich, the
Bishop of Chester, Lord Lauderdale, Lord Hill, the
Margaia of Tweeddale, Lord Farnborough, and Lord
Skelmertsdale.
The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod then an-
nouneed to their Lordships that the Commons were
in the Painted Chamber ready for the conference.
The managers of the conference for their Lord-
ships then retired to meet them. After an absence
of a few minutes they returned, and Lord CODE-
Twit reported to their Lordships that they had re-
ceived a document from Mr. !lefties, who managed
the conference for the Commons, stating that the
House of Commons desired a conference on the
sub 1 t.ect of a Bill entitled All Act to Amend the
Laws relative to the Employment of Children in
Cotton Factories, which had received the Royal
assent on the 19th of this instant June, and that
they perceived from their Lordships' Journals that
that Bill had been agreed to in their Lordships'
House with an amendment which had never been
communicated to them. The document concluded
try stating that the Commons being desirous that
the best understanding should always prevail be-
tween the two Houses, desired an explanation of the
circumstances under which the Bill in question re-
ceived the Royal assent.
Lord BERESFORD then moved that there be
read from the Journal an extract of the different en-
tries respecting this Bill. It was read accordingly.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH then moved that an
answer to the following effect should be sent to the
House of Commons—that their Lordships regretted
that such a mistake should have occurred as not return-
ing a Bill received from the Commons and amended
by their Lordships; that they assured the Commons
that the circumstance of its not having been commu-
nicated in the present instance to the House of Com-
mons, as ordered by their Lordships, was the mere
result of accident ; that the title of the Bill was in-
advertently included in the list of Bills ready to re-
ceive the Royal assent; that the amendment con-
sisted of the omission of two words—" to include,"
—which were mere surplusage; and that they
doubted not but that this explanation would be sa-
tiAtetory to the Commons.
The motion was agreed to. Two Masters in
Chancery were sent with it as a message to the
Commons. During their absence,
Lord KING presented a petition in favour of a
free trade to India and China, from the merchants
and manufacturers of Kidderminster.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH again rose, and said,
that as this matter was of come importance, and as he
believed quite unprecedented, it would perhaps be
more agreeable to the Commons that the answer of
their Lordships should be made known to them at a
conference than communicated to them by their or-
dinary messengers. He therefore moved, that the
last resolution of their Lordships be rescinded, and
that a messenger be sent to the Commons, requiring
a conference with them in the Painted Chamber on
the subject of the Bill, to amend the laws regarding
the employment of children in cotton factories.
The motion was carried. A message was accord-
ingly sent to the Commons, requestinga conference in
the Painted Chamber ; and the following Peers were
appointed to conduct it on the part of their Lord-
ships :—The Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of
Salisbury, Lord Beresford, Lord Lauderdale, the
Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Faversham, and Lord
Farnborough.
The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod announced
the presence of the Commons in the Painted Cham-
ber. The managers for their Lordships then pro-
ceeded to meet them, and on their return
'I he Marquis of LANSDOWNE reported that
lie had submitted the resolution of their Lordships
to the managers for the Commons, who had stated
that the explanation of their Lordships was quite
satisfactory.
Sir ALFJCANDER GRANT and others brought up a
message from the House of Commons, stating that
they were satisfied with the explanation given by
the Lords with respect to the proceedings on the
amended Bill ; that they approved of the Lords'
amendment, and would forthwith proceed to pass a
Bill to render valid the amended Bill, for regulating
the labour of children in manufactories.
The Commons also returned Stock's and Thorn-
dike's Divorce Bills without amendments.
In about 20 minutes, Sir A. GRANT and others
appeared at the bar, and stated that the Commons
had passed a Bill entitled "An Act to render valid
the Act to amend the law for regulating the labour
of children in cotton factories," to which they de-
sired their Lordships' concurrence.
On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, this
Bill was read a first time, and notice was given of a
motion for to-morrow for suspending certain stand-
ing orders, in order that the Bill may pass through
its other stages.—Adjourned at Half-past Six.