Star.
London, England, 1811-02-02 00:00:00

PARLIdIffENTifRr PROCEBDINCS.

HOUSE OP LORDS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1.
Mr. LONG, and several other Members of tke Hot' se

of Commons, brought up the Regency Bill, with
Amendments agreed to.
COMMISSION TOR GIVING THR ROYAL ASSENT TO THR
REGENCY SILL.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, they were now
arrived at a stage of this pi=cceeding which was per-i
fectly new, namely, the issuing a Commission under
the Great Seal, for giving the Royal Assent to the
Regency Bill, and for which there was no precedent
on the Journals of either House of Parliament. Under
these circumstances, therefore, he did not deem it ad.
visable to move at once a Resolution, authorising the
issuing of such a Commission, but thought it would
be more proper to lay the'proposed form of the Com-
mission on the table for their Lordships' considera.
tion, giving notice, that to-morrow, if there was not
likely to be any discussion on the question, he would
move the Resolution, but if the subject was to be de-
bated, he should then feel it necessary to avoid the
inconvenience of a debate on a Saturday, to postpone
r the motion till Monday. His Lordship laid on the
table the form of the intended Commission.
The Earl of ROSSLYN wished to understand,
whether the making any observations to-morrow up-
on the subject, which would not take up much time, !
would have the effect of inducing the Noble Lord to
postpone the Motion ?
-The Earl of LIVERPOOL said,it was impossible)
to anticipate, if observations were made, to what
length the discussion might be protracted, and re- k
peated his original Notice.
The Earl of DERBY thought that a needless de-
lay was incurred by the proceeding of the Noble Lord
(Liverpool), in aildition to the very extraordinary
delay which had already taken place, as the Noble
Lord might have given notice yestersiay, that if the
Bill was returned to-day, he Would then move the
Resolution. As it was, he thought it would be dif-
ficult for Noble Lords to give the proposed form of
the Commission, only one copy of which was on the
, table, a due consideration. Was it intended to sum-
mon the House ? (The Earl of Liverpool answered
" No.") It would then be difficult to make the mat-
ter sufficiently public for Noble Lords to attend. He
observed, that the usual words in a Commission for
passing Bills, namely, " Having seen and perfectly
understood, &c." were, in the form on the table, left
out ; and indeed they could not be retained under the
present circumstances without a manifest absurdity.
Bottle observations might therefore be made on the
form of the proposed Commission, although not in-
tended to give rise to a debate. He did not by any
means wish to be the means of producing further de-
lay. His sentiments respecting the proceedings of
Ministers on this subject had been more ably urged
by other Noble Lords. He should not' therefore at-
tempt to debate the question ; his opinion respecting
it remained the same as in 1788 and 1789 ; he pro...
tested against the fictitious mode which had been
adopted, of sanctioning in the Royal Name the pro..,
ceedings of the two Houses, and he should merely
confine himself to a declaration of his dissent.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL contended, that he
could not with any regularity have given notice of his
motion before it was known whether the House of

Commons would agree to the amendments in the Bill
—and that this was the first moment (the Bill having
been just returned from the Commons) that he could,
according to regular Parliamentary form, give his
notice.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested, that obser-
vations might be made to-morrow upon the form of
the Commission and the manner of wording it, but
without any intention of producing an adverse discus-
sion, so as to lead to a division.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL adverted to his origi-
nal notice, and said he must reserve to himself the
power of either moving the resolution to-morrow, if
no objections were likely to be made that would lead
to a debate, or of postponing it till Monday, it a dis:
cussion was likely to arise.
Adjourned till tomorrow (this day).