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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

lIOUSF. OF LORDS, JUNE 9.

After the judicial business of the day was disposed of, their
Lordships aljourned during pleasure.
About five o'clock the House resumed ; when
The PI intation Duties Drawback, the Transfer Grants, and
the Irish Tenements Recovery Bills, were brought up from tht
Commons by Sir Jamas GILIIIAM. and others, and read the
first/time. _ _

Some private or fecal Bills were brought up by Mr. BLacc-
WAN, 741 r. Prxe, Eccirrox, and other Members.
A variety of Documents relative to the subject of Foreign
Trade, Duties, and Drawbacks thereon, &c. were presented at
the liar, by Mr. LACK, of the Custom-llouse, pursuant to a re-
cent order of their Lordships.
Tile Amnia Order was ifiade for the appointment of the
Commissioners (oh the part of that 'louse) for the trial of of-
fences cfunini:ted in the East Indira.

Lord 11OLLAN 1) rose, to give notice, he said, of his inten-
tion, on Monday next, to present a Bill for the adoption of their
Lordships. 'lle object would be to Repeal the Act of the 12th
of George 11 I. which is generally denominated the !loyal Mar-
riage Act. It would be irregular on this occasion for him to
state his retsosia why such a measure should be adopted, but he
hoped their Lordships would allow him fully so to do when be
brought in the Bill. lie was induced to name so early a day,
because, exclusively of the general reasons which must forcibly
struck him, to think such an Act should be expunged from the
Statute Book, he conceived it possible that in the interval, with
reference to the present unfortunate situation of certain mem-
bers of the Royal Family, some persons better qualified than
himself might suggest some measure of a legislative nature, but
divested of all penal character, which may apply to the case. If
such appeared practicable, it may supersede the necessity of
their Lordships Committee sitting on Tuesday next. And far-
ther, in the view he took of the subject, such a measure as he
pointed at would relieve both the Illustrious Persons from the
unfortunate situation in which they were so long placed, and it
would do so without inducing the
.least disparagement of the
characters of either of the parties. The measure of which he
had given notice of his intention to submit, he should, if health
and voice were continad to him, bring before their Lordships
on Monday ; but if anything should occur to render the mea-
sure less pressing upon the consideration of the Meuse, be
thought it would be more becoming to postpone it to a later day.
In his own individual conviction he then came forward, because
he thought such a measure would be productive of much good.
At the saute time he thought it proper to state, that he came
forward on the occasion without any concert or communication
with any person, and above all, with any person in any way con-
nected with the Illustrious Parties, or who bad the honour of
enjoying their confidence.
The Noble Lord's Notice stands, conditionally, for Monday;
to which day their Lordships, after forwarding the Bills upon
the table, adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Gallery was 0p..-ned at two o'clock for the admission of
strangers, and was instantly filled.

The Order for taking th'e Petition into consideration against
* return for Drogheda, was discharged in consequence of the
Petitioners not having entered into their recognizances.
An account of the number of Pleas entered in the Sheriff's
Courts in Wales, for the last nine years, was ordered.
The same account for the County of Vlonniouth was ordered.
The St. Dunstan's Tythe Bill was read the second time.
Sir B. KNATCHBULL moved the second reading of the
Kent Coal Meters' Bill. . _

Mr. CAu:a•Er and Mr. lleanoesr opposed the BilL
A division took place on the second reading, when the num-
bers were—Ayes 25—Noes 14.
The 11/411 was then read a second time.

Sir M. W. RIDLEY pre3ented a Petition from Freeholders in
the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, complaining that they were
precluded from voting for Membtr3 to serve in Parliament for
the County of Northumberland, or for Burgesses to serve in
Euliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne.—Laid on the table.
Mr. K. Fl NLA Y wiled to know from his Honourable
Friend opposite (31r. J. Smith), if it was his intention to sub-
mit immediately to the House any measure respecting the Bank-

rapt Laws ?
Mr. J. SMITH had no hesitation in stating, that it was his
intention to pursue the subject, and to bring forward, at a pro-
per time, a Bill or Bills to amend those laws. He had reason
to know, from the hrst law authority in the country (the Lord
giancellor) that the measures which he (Mr. Smith), intended
to introduce, would, in conjunction with certain orders of his
Lordship, produce the utmost benefit, and he now waited the
completion of those orders, which the Lord Chancellor was en-
gaged in preparing, to submit his measures to the House.
THE QUEEN.

Lord CASTLEREAGII moved, that the Order of
the Day for resuming the debate on the King's Mes-
sage, respecting her Majesty, be now read, for the
purpose of postponing it to Monday next—(Cheers).
The Order of the Day was then read.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, in making that pro-
position to the House, he thought it right to state,
that he made it in consequence of a communication
which had been received at-a late hour that day by
the Earl of Liverpool—(Hear, hear).—As it had
been received at so late an hour as to prevent an ad..'
sorer from being given to it previous to his coming
down to the House, he trusted that the House would
see the necessity of not calling upon him to commu-
nicate to them the nature of it—(Hear, hear).—There
had been no impression made upon his mind by the
communication to which he alluded, that led him to
alter the caution which he had.then given the House
on this subject—Wear, La,)—that caution was,
that they should not allow their minds to be biassed
by the negotiations which were taking place, but
should consider matters to stand in the same relative
situation that they did before—(Hear, hear).
Mr. BROUGUIAM concurred with the Noble
Lord in the itnpert which he had given to his present
motion—(Hear, hear).—lt was with a view to have
matters kept for Monday in the same state as they
were at present, or rather as they were on the last
night of adjournment—(Hear, hear).—To be ex-
plicit, he wished Members to act as if everything
was in that state—(lkar,hear).—He wished to add
a few words regarding the delay which the Noble
Lord seemed to insinuate to have taken place on his
part. The Nuble Lord had said that certain propo-
sitions had not been received till so late an hour in
the day, that it was impossible to answer them. He
would inform him oi the reasons of that circum-
stance. The party from whom those propositions
came—(hear, hear)—thought it most important not
to begin a negociation, lest in beginning she should
appear to be making improper concessions, espe-
cially also as the other party, who did not commence
any negociation, stood in a situation not to be in.
jured by making concessions—(Hear, hear).—The
remonstrances of her legal advisers had, however, at
a late hour in the day, overcome the reluctance
which the Illustrious Individual in question felt to
being the first to ncgociate—(Hear, hear)—and
he, therefore, trusted that the Noble Lord would feel
convinced that there ores no intention, either on his
part, or on the part of his Honourable colleague, to
take Ministers by surpi ise, in sending to the Noble
Earl at a late hour in the day the communication
which they had sent him—(Hear, hear).
Lord CASTLEREAGH disclaimed any intention
of imputing improper delay to 'the Honourable and
Learn.( Gentleman, or his client. He had merely
mentioned the lateness of the hour at which the pro-
position had been received, as a reason for the post-
ponesnea of the present question. As that proposal