§ Viscount Melbournepresented the following gracious message from her Majesty, which was read by the Lord Chancellor:—
V. R.,—Her Majesty taking into consideration the provision made by law for the support of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Majesty's beloved mother, recommends this subject to the care and attention of their Lordships, and relies with full confidence on the zeal and loyalty of the House of Lords to ad6pt such measures for the future provision of her Royal Highness as her rank and station, and her increased proximity to the throne, may seem to require.On the motion of Viscount Melbourne, the message was ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow.