Lord Broughammoved the Order of the Day for taking into consideration the Resolutions relating to Railway and other Bills of which he had given notice. [These Resolutions will be found, as amended, in the Report of July 3rd.]
The Lord Chancellorsuggested that their Lordships ought not to pass the Resolutions until they saw what Resolutions were agreed to by the House of Commons. He was decidedly of opinion that the House should proceed by Resolution.
Lord Broughamsaid, that if they wailed for the House of Commons, the House of Commons would say they waited for the Lords; and so the Resolutions would fall to the ground. If the Crown were advised not to prorogue Parliament, but to let both Houses adjourn from time to time, there would be no difficulty, as the Bills would be in statu quo when business was resumed. It was not only perfectly competent for the Crown to take the course he had suggested, but it had been done more than once.