§ The House met at Five o'clock.
LORD BROUGHAMcalled upon their Lordships to adopt two Resolutions, on messages from the Commons, drawn up by the Select Committee by whom, as their Chairman, he was instructed to move, to whom the subject had been referred:—
1st. That the Lords are willing to receive from the Commons, in One Message, all Commons' Bills when first brought up to this House, all Lords' Bills returned from the House of Commons without any Amendment moved thereto, and all Commons' Bills returned therefrom with the Lords' Amendments thereto, agreed to without any Amendment; a List of such Bills, with a Statement of the Assent of the Commons thereto, being brought by the Messengers from the House of Commons, and delivered together with the Bills so brought up.2nd. That whereas, by Custom heretofore, all Messages from the House of Commons to the House of Lords, have been attended by Eight Members of the House of Commons; and whereas the Attendance of so many may occasionally be inconvenient to the Members of the said House, the Lords desire to communicate to the Commons their willingness to receive such messages when brought up by Fire Members only.The Committee desired him to add, that they hoped the Commons might agree to 168 receive messages by one Master in Chancery instead of two; but that House could not originate the proposition. He (Lord Brougham expressed) the strong sense he entertained of Mr. Hume's eminent services in Parliament—of late, in improving the system of private business—but for thirty years as the most useful and wholly unpaid servant of the public.
§ Resolutions agreed to.