§ LORD KINNAIRD, who had on the paper a notice to move that the Resolutions and Recommendations of members of the Com mission appointed to inquire into the condition of Mines in Great Britain, to which the provisions of the Act of 23 & 24 Vict. c. 151, did not apply, be laid on the table in a form separate from the Report, said that, as he understood Her Majesty's Government objected to the Resolutions being granted, he did not wish to press his Motion, and it might be convenient to their Lordships if he were to state upon what grounds he did not wish to press it. He would take that opportunity of saying with reference to what was reported to have taken place in the other House on the previous evening—namely, that the Home Secretary had stated that the Bill did not embrace these Resolutions, that he (Lord Kinnaird) had received a letter from the right hon. Baronet, in which he stated that he had been misunderstood, and that he certainly did not make that statement.
§ LORD VIVIANsaid, he could assure the noble Lord that the county in which he (Lord Vivian) resided were strongly opposed to the Bill, and almost every por- 388 tion of the county was ready to combine with a view to contest legislation in the spirit in which the noble Lord proposed to deal with the subject. He thought he might venture to say that under such circumstances legislation would be impracticable, and he appealed to the noble Lord at least to postpone the Bill until Her Majesty's Government had had an opportunity of considering these Resolutions.
§ LORD KINNAIRDsaid, he could not agree with the noble Lord, who, he felt assured, must be misinformed. He (Lord Kinnaird) had received letters from persons in that district, who told him that all right-thinking agents and shareholders were in favour of legislation; and he expected soon to receive a deputation, with a view of introducing some Amendments into the measure. In the meantime he would say that his Bill had been even more favourably received than he had expected, and therefore he could not accede to the proposition for postponement.
§ EARL GRANVILLEsaid, it was not convenient to discuss the provisions of the Bill at that time. Had the noble Lord not withdrawn his Motion he certainly should have supported the proposal of the noble Lord (Lord Vivian), to enable the Government to have further time for considering the subject.
§ House adjourned at a quarter before Seven o'clock, to Thursday next, half past Ten o'clock.