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British Parliament.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE SIXTH SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF LORDS .
WEDNESDAY , April 6 , 1796 . . .. .. --- ' HEAKD Counsel on Jones's Divorce Bill . " Christie's Divorce- Bill Was postponed , on account of Informality in the Affidavit . THURSDAY , April - . —On the motion ofXord LAUDERDALE , ordered accounts of the exports and imports , from April , 1793 ,. to-1795 , specifying the amount of each year . ' ¦ ' : B : ' ' ' ; Lord LAUDERDALE then moved fora copy of the contract , made in September , 1-795 for the conveyance of troops and store ' s to the West Indies . ;
, Lord GRENVILLE observed , that had intimation been previously given , he would have ascertained , whether the paper called for contained any matter respecting an expedition yst pending , which ought not to-be generally se-gn ; but that he was unprepared for the subject . Lord LAUDERDALE said , he had'been prevented giving his customary notice , by an opinion that the production of a contract- made with a multitude of persons , could not contain any State secret , and would not , consequently , be opposed ^ but that he had not any objection ' to give such time as should be required . ¦ ¦
FK . DAY , ' . 4 j > ril 8 . —Received and read several private Bills . ' .- '' ? ¦ '' MONDAY , April n . —Read the Bills on the table . On the motion of LORD GRENVILLE , ordered accounts of the Imports and Exports for the ' last Ten years , distinguishing each . TUESDAY , April 12 . — -Counsel appeared at the Bar in support of-Morsaih ' s Divorce Bill , which was read a second time , and ordered to a Committee . Heard Counsel in an Appeal from 'Chancery , Lord Albemarle . versus Rogers . : WEDNESDAY , 13 . — Heard Counsel on the Bill of Divorce , J . S . Brisco '; , Esq .
with J . H . Hope , his wife , who since the year 1794 , had cohabited , w . th Mr . Cordon . ¦ THURSDAY 14 . — After 2 conversation of some length , between Lords L . 'derdale , Sydney , and Grenville , and the Bishop of Rochester , the Legacy Bil , was read a third time , and passed ., FRIDAY 15 . — Heard Counsel on the Scotch Appeal , Stein versus Stuart . MONDAY , April 18 . — Referred back the Scotch Cause , Stein versus Stuart . TUESDAY 19 . — Went through , and received the report on the Legacy Bill .
On the motion of Lord LAUDERDALE , ordered copies of the Bills purporting to have been drawn at Hamburgh , oi \ Boyd and Co ; WEDNESDAY 20 . —CHRISTIE ' S Divorce Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed . . > .. ' Heard Counsel in the Cause between the Corporation of London and Lvnn .-THURSDAY 21 . — Heard Counsel in the Cause between the Corporation of London and Lynn . The third reading of the Legacy Bill was moved for by Lord GRENVILLE and
, opposed by Lord LAUDERDALE , who , among many other points , tending to shew , the injurious tendency of the Bid , said , that had it been enacted a century since , the Estate of the Duke of Norfolk wouldin that period have been . taxed 6 .-0 . 000 I .-Lord Grenville , and the Bishop of Rochester replied ; afterwhich the Bill wasread a third time without a division . FRIDAY 22 . — Corporation of London v . ditto of Lynn . On the motion of the . LORD CHANCELLOR , ordered , that the Judges be consulted , ' whether the ori ginal Plaintiffs ivere entitled to the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas . '
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British Parliament.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE SIXTH SESSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF LORDS .
WEDNESDAY , April 6 , 1796 . . .. .. --- ' HEAKD Counsel on Jones's Divorce Bill . " Christie's Divorce- Bill Was postponed , on account of Informality in the Affidavit . THURSDAY , April - . —On the motion ofXord LAUDERDALE , ordered accounts of the exports and imports , from April , 1793 ,. to-1795 , specifying the amount of each year . ' ¦ ' : B : ' ' ' ; Lord LAUDERDALE then moved fora copy of the contract , made in September , 1-795 for the conveyance of troops and store ' s to the West Indies . ;
, Lord GRENVILLE observed , that had intimation been previously given , he would have ascertained , whether the paper called for contained any matter respecting an expedition yst pending , which ought not to-be generally se-gn ; but that he was unprepared for the subject . Lord LAUDERDALE said , he had'been prevented giving his customary notice , by an opinion that the production of a contract- made with a multitude of persons , could not contain any State secret , and would not , consequently , be opposed ^ but that he had not any objection ' to give such time as should be required . ¦ ¦
FK . DAY , ' . 4 j > ril 8 . —Received and read several private Bills . ' .- '' ? ¦ '' MONDAY , April n . —Read the Bills on the table . On the motion of LORD GRENVILLE , ordered accounts of the Imports and Exports for the ' last Ten years , distinguishing each . TUESDAY , April 12 . — -Counsel appeared at the Bar in support of-Morsaih ' s Divorce Bill , which was read a second time , and ordered to a Committee . Heard Counsel in an Appeal from 'Chancery , Lord Albemarle . versus Rogers . : WEDNESDAY , 13 . — Heard Counsel on the Bill of Divorce , J . S . Brisco '; , Esq .
with J . H . Hope , his wife , who since the year 1794 , had cohabited , w . th Mr . Cordon . ¦ THURSDAY 14 . — After 2 conversation of some length , between Lords L . 'derdale , Sydney , and Grenville , and the Bishop of Rochester , the Legacy Bil , was read a third time , and passed ., FRIDAY 15 . — Heard Counsel on the Scotch Appeal , Stein versus Stuart . MONDAY , April 18 . — Referred back the Scotch Cause , Stein versus Stuart . TUESDAY 19 . — Went through , and received the report on the Legacy Bill .
On the motion of Lord LAUDERDALE , ordered copies of the Bills purporting to have been drawn at Hamburgh , oi \ Boyd and Co ; WEDNESDAY 20 . —CHRISTIE ' S Divorce Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed . . > .. ' Heard Counsel in the Cause between the Corporation of London and Lvnn .-THURSDAY 21 . — Heard Counsel in the Cause between the Corporation of London and Lynn . The third reading of the Legacy Bill was moved for by Lord GRENVILLE and
, opposed by Lord LAUDERDALE , who , among many other points , tending to shew , the injurious tendency of the Bid , said , that had it been enacted a century since , the Estate of the Duke of Norfolk wouldin that period have been . taxed 6 .-0 . 000 I .-Lord Grenville , and the Bishop of Rochester replied ; afterwhich the Bill wasread a third time without a division . FRIDAY 22 . — Corporation of London v . ditto of Lynn . On the motion of the . LORD CHANCELLOR , ordered , that the Judges be consulted , ' whether the ori ginal Plaintiffs ivere entitled to the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas . '