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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . TUESDAY , February 14 . THEIR Lordships met agreeably to the last adjournment . The Dyke of Somerset , Lord Kenyon , the Bishop of Bangor , and several other Peers ,
took the oaths and their seals . Adjourned . Wednesday , 15 . Heard Counsel in a cross appeal between Ferguson and Gillespie . Adjourned . Friday , 17 . After hearing Counsel on the Scotch Appeal , Gillespie , and Ferguson , their Lordships gave judgment , affirming the interlocutor of the Court of Session . Adjourned till Monday . MondayFeb . 20 . Mr . Steel and other members from the Commons brought
, up a Road and two Inclosure Bilis . Tuesday , 21 . Lord Walsingliam having taken the chair , their Lordships proceeded to take into consideration the petition of Lord Lauderdale against the Earl of Errol's sitting in the House as one of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland ; on which Counsel were called to the bar , when Mr , Adam and Dr . Moore appeared for Lord Lauderdale ; Mr . Grant and Mr . Anstruther for Lord Errol ; and the Attorney-General on the part of the Crown . MrAdam opened the caseand
. , having given in the documents , tracing the grant of the Earldom of Errol down to the present Earl , the further hearing was postponed to Tuesday next , in order that the papers might be printed . Prayers were then read , and the trifling business being gone through , the House adjourned . Wednesday , 22 . Mn . Hobart and others from the Common's , brought up four Bills , which were read a first time ; after which , Lord Moira presented petitions for relief from various debtors in different
prisons , which were ordered to lie on the table . Adjourned . Thursday , 23 . Counsel having finished their arguments in the case between Ihe assignees of Gibson and Johnson and the Trustees of the estate of M'Alpin , the Lord Chancellor took a slight review of ( he case , and then moved that the interlocutor of the Court of Session be reversed . Ordered . Friday , 2 . } . The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury moved , that the Bishop of St . David ' s be directed to preaih a sermon before their Lordships on the Fast Day . Ordered . Two Bills were received from the Commons , and their Loidships adjourned to Monday . ; "
Monday , 27 . Lord GrenviUe presented a Message from bis Majesty , importing , that in consequence of an unusual demand upon the metropolis for cash , the Privy Council had required the Bank to issue no more specie , till the sense of Parliament could be takeii upon the subject . The Message being read , his Lordship presented tbe following Order of Council , referred in in tbe Message : ' Upon the representation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , stating , that from the result of the information which he had received , and of the enquiries which it had been his duly to make , respecting the effect of the unusual demands for specie that have been made upon tbe metropolis , in consequence of ill-founded or exaggerated alarms in different parts of the country , it appears , that unless some measure is immediately taken , there mav be reason to appre-
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF LORDS . TUESDAY , February 14 . THEIR Lordships met agreeably to the last adjournment . The Dyke of Somerset , Lord Kenyon , the Bishop of Bangor , and several other Peers ,
took the oaths and their seals . Adjourned . Wednesday , 15 . Heard Counsel in a cross appeal between Ferguson and Gillespie . Adjourned . Friday , 17 . After hearing Counsel on the Scotch Appeal , Gillespie , and Ferguson , their Lordships gave judgment , affirming the interlocutor of the Court of Session . Adjourned till Monday . MondayFeb . 20 . Mr . Steel and other members from the Commons brought
, up a Road and two Inclosure Bilis . Tuesday , 21 . Lord Walsingliam having taken the chair , their Lordships proceeded to take into consideration the petition of Lord Lauderdale against the Earl of Errol's sitting in the House as one of the Sixteen Peers of Scotland ; on which Counsel were called to the bar , when Mr , Adam and Dr . Moore appeared for Lord Lauderdale ; Mr . Grant and Mr . Anstruther for Lord Errol ; and the Attorney-General on the part of the Crown . MrAdam opened the caseand
. , having given in the documents , tracing the grant of the Earldom of Errol down to the present Earl , the further hearing was postponed to Tuesday next , in order that the papers might be printed . Prayers were then read , and the trifling business being gone through , the House adjourned . Wednesday , 22 . Mn . Hobart and others from the Common's , brought up four Bills , which were read a first time ; after which , Lord Moira presented petitions for relief from various debtors in different
prisons , which were ordered to lie on the table . Adjourned . Thursday , 23 . Counsel having finished their arguments in the case between Ihe assignees of Gibson and Johnson and the Trustees of the estate of M'Alpin , the Lord Chancellor took a slight review of ( he case , and then moved that the interlocutor of the Court of Session be reversed . Ordered . Friday , 2 . } . The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury moved , that the Bishop of St . David ' s be directed to preaih a sermon before their Lordships on the Fast Day . Ordered . Two Bills were received from the Commons , and their Loidships adjourned to Monday . ; "
Monday , 27 . Lord GrenviUe presented a Message from bis Majesty , importing , that in consequence of an unusual demand upon the metropolis for cash , the Privy Council had required the Bank to issue no more specie , till the sense of Parliament could be takeii upon the subject . The Message being read , his Lordship presented tbe following Order of Council , referred in in tbe Message : ' Upon the representation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , stating , that from the result of the information which he had received , and of the enquiries which it had been his duly to make , respecting the effect of the unusual demands for specie that have been made upon tbe metropolis , in consequence of ill-founded or exaggerated alarms in different parts of the country , it appears , that unless some measure is immediately taken , there mav be reason to appre-