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Parliamentary Proceedings.
subject , and appoint a Committee to investigate t . ' ie business , for which pur . pose he moved that the House be summoned for Thursday next . —Ordered . 27 . Lord Grenviite presented a Message from his Majesty on the subject ofthe Prince of Wales ' s D . ebts , of which the following is the substatftfe :. " His Majesty regies on the liberality and allection of ! he House of Lords , and on tiie satisfaction ihey expressed on the nuptials of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , tor taking sucii measures as will enable his
Majesty to torm an establishment for their Royal ihgtiuesses , s . uitablc to their rank and dignity . " Ins Majesty laments that , in an event on all other accounts , SIJ ad .. uita .-geotts , no provision which Parliament may be inclined to make can be > secured to their Royal iiiglnu-sses till the Prince is relieved from the obligations wbicl _; he is under at prccnt . But , however anxious his Majesty must naturally iee ( for thtj settlement of his Royal Higmiess ' s debts , lie does not call upon , Jpariiamen ; for a loan lor this purpose , but recommends the propriety of maki ng an ,
ample provision for tiie Prince ' s establishments , and that they would form a , plan for the paynunt of the debts , by appropriating lor a time the revenue , ofthe JDut-. hy 01 Cornwall , and a proportion ofhis Royal Highness's other incomes ; . and that proper steps may be taken for the regulation of his Royal Highness's . expenditure , to prevent any new incumbrances . " Lord ( Jrewille movul , that his Majesty ' s Message be taken into consideration en J . ' nday next , find that the House be summoned , —Ordered . . 28 . The Royzjl Assent Wfis given by Commission to fifty-five public and private Bills .
' On thc ' Ordcr of the Day for the third reading of the Powdered Jlair jBill , the Earl ot' Idmra rose , and condemned the principle ofthe Bill in . tola . Lord ( i ' remiille supported it , as being popular , productive , optional in the objects of it , and not burthensome upon the lower class of the people . Viscount Sydney approved ofthe principles of the B . ill : ¦ Lord luulgravc moved a clause to ' exempt H ^ ilf-pay Officers from the payment _ fthe . tax . ' '"' . - '' Lord Homney wished the noble Lord lo drop the subject , hoping it vyould be
made more palatable the next Session of Parliament . As he did not wish tp obstruct any Money Mil , he would vote for ( t , ' The Bishop of Jtocbesier spoke , warmly in favour of .-the proposed clause : he thought Half-pay Officers as worthy objects of exception as unbeneficed Clergy . jnen . " . . ...... . Lord Grenvillc did not vieiy the operations of ° OieJBfll in the light in which other no (> le Lqrds did , He would have liked it better . ' i ! fn ? exemption had been piade at all . •¦ .-- .
Lord Guildford spo (_ e in favour of the clause . The Duke of Jii ' cbmond was willing to consent to the clause ., provided it only extended to such H < iil-pay Officers as had tendered their services a ^ th 4 , War-Office within the last twelve months . The Lard Chancellor spoke against the clause , as partial to one , set of men , while tyumy others might make similar claims to the indulgence oi . exemption . Lord Auckland said a fe-v words in favour of the Bill ; after which , ike House divided , for the clause 1 , 1 , against it 1 j . The Bili was then reati a , ' tLii . d . timcf ? nd passed .
30 . The Royal Assent was given , by Commission , to a few public Bills , among ; whicli was the Hair Powder Licence Bill . Lord Lauderdale moved lor the production of an account of such further sums as had been paid to the Emperor by this country , on account of any exertions ; made by that power in the service of the common cause . This produced a conversation between the noble E ail and Lord GrenvHle , whisu terminated i , Q a , re ? i ' e . S . ton of the motion X x 2
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
subject , and appoint a Committee to investigate t . ' ie business , for which pur . pose he moved that the House be summoned for Thursday next . —Ordered . 27 . Lord Grenviite presented a Message from his Majesty on the subject ofthe Prince of Wales ' s D . ebts , of which the following is the substatftfe :. " His Majesty regies on the liberality and allection of ! he House of Lords , and on tiie satisfaction ihey expressed on the nuptials of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , tor taking sucii measures as will enable his
Majesty to torm an establishment for their Royal ihgtiuesses , s . uitablc to their rank and dignity . " Ins Majesty laments that , in an event on all other accounts , SIJ ad .. uita .-geotts , no provision which Parliament may be inclined to make can be > secured to their Royal iiiglnu-sses till the Prince is relieved from the obligations wbicl _; he is under at prccnt . But , however anxious his Majesty must naturally iee ( for thtj settlement of his Royal Higmiess ' s debts , lie does not call upon , Jpariiamen ; for a loan lor this purpose , but recommends the propriety of maki ng an ,
ample provision for tiie Prince ' s establishments , and that they would form a , plan for the paynunt of the debts , by appropriating lor a time the revenue , ofthe JDut-. hy 01 Cornwall , and a proportion ofhis Royal Highness's other incomes ; . and that proper steps may be taken for the regulation of his Royal Highness's . expenditure , to prevent any new incumbrances . " Lord ( Jrewille movul , that his Majesty ' s Message be taken into consideration en J . ' nday next , find that the House be summoned , —Ordered . . 28 . The Royzjl Assent Wfis given by Commission to fifty-five public and private Bills .
' On thc ' Ordcr of the Day for the third reading of the Powdered Jlair jBill , the Earl ot' Idmra rose , and condemned the principle ofthe Bill in . tola . Lord ( i ' remiille supported it , as being popular , productive , optional in the objects of it , and not burthensome upon the lower class of the people . Viscount Sydney approved ofthe principles of the B . ill : ¦ Lord luulgravc moved a clause to ' exempt H ^ ilf-pay Officers from the payment _ fthe . tax . ' '"' . - '' Lord Homney wished the noble Lord lo drop the subject , hoping it vyould be
made more palatable the next Session of Parliament . As he did not wish tp obstruct any Money Mil , he would vote for ( t , ' The Bishop of Jtocbesier spoke , warmly in favour of .-the proposed clause : he thought Half-pay Officers as worthy objects of exception as unbeneficed Clergy . jnen . " . . ...... . Lord Grenvillc did not vieiy the operations of ° OieJBfll in the light in which other no (> le Lqrds did , He would have liked it better . ' i ! fn ? exemption had been piade at all . •¦ .-- .
Lord Guildford spo (_ e in favour of the clause . The Duke of Jii ' cbmond was willing to consent to the clause ., provided it only extended to such H < iil-pay Officers as had tendered their services a ^ th 4 , War-Office within the last twelve months . The Lard Chancellor spoke against the clause , as partial to one , set of men , while tyumy others might make similar claims to the indulgence oi . exemption . Lord Auckland said a fe-v words in favour of the Bill ; after which , ike House divided , for the clause 1 , 1 , against it 1 j . The Bili was then reati a , ' tLii . d . timcf ? nd passed .
30 . The Royal Assent was given , by Commission , to a few public Bills , among ; whicli was the Hair Powder Licence Bill . Lord Lauderdale moved lor the production of an account of such further sums as had been paid to the Emperor by this country , on account of any exertions ; made by that power in the service of the common cause . This produced a conversation between the noble E ail and Lord GrenvHle , whisu terminated i , Q a , re ? i ' e . S . ton of the motion X x 2