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Parliamentary Proceedings.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS .
HOUSE OF LORDS . Junes . i / " ^ N the Statute Labour Bill being read a third time , Earl Stanhope vJJ objected to the power which it gave to Justices of the Peace ; which power he called an arbitrary one , inasmuch as it allowed the magistrate to shew that lenity to one man which he might deny to another ; and therefore he should move an amendment to alter that part of the bill . A short conversation ensued , -in which the truth of Earl Stanhope ' s assertion and the Lord Chancellor
was denied by Earl Spencer , Lord Auckland , . Earl Stanhope , notwithstanding , insisted on his motion being put , which , with several other amendments by the same noble Lord , were all negatived without a division , and the bill passed , and was ordered to the Commons . n . Fifteen public and nine private bills received the Royal Assent by Commission . 12 . Read a third time , and ' passed , the French Property and the Slave-Trade
Carrying Bills . . 13 . ' . Lord Grenville moved the thanks of the House to Earl Howe , to the Admirals , by name , serving ' under . him , to the Captains , and the rest of the Officers and Seamen-of the Fleet , for their conduct in the late signal victory obtained over the French on the 1 st of June . - The Duties of Grafton , Bedford , and Clarence , and several other Peers , expressed their hearty concurrence in the motion , which was carried ncm . con . with an additional motion , That the thanks be transmitted by the Lord Chancellor to Earl Howe . On the Report of the Secret Committee being read , Lord Grenville read
several motions , ^ y hich went to requesting the concurrence of the House of Commons in a joint Address to his Majesty , expressive of the most inviolable attachment , & c . 17 . The Earl of Lauderdale moved , " That a Committee be appointed to examine the Buildings , & c . contiguous to the House , for the purpose of giving directions to render the House more commodious to its members . " Ordered . Lord Grenville moved , that the thanks of the House be given to Lord Hopd
and the Officers and Men under his command , at Corsica . Lord Lauderdale objected to any vote-of thanks to Lord Hood , either for his conduct in Corsica , or that at Toulon , the advantages gained there being very trivial . The Duke of Bedford was of the same opinion , and moved the previous question . Lord Hawkesbury and the Lord Chancellor spoke in favour of Lord Grenville ' s motion ; the Earl of Derby against it ; when the previous question was for it
put , and negatived by a majority of 26 ; the numbers being , 5 , against it 31 . Lord Lauderdale moved , as an amendment to Lord Grenville ' s motion , that the name of Colonel Villettes be introduced , which was negatived , and the original question carried . The following noblemen entered a protest oh the Journals , against the thanks of the House being voted to Lord Hood , & c . BEDFORD , ¦ DERBY , ALBEMARLE , THANET , LAUDEIIDALE , VOL , HI . H
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS .
HOUSE OF LORDS . Junes . i / " ^ N the Statute Labour Bill being read a third time , Earl Stanhope vJJ objected to the power which it gave to Justices of the Peace ; which power he called an arbitrary one , inasmuch as it allowed the magistrate to shew that lenity to one man which he might deny to another ; and therefore he should move an amendment to alter that part of the bill . A short conversation ensued , -in which the truth of Earl Stanhope ' s assertion and the Lord Chancellor
was denied by Earl Spencer , Lord Auckland , . Earl Stanhope , notwithstanding , insisted on his motion being put , which , with several other amendments by the same noble Lord , were all negatived without a division , and the bill passed , and was ordered to the Commons . n . Fifteen public and nine private bills received the Royal Assent by Commission . 12 . Read a third time , and ' passed , the French Property and the Slave-Trade
Carrying Bills . . 13 . ' . Lord Grenville moved the thanks of the House to Earl Howe , to the Admirals , by name , serving ' under . him , to the Captains , and the rest of the Officers and Seamen-of the Fleet , for their conduct in the late signal victory obtained over the French on the 1 st of June . - The Duties of Grafton , Bedford , and Clarence , and several other Peers , expressed their hearty concurrence in the motion , which was carried ncm . con . with an additional motion , That the thanks be transmitted by the Lord Chancellor to Earl Howe . On the Report of the Secret Committee being read , Lord Grenville read
several motions , ^ y hich went to requesting the concurrence of the House of Commons in a joint Address to his Majesty , expressive of the most inviolable attachment , & c . 17 . The Earl of Lauderdale moved , " That a Committee be appointed to examine the Buildings , & c . contiguous to the House , for the purpose of giving directions to render the House more commodious to its members . " Ordered . Lord Grenville moved , that the thanks of the House be given to Lord Hopd
and the Officers and Men under his command , at Corsica . Lord Lauderdale objected to any vote-of thanks to Lord Hood , either for his conduct in Corsica , or that at Toulon , the advantages gained there being very trivial . The Duke of Bedford was of the same opinion , and moved the previous question . Lord Hawkesbury and the Lord Chancellor spoke in favour of Lord Grenville ' s motion ; the Earl of Derby against it ; when the previous question was for it
put , and negatived by a majority of 26 ; the numbers being , 5 , against it 31 . Lord Lauderdale moved , as an amendment to Lord Grenville ' s motion , that the name of Colonel Villettes be introduced , which was negatived , and the original question carried . The following noblemen entered a protest oh the Journals , against the thanks of the House being voted to Lord Hood , & c . BEDFORD , ¦ DERBY , ALBEMARLE , THANET , LAUDEIIDALE , VOL , HI . H