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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
tracts from the long speech of the Shelbume Administration , which recommended reforms in the public expenditure , & c . and a genera ! alteration of the system of government . His Lordship particularly dwelt on that paragraph which says , 'In this admitting the separation of America from the Crown of these kingdoms , I have sacrificed even- consideration of my own to the wishes and opinions of my people . ' His Lordship asfced , why his Majesty cotrW not now sacrifice Belgium to the wishes and opinions of his people ? . Why ministers would ruin the country by contending for such . a hopeless object ? His Lordship made several other
excellent observations on the King ' s . speech , which , we are sorry , our limits will not permit us to insert . Lord Grenville thought the best answer to the motion was the reading of the Address of the 30 th of Dec . as the motion contained assertions directly contradictory to that Address . - ^ Lords Spencer , Birrington , CarlisLe , jWarwick , and Darnley , spoke against the Address—Ear ! Guildfor-J , Duke of Bedford , and Marquis of Lansdiwne , for it ; after which the House divided—Contents 17—Not Contents 71— Majority 54 ,
Monday 27 . The Royal assent was given by commission to five public and three private bills . Lord Moira moved , ' That a Committee be appointed to enquire into-he state of the laws between debtors and creditors , and make a report on the same to their Lordships . ' Lord Kenyon opposed the motion , on the ground of the public injury that must arise from making any alteration in the law of arrests . The House then divided on the motion—Contents 21—Non-contents 37 . Lord ¦ Suffolk made his promised motion , that an Address he presented to his Majesty , beseeching him to remove from his councils his first Lord of the Treasury ( Mr .
Pitt ) . He took a general review-of the administration of that gentleman , which , he contended , was fraught with error , neglect , ingratitude , and , in fact , every thing discreditable or injurious lo the nation . Lord Grenville opposed the motion , on the ground that the complaints were not sufficiently strong or substantia ! to bear the motion built on them . He replied generally . A desultory conversation ensued , which lasted till ten , when the House divided—Contents 18—proxies 2—20—Non contents 86—proxies 15 —101— Majority 81 .
Tuesday 28 . The House having gone through the various Bills on the table , in the different stages , ordered a message to be sent to the Commons , to acquaint them of their having agreed to the Bill for encreasing the rates to Innkeepers for quartering soldiers , and to several private bills . Wednesday 39 . The Bills on the table being read , the House was immediately adjourned .
Thursday 30 ' . Lord Oxford complained of a breach of privilege . In conseqtierice of his motion for peace being negatived , he had come down to the clerk's room next day to enter a protest upon the books , but to his surprise he found that Lord Kenyon had carried off the motion in his pocket . He therefore moved , That the Lord Chancellor , in taking away the motion of any noble Lord , so that the same cannot be entered on the journals of the House , is a high breach of privilege ; and that Lord Kenyon , acting as pro-Chancellor , having taking away the motion of the Earl of Oxford , made on the 23 d of March , 1797 , bas been guilty
of a high breach of privilege , and that he be censured for the same . ' The question being read by Lord Kenyon from the woolsack , the Right Rev . Bishop of Rochester moved , that their Lordships' standing order of November , 1777 , should be I ' ead , which was done , and the purpurt of which was , ' That any Lord of that House publishing the proceedings of the same , without leave of their Lordships , would be guilty of a high breach of privilege . ' The Rev . Prelate expressed his surprise that , instead of the present motion , the noble Earl had not moved to prosecute the editor of a certain newspaperfor a miserable
publi-, cation under his Lordship ' s name . He commented severely on parts of his protest , and declared that the House of Parliament was the King's parliament , and not the parliament of the people ; observing , in confirmation of his opinion , it was convened at the will and pleasure of the King ; it was prorogued at his will ; and it was dissolved when , and so often ache thought proper ; and questioned whe-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
tracts from the long speech of the Shelbume Administration , which recommended reforms in the public expenditure , & c . and a genera ! alteration of the system of government . His Lordship particularly dwelt on that paragraph which says , 'In this admitting the separation of America from the Crown of these kingdoms , I have sacrificed even- consideration of my own to the wishes and opinions of my people . ' His Lordship asfced , why his Majesty cotrW not now sacrifice Belgium to the wishes and opinions of his people ? . Why ministers would ruin the country by contending for such . a hopeless object ? His Lordship made several other
excellent observations on the King ' s . speech , which , we are sorry , our limits will not permit us to insert . Lord Grenville thought the best answer to the motion was the reading of the Address of the 30 th of Dec . as the motion contained assertions directly contradictory to that Address . - ^ Lords Spencer , Birrington , CarlisLe , jWarwick , and Darnley , spoke against the Address—Ear ! Guildfor-J , Duke of Bedford , and Marquis of Lansdiwne , for it ; after which the House divided—Contents 17—Not Contents 71— Majority 54 ,
Monday 27 . The Royal assent was given by commission to five public and three private bills . Lord Moira moved , ' That a Committee be appointed to enquire into-he state of the laws between debtors and creditors , and make a report on the same to their Lordships . ' Lord Kenyon opposed the motion , on the ground of the public injury that must arise from making any alteration in the law of arrests . The House then divided on the motion—Contents 21—Non-contents 37 . Lord ¦ Suffolk made his promised motion , that an Address he presented to his Majesty , beseeching him to remove from his councils his first Lord of the Treasury ( Mr .
Pitt ) . He took a general review-of the administration of that gentleman , which , he contended , was fraught with error , neglect , ingratitude , and , in fact , every thing discreditable or injurious lo the nation . Lord Grenville opposed the motion , on the ground that the complaints were not sufficiently strong or substantia ! to bear the motion built on them . He replied generally . A desultory conversation ensued , which lasted till ten , when the House divided—Contents 18—proxies 2—20—Non contents 86—proxies 15 —101— Majority 81 .
Tuesday 28 . The House having gone through the various Bills on the table , in the different stages , ordered a message to be sent to the Commons , to acquaint them of their having agreed to the Bill for encreasing the rates to Innkeepers for quartering soldiers , and to several private bills . Wednesday 39 . The Bills on the table being read , the House was immediately adjourned .
Thursday 30 ' . Lord Oxford complained of a breach of privilege . In conseqtierice of his motion for peace being negatived , he had come down to the clerk's room next day to enter a protest upon the books , but to his surprise he found that Lord Kenyon had carried off the motion in his pocket . He therefore moved , That the Lord Chancellor , in taking away the motion of any noble Lord , so that the same cannot be entered on the journals of the House , is a high breach of privilege ; and that Lord Kenyon , acting as pro-Chancellor , having taking away the motion of the Earl of Oxford , made on the 23 d of March , 1797 , bas been guilty
of a high breach of privilege , and that he be censured for the same . ' The question being read by Lord Kenyon from the woolsack , the Right Rev . Bishop of Rochester moved , that their Lordships' standing order of November , 1777 , should be I ' ead , which was done , and the purpurt of which was , ' That any Lord of that House publishing the proceedings of the same , without leave of their Lordships , would be guilty of a high breach of privilege . ' The Rev . Prelate expressed his surprise that , instead of the present motion , the noble Earl had not moved to prosecute the editor of a certain newspaperfor a miserable
publi-, cation under his Lordship ' s name . He commented severely on parts of his protest , and declared that the House of Parliament was the King's parliament , and not the parliament of the people ; observing , in confirmation of his opinion , it was convened at the will and pleasure of the King ; it was prorogued at his will ; and it was dissolved when , and so often ache thought proper ; and questioned whe-