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Article REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article HOUSE OF COMMONS. Page 1 of 5 →
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
twenty lists of the same names might have b . ; en seen written with the same hand . The Committee was to enquire into an act confessedly illegal ; and one third of il consisted of the verv persons who had committed that act . He concluded by entreating an impartial investigation into the causes of our distress , as a preparatorymeans of rescuing the country from the guiph of ruin into which she stood teady to be plunged . The House then divided on Lord Grenville's motion . —Contents 47 . Noncontents S .
The Duke of Norfolk afterwards moved , that inorder the public might have some information on the subject , the Committee be instructed to enquire of the Bank Directors what cash they had supplied on Government Securities since the 12 th of July , 1796 , which , he believed , was the last day of the last Parliament , Tuesday 7 . Their Lordships , in a Committee of Privileges , heard Mr . C . Moore , as second counsel , in supportol the Earl of Lauderdale's Petition . He contended , that the title ' s , through which the Gentleman assuming the title of Ear ! of Erroll ,
derived his claim , were clearly invalid , and of no effect , on account of their being destitute of those necessary and essential forms ( particularly the immediate Royal Sanction ) required by the Ancient Constitution of the Scots Peerage ; and that in the known records of the kingdom , no deed or instrument could be found by which that person could legally establish his claim to the Peerage in question . — Mr . Moore quoted , in support of his arguments , the doctrine laid down by those great luminaries of the law , and ornaments of the peerage—the Earls of Hardwicke and Mansfield , in the cases of Sutherland , Cassilisand Stair : all whichhe
, , asserted , clearly were in favour of the inferences he had drawn from the documents before their Lordships . These-fixed established rules should be considered as the landmarks of the Peerage Law of Scotland ; their observance should be decreed by their Lordships , with a view to the conservation of their own privileges , and to the proper exercise of that part of the Regal Prerogative .. On Mr . Moore's concluding , the counsel were ordered to withdraw , and the further consideration of the business was deferred to a future day . The Royal Assent was given , by commission , to the East India company's
Capital Bill ; to the Marquis ofLansdowne's Indemnity Bill ; and to four other private Bills-Their Lordships proceeded to ballot , pursuant to the resolution of last night , for ' a Secret Committee to inquire into the Causes that produced the Order of Council of the 26 th of February . On the ballot being investigated , the following Peers were declared to have been chosen : The Earl of Chatham , L . P . Duke of Bedford , Earl of Derby , Earl of Westmoreland , Earl of Winchelsea , Earl Graham , ( D . of Montrose ) , Earl of Guildford , Earl Bathursl , Ear ) of Hardwicke , Earl of Liverpool / Lord Sydney , Lord Auckland , Lord Romney , Lprtl-Gwydir , and Lord De , Punstanville . Adjourned to Friday .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
FRIDAY , March 3 , ( Continued . ) MR . W . BIRD brought up a clause , which provides , that in case of refusal of payment , three days after isssuing the Bills , Magistrates shall issue warrantt to levy the amount by distress Mr . Sheridan thought , that one of the most important considerations arising out of the kite calamity , was the risking of a general spirit of discontent among the
working classes . He also was of opinion , that a very rigorous penalty should attach to defaulters , and thought that a better mode than that of Mr . H . Browne might be adopted . The sending defaulters to a House of Correction might , in some cases , be right ; but lamentable would he the condition of manufacturers , if made liable to such penalties upon such occasions . The belter way would be to obtain previous security for the Bills they might issue . In addition to this , he thought acopper coinage , of pieces of a penny and two-pence , intrinsically worth their currency , as the only way to jftiard against counterfeits , would be highly
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
twenty lists of the same names might have b . ; en seen written with the same hand . The Committee was to enquire into an act confessedly illegal ; and one third of il consisted of the verv persons who had committed that act . He concluded by entreating an impartial investigation into the causes of our distress , as a preparatorymeans of rescuing the country from the guiph of ruin into which she stood teady to be plunged . The House then divided on Lord Grenville's motion . —Contents 47 . Noncontents S .
The Duke of Norfolk afterwards moved , that inorder the public might have some information on the subject , the Committee be instructed to enquire of the Bank Directors what cash they had supplied on Government Securities since the 12 th of July , 1796 , which , he believed , was the last day of the last Parliament , Tuesday 7 . Their Lordships , in a Committee of Privileges , heard Mr . C . Moore , as second counsel , in supportol the Earl of Lauderdale's Petition . He contended , that the title ' s , through which the Gentleman assuming the title of Ear ! of Erroll ,
derived his claim , were clearly invalid , and of no effect , on account of their being destitute of those necessary and essential forms ( particularly the immediate Royal Sanction ) required by the Ancient Constitution of the Scots Peerage ; and that in the known records of the kingdom , no deed or instrument could be found by which that person could legally establish his claim to the Peerage in question . — Mr . Moore quoted , in support of his arguments , the doctrine laid down by those great luminaries of the law , and ornaments of the peerage—the Earls of Hardwicke and Mansfield , in the cases of Sutherland , Cassilisand Stair : all whichhe
, , asserted , clearly were in favour of the inferences he had drawn from the documents before their Lordships . These-fixed established rules should be considered as the landmarks of the Peerage Law of Scotland ; their observance should be decreed by their Lordships , with a view to the conservation of their own privileges , and to the proper exercise of that part of the Regal Prerogative .. On Mr . Moore's concluding , the counsel were ordered to withdraw , and the further consideration of the business was deferred to a future day . The Royal Assent was given , by commission , to the East India company's
Capital Bill ; to the Marquis ofLansdowne's Indemnity Bill ; and to four other private Bills-Their Lordships proceeded to ballot , pursuant to the resolution of last night , for ' a Secret Committee to inquire into the Causes that produced the Order of Council of the 26 th of February . On the ballot being investigated , the following Peers were declared to have been chosen : The Earl of Chatham , L . P . Duke of Bedford , Earl of Derby , Earl of Westmoreland , Earl of Winchelsea , Earl Graham , ( D . of Montrose ) , Earl of Guildford , Earl Bathursl , Ear ) of Hardwicke , Earl of Liverpool / Lord Sydney , Lord Auckland , Lord Romney , Lprtl-Gwydir , and Lord De , Punstanville . Adjourned to Friday .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
FRIDAY , March 3 , ( Continued . ) MR . W . BIRD brought up a clause , which provides , that in case of refusal of payment , three days after isssuing the Bills , Magistrates shall issue warrantt to levy the amount by distress Mr . Sheridan thought , that one of the most important considerations arising out of the kite calamity , was the risking of a general spirit of discontent among the
working classes . He also was of opinion , that a very rigorous penalty should attach to defaulters , and thought that a better mode than that of Mr . H . Browne might be adopted . The sending defaulters to a House of Correction might , in some cases , be right ; but lamentable would he the condition of manufacturers , if made liable to such penalties upon such occasions . The belter way would be to obtain previous security for the Bills they might issue . In addition to this , he thought acopper coinage , of pieces of a penny and two-pence , intrinsically worth their currency , as the only way to jftiard against counterfeits , would be highly