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London, England, 1807-07-01 00:00:00

IMPLRIAL P.

HOUSE OF LUEDs—:ussomr, Joss 3G.

The Hmwt met *boat three o'clock About far
the LO!tD CHANCELLOR left the Woolsack.
and addl ,•sled their Lordships upon the subject-mop
ter of a written paper which he held in kis hand.
s:ated that he (lid nut mean to psopu.eisny of
the four resoluti .ns contained in such paper on this
day, but merely to acquaint their Lordships, that hi
ihould on Thursday next suhmit to the consider*.
tioa o: the House, in the form of Resulatimas, those
four objefts which he now stled Propositions Eno.
respecting the revision of private Bilis. I hint NOVO.
sitiOnt, and the Resolutions lacer:tied to be gi camera
thereon, had arisen from the circumstance of the
late I)itillution of Parliameay which, in respe:i
private was prnJuaive of expense, delay, and
s.)m.t inconvenience to the individuals inter:teed in
such hills.

The first Proposition win that ali the statbllas
orders of the H..use, relAting to the proceedings es
private Bills. should be read on 11.ursday n at.
together with the Propo,itions before mentioned ; it
being a settled usa:;e (36 the House. that ma . bttsarrs
conceded in any mann:r with such standing orders
should be moved upon without two days previous
notice al such intended motion.

Thi- second Pt-position, as the ground of his sea
cord intendeal Resolution, was. that a Ctiscnittest
should be appoo.ted to inquire aad repott opus all
Petitions presented for pm. to Bills sot lloisbecl in
the last Parliament. to rase. to o whether they were
the same Petitions on which the Proceedsogs sti such
Sirs were founded, as tar as each proceeding' 1154
been carried. This, Ills Lordship stawl, would
sire time and expense to the parties, as the mode of
proceed BE to obtain such Bale was by first pre-
senting a Petition, which, by the usage of tk
Eitar,, was retcrred to the Judges for their opinion,
on teterring it back, as to the legality or propriety
of the Bill sought for, and wlnen wculd by this
Resolution be dispensed with.
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The third Propositoon, to ground tf-e third in-
tended '6lolu:ion, went to expedite sveh 13,11 s in
their passer thretigh the House.
Tins tnird Propsition woe. rut, instead of a
fortnight, the usual time intervening, bX th- role"
of the House, between the second reedit.: ar..l :he
referring t a Committee such Bile. the time, In
this instance, should be shortened and tedu.td to
one week.

The fourth Proposition, to ground the fourth io-
tended Resolution, was, that the minute. or evidette•
taken by former Conanitteet, should im reeeiv-si
and allowed as evidence befiire future Committccs
on such Bills. but with a reservation, that such evi-
dence should, in no histsoise, be deemed eanalaisive
upon any such tutore Committee, either es to the
evidence or the witnesse. formerly eirminvd, or
any other e% idence such future Committee may
wish to obtain upon tnt subject. His Lordship
stated. that he had an immtion of friurtiog a reso-
lution upo: .e circunteance of persons whose in-
terest by cnotherwise might have been alter-
ed or become quite different from those whom they
represented as parti..s in su.:h Hilts at their eons.
mencement, and w.. 0 might be affeaed with the
hardship of being bound by proceedings without
their consent t but he found solnuch difficulty on
this snbjea of requiring consent, and the mode of
doing so, if at all yr/Ai:able, thet he judged it
better to leave those cases, uhen they shall occur,
to expediency on their own particular circumstances,
and the wisdom of the House, than to frame any
resolution upon that head.
Lord GRENVILLE rose to state, that although
this was not the proper time for stating the grounds
of his dissent from those Propositions, I.e felt it his
duty to say just now, that he had strong ohje&inns
to them in general, considering the circumstances
attending the late dissolution of Parliament, but his
objettioo was p:culiarly swung against that intended
Resolution reseeding evidence.
The Propositions were severally read by the
Lied Chancellor in succession, and their Lordships
assented thereto Without a division.
Lied GRENVILLE then moved, " T:tat there
be laid before the House a circular letter written
by the Secretary of the Lords Commissimers of
His Majesty's treasury to their Officers and Agents,
requiring them to levy and collect duties on goods,
the produce of the• United Stater of America, im-
ported into England and Ireland since the late dis-
solution of Parliament, as a matter conneaed with
the Babied of debate last night be•ore the House ;
and likewise, tiirt there may he laid on the Table
an account of the fee of duties upon all sorb goads
imported into both comtries in the same period' of
time." He stated, that his dhjea in this motion
was not to ascertain the amount of such duties, bur
to learn and be assured of the fag, whether any
chaags had been made by such a proceeding in the
rate of each duties.
the motion was prante I, and the House ad-
journed at Had-past Five o Clock.

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