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London, England, 1805-03-08 00:00:00

IMPERML PARLIA3MNT.

HOUSE OF LORDS —Tmusatiav, Mance P.
ROOS PEERAGE.

The Lori Chancellor dial tint crime duo* M the Hose till
rather • late hour. Their Lordship. then, pennant to the
()tiler of the Day, resolved into a Committee of Privileges,
arty Lord WaLM.gliain having taken the Chair, C vet were
further heard with respell to the claim of Lady 11. Estaguiald
tO the above Peerage
Mr. Adam was finally heard on the part of the Noble Claim
ant. Ha observations principally referred to the pnaif of the
C ainiant's pedigree, which be tbougl.t r.tablished in evidence
in such a way, as, together wain what had transpired in the
roam of the discussion, would be sulbeient,he
their Lordship; to come to a favourable concliwhin with v,ret
to the validity of Lady Henry Filer-it'd', claim, and make
such a Report to His Majesty as may incline the Sovereign to
a correspondent mercies of his floral Prerogative ; and, on
which part of the fuidee, it did not behove him to offer any
observe! ion,.

Mr. Komilly then shortie addressed their Lordships, with
respeA to the claim of Sir Thomas Windsor Hutt!oche, Be,t.
whose individual claim had but lately accrued, in c insequence
of which, he had net the opportunity of putting in his part of
tie stridence earlier 'lke pedigree of his Client, down to a
certain period, WPII necessarily proved On the part of I.aity
H. Fitagerald, there were two frees which Sir Traumas bad to
prove in evidence before their Lordships :—..First, the marriage
of his father, Sir Henry, w.th the Lady, mother to the Claim
ant.--And, secondly, the neatiwary circumstance of his own
birth. They error nut then prepared to offer this evidence, but
shortly would be able to du so.
Mr. Attorney General addressed their Lordships en the pert
of the Crown. With rearect to the evil !WM w hied had been
adduced, there weresume parte of it, on which he had not yet
an opportunity of matursly cmotieriog II- was therefore ill
prepared to undertakeers address the Committee opus, it at the
present moment. He hoped that wbe Weir Lordships in.-t
next in the C ..... miner, amid.: they farther consider of the
subject, that he should then be prepared.
Tn. lewd ‘harieeliur enquired of Mr. Res saly. when he

thought he shoula be prepared w Ali the evideecr he 6.4 ad
vetted to' •
The Leorstni C piNl reviled ni the craws, of about • week.
The teal! Chan or theta move I that the Itrohot ettrriider•
Minn of the ca.e he adjourned till ill, day se•hmght, whirls w
ordered accordingly.

After Prayers were read
The Fart of DARTMOUTH C.tarniterlaiii) reported
His Marosty's Anisvor to the recent Addes, of their Low
importing that he would give di, e."lions accordingly.
The Bills upon the Table wet: forwarded in their respeelive
rages Among those—the Additional forage Rat Bill, and
the New Loan tin,aryrrdly pa sit the Committee, and were
tenoned to the House.
Mr. Johnstone, from the Iritti Secretary of State's Office, Pre-
sented an Account of the number of Notes issued by .he Ges-
vemor and Company of the &lilt of Ireland, from J inumy
1804 to February 180 S inclusive.4Ordered to lie on the
Table. •
PEERS OF IRELAND.
The LORD CHANCELLOR the Wool-
sack, and' Sailed their Lord:lips attention to the
circumstance of the Petitions of several Peers of
Ireland, touching their Rights to Vote at the Elec-
' lion of Peers to sit in the United Parliament for
Ireland, &c. being before the House, and by• an
Order referred to the Committee of Privily ges. Tilde
Petitions; when under consideration, met acid the se-
rious attention of their Lordships, particularly upon
two consideration; connected with the subjod ; the
first of these wai the circumstance that some of the
patentsiof the petitioning Peers were, before Ireland
was acknowledged an independent kingdom, by the
ad of Int under the great seal of Great Britain,
and not of Ireland; and, secondly, that since that
period'otbers were in the same predicament. It
would be matter, therefore, for the serious consider-
atiOu of their Lordships, haw far such circumstances
went to affed the rights of elation on the part of the
petitiosing Pers. While on his legs, he should
suggest the propriety of taking an opportunity to
deter the consideration of these petitions, which was
then fixed for Tuesday next, until the following
Thursday, when their Lordships might hope to have
the assistance of the Lord Chief Justice of the Court
of King's Bench, in the discussion.
The House then adjourned till to-morrow ; when
their Lordships stand summoned upon Lord King's
Motion for a Committee to enquire into the Mili-
tary Establishments of the Country.