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honour to sit on the Woolsack, could regularly state
such farts to the House, so as to form an adequate
ground4or their Legislative Proceedings upon the
parpikular case. He thought himself forcibly called
upon to draw their Lordships' attention to the Bill in
question ; he thought they should deliberately
con-
sider before they entertained a Bill, respeEting,
which the Petitihner had not presented a real state
of the case. What he meant to propose in the pre-
sent-instance was,. that the further consideration of
the case be deferred for a
.week, which would give
• the Petitioner an opporttinity, should he be so in.
dined,, of withdrawing the present Petition and
Bill, and''subtuit new ones to the consideration
,of the House. As the case stood, their Lord,
shit*. ought at least to hesitate before they pro-
' ceeded farther to entertain such a Bill ; as that
before them, would, he agreed with his Noble
and Learned Friend, be setting a very dan-
gerous precedent, The subjeft-to which it related
was one, he seemed to say, that notwithstanding
every precaution their Lordships could possibl
'use; improper }lntakes may creep in ; 'nothing like'
rela?cation 4: those already adopted, gight there,'
fore to be suffered. Bills in general of, that nature
ought to be caut/6usly received, particularly those
in which verdids were unsatisfaoorily 'obtained, as
in those cases wheze judgment was suffered to go
by default ; and the'se observations-applied obviously
with increased force to such a Bill
m as, that in ques-
tiOn.-:-His' Lordship made Some Observations on the
general subjeft of Divorce;, and on the nature and
tendeneyi.of some of the proceedings which ne-
cessarily ;obtained in such' cases ; and also anis.
madverted ',Upon some points which had lbeen urged
in argument at the Bar, and in which, he displayed
hia -usual ability.----He 'repeated that his idea was,
by at:erring the farther consideration of the sub-
jel, to give the parties an opportunity of with-
drawing' the present Pill,. and if inclined, to bring
the subjeta fully and regularly before the House by
. means *of -a new and proper Bill, respecting which
their Lordships could proceed in the way, which to
their wisdoms seemed most meet.He then moved
that the farther consideration of-the case be deferred
till this day
,se'nniedit. --•
Lard THU RLO 11/.4.sev ea that he .could not
add to .the force of what had been stated by the
Noble and T.,earoc4 Lord.; he: however said, that
With resped to what had' been stated of a Standing
Order, that was not 5o very material, as it was well
known that a Standing Order, was not so decisive
or so controoling, with: respect to their Lordships'
ptheeedings, as the established usage and general
pra#ice of the House--A Standing Order could be
suspended any time,' upon motion. He agreed with
the Noble and Learned Lord in what he had said
respeding the etre& of evidence as adverted to at
'the Bar, and, above all, that the entertainino. of
Bills, proceeding under such circumstances as the
present, and in cases where a verdict in the Courts
below had not been obtained,
.would.be to open the
door to a great deal of fraud and collusion.
• The Question was then put upop the LORD
CHANCELLOR'S Motion, .which was ordered ac-
cordingly.
Two private Bills were brought up from the
Commons by Mr. AsTLEY and Col. MOR.GAN, and
reada first 'time ; 'after which their Lordships ad-
journed till to;4udrrow.

ROUSE OF COMMONS,
TUESDAY, FEB. 16.

Lord KENSINGroN took the baths and his Seat.

Mr. ALEXANDER presented a Petition from the
County of Galway, in Ireland, respeCting the build_
sing of a new County Gaol ; and a Bill was ordered
to be brought in, in pursuance with,the prayer of
the said Petition.

Mr. MANNING presented a Petition from the
London Dock Company, the object of which was,
to enlarge and amend the Bill passed last: Sessions.
—Referred to a Committee. . _

General GASCOVNE presehted a Petition from
the Inhabitants. of Liverpool,' stating the necessity
of the ereftion of a new Town Hall.—Ordered to lie
on the Table.

Sir W. Yootqc presented a Petition from the
Merchants of the Islands of Grenada acid St.. Vin-
cent's, which stated, that in consequence of the
troubles which IA happened in those Islands, they
had been obliged to apply for Relief by way of
Loan or Exchequer Bills ; that they had nearly
discharged the Debt which they had thus incurred,
and praying -that the payment of the remainder,
which became due on the sth of March next, might
be postponed.
' The CHANCELLOR' of the -EXCHEQUER
said, he hoped the Hon. Baronet would propose to
refer this Petition to the consideration of a Com-
mittee.

W. YOUNG said, it was his intention to
make a Motion to
,that effeti ; at present, ;he should
merely move, that the Petition should lie on the
Table.—Orclered..

Sir JOHN SINCLAIR presented a Petition from
the Board of Agriculture, setting forth the objeas
for which they had been instituted, the success of
their labours, and praying for such grant of Money
as Parliament in its wisdom might think. proper to
allow.
Ordered to lie on the Table.

Sir join:r SINCLAIR presented a Petition from the
Inhabitants of the. Town of .Thurso, in Scotland,
setting forth the advantages that would arise from
making a HarbOur at the said port, tirc.
Referred to a Committee.

The SHERIFFS of LONDON presented a Petition'
from the Lord MayOr, Aldermen, &c. of the City
of London, in Common Ccuncil assembled, stating,
that the sum of 72,0001. 1,-vhich had been granted
for the purpose" of making Docks, Canals, &c. in
the Isle of Dogs, had been found inadequate to the
purpose, and that, in order to complete the same,
the further sum of 50,0001. was necessary ; that
the former sum was insufficient, becaue, in many
instances, it had been found necessary to make
purchases of larger quantities of land, houses, &c.
than i.vas requisite for the purposes of the Docks,
because the proprietors would not sell merely the
parts which were wanting.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said the object 'of this Petition was to obtain a
sumo; money for an underok:in, the
.exinnce of