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London, England, 1803-06-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, JUNE g.

Counfel were heard relative to the important ap-
peal, (from the Engliih Court of Chancery) Peter
Ifaac Thelluffon, Geo. Woodford Thelluffon, the
Hon. Ann Phipps and others v. the Rev. Matthew
Woodford, Wm. Thelluffon, Efq. and others, and
his Majelty's Attorney General—namely, Meffrs.
MANSFIELD and Rost itty, at confiderable length, on
the part of the Appellants, after which their Lord-
(hips deferred the further hearing of Counfel till
Wednefday next. The Twelve Judges attended up-
on the occafion, as did the ATTORNEY and SOLICI-
TOR GENERAL, and Meffrs. PIGOTT and RICHARDS,
and other eminent Counfel on behalf of their refpec-
tive parties.
Mr. ALEXANDER and others brought up from the
Commons, three return Bills, namely, the Ship De-
Rroying Bill, the Supplementary Militia, and the
Soldiers' and Seamen's Relief Bills. _

Several Private Bills were brought up by Lord
G. L. GOWER, Mr. C. DUNDAS, Mr. t GER TON, and
other Gentlemen: thefe were feverally read a firfl time,.

Lord HAwa■ addreffed a few obfervations to the
Houle, on the affair of the Chandos Peerage. He
underftood the farther confideration of that bufinefs
had been fired for to-morrow, and he expreffed his
hope it would not farther be poftponed. He alluded
to the inconvenience which it would be to certain
Peers who fettled to attend on that day for the pur-
pole of giving their opinions, as well as to the more
ferious confideration which farther poflponements
I mull naturally prove to the parties. He hoped there-
fore, on thefe grounds, that their Lordfhips would
proceed with the difcuffion to-morrow.
Lord WALSINCHASI in confequence of what fell
from the Noble Lord, adverted generally to the
little difference it would occafion, were the farther
confideration of the bufinefs in gueßioa poftponed
till Monday. He adverted to the circumftance of
a Noble Duke who particularly wilhed to be prefect
at the dircuffion, and had hitherto attended to it, but
who, on account of tome important bufinefs, was pre-
cluded from attending a Committee of Privileges to-
morrow. He hoped, therefore, no objeftion would be
urged to deferring the difcuflion till Monday.
Lord HAWKS leaned to entertain doubts, in the
firlt inflance, whether the reafon alluded to by the
Noble Chairman, would be a fufficient ground for
poßponing a difcnffion of that peculiar importance,
though no one he added would be more glad to con•
fult the perfonal convenience of any Noble Peer than
himfelf. At the fame time he hoped their Lordfhips
would confider that the affair in gueßion was before
them for no lets an interval than thirteen years. His
Lordlhip alluded to the inftance of a Noble Lord of
high confideration in the Law Department, who had
attended to the difcuffion from day to day, and yet
(he teemed to fay) the difeuffion had been entered 11
into in his abfence. The Noble Lord concluded by
moving that the cafe of the Chandos Peerage be taken
into further confideration to-morrow. _

The Bilhop of Sr. ACAPH rofe to oppofe the mo-
tion. He firft adverted to the confideration, that the
Noble Duke in queftion had clofely attended the
dircuffion, and be obferved, that two or three days
could rarely make no material difference in a buff-
nets which had been pending fo long as t 3. years.—
He had ftill a ftronger objedion ; it was impolEble
the affair in queftion could be difcuffed to-morrow,
without producing great inconvenience to many No-
ble Lords who were prepared to WEI in the difcuf-
fion of very important bufinefs which was fixed for
to-morrow. He would therefore move as an amend-
ment to the Noble Lord's motion, that inftead of
" to-morrow," 4. Monday be infected.
The Loan Chascst.cos then formally Rated the
Motion of the Amendment, and regularly put the
queftion.
The Earl of ROSSLIII adverted to the great incon-
venience which would attend bringing on the difcul
fion tomorrow, under the prefent eircumftances ;
and after alluding to the affair of the Noble Duke,
obferved, that for his own part, he should not like to
be cut out from giving his opinion. In addition to
the confiderations of jufUce and honour, the Houfe
Ihould Rive an air of candour to its proceedings. Their
Lorelfhips Ihould not give the preference to an indi-
vidual cafe ; their LordOt;ps would confider that the
difcuffion which was fixed for to-morrow, was one of
great public importance, and an affair that affeeted
the whole body of the Clergy : befides, many Noble
Lords had remained in town for the tole purpofe of
of sing in that difcuflion : He hoped there would be
no dentin° on the prefent queftion, but, if DeCCICAry,
he Ihould vote for the Amendment.

The Duke of CI ARINCe expreffed his acquiefeence
in what bad fallen from the Noble Lord near him
(Hawke), and obferved, that the Houfe thould con.
Cider the very advanced period of the &Son, and his
Royal Highnefs afEgned Come further reafons, which
induced him to think the butinefs in queftion fhould
be further confidered to morrow.

The LORD CIIIIIICILLOR quitted the .Voolfack,
and expreffed his defire that no decifion fhould be
made with a reference to his perfonal convenience.—
At the fame time, be could not help obferving, that
tomorrow was the 6rft day of Term ; he, therefore,
did not think he could proceed to bufinefs in the
Court of Chancery before one o'clock: and whence,
as matters flood, he did not think be lhould be able
to come to the Houfe earlier than between three and
four. The dircufGon on the bufinefs fixed for to-
morrow was likely to be long. He fhould fupport
the Amendment. There was another confideration,
in reference to which he thought the bufinefs in quef-
tion Ihould be poßponed beyond to morrow. He
alluded to certain letters which were written to Mem-
bers of that Houfe, and which he thought was an
occallon on which the Houfe fbould aft like other
Courts of Janice—the confideration ought to be poll.
poised to fuck a period, as that the poffible influence

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offuch applications would, in all probatiility,ceafc to
operate. His Lordfliip cenfured the proceeding al.
luded to as highly reprehenfible. The effc was, the
folicitation of a favourable decifion on the part of the
Members of that Houfe ;—he regarded it as an ot.
fence of a high nature, and one, for which the parties
merited to be called to the Bar. It was a confider-
ation of great and public importance, and which, he
thought, called for the enadment of a Standing Or.
der: it would then get into print, and their Lord-
(hips would have a determinate rule for proceeding
in fuch cafes. Adverting to the propofed difcutfion
in the Committee of Privileges to-morrow, his I.ord-
(hip that in loch cafe, circunifianeed as he
was, it was impoffible he lhould have the honour of
attending.
Lord Hawes then laid a few words, expreflive of
his unwillingnefs to urge any thing produCtive of in-
convenience to individual Peers :—and the queflion
being put, the Houfe decid:d fir the amendment.