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Article REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Page 1 of 1 Article HOUSE OF COMMONS. Page 1 of 4 →
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF LORDS . TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 13 , THE Lord Chancellor brought a message from his Majesty relative to an allowance of 2000 I . a year to Earl St . Vincent , for his gallant condudt against the Spanish Fleet , & c . & c . A similar message was also read , relative to Lord Duncan .
Tuesday , March 13 . The Lord Chancellor entered into a general view of the history of the Barony of Beaumout . It commenced in the reign of Edward II . in the person of Henry de Beaumont , ' and was interrupted in the course of descent by the attainder , of William Viscount Beaumont , in the reign of Henry VI . His Lordship concluded with moving , < That the Barony of Beaumont was vested in William , Viscount Beaumont—that the Barony is in abeyance between the co-heirs of the said William—that the petitioner had
proved himself one of these co-heirs . * Lord Kinnoul protested against the doctrine of making the descendants suffer for the crimes of their ancestors . The Duke of Norfolk was disposed to concur in the sentiments of the last noble Lord ; but ne thought certain objections had been carried too far . In all cases of disputed rig ht of succession , or claims to titles of honour , become extinct by attainder , it had uniformly been the practice of the House to admit
the doctrine , that the consequences ot treason shall descend to the successors of those found guilty of it . Whether this was a just or an unjust doctrine * he would not then discuss ; but such was the law and usage of Parliament , and all he wished immediately was , that every attention should be shewn to cases of this nature , in pursuing evidence and the arguments of Counsel . The Lord Chancellor , in explanation , confirmed the observations of his Grace relative to the operation of attainder . It was the law , that the descendants should suffer for the treason of an ancestor , and this it was which must ahvays render the crime more awful in the contemplation , of reflecting jninds . The resolutions were put and agreed to .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 8 . MR . Dundas said that some regulations were necessary in regard to the Supplementary Militia , of which it was his Majesty ' s intention to call out one half instead of a third , the enrolling of 10 , 000 in regular corps havingreduced the whole to 50 , 000 . He did not mean that more mi ght not be called out according to the exigency of circumstances j it being necessary that our
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT .
THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF LORDS . TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 13 , THE Lord Chancellor brought a message from his Majesty relative to an allowance of 2000 I . a year to Earl St . Vincent , for his gallant condudt against the Spanish Fleet , & c . & c . A similar message was also read , relative to Lord Duncan .
Tuesday , March 13 . The Lord Chancellor entered into a general view of the history of the Barony of Beaumout . It commenced in the reign of Edward II . in the person of Henry de Beaumont , ' and was interrupted in the course of descent by the attainder , of William Viscount Beaumont , in the reign of Henry VI . His Lordship concluded with moving , < That the Barony of Beaumont was vested in William , Viscount Beaumont—that the Barony is in abeyance between the co-heirs of the said William—that the petitioner had
proved himself one of these co-heirs . * Lord Kinnoul protested against the doctrine of making the descendants suffer for the crimes of their ancestors . The Duke of Norfolk was disposed to concur in the sentiments of the last noble Lord ; but ne thought certain objections had been carried too far . In all cases of disputed rig ht of succession , or claims to titles of honour , become extinct by attainder , it had uniformly been the practice of the House to admit
the doctrine , that the consequences ot treason shall descend to the successors of those found guilty of it . Whether this was a just or an unjust doctrine * he would not then discuss ; but such was the law and usage of Parliament , and all he wished immediately was , that every attention should be shewn to cases of this nature , in pursuing evidence and the arguments of Counsel . The Lord Chancellor , in explanation , confirmed the observations of his Grace relative to the operation of attainder . It was the law , that the descendants should suffer for the treason of an ancestor , and this it was which must ahvays render the crime more awful in the contemplation , of reflecting jninds . The resolutions were put and agreed to .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 8 . MR . Dundas said that some regulations were necessary in regard to the Supplementary Militia , of which it was his Majesty ' s intention to call out one half instead of a third , the enrolling of 10 , 000 in regular corps havingreduced the whole to 50 , 000 . He did not mean that more mi ght not be called out according to the exigency of circumstances j it being necessary that our