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Parliamentary Proceedings.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS .
HOUSE OF LORDS , March so .
THE Bishop of Rochester , after a short preface , moved , that the hearing of counsel and examining of witnesses on the Slave Trade be referred to a Committee above stairs , and that the Lords who have attended part of this session do form such Committee . The Dtike of C / areme , and the Earl of Mansfield , Lords Tburltsw and Kiimoul , opposed ; Lords Abingdon , Grenville , and the Bishop oi London , spoke in favour of the motion . The House then divided . Contents 14 , Not Contents 44 ; 11 A few private bills being readtheir Lordships proceeded to the examination
, , of evidence on the Slave Trade . Mr . Dunlop , who had resided many years in the West Indies , being called to the bar , the Duke of Clarence , the Bishop of Rochester , Lords Mansfield , Stanhope , & c . asked the evidence several questions ; after which the House adjourned . 13 . Resolved into 3 Committee of the whole House oh the African Slave Trade , when Mr . Franklyn was called to the bar , and underwent a long examination ; after which the further proceeding on this business was postponed to the 8 th of April next .
18 . Lord Guildford desired , that the heads bf those treaties which had been . entered into with several Foreign Powers might be read , which being done , his Lordship entered at great length into the subject , and moved , That the treaties made with Foreign Powers had an obvious tendency to make us principals in the war , and adopt and support those views which such powers might have had bfefore we entered into it ; motives which had been disavowed repeatedly by his Majesty's ministers . ¦ A debate of some length took place , when the House divided , Contents 9 , Noncontents 9 6 .
. 20 . Lord Auckland moved , that' copies be laid upon the table of the accounts of Slave-conveyance ships , cleared out from the ports of Great Britain , with their tonnage , together with the slaves imported into the British West-India islands , in the years 1789 , 1790 , 1791 , 1792 , and in ? 793 , as far as the accounts are made up . Ordered . . , 21 . The Duke of Norfolk presented a petition from the Hon . Mr . Howard , praying the House to dissolve the marriage contracted between him and Lady Elizabeth Howard , on the ground of adultery .
24 . Several bills were read a second time , after which the most noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis , being robed , was introduced between the Marquisses of Stafford and Townshend , and , after the patent had been read in the usual form , he took the oaths and his seat , when the Lord Chancellor addressed him in the name of the King and the members of the House of Lords on his bravery as a General , and his ability as a Governor : the Marquis made a short reply of gratitude to his Majesty and the House , for the honour they had conferred on him . 25 . Lord Grenville presented a message from his Majesty , stating , that his Majesty
had given orders for the augmentation of the land forces of this kingdom , to guard the country against the premeditated invasion of France , and would adopt measures to enable him to assemble a large body of troops in a short time , in case the design of our enemies should be put in practice . The message having been read , he moved , That an Address-be presented to his-Majesty for his gracious conrnmunication , and that the message be taken into consideration on the morrow . Ordered . Lord Stanhope rose to declare his abhorrence of the proposition of a noble Lord ( Mansfield ) on a former debate , which was , to promise assistance and support to any body of Frenchmen who would excite a civil war in France- by declaring for monarchy .. His Lordship said ; that this being , in his opinion , contrary- to the principles of Christianity Vot . IL . P
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Proceedings.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS .
HOUSE OF LORDS , March so .
THE Bishop of Rochester , after a short preface , moved , that the hearing of counsel and examining of witnesses on the Slave Trade be referred to a Committee above stairs , and that the Lords who have attended part of this session do form such Committee . The Dtike of C / areme , and the Earl of Mansfield , Lords Tburltsw and Kiimoul , opposed ; Lords Abingdon , Grenville , and the Bishop oi London , spoke in favour of the motion . The House then divided . Contents 14 , Not Contents 44 ; 11 A few private bills being readtheir Lordships proceeded to the examination
, , of evidence on the Slave Trade . Mr . Dunlop , who had resided many years in the West Indies , being called to the bar , the Duke of Clarence , the Bishop of Rochester , Lords Mansfield , Stanhope , & c . asked the evidence several questions ; after which the House adjourned . 13 . Resolved into 3 Committee of the whole House oh the African Slave Trade , when Mr . Franklyn was called to the bar , and underwent a long examination ; after which the further proceeding on this business was postponed to the 8 th of April next .
18 . Lord Guildford desired , that the heads bf those treaties which had been . entered into with several Foreign Powers might be read , which being done , his Lordship entered at great length into the subject , and moved , That the treaties made with Foreign Powers had an obvious tendency to make us principals in the war , and adopt and support those views which such powers might have had bfefore we entered into it ; motives which had been disavowed repeatedly by his Majesty's ministers . ¦ A debate of some length took place , when the House divided , Contents 9 , Noncontents 9 6 .
. 20 . Lord Auckland moved , that' copies be laid upon the table of the accounts of Slave-conveyance ships , cleared out from the ports of Great Britain , with their tonnage , together with the slaves imported into the British West-India islands , in the years 1789 , 1790 , 1791 , 1792 , and in ? 793 , as far as the accounts are made up . Ordered . . , 21 . The Duke of Norfolk presented a petition from the Hon . Mr . Howard , praying the House to dissolve the marriage contracted between him and Lady Elizabeth Howard , on the ground of adultery .
24 . Several bills were read a second time , after which the most noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis , being robed , was introduced between the Marquisses of Stafford and Townshend , and , after the patent had been read in the usual form , he took the oaths and his seat , when the Lord Chancellor addressed him in the name of the King and the members of the House of Lords on his bravery as a General , and his ability as a Governor : the Marquis made a short reply of gratitude to his Majesty and the House , for the honour they had conferred on him . 25 . Lord Grenville presented a message from his Majesty , stating , that his Majesty
had given orders for the augmentation of the land forces of this kingdom , to guard the country against the premeditated invasion of France , and would adopt measures to enable him to assemble a large body of troops in a short time , in case the design of our enemies should be put in practice . The message having been read , he moved , That an Address-be presented to his-Majesty for his gracious conrnmunication , and that the message be taken into consideration on the morrow . Ordered . Lord Stanhope rose to declare his abhorrence of the proposition of a noble Lord ( Mansfield ) on a former debate , which was , to promise assistance and support to any body of Frenchmen who would excite a civil war in France- by declaring for monarchy .. His Lordship said ; that this being , in his opinion , contrary- to the principles of Christianity Vot . IL . P