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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 .
THURSDAY , March g . THE Commons brought up three private Bills , which were read a first time , and the other Bills on the Table were read in their different stages . Friday , 10 . Their Lordships heard Counsel in the Scotch Appeal , Lidderdale , Esq . v . Mungo Dohie , on behalf of the Appellant : The Counsel for the Respondent was not called upon to reply .
The Lord Chancellor entered at some length into the circumstances of the case , and upon the whole , deemed the conduct of the Appellant to be highly reprehensible . His Lordship deemed it incumbent on him not only to affirm the decree of the Court of Sessions , but to attach an extraordinary quantum of costs to the appealing party , in order to discourage appeals of the like nature in future . The House then , on the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor , affirmed the decree , and adjudged zool . costs . The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Manufacturers' Note Bill ;
the Mutiny Bill ; and six private Bills . The Lords , who sat on the Woolsack in their robes , were the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , and Lord Spencer . Monday , 13 . The Bills on the Table were read in their respective stages ; after which an adjournment took place . Tuesday 14 . The Earl of Moira expressed his satisfaction at seeing the Noble Secretary for the Home Department ( the Duke of Portland ) , as the subject to which he wished to call the attention of their Lordships was more particularly
connected with that department of the administration . He meant the situation of affairs in Ireland . These , he considered to be in the most critical and alarming state ; and it were worse than folly , he said , to defer any longer taking steps to guard against the impending evils . Post after post brought the most alarming intelligence from that country ; several parishes in the North were not long since declared to be in a state of disturbance , and recently one whole county ( Down ) was declared to be in a similar state . That county his Lordship described to be the richest and most populous of any in Ireland ; and for its size , its population
was greater than any part of Europe he had ever been in . The great importance of Ireland as a member of the empire , and its close connection with the safety and prosperity of Great Britain , were too well known and felt , to need insisting on ; and on this ground , the propriety and necessity of this , country taking a part in its concerns , when the urgency of the occasion required , was obvious . He was aware that it might be objected against him that Ireland was an independent country , ruled by a separate legislature of its own , and that any interference respecting its internal concernson the part of the Legislature of this countrywould
, , be highly impolitic and improper . On great and important occasions he thought directly the reverse ; and he believed that it would be found on enquiry , that the evils which agitate that unhappy country resulted solely from the system enforced there by the Administration of this country . Never did there exist a subject of more important national concern , or which more imperiously called for the interference of Parliament . The effect of what he meant to propose , his Lordship stated , would be to move their Lordships to entreat the paternal inten'ention of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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 .
THURSDAY , March g . THE Commons brought up three private Bills , which were read a first time , and the other Bills on the Table were read in their different stages . Friday , 10 . Their Lordships heard Counsel in the Scotch Appeal , Lidderdale , Esq . v . Mungo Dohie , on behalf of the Appellant : The Counsel for the Respondent was not called upon to reply .
The Lord Chancellor entered at some length into the circumstances of the case , and upon the whole , deemed the conduct of the Appellant to be highly reprehensible . His Lordship deemed it incumbent on him not only to affirm the decree of the Court of Sessions , but to attach an extraordinary quantum of costs to the appealing party , in order to discourage appeals of the like nature in future . The House then , on the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor , affirmed the decree , and adjudged zool . costs . The Royal Assent was given by Commission to the Manufacturers' Note Bill ;
the Mutiny Bill ; and six private Bills . The Lords , who sat on the Woolsack in their robes , were the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , and Lord Spencer . Monday , 13 . The Bills on the Table were read in their respective stages ; after which an adjournment took place . Tuesday 14 . The Earl of Moira expressed his satisfaction at seeing the Noble Secretary for the Home Department ( the Duke of Portland ) , as the subject to which he wished to call the attention of their Lordships was more particularly
connected with that department of the administration . He meant the situation of affairs in Ireland . These , he considered to be in the most critical and alarming state ; and it were worse than folly , he said , to defer any longer taking steps to guard against the impending evils . Post after post brought the most alarming intelligence from that country ; several parishes in the North were not long since declared to be in a state of disturbance , and recently one whole county ( Down ) was declared to be in a similar state . That county his Lordship described to be the richest and most populous of any in Ireland ; and for its size , its population
was greater than any part of Europe he had ever been in . The great importance of Ireland as a member of the empire , and its close connection with the safety and prosperity of Great Britain , were too well known and felt , to need insisting on ; and on this ground , the propriety and necessity of this , country taking a part in its concerns , when the urgency of the occasion required , was obvious . He was aware that it might be objected against him that Ireland was an independent country , ruled by a separate legislature of its own , and that any interference respecting its internal concernson the part of the Legislature of this countrywould
, , be highly impolitic and improper . On great and important occasions he thought directly the reverse ; and he believed that it would be found on enquiry , that the evils which agitate that unhappy country resulted solely from the system enforced there by the Administration of this country . Never did there exist a subject of more important national concern , or which more imperiously called for the interference of Parliament . The effect of what he meant to propose , his Lordship stated , would be to move their Lordships to entreat the paternal inten'ention of