HL Deb 01 February 1805 vol 3 c164

Counsel were heard, at some length relative to the Scots appeal, Hamilton and others v. Geddes. Their lordships deferred the further consideration of the case till to-morrow.—It was ordered, on the motion of the bishop of Exeter, that the lord bishop of Rochester be requested to preach before their lordships, at the collegiate church of Westminster, on Wednesday the 20th instant, being the day appointed, by his maj.'s, proclamation, for a general fast.—The bills upon the table, all of a private or local description, were forwarded in their respective stages.—On Lord Hawkesbury's moving, that this house do now adjourn,