Lords Sitting of 7 February 1805

MINUTES.
The house in a committee of privileges heard evidence relative to the claim of lady H. Fitzgerald, to the barony of Rous.—The earl of Chichester took the oaths and his seat.—The royal assent was given, by commission, to the malt duty bill, the pension duty bill, the insolvent debtors' amendment bill, and a naturalization bill.—Mr. Robinson, from the London dock company, presented an account of the disbursements of the company from the 1st June, 1803, to the 30th Nov. 1804, with an account of the progress made.—Earl Spencer moved that, on account of lord Grenville's indisposition, the consideration of the Spanish papers should be postponed from to-morrow to some future day.—Ld. Mulgrave had no objection, as the noble lord had shewn so much interest in the subject, and as from the situation he had formerly held in the country, his opinion must be entitled to some weight, that the business should be delayed to some early day, when it might be in his power to attend. After some conversation on this point his 1dp. moved, that the order, do stand for Monday next, which was agreed to.—Adjourned.