Lords Sitting of 19 February 1805

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Counsel were heard on the question of the Rous peerage.,—The bills on the table were forwarded in their respective stages.—Lord King repeated his motion for an account of the notes issued by the banks of England and Ireland, within the last year, distinguishing those under 5l.; also, of the amount of the sum remitted by the government of this country to Ireland, for the purpose of facilitating the arrangement respecting the equalisation pf the exchange between the two countries. These motions were agreed to without any opposition.—The house, adjourned to 9 o'clock that evening, for the purpose, of receiving the Irish Habeas Corpus Suspension bill from the Commons. At that hour the house again met, when sir E. Nepean, and several other members, of the house of commons, brought up the above bill; which was read a first time, on the motion of lord Hawkesbury. His lordship then gave notice, that he should on Thursday move the second reading and the commitment of the bill; but as it was contrary to the standing orders of the houses carry a bill through two stages in one day

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he therefore moved that the standing Orders, Nos. 26 and 155, be taken into consideration on Thursday, for the purpose of suspending them with respect to the above bill. This motion was agreed to, the bill was ordered to be read a second time ten Thursday, and the lords to be summoned for that day.—Adjourned to Thursday.