Lords Sitting of 1 May 1806

MINUTES.
The home met at 10 o'clock, and, after reading the bills on the table, proceeded, about 11, to Westminster Hall, to attend the trial of lord visc. Melville. About a quarter past 4 their lordships returned, and continued for some time in discussion, during which strangers were excluded. An order was made to proceed again to-morrow on the trial of lord Melville, and a message sent to the Commons to acquaint them therewith.—Mr. Jones, marshal of the King's Bench prison, and Mr. Nixon, deputy warden of the Fleet Prison, presented, pursu-
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ant to the order of the house, Accounts of the number of Prisoners for Debt confined in those prisons.—Mr. Irving, inspector general of exports and imports, presented several papers respecting the ships and their tonnage employed in the West India trade, which were ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.—The Appraisement Duty bill, and the Wine Duties bill, passed through committees, and were reported.