Lords Sitting of 16 February 1813

Preamble
Petitions against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter, were presented by lord Walsingham, from Stockport; lord Rolle, from Barnstaple; and the marquis of Stafford, from Bilston, in Staffordshire.—Ordered to lie upon the table.
The bishop of Norwich presented two Petitions against the Catholic Claims, from the archdeacon and clergy of Suffolk, and the archdeacon and clergy of Sudbury. His lordship stated, that he presented the Petitions ex-officio, but he felt himself called upon at the same time to state, that he dissented from their prayer, which he hoped would not be granted.