Debate on Clerk Absence Records in Ordnance Office
The discussion aimed to prove clerks in the ordnance department had leave of absence to vote. Lushington deemed the Return required impossible and urged Hume to withdraw the motion. Hume consented after brief remarks. The Solicitor General’s motion to empower any Commissioner to open and adjourn circuits in England was postponed until Monday as other Orders of the Day were disposed of and the House adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordnance Department
Lushington
Hume
England
Lords Debate On East India Trade Catholic Claims And Treason
The Lords heard appeals in East India Company v Knyaston and Angers v Montgomery, affirming the inferior court, with Dingwall v Gardiner also affirmed. Petitions against Roman Catholic Claims were laid on the table, and motions opened on Ireland treason trials and warehousing within the Corn Laws. Distress in agriculture was debated, with calls for inquiry into warehousing, and economies to ease taxation as a path to relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Lord Cuanciltor
East India Company
Commons
Mason
India
China
Committee On Foreign Trade
London
Colchester
Earl of Donoughmore
St. Andrew’s
St. George’s
3. Mark’s
St. Anne’s
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Holland
United Kingdom
Earl of Blessington
Reland
Viscount Melville
Lord Calthorpe
Suffolk
Earl of Liverpool
England
Dunkirk
Earl of Limerick
Great Britain
Earl
Limerick
Earl of Darnley
Huser
Reid Erskine
Barliament
Agitation in Parliament Over Irish Agriculture Distress
In a debate on Irish agrarian distress, peers argued for a parliamentary inquiry into the farming crisis caused by faulty average calculations and imported oats. Lord Erskine and others pressed for a committee, while the Duke of Leinster and Blessington defended official actions and the Sheriff’s conduct in Dublin. Naples issues and European policy dominated further discussion with strong warnings against revolutionary sects and foreign interference.
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Earl of
Earl of Donoughmore
Earl of Limerick
Ireland
Lord Calthorpe
Livépool
Dublin
Duke of Leinster
Earl of Blessington
Byrne
Burne
Lord Cloncurry
Manchester
Naples
Marquis of Lansdown
Europe
England
Sudie
Italy
Vienna
St. Petersburgh
Berlin
Troppau
Laybach
Leopold
Naples Crisis Debate on Austrian Interference and British Policy
Parliament debated Austria's Naples intervention and whether Britain should oppose or support the move. The discussion referenced Carbonari influence, Naples’ government abuses, and a proposed address urging Britain to disavow the Austrian action and defend constitutional principles, with leaders arguing for strict neutrality or active stance to protect European liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
France
Austria
Carbonari
St. Petersburgh
Vienna
Naples
Spain
Europe
Lord W. Bentinck
Portugal
Sicily
Holland
England
Chaumont
Martinus Scriblerus
Zael
Switzerland
United States of America
Hear
Lord Castlereagh
Congress
Sroppau
Guinent
Trance
Brietain
Lord Acon
Elizabeth
Lord Bacon
Netherlands
Lord Chatham
America
Troppau
Muraye
Prussia
Kingdom of
Earl Bathurst
Great Britain
Migland
Russia
Tin
Fingland
Cimitelli
Court of London
Lord Bathurst
Mariness
Lord Ellenborough
Chy
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