Land-Tag Bills And Petitions Before Parliament In March
The Commons in a grand Committee progress on Land-Tag Bills and the Seamen bill. Reports on petitions from St George Hanover Square and St Martin in the Fields were laid before the House. Richard Hampden is declared elected for Buckingham. The Mutiny and Desertion bill amendments are approved. A Lord Riverston petition seeks authority to sue despite Ireland outlawry to uphold rights of the Nugent estate.