...legislature ; and, accordingly, on the 21st of February (1791), Mr. Mitford (afterwards Lord Redesdale) moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in "a bill to relieve, upon conditions and under restrictions, persons called Protesting Catholic Dissenters,...

...1799, in the following circumstances : It appeared that on 30th September 1799 an order had been made in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill to prohibit for a time the distillation of spirits in Scotland ; and the respondent having heard of...

...Andromeda frigate. Centurion to assist the rear in case of need. On the 24th of May, Governor Pownal moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill " to enable the King to make a Convention or Truce, or to conclude a Peace with the Colonies, on Terms...

...April, Mr. Canning. " wishing perhaps 10 give eelat to IUB departure from the scene of his glory," moved in the house of commons for leave to bring in...sitting and voting in parliament to Roman Catholic peers. In his speech he asked . " Do you imagine it never occurred to the representatives of Europe,...

...England, and attracted the attention of some members of parliament. Early in the session Mr. Adams moved, in the house of commons, for leave to bring in a bill for making some unportant alterations in the criminal law of Scotland ; and this being refused, he...

...the necessity of some such work being undertaken. On the 23rd of April last, he moved, in his place in the House of Commons, for leave to bring in a ' Bill for the appointment of a Commission to inquire into the increase and character of monastic and conventual...

...deputy-chairman of the Court of Directors (an old and bitter antagonist of Clive), moved, in his place in the House of Commons, for leave to bring in a bill " for the better Eegulation of the affairs of the East-India Company, and of their servants in India,...

...FEBRUARY 1858. ON Friday, the 12th of February 1858, the First Lord of the Treasury, Viscount Palmerston, moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill for transferring from the East India Company to the Crown the government of her Majesty's East Indian...

...set right. There was indeed hope of this four years ago ; for on the 1-tth February 1870, when moving in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Merchant Shipping, Mr. G. Shaw Lefevre, then Political...

...affairs with the court of directors. It passed the lords August, 1784. 3. In April, 1785, Mr. Pitt moved in the house of commons for leave to bring in a bill to amend the representation of the people in parliament, which, after a long debate, was negatived...