The Parliamentary Register; Or an Impartial Report of the Debates That Have Occured in the Two Houses of Parliament Volume 3 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Clinnccllor intimated some objection to these bills being brought inlo parliament as if they were matters tf course. If it was thought riglit by the legislature (hat the mar riage act should continue on the statute book, it ought to be obey eel. Lord Holland hoped that the noble and learned lord would entertain a similar doubt respecting the expediency of the test and corporation acts, for the violation oif which annual bills of indemnify wen; passed. Tke /.anl Chancellor saiil he had (riven no opinion respecting the'marriajre act; as to the test nnd corporation acts, he should shortly have an opportunity of statin? his opinion why bethought their continuance essential to the constitution. The Earl of Lauderdale condemned the principle of the marriiige act, which he considered as mischievous. Lord Redesdale objected to the expressions used by the earl of Lauderdale, in alluding- to the marriage act, as unparliamentary, when applied to an act of the legislature. The Earl of Lauderdale spoke to order, and contended that the noble, and learned lord had no right to call an expression of his unparliamentary, unless the words had been taken down. Lord Ellenborough thought the objection of the noble and learned lord in order, as it went to the general scope, and not to a particular expression. Lord Redesdale proceeded to condemn the disposition which seemed to be evinced to attempt the repeal of acts tvhich were the safeguards of the constitution. Earl Stanhope spoke to order, contending that the topics introduced by the noble and learned lord had: io reference to the subject before the house. Lord Redesdale made some further observations, and The Earl of Lauderdale in reply contended, tha' the opinions and tenets advanced by the noble and learned lord were ...