House of Commons
Friday, June 1 1804
Minutes
Sir J. Newport brought up the report of the bill for the relief of the poor ideots, &c. in Ireland. Ordered to be printed.—Mr. Wilberforce presented a petition from the debtors confined in the county gaol of York, praying relief. Ordered to lie on the table.—Sir J. Anderson brought up a bill for establishing a free coal market in the city of London. Read a first time.—Mr. Wilberforce brought up the bill for the abolition of the slave trade; which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday next.—The attorney's indemnity bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday.
Corn Trade Bill
moved, that the report of the committee on this bill should be taken; into farther consideration on Friday next.
said, that yesterday he had understood, by what had fallen from the gent. who was chairman of that committee, that, instead of any farther postponement, the intention was to have it recommitted,
wished to know whether the bill was to extend to the corn trade of Ireland?
replied, that although it might occasion a necessity for some alteration in the laws of Ireland, it would have no other influence on them, and would certainly be no ways injurious to the Irish corn trade. —After some farther conversation it was resolved that the farther consideration of the report should be postponed till Friday s'ennight. Adjourned to Tuesday.