Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
In the House of Lords on May 5, Lord Grenville discusses suspending the Orders in Council due to rumors of restored amicable relations with the United States, pledging to move for their repeal if not done voluntarily. Lord Hawkesbury avoids commenting on the matter.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
Orders in Council.
Lord Grenville said, there was a subject of importance, of which he had given a general notice previous to the recess; he meant an address to his majesty to suspend the operations of the Orders in Council. Rumors, however founded he knew not, had gone abroad, that it was the intention of his majesty's government to recall them, in consequence of the pleasing hope that our relations with the U. States of America would be restored to their former amicable intercourse. If such was the fact, he congratulated the country, and was much more anxious that the revocation of the Orders in Council should proceed from the voluntary act of the king's government than by any motion of his. However, if no such intention should be manifested, by the conclusion of the present month, he pledged himself to submit to their lordships the propriety of addressing his majesty for their repeal.
Lord Hawkesbury rose for the purpose of guarding against any inference which his silence might encourage, with respect to the rumor of repeal to which the noble baron alluded: at, the same time that he felt it his duty not to make a single observation on the state of our relations with America—Adjourned.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
U. States Of America
Event Date
Thursday, May 5.
Key Persons
Outcome
no immediate repeal or action; adjourned without further comment on relations with america.
Event Details
Lord Grenville addresses the House of Lords on suspending the Orders in Council, citing rumors of their voluntary recall due to hopes of restored relations with the U. States of America, and pledges to move for repeal if not acted upon by month's end. Lord Hawkesbury responds to avoid inferences from silence but declines to comment on relations with America.