...suspended, and accordingly, on the 17th February, 1866, Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill to effect that object. Mr. Bright delivered an exhaustive speech on the subject. He said : "Sixty years...

...anywhere within the king's dominions, the minister (Lord North), on the 6th of February, 1777,— " Moved, in the House of Commons, for leave to bring in a bill to enable his majesty to secure and detain persons charged' with or suspected of the crime of high...

...months later, Clive's old antagonist, Mr. Sullivan, then chairman of the Court of Directors, moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for the better regulation of the affairs of the East India Company and of their servants in India,...

...then a comparatively young member, but rapidly rising into influence with his party, carried a motion in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act, so far as it concerned the Protestant Nonconformists, by a very decisive majority.f...

...the 3d of March that the Toleration Act received the Royal assent. Ten days later a motion was made in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill to restore Lay Patronage in the Church of Scotland. It was carried by a majority of seventy-seven votes....

...releasing them from this barbarous bondage. It was not until April, 1834, that Mr. Fox Maule moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to check the employment of little children as chimney sweepers. The right honourable gentleman truly...

...devoted a large part of his valuable life to secure its success.* On the 26th of February WJ Fox moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill for national education founded mainly on the plan of the Public School Association, but leaving religious...

...power, not even stopping at personal remonstrance with the Crown ; and the Earl of Findlater moved, in the House of Commons, for leave to bring in a bill to dissolve the Union in consequence. Despite all opposition, the tax was imposed, and, as a consequence,...

...February 17 of the same year Mr. Seymour, whose family estates consisted of confiscated abbey lands, moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill to secure the possession of such estates against dormant claims of the Church. As Ff the civil " Nullum...

...when the attention of the nation was focused on the final campaign against Napoleon, Wilberforce moved in the House of Commons for leave to bring in a bill " for better preventing the illicit Importation of Slaves into the British Colonies ". Speaking for...