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Parliamentary Proceedings.
5 . That this House will immediately procee d to take into consideration their merits and grievances . ^ The first resolution being put , Colonel Wood expressed the highest sense of the merits of the East India officers , but thought it would be improper for the House to take any step in the business , before tlie Court of Directors and Governmeut had refused or delayed the claims of the Company ' s officers ; so far from which , they were now in a state of negotiation to satisfy them . He paid many compliments to Mr . Dundas , for his zeal and exertion in favour of the East India Company ' s officers ; and , as a member of the committee of officers , declared , that they " had the most unlimited confidence in his intentions and
success . Colonel Maitland admitted the subject to be of great importance ; but at the same time conceived , that it was extremely delicate and intricate , and certainly improper to bring forward in that House , when it was in a train of adjustment elsewhere ; he therefore moved , " That the House elo now adjourn ; " which , motion being put was carried . II . Robert Graham , Esq . took the oaths and his seat for Stirling . Mr . Ledmere suggested the propriety of abolishing the tax upon teas , and
substituting in its room a tax of two guineas upon the hand-carriages called trucks , which , he computed , amounted to 2 o , coo in London and its environs . He made a motion to this purpose , but no member seconding it , the Speaker informed him it could not be put from the chair . Mr . Dent called the attention of the House to a subject which he considered as deserving investigation . By the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the opening of the budget , it appeared , that great abuses exist in the use of the privilege of frankingwhich the present regulations were intended to remedy .
, These abuses had , since that time , been the subject of much public obloquy , and , as the matter now stood , equally and indiscriminately attached to the whole 558 members of that House . In order , therefore , that the subject might be properly investigated , he moved , That there belaid before , the House an account of the number of letters received by or sent from members during the last two years , distinguishing the members names , together with the amount of what they would otherwise be charged . Mr . Long conceived it would he impossible for the post-office to comply with
the motion . The motion was put and negatived . Mr . Long then moved , That there be laid before the House the amount of letters franked by clerks in the several public offices having that privilege . Ordered . < 12 . William Lushington , Esq . for the City of London , was introduced and sworn .
16 . The Secretary at War moved , in a Committee of Supply , that a certain allowance be made to subalterns of the Militia in times of peace . The motion % vas agreed to , and the report ordered to be received on the morrow . Mr . Secretary Dundas moved for leave to bring in a Bill enabling petty officers of the navy , and non-commissioned officers of the marines , to transfer a portion of their salary , during their absence on service , to their wives and families , and those who were not married , in favour of their mothers . Mr . Dundas entered into many reasons to evince the propriety of the measure he proposed , and shewed that it " . ent not much further than what had been already granted by former acts of Parliament . Leave was given .
17 . Sir John Frederick moved for leave to bring in a Bill more effectually to prevent the stealing of dead bodies from churchyards and burying-grounds . Mr . Mahnoarir . g thought the existing laws sufficient to prevent this crime , and therefore that there was no necessity for the present motion . Sir John Frederick replied , that the increase of the practice of late years demonstrated the insufficiency pf tlie present laws , and that he did not mean that this
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
5 . That this House will immediately procee d to take into consideration their merits and grievances . ^ The first resolution being put , Colonel Wood expressed the highest sense of the merits of the East India officers , but thought it would be improper for the House to take any step in the business , before tlie Court of Directors and Governmeut had refused or delayed the claims of the Company ' s officers ; so far from which , they were now in a state of negotiation to satisfy them . He paid many compliments to Mr . Dundas , for his zeal and exertion in favour of the East India Company ' s officers ; and , as a member of the committee of officers , declared , that they " had the most unlimited confidence in his intentions and
success . Colonel Maitland admitted the subject to be of great importance ; but at the same time conceived , that it was extremely delicate and intricate , and certainly improper to bring forward in that House , when it was in a train of adjustment elsewhere ; he therefore moved , " That the House elo now adjourn ; " which , motion being put was carried . II . Robert Graham , Esq . took the oaths and his seat for Stirling . Mr . Ledmere suggested the propriety of abolishing the tax upon teas , and
substituting in its room a tax of two guineas upon the hand-carriages called trucks , which , he computed , amounted to 2 o , coo in London and its environs . He made a motion to this purpose , but no member seconding it , the Speaker informed him it could not be put from the chair . Mr . Dent called the attention of the House to a subject which he considered as deserving investigation . By the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the opening of the budget , it appeared , that great abuses exist in the use of the privilege of frankingwhich the present regulations were intended to remedy .
, These abuses had , since that time , been the subject of much public obloquy , and , as the matter now stood , equally and indiscriminately attached to the whole 558 members of that House . In order , therefore , that the subject might be properly investigated , he moved , That there belaid before , the House an account of the number of letters received by or sent from members during the last two years , distinguishing the members names , together with the amount of what they would otherwise be charged . Mr . Long conceived it would he impossible for the post-office to comply with
the motion . The motion was put and negatived . Mr . Long then moved , That there be laid before the House the amount of letters franked by clerks in the several public offices having that privilege . Ordered . < 12 . William Lushington , Esq . for the City of London , was introduced and sworn .
16 . The Secretary at War moved , in a Committee of Supply , that a certain allowance be made to subalterns of the Militia in times of peace . The motion % vas agreed to , and the report ordered to be received on the morrow . Mr . Secretary Dundas moved for leave to bring in a Bill enabling petty officers of the navy , and non-commissioned officers of the marines , to transfer a portion of their salary , during their absence on service , to their wives and families , and those who were not married , in favour of their mothers . Mr . Dundas entered into many reasons to evince the propriety of the measure he proposed , and shewed that it " . ent not much further than what had been already granted by former acts of Parliament . Leave was given .
17 . Sir John Frederick moved for leave to bring in a Bill more effectually to prevent the stealing of dead bodies from churchyards and burying-grounds . Mr . Mahnoarir . g thought the existing laws sufficient to prevent this crime , and therefore that there was no necessity for the present motion . Sir John Frederick replied , that the increase of the practice of late years demonstrated the insufficiency pf tlie present laws , and that he did not mean that this