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Article PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ← Page 8 of 8
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The report of the committee on the tax for wearing hair-powder was brought up , and the clauses read , which went lo exempt the subaltern officers of the army and navy ; the clergy whose benefice or private property did riot amount to iool . per annum ; tlie corps of cavalry and yeomanry , during the days they were called out to exercise , and when employed in actual service ; anel , finally , all unmarried daughters of every family except two . The Bill for making some provision in certain cases for officers ofthe militia in time of peacewas read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on
, Monday next . Mr . Fox rose , agreeably to his promised notice , to enquire into the state of the nation . In a speech of near four hours , in which his usual powers of argument , eloquence , and perspicuity , were eminently displayed , he touched upon all the points in which the national dignity and interests are at present at stake , and concluded with moving , That the House resolve itself into a committee to consider of the state of the nation . Mr . Pitt answered Mr . Fox in a very long speech , and moved that the house
do now adjourn . . A long debate ensued , in which . Mr . Sheridan and others spoke on the side ot Mr . Fox , and Mr . Canning and others on that of Mr . Pitt . Mr . Fox replied ; and the question being loudly called for , the House divided ; for the adjournment 219 , against it 63 . General Tarhton moved , That an account of all the members who have certified their inability to the postmaster-general to frank their own letters , be laid
before the House . Agreed to . - . . . The Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the House , that he had disposed ot the lottery for the ensuing year , containing 55 , 000 tickets , at 13 I . 15 s . iod . each , amounting to 758 , 000 ! . 13 s . 4 d . which left a surplus of 258 , 000 ! . 13 S . 4 d . applicable to the service of the present year . After which he moved the usual resolution , that 758 , 000 ! . to be raised by lottery , shall be granted to his Majesty . Agreed to . . . that the tax life insuranceswhich
Mr . Pitt stated , proposed upon , was ono-inaliy intended to attach to existing as well as subsequent insurances , and tp belevied ' upon the premium and not the capital , had been represented to him as likely to be attended with some inconveniences ; he now proposed that the tax shall only fall upon subsequent insurances , and that it shall be levied upon the capital , and not upon the premium . Agreed to . Messrs . Fox , Hussey , and Alderman Anderson , objected to the tax , as being exlaudable mode of obtain
tremely unprofitable , and tending to discourage a very - ing provision for families which might otherwise be left destitute . Mr . Pitt said , he would take the matter into farther consideration . The House being ' resumed , the report was ordered to be received on the morrow .
26 Mr . Pit ! delivered a message from his Majesty , nearly of the purport of that delivered to the Lords , recommending it to their consideration lo make provision for the extraordinary expences of the war . The consideration thereof was referred to the committee of supply . The House in a committee went through the Bill for imposing an additional duty on policies of insurance : the clause for imposing a duty on life insurances was withdrawn . ' Sir W Dolhen moved , that the Bill for the better observance of the Sabbath be lor Lord WRussell Mr
read a second time . Mr . M . A . Tay , Mr . Courtenay , . . Jolliffe , and Alderman Newnham , opposed the bill . Sir W . Dolben , the Master of the Rolls , Sir R . Hill , and Mr . Elliott , spoke in favour of the bill , on which the House divided , for the motion 25 , against it 21 . The bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed . -. 7 In a committee of supply his Majesty ' s message was read . The Chancellor of the Exbbeauer moved a resolution , that a vote of credit ot 2 , 500 , 0001 . be granted to his Majesty to defray the extraordinary expences for the year 1705 . Agreed to . . The House was resumed , and the report ordered to be received on Monday .
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The report of the committee on the tax for wearing hair-powder was brought up , and the clauses read , which went lo exempt the subaltern officers of the army and navy ; the clergy whose benefice or private property did riot amount to iool . per annum ; tlie corps of cavalry and yeomanry , during the days they were called out to exercise , and when employed in actual service ; anel , finally , all unmarried daughters of every family except two . The Bill for making some provision in certain cases for officers ofthe militia in time of peacewas read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on
, Monday next . Mr . Fox rose , agreeably to his promised notice , to enquire into the state of the nation . In a speech of near four hours , in which his usual powers of argument , eloquence , and perspicuity , were eminently displayed , he touched upon all the points in which the national dignity and interests are at present at stake , and concluded with moving , That the House resolve itself into a committee to consider of the state of the nation . Mr . Pitt answered Mr . Fox in a very long speech , and moved that the house
do now adjourn . . A long debate ensued , in which . Mr . Sheridan and others spoke on the side ot Mr . Fox , and Mr . Canning and others on that of Mr . Pitt . Mr . Fox replied ; and the question being loudly called for , the House divided ; for the adjournment 219 , against it 63 . General Tarhton moved , That an account of all the members who have certified their inability to the postmaster-general to frank their own letters , be laid
before the House . Agreed to . - . . . The Chancellor of the Exchequer informed the House , that he had disposed ot the lottery for the ensuing year , containing 55 , 000 tickets , at 13 I . 15 s . iod . each , amounting to 758 , 000 ! . 13 s . 4 d . which left a surplus of 258 , 000 ! . 13 S . 4 d . applicable to the service of the present year . After which he moved the usual resolution , that 758 , 000 ! . to be raised by lottery , shall be granted to his Majesty . Agreed to . . . that the tax life insuranceswhich
Mr . Pitt stated , proposed upon , was ono-inaliy intended to attach to existing as well as subsequent insurances , and tp belevied ' upon the premium and not the capital , had been represented to him as likely to be attended with some inconveniences ; he now proposed that the tax shall only fall upon subsequent insurances , and that it shall be levied upon the capital , and not upon the premium . Agreed to . Messrs . Fox , Hussey , and Alderman Anderson , objected to the tax , as being exlaudable mode of obtain
tremely unprofitable , and tending to discourage a very - ing provision for families which might otherwise be left destitute . Mr . Pitt said , he would take the matter into farther consideration . The House being ' resumed , the report was ordered to be received on the morrow .
26 Mr . Pit ! delivered a message from his Majesty , nearly of the purport of that delivered to the Lords , recommending it to their consideration lo make provision for the extraordinary expences of the war . The consideration thereof was referred to the committee of supply . The House in a committee went through the Bill for imposing an additional duty on policies of insurance : the clause for imposing a duty on life insurances was withdrawn . ' Sir W Dolhen moved , that the Bill for the better observance of the Sabbath be lor Lord WRussell Mr
read a second time . Mr . M . A . Tay , Mr . Courtenay , . . Jolliffe , and Alderman Newnham , opposed the bill . Sir W . Dolben , the Master of the Rolls , Sir R . Hill , and Mr . Elliott , spoke in favour of the bill , on which the House divided , for the motion 25 , against it 21 . The bill was then read a second time , and ordered to be committed . -. 7 In a committee of supply his Majesty ' s message was read . The Chancellor of the Exbbeauer moved a resolution , that a vote of credit ot 2 , 500 , 0001 . be granted to his Majesty to defray the extraordinary expences for the year 1705 . Agreed to . . The House was resumed , and the report ordered to be received on Monday .