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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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THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY' Article 1
TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, Article 1
ESSAY ON PRUDENCE. Article 2
Untitled Article 3
A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE GRAND LODGE OF THE MOST ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE FRATERNITY Article 8
THE FREEMASON. No. IV. Article 12
STORY OF URBAIN GRANDIER. Article 16
BASEM; OR, THE BLACKSMITH. AN ORIENTAL APOLOGUE. Article 23
THOUGHTS ON SLEEP. Article 31
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN, &c. Article 32
AUTHENTIC ANECDOTE. Article 37
SUMMARY OF ALL THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST RICHARD BROTHERS. Article 38
ON THE DEPOPULATING INFLUENCE OF WAR. Article 42
ANECDOTE OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA. Article 43
THE GREEN ASS. Article 44
ACCOUNT OF A CASK IN THE CASTLE OF KONIGSTEIN, Article 45
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE ISLAND OF MALTA. Article 46
ON AVARICE. Article 47
THE HANDSOME MAN AND UGLY WIFE : Article 47
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 48
POETRY. Article 56
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF BROTHER JOHN MILLS, COMEDIAN, OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, HULL. Article 57
THE KISS. Article 58
ON DESPAIR. Article 59
TO INDIFFERENCE : A RHAPSODY. Article 59
ODE TO AN ASS, Article 60
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MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 67
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 68
BANKRUPTS. Article 71
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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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