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Article REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article HOUSE OF COMMONS. Page 1 of 5 →
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
hend a want of a sufficient supply of cash to answer the exigencies of the Public Service ; it is the unanimous opinion of the Board , that it is indispensibly necessary for the Public Service , that the Directors of the Bank of England should forbear issuing any cash in payment until the sense of Parliamentcan be taken on that subject , and the proper measures adopted thereupon , for maintaining the means of circulation , and supporting the Public and Commercial Credit of the kingdom at this important conjuncture ; and it is ordered , that a copy of this minute be transmitted to the Directors of the Bank of England ; and they are
hereby required , on the ground of the exigency of the case , to conform thereto , until the sense of Parliament can be taken as aforesaid . W . F _ -WK . E _ . E _ l . ' Lord Grenville then moved , ' That his Majesty ' s Message be taken into consideration to-morrow , and that the House be summoned . ' ' ¦ The Duke of Norfolk admitted the propriety of postponing the debate ; but was of opinion that no time should be lost in preventing specie from being sent
out of the kingdom . He therefore moved , ' That no money , bullion , gold , or tilver , in any manner , should be sent to the Emperor , or to any person out of the kingdom , until the sense of Parliament had been taken upon the exigencies which had occasioned so extraordinary and illegal an Order of Council . ' After some little debate , in which the Duke of Grafton and Lords Guildford and Moira supported the motion , and Lords Grenville and Romnev opposed it , objecting particularly to the words ' extraordinary and illegal , ' the Duke of Norfolk replied , that he would not withdraw these words , because he saw that , by » o doing , he should have no chance of securing the rest of the motion . The House then divided , Contents 5— -Non-Contents 34 .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
FEIDAY , December 30 , ( Continued . ) MR . Fox agreed with Mr . Pitt , that the regret of the House ought not to be that of despondency ; but what calamities were not to be apprehended from the continuance of a contestof four years ? We were in asituation infinitely worse than when we engaged in it , aggravated too by the expenditure of two hundred and fifty millions of money , and an additional annual burthen of six millions on thc inhabitants of Great Britain , not to mention the incalculable sacrifice
of many thousands of valuable lives—A great effusion of human blood , and greater havoc and devasta'ion , had not , during a similar period , taken place since the days of Alexander . The Minister was in the habit of amusing the House with elaborate details of the prosperity of the country , in contradistinction to the ' ruined state of the enemy ' s finances , and consoles himself with the reflection , that though our sacrifices be great , those of the enemy are still greater ; and notwithstanding all bis boastings , the enemy's demands are more extravagant' tli . in ever . So far from being in a progressive state of amelioration , our affairs were daily
becoming more embarrassed , and' the country subjected to additional calamities , from the prosecution of a war , begun without necessity , and conducted without ability . —We were perpetually told of the ruin of the French finances ; one time they were on the verge of tbe gulph , and at another time in the gulph , alternately , as it suited his purpose . He concluded by moving ( he following amendment , which embraced the principal points of his speech : ' That your Majesty's faithful Commons have seen , with inexpressible concern , that the negociations with the Director ) - of France have unhappily terminated
; consider it their duty to speak with that freedom and earnestness which becomes the representatives of a great people . —They ' regret , that from the memorials and ' other documents submitted to their consideration , your Majesty ' s Ministers appear not to have been so sincere in their wishes , nor unequivocal in their professions for peace , as the House had been induced , from their repealed declarations , to-suppose . —The insincerity of the overtures for pence , which had
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
hend a want of a sufficient supply of cash to answer the exigencies of the Public Service ; it is the unanimous opinion of the Board , that it is indispensibly necessary for the Public Service , that the Directors of the Bank of England should forbear issuing any cash in payment until the sense of Parliamentcan be taken on that subject , and the proper measures adopted thereupon , for maintaining the means of circulation , and supporting the Public and Commercial Credit of the kingdom at this important conjuncture ; and it is ordered , that a copy of this minute be transmitted to the Directors of the Bank of England ; and they are
hereby required , on the ground of the exigency of the case , to conform thereto , until the sense of Parliament can be taken as aforesaid . W . F _ -WK . E _ . E _ l . ' Lord Grenville then moved , ' That his Majesty ' s Message be taken into consideration to-morrow , and that the House be summoned . ' ' ¦ The Duke of Norfolk admitted the propriety of postponing the debate ; but was of opinion that no time should be lost in preventing specie from being sent
out of the kingdom . He therefore moved , ' That no money , bullion , gold , or tilver , in any manner , should be sent to the Emperor , or to any person out of the kingdom , until the sense of Parliament had been taken upon the exigencies which had occasioned so extraordinary and illegal an Order of Council . ' After some little debate , in which the Duke of Grafton and Lords Guildford and Moira supported the motion , and Lords Grenville and Romnev opposed it , objecting particularly to the words ' extraordinary and illegal , ' the Duke of Norfolk replied , that he would not withdraw these words , because he saw that , by » o doing , he should have no chance of securing the rest of the motion . The House then divided , Contents 5— -Non-Contents 34 .
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
FEIDAY , December 30 , ( Continued . ) MR . Fox agreed with Mr . Pitt , that the regret of the House ought not to be that of despondency ; but what calamities were not to be apprehended from the continuance of a contestof four years ? We were in asituation infinitely worse than when we engaged in it , aggravated too by the expenditure of two hundred and fifty millions of money , and an additional annual burthen of six millions on thc inhabitants of Great Britain , not to mention the incalculable sacrifice
of many thousands of valuable lives—A great effusion of human blood , and greater havoc and devasta'ion , had not , during a similar period , taken place since the days of Alexander . The Minister was in the habit of amusing the House with elaborate details of the prosperity of the country , in contradistinction to the ' ruined state of the enemy ' s finances , and consoles himself with the reflection , that though our sacrifices be great , those of the enemy are still greater ; and notwithstanding all bis boastings , the enemy's demands are more extravagant' tli . in ever . So far from being in a progressive state of amelioration , our affairs were daily
becoming more embarrassed , and' the country subjected to additional calamities , from the prosecution of a war , begun without necessity , and conducted without ability . —We were perpetually told of the ruin of the French finances ; one time they were on the verge of tbe gulph , and at another time in the gulph , alternately , as it suited his purpose . He concluded by moving ( he following amendment , which embraced the principal points of his speech : ' That your Majesty's faithful Commons have seen , with inexpressible concern , that the negociations with the Director ) - of France have unhappily terminated
; consider it their duty to speak with that freedom and earnestness which becomes the representatives of a great people . —They ' regret , that from the memorials and ' other documents submitted to their consideration , your Majesty ' s Ministers appear not to have been so sincere in their wishes , nor unequivocal in their professions for peace , as the House had been induced , from their repealed declarations , to-suppose . —The insincerity of the overtures for pence , which had