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    Article PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ← Page 3 of 6 →
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Parliamentary Proceedings.

Mr . Pitt conceived the motion unnecessary , and combated it on that ground . Sir -lames Murray said , as to the account of the number of guns which the British troops * had left behind them on their retreat from Dunkirk , which he had sent home , he had taken it from the commanding officer ; the number which he had-so stated hebelieved was thirty-two ; it might be a few more or a few less ; but the difference , if any , in his opinion , was not very material . Mr . Fox , in a short speech , supported the motion , as did Mr . Grey ; after which the question was put , and negatives without a divisions .

4 . Mt . Pitt delivered a message from the King , relative to the Land Revenues of the Crown , similar to that made by Ldtd Grenville in the House of Lords . After much of the ordinary business had been gone through , Mr . Dundas opened the India Budget , or rather explained the accounts that had been previously laid on the table from the India-House . He stated the . affairs of the Company to be prosperous * but that it would be necessary to borrow __ oo , cool . In conclusion he moved several resolutions , which were agreed to , and -the report ordered to be received on Monday .

7 . Mr . Beaufiy presented the report of the Committee on tile state of Finances in India , which was read . The resolutions of the Committee were agreed to by the House , and the bill was accordingly presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . Mr . Rose presented the Lottery Bill , which wss read a first time . Mr . Pitt rose to move for a bill to enable Frenchmen to enlist as soldiers in certain regiments on the Continent , and to enable his Majesty to grant commissions to French officers , to be paid by this country . These troops are never to be landed in England but for the sake of rendezvousingand then to be confined to a certain specified

; district . Those who were to be enlisted in this country were not to be formed into , corps here , but immediately sent to the continent . After some very short observations from two or three members , the motion was put and carried , and the bill ordered to be brought in . The Volunteer Corps Bill was read a third time . Mr . Serjeant Adair moved a clause to legalise the subscriptions through the country ; . which , after a debate of some length , was negatived without a division , and the bill was passed .

8 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a bill to enable the subjects of France to enlist as soldiers in regiments to serve on the Continent of Europe , and certain other places , and to enable his Majesty to grant commissions , as officers , to subjects of that country in the said corps , to be paid , & c . The Bill was read a first time . It was ordered , on the motion of Sir Charles Bunbury , that a bill should be brought -in to amend an Act passe'd in the thirteenth year of the present King , for the better preservation of the public highways , as far as the same relates to the labour of poor persons thereon . The object of the Hon . Baronet ' s bill is to exempt the poor in future from being obliged to labour gratuitously in the repairs of the public

roads . The House resolved into a Committee on his Majesty ' s message , recommending the consideration of a plan for the better regulation of the landed Revenues of the Crown ; and Mr . Hobart having taken the chair , the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated to the committee , that what was intended in the present instance to be submitted to the consideration of the legislature was , that part of f lte , Crown Lands which did not go under the general denomination of Woods and Forests . 'He moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better management of the landed Revenues of the Crown , which was granted . sinecure laces &

Mr . Harrison rose to make a motion on the subject of p , c . He prefaced it by observing , that in the present critical situation of the country , and the great calls which were made on its financial resources , it was necessary that every nerve should be strained on the occasion ; and as much as possible in a manner that would not increase the too great burthens of the poor . "With this view he was induced ro bring forward his present proppsition , and to call on those who enjoyed considerable emoluments furnished by the public , to contribute their share towards alleviating tbe burthens of that very public to which they were so much indebted . After several ether observations , he moved for leave to bring in a bill to appropriate certain pro's A 2

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LONDON: Article 2
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 4
THOUGHTS ON MODERN WIT. Article 8
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH. Article 9
QUEEN ELIZABETH TO SIR NICHOLAS THROGMORTON. Article 9
A SPEECH Article 10
JOHN COUSTOS, FOR FREEMASONRY, Article 12
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS IN ENGLAND, Article 16
Untitled Article 17
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY, &c. IN A LETTER TO J. AND E, FRY. Article 18
THE LIFE OF MRS. ANNE AYSCOUGH, OR ASKEW. Article 22
AN ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 26
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 33
ACCOUNT OF JOHN O'GROAT'S HOUSE. Article 38
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE . DR. PAUL HIFFERNAN. Article 39
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF M. BRISSOT. Article 48
ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Article 50
CHARACTER OF REGULUS. Article 55
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 58
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS Article 63
POETRY. Article 70
THE FIELD OF BATTLE. Article 73
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 74
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 75
DEATHS. Article 80
BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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Parliamentary Proceedings.

Mr . Pitt conceived the motion unnecessary , and combated it on that ground . Sir -lames Murray said , as to the account of the number of guns which the British troops * had left behind them on their retreat from Dunkirk , which he had sent home , he had taken it from the commanding officer ; the number which he had-so stated hebelieved was thirty-two ; it might be a few more or a few less ; but the difference , if any , in his opinion , was not very material . Mr . Fox , in a short speech , supported the motion , as did Mr . Grey ; after which the question was put , and negatives without a divisions .

4 . Mt . Pitt delivered a message from the King , relative to the Land Revenues of the Crown , similar to that made by Ldtd Grenville in the House of Lords . After much of the ordinary business had been gone through , Mr . Dundas opened the India Budget , or rather explained the accounts that had been previously laid on the table from the India-House . He stated the . affairs of the Company to be prosperous * but that it would be necessary to borrow __ oo , cool . In conclusion he moved several resolutions , which were agreed to , and -the report ordered to be received on Monday .

7 . Mr . Beaufiy presented the report of the Committee on tile state of Finances in India , which was read . The resolutions of the Committee were agreed to by the House , and the bill was accordingly presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . Mr . Rose presented the Lottery Bill , which wss read a first time . Mr . Pitt rose to move for a bill to enable Frenchmen to enlist as soldiers in certain regiments on the Continent , and to enable his Majesty to grant commissions to French officers , to be paid by this country . These troops are never to be landed in England but for the sake of rendezvousingand then to be confined to a certain specified

; district . Those who were to be enlisted in this country were not to be formed into , corps here , but immediately sent to the continent . After some very short observations from two or three members , the motion was put and carried , and the bill ordered to be brought in . The Volunteer Corps Bill was read a third time . Mr . Serjeant Adair moved a clause to legalise the subscriptions through the country ; . which , after a debate of some length , was negatived without a division , and the bill was passed .

8 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a bill to enable the subjects of France to enlist as soldiers in regiments to serve on the Continent of Europe , and certain other places , and to enable his Majesty to grant commissions , as officers , to subjects of that country in the said corps , to be paid , & c . The Bill was read a first time . It was ordered , on the motion of Sir Charles Bunbury , that a bill should be brought -in to amend an Act passe'd in the thirteenth year of the present King , for the better preservation of the public highways , as far as the same relates to the labour of poor persons thereon . The object of the Hon . Baronet ' s bill is to exempt the poor in future from being obliged to labour gratuitously in the repairs of the public

roads . The House resolved into a Committee on his Majesty ' s message , recommending the consideration of a plan for the better regulation of the landed Revenues of the Crown ; and Mr . Hobart having taken the chair , the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated to the committee , that what was intended in the present instance to be submitted to the consideration of the legislature was , that part of f lte , Crown Lands which did not go under the general denomination of Woods and Forests . 'He moved for leave to bring in a bill for the better management of the landed Revenues of the Crown , which was granted . sinecure laces &

Mr . Harrison rose to make a motion on the subject of p , c . He prefaced it by observing , that in the present critical situation of the country , and the great calls which were made on its financial resources , it was necessary that every nerve should be strained on the occasion ; and as much as possible in a manner that would not increase the too great burthens of the poor . "With this view he was induced ro bring forward his present proppsition , and to call on those who enjoyed considerable emoluments furnished by the public , to contribute their share towards alleviating tbe burthens of that very public to which they were so much indebted . After several ether observations , he moved for leave to bring in a bill to appropriate certain pro's A 2

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