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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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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