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Parliamentary Proceedings.
portions of the emoluments on sinecure and efficient places and pensions to a certain amount , to the public service during the war , at the disposal of Parliament . A debate took place upon this question , wliich lasted till near one in the morning , when the House divided , Ayes 50 , Noes 119 . 9 . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , and the accounts of the surplus of the consolidated fund for the last quarter up to April 5 , 1794 being referred toMr . Pitt saidit was with the hihest satisfaction that he
in-, , , g formed the Committee , that the surplus submitted to their consideration amounted to something above- 231 , 000 ! . the whole quarter yielded 278 , 000 ! . more than the last quarter of the preceding year , ending the 5 th of April 1793 . The produce of all the permanent taxes for the last year , ending the 5 th of April 1794 , he said , was only about joo . ocol . less than the income of 1792 , the most productive year the finances of the country ever experienced . This he represented as a very flourishing account , when it is considered that the first year of a war is always most deficientand that
, commercial failures , arising from accidental causes distinct from the war , had rendered this year particularly distressing . He then moved , " That the surplus of the consolidated fund , amounting to . 231 , 0001 . and ending on the 5 th of April 1794 , be applied to the services of the current year , " which was agreed to , and the resolution ordered to be reported on Friday .
10 . Major Maitland , after enumerating all the disasters and calamities that took place in the course of the last campaign , which , without any qualification , he imputed to the misconduct of administration , concluded by moving , that the House should appoint a Committee to enquire into the cause of the failure of the army before Dunkirk , under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of York ; and also into the cause of the evacuation of Toulon , by the forces under the command of General Dundas and Admiral Lord Hood . This produced a debate of considerable length
, which terminated in a division ; for the motion 35 , against it 168 . 11 . ' On the Order of the Day for the second reading of the bill authorising Fren : h subjects to enlist in the British service , as before noticed , Mr . Baker opposed it , and a debate ensued ; but on the motion being put , there appeared for the motion 105 , against it 20 .
34 . Mr . Mabnvar ' mg , after a few preliminary observations , moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable his Majesty to grant a licence for the performance of dramatfc representations at the Royalty Theatre , Weltclose-square , during the summer , which was almost unanimously rejected : The bill to empower the East-India Company to continue their Bond debts , & c . was read a third time , passed , and ordered to the Lords . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the Order of the Day for the committal of the bill to enable subjects of France toenlist as soldiers in his Majesty's service the
. , on Continent of Europe and other places , Sec . Colonel Tarletoii opposed the bill on thegeneral principle of it , and on its provisions . A debate then took place , wherein several Members delivered their sentiments , at the ' conclusion of which the House divided , Ayes 130 , NoeszS . The bill then went into a Committee , in which various amendments were proposed , some of which were adopted ; and being gone' through ' was ordered to be reported , and the House adiourned . - 15 . The Lottery Bill was read a third time and passed .
A bill for further preventing delays in elections of members was committed , agreed to , and the report ordered . 16 . On the report of the bill to prevent unnecessary delays , & c . in the election of members to serve in Parliament , Mr . Fox , for the purpose of striking out the oath , moved that the bill be recommitted , which was agreed to . The Volunteer Corps Bill being returned from the Lords with an amendment which allowed pay to the troops when embodied in their own counties , it was deemed a Money Clause , on which Mr . Pitt mjved , that it be taken into consideration that day two months , which was agreed to . He then brought in a new bill , containing the ne-« essaiy provisions , which was read a first time .
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
portions of the emoluments on sinecure and efficient places and pensions to a certain amount , to the public service during the war , at the disposal of Parliament . A debate took place upon this question , wliich lasted till near one in the morning , when the House divided , Ayes 50 , Noes 119 . 9 . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , and the accounts of the surplus of the consolidated fund for the last quarter up to April 5 , 1794 being referred toMr . Pitt saidit was with the hihest satisfaction that he
in-, , , g formed the Committee , that the surplus submitted to their consideration amounted to something above- 231 , 000 ! . the whole quarter yielded 278 , 000 ! . more than the last quarter of the preceding year , ending the 5 th of April 1793 . The produce of all the permanent taxes for the last year , ending the 5 th of April 1794 , he said , was only about joo . ocol . less than the income of 1792 , the most productive year the finances of the country ever experienced . This he represented as a very flourishing account , when it is considered that the first year of a war is always most deficientand that
, commercial failures , arising from accidental causes distinct from the war , had rendered this year particularly distressing . He then moved , " That the surplus of the consolidated fund , amounting to . 231 , 0001 . and ending on the 5 th of April 1794 , be applied to the services of the current year , " which was agreed to , and the resolution ordered to be reported on Friday .
10 . Major Maitland , after enumerating all the disasters and calamities that took place in the course of the last campaign , which , without any qualification , he imputed to the misconduct of administration , concluded by moving , that the House should appoint a Committee to enquire into the cause of the failure of the army before Dunkirk , under the command of his Royal Highness the Duke of York ; and also into the cause of the evacuation of Toulon , by the forces under the command of General Dundas and Admiral Lord Hood . This produced a debate of considerable length
, which terminated in a division ; for the motion 35 , against it 168 . 11 . ' On the Order of the Day for the second reading of the bill authorising Fren : h subjects to enlist in the British service , as before noticed , Mr . Baker opposed it , and a debate ensued ; but on the motion being put , there appeared for the motion 105 , against it 20 .
34 . Mr . Mabnvar ' mg , after a few preliminary observations , moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable his Majesty to grant a licence for the performance of dramatfc representations at the Royalty Theatre , Weltclose-square , during the summer , which was almost unanimously rejected : The bill to empower the East-India Company to continue their Bond debts , & c . was read a third time , passed , and ordered to the Lords . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the Order of the Day for the committal of the bill to enable subjects of France toenlist as soldiers in his Majesty's service the
. , on Continent of Europe and other places , Sec . Colonel Tarletoii opposed the bill on thegeneral principle of it , and on its provisions . A debate then took place , wherein several Members delivered their sentiments , at the ' conclusion of which the House divided , Ayes 130 , NoeszS . The bill then went into a Committee , in which various amendments were proposed , some of which were adopted ; and being gone' through ' was ordered to be reported , and the House adiourned . - 15 . The Lottery Bill was read a third time and passed .
A bill for further preventing delays in elections of members was committed , agreed to , and the report ordered . 16 . On the report of the bill to prevent unnecessary delays , & c . in the election of members to serve in Parliament , Mr . Fox , for the purpose of striking out the oath , moved that the bill be recommitted , which was agreed to . The Volunteer Corps Bill being returned from the Lords with an amendment which allowed pay to the troops when embodied in their own counties , it was deemed a Money Clause , on which Mr . Pitt mjved , that it be taken into consideration that day two months , which was agreed to . He then brought in a new bill , containing the ne-« essaiy provisions , which was read a first time .