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Parliamentary Proceedings.
20 . Mr . Uussey moved for an account to be laid before the House of the deficiency in the land and malt duties for the year 1794 . On this he took occasion to remark , that after the new duty laid upon tea , those sales had been allowed to be made at the India-House , on which the new duty did not attach . Mr . i'itt said , there could have been no collusion or favour in the business , as the duty could not attach til ! the time was known that a bill should receive the Royal assent .
21 . Mr . Halhed addressed the House in a long speech in behalf of Mr . Richard Brothers , which he concluded by moving for a copy of the warrant from the Secretary of State under which Mr . Brothers was apprehended ;• a copy of his examination before the Privy Council ; and a copy of the proceeding's of the jury appointed to enquire whether he was insane or not . He then observed , that if these papers should be granted , he would move on the morrow , being an open day , for the House to resolve itself into a committee
upon them . After putting the first motiovi , no member risipg to second it , the whole o ? course dropped . The house having resolved itself into a committee of ways and means , the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved , that the sum of 2 , 395 , 000 ! . be granted for the service of his Majesty , from the surplus of the consolidated fund . Agreed to . 23 . The Secretary at War gave notice , that on the morrow he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to relieve publicans with respect to the quartering of soldiers on them . He also gave notice that on the morrow , in the committee of supply , he should move to . provide for the army estimates already before the house .
The house hr . ving resolved itself into a committee on the Bill to augment the royal artillery , and to increase the navy , by drafting seafaring men out of the militia , Mr . Pitt brought up a clause to invest the crown with a discretionary power to dismiss militia officers , without assigning any reason . Mr . Courtenay and Gen . M'Lcod opposed the clause , as it went to place the of ? ficers ofthe militia in a similar situation with those ofthe regular troops . Mr . Pitt said , this power had been originally invested in the crown up to the year 1786 ; he could not assign the reason why it was omitted in militia acts
from that period to the present ; on which the house divided , in favour of the clause 45 , against it S . The Secretary at War moved for leave to bring in a Bill for increasing the rates pf subsis . ence to be paid to inn-keepers for soldiers , & c . quartered on them . — Leave granted . The Hon . Secretary then produced the bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next . Mr . Erskine presented a petition from the inhabitants of Portsmouth , praying the house
to take into consideration the present high price of provisions , and ridopt some remedy for the same . Received , and ordered to lie on the table . The house-resolved itself into a committee on Mr . Grenville ' s Bill for a more effectual mode of balioiting for committees to try the merits of contested elections . And upon the questions being put , that 75 members be a sufficient number to proceed to a ballot with ; that 27 be first chosen , instead pf 49 ; and that the select committee shall consist of eleven , instead of 15 , as in ihe'ibrmer bill . It was resolved in the negative , 53 against 3 6 . . Lord Milton asked , whether the minister meant to bring forward- any explanation ofthe late misunderstanding which had taken place in a neighbouring kingdom .
Mr . Pitt said , he did not intend to bring , forward any motion on the subject alluded to . Mr . Jekyll expressed his indignation at the silence of ministers , upon an event of such magnitude as the late transactions in Ireland ; and gave notice that on Friday next , he should move for an inquiry into the causes which had led to tho removal ot Lord KiuWilliam irom the yiceroyalty of Irclaml . —Adjouriied , Vox .. IV . Y y
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
20 . Mr . Uussey moved for an account to be laid before the House of the deficiency in the land and malt duties for the year 1794 . On this he took occasion to remark , that after the new duty laid upon tea , those sales had been allowed to be made at the India-House , on which the new duty did not attach . Mr . i'itt said , there could have been no collusion or favour in the business , as the duty could not attach til ! the time was known that a bill should receive the Royal assent .
21 . Mr . Halhed addressed the House in a long speech in behalf of Mr . Richard Brothers , which he concluded by moving for a copy of the warrant from the Secretary of State under which Mr . Brothers was apprehended ;• a copy of his examination before the Privy Council ; and a copy of the proceeding's of the jury appointed to enquire whether he was insane or not . He then observed , that if these papers should be granted , he would move on the morrow , being an open day , for the House to resolve itself into a committee
upon them . After putting the first motiovi , no member risipg to second it , the whole o ? course dropped . The house having resolved itself into a committee of ways and means , the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved , that the sum of 2 , 395 , 000 ! . be granted for the service of his Majesty , from the surplus of the consolidated fund . Agreed to . 23 . The Secretary at War gave notice , that on the morrow he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to relieve publicans with respect to the quartering of soldiers on them . He also gave notice that on the morrow , in the committee of supply , he should move to . provide for the army estimates already before the house .
The house hr . ving resolved itself into a committee on the Bill to augment the royal artillery , and to increase the navy , by drafting seafaring men out of the militia , Mr . Pitt brought up a clause to invest the crown with a discretionary power to dismiss militia officers , without assigning any reason . Mr . Courtenay and Gen . M'Lcod opposed the clause , as it went to place the of ? ficers ofthe militia in a similar situation with those ofthe regular troops . Mr . Pitt said , this power had been originally invested in the crown up to the year 1786 ; he could not assign the reason why it was omitted in militia acts
from that period to the present ; on which the house divided , in favour of the clause 45 , against it S . The Secretary at War moved for leave to bring in a Bill for increasing the rates pf subsis . ence to be paid to inn-keepers for soldiers , & c . quartered on them . — Leave granted . The Hon . Secretary then produced the bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next . Mr . Erskine presented a petition from the inhabitants of Portsmouth , praying the house
to take into consideration the present high price of provisions , and ridopt some remedy for the same . Received , and ordered to lie on the table . The house-resolved itself into a committee on Mr . Grenville ' s Bill for a more effectual mode of balioiting for committees to try the merits of contested elections . And upon the questions being put , that 75 members be a sufficient number to proceed to a ballot with ; that 27 be first chosen , instead pf 49 ; and that the select committee shall consist of eleven , instead of 15 , as in ihe'ibrmer bill . It was resolved in the negative , 53 against 3 6 . . Lord Milton asked , whether the minister meant to bring forward- any explanation ofthe late misunderstanding which had taken place in a neighbouring kingdom .
Mr . Pitt said , he did not intend to bring , forward any motion on the subject alluded to . Mr . Jekyll expressed his indignation at the silence of ministers , upon an event of such magnitude as the late transactions in Ireland ; and gave notice that on Friday next , he should move for an inquiry into the causes which had led to tho removal ot Lord KiuWilliam irom the yiceroyalty of Irclaml . —Adjouriied , Vox .. IV . Y y