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House Of Commons.

Mr . M . ROBINSON opposed the Bill on the same grounds . Mr . PITT felt the importance of the Bill , and wished some plan could be devised for trying causes of this description , and at the same time retaining Juries , and diminishing the delay and expence of the proceedings : he therefore recommended to delay the Bill till another Session . Alderman LUSHINGTON acquiesced , and the Bill was postpones * for three months . DOG TAX . Mr . DENT moved the Commitment of the Dog Tax Bill

. Mr . SHERIDAN went through the Bill , and reprobated the several clauses with his usual irony and wit , and . with no small severity . The encouragement the Bill gave to the massacre of dogs , Mr . Sheridan considered as very ill-timed . It was a very unhandsome compliment to the military part , of the species , which the Hon . Gentleman had defended with great earnestness on a former occasion . These animals had distinguished themselves in the present glorious war , in the maintenance of religious order , and civilized society , in our West-India Islands ! To tax them would be shocking ingratitude to such worthy allies ! He believed the

Hon . Gentleman did not mean to tax Puppies . Nothing was to be paid till the animal was of the age of- IblankJ How was this blank to be filled up ? Were the Parish-Officers to attend all the bitches when they puppied , and keep a register of the births ? Mr . Sheridan argued more seriously on the tendency of the Bill to distress the poor Cottager , and harden the feelings of the lower classes ; and concluded , that if any tax of this nature were to take place , he could wish it to be confined to a particular description of persons . Mr . WYNDHAM was against the Bill , though he disapproved the manner in

which the last Gentleman had treated the subject . He thought if Action himself were revived , he could not shew a greater dislike to dogs than the Mover of this Bill . _ He disliked the idea of taxing the poor Cottager for the harmless luxury of Keeping a dog ; nor could he approve of the hint that had been suggested , that a poor man should receive no relief from his parish till he had hanged his dog . Mr . PENTON agreed with Mr . Wyndham , and thought the Bill inhuman . Mr . BUXTON supported the Bill , and objected to the exemption of Cottagers from the Tax , as he thought scarce any truly industrious poor man would keep a dog vindicated the

. He humanity of the Bill , as tending to the preservation of mankind . Mr . DENT insisted much on the alarming increase of the Hydrophobia , of late years . He also complained of Mr . Sheridan ' s wit , and endeavoured to answer him in his own way . Mr . COURTENAY opposed the Bill in a manner similar to Mr . Sheridan , and endeavoured to ridicule Mr . Dent as an enemy both to Dogs and Wit . He told a ludicrous story of the Turn-spit-Dogs of Bath , which some years since roasted ail the dinners of the inhabitants ; and concluded with moving an adjournment of the Bill for three months .

Mr . PITT never was for an indiscriminate tax , and now thought it would be better to exempt the poor altogether , except in two cases : —where a Cottager kept more than one dog , or a dog of a particular kind , as a Pointer , Greyhound , ice . As to taxing the Proprietors of dogs having assessed houses , he was an earnest friend fo the measure , and meant to move in the Committee of Ways and Means , a tax of 3 s . for one dog , and 5 s . for more . Sir R . SALUSBUIIY spoke for the Bill , and Mr . LECHMERE against it . Mr DENT explained , and on Mr . Sheridan ' s Motion the Bill was postponed for three months

ARMY EXTRAORDINARY — -Mr . GREY moved for an account of all Sums issued trom October 29 , 1795 , to April 5 , 1796 . Ordered . WESTMINSTER POLICE BILL . — -The House in a Committee went through this ¦ Bill , and the Blank for limiting the time of the Magistrates . SUPPLY . The House in a Committee vcted 885 , 673 ! . 19 s . lod . for the Extraordinaries of the Army , unprovided for by Parliament , from November 15 to December 24 1795 . Also 210 , 194 ! . 15 s . d . for the Extraordinariaries of ' the Ordnance in the same Interval . INDIA BUDGET . Mr . DUNDAS moved that the several Accounts submitted relative to the East India affairs be referred to a Committee of the whole House on . Thursday se ' nmght . —Ordered .

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LONDON: Article 3
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. FOR MAY 1796. PRESENT STATE OF FREEMASONRY IN SCOTLAND. Article 5
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COPY OF A LETTER. FROM THE REV. DR. STURGES, Article 13
THE FOLLY OF NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN PAYING THEIR DEBTS, Article 16
SKETCHES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS. Article 19
DISCIPLINE. Article 24
EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. Article 25
ON THE MASONIC JEWELS. Article 31
ON PRESENCE OF MIND. Article 33
THE DOG-TAX; A FRAGMENT. Article 35
CIVIC ANECDOTE. Article 36
EXCERPTA ET COLLECTANEA. Article 37
CLOWNISH SIMPLICITY. Article 38
BON MOT OF THE DEVIL. Article 38
ORIGINALITY IN DR. ROBERTSON AND MR. GIBBON. Article 39
SOME ANECDOTES OF HENRY PRINCE OF WALES, Article 40
SOME PARTICULARS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN RESPECTING MONSIEUR BAILLY. Article 41
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 43
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 48
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 49
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 50
THE FINE ARTS. Article 57
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 59
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 61
ANNIVERSARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 63
POETRY. Article 66
ELEGY, TO THE MEMORY OF STEPHEN STORACE , THE COMPOSER. Article 67
A NEW OCCASIONAL LYRIC, MASONIC EULOGIVM, Article 68
LINES TO DAPHNE, Article 68
Untitled Article 69
TO DELIA. Article 70
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 71
HOME NEWS. Article 73
PROMOTIONS. Article 77
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LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 80
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House Of Commons.

Mr . M . ROBINSON opposed the Bill on the same grounds . Mr . PITT felt the importance of the Bill , and wished some plan could be devised for trying causes of this description , and at the same time retaining Juries , and diminishing the delay and expence of the proceedings : he therefore recommended to delay the Bill till another Session . Alderman LUSHINGTON acquiesced , and the Bill was postpones * for three months . DOG TAX . Mr . DENT moved the Commitment of the Dog Tax Bill

. Mr . SHERIDAN went through the Bill , and reprobated the several clauses with his usual irony and wit , and . with no small severity . The encouragement the Bill gave to the massacre of dogs , Mr . Sheridan considered as very ill-timed . It was a very unhandsome compliment to the military part , of the species , which the Hon . Gentleman had defended with great earnestness on a former occasion . These animals had distinguished themselves in the present glorious war , in the maintenance of religious order , and civilized society , in our West-India Islands ! To tax them would be shocking ingratitude to such worthy allies ! He believed the

Hon . Gentleman did not mean to tax Puppies . Nothing was to be paid till the animal was of the age of- IblankJ How was this blank to be filled up ? Were the Parish-Officers to attend all the bitches when they puppied , and keep a register of the births ? Mr . Sheridan argued more seriously on the tendency of the Bill to distress the poor Cottager , and harden the feelings of the lower classes ; and concluded , that if any tax of this nature were to take place , he could wish it to be confined to a particular description of persons . Mr . WYNDHAM was against the Bill , though he disapproved the manner in

which the last Gentleman had treated the subject . He thought if Action himself were revived , he could not shew a greater dislike to dogs than the Mover of this Bill . _ He disliked the idea of taxing the poor Cottager for the harmless luxury of Keeping a dog ; nor could he approve of the hint that had been suggested , that a poor man should receive no relief from his parish till he had hanged his dog . Mr . PENTON agreed with Mr . Wyndham , and thought the Bill inhuman . Mr . BUXTON supported the Bill , and objected to the exemption of Cottagers from the Tax , as he thought scarce any truly industrious poor man would keep a dog vindicated the

. He humanity of the Bill , as tending to the preservation of mankind . Mr . DENT insisted much on the alarming increase of the Hydrophobia , of late years . He also complained of Mr . Sheridan ' s wit , and endeavoured to answer him in his own way . Mr . COURTENAY opposed the Bill in a manner similar to Mr . Sheridan , and endeavoured to ridicule Mr . Dent as an enemy both to Dogs and Wit . He told a ludicrous story of the Turn-spit-Dogs of Bath , which some years since roasted ail the dinners of the inhabitants ; and concluded with moving an adjournment of the Bill for three months .

Mr . PITT never was for an indiscriminate tax , and now thought it would be better to exempt the poor altogether , except in two cases : —where a Cottager kept more than one dog , or a dog of a particular kind , as a Pointer , Greyhound , ice . As to taxing the Proprietors of dogs having assessed houses , he was an earnest friend fo the measure , and meant to move in the Committee of Ways and Means , a tax of 3 s . for one dog , and 5 s . for more . Sir R . SALUSBUIIY spoke for the Bill , and Mr . LECHMERE against it . Mr DENT explained , and on Mr . Sheridan ' s Motion the Bill was postponed for three months

ARMY EXTRAORDINARY — -Mr . GREY moved for an account of all Sums issued trom October 29 , 1795 , to April 5 , 1796 . Ordered . WESTMINSTER POLICE BILL . — -The House in a Committee went through this ¦ Bill , and the Blank for limiting the time of the Magistrates . SUPPLY . The House in a Committee vcted 885 , 673 ! . 19 s . lod . for the Extraordinaries of the Army , unprovided for by Parliament , from November 15 to December 24 1795 . Also 210 , 194 ! . 15 s . d . for the Extraordinariaries of ' the Ordnance in the same Interval . INDIA BUDGET . Mr . DUNDAS moved that the several Accounts submitted relative to the East India affairs be referred to a Committee of the whole House on . Thursday se ' nmght . —Ordered .

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