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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The question of Secrecy was then put , and Mr . Fox wishing that a precedent might be stated , the Chancellor of the Exchequer complied by mentioning one in the year 1722 . The question was then carried without a division , ? nd the Committee was ordered to consist of 21 members . .. 14 . Lord Stopford informed the House , that he had waited on his Majesty with the Address of Thanks'for ' his Majesty ' s message , which was most graciously received . , Mr . Grey presented a . petition from about 300 prisoners confined in the Fleet Prison ,
praying relief under the Insolvent Debtors Bill now pending in the House . Ordered to lie on the table .. , Mr . Dent presented a petition from the Vicar of Battersea , praying an indemnification for the probable loss of tythe which might arise from a considerable space of ground being taken up by the new Penitentiary Houses , which it was the intention of the Legislature to have erected in" that parish . Ordered to lie on the table . . The House proceeded to ballot for the Committee of Secrecy , for taking into consideration certain seditious and treasonable papers , when the following gentlemen were chosen , viz . .
The Rf . Hon . Wm . Pitt ; The Rt . Hon . H . Dundas ; The Rt . Hon . C , Townshend ;' The Lord Advocate of Scotland ; Thomas . Powys , Esq . ; Lord Mulgrave ; Sir John Scott ; The Earl oi" Upper Ossory ; The Rt . Hon . Sir R . P . Arden ; The Right Hon . W . Ellis ; The Rt . Hon . E . Burke ; The Rt . Hon . "W . Wyndham ; . Sir John Mitford ; The Earl of Mprnington ; Thomas Grenville , Esq . ; The . Rt . Hon . T , Steele ; John Anstruther , Esq . ; Hon . R . B . Jenkinson ; I . H . Brown , Esq . ; Thomas Stanley , Esq . ; Sir H . Hoghton , Bt . Five to be a Quorum , with power to adjourn from time to time , and place to place , and to sit notwithstanding the adjournment of the
House . . .... .. Howard ' s Divorce Bill went through a committee , ancl was . read the third time and passed . . ¦ ¦ The committee went through the Election Oaths Bill . Admiral Sir Richard King was sworn , and took his seat for Rochester . Mr . Sheridan regretted his being obliged so often to postpone his promised motion on the Test Act , but he had received a note which stated , that the Minister and other gentlemen were so busy as to prevent their attendance ; hehowevershouldas he
, , , understood that there would be some opposition , give notice to bring it forward on Monday . 16 . The Insolvent Debtors Bill read a first time , and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday . 19 . Lord Stratford reported his Majesty ' s answer to the Address , that he was pleased to give leave that the books and papers be communicated to the Lords ; which was ordered .
20 . Mr . Dundas moved , " That the thanks of the House be given to Sir . C . Grey , and Sir J . jervis , for their services in the West Indies , " which was carried ncm . con . He moved also for similar thanks to Prince Edward , General Prescpt , and Colonel Dundas ; and further to all the officers , soldiers , sailors , and marines , employed in the service ; both which motions were agreed to nan . con . 21 . In . a committee went through the Insolvent Debtors Bill , and ordered it to be reported on Monday .
The Land Revenue Bill , and Newspaper Single Demy Bill , was read a third time and passed .. . . ' A message was received from the Lords , that their Lordships had appointed a Com-, mittee of Secresy . ... An instruction was given to the Cpmmittee of Secresy to communicate with the Committee of Secresy of the Lords , and the Messenger from the Lprds was acquainted therewith . Adjpurned . ' 36 . The report of the Insolvent Debtors Bill was received , and Mr . Jekyll moved , as an amendment ,, that the 12 th of Februrry should be substituted in the room of the ist of January 1794 , as the day for the commencement of the operation of the act ;
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The question of Secrecy was then put , and Mr . Fox wishing that a precedent might be stated , the Chancellor of the Exchequer complied by mentioning one in the year 1722 . The question was then carried without a division , ? nd the Committee was ordered to consist of 21 members . .. 14 . Lord Stopford informed the House , that he had waited on his Majesty with the Address of Thanks'for ' his Majesty ' s message , which was most graciously received . , Mr . Grey presented a . petition from about 300 prisoners confined in the Fleet Prison ,
praying relief under the Insolvent Debtors Bill now pending in the House . Ordered to lie on the table .. , Mr . Dent presented a petition from the Vicar of Battersea , praying an indemnification for the probable loss of tythe which might arise from a considerable space of ground being taken up by the new Penitentiary Houses , which it was the intention of the Legislature to have erected in" that parish . Ordered to lie on the table . . The House proceeded to ballot for the Committee of Secrecy , for taking into consideration certain seditious and treasonable papers , when the following gentlemen were chosen , viz . .
The Rf . Hon . Wm . Pitt ; The Rt . Hon . H . Dundas ; The Rt . Hon . C , Townshend ;' The Lord Advocate of Scotland ; Thomas . Powys , Esq . ; Lord Mulgrave ; Sir John Scott ; The Earl oi" Upper Ossory ; The Rt . Hon . Sir R . P . Arden ; The Right Hon . W . Ellis ; The Rt . Hon . E . Burke ; The Rt . Hon . "W . Wyndham ; . Sir John Mitford ; The Earl of Mprnington ; Thomas Grenville , Esq . ; The . Rt . Hon . T , Steele ; John Anstruther , Esq . ; Hon . R . B . Jenkinson ; I . H . Brown , Esq . ; Thomas Stanley , Esq . ; Sir H . Hoghton , Bt . Five to be a Quorum , with power to adjourn from time to time , and place to place , and to sit notwithstanding the adjournment of the
House . . .... .. Howard ' s Divorce Bill went through a committee , ancl was . read the third time and passed . . ¦ ¦ The committee went through the Election Oaths Bill . Admiral Sir Richard King was sworn , and took his seat for Rochester . Mr . Sheridan regretted his being obliged so often to postpone his promised motion on the Test Act , but he had received a note which stated , that the Minister and other gentlemen were so busy as to prevent their attendance ; hehowevershouldas he
, , , understood that there would be some opposition , give notice to bring it forward on Monday . 16 . The Insolvent Debtors Bill read a first time , and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday . 19 . Lord Stratford reported his Majesty ' s answer to the Address , that he was pleased to give leave that the books and papers be communicated to the Lords ; which was ordered .
20 . Mr . Dundas moved , " That the thanks of the House be given to Sir . C . Grey , and Sir J . jervis , for their services in the West Indies , " which was carried ncm . con . He moved also for similar thanks to Prince Edward , General Prescpt , and Colonel Dundas ; and further to all the officers , soldiers , sailors , and marines , employed in the service ; both which motions were agreed to nan . con . 21 . In . a committee went through the Insolvent Debtors Bill , and ordered it to be reported on Monday .
The Land Revenue Bill , and Newspaper Single Demy Bill , was read a third time and passed .. . . ' A message was received from the Lords , that their Lordships had appointed a Com-, mittee of Secresy . ... An instruction was given to the Cpmmittee of Secresy to communicate with the Committee of Secresy of the Lords , and the Messenger from the Lprds was acquainted therewith . Adjpurned . ' 36 . The report of the Insolvent Debtors Bill was received , and Mr . Jekyll moved , as an amendment ,, that the 12 th of Februrry should be substituted in the room of the ist of January 1794 , as the day for the commencement of the operation of the act ;