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House Of Commons.
A message was brought from the Lords , signifying that they had agreed to a Bill for dissolving the Million Bank , and dividing the stock among the Members of that Association , and to certain other Bills . Mr . Jekyll rose to put a question to the Minister . Being near the end of our Parliamentary existence , if it was not impertinent in him , he would wish to ask the Minister a question relative to certain accounts which had reached this country , viz . that the King of Sardinia had been so reduced as to sue for peace from the French Republicand to shew them the sincerity of his intentionshad put
, . , them in possession of two of his strongest fortresses . Under these circumstances , he wished to know whether it was the intention of Ministers to remit him the 2 oo , oooI . as a subsidy ? This he did not state invidiously , but , on the contrary , lamented the situation this unfortunate Prince had been reduced from his being drawn in as a party to act in this miserable contest . He therefore asked Ministers , whether they meant to transmit it in the shape of a subsidy ? if sent in the shape of relief , that would be another affair . " Mr . Pitt could nothe saidexactly what miht be the situation of affairs
, , say g in Italy , but he believed that the fortune of war might have placed that Monarch in so critical a situation as to render him no longer a party in it ; but that news was of so recent a date as to induce him to question the authenticity of it . ' Mr . Jekyll then said , that he hoped the Right Hon . Gentleman did not mean to send him the subsidy until this news should be confirmed . On the third reading of the Bill for laying a Tax on the Collateral Succession to real Estates , a conversation took place between Mr . Grey , Mr . Francis , and the Ministerafter which three divisions took
, place ; the first was on the question that this Bill be read a third time , when the numbers stood , for the third reading 4 8 , against it 4 6 . Mr . Sheridan now moved an amendment , that it be read a third , time that day three months : against the amendment 54 , for it 53 . The question was then put that the Bill be read a third time on the morrow , for the third reading 54 , against it 54 . The Speaker then threw in his casting voice on the side of the Minister . Mr . Pitt saidthat he would agree to the Amendment on the morrowand
aban-, , don the Bill , as it seemed to be unpalatable to the House , and that he would substitute other taxes in its stead . Adjourned , Friday 13 . The Hat Duty , Dairy Windows , Dog Tax , and several other Bills , read a third time and passed . The Real Estate Bill , postponed ' for three months , and of course given up . The Wet Dock Bill postponed and lost , but with permission to renew in the next Session of Parliament .
General Macleod offered a motion relative to the removal of soldiers in barracks at the time of elections—the motion thought unnecessary , and withdrawn . On the Report of the Quakers Bill , Sir William Scott offered a clause to be added to the Report . He was a friend to the present Bill , but thought it should be made only a measure of experiment , in order that the effect of it might be tried before it should be declared perpetual . He therefore proposed a Clause , providing , that this Bill shall continue for five years , and from thence until the then next Session of Parliament .
Wednesday 18 . —Lord Stopford reported his Majesty's acquiescence in the bounties proposed by the House to be paid in lieu of fees , & c . The Speaker reported his having attended in the Lords to the Royal Assent being given by Commission to several Bills . Sir W . Dolben lamented that the laws were set at defiance in the conveyance of slaves , 100 of whom beyond the limited number were conveyed in many ships . Mr . Wilberforce spoke of the sufferings of that wretched people . Thursday 19—Read a third timeand passedSir JJohnstone'Estateand
. , , . s , Mrs . Basting's Naturalization Bills . The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod required the Commons to attend his Majesty in the Lords ' . The Speaker on his return read his Majesty ' s speech , which terminated the .sulk and last Session of tbe seventeenth Parliament
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House Of Commons.
A message was brought from the Lords , signifying that they had agreed to a Bill for dissolving the Million Bank , and dividing the stock among the Members of that Association , and to certain other Bills . Mr . Jekyll rose to put a question to the Minister . Being near the end of our Parliamentary existence , if it was not impertinent in him , he would wish to ask the Minister a question relative to certain accounts which had reached this country , viz . that the King of Sardinia had been so reduced as to sue for peace from the French Republicand to shew them the sincerity of his intentionshad put
, . , them in possession of two of his strongest fortresses . Under these circumstances , he wished to know whether it was the intention of Ministers to remit him the 2 oo , oooI . as a subsidy ? This he did not state invidiously , but , on the contrary , lamented the situation this unfortunate Prince had been reduced from his being drawn in as a party to act in this miserable contest . He therefore asked Ministers , whether they meant to transmit it in the shape of a subsidy ? if sent in the shape of relief , that would be another affair . " Mr . Pitt could nothe saidexactly what miht be the situation of affairs
, , say g in Italy , but he believed that the fortune of war might have placed that Monarch in so critical a situation as to render him no longer a party in it ; but that news was of so recent a date as to induce him to question the authenticity of it . ' Mr . Jekyll then said , that he hoped the Right Hon . Gentleman did not mean to send him the subsidy until this news should be confirmed . On the third reading of the Bill for laying a Tax on the Collateral Succession to real Estates , a conversation took place between Mr . Grey , Mr . Francis , and the Ministerafter which three divisions took
, place ; the first was on the question that this Bill be read a third time , when the numbers stood , for the third reading 4 8 , against it 4 6 . Mr . Sheridan now moved an amendment , that it be read a third , time that day three months : against the amendment 54 , for it 53 . The question was then put that the Bill be read a third time on the morrow , for the third reading 54 , against it 54 . The Speaker then threw in his casting voice on the side of the Minister . Mr . Pitt saidthat he would agree to the Amendment on the morrowand
aban-, , don the Bill , as it seemed to be unpalatable to the House , and that he would substitute other taxes in its stead . Adjourned , Friday 13 . The Hat Duty , Dairy Windows , Dog Tax , and several other Bills , read a third time and passed . The Real Estate Bill , postponed ' for three months , and of course given up . The Wet Dock Bill postponed and lost , but with permission to renew in the next Session of Parliament .
General Macleod offered a motion relative to the removal of soldiers in barracks at the time of elections—the motion thought unnecessary , and withdrawn . On the Report of the Quakers Bill , Sir William Scott offered a clause to be added to the Report . He was a friend to the present Bill , but thought it should be made only a measure of experiment , in order that the effect of it might be tried before it should be declared perpetual . He therefore proposed a Clause , providing , that this Bill shall continue for five years , and from thence until the then next Session of Parliament .
Wednesday 18 . —Lord Stopford reported his Majesty's acquiescence in the bounties proposed by the House to be paid in lieu of fees , & c . The Speaker reported his having attended in the Lords to the Royal Assent being given by Commission to several Bills . Sir W . Dolben lamented that the laws were set at defiance in the conveyance of slaves , 100 of whom beyond the limited number were conveyed in many ships . Mr . Wilberforce spoke of the sufferings of that wretched people . Thursday 19—Read a third timeand passedSir JJohnstone'Estateand
. , , . s , Mrs . Basting's Naturalization Bills . The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod required the Commons to attend his Majesty in the Lords ' . The Speaker on his return read his Majesty ' s speech , which terminated the .sulk and last Session of tbe seventeenth Parliament