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Parliamentary Proceedings.
A division took p lace on the first resolution moved by Mr . Dundas , Ayes 6 4 , The second ' resolution was carried by a majority of 43 , the numbers being for it 57 , against it 14 . . . , . , „ The quesvion-on the last resolution , expressive of the approbation of the House of Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis was then put and carried , with only one dissentient voice . ¦ .,,- . ht in the Bill for providing a Establishment for his Royal
Mr . Hose broug proper Highness the Prince of Wales , which was read a first and second time , and ordered to be committed on Friday . 3 . Mr . Pit ! brought in a Bill for making a sure and certain jointure for her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , which was read a first time , as was a Bill for more effectually protecting Merchants , Bankers , & c . from the depredations of their clerks
. On the second reading of the Bill making provision for the payment of his Royal Highness ' s debts , Mr . Grey said he could not help reverting to the discussion of it , and supporting the principles he had already laid down , he was therefore determined to take again the sense of the House on it . The House then divided , when there appeared , for the second reading 50 , against it 19 . The report on the Imperial Loan being brought up , and the resolution , read , Mr . William Smith , after taking a wide survey of the present state of Europe , the and little
could see every thing to risk in guaranteeing Emperor ' s Loan , very to be rationally expected ; it would therefore have his hearty negative . Mr . M . Robinson wished the money that was thus about to be thrown away oa the Emperor might be converted to the strengthening of our navy . Mr . Fox proceeded to prove the infidelity of the Emperor in pecuniary engagements , and the little stability of the Vienna bank . He was answered by Mr . Pitt , who vindicated his punctuality and fidelity in that respect by the evidence of history and general opinion ; and , after alluding to the present state of the
internal affairs of France , contended that our hopes from the co-operation of the Emperor were tenfold increased . Mr . Husseywent into a long calculation , to prove that we should be considerable losers by the imperial loan , which , he contended , had not been contracted on fair and honourable terms even for the Emperor . After a few words to explain from Mr . Pitt and Mr . Hussey , the House divided , for the resolution 60 , against it 35 . . _ 5 MrSecretary Dundas after a short introductory speechin which he
des-. . , canted on the cruel princip les of the French in the island of Guadaloupe , in ordering the body of the brave General Dundas to be dug up from the grave , and yielded a prey to the voracious birds of the . air , moved , " That an humble address be presented to his Majesty , praying that a monument may be erected in the Cathedral of St . Paul ' s , to the memory of Major-General Thomas Dundas , in testimony of the grateful sense entertained by this House of the many services rendered by that brave officer to his country ,
particularly in the reduction of the French West India Islands , which caused the gross insultoffered to his remains , by the enemy , in the island of Guadaloupe . " Mr . Manning seconded the motion . Generals Tarleton and Smith both spoke in favour of it ; Mr . Wilberforce against , jt , he not deeming the General ' s conduct strictly correct on the score of humanity , on the capture of the island . The motion passed nem . con . Mr . Charles Dundas , brother to the deceased , in warm and pathetic terms for relative and to his
thanked the House the honour done to the memory of his family . Mr . Pitt brought up an account of the net proceeds of the Duchy of Cornwall , during the minority of his Royal Highness ; which was ordered to lie on the table ; and in the course of a long debate , in which many members delivered their opinions , Mr . Pitt moved , " That the House do , on Monday next , resolve itself into a committee , for the purpose of taking into consideration the provisions necessary for the esta-
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
A division took p lace on the first resolution moved by Mr . Dundas , Ayes 6 4 , The second ' resolution was carried by a majority of 43 , the numbers being for it 57 , against it 14 . . . , . , „ The quesvion-on the last resolution , expressive of the approbation of the House of Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jervis was then put and carried , with only one dissentient voice . ¦ .,,- . ht in the Bill for providing a Establishment for his Royal
Mr . Hose broug proper Highness the Prince of Wales , which was read a first and second time , and ordered to be committed on Friday . 3 . Mr . Pit ! brought in a Bill for making a sure and certain jointure for her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , which was read a first time , as was a Bill for more effectually protecting Merchants , Bankers , & c . from the depredations of their clerks
. On the second reading of the Bill making provision for the payment of his Royal Highness ' s debts , Mr . Grey said he could not help reverting to the discussion of it , and supporting the principles he had already laid down , he was therefore determined to take again the sense of the House on it . The House then divided , when there appeared , for the second reading 50 , against it 19 . The report on the Imperial Loan being brought up , and the resolution , read , Mr . William Smith , after taking a wide survey of the present state of Europe , the and little
could see every thing to risk in guaranteeing Emperor ' s Loan , very to be rationally expected ; it would therefore have his hearty negative . Mr . M . Robinson wished the money that was thus about to be thrown away oa the Emperor might be converted to the strengthening of our navy . Mr . Fox proceeded to prove the infidelity of the Emperor in pecuniary engagements , and the little stability of the Vienna bank . He was answered by Mr . Pitt , who vindicated his punctuality and fidelity in that respect by the evidence of history and general opinion ; and , after alluding to the present state of the
internal affairs of France , contended that our hopes from the co-operation of the Emperor were tenfold increased . Mr . Husseywent into a long calculation , to prove that we should be considerable losers by the imperial loan , which , he contended , had not been contracted on fair and honourable terms even for the Emperor . After a few words to explain from Mr . Pitt and Mr . Hussey , the House divided , for the resolution 60 , against it 35 . . _ 5 MrSecretary Dundas after a short introductory speechin which he
des-. . , canted on the cruel princip les of the French in the island of Guadaloupe , in ordering the body of the brave General Dundas to be dug up from the grave , and yielded a prey to the voracious birds of the . air , moved , " That an humble address be presented to his Majesty , praying that a monument may be erected in the Cathedral of St . Paul ' s , to the memory of Major-General Thomas Dundas , in testimony of the grateful sense entertained by this House of the many services rendered by that brave officer to his country ,
particularly in the reduction of the French West India Islands , which caused the gross insultoffered to his remains , by the enemy , in the island of Guadaloupe . " Mr . Manning seconded the motion . Generals Tarleton and Smith both spoke in favour of it ; Mr . Wilberforce against , jt , he not deeming the General ' s conduct strictly correct on the score of humanity , on the capture of the island . The motion passed nem . con . Mr . Charles Dundas , brother to the deceased , in warm and pathetic terms for relative and to his
thanked the House the honour done to the memory of his family . Mr . Pitt brought up an account of the net proceeds of the Duchy of Cornwall , during the minority of his Royal Highness ; which was ordered to lie on the table ; and in the course of a long debate , in which many members delivered their opinions , Mr . Pitt moved , " That the House do , on Monday next , resolve itself into a committee , for the purpose of taking into consideration the provisions necessary for the esta-