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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
• Mr . Dickenson , _ in support of the bill , said , that many landed gentlemen were already putting money into the funds for the purpose of purchasing their land-tax . b The Solicitor-General proposed a clause , which went to charge persons who should redeem their land-tax with any future land-tax that mi ght take place , Mr . Buxton opposed the clause , and the House having divided ' upon it ' there appeared , against it , 43 ; for it , 40 . — -Thrown out by a majority of 3 .
The new clauses brought up on a former day being agreed to , the bill wa . read a third time , and on the motion that it do pass , the House divided :-Ayes , 66—Noes , 13 . —Majority , 5 - 3 . The bill was then passed . GOING TO FRANCE , & C _ Mr . Attorney-General said , that in consequence of what passed at tit trials at Maidstone , he thought it his duty to move for leave to bring in a bill for more effeftually preventing persons who were the subjects ofhis Majesty , during the present war , from voluntaril y repairing to France , or any-other country not in amity with his Majesty . Leave being given , he brought up the bill " .
PROTECTION OF TRADE . Friday , June 1 . The House in a Committee on the Exports and Imports bill , a conversation took place between Messrs Hobhouse , Ryder , Rose , and Sewel , relative to the sailing of convoy . Mr . Rose proposed an amendment , that nothing contained in the bill should extend to vessels sailing coast-wavs , or to Ireland ; which being adopted , the Committee went through the . bill , and the report being received , it was ordered to be recommitted .
Tuesday , June 5 . Mr . Rose obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better execution of the assessed taxes . He observed that there were two principal objects which be had in view -. fin _ t , to give further time for making returns ; and next to empower the Commissioners in all cases of difficulty in the assess , ment of income , many such having already occurred , to refer them to tiie Judges . The Hat Duty bill ( by which hats or bonnets worn b y females are
exempted ) was brought up , and read a first time . Mr . Rose moved for leave to bring in a bill for allowing Gold Wares to lie manufactured at a standard lower than is now allowed b y law . Ordered . NEWSPAPER BILL .
_ The Attorney-General said , that however gentlemen mi ght have understood it otherwise , this bill would attach no responsibility to proprietors of newspapers , but what the present law imposed ; and to accommodate the objections of gentlemen , he should propose , ' that responsibility shall only attach to three proprietors . ' ' The Speaker believed the Honourable Gentleman had no wish to iii i-igorous , or push any matter beyond what was necessary for the public
welfare , but he thought that two instead of three proprietors would be sufficient responsibility , added to the p rinter and publisher . This was agreed to . Thursday , ' ] . Mr . Wilbraham Bootle moved , that the report of the Committee to enquire into the treatment of the Prisoners of War be taken into further consideration . The resolutions of the Committee were read a second timsi and agreed to nem . con . Mr . Bootle observed- that it must ive singular leasure to the House to
, g p perceive that the present report contradicted , in a manner the most perfectly satisfa-tory , the many calumnies of the enemy with respect to the treatment of French prisoners in this country . To exculpate this country from an / cxiittm that might , however , attach to it in this " particular , he would move that the report and resolutions should bo laid before his Majesty , by such
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
• Mr . Dickenson , _ in support of the bill , said , that many landed gentlemen were already putting money into the funds for the purpose of purchasing their land-tax . b The Solicitor-General proposed a clause , which went to charge persons who should redeem their land-tax with any future land-tax that mi ght take place , Mr . Buxton opposed the clause , and the House having divided ' upon it ' there appeared , against it , 43 ; for it , 40 . — -Thrown out by a majority of 3 .
The new clauses brought up on a former day being agreed to , the bill wa . read a third time , and on the motion that it do pass , the House divided :-Ayes , 66—Noes , 13 . —Majority , 5 - 3 . The bill was then passed . GOING TO FRANCE , & C _ Mr . Attorney-General said , that in consequence of what passed at tit trials at Maidstone , he thought it his duty to move for leave to bring in a bill for more effeftually preventing persons who were the subjects ofhis Majesty , during the present war , from voluntaril y repairing to France , or any-other country not in amity with his Majesty . Leave being given , he brought up the bill " .
PROTECTION OF TRADE . Friday , June 1 . The House in a Committee on the Exports and Imports bill , a conversation took place between Messrs Hobhouse , Ryder , Rose , and Sewel , relative to the sailing of convoy . Mr . Rose proposed an amendment , that nothing contained in the bill should extend to vessels sailing coast-wavs , or to Ireland ; which being adopted , the Committee went through the . bill , and the report being received , it was ordered to be recommitted .
Tuesday , June 5 . Mr . Rose obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better execution of the assessed taxes . He observed that there were two principal objects which be had in view -. fin _ t , to give further time for making returns ; and next to empower the Commissioners in all cases of difficulty in the assess , ment of income , many such having already occurred , to refer them to tiie Judges . The Hat Duty bill ( by which hats or bonnets worn b y females are
exempted ) was brought up , and read a first time . Mr . Rose moved for leave to bring in a bill for allowing Gold Wares to lie manufactured at a standard lower than is now allowed b y law . Ordered . NEWSPAPER BILL .
_ The Attorney-General said , that however gentlemen mi ght have understood it otherwise , this bill would attach no responsibility to proprietors of newspapers , but what the present law imposed ; and to accommodate the objections of gentlemen , he should propose , ' that responsibility shall only attach to three proprietors . ' ' The Speaker believed the Honourable Gentleman had no wish to iii i-igorous , or push any matter beyond what was necessary for the public
welfare , but he thought that two instead of three proprietors would be sufficient responsibility , added to the p rinter and publisher . This was agreed to . Thursday , ' ] . Mr . Wilbraham Bootle moved , that the report of the Committee to enquire into the treatment of the Prisoners of War be taken into further consideration . The resolutions of the Committee were read a second timsi and agreed to nem . con . Mr . Bootle observed- that it must ive singular leasure to the House to
, g p perceive that the present report contradicted , in a manner the most perfectly satisfa-tory , the many calumnies of the enemy with respect to the treatment of French prisoners in this country . To exculpate this country from an / cxiittm that might , however , attach to it in this " particular , he would move that the report and resolutions should bo laid before his Majesty , by such