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House Of Commons.
The Cavalry Bill was read a third time . The Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the garge-keepers ' Bill , Mr . Pitt said , that as this was the Bill which , of those now pending , had excited the greatest opposition , he wished to give gentlemen further time for consideration , and should therefore move , that it be read a second time on the 25 th instant . Mr . Hobart brought up the Annual Bill for allowing Dissenters a further ' time to qualify . Adjourned .
Friday , 4 . The Order of the Day for the Report of the Bill for a Supplemental Militia for Scotland being , read , the Bill was rend ' a third time and passed . The Order of the Day being read for the , further consideration of the Cavalry Bill , it was rend a third time , and the Engrossing Clerk was at the table , receiving the amendments from the Clerk of the House , when a person in the front seat of the gallery rose , and , leaning over the gallery , with a paper in his hand , exclaimed , " Treason!—Treason ! - —I offer myself to the House , and submit myself to the Serjeant at Armsor to custodthey shall direct !"
, any y The Speaker immediately ordered the gallery to be cleared , and this person withdrew with the crowd into the adjoining room , where the S ' . rjeant at Arms spoke to him , and he seemed to understand that he was to wait tiil he should be taken into custodv . Being interrogated by . some gentleman , he said , his liame was Matthews ; that some ycanj ago he had been employed to effect an accommodation between this country and France ; and that he had learned , what he now intended to discover , that three millions in money and diamonds had been received by in this countryfor treasonable services rendered to France .
persons , Being asked who these individuals were ? he replied , " Members of the Government . " The House having in the mean time adjourned to Monday , the adjoining rooms were cleared , and this extraordinary visitor went out with the others . He is about 40 years of age , of a very decent appearance , and his style in speaking was as accurate as his matter was extravagant . Adjourned . Monday 7 The Chairman brought up the Report of the Committee of the
, . Malmesbury Election , by which it appeared , that it was the opinion of the Committee that John George Philips , Esq . was duly elected . Tuesday , S . The Land Tax Commissioners Bill was read a first time ; and several other Bills , in different stages . Wednesday , 9 . The Bill for Funding the Navy Debt was read a third time and passed .
Thursday , 10 . Mr . Baldwin brought up the Report of the Committee appointed to trv the merits of the Election for the Borough of Camelford , which declares the right of Election to be vested in the . inhabitants paying scot and let . —G . J . Demustor . c and J . Angerstein , Esqs . to be duly elected ; but the Petitions of the Hon . Augustus Ludlow and Robert Adair , Esq . net to be frivolous or vexatious . Friday , ir . Mr . Ross moved , that a new writ be issued for the Borough of Westloe , in Devonshire , in the room of John Btiller , Esq . Adjourned . Saturday , 12 . Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Committee appointed
to try the merits of a Petition complaining of an undue election for the Borough of Southwark , " That ihe allegations in the petition of Mr . Tiernev against the return of George Woodford Thelluson , Esq . as one of the Representatives in Parliament for the Borough of Southwark , and the evidence that had been adduced on behalf of Mr . Tierney ' s petition , to shew a violation of the act of the 7 th of William III . cap . 3 , sect 4 . were sufficient to make the same a void election . ' ' That a new Writ should therefore be issued for the election of a Representative , in the room of the said G . W . Thelluson . " - The House then adjourned to the 2 Sth instant . Mondav , zS . A new Writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Mem-
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House Of Commons.
The Cavalry Bill was read a third time . The Order of the Day being read for the second reading of the garge-keepers ' Bill , Mr . Pitt said , that as this was the Bill which , of those now pending , had excited the greatest opposition , he wished to give gentlemen further time for consideration , and should therefore move , that it be read a second time on the 25 th instant . Mr . Hobart brought up the Annual Bill for allowing Dissenters a further ' time to qualify . Adjourned .
Friday , 4 . The Order of the Day for the Report of the Bill for a Supplemental Militia for Scotland being , read , the Bill was rend ' a third time and passed . The Order of the Day being read for the , further consideration of the Cavalry Bill , it was rend a third time , and the Engrossing Clerk was at the table , receiving the amendments from the Clerk of the House , when a person in the front seat of the gallery rose , and , leaning over the gallery , with a paper in his hand , exclaimed , " Treason!—Treason ! - —I offer myself to the House , and submit myself to the Serjeant at Armsor to custodthey shall direct !"
, any y The Speaker immediately ordered the gallery to be cleared , and this person withdrew with the crowd into the adjoining room , where the S ' . rjeant at Arms spoke to him , and he seemed to understand that he was to wait tiil he should be taken into custodv . Being interrogated by . some gentleman , he said , his liame was Matthews ; that some ycanj ago he had been employed to effect an accommodation between this country and France ; and that he had learned , what he now intended to discover , that three millions in money and diamonds had been received by in this countryfor treasonable services rendered to France .
persons , Being asked who these individuals were ? he replied , " Members of the Government . " The House having in the mean time adjourned to Monday , the adjoining rooms were cleared , and this extraordinary visitor went out with the others . He is about 40 years of age , of a very decent appearance , and his style in speaking was as accurate as his matter was extravagant . Adjourned . Monday 7 The Chairman brought up the Report of the Committee of the
, . Malmesbury Election , by which it appeared , that it was the opinion of the Committee that John George Philips , Esq . was duly elected . Tuesday , S . The Land Tax Commissioners Bill was read a first time ; and several other Bills , in different stages . Wednesday , 9 . The Bill for Funding the Navy Debt was read a third time and passed .
Thursday , 10 . Mr . Baldwin brought up the Report of the Committee appointed to trv the merits of the Election for the Borough of Camelford , which declares the right of Election to be vested in the . inhabitants paying scot and let . —G . J . Demustor . c and J . Angerstein , Esqs . to be duly elected ; but the Petitions of the Hon . Augustus Ludlow and Robert Adair , Esq . net to be frivolous or vexatious . Friday , ir . Mr . Ross moved , that a new writ be issued for the Borough of Westloe , in Devonshire , in the room of John Btiller , Esq . Adjourned . Saturday , 12 . Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Committee appointed
to try the merits of a Petition complaining of an undue election for the Borough of Southwark , " That ihe allegations in the petition of Mr . Tiernev against the return of George Woodford Thelluson , Esq . as one of the Representatives in Parliament for the Borough of Southwark , and the evidence that had been adduced on behalf of Mr . Tierney ' s petition , to shew a violation of the act of the 7 th of William III . cap . 3 , sect 4 . were sufficient to make the same a void election . ' ' That a new Writ should therefore be issued for the election of a Representative , in the room of the said G . W . Thelluson . " - The House then adjourned to the 2 Sth instant . Mondav , zS . A new Writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a Mem-