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House Of Commons.
of nearly 9 I . per ami . He concluded with moving , that asivmof 6 o , cool . be granted to his Majesty , for the purpose of increasing the pay of Subalterns in the Infantry , & c . from the 25 th of June to the 25 th of Dec . 1797 , inclLidinjfa period of 1 S 3 days . He then moved , that 361 , 000 ! . should be granted for the pay of foreign corps . In this article he admitted that a mistake had been made of 30 , 000 k by stating-the same corps under different names . Friday , 23 . The House , in a Committee of Supply , voted iSo , oooI . for the
French Cleigy and Laity ; 1 jo , oool . for Foreign Secret Service for 1797 ; 106 , 962 ! . forthe expences of the Paymaster-General , from January to December 1796 ; 43 8 , 000 ! . for Extras of the Army , due previous to Jan . 5 , 1797 ; 4 , , 000 V . for Extras of ditto , for 1797 ; 288 , 000 ! . for the Barrack Department , due Jan . J , 1797 ; 200 , 0001 . to the Commissioners for reducing the National Debt ; 6 o , ooo ( . for Allowance to Subalterns from June 25 to December 25 , 1797 ; 3 61 , 000 ! . 17 s . for the expence of Foreign Corps for 1797 ; and 1 , 500 ! . for the Veterinary College .
Tuesday , 27 , The House in a Committee went through the Bill empowering Roman Catholics and Dissenters to hold commissions in theFencible Cavalry and Supplementary Militia . Thursday , 29 . The Bill for preventing the forestalling , engrossing , & c . of live cattle was taken into consideration by a Committee of the whole House . It was objected to by Messrs . Pitt , Dundas ,. Windham , and Vansittart , on the ground that there already existed laws against forestalling , & c . and that there was as much necessity for these intermediate men , ( by some called jobbers ) to supply the
market , as , in the wheels of a watch or the orders of a state , there must be some intermediate springs of motion to preserve the mechanism of ihe physical and of the moral machine , to prevent its being deranged by any irregular , fluctuating , or destructive motion . Messrs . Main-waring , Tierney , Bastard , and Jolliffe supported it , because the whole body of evidence received by the Committee went to prove that the high price of butchers meat was owing to the practice of forestalling . Meetings had been held all over the kingdom by the farmers , who minutely examined and ' approved the various clauses of the Bill ; and numerous petitions were lying on thetable in favour of it . It was strange , said they , that the House of Commons should be better judges of the interest of the farmers than the farmers themselves . The Bii ) , however , was , on Mr . Dundas ' s motion , thrown out .
SUPPLIES . NEW TAXES . Monday , 30 . The House in a Committee of Supply , Mr . Pitt said , that he had relinquished taxes to the amount of 66 o , oool . Ihesewere Tolls , - - . - - , - - L . 450 , 000 Modification of Newspapers Parcels , ------- 50 , 000 and Advertisements , - - L . 40 , 000 Modification of Inland Stamps upon Transfers , - - 90 , 000 Navigation , ----- 30 , 000 __
L , 660 , 009 In lieu of these he had to propose 3 s . additional on every horse not used in pleasure , paying already 2 s . which would amount to 150 , 000 ! . He next proposed 5 I per cent . additional on articles of Cus 01 ns , exempting tea ,. sugar , tobacco and wine , with 5 s . per chaldron on coals to be exported . -He then proposed a duty on each person wearinga metahvaich of 2 s . 6 d . perann , gold 10 s . clocks ' 5 s . ( excepting clocks in cottages under 20 s . value ) . Of the first class he reckoned 800 , 000 , making loo . oool . —ofthe second 200 , 000 , amounting to ioo , oool . —ofthe third 400 , 000 another of 100000
making sum , ) . —The resolutions were then put and agreed to . Tuesday , July 4 . The Committee of the House on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill resolved that the provisions of it be extended only to debtors who had been charged in execution on or before the 1 st of January 1797 . On the discussion of the India Judicature Bill , opposed by the East India Company , Major Metcalf strongly objected to the clause for granting a pension IO . the . Judges on their return home ; but was overruled by the arguments of Mr . Dun- ' das , and the Bill then passed .
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House Of Commons.
of nearly 9 I . per ami . He concluded with moving , that asivmof 6 o , cool . be granted to his Majesty , for the purpose of increasing the pay of Subalterns in the Infantry , & c . from the 25 th of June to the 25 th of Dec . 1797 , inclLidinjfa period of 1 S 3 days . He then moved , that 361 , 000 ! . should be granted for the pay of foreign corps . In this article he admitted that a mistake had been made of 30 , 000 k by stating-the same corps under different names . Friday , 23 . The House , in a Committee of Supply , voted iSo , oooI . for the
French Cleigy and Laity ; 1 jo , oool . for Foreign Secret Service for 1797 ; 106 , 962 ! . forthe expences of the Paymaster-General , from January to December 1796 ; 43 8 , 000 ! . for Extras of the Army , due previous to Jan . 5 , 1797 ; 4 , , 000 V . for Extras of ditto , for 1797 ; 288 , 000 ! . for the Barrack Department , due Jan . J , 1797 ; 200 , 0001 . to the Commissioners for reducing the National Debt ; 6 o , ooo ( . for Allowance to Subalterns from June 25 to December 25 , 1797 ; 3 61 , 000 ! . 17 s . for the expence of Foreign Corps for 1797 ; and 1 , 500 ! . for the Veterinary College .
Tuesday , 27 , The House in a Committee went through the Bill empowering Roman Catholics and Dissenters to hold commissions in theFencible Cavalry and Supplementary Militia . Thursday , 29 . The Bill for preventing the forestalling , engrossing , & c . of live cattle was taken into consideration by a Committee of the whole House . It was objected to by Messrs . Pitt , Dundas ,. Windham , and Vansittart , on the ground that there already existed laws against forestalling , & c . and that there was as much necessity for these intermediate men , ( by some called jobbers ) to supply the
market , as , in the wheels of a watch or the orders of a state , there must be some intermediate springs of motion to preserve the mechanism of ihe physical and of the moral machine , to prevent its being deranged by any irregular , fluctuating , or destructive motion . Messrs . Main-waring , Tierney , Bastard , and Jolliffe supported it , because the whole body of evidence received by the Committee went to prove that the high price of butchers meat was owing to the practice of forestalling . Meetings had been held all over the kingdom by the farmers , who minutely examined and ' approved the various clauses of the Bill ; and numerous petitions were lying on thetable in favour of it . It was strange , said they , that the House of Commons should be better judges of the interest of the farmers than the farmers themselves . The Bii ) , however , was , on Mr . Dundas ' s motion , thrown out .
SUPPLIES . NEW TAXES . Monday , 30 . The House in a Committee of Supply , Mr . Pitt said , that he had relinquished taxes to the amount of 66 o , oool . Ihesewere Tolls , - - . - - , - - L . 450 , 000 Modification of Newspapers Parcels , ------- 50 , 000 and Advertisements , - - L . 40 , 000 Modification of Inland Stamps upon Transfers , - - 90 , 000 Navigation , ----- 30 , 000 __
L , 660 , 009 In lieu of these he had to propose 3 s . additional on every horse not used in pleasure , paying already 2 s . which would amount to 150 , 000 ! . He next proposed 5 I per cent . additional on articles of Cus 01 ns , exempting tea ,. sugar , tobacco and wine , with 5 s . per chaldron on coals to be exported . -He then proposed a duty on each person wearinga metahvaich of 2 s . 6 d . perann , gold 10 s . clocks ' 5 s . ( excepting clocks in cottages under 20 s . value ) . Of the first class he reckoned 800 , 000 , making loo . oool . —ofthe second 200 , 000 , amounting to ioo , oool . —ofthe third 400 , 000 another of 100000
making sum , ) . —The resolutions were then put and agreed to . Tuesday , July 4 . The Committee of the House on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill resolved that the provisions of it be extended only to debtors who had been charged in execution on or before the 1 st of January 1797 . On the discussion of the India Judicature Bill , opposed by the East India Company , Major Metcalf strongly objected to the clause for granting a pension IO . the . Judges on their return home ; but was overruled by the arguments of Mr . Dun- ' das , and the Bill then passed .