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Prorogation Of Parliament.
Then the Lord Chancellor , by his Majesty's command , said : " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , " It is his Majesty ' s Ro -al Will and Pleasure , that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday , the nineteenth day of August next , to be then here holden ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday , the nineteenth day of August next . " ¦
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
June 6 . Mr . Pitt brought up the Second Report of the Secret Committee , which was ordered to be printed for the use of the Members . _ 16 . A message was received from the Lords with an Address to his Majesty , in consequence of their Lordshi ps consideration of the Second Report of the Committee of Secresy , and desiring the concurrence of the House to the same ; which , on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , was ordered to be taken into consideration after the Order of the disposed of
Day was . The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the Supplement to the Second Report of the Committee of Secresy , which was read by the Clerk , and consistedjji-incipally of letters , and extracts of letters , circulated between the different Political Societies ; which , after a long conversation , was ordered to lie on the table . ¦ Mr . Secretary Dundas moved , . " That the thanks of the House be given to Admiral Earl Howe , for his very able and gallant conduct in the late brilliant and decisive victory the
gained over French by the fleet under his command ;'•• which was agreed to . A similar Address of Thanks was ordered to be transmitted to the subordinate Officers , and to the Seamen of the fleet . It was also ordered , that a Monument should be erected to the memory of Caplain Montague , in Westminster-Abbey , and that the House would make good the expc-nces of tiie same . After the order being read for taking into consideration the Report of the
Secret Committee , and the Address to his Majesty on the occasion , transmitted to the House by the Lords , being also read , ' the Chancellor of the Exchequer commented on the different topics set forth in the Report , and urged the pro , pnety of joining the other branch of" the Legislature in an Address to his Majesty , expressive of their common sentiments on so momentous an occasion , and their firm determination to support our present happy and excellent Con--stitution . He concluded bmovingthat the House do in the Address
y , agree communicated by their Lordships . On Ibis occasion many gentlemen delivered their sentiments : among whom were Messrs . Lambton , Watson , Robinson , and Sir W . Lewes , Alderman Newnham , & c . After which the question for agreeing to the Address was put and carried .
17- Agreed to lhe amendments made by the Lords in the Slave-Trade Bill , and in the Penitentiary Houses Bill . 'Sir Watkin Lewes moved for leave to bring in a bill to explain and amend so much of an Act of the 131 I 1 of Charles II . as related to the Militia of the City of London . He look occasion to observe , that the object of the proposed LUI was to assimilate the Militia of London to that of the other parts of the kingdom . Leave being given , Sir Watkin Lewes presented the Bill , which was read a first timeand ordered to be read second time
, a . On the question being put for printing the Bill , a conversation arose between Messrs . Sheridan , Alderman Newnham , and Sir Watkin Lewes ; the former observed , that it was improper that a measure of such importance should be proposed at such a late period of the session , neither did he think that the least colour for such a measure existed in tiie present circumstances of the nation . ' ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦ - . ' ¦¦ ¦•'
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Prorogation Of Parliament.
Then the Lord Chancellor , by his Majesty's command , said : " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN , " It is his Majesty ' s Ro -al Will and Pleasure , that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday , the nineteenth day of August next , to be then here holden ; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday , the nineteenth day of August next . " ¦
House Of Commons.
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
June 6 . Mr . Pitt brought up the Second Report of the Secret Committee , which was ordered to be printed for the use of the Members . _ 16 . A message was received from the Lords with an Address to his Majesty , in consequence of their Lordshi ps consideration of the Second Report of the Committee of Secresy , and desiring the concurrence of the House to the same ; which , on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , was ordered to be taken into consideration after the Order of the disposed of
Day was . The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the Supplement to the Second Report of the Committee of Secresy , which was read by the Clerk , and consistedjji-incipally of letters , and extracts of letters , circulated between the different Political Societies ; which , after a long conversation , was ordered to lie on the table . ¦ Mr . Secretary Dundas moved , . " That the thanks of the House be given to Admiral Earl Howe , for his very able and gallant conduct in the late brilliant and decisive victory the
gained over French by the fleet under his command ;'•• which was agreed to . A similar Address of Thanks was ordered to be transmitted to the subordinate Officers , and to the Seamen of the fleet . It was also ordered , that a Monument should be erected to the memory of Caplain Montague , in Westminster-Abbey , and that the House would make good the expc-nces of tiie same . After the order being read for taking into consideration the Report of the
Secret Committee , and the Address to his Majesty on the occasion , transmitted to the House by the Lords , being also read , ' the Chancellor of the Exchequer commented on the different topics set forth in the Report , and urged the pro , pnety of joining the other branch of" the Legislature in an Address to his Majesty , expressive of their common sentiments on so momentous an occasion , and their firm determination to support our present happy and excellent Con--stitution . He concluded bmovingthat the House do in the Address
y , agree communicated by their Lordships . On Ibis occasion many gentlemen delivered their sentiments : among whom were Messrs . Lambton , Watson , Robinson , and Sir W . Lewes , Alderman Newnham , & c . After which the question for agreeing to the Address was put and carried .
17- Agreed to lhe amendments made by the Lords in the Slave-Trade Bill , and in the Penitentiary Houses Bill . 'Sir Watkin Lewes moved for leave to bring in a bill to explain and amend so much of an Act of the 131 I 1 of Charles II . as related to the Militia of the City of London . He look occasion to observe , that the object of the proposed LUI was to assimilate the Militia of London to that of the other parts of the kingdom . Leave being given , Sir Watkin Lewes presented the Bill , which was read a first timeand ordered to be read second time
, a . On the question being put for printing the Bill , a conversation arose between Messrs . Sheridan , Alderman Newnham , and Sir Watkin Lewes ; the former observed , that it was improper that a measure of such importance should be proposed at such a late period of the session , neither did he think that the least colour for such a measure existed in tiie present circumstances of the nation . ' ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦¦ - . ' ¦¦ ¦•'