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THE

Parliamentary Register;

O R

HISTORY

OF THE

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES

OF THE

HOUSE OF COMMONS;

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

The most interefting SPEECHES and MOTIONS; accurate
Copies of the most remarkable LETTERS and PAPERS ;
of the most material EVIDENCE, PETITIONS, &c.
laid before and offered to the HOUSE,

DURING THE

Fourth and Laft Seffion of the Fifteenth Parliament

OF

GREAT BRITAIN.

VOL. XII.

LONDON:

Printed for J. DEBRETT, (Succeffor to Mr. ALMON) oppofite
BURLINGTON-HOUSE, PICCADILLY.

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EBATE on the Addrefs, page The Houfe in Committee on Mr. Fox's

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The Addrefs, 24
The King's Answer, 26
The Queen's Anfwer, 27
Proceedings and Debates concerning
Christopher Atkinfon, Efq. 27, 96,
326, 351

Mr. Fox's firft Statement of the Affairs

of India, 29 to 49

Debate on the fame, 49

Bill, and the Commiffioners' Names inferted, 315 to 326

Motion to repeal the Receipt Tax de-
bated, 331 to 348

Debate on the Report of Mr. Fox's
India Bill, 348

on the third Reading of the
fame, 352 to 404
Army Eftimates debated, 405

Bill to explain the Tax on Receipts, Ordnance Estimates debated, 412

55, 59, 108

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Debate on the Report of His Majesty's
Opinion on Mr. Fox's Eaft-India
Bill, 420 to 448
Irish Poftage Bill, 449

New Miniftry appointed, 450
Debate on the Motion to adjourn the
Land-Tax Bill, 451 to 461

Earl Temple refigns his Poft of Secre-
tary of State, 462

Debate on an Addrefs to the King not

to diffolve the Parliament, 463
The Addrefs, 485

The King's Anfwer, 486
Debates on the Anfwer, 487, 584, 638
Debate on poftponing a Meffage from

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the King, and bringing on the Order of the Day, 492 to 522 Debate on Mr. Fox's Motion to ftop the iffuing of the public Money, 523

Mukiny

Mutiny Bill put off, 526

Debate on the Earl of Surrey's Motion,

that Minifters fhould have the Confi-

dence of the House, 526

Debate on the Earl of Surrey's Motion,
that the late Changes had been pre-
ceded by extraordinary Reports, 528

to 540

The King's Meffage, 540

Debate on Mr. Pitt's Motion for Leave

to bring in his India Bill, 541

Debate on the Rumour of a Place ha-

ving been offered to a Mr. Hamilton,

562, 618

Interview between the Earl of Galloway
and General Rofs, $69

Debate on the Yorkshire Petition for a
Reform of Parliament, 570

Debate on the first Reading of Mr. Pitt's

India Bill, 575 to 583

Debate on Lord Charles Spencer's Mo-
tion, declaring the Miniftry did not.
enjoy the Confidence of the House,

585 to 605

Debate on the Rumour of an Union of

Parties, 606 to 617

Debate on the fecond Reading of Mr.

Pitt's India Bill, 618 to 637

Magiftrates changed at Harwich, 637

THE

HISTORY

OF TH 2

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES

OF THE

HOUSE of COMMONS,

In the FOURTH SESSION of the

Fifteenth Parliament of GREAT BRITAIN.

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Tuesday, November 11.

S foon as the Speaker and members returned from A. 1783. the House of Peers, to which they were fummoned

to attend his Majefty, and that the bufinefs of fwearing in new members, and iffuing writs was over, the King's Speech was read from the Chair [for which, fee Lords' Debates]after which,

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The Earl of Upper Offory rofe to move an Address in answer The Earl to it. He faid, that unaccustomed as he was to speak in of Upper public, and confcious of his want of the powers of perfuafion, he would not have undertaken the task of calling upon the House to vote an Address of Thanks, if he was not convinced that every part of the fpeech which had been juft read, was perfectly unexceptionable; and therefore he was confident that an addrefs in reply to it, would meet with the unanimous approbation of gentlemen of every defcription within the walls. The Speech, he obferved, recapitulated the principal political events that had taken place during the recefs of Parliament. The definitive treaties of peace, between the Court of Great Britain and thofe of France and Spain, and the United States of America, had been happily concluded; by which the feal was put to the pacification that had freed this country from a calamitous and expenfive war. VOL. XII. Though

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