CONTENTS. 



ijiceof the current Year should consbt of 60,000 Men. Conversat'iom 

 and Disputations that arisc.in conseqiience of these Motions. Supplies 

 for th- Prosecution of the IFar. New Taxes. Act for restraining the 

 Paiimentof Monei/ to Person's residing in France during the War. An- 

 nual Motion lu Mr. jmcrforce, for Leave to bring in a Bill Jor the 

 Alolition of the Slave Trade, in the Housr of Commons. Carried, Pe- 

 titions against the Abolition of the Slaue. Trade. Motion bj Mr. 

 Mailland, rcspectiAg French Officers in British Pat/. . 1J7 



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General Anxiety concerning the Issue of the JFarin loth France and Eng- 

 land. Motion in the House of Peers for Peace with France. Arguments 

 for and against it Charge against Ministers^ in the House of Commons, 

 of A'crrlect ofNoira Scotia. Aimver to this Charge. Motion bif Mr, 1 itt 

 tn the%Iouseof Commons, for an Augmentation of the Mi/itia, and for 

 levying a Volunteer Forre of Horse and Foot in evcr-y County Debates on 

 these Motions. The Motions carried. Spirited Protest oj the County of 

 Surry asuinsl Ministerial Attempts to procure Subscriptions for oupplieS 

 without Application to Parliament. A Message to Parliament fom the 

 Kin<r, requiring the Succours necessary Jor repelling menaced luvasion. 

 Address in Answer. Motion by Mr. Sheridan against Loans qf Mon.y^ 

 to the Crown to be used for Public Purposes, xvithout the Consent oJ ■ 

 Parliamenl. Debates thereon in loth P/ouses. In bolhcurrkd. Motion 

 in the House of Commous, for enabling rlie Subjects of France to enter 

 into his Majesty's Servbe on the Coidinent. Debates thetxon m both 

 Housen. Carried. , , 



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^ . 1 1111 ii^ i>r,r,.h Matter andihe severni Mcmlers of 



Trealr^cancudedbeween Ihe f f^^'^Z of Conmons. Debates there- 



the Coalition. Motion against it in the tloustoj u „bstni?iinff 



on. Motion by Lord Stanhope in ^'>^/^^/l^^;J _ "IX^H 



from farther Interference in the Domestic ^f ^'7 J ,f f/'' ' .^ di^charJd 



Lor/Hail^esbi4 fa- tl. Employ n^^^^ 



from the Aavy in 1 .me ofPeaC. MoUon <-J'*^' J' thereon. 



^Fnlure ,fth British ^^ ^^ ^^ ;:^ ^^ ^ Ma^;! -^n^::^ 

 Finances of Imlm. A Me.^agejrom '^^ ^ «- Discontents and Jea- 



n Pecuniary Subsiai, to Prussia -L>''i"^-*^«^',<^"«; ,.,, f^ritairU 



loUsies enti-tained h, the Ncrth-.dm.ncan ^^^/^ "^'l^^^ /^.^J'S 

 Moderate and wise Councils of the Americans^ ^'fc ;?/ / /S.W 

 Powers settled. Motions and Delates rcspect^m f "^ '";!'; /S" J 



Parliament. ^-^ 1^'' Tl^r^^i'^'^M^^T 



for t,n-mmnting the Uariuith Frame. ^^^^'1!'' thtrSn in both 



by Mr. Fox, in th House of Commons. Delates tfunon lam 



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