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copal church, there should also be 

 one for the presbyterian. On a 

 division, the clause was rejected by 

 20 against 18. At a subsequent dis- 

 cussion it was made known, that the 

 Company had given an assurance 

 for the maintenance of ministers 

 of the Scotch church at its own 

 expence. 



Of the further proceedings of 

 the House of Commons respecting 

 this bill to its final passing the 

 House, it is unnecessary to detail 

 the particulars. Complaints of pre- 

 cipitation were made by the friends 

 of the Company to the last ; and 

 the court of proprietors instructed 

 those directors who have seats 

 in parliament, to move for a delay 

 till the bill in its amended shape 

 should have undergone their consi- 

 deration ; but the minister was 

 firm in resisting such motions. 

 Some new clauses and amend- 

 ments were proposed, and nega- 



tived, and the third reading took 

 place on July 13. 



In the House of Lords the pro- 

 gress of this bill was much more 

 silent than in the Commons, few 

 members seeming to interest them- 

 selves in its provisions after they 

 had given a general opinion of it 

 at its first introduction. The earl 

 of Lauderdale was most conspi- 

 cuous in opposition, and he en- 

 tered upon the journals of the 

 House a protest against the second 

 reading, in strong terras of cen- 

 sure, particularly of the enactment 

 which directs the yearly issue in 

 India, for the purpose of invest- 

 ments, of a sum equal to the pay- 

 ment made from the funds at 

 home on account of the territorial 

 charges of the preceding year. 



The bill passed into a hw just 

 before the close of the session. An 

 abstract of its clauses will be found 

 in another part of our volume. 



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