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Commons, House of; motion fora select com- 
mittee of inquiryinto E. J. affairs, xv 103°] 
«++» committee of inquiry concerning the 
behaviour of the lords to, xv 104*] 
..+. corn committee and bill, xv 104*] 
105*] 
..-+ bills indirectly relating to money mat- 
ters returned from the Lords with alter- 
108], thrown out with contempt, xv 105*] 
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+--+ motion to vacate the seats of the com- 
missioners of trade and plantations on the 
appointment of a new one, xv 74] 
-.-.- thanks to Dr. Rowell for his 30th of 
Or sermon, ordered to be expunged, xv 
«--- repeal cf theact for observing the 30th 
of Jan. moved for, xv 81] 
++» Motion to shorten parliaments rejected, 
xv 82] 
-+.. bill to suspend the commission of the 
E. India company for supervision of their 
affairs, xv 145] 147] xvi 73*] 
+++ petition against it from the company, 
xv 201] xvi 76*] 
-+.+. address on the king’s speech, xv 224] 
xvi 69*] 
«+++ debates on India affairs, xvi 69*] 73*] 
96*] 
g1*] 
ass on the expedition against the 
Caribs in St. Vincent’s, xvi 88*] 76] 
»+.. petition of navy captains for an in- 
crease of half pay, xvi 92*] 
«+++ majority in it’s favour against the mi- 
nister, xvi 94*] 
«+.. motion for the relief of dissenters, xvi 
94*)} 
on the naval establishment, xvi 
for a committee on subscrip- 
tion negatived, 2b. 
+... petition from the E. India company 
for a loan, xvi 95*] 
+... papers moved for, xvi 96*] 
+-.. petition from the E. India company 
against it’s resolutions, xvi 100*] 
+... bill for regulating it’s affairs, xvi 101*] / 
103] 116] 
«+-. petitions against it, xvi 102"] 103] 
104] 210] 214] 215] 
+... charges against lord Clive and others, 
xvi 105*] 
-... the E. India company refuses it’s as- 
sent tothe loan on the terms proposed, 
xvi 107*] 
++». petition from Gloucester on the dis- 
tress of inn-holders from soldiers quar- 
tered on them, xvi 68] 
+++» motion for shortening the durations of 
parliaments, xvi 70] 
+++. petitions from Bristol against and for 
a theatre there, xvi 73] 87] 
i* —— the city of London 
against lotteries, xvi 84] 
+++ letter from the speaker to the sheriffs 
137 
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to summon the representatives of London, 
Middlesex, and Westminster, and their 
answer, xvi 90] 
Commons, House of: demand of J. Wilkes 
to be sworn, xvi 94] 
.. ++ motion for his being called in nega- 
tived, 7d. 
.... sir G. Savile’s motion on the rights of 
election negatived, xvi 95] xvii 55] 
+. petition for a bill to dispose of the 
Adelphi by lottery, xvi 104] 
»... reward to Dr. Williams for green and 
yellow dyes for cotton; xvi 111] 
..++ debate on the supplies, xvii 52] 
..-- Grenville election act rendered per- 
petual, xvii 56] 
«+++ debates on the proceedings at Boston, 
xvii 58] 
see petition to lay before the House the 
acts of Elizabeth and her successors for 
securing the liberties of the colonists, xvii 
62] 
+. petition to be heard by the house re- 
jected, xvii 65] 
Sdicls from several Americans in 
London, 7b. 227] 
-+.. motion preparatory to a repeal of the 
tea duty, xvii 68] 
.... bill for the better government of Mas- 
sachussets bay, xvii 69] 
.... petition of the agent for time to hear 
from the province refused, xvii 71] 
.--.- second petition from Americans in Lon- 
don, 2b. 229] 
.... bill for enabling persons to be sent to 
England for trial, xvii 72] 
-...— for the government of Quebec, 
xvii 74] 
++. petition against an enclosure bill, xvii 
92] 
-..+. proceedings against the printer of the 
Public Advertiser and J. Horne (Tooke) 
ne a libel on the speaker, xvii 93] 96] 
97) 
.... petition from the London booksellers 
on the subject of copyright, xvii 97] 
eves from gen. Fraser, for the re- 
storation of the estates of bis father, lord 
Lovat, xvii 97] 
..++ committee on the state of the linen 
manufacture, xvii 98] 102] 
—— abuses in jails, xvii 
100] 106] 
..+. petitions for and against additional du- 
ties on foreign linens, xvii 103] 
..+. petition of the city of London against 
the bill respecting the navigation of the 
Thames, xvii 118] 
.... sir F, Norton chosen speaker of the 
new parliament, xvii 165] 
.... address on the king’s speech, xvii 261] 
265] xviii 40] ' 
..++ debates on the supply, xviii 44] 
.... American papers laid before the house 
ina garbled state, xviii 49] 
