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house to correct the civil list expendi- 
ture carried, xxiii 171] 
Commons, House of: motion, that it is the 
duty of the house to redress the abuses 
a. of in the petitions, carried, 
20. 
«... the three resolutions reported and con- 
firmed, xxiii 172] 
++. account of money paid to or for the 
use of members to be laid before the 
house, xxiii 173] 
e+.. treasurer of the chamber and other 
persons not to hold seats in the house, 2b. 
«+». motion for excluding revenue officers 
— voting at elections negatived, xxiii 
174] 
eee. for an address to the king 
not to dissolve or prorogue parliament, 
negatived, xxiii 181] 
»+.. disorder on Mr. Fox’s rising to speak, 
. xxiii 182] 
e+.- abolition of the office of the great 
wardrobe, negatived, xxiii 184] 
board of works nega- 
tived, 25. 
+.» debates on the army extraordinaries, 
xxiii 186] 
+++. motion for a bill for restoring peace 
with America, xxiii 187] 
eose on a body of the military being 
held in readiness on a meeting of the 
electors of Westminster, 7. 
«e+» Mr. Burke’s regulations of the yeo- 
men of the guards, and gentlemen pen- 
sioners agreed to, xxiii 188] 
e+.. Various other clauses rejected, 7b. 
+++. motions grounded on the petitions re- 
jected, xxiii 189] 
oe pens of lord G. Gordon, xxiii 
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+-.. debate on the protestant petitions, 
xxiii 196°] 
++ .- bill to restrain papists from educating 
protestant children, xxiii 197*] 
+++. motions on lord Ambherst’s ordering 
the inhabitants of London to be disarmed, 
xxiii 199*] 
++.» C. Wolfran Cornwall chosen speaker, 
xxiii 232] xxiv 145] 
ae Ce aaa on the king’s speech, xxiv 150] 
.... vote of thanks to sir F. Norton, xxiv 
156] 
Pew o to sir H. Clinton, lord 
wa” and adm. Arbuthnot, xxiv 
+++. debates on the appoinment of sir H. 
Palliser to the government of Greenwich 
hospital, ib. 173°] 
+. ++ Message from the throne on the rup- 
ture with Holland, xxiv 164*] 
+... inquiry into E. India affairs, xxiv 175*] 
191*] 195*] xxvii 46] 
-- ++ bill of reform brought in again by Mr. 
Burke, xxiv 180*] 
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Commons, House of : strictures on the loan, 
xxiv 183*] 185*] 187*] 
+++ contractor’s bill again rejected, xxiv 
188*]} 
«+++ bill for restraining revenue officers 
from voting for members negatived, 2b. 
«+++ petition from the delegates of the as- 
sociated counties, xxiv 194*] 
e+e» Motion for inquiry into the affair of 
St. Eustatia, xxiv 195*] 
-.-+» bill for new modelling the court of 
judicature in Bengal, zd. 
«+. the minister’s propositions respecting 
the E, Indies, xxiv 196*] 173] 178] 
«+++ modifications of the late marriage act 
proposed, xxiv 198*-200*] 
e+.- motions for a peace with America, 
xxiv 200*] 201*] 
+++» grants to the sufferers by the hurri- 
canes in the W. Indies, xxiv 163] 
+++. petition from the E. Indies against 
the supreme court of judicature,xxiv 303] 
++. petition of Mr. Laurens, xxiv 322] 
xxv 148] 
+. ++ address on the king’s speech, xxv 128] 
130] 293] 
ee.» committee of supply, xxv 133] 
+. +» motion for inquiry into the conduct of 
the captors of St. Eustatia, xxv 136] 
.».. additional number of seamen moved 
by opposition, but rejected, xxv 141] 
«++. motion for putting an end to the Amer- 
ican war rejected, xxv 143] 
+-»+ conversation on the exchange of pri= 
soners with America, xxv 147] 
.++. motion for adjournment, xxv 149] 
.»+. inquiry into the conduct of the first 
lord of the admiralty, xxv 151] 157] 167} 
---. debates on the ordnance estimates, 
xxv 153] ; 
«++. motion for an address to the king 
against the American war lost by a ma- 
jority of one, xxv 167] 
+». a Similar motion carried, xxv 168] 
.--. address and answer to it, xxv 171] 
296] 297] 
«++» resolution in consequence of the an- 
swer, xxv 171] 297] 
«++ resolutions of censure on the ministry 
lost bya majority of ten, xxv 173] 
+». resolution for withdrawing the con- 
fidence of the house from ministers lost 
by a majority of nine, xxv 175] 
---» motion to the same effect obviated by 
announcing that the ministry was dis- 
missed, xxv 176] 
..+. abrupt motion of Mr. Eden on the af- 
fairs of Ireland, xxv 178] 
..-. message from the throne on the same 
subject, 2b. 
.+-. act for disqualifying revenue officers 
from voting for members, xxv 180] 308] 
... ——_———- contractors from 
sitting in the house, xxv 180] 308] 
.. «+ Mr. Burke’s reform bill revived, 2d. 
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