64 
appeared for it 83, againft it 8. The 
other refglutions were read and agreed 
to. ° 
On the sth of July,-the Houfe of 
Commons, in a committee of ways and 
means, - Fefolved,- that 646,;25¢l. be 
granted to his -Majetty, -to be raifed by 
way of a lottery; the lottery to cénfilt 
of 55,000 tickets, at rr]. 1s. per ticket. 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer ftatedy 
that the profits of this lottery to the 
public, though lefs than in former years, 
would be 146,250], The fnm_ of 
3,200,000]. was ordered to be railed by 
exchequer bills. On the 7th of Juty, 
Mr. Pirt- propofed, in a committee of 
ways and means, in lieu of- the inland 
_navigatiomtax, which he had eftimated 
at go,oool. firft, an» additional duty on 
male fervants ef tos,on thofe who kept 
from two to five; 15s. on thofe, who 
kept from five to eight; and 20s. on 
_ perfons who kept eight, and more than 
eight; this would amount to 34,o00l. 
Vo this, he woyld add an additional tax 
6n horfes kept for the purpofe of plea- 
fure, excepting thofe who kept but one 
horfe, and laying an additional duty of 
5s. for eacly-horfe; on thofe who kept 
more than two. 
obferved, would meet the deficit occa- 
fioned by abandoning the inland-navi- 
Zation tax. _ 
On the. 6th -ef -July,..Mr,.,Pirt 
brought up a mcflage from his Majetty, 
relative to a fubfidy to be allowed to the 
queen of Portugal!!! And onthe next 
day, the meffage was referred to a com. 
mittee of fupply; in this committee, 
Mr. Pirr moved, that there be granted 
to his Majefty, by way of vote of credit, 
the fum of 500,000l. to enable him to 
meet the unforefeen exigencies of the 
years; out of this fum 200,000l. were 
deftined as a pecuniary aid to the queen 
of Portugal, fhould the pofture of affairs 
requireit. Thefe refolutions were put, 
and unanimoufly agreed to. 
In the Houfe of Lords, upon the 
fecond reading of the Roman Catholic 
Militia Bill, on the nth of July, for 
allowing Roman Catholicsand Proteftant 
Diffenters, to ferve as officers in the fup- 
plementary militia, Lord Kenyon rofe, 
and objected to the pailing of a bill of 
fuch ferious confequence, at fo advanced 
a period of the feifon, and moved, that 
it be read a fecond time that day three 
months, 
concurred in the motion, and thought it 
indecent to agitate fucha queftion, when 
the bifhops, who were placed in parha- 
State of Public Affairs_—Great Britain: 
Thefe two taxes, he. 
The Bithop of RocHESTER'’ 
f J uly. 
ment to watch over the ecclefiaftical part 
of the conftitutional fabric, were ablent, 
in the vifitation of their diocefes. As 
for himfelf, he loved to {peak out fairly, 
and was a contemplor popularis aurea. He 
fhould; therefore, decidedly oppofe a 
meafure, which would admit men zurfed 
in faétion, into public employments, and 
open a door to application for further 
indulgencies:. The Duke of NorFotx 
and Lord HAWKE were friendly to the 
bill. Upon a divifion, there appeared 
for the motion 23, againft it 6. 
Onthe igth of July; the bills for the 
eftablifkment of Courts of Judicature in, 
Calcutta, Madras; and Bombay, were 
brought from the Lords to the Com- 
mons with amendments. The amend- 
ment that had been made to each bill, 
was, leaving out the words * under the 
fign manual of the Prefident of the 
Couneil in India,” 8c. which was ne- 
ceflary to certify the fervices of a judge 
in that country, by which he might be 
entitled to receive a penfion on his re- 
tiring from office. The Speaker of the 
Houle of Commons fuggefted, that the 
adoption of thefe amendments from the 
Lerds, might lead to a breach of privi- 
lege, as,it evidently came under the 
denomination of a Money Bill. The 
Commons, therefore, rejected the bill; 
upon which, Mr. Dunpbas faid, it 
would be neceflary to bring in the bills 
again, as new bills, which he moved to 
have carried through their feveral ftages 
on that day, and which was accordingly 
complied with. | 
On the fame day, in the Houfe of 
Lords, the royal affent was given by 
commiffion to thirty-four public, and 
feventeen private bills: and, among 
thefe, was the Infolvent Debtors’ Bull, 
by which all thofe who have been in 
prifon, upon a writ of execution for 
debt, before the firft of January laft, for 
a fum not exceeding 1200]. will be libee _ 
rated, under the provifions mentioned in 
the bill. ; 
On the zoth of June, His Majefty 
went in ftate to the Houfe of Peers, for 
the purpofe of proroguing the parlia- 
ment. The fpeech delivered from the 
throne, on this occafion, acknowledged 
with pleafure, the cheerfulnefs and libe- 
rality with which the fupplies of the 
year had been granted. It approved 
the. meaiures that had been taken te 
fupport peblic_credit, and to prevent the 
evils, which otherwife might have arifen 
from the ftoppage of payment in cafh at 
the Bank, as well as thofe for inert 
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