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of improper and violent proceedings being adopted by courts martial towards the perfons whom they tried.

Mr. Hutchinfon entered into a juftification of his conduct and his principles; but did not specify any facts in fupport of his affertion.

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The report of the bill was then received, and it was read a third time and paffed."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer then obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to fecure and detain fuch perfuns as he should suspect to be confpiriug against his Majefty's perfon and government. The bill was brought up, carried through all its ftages, and paffed. A claufe was introduced into this, as well as into the former bill, for limiting the duration of both to fix weeks after the commencement of the next feffion of Parliament. The bills were fent to the Lords, and about half past ten o'clock, a meffage came down, informing the House that the Lords had agreed to the fame without any amendment.

Lord Caftlereagh put off his India budget until the next day.

The Dover pilots bill and the alien bill were read a fecond time.

The further confideration of the English and Scotch affeffed taxes bill was poftponed till Monday.

Mr. Alexander brought up the report on the property bill. Mr. Vanfittart brought up a claufe refpecting an allow ance to perfons having more than two children. The claufe was agreed to. The bill ordered to be engroffed, and read a third time the next day..

The Houfe went into a Committee on the receipt duty bill, which was paffed.

On the further confideration of the poor curates' bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved that it be an inftruction to the Committee to make certain allowances.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer faid, he should propose that the Houfe do the next day go into a Committee on the confolidation of stamps.

In the prize courts bill, Sir Wm. Scott moved, that certain annuities fhould be granted upon the refignation of the Judges of the Vice-Admiralty courts of Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Malta. A converfation enfued, in which Mr. Burrowes, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Johnstone took part. Mr. Burrowes withing for the eftab

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lishment of Vice-Admiralty Courts at Madras, Bengal, and Bombay; the Chancellor of the Exchequer urged that it was his Majefty's prerogative to eftablifh Courts where he pleased; and perhaps fuch a measure might be under confideration at the present moment.

The Attorney General gave notice of a motion he fhould make the next day, relative to the regulation of the Courts' of Canada.'

The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved certain refolutions, founded on several accounts that were on the table, relative to supply. "Adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

FRIDAY, JULY 29.

About two o'clock the Houfe met, and the royal affent was given by commiffion to the Irish martial law bill, and the luifh habeas corpus fufpenfion bill. The commiffioners were his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Walfingham.

Counsel was afterwards heard on the Scotch appeal, Hogg v. Lashley.

Several bills were brought up from the Commons, and

read the firft time."

The bills on the table were proceeded in. Adjourned.

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

FRIDAY, JULY 29.

Mr. Speaker took the chair at half paft one; and fhortly afterwards a meffage from the Lords by Mr. Quarme, defired the attendance of this Houfe at the bar of the House of Peers, to hear his Majefty's commiffion read, for declar ing the royal affent to certain bills.

M. Speaker, accompanied by feveral Members, attended forthwith; and being returned, reported to the House, that the royal affent had been declared to the Irish martial law, and habeas corpus fufpenfion bills, and fix other public and private bills.

The Prince of Orange's annuity bill was read the fecond time and committed for the next day; and the Scotch cotton manufacture bill was read a third time, paffed, and ordered to the Lords, together with a copy of the evidence upon which the Houfe was induced to pats the bill.

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Read a fecond time the Irish tea importation bill, and committed for Monday.

STAMP DUTIES.

The Houfe refolved into a Committee to, confider of the duties on vellum and parchment.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer faid, the measure he had to propose was founded on the fame principle as that which the Houfe had already fanctioned in the confolidation of the duties of excife, customs, and affeffed taxes. The object of the propofition he had now to fubmit to the House would be a confolidation of the duties only, without any alteration as to their amount. A new schedule would be conftructed, by which the trouble of the officers would be diminished at leaft two-thirds, and the collection of the duties, of courfe, greatly facilitated. The only new regu lation which it was neceffary for him to notice, was one relative to the employment of improper ftamps. Great inconvenience had arifen to many perfons, from ufing fuch ftamps inadvertently. Where the ftamp was inferior in value to that which ought to have been used, it was his intention that, the inftrument fhould, in all cafes, remain illegal; but where the ftamp was of equal value, though not applicable to the deed, it was evident there could have been no intention to defraud, and fome relief feemed due to the parties who had fallen into fuch a mistake in advertently. He should not propose to make fuch a stamp legal, except upon paying a double duty. A contract having an improper ftamp, though not inferior in value to the right one, was not to be confidered valid, but might be rendered fo. When this meafure was completed, the House would have the confolation to reflect, that in the courfe of one feffion four great branches of the public revenue had been greatly improved by the adoption of a system of confolidation. It was true that the prefent measure involved only a detached part of the ftamp duties, but it would lay a foundation for the confolidation of the whole in the next feffion of Parliament. He then propofed a refolution for confolidating the faid duties.

Mr. Francis remarked, that the honourable Gentleman had mentioned only his intention of giving relief to perfons who had ufed improper ftamps of equal value to the legal one. He must know that great inconveniencies had also arisen

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer faid, it was also intended to provide for that cafe in the Committee on the bill.

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The refolution was agreed to, the report received, and leave given to bring in a bill for confolidating the duties on ftamps on vellum and parchment.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY-CIVIL LIST.

On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the House refolved into a Committee of Supply; and several peritions, estimates, and other papers on the table, were referred to the Committee.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, that the four fums he should first move, were fums to teimburse the civil lift forlike fums, ordered to be advanced therefrom by his Majefty, pursuant to votes of this Houfe; and he therefore moved,

To Mathew Martus, Efq.
To Ch. Th. Felton, Esq.

To William Chinnery, Efq. for the expence
of transporting convicts

To ditto for expences at Norfolk island
For printing the journals, bills, and votes of
the House of Commons for laft year
To difcharge arrears of the police offices
To Mr. Soane, architect, for plans and eleva-
tions for repairs and new buildings in the
Houfe of Lords in the year 1794-5
To make good a defalcation of a fubfcriber to
the lottery

Fees and expences difburfed to Dr. Jenner, by
order of this Houle, in order to nett him
the fum voted for his valuable difcovery of
the vaccine inoculation

To the Board of Agriculture

To the British Museum

To the Veterinary College

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The chairman left the chair and was ordered to report the next day; and the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means were further deferred to Monday.

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Mr. Carry moved the order of the day for the Houfe to refolve into Committee, to consider the expediency of enabling the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 40 advance out of the public treafury to the board of firft fruits, to be by them advanced in loans to clergymen having finall benefices, and no glebe houses, to erect glebe houses for their refidence.

The House refolved accordingly. Mr. Corry then entered into a chronological detail of the inftitution of the board of first fruits in Ireland, from the time of its institution, in the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time; in the courfe of which he stated, that its principal revenues were derived from charges upon the annual income of church linings beyond a certain amount; to be appropriated, for the building and repair of churches, a purpose to which their revenues were not adequate to the extent which was mos defirable; but toward this purpose they were in the babit of receiving annually from the Irish Parliament a confiderable donation. He then went into a fummary statement of their accounts, by the last of which it appeared, they had a balance in hand of 37,000l. The purpose for which this bill was introduced, was nearly to the full as defirable as that of the building and repair of churches, and one which must con tribute in an effectual way to procure that which was juftly held to be fo very defirable, namely, the refidence of the clergy. He moved, that the Chairman be inftructed to move for a fum not exceeding 50,cocl. for that purpose.

Mr. Francis withed to know if the fums to be advanced in this way would not be to advanced under fome competent furety, that they would be expended bona fide for the purpofes to which they were fo granted? He obferved, that by The account stated by the hon. Gentleman, there was already a very large balance in the hands of the board of first fruits, remaining from year to year unappropriated, and which, had it been placed in the public funds, would have confiderably accumulated for the benefit of the objects of the institution. It was his with that every reasonable means fhould be afforded for maintaining the refpectability of the Church of Ireland, and the comforts of its clergy; because he was sure fuch provision must materially contribute to the maintenance of morality in that country. But there was another point 'connected with this topic, which he defired to touch on only with the greatest delicacy. He himself did not pretend to

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