Houfe, to take into confideration His Majesty's moft gracious Meffage, of the 9th Day of April laft, relative to the State of Ireland.

ORDERED, That the several papers which were presented to the House, by Mr. Secretary Fox, upon the day of this inftant May, be referred to the faid Committee.

Then the House refolved itself into the faid Committee.

Mr. Speaker left the Chair.

Mr. Powys took the Chair of the Committee.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

Mr. Powys reported from the Committee, That they had come to several Resolutions; which they had directed him to report, when the House will please to receive the same.

ORDERED, That the Report be now received.

Mr

Mr. Powys accordingly reported, from the faid Committee, the Refolutions which the Committee had directed him to report to the Houfe, which he read in his place, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk's table; where the fame were read; and are as follows: viz...

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RESOLVED, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That an Act, made in the fixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for the better

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securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of "Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain," ought to be repealed.

RESOLVED, that it is the Opinion of this, Committee, That it is indifpenfible to the interests and happiness of both Kingdoms, that the Connexion between them fhould be eftablished, by mutual confent, upon a folid and permanent Bafis.

The faid Refolutions, being feverally read a

fecond time, were, upon the Question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the Houfe, Nemini Contradicenti.

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ORDERED,

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ORDERED, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for repealing an Act made in the fixth year of the reign of his late Majefty, King George the Firft, intituled "An Act for the better fecuring "the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland

upon the Crown of Great Britain;" and that Mr. Secretary Fox, Mr. Thomas Pitt, Mr. Powys, and Lord John Cavendish, do prepare and bring in the fame.

RESOLVED, That an humble Addrefs be prefénted to His Majefty, That His Majefty will be graciously pleased to take fuch measures as His Majesty in His Royal Wisdom shall think moft conducive to the establishing, by mutual confent, the Connexion between this Kingdom and the Kingdom of Ireland upon a folid and permanent

bafis.

ORDERED, That the faid Address be prefented to His Majefty, by fuch Members of this House as are of His Majefty's most honourable Privy Council.

22d May,

22d May, 1782.

Mr. Secretary Fox reported to the Houfe, That His Majefty had been attended with the Addrefs of this Houfe, of Friday laft, which His Majefty had been pleafed to receive very graciously, and that His Majefty had commanded him to acquaint this House, that he will immediately take fuch measures as may be most likely to conduce to the establishment of a Connexion between this Kingdom and the Kingdom of Ireland upon a folid and permanent bafis.