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He likewife moved that the books of entries, inwards and outwards, be referred to the fame committee.- -Ordered accordingly.

Mr. Holmes reported from the committee appointed to examine the state of the goals of this kingdom.-Report ordered to lie on

the table.

A meffage from the Lords, that they had agreed, without any alteration, to the bill for preventing bribery and corruption at elections for members to ferve in parliament; and that they had made some alteration in the bill for establishing an high court of admiralty in Ireland.

A private bill read.

Sir Henry Cavendish prefented a petition from J. Faris.-Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Annesley complained of the defective manner in which the city is lighted, and of the fhameful remiffnefs of our nocturnal guards, to fupport which extravagant fums were annually levied on the public. He moved that the proper officer do lay before the Houfe an account of what fums have been received for watch money, and what number of watchmen have been employed; and alfo what fums have been paid to them, for the last seven years.

Ordered alfo, that the proper officer do lay before the House, the amount of the tax paid for lighting the public lamps for feven years laft paft.

He then gave notice that after the recefs, he would enter into an inveftigation of the paving bufinefs.

On a motion of Mr. Molyneux, ordered that the proper officer do lay before the House, an account of the fums that have been difburfed for lighting the lamps before the parliament houfe, for feven years laft paft.

The order of the day being read for the committee on the infolvent bill,

Mr. Browne (of Trinity College) moved, that it be an instruction to the committee to whom the infolvent bill is referred, to receive a clause in favour of Hugh Kennedy.

Lord Delvin and Mr. Chatterton objected to receiving claufes, as the bill might be endangered by the number of applications that would be made. They declared that they were ready to fupport any bill introduced for the relief of perfons who were not in actual cuftody.

On the question being put there appeared,
For agreeing to the claufe,

Against it,

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Majority

The House refolved into a committee on the infolvent bill, which being gone through and agreed upon, the report was ordered to be received.

The Houfe adjourned till Saturday.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1783.

Petitions from and against several insolvent debtors were received.

Lord Delvin moved that all thofe fheriffs who had omitted to return lifts of the debtors in actual cuftody, on the 10th of November laft, do attend this House on the first Wednesday after the recefs.

The Provost faid, that the particular fheriffs fhould be named, and not ordered to attend under general defcriptions; he therefore moved that the perfons who were to attend, be specified by name.-The Honourable and learned Gentleman gave notice that he should, at a future time, move, that the fum of four fhillings per day, allowed to witnesses to attend committees, was not a fufficient allowance to perfons who were under the neceffity of coming many miles to attend them; fome of whom had been detained in town several weeks, to the prejudice of their affairs.

Lord Delvin faid, that many fheriffs had been repeatedly ordered to make returns to the House, of the perfons in actual cuftody on the 10th of November, which order had not been complied with. His lordship gave in to the House a lift of fuch as had neglected complying with this order.

Petitions from the linen drapers of the counties of Leitrim and Londonderry, refpecting the exportation of linen yarn, were received, and referred to a committee.

The Right Honourable Mr. Secretary Pelham informed the House, that he was commanded by his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint them that his Majefty has been pleased to return a moft gracious answer to the addrefs of this Houfe, which he read in his place, and after delivered in at the table, and the fame was read by Mr. Speaker (all the members being uncovered) and is as followeth :

"GEORGE R.

"His Majefty returns his hearty thanks to the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament affembled, for their dutiful and loyal addrefs: His Majefty receives with the highest fatisfaction the fentiments expreffed by his parliament refpecting his Majefty's government; and his Majefty's faithful parliament may reft affured of his Majefty's determined refolution to concur

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with them at all times in the maintenance and prefervation of that free and excellent conftitution, on which the happiness and interefts of his people of Ireland fo effentially depend. "G. R."

Ordered, That his Majefty's moft gracious anfwer be entered on the journals of this Houfe.

Mr. Conolly moved that an humble addrefs be presented to his Majefty, to thank him for his moft gracious answer to the address of this Houfe.

Mr. Gardiner feconded the motion.

Agreed to, nemine contradicente.

Ordered, That fuch members as are of his Majesty's most honourable privy council, do attend his Excellency the Lord Lieu tenant with the faid addrefs.

The ingroffed bill for regulating the court of admiralty in this kingdom, was received from the Lords, in which it appeared, that that House had refolved on the following amendment, which they fubmitted to the Commons for their concurrence:

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Provided, always, that it fall and may be lawful to and for the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons in parliament affembled, to remove fuch judge, by an address of both Houfes of parliament, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding."

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On the queftion being put, whether this Houfe doth agree to faid amendment, it paffed in the affirmative.- -Ordered to the

Lords.

Sir John Blaquiere faid, that fome doubts having arifen with refpect to the bill relative to the loan for the grand canal, he fhould poftpone bringing in faid bill 'till after the recefs.

Mr. Burton moved, that the petitioner or his agent, on the petition complaing of an undue election and return for the county of Westmeath, do furnish lifts of the voters and the objections to them.-Ordered.

Mr. Fofter prefented a petition from Mr. Montgomery and Edward Price, creditors of Dr. Tunnadine; and also a petition from the faid Dr. Tunnadine.- -Both petitions referred to a committee.

Mr. Lowther prefented a petition from an infolvent debtor, who was not in actual cuftody on the 10th of November, but out upon fecurity being given to the marshal.

Mr. Dexter attended at the bar purfuant to order. He mentioned feveral perfons who were in cuftody on mefne process, but had been by him permitted to go out of the marshalsea on

fecurity being given to indemnify him to the amount of the debts they were feverally charged with.

Ordered that the committee on the infolvent bill be impowered to receive a claufe to extend the benefit of faid act to fuch perfons as were proper objects and conformed to the terms of the act, notwithstanding they were out upon bail on faid 10th of November.

A motion was made to extend the benefit of faid bill to a late treasurer of a county, a bankrupt now in cuftody.

Referred to the committee.

Committee of the whole House on the bill of infolvency, Lord Delvin in the chair.

The Provost moved that the names of all debtors be annexed in a fchedule to faid bill, in order that creditors may know who are to have the benefit of faid act.

Mr. Chatterton thought this unneceffary: He gave notice that he fhould, immediately after the recefs, bring in a bill for the relief of perfons not in actual cuftody on the 10th of November.

Mr. Green moved, that a claufe fhould be inferted not to extend it to bankrupts who have not obtained certificates, and mentioned one perfon who he meant to exclude.

Right Hon. Mr. Scott faid, it would not be confiftent with the humanity of the House, to exclude any perfon by name.

Mr. Molyneux faid, that the perfon alluded to had been many years in confinement; had a wife and five children, had given up all his effects to his creditors, and had nothing left to fubfift on.

Mr. Fitzgibbon faid, he did not know him, but he had been recommended to him as a proper object. He reprobated the idea of excluding him by name from the benefit of a general act, when he had not been heard in his own defence.

Mr. Kelly faid, that it appeared that the man alluded to had given up all his effects, and therefore was not an improper object for the benefit of this act,

Mr, Anneley fpoke against the general principles of the bankruptcy laws-which, he faid, were univerfally and juftly reprobated He inftanced perfons who had in confequence paid but 15d. in the pound-He concluded with moving that one of the claufes in the prefent bill, relative to bankrupts, be expunged. On the queftion being put, it paffed in the affirmative.-Houle refumed.

The committee reported fome progrefs, and obtained leave to fit again.

MONDAY, DECEMBBR 22, 1783.

A meffage from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, by Sir Willoughby Afton, Gentleman Ufher of the Black Rod:

"Mr, Speaker,

"It is his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's pleasure that this House do attend him immediately in the House of Peers."

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went to attend his Excellency; and being returned, he reported that the House had attended his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant in the House of Peers, where his Excellency was pleafed to give the royal affent to the following public bills:

I. An act for granting unto his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, an additional duty on wine, hides, beer, ale, and other goods and merchandizes therein mentioned, and for prohibiting the importation of all gold and filver lace, and of all cambricks and lawns, except of the manufacture of Great Britain; and of all hops, except of the growth of Great Britain and the British plantations; and of all glafs, except from Great Britain.

2. An act for granting to his Majesty the feveral aids, duties, rates, impofitions and taxes therein particularly expreffed, to be applied to the payment of the intereft of the fums therein provided for, and towards the difcharge of the faid principal fums in fuch manner as therein is directed, and for fuch other purposes as are therein mentioned.

3. An act for granting to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceflors, feveral duties upon ftamped vellum, parchment and

paper.

4. An act for the advancement of trade, and for granting to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, the duties therein men

tioned.

5. An act for regulating the fugar trade, and for granting to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, the duties therein mentioned.

6. An act for regulating and extending the tobacco trade, and for granting to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, the duties therein mentioned,

7. An act to promote the linen and hempen manufacture, by. enereafing the fupply of Irish flax-feed, and encouraging the export of linens and fail cloth, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

8. An act for indemnifying fuch perfons as have acted for the fervice of the public in advifing or carrying into execution a proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant and council of this kingdom, bearing date the 13th day of November, 1782, and alfo an act of council or entry in the council books, bearing date the 2nd day of June, 1783.

The Commons being returned to their own House, and the Right Hon. the Speaker having taken the chair, Mr. Fitzgibbon,

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