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agreed that 65,000 pounds ſhould be employed to éredt a Lazarettoz; and ſe- veral other reiolutions were agreed to, relative to a new ſyſtem of quarantine and allo reſpe&ing duties to be paid by veſſels coming under the quarantine laws.
Next day the lords ſent a meſſage to the commons, requeſting the houſe to ſend their lordſhips the exemplification, under the great ſeal of Treland, of the Iriſh Keprelentation A&; which was complied with. The ſame day a meüage was brought from the king to the bouſe of commons, acquaint=- ing them, that he had entered into a convention with the hereditary Prince of Orange, Stadholder of the United Provinces, tor taking ſome of his ſhips and ſeamen into his ſervice; and recommending to the houſe to make‘pro- viſion for the‘ame; which was agieed to be taken into conhderation on the morrow,—but, there not being members enouga, preſent to make a houſes, the buſineſs ſtood over.?
Monday, June zo. In the houſe of lords, on a motion of Lord Grenville, the Bill for tie Union with Ireland was read a third time, and paſſed. In the houle of commons, the Attorney General moved to bring in a bill for regulating Trials for High Treaſon, and tor Securing tlie Perions of Luna- tics charged with Offences; leave was given accordingly, Leave was alſo given to bring in a bill to prevent Combinations among Workmen and La- bourers.
On Monday, the 27th, the ſubfdy to the Ele&or of Bavaria was taken into confideration, in the houſe of lords, and, with ſome ſmall oppohtion frôm Lord Holland, paſſed. In the houſe of commons, on the ſame day, Mr. Sheridan called the attention of the houſe, in a long ſpeech, to the itate of the campaign; and concluded with moving, that a call of the houſe ſhould take place on that day fortnight; he was anſwered by Mr. Pitt,which drew from Mr. Sheridan one of the moſt ſevere replies ever’ heard in that houſe. On a diviúon, the numbers were—Ayes 27,-Noes 124. Immedi- ately after which Mr. Dundas brought forward a motion, to take the Dutch ſhips into Engliſh ſervice; which, after ſome oppoſition, was agreed toy and the ſupplies voted accordingly.
On the 18 July, the Speaker called the attention of the houſe to a bill to regulate the Salaries of Othcers of the Houié, and propoſed that when the patent intereſt expired, the fees ſhould all go into one purſe, and the clerks, êec. receive the following annual allowances, viz. The clerk 3,0001. aſliſt- ant-clerk 15,000l, tov five’ years, and 500 more after; to ſerjeant at arme 1300l.
On the 3d July, The duke of Bedford, in the houſe of lords, after a long ſpeech, moved that the houſe ſhould agree to the reſolutions of the houſe of coinmons, reſpeRtiñg the Incloſure of Waſte Lands.\ The conſideration of which was poſtponed to Monday, In the commons, ſeveral diviſions took place on the bill for eſtabliſhing a company to grind corn,&c. The confi- deration was poſtponed till the next day, July 4th; when, after ſeveral more diviſions, the bill paſſed.
On the 8ch, Mr. Jones made a motion for papers reſpeéting the conventioh ïn Egypt, which, ater ſome debates, was withdrawn. Next day, in the houle of lords, Lord Holi nd made a like motion, which was negatived out a diviſion. Coutents 2 non-contents 26. The duke of Bedford moved to agree to the reſolutions entered in reſpe&ing the improvement-of waſte lands.
Lord Holland, next called the attention of” the houſe to the ſiate of the nation, and moved that an humble addreſs ſhould be preſented to bis majeſty, him not to prorogue parliament at the preſent alarming jnn&ure. No other períon replied but Lord Grenville, when the houſe di- vided. Contents 2.- Non-contents 26, A. like motion was made by M. Weitern, in the houſe of commons, when a long debate enſued, and the houſe divided; for the matièn 27; again it 143.