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HISTORY and PROCEEDINGS
Gt Brit. Perkament OF THE
House of Commons

FROM THE

RESTORATION

TO THЕ

PRESENT TIME.

CONTAINING

The most remarkable MOTIONS, SPEECHES, R E-
SOLVES, REPORTS and CONFERENCES to
be met with in that Interval:

AS ALSO

The moft exact ESTIMATES of the Charge of Government;
State of the PUBLIC REVENUE; the Rife and Growth
of the NATIONAL DEBT, Expence of the WAR, Pro-
ceedings on WAYS and MEANS, SPEECHES and MES-
SAGES from the Throne, ADDRESSES, and REMONSTRAN-
CES, alfo the Numbers Pro and Con upon every Division, &c.
Many of which Curious Particulars were never before printed.
Collected from the BEST AUTHORITIES,
Compared with the JOURNALS of the House;
And Illuftrated with a great Variety of HISTORICAL
and EXPLANATORY NOTES.

Together with a large APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

Exact LISTS of every PARLIAMENT, the Names of the
SPEAKERS, their feveral PosTs under the Govern-
ment, and other valuable, Supplemental Pieces,

VOL. V.

LONDON;

Printed for RICHARD CHANDLER, and fold at the Ship
without Temple-Bar, and at York and Scarborough. 1742.

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Continuation of the Third Seffion of the Third
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STIMATES and Accounts prefented, Page 1.

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E folutions on the Supply, ibid. Es *Bill to reft rain the Press, 2. * Farther Refolutions on the Supply, ibid. * Debate on the Report of the Commiffioners of Public Accounts, ibid. *Ways and Means, ibid, *Refolutions against Petitions for compounding Bonds, 3. * Half Pay voted, ibid. * Proceedings on the Bill for taking the public Accounts, ibid. * And on a free Trade to Africa, 4. Bill to fecure the Freedom of Parliament, ibid. * Proceedings on a Bill to fufpend the Duties of 25 1. per Ton on French Wines for Two Months, ibid. *Bill in Favour of Officers and Soldiers, ibid. *The new Barrier-Treaty called for, 6. * Accounts of the unaccounted Part of 35 Millions, ibid. * Farther Proceedings on the French Wine Bill, ibid. * Reports of the Commiffioners of the public Accounts, confider'd, 7. William Churchill, Efq; cenfur'd, ibid. * Votes on the Supply, 8. *Petition of the African Company, ibid. * Queen's Meffage, on communicating the Treaties of Peace and Commerce, ibid. * Ways and Means, &c. 9. * Council heard for the African Company, 10. * Reports of the Commiffioners in Spain and Portugal call'd for, ibid. * Refolutions on the Supply, ibid. * Papers relating to Trade, 11. * Debates on the 8th and 9th Articles of the Treaty of Commerce, ibid. Motion to tack the Place-Bill and the Malt-Bill, rejected, 12. *Petition against the French-Wine-Bill, ibid. * Cenfure past on the Earl of Wharton, ibid. Bill, 13. More Petitions against the French-Wine-Bill, 14. *The Malt-Tax Bill pafs'd, ibid. *Refolutions on the Supply, 15. * Clothiers Petition, ibid. *Several Papers laid before the House, 16. * Cafe of the Silk-Weavers, ib.

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Petition of the faid Weavers, 17. * A&ts to be revived and continued, 18. * Petition of the Canterbury Weavers, 19. * Proceedings on the Bill to make effectual the Treaty of Commerce, 20. *Bill for fettling the African Trade, 21. *Refolutions on the Supply, ibid. * Addreffes about the Equivalent for Dunkirk, and the Trade to Flanders, ibid. * Account of Exports and Imports, 22. *Thirteen Petitions against the French Trade, ibid. *The Propofal of the Bank accepted, ibid. *A Vote in Favour of the Eaft India Company, to prevent their petitioning against the French Trade, 23. *Bill to prevent the Exportation of Wooll, ibid. * Ways and Means, ibid. *The Cafe of St. Giles's Parish, with Relation to the French Commerce Bill, 25. * Proceedings on the faid Bill, 33. * A Mistake of the Speaker's, 34. Acts pafs'd by Commiffion, ibid. *Farther Proceedings on the French Commerce, 35. *A standing Order about Petitions for Sums relating to public Service, 36. * Other Petitions against the Treaty of Commerce, ibid. * A farther Account of 35 Millions, &c. *Refolutions about the Supply, 37. *Bill to prevent Duels dropp'd, 38. *Papers relating to Trade, ibid. *Ways and Means, 39. Addrefs for difbanding Six Regiments of Marines, ibid. Warm and long Debates on the Treaty of Commerce, ibid. Sir Thomas Hanmer's Speech, 40. A Lift of those who spoke for and against the Bill, 41. Queen's Answer about the Equivalent for Dunkirk, ibid. Address not to evacuate the Towns held by the British Troops in the Netherlands, till the Trade to those Parts be regulated, ibid. Sir Thomas Hanmer's Motion for an Address of Thanks, &c. 42. The Address, ibid. Queen's Anfwer, 43. * Accounts of extraordinary Charges incurred, ibid. *Refolutions on the Supply, 44. Queen's Meffage about the Civil Lift Debts, ibid. A Motion there. on over-ruled, 45. *Addrefs for improving the Fishery, ibid. Vote to empower the Queen to raife 500,000l. to pay her Debts, ibid. * Weavers Petition, 46. * Debt

of the Marines referred to the Commiffioners Accounts, ibid. Civil-Lift-Debt-Act and Exchequer-Bill-Act confolidated,47. General Stanhope's Motion for an Addrefs for removing the Pretender, ibid. The Addrefs, 48. Queen's Answer, 49. * Bill to prevent double Returns, ibid. * Refolutions on the Supply, ibid. * Anfwer to the Addrefs relating to the Towns in Flanders, 50. * Queen's Meffage, inviting the Houfe to attend her to St. Paul's on the Thanksgiving Day, ibid. * A fecond Meffage, excufing herself for not going in Perfon on account of Indifpofition, ibid. *Acts paffed by Commiffion, 53. Refolutions in Mr.

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Paterfon's Cafe, ibid. * The Bill to encourage the Tobacco Trade rejected by the Lords; and likewife the Bill to prevent too frequent Excommunications, 54. * Addrefs for a Proclamation to prevent the Exportation of Wool, 55. *Acts pafs'd, ibid. Queen's Speech, 56. Character of the Third British Parliament, 57.

Fourth Parliament of Great Britain.

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Mr. Steele's Speech on the Nomination of Sir Thomas Hanmer to be Speaker, 58. Queen's Speech to both Houfes, ibid. Commons Addrefs, 60. Queen's Anfwer, 61. * Refolutions about the qualifying of Members, 62. *Accounts and Estimates ordered to be laid before the House, 63. Complaint against Mr. Steele, 64. Accounts, &c. called for, ibid. *One Mr. Quin committed for offering Money to the Speaker, ibid. Mr. Steele allowed four Days to prepare for his Defence, 65. His Motion relating to Dunkirk, ibid. *Refolutions for a Bill to prevent the Running of Wooll, ibid. *Papers relating to the Removal of the Pretender called for, 66. 40,000 Seamen voted, 67. Mr. Steele's Cafe, ibid. The Speeches of Mr. Foley and Mr. Walpole, 68. Mr. Hor. Walpole and Lord Finch, 71. Mr. Steele expell'd, 71. Difcoveries made by two Scotifh Members, ibid. 3 d. per Pound deducted from the Drawback on Tobacco exported to Ireland, 72. *Bill to prevent the Running of Wooll, 73. Letter from the Duke of Lorrain to the Queen, on the Removal of the Pretender, ibid. * Supply voted, 74. Three Addreffes order'd, 75. *Bill for Relief of the Tobacco Merchants, 76. Account of the Monies paid to the Highland Clans call'd for, ibid. *Refolutions on the Supply, ibid. * Report of the Commiffioners of public Accounts, 78. * Total Expence of the War, 100. Account of the State of the feveral Treaties, fuppofed to be written by Lord Bolingbroke, 107. Debate on the State of the Nation, 124. The Sentiments of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Secretary Bromley, Mr. Walpole, Lord Hinchingbrooke, ibid. Sir Thomas Hanmer and Mr. Walpole, 125. Debate thereon, ibid. Debate on the Lords Addrefs, ibid. Papers call'd for, 126,

* Queen's Answer to the Addrefs relating to the tender, ibid. * Commiffion to treat of Trade with France, voted to be no new Commiffion, 127. * Bill to leffen the Drawback on Tobacco dropt, ibid. *Ways and Means, ibid. Addrefs of both Houses upon the safe, honourable, and advan tageous Peace, ibid. Queen's Anfwer, 128.

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