THE Parliamentary Register; OR HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF The most interesting SPEECHES and MOTIONS; accurate DURING THE THIRD SESSION of the FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT Printed for J. DEBRETT, (Succeffor to Mr. ALMON) oppofite M.DCC.LXXXIII. rom. K. Agments hil. 10-22-38 CONTENTS OF VOLUME X. HOUSE of COMMON S. Navy Estimates, and Debates on the Debates concerning Meff. Powell and Motion for Sir Richard Bickerton's Debate on Lord Mahon's Election Debate on Mr. Sawbridge's Motion for fhortening the Duration of Par- New Bill of Pains and Penalties against Debate on the Bill to ftamp Receipts, Debate on the Pay-office Bill, 111 Petition against Receipt Tax, 116 Civil Eftablishment in America voted, 128 Extracts from the Letters which passed between Lord George Germain and Sir Henry Clinton upon this Sub- ject, 248 Bill refpecting Patrons and Incum- King's Meffage for Penfions on Lord Rodney and General Eliott, 258 India Affairs promised to be renewed, Motion to regulate the fending of Tea, Debate on Colonel Erfkine's Cafe, 265 Debate on the Bill to regulate the Debate on Mr. Rigby's Claufe refpect Committee on the Bill for fupporting the Credit of the Eaft-India Com- Mr. Pulteney's Claufe for regulating Bill for Commiffioners to report on the Reward to Mr. White and other Clerks, Debate on Mr. Pitt's Motion for an TH HE Lords fent down the, amendment made by them in the bill carried up by the Commons, for opening the intercourfe with America, by repealing fuch laws as impofed a neceffity that fhips coming to this country from America, fhould be furnifhed with certificates and other documents. In that bill there was a claufe which gave to the King and Council a power of making whatever regulations they should deem neceffary; but the duration of this power was limited to fix weeks. The amendment made by their Lordships was, an extenfion of the duration of this power to the 27th of December, from the day the bill fhould pafs into a law. The Speaker obferved to the Houfe, that as the bill empowered the Crown to impofe duties, it was, ftriatly fpeak ing, a Money bill, and therefore the Houfe could not, con fiftent with its own orders, fuffer the Lords to make any amendment in it. In order to prove it clearly to be a Money bill, he read a written opinion of one of his predeceffors in that chair (the late Speaker Onflow), from which it appear? ed that the extenfion of the powers of a Money bill, by the Lords, was contrary to the exclufive privilege of the ComVOL. X. B mons, |