The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons [and of the House of Lords] Containing an Account of the Interesting Speeches and Motions ... During the 1st Session of the 14th [-18th] Parliament of Great BritainJ. Almon, 1783 - Great Britain |
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... entered into a charge againft the Captain administration of Lord Sandwich , and faid , that owing to his misconduct , our poffeffions in the Eaft Indies were in the utmoft danger ; for the latenefs of Sir R. Bickerton's fleet arriving ...
... entered into a charge againft the Captain administration of Lord Sandwich , and faid , that owing to his misconduct , our poffeffions in the Eaft Indies were in the utmoft danger ; for the latenefs of Sir R. Bickerton's fleet arriving ...
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... entered his Luttrell . head , however reprehenfible and unfortunate for this coun- try he thought Sir Richard Bickerton's tardiness in his voy . age to India was , that any blame which arofe from that de- lay , was to be imputed to that ...
... entered his Luttrell . head , however reprehenfible and unfortunate for this coun- try he thought Sir Richard Bickerton's tardiness in his voy . age to India was , that any blame which arofe from that de- lay , was to be imputed to that ...
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... entering fully into an enquiry of Meffrs . Powell and Bembridge's conduct , which would be exceedingly unfair , as it would fend them to be tried by a jury , who must be prejudiced against them , as only one fide of the queftion could ...
... entering fully into an enquiry of Meffrs . Powell and Bembridge's conduct , which would be exceedingly unfair , as it would fend them to be tried by a jury , who must be prejudiced against them , as only one fide of the queftion could ...
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... entering very minutely into the guilt of the two un- fortunate men , which would be totally unjuft ; therefore , in his opinion , the plain queftion that remained to be difcuffed was , Whether a man was not to blame to reinftate two men ...
... entering very minutely into the guilt of the two un- fortunate men , which would be totally unjuft ; therefore , in his opinion , the plain queftion that remained to be difcuffed was , Whether a man was not to blame to reinftate two men ...
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... entered into a juftification of his own conduct from his earliest days , the motives that influenced his con- duct ever fince he began the world , and faid , that it was always his maxim to juftify the order of Providence , and the ...
... entered into a juftification of his own conduct from his earliest days , the motives that influenced his con- duct ever fince he began the world , and faid , that it was always his maxim to juftify the order of Providence , and the ...
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againſt alfo anfwer auditor becauſe Bembridge bill bufinefs cafe charge claufe clerk Colonel commiffioners Committee confequence confideration declared delivered at Cork diſcharge ditto fervice ditto forces ditto to ditto duty eſtabliſhment exchequer expence faid falary fame fees fent ferving feveral fhall fhillings fhips fhould figned firft fome ftamp ftated ftoppages fubfiftence fubject fuch fufficient fundry fupport half pay himſelf honourable gentleman Houfe Houſe iffued impreft infuper June June 24 king's remembrancer laft lift Lord John Cavendish Lord Mahon Lord North Lord Thurlow Majefty Majefty's Meffrs Minifters moft motion muft muſt navy neceffary noble Lord obferved occafion paffed paid Parliament pay office paymafter payments penfions perfons prefent propofed providing ditto provifions delivered purpoſe queftion reafon receipts refpect regiment of foot reimburſe ditto Richard Neave right honourable ſaid ſhall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treaſurer treaſurer's uſe vouchers warrant
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Page 3 - Majefty, to rep!a:e to the finking fund the like fum paid out of the fame, to make good the deficiency, on the 5th...
Page 116 - NOT to admire, is all the art I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.
Page 477 - Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That...
Page 329 - Public inftruments mould not be incumbered with ufelefs matter : nothing fhould be infcrted in them but what tends to anfwer • the purpofe defigned by them ; but thefe. certificates are filled with ftale accounts :that have been depending, many of them...
Page 4 - For the ordinary of the navy, including halfpay to the fea and marine officers, for the year 2. Towards building, rebuilding, and repairs of ftiips of war in his majefty's yards, and other extra works over and above what are propofed to be done upon the heads of wear and tear in ordinary, for the year 1778.
Page 328 - The difcharge is checked in this manner: — every bill paid by the treafurer is made out in lome branch or other of the navy, victualling, or fick and hurt offices, or in the yards or out ports : if made out in one of the offices, it undergoes one, or, if...
Page 329 - ... to give to the entries in that ledger a credit equal to the credit of original vouchers, and to give to the treafurer a difpenfation. with the production of thofe originals in the office where he is finally to pafs his accounts. The information we have thus collected, enables us to form fome judgment of the caufes of the delay in paffing the accounts of the treafurer of the navy, as well as fupplies us with matter for régulation, worthy, in our opinion, to be fubmitted to the attention of the...
Page 333 - Suppofe, then, all the {hips' books paid upon by a treafurer, were, upon his resignation or death, to be immediately laid by, and all payments upon them to ceafe ; could the fucceeding treafurer, by the fame means, pay all the remaining, claimants upon thofe books, without any material inconvenience, either to the feamen or to the pay office ? This depends upon the difference which the fubftitution of the lift of arrears in the place of the {hips' books will bccafion in the payments.
Page 65 - ROSE moved the order of the day for the Houfe to go into a Committee...
Page 320 - Upon thefe points, Mr. John Hughfon, clerk of the debentures, in the office of the auditor of the exchequer ; Adam Martin, efq. firft clerk in the office of the king's remembrancer in the exchequer; and Mr. Alexander Bennet, one of the fworn clerks in the fame office, gave us the following information. The power of compelling public accountants to come to account, is lodged in the court of exchequer; h is exercifed by either an ordinary or an extraordinary procefs.