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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... Such fub lime notions , he faid , well warranted the Earl of Shelburne to frame the fpeech for his Majefty at the beginning of the fef- fion , fo full of profeffions of reform , for if he and his friends had found out that grand noftrum ...
... Such fub lime notions , he faid , well warranted the Earl of Shelburne to frame the fpeech for his Majefty at the beginning of the fef- fion , fo full of profeffions of reform , for if he and his friends had found out that grand noftrum ...
Page 78
... Such notions , rafhly inculcated , without modification , and without a regard to practicability , was the way to fow discontents among the people ; to irritate them againft Government ; to caufe murmurings and uneafinefs ; and in fhort ...
... Such notions , rafhly inculcated , without modification , and without a regard to practicability , was the way to fow discontents among the people ; to irritate them againft Government ; to caufe murmurings and uneafinefs ; and in fhort ...
Page 81
... such an hypothefis , without it was merely to furnish an opportu- nity of his difplaying his fhining talents , even at the ex- pence of a miftake , that he muft know will meet correction . The idea he meant to impress on the minds of ...
... such an hypothefis , without it was merely to furnish an opportu- nity of his difplaying his fhining talents , even at the ex- pence of a miftake , that he muft know will meet correction . The idea he meant to impress on the minds of ...
Page 83
... Such an idea was foreign to the matter , it was as unreafona- ble a thought as the wildest head in the boufe could conceive . The noble Lord , it was true , had used fome harth expref- fions had called him improvident , and that his ...
... Such an idea was foreign to the matter , it was as unreafona- ble a thought as the wildest head in the boufe could conceive . The noble Lord , it was true , had used fome harth expref- fions had called him improvident , and that his ...
Page 95
... such a difcrimi- Mr. Burke , nation as the honourable member wifhed for ; there were fome farms , for the management of which teams were ne- ceffary ; there were others where the farms were neceffary for the fupport of the cattle ; of ...
... such a difcrimi- Mr. Burke , nation as the honourable member wifhed for ; there were fome farms , for the management of which teams were ne- ceffary ; there were others where the farms were neceffary for the fupport of the cattle ; of ...
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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.