fented to His Majesty, befeeching him to appoint commifLioners to adjust the grounds of a commercial treaty with Ireland, or to fettle the terms of an union between that country and Great Britain.

The Earl of Scarborough faid, he rofe with pleasure to se Earl Scarcond the motion of the noble Viscount. borough

The Lord Chancellor faid, he fhould-not enter into the mi- The Lord nutia or detail of all that had been advanced, but confine Chancellor. himself merely to the question, whether it was proper, after the many long and tedious inveftigations of the subject, to poftpone it by a motion for four months. His Lordship faid, he was convinced that the people of Ireland, (if they were not blind to their interefts) would accept of the propofitions; for, as they were a nation that muft depend for protection on fome other kingdom, he could wish to ask their Lordships what nation under the canopy of Heaven, they could look to where the protestant intereft was so closely connected or likely to be fupported, as in this: but endeavours had not been wanting to fet the Irish against them, by afking the witneffes at the bar several queftions relative to the propofitions, with a view to create jealoufies, and fow dif contents; and it had likewife been ftated, that the manufacturers of this country were ignorant at the time they gave their evidence before the Privy Council, of what was the intention of this country, or they never would have stated that ten and a half per cent. was a fufficient duty to protect every manufacture in this kingdom; at least they did not know at the time, whether it was ten and a half per cent. to be ad valorem, or ten and a half per cent. on the supposed value by the book of rates; now if their Lordfhips would take the trouble of reading the evidence on their table, they would obferve that the glass manufacturers particularly specified the articles of cut glass, &c. The people of Manchester likewife knew it, and furely Mr. Wedgwood could not be ignorant of fuch a fubject.

The queftion was put on Lord Sackville's motion, "That "the Propofitions be taken into confideration on that day "four months," and the Houfe divided:

Majority against the motion

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84

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The report was then received, and the refolutions fepa

rately read and agreed to.

Tuesday, July 19.

The following proteft was entered on the Journals. The order of the day being read in the House of Peers, for. taking into confideration the report of the amendments made to the resolutions, communicated by the Commons at a con¬ ference, on the 31st day of May last, relative to the adjustment of the commercial intercourfe between Great Britain and Ireland;

The first resolution being read by the Clerk,

The question was put to agree with the Committee in this refolution,

Which being objected to,

It was moved to poftpone the farther confideration of the faid refolutions, for four months,

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"Diffentient,"

"Because we conceive the plan contained in the report, 66 as well from the manner in which it has been introduced " and conducted, as from the matter which it contains, to "be likely to create and promote jealoufy and diffatisfaction "through the kingdom.".

DERBY,

WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM,
PLYMOUTH,

NORTHINGTON,

SCARBOROUGH,

KEPPEL."

A conference was held in the Painted Chamber between the two Houses, when the Duke of Chandos, as manager for the Lords, acquainted the Commons that the Lords had. fully confidered the refolutions, and had made feveral alterations, to which they defired the concurrence of the Commons.

Wednesday, July 20.

It was noved, that the bill impofing a duty on hawkers and pedlars be read a fecond time; which after a fhort debate was carried.

Thursday, July 21.

The Earl of Derby moved, "That the bill for the relief "of infolvent debtors be read a fecond time."

The Lord Chancellor oppofed it, and moved, "That the "bill be rejected," which was agreed to.

Friday

Friday, July 22.

The Houfe went into a committee on the bill for laying a tax on hawkers and pedlars.

Lord Stormont moved to put off the bill for three months. The Lord Chancellor oppofed it, and the Houfe divided upon the motion,

'A conference was held, when the Lords fent back the commercial refolutions to the Commons.

Tuesday, July 26.

A conference was held, when the Commons delivered to the Lords, the copy of an humble addrefs to the King, on the fubject of the Irish resolutions, and defired their Lordfhips' concurrence.

Wednesday, July 27.

Lord Sydney moved for the addrefs to the King, which was agreed to nemine diffentiente.-For the addrefs, vide Com,mons Debates.

The order of the day being read for the Houfe to be put into a committee on the bill to prevent bribery, and for the better fecuring the rights of electors, the fame was read accordingly; which after a fhort debate, was put off for three months.

Friday, July 29.

The Earl of Hopetoun moved, "That the hawkers and "pedlars bill should not take effect fo foon as the first of Auguft.

The Committee divided on the question, that the words "the firft of Auguft," ftand part of the bill;

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The bill paffed without any amendments.

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The Lords, accompanied by the Commons, went up with their joint Addrefs to the Throne; and the fame being prefented, His Majefty was pleased to make the following mof gracious anfwer:

"My Lords and Gentlemen,

"I receive with the greatest fatisfaction, thefe refolutions, "which, after fo long and diligent an inveftigation, you

"confider

"confider as affording the bafis of an advantageous and per"manent commercial fettlement between my kingdoms of "Great Britain and Ireland. Nothing can more clearly ma"nifeft your regard for the interefts of both my kingdoms, "and your zeal for the general profperity of my dominions, "than the attention you have given to this important object. A full and equal participation of commercial ad"vantages, and a fimilarity of laws in thofe points which "are neceflary for their prefervation and fecurity, must be "the fureft hond of union between the two kingdoms, and "the fource of reciprocal and increafing benefits to both. "The faine fpirit in which this great work has begun and "proceeded, will, I doubt not, appear throughout the whole "of its progrefs; and I concur with you in thinking that "the final completion of it is of effential importance to the "future happiness of both countries, and to the fafety, glo"ry, and profperity of the Empire."

Tuesday, Auguft 2.

Adjourned to the 27th of October.-Before which time, a proclamation was iffued, proroguing the Parliament to the 24th of January 1786.

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