officers. Sir P. J. Clerke brings in a bill against the contractors;
firft queftion carried upon a divifion; but the bill rejected upon another.
Bill in favour of Diffenters brought in and paffed. Affairs of Ire-
land. Various attempts and proposals for affording commercial relief to
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that country, prove at length ineffectual.
Debates on the army extraordinaries. Motion for printing the estimates re-
jeed upon a divifion. Committee on Eaft India affairs, Rejolutions
moved for and carried, relative to the violence committed on the late Lord
Pigot in his government. Motion for profecuting certain members of the
late council at Madras, agreed to. Mr. Fox's motion, for the removal
of the firft lord of the admiralty from that department, is, after long
debates, rejected upon a divifion. Committee of enquiry into the conduct
Amendment moved to the motion for the examina
of the American war.
tion of Earl Cornwallis, by the minifter, and carried upon a divifion in
the committee. Amended motion then put, and rejected upon a divifions
Third motion rejected. Transactions in the committee, difcuffed in the
Earl Cornwallis, and other
Houfe, and refcinded. Committee revived.
witnesses examined, in behalf of Lord and Sir William Howe. Counter
evidence propofed, and agreed to. In the interim, General Burgoyne's
Counter evidence examined.
evidence brought forward and examined.
Committee fuddenly diffolved.
Two enquiries in the House of Lords, tending to the fame object, and carried
on through the greater part of the feffion. Enquiry into the fate of the
navy, and the conduct of the admiralty, inftituted by the Earl of Bristol.
Motions for naval papers, bring out much debate, and are rejected upon a
divifion. Motion by the Earl of Bristol, for the removal of the firft Lord
of the admiralty from his employment. Great debates. Motion rejected
upon a divifion. Protefts. Enquiry into the government and management
of Greenwich Hofpital, conducted by the Duke of Richmond. Moves for
a compensation to Captain Baillie, late Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich
Hofpital. Motion rejected upon a divifion. Minority Lords quit the Houfe.
Refolutions in vindication of the Earl of Sandwich. Hard cafe of Captain
Baillie. Marquis of Rockingham endeavours to bring forward an enquiry
into the affairs of Ireland. After feveral ineffectual attempts, a kind of
compromije takes place, referring the buftness of that country to the ensuing
Jeffion. Mr. Townshend's motion to defer the prorogation of parliament,
rejected upon a divifion. Spanish manifefio. Address from the Commons,
Second addrefs moved by Lord John Cavendish. Motion of adjournment
carried upon a divifion. Amendment to the address of the Lords, moved by