Atruction of naval ftores and merchandize. Sir Samuel Hood arrives off CHA P. VIII. State of affairs during the recefs. Confequences of the riots in London. CHA P. IX. Declaration of war against Holland, and hoftilities commenced. Meffage from the throne. Debates on the Dutch war. Addrefs moved by the minifter. Amendment moved by Lord John Cavendish. The amendment rejected upon a divifion, fecond amendment by Lord Mahon rejected, and the original address paffed. Addrefs moved for in the House of Lords by Lord Stormont; and an amendment by the Duke of Richmond. Unusual ly late debate. Amendment rejected on a divifion. Two Protefts. Mr. P 3 Fex's Fox's motion relative to the appointment of Sir Hugh Pallifer to the government of Greenwich Hofpital. Amendment moved by the minifter, and after much debate carried upon a divifion. Mr. Fox's concluding motion evaded, by moving for the order of the day. India affairs. Complaints against the fupreme judicature of Bengal. Two petitions from "India; one, from the governor general and council at Calcutta; the other, from the British fubjects refiding in Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa. Select committee of fifteen ballotted for, to examine the grounds of the petitions. CHA P. X. [*162 Debates on Mr. Burke's bill for the regulation of the civil lift eftablishments. Queftion for the fecond reading over-ruled upon a divifion, and the bill put off for fix months. Debates on the fubject of the loan. Mr. Fox's motion for omitting the lottery claufe, rejected upon a divifion. Farther debates and ftrictures upon the loan. Another motion against the lottery, which is again over-ruled upon a divifion. Mr. Byng's motion for a lift of fubfcribers to the loan, agreed to; other motions rejected. Motion for the commitment of Sir P. J. Clerke's contractors bill, over-ruled upon a divifion. Mr. Crewe's bill for restraining revenue officers from voting on elections of members of parliament, rejected upon a divifion. Debate on the Duke of Bolton's motion for an enquiry into the conduct of the navy; motion withdrawn. Loan bill oppofed by the Marquis of Rockingham. Protest against it. Report from the felect committee on India affairs. Debates on the minifter's motion for a fecret committee to enquire into the caufes of the war in the Carnatic. Motion for an amendment, that the committee might be open, rejected on a divifion. Great debates on Sir George Saville's motion, for referring the petition from the delegated Counties for a redress of grievances, to a committee of the whole house. The motion rejected upon a divifion. Debate on Mr. Burke's motion for papers, tending to an enquiry into the feizure and confifcation of private property in the island of St. Eustatius. Motion rejected on a divifion. Bill for new-modelling the Supreme court of judicature in Bengal. Various propofitions, motions, and debates, relative to the affairs of the EaftIndia company. Debates on the minifter's bill, for fecuring to the public a certain participation in the profits of the Eaft-India company. Great debates on Mr. Fox's motion, that the house do refolve itself into a committee, to confider of the American war. Motion rejected on a divifion. Lord Beauchamp's bill, for affording relief in certain cafes of difficulty produced by the marriage act. Mr. Fox's bill for amending the marriage aft. Mr. Fox's marriage bill, loft in the boufe of lords. Speech from the throne. CHRONICLE. [*179 161]-202] Sheriffs appointed by his Majefty in council, for the year 1781 The trial of George Gordon, Efq; commonly called Lord George Gordon, for high treafon, at the bar of the court of King's Bench, on Monday, Feb. 5, 1781 Particulars of the trial of M. De la Motte, on a charge of high treafon [217 Copy of Lord George Gorden's correfpondence with Lord North and Lord [239 [244 Extract of a letter from Lieut. Ingles, commanding his majesty's floop [2511 Account of an action between his majefty's floops the Atalanta and Trepaffey, and a large American fhip called the Alliance [253 Extract of a letter from Lord George Germain, to the commiffioners appointed to restore peace to America, dated Whitehall, March 7, 17812 [254 Extract of a letter from Wm. Knox, Efq; fecretary to Lord George Ger- [255 [256 [258% An account of the quantities of all corn and grain exported from, and imported into England and Scotland, with the bounties and drawbacks paid, and the duties received thereon, for one year, ended the 5th of January, 1782 [262 An account of all the men raised for his majefty's navy, marines included, An account of all the number of the men who have died in actual fervice in his majefty's navy fince the first day of January, 1776, diftinguish year ing (as far as may be) thofe who have been killed by the enemy; and aljo of the number of fuck men as have deferted the said fervice in the fame period, as far as the feveral accounts can be made up, distinguishing each 263 State of his majefty's British regular land forces, officers included, in North America and the Weft Indies, as they were at the end of the year 1779 [264 Account of the men loft and difabled in his majefly's British land forces, including two battalions of marines ferving on fore, by death, captivity, defertion, wounds or fickness, in North America and the WeftIndies, from No. 1ft, 1774, to the date of the last return ibid. Embarkation returns of all the British corps and recruits, which have been fent from Great Britain or Ireland, to any part of North America or the Weft-Indies, in 1778, 1779, 1780 [265 Account of all the men raised in Great Britain and Ireland, for his majefty's land forces on the British establishment, militia and fencible men in North Britain not included, from 29th Sept. 1774, to 29th Sept. 1780 Prices of frocks for the year 1781 Supplies granted by parliament for the year 1781 [266 [267 268 Ways and means for raifing the above fupplies [273 His majesty's most gracious Speech to both boufes of parliament, Nov. 1, 1780 The humble addrefs of the lords fpiritual and temporal, in parliament affembled with his majesty's most gracious anfver [283 The bumble address of the House of Commons to his majefty; with his majefty's moft gracious anfwer [284 Addrefs of the archbishop, bishops, and clergy of the province of Canter- (285 Stormont, Thurfday, January 25, 1781 [287 Proteft of the Lords, 25th January, 1781 ibid.. Second proteft of ditto [289 Proteft of the Lords, 21ft March, 1781 [290 Anfwer of the States General to the manifefto of the King of Great Bri tain [292 Copy of the maritime treaty between the Empress of Ruffia and the King of Denmark, acceded to by the King of Sweden and the States General of the United Provinces [300 The humble petition of the British fubjects residing in the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Oriffa, and their feveral dependencies, to the Hon. the House of Commons of Great Britain [303 -Petition Petition of the Jews of St. Eustatius to Admiral Rodney and General Vaughan [316 [308 Memorial of the Empress of Ruffia to the States General [310 Memorial of the States General to the court of Stockholm 1311 His majesty's fpeech on clofing the feffion of parliament July 18, 1781 [314 Anfwer given by Lord Stormont to Monf. Simolin, the Ruffian minifter, with respect to the mediation offered by the Empress between Great Britain and the United Provinces Paper prefented by Baron Nolken, the Swedish minifter, refident in London, concerning the mediation of that court between this country and the States General of the United Provinces [317 Copy of the answer given to the foregoing paper by Lord Stormont, on the 18th of September, to the Baron de Nolken, the Swedish envoy [318 The humble addrefs and petition of fundry Weft-India planters and merchants, to the King, on behalf of themfelves and others interested in the British Weft-India islands [319 To the King's most excellent Majefty: The humble addrefs, remonftrance, and petition of the lord-mayor, aldermen, and livery of the city of London, in common hall assembled The fecond report of the commiffioners appointed to examine, take, and state [320 Petition of Henry Laurens, Efq; to the House of Commons [322 the public accounts of the kingdom [323 The third report of ditto [328 Heads of the principal a&ts of parliament, from Nov. 1, 1780, to July 18, 1781 [337 CHARACTER S. Character of the Emperor Conftantine; from Gibbons's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I An account of the paftoral manners and of the government of the Scythians or Tartars; from the fame 3 An account of the life and literary character of Henry Howard, Earl of An account of the Indians of Porto de la Trinidad, in lat. 41. on the north-west coast of America An account of John Law, and of the Mififipi fcheme projected by 1717 An account of the Chevalier d'Ecn Character of the French; from Sherlock's Letters 20 him in 24 28 29 Character of the French ladies, compared with that of the English; from the fame Character of the Italians; from the fame 31 32 Sketch of the life and character of the famous Poet Lope de Vega |