THE

Parliamentary History

OF

ENGLA N D,

FROM

THE EARLIEST PERIOD

TO'

THE YEAR

1803.

FROM WHICH LAST-MENTIONED EPOCH IT IS CONTINUED
DOWNWARDS IN THE WORK ENTITLED,

"THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES."

VOL. XXI.

COMPRISING THE PERIOD

FROM THE ELEVENTH OF FEBRUARY 1780, to the
TWENTY-FIFTH OF MARCH 1781.

CLONDON:

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1814.

I. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES IN BOTH

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

SIXTH SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT

OF GREAT BRITAIN. Continued from Vol. XX.

1780.

Feb. 11. Mr. Burke's Speech on presenting his Plan for the better Secu-

rity of the Independence of Parliament and the Economical

Reformation of the Civil and other Establishments...............

Colonel Barré gives Notice of his Propositions relative to a

Committee of Accounts...........................

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1

14.

74

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15.

Debate on Sir George Savile's Motion for an Account of Pen-

sions granted during Pleasure or otherwise

83

Debate in the Commons on the Nottingham Protest against the

Petition for an Economical Reform....

104

23. Copy of Mr. Burke's Establishment Bill...

111

29. Debate in the Commons on the Vote of Thanks to Admiral Sir

George Rodney........................................

137

Mar. 1. Debate in the Lords on the Vote of Thanks to Admiral Sir

George Rodney.............

142

2. Lord North opens his Plan for a Commission of Accounts ......

Lord George Gordon's Motion for taking the Petitions of the

good People of England into consideration..

145

149

Debate on the Motion for the Committal of Mr. Burke's Esta-

blishment Bill

150

6. Debate on the Budget

154