Historical Register in London, Middlesex

Proposals and Debates Shape Early Parliament Proceedings

The Historical Register reports on South Sa Company proposals becoming temporary measures, a plan to perpetualize them with redemption by Parliament, and a House vote to insert a clause in the Public Debts bill. It notes adjournments, a report from commissioners on forfeited estates, a failed motion to require high-wealth Justices of the Peace, and a writ for a Knight of the Shire. It also mentions Hungerford’s inquiry into risky subscriptions and a Lords’ bill on Ireland’s dependency read in the Commons with a date adjournment to March.