Historical Register in London, Middlesex

House Proceedings on June 14 and 15 1721 Report Requests

The record notes a prepared report to be received Friday morning June 14 with petitions from Orford Suffolk and the South Sea Company about Tallies and Orders for the Malt Tax 1718. The House orders refer the matter to the Committee of the Whole and allows a clause to address the petition. Contempt sanctions are imposed on Molloy Forster and Gordon for failing to attend a committee on seditious libels. A grand Committee advances the Suffrers Bill and a Pill is ordered to appoint commissioners to examine army debts.