Dates, &c.

July 1. To Henry Penton, Efq. for hire of ground for encampments, and damage done to the hedges, &c. near Winchester

To Major General Morrifon, to be by him paid over to feveral perfons, for damage done to fundry grounds. hired for encampments last year

To John Newton, Efq. for damage done to his ground, corn, &c. by the encampments near Winchester, in the year 1778,

30. To Lieutanant General Monckton, to be by him paid over to several perfoæs, for damage done by the encampments at Portsmouth in 1778

80 0 0

74 9 0

Aug. 5. To William Bifshopp, Efq. for the value of a long-boat and two flaves loft on the bar of Senegal 18. To the Colonels of eleven regiments of militia, for knapsack and haver facks for their refpective regiments 1,165 2 10 To Lieutenant General Monkton, to be by him paid over to feveral perfons, for damage done by the encampments at Portsmouth 25. To Margaret Henrietta Frafer, being his Majesty's bounty, in confideration of the lofs of her husband To Lieutenant General James Murray, to make good deficiencies in the contingencies of the government of Minorca, between June 24, 1778, and June 25, 1779 Sept. 8. To Col. Samuel Townfend, for his contingent expences in fuperintending the recruiting fervice, from Dec. 25, 1777, to June 24, 1778

14. To Thomas Farrer, Efq. for a cargo of flour fent
to Minorca, for the use of the garrison there
To Daniel M Phall, for the pay of the crew of the Bri-
gantine Bottetout, impreffed to bring dispatches from the
Weft Indies

To Major General Gabbet, the difference between Bri

tish and Irish pay of the 66th regiment of foot, from Aug. 4, 1775, to Sept. 15, following, 27. To Meffrs. Cox and Mair, for the loffes fuftained by the officers of ten regiments of foot, by the Symetry brig being taken by the rebels in Dec. 1777 Oct. 6. To John Trotter, Efq. for hospital bedding for the forces encamped in Great Britain, in the year 1779 To John Gore, Efq. for neceffaries furnished for the foot guards in the Tower, for one year, from Michaelmas 1778, to Michaelmas 1779

310 15 0

538 15 8

408 19

6

2,028 17 0

335 4 4

88 4 7

466 14 9

214 15 0

81 18

To

Dates, &c.

Oct. 6. To John Gore, Efq. for neceffaries furnished
for the foot guards, in the Tower, for 6 months, from
Lady Day 1779, to Michaelmas following
14. To Earl Waldegrave, for cloathing the drummers
and hautbois of the Coldstream regiment of foot
guards, from Mar. 25, 1779, to Mar. 25, 1780.
To the Earl of Loudoun, for do. for the drummers and
hautbois of the 3d regiment of foot guards, from do.
to do.
22. To the Duke of Gloucester, for do. for the drum-
mers and hautbois of the 1ft regiment of foot guards,
from do. to do.
To Vincent Mathias, Efq. for difbursements on account
of 20 invalids fent from the Brunswick troops
23. To Lieutenant Thomas Browne, for the expence
attending the cure of the wounds he received in the
action on Long Ifland, Aug. 27, 1776

29. To the Duke of Gloucefter, for providing flop cloathing for the 1ft regiment of foot guards, for the year 1778

Nov, 8. To Thomas Farrer, Efq. for a cargo of wheat fent to Minorca, for the service of the garrifon there 11. To John Trotter, Efq. for providing hospital bedding for the forces encamped at Coxheath and Portf mouth, for the year 1779

To the Earl of Loudoun, for providing flop cloathing for the augmentation of the 3d regiment of foot guards, for the year 1778

17. To Ann Reynell, being His Majefty's bounty for herself and four children, in confideration of the lofs of her husband

To Lord McLeod, for levy money for four additional
companies of the 73d regiment of foot

24. To Alice Lucas, being His Majefty's bounty, in
confideration of the lofs of her husband
26. To Major Thomas Lifter, for horfe furniture and
accoutrements for his corps of light dragoons
Dec. 10. To John Trotter, Efq. for providing hofpital
bedding for the ufe of the forces encamped, in the
year 1779

15. To Lieutenant General Preston, to make good the
deficiency of pay to the ferjeants, corporals, trumpeters,
and private men, of the difmounted dragoons of the
17th regiment, from Dec. 25, 1775, to Dec. 24, 1777
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Dates, &c.
Dec. 15 To Captain William Dixon, for expences that
may be incurred on account of the paffage of Major
General Vaughan from Great Britain to the Leeward
IЛlands

18. To Thomas Harley, Efq. for blankets supplied for
the use of the troops in camp

23. To Mure, Son, and Atkinfon, for vinegar fent to
St. Lucie, for the fervice of the forces there
Jan. 6, 1780. To E. B. De la Fontaine, Efq. for pro-
viding divers utenfils for the ufe of the infirmary and
barracks of the Savoy, for the year 1779
To Major General George Morrifon, for his contin-
gent expences as quarter mafter general, from June
25, 1779, to Dec. 24, following -

19. To Leonard Morfe, Efq. for his contingent dif-
bursements, as fecretary to Lord Amherst, from
Christmas 1778, to Christmas 1779

To Major General George Morrifon, for the hire of
ground for the encampments, and for damage done
thereon, in the year 1779

25. To Daniel M Phall, for wages due to himself and
the crew of the brigantine Bottetoute, for one quar-
ter of a year, ended 1ft of November 1779
26. To Andrew Clinton, Efq. for his expences in pro-
viding and repairing utenfils, for the use of the bar-
racks at Plymouth Dock, from Dec. 25, 1778, to
Dec. 24, 1779 :

War Office, Feb. 29, 1780.

Total £2,418,805 18 11

C. JENKINSON.

An Account of the Distribution of the Sum of 1,000,000l. granted to His Majefty to defray any extraordinary Expences incurred, or to be incurred, on account of Military Services for the Year 1779.

Dates of Warrants.

Aug. 3. To Henry Theophilus Clements, Efq. deputy vice treasurer of Ireland, to be by him from time to time applied for defraying the charges and expences of encampments, and other military fervices in Ireland

5

Dates, &c.

Feb. 3. To Thomas Harley and Henry Drummond,
Efqrs, to be by them applied aud invested in the pur-
chafing Spanish and Portugal coins, for the use and
fervice of His Majefty's forces in North America
To ditto for ditto fervice
Mar. 12. To ditto for ditto fervice

22. To ditto for ditto service Apr. 9. To ditto for ditto fervice

To ditto for ditto service 28. To ditto for ditto fervice To ditto for ditto service

To ditto for ditto fervice

June 17. To ditto for ditto fervice 23. To ditto for ditto service

July 8. To ditto for ditto fervice

15. Toditto for ditto service 28. To ditto for ditto fervice Aug. 4. To ditto for ditto fervice 20. To ditto for ditto fervice

25. To ditto for ditto fervice

£. s. d.

·

74,834 4 4

I1,977 15 7

Oct. 15. To do. for do. fervice, in part of 352,705).

44,119 15 O

£.1,000,000 0

War-Office, Feb. 29, 1779,

C. JENKINSON,

January 24, 1780,

Lovel Stanhope, Efq. faid, the House had, previous to the holidays, been moved on the fubject of a contempt incurred by his Grace the Duke of Chandos, who had been complained of as having interfered in the election for member for Hampshire, by fending a letter in his own hand-writing, and figned with his name, attempting to influence the vote of an elector. The interference of Peers of Parliament in elections was, he obferved, a matter highly cenfurable, and directly in violation of the rights and privileges of the Com

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mons of England, he was forry therefore to say, that upon enquiry he had found that the Duke of Cbandos was not the only Peer of Parliament against whom there was ground of fufpicion of having interfered in the election for Hampshire; he had in his hand many letters written by different Peers for the prefent, however, he would produce but one of them, and that he should move might be referred to the Committee of Privileges. If his motion was acceded to, which he prefumed it would be, as it was exactly fimilar in its foundation to that which had been agreed to relative to the Duke of Chandos, he meant to follow it with another motion, that it be an instruction to the Committee to report upon this letter at the fame time that they reported on the letter of the Duke of Chandos. Mr. Stanhope then took out of a bundle of manufcripts a letter from his Grace the Duke of Bolton to an elector of Hampshire, and read the contents, the fum of which was an earnest request made by his Grace, that the person addreffed would not only vote himself for Mr. Jervoife, but use his intereft to procure him as many votes as poffible.

The motion was put and carried nem, con.

Mr. Stanhope then propofed his other motion, upon which Mr. Wilkes faid, he was far from being fenfible that the motion then before the Houfe was proper to be put at all, much less did. it ftrike him that it ought to be agreed to. The complaint of a breach of privilege against the Duke of Chandos was not, as the honourable gentleman had stated, a matter fimilar in its foundation to the prefent complaint; it was exceedingly diftinct and different; he had moved againft the Duke of Chandos, for having interfered in the election for Hampshire, not merely as a Peer of Parliament, but as a Peer of Parliament and as Lord Lieutenant of the county; for having ufed the influence and powers of the Crown, in violation of the freedom of election, and in breach of the privileges of the Commons of England; a matter infinitely more offenfive and alarming than the interference of a pri vate Peer of Parliament. His complaint had been referred to the Committee of Privileges fome time fince, and he faw no reason why another caufe of complaint, relative to the fame election, lately discovered, fhould ftop the progress of the deliberations of the Committee, or delay their report upon what was already before them. The two complaints were perfectly clear of each other, and, as far as his experience in parliamentary bufinefs enabled him to judge, he conceived