CHAT.

IXVI.

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Stli June.

13th Ost.A pailis.ment.

230 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

They apply to the king, and desire him to punishthe lieutenant for his contempt. The king sum-mons both houses; exhorts them to unanimity;and informs them , that the present quarrel hadarisen from the contrivance of his and theirenemies, who expected by that means to forcea dissolution of the parliament. His advice haspo effect: The commons continue as violent asever; and the king, finding that no business couldbe finished , at last prorogued the parliament.

When the parliament was again assembled,there appeared not in any respect a change inthe dispositions of either house. The king desiredsupplies, as well for the building of ships as fortaking off anticipations , which lay upon hisrevenue. He even confessed, that he had notbeen altogether so frugal as he might have been,and as he resolved to be for the future ; thoughhe asserted, that, to his great satisfaction, he hadfound his expenses by no means so exorbitantas some had represented them. The commonstook into consideration the subject os supply.They voted 300,000 pounds for the building ofships; but they appropriated the sum by verystrict clauses. They passed a resolution not togrant any supply for taking off the anticipationsof the revenue \ This vote was carried in a full

4 Several historians have affirmed , that the commonsfound, this session, upon inquiry, that the king’s revenuewas 1,600,000 pounds a year, and that the necessary ex.pense was but 700,000 pounds ; and have appealed to theJournals for a proof. But there is not the least appearanceof this in the Journals; and the fact is impossible.