roposed this day might readily concur.
Opposition, however, were evidently of opinion that their cause was
lost. Yet, on the 19th of May, Sergeant Adair moved the withholding the
grant of any further supplies till the grievances of the people were
redressed; and this motion being negatived, a week later Dunning moved,
"that the two resolutions passed on the 10th of April, be reported." A
motion, however, from the opposite side of the house, "that the chairman
leave the chair," which amounted to a dissolution of the committee, was
carried by one hundred and seventy-seven to one hundred and thirty-four.

Such was the termination of one of the most critical struggles which had
occurred in the house of commons during the reign of George III. Out of
doors astonishment was expressed on the one hand at the encouragement
which Mr. Dunning's motion received from a large party who had so warmly
taken up the American war; and on the other, at the sudden change
of sentiment which had taken place among many who had supported that
motion. By some historians this change is attributed to influence,
corruption, and treachery. The charge, however, is not well founded, for
none of these causes could have been at work when they quitted the ranks
of ministers to vote with opposition. It seems, therefore, rather to
have arisen from the peculiar temper of the times, and to the condition
in which the nation was placed at this period. The violence of
opposition, also, and their exultation on their triumphs may have had
their effects on the minds of the more sober-thinking members of the
house: they may have become convinced that the movements of the leaders
of opposition, so far from being adopted from a love of their country,
had their origin in that bad feeling of human nature--self-interest.

LORD NORTH'S PROPOSAL RESPECTING THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.

On the 23rd of March, Lord North informed the house that the East India
Company had made no satisfactory proposals for the renewal of their
charter, and he moved that the speaker should give them three years'
notice, as ordered by act of parliament, previous to the dissolution of
their monopoly; and that the sum of L4,200,000 due from the public to
the company should be paid on the 25th of April, 1783, agreeably to the
tenor of the said act. Fox inveighed against this measure, as tending to
deprive us of our East Indian as well as our American possessions; but
Lord North having represented