He promised to bear the subject in mind, and to do his best to promote the welfare of the kingdom.

With this answer the House was satisfied, and the subject was not again mentioned till the next session.

[362] The debates of the Commons on the conduct of the war, on the law of treason and on the trade with India, occupied much time, and produced no important result.

But meanwhile real business was doing in the Committee of Supply and the Committee of Ways and Means.

In the Committee of Supply the estimates passed rapidly.