November 1718
Anno 5o Georgii Regis.
DIE Martis, 11o Novembris, 1718.
DIE Martis, 11o Novembris, 1718, Annoque Regtti
Serenissimi Domini Georgii, Dei Gratia, Magnæ
Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Regis, Fidei Defensoris,
&c. Quinto, in quem Diem præsens hæc Quarta Sessio
Parliamenti, per separal. Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, continuatum fuerat, in Superiori Domo Parliamenti Magnæ Britanniæ, apud Westmonaster. convenere,
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum
Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes fuerunt:
REX.
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Cicestr.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Cestriens.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Comes Sunderland, Præses.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent, Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Ds. Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devon.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Portland.
March. Lothian.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset & Middl'x.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Lonsdale.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Cobham.
Viscount Sherard. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Lansdowne.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningsby.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Newburgb.
Ds. Pawlet Bas. |
PRAYERS.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to robe.
The House was resumed.
King present:
His Majesty being seated on His Royal Throne,
adorned with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and
attended with His Officers of State; the Prince of Wales
(in his Robes) sitting in his Place on His Majesty's
Right Hand; and the Lords being also in their Robes;
Sir William Saunderson, Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod, received His Majesty's Commands, to signify to
the Commons, "That it is His Majesty's Pleasure, they
attend Him immediately, in this House."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Lord
Chancellor, on his Knee, received a Paper from His
Majesty; and, returning to his Place, His Majesty spake
as follows:
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I have commanded my Lord Chancellor to deliver to you, in My Name and Words, the Causes of
My meeting you at this Time in Parliament."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I have now received His Majesty's Commands
from the Throne, to declare to you, in His Majesty's
Name and Words, the Causes of His meeting you
in Parliament at this Time, as follows:
His Majesty's Speech delivered by Lord Chancellor.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"Since your last Recess, I have, by the Blessing of
Almighty God, concluded such Terms and Conditions of Peace and Alliance between the greatest
Princes of Europe, as will, in all human Appearance,
induce others to follow their Example, and make any
Attempts to disturb the Public Tranquillity, not only
dangerous, but impracticable.
"These Engagements, I am persuaded, will be so
much the more agreeable to all My good Subjects,
as they bind the contracting Powers to support the
Succession to these Kingdoms in My Family; to which
some were not at all, and others not so fully, bound
by any former Treaties.
"During the whole Course of these Negotiations,
a most strict Regard has been had to the Interest
of Spain; and better Conditions have been stipulated
for that King, than were insisted upon in His Behalf
even at the Treaty of Utrecht: But the War in Hungary (which by our Mediation is since happily ended)
having tempted the Court of Spain unjustly to attack the Emperor, and the Hopes they have since
conceived of raising Disturbances, in Great Britain,
France, and elsewhere, having encouraged them to
believe that we should not be able to act, in Pursuance of our Treaties, for the Defence of the Dominions invaded by them, nor even to support those
other essential and necessary Conditions of the Treaty
of Utrecht, which provide against the great Monarchies of Europe being at any Time hereafter
united under One Sovereign; they have not only
persisted in such a notorious Violation of the Public
Peace and Tranquillity, but have rejected all our
amicable Proposals, and have broke through their
most solemn Engagements for the Security of our
Commerce.
"To vindicate therefore the Faith of our former
Treaties, as well as to maintain those which we have
lately made, and to protect and defend the Trade of
My Subjects, which has in every Branch been violently and unjustly oppressed, it became necessary for
our Naval Forces to check their Progress. It was
reasonable to hope, that the Success of our Arms,
the repeated Offers of Friendship, which I have
never ceased to make in the most pressing Manner,
and the Measures taken, in Concert with the Emperor
and the Most Christian King, to restore the public
Tranquillity, would have produced a better Disposition in the Court of Spain; but I have received Informations, that, instead of listening to our reasonable Terms of Accommodation, that Court has lately
given Orders, at all the Ports of Spain and of The
West Indies, to fit out Privateers, and to take our
Ships.
"I am persuaded, that a British Parliament will enable Me to resent such Treatment as becomes us;
and it is with Pleasure that I can assure you of the
ready and friendly Resolutions of our good Brother
the Regent of France, to concur and join with Me in
the most vigorous Measures.
"The firm Confidence I repose in the Affections of
My People, together with My earnest Desire to ease
them of every Charge not absolutely necessary, determined Me, immediately after the Exchange of the
Ratifications of our great Alliance, to make a very
considerable Reduction of our Land Forces; nor
could I better express, than by so doing, how little
we apprehend the Attempts of our Enemies to disturb the Peace of My Kingdoms, even though Spain
should think sit to continue some Time in War.
Our Naval Force, employed in Concert with our
Allies, will, I trust in God, soon put a happy End to
the Troubles which the ambitious Views of that
Court have begun, and secure to My Subjects the
Execution of the many Treaties in Force relating to
our Commerce.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"I must desire you to grant Me such Supplies, as
will enable Me to carry on the Service of the Year.
I have given Orders to have the proper Estimates
laid before you, whereby you will perceive I have reduced the Expence as much as our Circumstances
can well admit. I have the Pleasure to observe to
you, that the Funds appropriated for sinking the
Public Debts, have answered above Expectation. I
must, however, recommend to you, to consider of
proper Methods for improving them, by preventing
the Frauds and Abuses daily committed in the Public
Revenues; not doubting but, in all your Proceedings,
you will have that Regard to the inviolable Preservation of the Public Credit, which may quiet the
Minds of all those that have trusted to Parliamentary
Engagements.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"There never was a Time, when your Unanimity,
your Vigour, and Dispatch, were more necessary to so
many good Ends as those we have now in View. I
have done My Part: It remains with you, to give the
last Finishing to this great Work. Our Friends and
our Enemies, both at Home and Abroad, are waiting
the Event of your Resolutions: And I dare promise
Myself, that the First have nothing to apprehend,
nor the others to hope, from your Conduct in this
important Juncture, who have during the whole
Course of My Reign given such lively Proofs of
your Zeal and Affection to My Person, and of your
Love to your Country."
Which being ended; His Majesty was pleased to
retire; and the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
E. of Essex takes his Seat.
This Day William Earl of Essex sat first in Parliament,
upon the Death of his Father Algernoon Earl of Essex;
and came to the Table, and took the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Lords take the Oaths.
The Lords following took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes:
William Marquis of Lothian.
Samuel Lord Bishop of Carlisle.
White Lord Bishop of Peterborough.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "There
were several Lords without, ready to be introduced."
E. Cowper introduced:
William Lord Cowper, being, by Letters Patent, dat.
20o Die Martii, Anno Quarto Georgii Regis, created
Earl Cowper, was this Day, in his Robes, introduced, between the Earl of Nottingham and the Earl
of Orford (also in their Robes); the Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the
Earl of Yarmouth officiating in the Absence of the Lord
Great Chamberlain, preceding.
His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered it
to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.
His Lordship's Writ of Summons was also read, and
is as follows:
His Writ of Summons.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magn. Britann., Franc.
et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Will'o Comiti Cowper,
Salutem. Cum Parliamentum Nostrum, pro arduis
& urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum et Defensionem
Regni Nostri Magn. Britann. & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. nunc congregat.
existit; vobis, sub Fide et Ligeantia quibus Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod, consideratis dictorum Negotiorum Arduitate et Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque, ad dictum
Parliamentum Nostrum personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, et Proceribus
dicti Regni Nostri, super dictis Negotiis tractatur.
vestrumque Consilium impensur.; et hoc sicut Nos et
Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem et Defensionem
Regni et Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque dictorum
Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Die Martii,
Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
"Wrighte."
Then his Lordship came to the Table; and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, and
was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Earls
Bench.
E. Stanhope introduced:
Also, James Viscount Stanhope of Mahon, being, by
Letters Patent, dat. 14o Die Aprilis, Anno Quarto
Georgii Regis, created Earl Stanhope, was also, in his
Robes, introduced, between the Earl of Leicester and the
Earl of Manchester (also in their Robes); the Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the
Earl of Yarmouth in the Absence of the Lord Great
Chamberlain, preceding.
His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered it
to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.
His Lordship's Writ of Summons was also read, as follows:
His Writ of Summons.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franc.
& Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimo
Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Jacobo Comiti
Stanhope, Salutem. Cum nuper, de Avisamento &
Assensu Concilii Nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni
Nostri Magnæ Britanniæ & Ecclesiæ concernentibus,
præsens Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii, Anno Regni
Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quo
Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum & tentum
fuerat; & abinde, per separal. Adjournamenta,
Prorogationes, & Continuationes, ad & in Vicesimum
Diem Maii nunc prox. sequen. prorogatum & continuatum est; vobis, sub Fide & Ligeantia quibus
Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod,
consideratis dictorum Negotiorum Arduitate & Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque,
ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus dicti Regni Nostri, super dictis Negotiis tractatur. vestrumque Consilium impensur.; & hoc sicut
Nos & Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem & Defen
sionem Regni & Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque
dictorum Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Quarto Die
Aprilis, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
"Wrighte."
Then his Lordship came to the Table; and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; and was placed on the lower End
of the Earls Bench.
Visc. Cobham introduced:
Also, Richard Lord Cobham, being, by Letters Patent, dat. 26o Die Maii, Anno Quarto Georgii Regis,
created Viscount Cobham, was likewise, in his Robes,
introduced, between Viscount Lonsdale and Viscount
St. John (also in their Robes); the Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl of
Yarmouth in the Absence of the Lord Great Chamberlain, preceding.
His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered
it to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.
His Lordship's Writ of Summons was also read, as
follows:
His Writ of Summons.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franc. &
Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimo Consanguineo & Consiliario Nostro Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Salutem. Cum nuper, de Avisamento & Assensu
Concilii Nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus
Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni Nostri
Mag. Britann. & Ecclesiæ concernentibus, præsens
Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram
Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii, Anno Regni
Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quo
Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum & tentum fuit; & abinde, per separal. Adjournamenta, Prorogationes, & Continuationes, ad & in Vicefimum Secundum Diem Julii nunc prox. sequen, prorogatum,
adjournatum, & continuatum est; vobis, sub Fide &
Ligeantia quibus Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo
mandamus, quod, consideratis dictorum Negotiorum
Arduitate & Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque, ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum
personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac cum Prælatis,
Magnatibus, & Proceribus præd. super dictis Negotiis
tractatur. vestrumque Consilium impensur.; & hoc
sicut Nos & Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem &
Defensionem Regni & Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque dictorum Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Vicesimo Sexto Die
Maii, Anno Regni Nostri Quarto.
"Wrighte."
Then his Lordship came to the Table; and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; and was placed on the upper End
of the Barons Bench.
Visc. Sherard introduced:
Also, Bennet Lord Harborough, being, by Letters
Patent, dat. Octavo Die Novembris, Anno Quinto
Georgii Regis, created Viscount Sherard, was likewise,
in his Robes, introduced, between Viscount Lonsdale
and Viscount St. John (also in their Robes); the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms,
and the Earl of Yarmouth in the Absence of the Lord
Great Chamberlain, preceding.
His Lordship presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who delivered it
to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.
His Lordship's Writ of Summons was also read, as
follows:
His Writ of Summons.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Mag. Britann. Franciæ, &
Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Charissimo Consanguineo Nostro Benedicto Vicecomiti Sherard, de
Stapleford, Salutem. Cum nuper, de Avisamento &
Assensu Concilii Nostri, pro quibusdam arduis & urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem Regni
Nostri Magnæ Britann. & Ecclesiæ concernentibus,
præsens Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii, Anno Regni
Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus; quo
Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum inchoatum & tentum fuit; & abinde, per separal. Adjournamenta, Prorogationes, & Continuationes, ad & in Undecimum
Diem hujus instantis Mensis Novembris prorogatum
est, apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd. ibidem tunc
tenend. & prosequend.; vobis, sub Fide & Ligeantia
quibus Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus,
quod, consideratis dictorum Negotiorum Arduitate &
Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque, ad dictum Parliamentum Nostrum personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, &
Proceribus prædictis, super dictis Negotiis tractatur.
vestrumque Consilium impensur.; & hoc sicut Nos &
Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem & Defensionem
Regni & Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque dictorum
Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Octavo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.
"Wrighte."
Then his Lordship came to the Table; and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; after which, his Lordship was
placed on the upper End of the Barons Bench.
L. Lucas introduced:
Also, Anthony de Grey, Lord Lucas, de Crudwell, was
in his Robes introduced, between the Lord Delawar
and the Lord Pawlet of Bas. (also in their Robes); the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at
Arms, and the Earl of Yarmouth in the Absence of
the Lord Great Chamberlain, preceding:
His Lordship presented his Writ of Summons to the
Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack; who
delivered it to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the
Table, as follows:
His Writ of Summons.
"Georgius, Dei Gratia, Mag. Britann. Franc. &
Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Prædilecto & Fideli
Nostro Antonio Lucas de Crudwell, in Com. Nostro
Wilts, Ch'r, Salutem. Cum nuper, de Avisamento
& Assensu Concilii Nostri, pro quibusdam arduis &
urgentibus Negotiis, Nos, Statum & Defensionem
Regni Nostri Mag. Britann. & Ecclesiæ concernenti
bus, præsens Parliamentum Nostrum apud Civitatem
Nostram Westm. Decimo Septimo Die Martii,
Anno Regni Nostri Primo, inchoari & teneri ordinaverimus, & ibidem, cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, &
Proceribus dicti Regni Nostri, Colloquium habere &
Tractatum; quo Die idem Parliamentum Nostrum
inchoatum & tentum fuit; & abinde, per separal.
Adjournamenta, Prorogationes & Continuationes,
ad & in Undecimum Diem hujus Instantis Mensis Novembris adjournatum & prorogatum fuit, apud
Civitatem Nostram Westm. præd. ibidem tunc tenend.
& prosequend.; vobis, sub Fide & Ligeantia quibus
Nobis tenemini, firmiter injungendo mandamus, quod,
consideratis dictorum Negotiorum Arduitate & Periculis imminentibus, cessante Excusatione quacunque,
dictis Die & Loco personaliter intersitis, Nobiscum, ac
cum Prælatis, Magnatibus, & Proceribus prædictis, super
dictis Negotiis tractatur. vestrumque Consilium impensur.; & hoc sicut Nos & Honorem Nostrum, ac Salvationem & Defensionem Regni & Ecclesiæ præd. Expeditionemque dictorum Negotiorum diligitis, nullatenus omittatis.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Octavo Die Novembris, Anno Regni Nostri Quinto.
"Wrighte."
Then his Lordship came to the Table; and took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; and was afterwards placed on the
Barons Bench, next below the Lord Crew.
Poors Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the preventing of the Poor's being defrauded."
King's Speech reported:
The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's
Speech.
Proposal for an Address.
It was proposed, "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to return the Thanks of this
House to His Majesty, for His most Gracious Speech
from the Throne: To express the just Sense this House
has of His Majesty's Care, in preserving the public
Peace, and the just Balance of Power in Europe; of
His tender Regard for the Trade of His Subjects, and
of His having made so considerable a Reduction of
the Land Forces at this Time, which must satisfy all
His Subjects, that He will never desire the Continuance of more Troops than are absolutely necessary
for their Safety: And, in a more particular Manner,
to thank His Majesty, for having obtained such great
and further Securities of the Succession to these Kingdoms in His Royal Family, as will, under the Blessing
of God, perpetuate the Protestant Succession undisturbed: To congratulate His Majesty upon the seasonable Success of His Naval Forces: And to assure
Him, that this House will, to the utmost of their
Power, stand by and support His Majesty, in the
vigorous Pursuit of those prudent and necessary Measures He has taken, to secure the Trade and
Quiet of these Kingdoms, and the Tranquillity of
Europe."
The Earl of Stanhope (by His Majesty's Command)
laid before the House the several Treaties mentioned
in His Majesty's Speech.
The Titles whereof were read, as follow; (videlicet,)
"1. Copy of a Treaty for a Defensive Alliance between the Emperor and His Majesty, made at Westm'r,
25 May 1716."
"2. Copy of the Separate Article belonging to the
Treaty for a Defensive Alliance between the Emperor and His Majesty; signed at Westm'r, 25 May
1716."
"3. Copy of an additional Separate and Secret Article belonging to the Treaty for a Defensive Alliance
between the Emperor and His Majesty, made at
Westm'r, 25 May 1716; signed at Vienna, 1 September 1717."
"4. Copy of the Treaty of Alliance for restoring
and settling the public Peace; signed at London, the
22th of July 1718, O. S.
"5. Copy of the Separate and Secret Articles belonging to the Treaty of Alliance for restoring and
settling the public Peace; signed at London, the 22th
of July 1718, O. S."
"6. Copy of the First separate Article belonging to
the Treaty of Alliance for restoring and settling the
public Peace; signed at London, the 22th of July
1718, O. S.
"7. Copy of the 2d separate Article belonging to
the Treaty of Alliance for restoring and settling the
public Peace; signed at London, 22th July 1718.
O. S."
"8. Copy of the 3d Separate Article belonging to
the Treaty of Alliance for restoring and settling the
public Peace; signed at London, 22 July 1718.
O. S."
"9. Copy of the 4th Separate Article belonging to
the Treaty of Alliance for restoring and settling the
public Peace; signed at London, 22 July 1718,
O. S."
"10. Copy of the Act of Admission and Accession
of the King of Sardinia to the Treaty of Alliance for
restoring and settling the public Peace, and the Articles belonging thereto, made at London, 22th July
1718, O. S.; signed at London, 28 October, O. S.
"11. Copy of a Convention between His Majesty
and the most Christian King, for fixing the Project
of a Treaty to be offered to the Emperor; signed at
Paris, the 18th Day of July 1718."
"12. Copy of a Secret Convention between His Majesty and the most Christian King, for settling the
Separate and Secret Articles belonging to the Convention for fixing a Project of a Treaty to be offered to
the Emperor; signed at Paris, 18th July 1718."
The First-mentioned Treaty was read.
And, after Debate;
A Question being stated, on the beforementioned
Proposition:
Motion for omitting Words in the Address.
It was moved, "That these Words; videlicet, "To
congratulate His Majesty upon the seasonable Suc
cess of His Naval Forces," be left out of the said
Question.
And Debate thereupon:
The Question was put, "Whether those Words
shall stand Part of the Question?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Protest against rejecting it.
"Dissentient.
W. Ebor.
Devonshire.
Buckingham.
Burlington.
Plimouth.
Brooke.
North & Grey.
De Loraine.
Bristol.
Fr. Roffen.
Fran. Cestriens.
Compton.
Ashburnham.
Carleton.
Litchfield.
Nottingham.
Townshend.
Belhaven.
Gower.
I'lay.
Lumley.
Salisbury.
Boyle.
Bruce.
Bingley.
Tadcaster."
Then the Question was put, "That an humble
Address be presented to His Majesty, to return the Thanks of this House to His Majesty,
for His most Gracious Speech from the
Throne: To express the just Sense this House
has of His Majesty's Care, in preserving the
public Peace, and the just Balance of Power
in Europe; of His tender Regard for the Trade
of His Subjects, and of His having made so
considerable a Reduction of the Land Forces
at this Time, which must satisfy all His Subjects, that He will never desire the Continuance of more Troops than are absolutely necessary for their Safety: And, in a more particular Manner, to thank His Majesty, for
having obtained such great and further Securities of the Succession to these Kingdoms
in His Royal Family, as will, under the
Blessing of God, perpetuate the Protestant
Succession undisturbed: To congratulate His
Majesty upon the seasonable Success of His
Naval Forces: And to assure Him, That this
House will, to the utmost of their Power,
stand by and support His Majesty, in the vigorous Pursuit of those prudent and necessary
Measures He has taken, to secure the Trade
and Quiet of these Kingdoms, and the Tranquillity of Europe?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Resolution for the Address.
It is Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That an humble Address be
presented to His Majesty, "To return the Thanks of this
House to His Majesty, for His most Gracious Speech
from the Throne: To express the just Sense this
House has of His Majesty's Care, in preserving the
public Peace, and the just Balance of Power in
Europe; of His tender Regard for the Trade of His
Subjects; and of His having made so considerable a
Reduction of the Land Forces at this Time, which
must satisfy all His Subjects, that He will never desire the Continuance of more Troops than are absolutely necessary for their Safety: And, in a more particular Manner, to thank His Majesty, for having obtained such great and further Securities of the Succession to these Kingdoms in His Royal Family, as
will, under the Blessing of God, perpetuate the Protestant Succession undisturbed: To congratulate His
Majesty upon the seasonable Success of His Naval
Forces: And to assure Him, That this House will, to
the utmost of their Power, stand by and support His
Majesty, in the vigorous Pursuit of those prudent and
necessary Measures He has taken, to secure the Trade
and Quiet of these Kingdoms, and the Tranquillity of
Europe."
The Lords following were appointed a Committee, to
prepare an Address, pursuant to the said Resolution:
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Ld. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Bolton.
D. Marlborough.
D. Montrose.
E. Lincoln.
E. Clarendon.
E. Yarmouth.
E. Greenwich.
V. Tadcaster. |
Ld. Delawar.
L. Teynham.
L. Carteret.
L. Coningesby. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet,
at the Rising of the House, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as
they please.
Committee of Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Customs and Orders of the House, and the Privileges of
Parliament, and of the Peers of Great Britain and
Lords of Parliament.
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Ld. President.
Lord Privy Seal.
Lord Steward.
Lord Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Grafton.
D. Bolton.
D. Devonshire.
D. Marlborough.
D. Bucks & Nor.
D. Montrose.
D. Roxburgh.
D. Portland.
M. Lothian.
M. Annandale.
E. Derby.
E. Pembroke.
E. Lincoln.
E. Dorset.
E. Salisbury.
E. Bridgewater.
E. Leicester.
E. Manchester.
E. Berkshire.
E. Peterborow.
E. Stamford.
E. Scarsdale.
E. Clarendon.
E. Essex.
E. Burlington.
E. Litchfield.
E. Radnor.
E. Yarmouth.
E. Nottingham.
E. Rochester.
E. Plimouth.
E. Bradford.
E. Rochford.
E. Orford.
E. Greenwich.
E. Godolphin.
E. Orkney.
E. Deloraine.
E. I'lay.
E. Ferrers.
E. Uxbridge.
E. Carnarvon.
E. Tankerville.
E. Bristol.
E. Halifax.
E. Sussex.
E. Cowper.
E. Stanhope.
V. Townshend.
V. Lonsdale.
V. Tadcaster.
V. St. John.
V. Cobham.
V. Sherard. |
L. Abp. Cant.
L. Abp. York.
L. B. London.
L. B. Sarum.
L. B. Landaff.
L. B. Norwich.
L. B. Chichester.
L. B. Hereford.
L. B. Rochester.
L. B. Chester.
L. B. Glocester.
L. B. Lincoln.
L. B. Bangor.
L. B. Litch. & Cov.
L. B. Carlisle.
L. B. Peterborough. |
Lord Delawar.
L. Howard Eff.
L. North & Grey.
L. Hunsdon.
L. Compton.
L. Teynham.
L. Brooke.
L. Bruce.
L. Colepeper.
L. Lucas.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Lumley.
L. Carteret.
L. Guilford.
L. Ashburnham.
L. Weston.
L. Gower.
L. Belhaven.
L. Harcourt.
L. Boyle.
L. Lansdowne.
L. Bathurst.
L. Bingley.
L. Carleton.
L. Coningesby.
L. Onslow.
L. Torrington.
L. Newburgh.
L. Pawlett Bas. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them; to meet on
Monday next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon,
in the House of Peers, and every Monday after;
and to adjourn from Time to Time as they
please.
Committee for the Journal.
Lords Sub-committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of the House, and Privileges
of the Peers of Great Britain and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journal of this
and the last Session of Parliament.
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Ld. President.
L. Privy Seal.
Ld. Chamberlain.
D. Bolton.
D. Devonshire.
D. Bucks & Nor.
D. Montrose.
M. Annandale.
E. Derby.
E. Dorset.
E. Bridgwater.
E. Manchester.
E. Berks.
E. Stamford.
E. Clarendon.
E. Essex.
E. Litchfield.
E. Yarmouth.
E. Nottingham.
E. Rochester.
E. Orford.
E. Godolphin.
E. I'lay.
E. Bristol.
E. Halifax.
E. Sussex.
E. Cowper.
E. Stanhope.
V. Townshend.
V. Tadcaster.
V. St. John.
V. Cobham.
V. Sherard. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. London.
L. B. Sarum.
L. B. Landaff.
L. B. Norwich.
L. B. Hereford.
L. B. Rochester.
L. B. Chester.
L. B. Glocester.
L. B. Lincoln.
L. B. Bangor.
L. B. Litch. & Cov.
L. B. Carlisle.
L. B. Peterborough. |
Ld. Delawar.
L. Howard Eff.
L. North & Grey.
L. Hunsdon.
L. Compton.
L. Bruce.
L. Lucas.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Lumley.
L. Carteret.
L. Guilford.
L. Harcourt.
L. Boyle.
L. Bathurst.
L. Bingley.
L. Carleton.
L. Coningesby.
L. Onslow.
L. Torrington.
L. Newburgh. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet
when, where, and as often as, they please.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
duodecimum diem instantis Novembris, hora undecima
Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 12o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Cestriens.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Comes Sunderland, Præses.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Devon.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount Cobham.
Viscount Sherard. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Newburgh. |
PRAYERS.
Visc. Hatton takes the Oaths.
This Day William Lord Viscount Hatton took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Address reported.
The Lord Carteret reported from the Lords Committees appointed to prepare an humble Address, to be presented to His Majesty, pursuant to the Order of this
House Yesterday, "That they had prepared an Address
accordingly, as follows:
"Most Gracious Sovereign,
"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
assembled, do return Your Majesty our humble
Thanks for Your Most Gracious Speech from the
Throne; and desire to express to Your Majesty the
true Sense this House has of Your Care, in preserving the public Peace, and the just Balance of
Power in Europe; and of the tender Regard which
Your Majesty has shewn for the Trade of Your Subjects. The considerable Reduction of the Land Forces
which Your Majesty has made at this Time, must
fully satisfy all Your Subjects, that You will never desire the Continuance of more Troops than what are
absolutely necessary for their Safety. In a most
particular Manner we thank Your Majesty, for having obtained such great and further Securities of the
Succession to these Kingdoms in Your Royal Family,
as will, under the Blessing of God, perpetuate the
Protestant Succession undisturbed. We most heartily
congratulate Your Majesty upon the seasonable Success of Your Naval Forces; and beg Leave to assure
Your Majesty, that this House will, to the utmost of
their Power, stand by, and support Your Majesty,
in the vigorous Pursuit of those prudent and necessary Measures Your Majesty has taken, to secure the
Trade and Quiet of these Kingdoms, and the Tranquillity of Europe."
Which Address was read entire, and afterwards in
Paragraphs.
The Question was put, "Whether the Fourth and
last Paragraph shall stand Part of this Address?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Then the Question was put, "Whether this shall
be the Address to be presented to His Majesty?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Protest against it.
"Dissentient,
"W. Ebor.
Devonshire.
Townshend.
Burlington.
Plimouth.
North & Grey.
De Loraine.
Brooke.
Bristol.
Compton.
Ashburnham.
Nottingham.
Bruce.
Carleton.
Ilay.
Fran. Cestriens.
Tadcaster.
Gower."
Ordered, That the aforementioned Address be presented to His Majesty by the whole House.
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do
wait on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His
Majesty will please to appoint to be attended by this
House, with the said Address.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
decimum tertium diem instantis Novembris, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 13o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, Senescallus.
Dux Graston.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
March. Annandalc.
Comes Derby.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Bristol. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Brooke.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Torrington. |
PRAYERS.
His Majesty to be attended with the Address.
The Lord Steward acquainted the House, "That the
Lords with White Staves (according to Order) had
waited on His Majesty, humbly to know what
Time His Majesty would please to appoint to be
attended by this House, with their Address; and
that His Majesty was pleased to appoint this
Afternoon, at Two a Clock, at His Palace of St.
James's."
Sir R. Clerk versus Moore.
Whereas there is an Appeal depending in this House,
wherein Sir Robert Clerke is Appellant, and George Moore
Respondent; and though the Cause was appointed to
be heard the last Session of Parliament, yet the same
came not to a Hearing: And the House being this Day
moved, "To appoint a Day for hearing thereof; and
that the Service of the Order of this House on the
Appellant's Clerk in Court may be deemed good
Service:"
It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House
will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on
Wednesday the Six and Twentieth Day of this Instant
November, at Eleven a Clock; and that the Service of
this Order on the Appellant's Clerk in Court shall be
deemed good Service.
Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.
The House taking Notice, "That there is such an
Interruption, by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays,
in King Street, and the Passages to The Old Palace
Yard in Westminster, that the Lords and others are
frequently hindered from coming to this House, to
the great Inconveniency of the Members of both
Houses:"
It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That no empty
Hackney Coaches be suffered to make any Stay, between
Whitehall and The Old Palace Yard aforesaid, from
Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon until Four of the
Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, during the
Sitting of this Parliament; nor any Carriages, Drays,
or Carts, be permitted to pass through the said Streets
and Passages; and also, that no empty Hackney
Coaches be suffered to make any Stay in The Old Palace
Yard, between the Hours aforesaid, during the Sitting
of Parliament; and herein special Care is to be taken,
by all Officers concerned, as the contrary will be answered to this House.
Days on which Causes are to be heard.
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That all the Causes to be appointed for hearing this Session shall be heard on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
decimum quartum diem instantis Novembris, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 14o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Comes Sunderland, Præses.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
March. Annandale.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Delordine.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Pawlet Bas. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Chancellor reported, "That the House did
Yesterday present to His Majesty their humble Address; and that His Majesty was pleased to return this
most Gracious Answer; (videlicet,)
His Majesty's Answer to Address.
"My Lords,
"I thank you for this Address, so full of Duty to
Me, and Affection to your Country. I cannot doubt
but My Endeavours, for the Happiness of My People
and the Tranquillity of Europe, will attain the Ends
proposed, when the Enemies to both shall see Me
supported therein by this House with so much
Warmth and Zeal."
Address and Answer to be printed.
Ordered, That the Address of this House presented
to His Majesty, and His Majesty's most Gracious
Answer thereunto, be forthwith printed and published.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, decimum octavum diem hujus instantis Novembris, hora
undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 18o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Portland.
March. Annandale.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset & Middl'x.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berks.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Lonsdale.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Cobham. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Pawlett Bas. |
PRAYERS.
East India Company versus Ekins.
Whereas there is an Appeal depending in this House,
wherein the United Company of Merchants trading to
The East Indies are Appellants, and Thomas Ekins Respondent; and the House being moved, on the Behalf
of the Appellants, "That a Day may be appointed for
hearing thereof:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear
the said Cause, by Counsel on both Sides, at the Bar,
on Monday the First Day of December next, at Eleven a
Clock.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
vicesimum primum diem hujus instantis mensis Novembris, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 21o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Portland.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Suffolk & Bindon.
Comes Dorset & Middl'x.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Lonsdale.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Torrington. |
PRAYERS.
E. of Suffolk takes his Seat.
This Day Charles Earl of Suffolk and Bindon sat first
in Parliament, upon the Death of his Father Henry Earl
of Suffolk and Bindon; and came to the Table, and took
the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration,
and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration,
pursuant to the Statutes.
Smith et al. versus Evans et al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Thomas
Smith Gentleman and Deborah his Wife, and of Charles
Lopdell, and John Joyce, alias Shoie; complaining of several Orders of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, made
the Seven and Twentieth Day of May, the Sixth and
Ninth Days of November, and Seventh of March, 1717,
the Third of April, and First and Four and Twentieth
Days of July, 1718, in a Cause wherein Edward Evans
and Susannah his Wife, William Turvin, and Robert Hacket and Mary his Wife, were Plaintifss, and the Appellants Defendants; and praying, "That the said several
Orders, and all Proceedings thereupon, may be
reversed and set aside, and the Plaintiffs Bill dismissed:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Edward
Evans and Susannah his Wife, and the other Plaintiffs,
may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and are
hereby required to put in their Answer or respective
Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Friday
the Six and Twentieth Day of December next; and that
the Service of this Order on the Respondents Clerk in
the said Court shall be good Service.
Accounts of prohibited East India Goods, &c.
The House being informed, "That some of the Commissioners of the Customs attended:"
They were called in; and Mr. Pulteney, at the Bar,
presented to the House several Papers, pursuant to some
late Acts of Parliament.
And withdrew.
The Titles of the said Papers were read, as follow;
(videlicet,)
"The Return of the Commissioners of the Customs,
to the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, with the Accounts of prohibited
East India Goods, and Naval Stores imported from Russia, from Michaelmas 1717 to
Michaelmas 1718.
1. "An Account of East India prohibited Goods
remaining in the Warehouses at St. Hellens at Michaelmas 1717; with what has been brought in since
that Time, what exported, as also what remained at
Michaelmas 1718."
2. "An Account of East India prohibited Goods
remaining in the Warehouses at Leadenball, at Michaelmas 1717; with what has been brought in since
that Time, what exported, as also what remained
at Michaelmas 1718."
3. "An Account of East India prohibited Goods remaining in His Majesty's Warehouse at the Customhouse, London, at Michaelmas 1717; with what has
been brought in since that Time, what exported, as
also what remained at Michaelmas 1718."
4. "An Account of the East India prohibited Goods
remaining in the respective Warehouses of the Out
ports, at Michaelmas 1717; with what has been
brought in since that Time, what exported, as also
what remained at Michaelmas 1718.
5. An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia into the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1717
to Michaelmas 1718.
6. An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia into the Ports commonly called the Out Ports,
from Michaelmas 1717 to Michaelmas 1718."
Sir R Clerk versus Moore.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Bridgen Gentleman, Agent to Sir Rob't Clerk; shewing, "That he
was lately served with the Order of this House, for
hearing the Appeal wherein Sir Robert Clerk is Appellant, and George Moore Respondent, on Wednesday
next: That the said Sir Robert has of late been very
ill at Bath, and is at present in Northamptonshire, and
continues still indisposed; so that he cannot be in
Town timely enough to be sufficiently prepared for a
Hearing on the Day appointed; and having given
Notice to the said Respondent of his Intention of
applying to put off the Hearing of the said Cause for
some Time; and praying, That the Hearing may be put
off to such further Day as may be thought proper:"
The Standing Order of the 22th of December 1703,
relating to the putting off Causes after Days have been
appointed for hearing thereof, being read:
The Parties concerned were called in.
And the Petitioner being examined on Oath, in relation to the Facts alledged in the said Petition; but
failing to make good the same:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition be,
and is hereby, rejected.
Davison's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Davison, of
Blakiston, in the County of Durham, Esquire; praying
Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of Lands in the County
of Durham, in the Petition mentioned; and for vesting
and settling other Lands, of greater Value, in the same
County, to the same Uses, in Lieu thereof:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the
said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench and
Mr. Justice Dormer; who are forthwith to summon
all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the
Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands,
and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the
Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and
also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign
the same.
Jett's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Jett, of St. Margarett's, Westminster, Esquire, and Anne his Wife; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of an Estate in the
County of Somerset; and, with the Monies arising thereby, to purchase other Lands and Hereditaments, to be
settled to the same Uses as the said Estate stands
settled:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of
the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the
Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and
Mr. Baron Price; who are forthwith to summon all
Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them,
to report to the House the State of the Case, with their
Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all
Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of
the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the
Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Sir P Frazier versus Black.
Whereas there is an Appeal depending in this House,
wherein Sir Peter Frazier Baronet is Appellant, and
Isabell the Widow of William Black Esquire Respondent;
and though the Cause was appointed to be heard the
last Session of Parliament, yet the same came not to a
Hearing:
And the House being this Day moved, on the Behalf
of the Respondent, "To appoint a Day for hearing
thereof:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear
the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday
the Third Day of December next, at Eleven a Clock.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
vicesimum sextum diem hujus instantis Novembris, hora
undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 26o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
|
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landaff.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Parker, Cancellarius.
Comes Sunderland, Præses.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montrose.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Suffolke.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Cobham. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Pawlet Bas. |
PRAYERS.
Sir R. Clerk versus Moore:
After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal
of Sir Robert Clerke; complaining of a Decree made in
the Court of Chancery, by Mr. Justice Eyre, in the
Absence of the Lord Chancellor, on the Two and
Twentieth Day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventeen, in a Cause wherein George Moore was
Plaintiff, and the Appellant and Peter Peele Defendants; and praying, "That the same may be reversed:"
As also upon the Answer of George Moore put in to the
said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered thereupon:
The Question being put, "Whether the said Decree shall be reversed ?"
It was Resolved in the Negative.
Judgement affirmed, with Cotts.
Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Petition and Appeal be, and is hereby, dismissed this
House; and that the said Decree therein complained of
be, and is hereby, affirmed: And it is further Ordered,
That the Appellant do pay, or cause to be paid, to the
Respondent, the Sum of Thirty Pounds, for his Costs
in this House.
Fane et Ux. versus D. of Devon et al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of the Honourable John Fane Esquire and Mary his Wife; complaining of a Decree made by the Lord High Chancellor of
Great Britain, on the Eleventh Day of November 1717,
in a Cause wherein the Petitioners were Plaintiffs, and
the most Noble William Duke of Devonshire, Thomas
Earl of Aylesbury, Lord James Cavendish, Thomas Prior
Gentleman Assignee of the Administrator of William
Ball Esquire deceased, and Abigail Kinton Widow, and
James Eckershall, Executors of Aaron Kinton decased,
were Defendants; et è contra; and praying, "That the
same may be reversed; and that the Petitioners may
have such other Relief as this House shall think
fit:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the most Noble William Duke of Devonshire and the other Respondents
may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and do put in
their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Wednesday the Tenth Day of December next.
Annesley versus Sherlock.
Upon reading the Petition of the Appellant Maurice Annesley Esquire; setting forth, "That he, being
afflicted with the Gout, and thereby not able to go
for Ireland himself, took the best Care he could to
transmit thither the Orders last made by this House
in this Appeal, and to have them served there; but
that he finds no Obedience has been paid to the
same; and that he is still kept out of Possession; as
also that the Clerks of the House of Lords there have
absolutely refused to re-deliver his Papers, Deeds,
and other Writings, in their Custody; and that no
Return (as the-Petitioner can learn) has been made to
the Second Letter writ by the Lord High Chancellor
of Great Britain to the Barons of the Exchequer in
Ireland, by Order of this House, requiring an Account from them of what the Sheriffs have done in
Pursuance of the Proceedings of that Court for putting him into Possession; but, the Petitioner is informed, the Sheriff positively refuses to restore him
to it; and that, by Reason of the Jurisdiction of the
Lords there, he cannot procure any Counsel to appear for him; and for these Reasons, praying that the
Hearing of the said Appeal, between him and Hester
Sherlock, which, by Order of the Fourth of March
last, was appointed to be on the Second Day for
Causes this Session, may be put off till after Christmas;
and that the Orders of this House to the Barons of
the Exchequer in Ireland, to restore to the Appellant the Possession of the Lands he was dispossessed of
pending his Appeal, may be renewed; as also those
to the Clerks of the House of Lords there, to re-deliver to the Appellant all Deeds, Papers, Writings,
and Evidences, any Way concerning him, in order to
prepare for the Hearing before this House:"
And the Order of the First of February last, for peremptorily hearing the said Appeal, ex Parte, on Default of the Respondent's answering in the mean Time,
being read:
It is Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Appeal be put off to the Second Day for Causes after
Christmas next.
Carter's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Carter, of
Robertstowne, in the County of Meath, in the Kingdom
of Ireland, Esquire, and Thomas Carter Gentleman his
Son; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to perform
certain Articles, for the Sale of Lands in the Petition mentioned, and to enable Thomas Carter the Younger to
raise Portions and Maintenance for his Younger Children:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of
the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr.
Justice Powys; who are forthwith to summon all Parties
concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their
Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all
Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of
the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the
Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
vicesimum octavum diem hujus instantis Novembris, hora
undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 28o Novembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
|
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Comes Sunderland, Præses.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Montagu.
Comes Berks.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Cowper.
Viscount Townshend. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Torrington. |
PRAYERS.
Palmer's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Joshua Palmer Esquire;
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the Petitioner to make a Jointure Provision for Daughters and
Younger Sons, and Leases for the advancing his Family
and Estate:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of
the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to Mr.
Justice Tracey and Mr. Baron Montagu; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and,
after hearing them, to report to the House the State of
the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their
Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned
in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill,
do sign the same.
Sir P. Frazier versus Black.
Upon reading the Petition of Alexander Hamilton
Gentleman, Agent for Isobell Black, Respondent to the
Appeal of Sir Peter Frasier Baronet; setting forth,
That, by Order of this House, the said Appeal is
appointed to be heard the Third Day of December
next; and that the Petitioner offered to serve the
same on Sir George Stonehouse, the Appellant's Solicitor; who refused to accept thereof, no Direction
being contained therein that it should be sufficient;"
and praying, "That the Service of the said Order on
Sir George Stonehouse may be good:"
It is Ordered, That the Service of this Order on
the said Solicitor be deemed good Service; and that
the Hearing of the said Appeal be put off to the Third
Day for Causes after Christmas next.
Cotes to enter into Recognizance for Smith et al.
The House being moved, "That Robert Cotes, of St.
Paul's Covent Garden, Gentleman, may be permitted to
enter into Recognizance for Thomas Smith Gentleman
and others, on their Appeal depending in this House;
they residing in Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Robert Cotes may enter
into Recognizance for the said Appellants accordingly;
provided no reasonable Objection appears to the Sufficiency of his Security.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
primum diem Decembris jam. prox futur. hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.