June 1726
Anno Primo Georgii Secundi.
At the Parliament met at Westminster, on Occasion of the Demise of His late
Majesty King George (of Blessed Memory), in Pursuance of the Act of the
Sixth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, "An
Act for the Security of Her Majesty's Person and Government, and of the
Succession to the Crown of Great Britain in the Protestant Line;" being
the Sixth Session of the Sixth Parliament of Great Britain.
DIE Jovis, 15o Junii, 1727.
DIE Jovis, 15o Junii, 1727, Annoque Regni Serenissimi Domini Georgii Secundi, Dei Gratia, Magnæ
Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Regis, Fidei Defensoris,
&c. Primo, in Superiori Parliamenti Domo apud Westmonaster. convenere, Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes fuerunt:
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Epus. London.
Epus. Asaphens.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Norwic. |
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Peterborow & Monmouth.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Selkirk.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Macclesfield.
Viscount Lonsdale.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Lynn.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Folcy.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Lechmere. |
PRAYERS.
L. Chancellor takes the Oaths.
Peter Lord King, Lord High Chancellor of Great
Britain, singly, at the Table, 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 likewise took the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration, and also
took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes:
Thomas Lord Trevor, Lord Privy Seal.
Lionel Duke of Dorset, Lord Steward of His Majesty's Household.
Charles Duke of Richmond.
Charles Duke of St. Albans.
Peregrine Duke of Leeds.
Charles Earl of Peterborow.
Philip Earl of Chesterfield.
Robert Earl of Sunderland.
Nicholas Earl of Scarsdale.
George Henry Earl of Litchfield.
Richard Earl of Scarbrough.
William Anne Earl of Albemarle.
George Earl of Cholmondeley.
John Earl of Sutherland.
John Earl of Rothes.
David Earl of Buchan.
Charles Earl of Selkirk.
George Earl of Orkney.
Henry Earl of Deloraine.
Thomas Earl of Strafford.
John Earl of Bristol.
Talbot Earl of Sussex.
Bennet Earl of Harborough.
Thomas Earl of Macclesfield.
Henry Viscount Lonsdale.
Hugh Viscount Falmouth.
Edmund Lord Bishop of London.
John Lord Bishop of St. Asaph.
William Lord Bishop of Bangor.
John Lord Bishop of Carlisle.
John Lord Bishop of Norwich.
John Lord Delawarr.
Charles Lord Lynne.
Peregrine Lord Osborne.
John Lord Carteret.
Francis Lord Guilford.
John Lord Gower.
George Lord Hay.
Thomas Lord Montjoy.
Thomas Lord Foley.
Allen Lord Bathurst.
Thomas Lord Onslow.
Charles Lord Cadogan.
Nicholas Lord Lechmere.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to cause a Commission
to be issued under the Great Seal, for proroguing the
Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, for the
Lords Commissioners to put on their Robes.
The House was resumed.
Whereupon Four of the Lords Commissioners, in
their Robes, being seated on a Form placed between
the Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Chancellor in
the Middle; and the Lord Steward and Lord Carteret
on his Right Hand; and the Lord Viscount Falmouth on
his Left; commanded Sir Charles Dalton Knight, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, to let the Commons
know, "That the Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear His Majesty's Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker; the Commission was read, by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet,)
Commission for proroguing the Parliament.
"GEORGIUS R.
"Georgius Secundus, Dei Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ,
Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Rex, Fidei Defensor, &c. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Will'o Archiepiscopo Cantuar. totius Angliæ Primati et
Metropolitano, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Petro Domino King Cancellario Nostro Magnæ Britanniæ, Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Lancelot. Archiepiscopo Ebor. Angliæ Primati et Metropolitano, Charissimo Consanguineo et
Consiliario Nostro Will'o Duci Devon Præsidenti Concilii Nostri, Prædilecto et Fideli Consiliario Nostro
Thomæ Domino Trevor Custodi Privati Sigilli Nostri,
Charissimis Consanguineis et Consiliariis Nostris Lionel.
Duci Dorset Senescallo Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci
Grafton Camerario Hospitii Nostri, Carolo Duci Somerset, Carolo Duci Bolton, Hen'co Duci Kent, Jacobo
Duci Montrose, Joh'i Duci Roxburgh, Peregin. Duci
de Ancaster et Kesteven Magno Camerario Angliæ,
Thomæ Holles Duci Newcastle Uni Primariorum Secretariorum Nostrorum, Joh'i Duci Argyll et Greenwich,
Jacobo Duci Chandos, Jacobo Comiti Derby, Thomæ
Comiti Pembroke et Montgomery, Hen'co Comiti Lincoln, Thomæ Comiti Westmorland, Arthuro Comiti Anglesey, Carolo Comiti Carlisle, Jacobo Comiti Berkeley,
Daniel. Comiti Nottingham, Montagu Comiti Abingdon,
Will'o Comiti Coventry, Ed'r'o Comiti Orford, Franc'o
Comiti Godolphin, Joh'i Comiti Sutherland, Hugon.
Comiti Loudoun, Jacobo Comiti Findlater et Seafield,
Joh'i Comiti Stair, Archibald. Comiti Ilay, Hen'co. Comiti Uxbridge, Georgio Comiti Halifax, Carolo Vicecomiti Townshend Primario Secretario Nostro, Hen'co
Vicecomiti Lonsdale, Ric'o Vicecomiti Cobham, Hugon.
Vicecomiti Falmouth, Simon. Vicecomiti Harcourt,
Georgio Vicecomiti Torrington, Reverendo in Christo
Patri et Fideli Consiliario Nostro Ed'o Episcopo London. Prædilectis et Fidelibus Consiliariis Nostris Will'o
Domino Berkeley de Stratton, Joh'i Domino Carteret,
et Nic'o Domino Lechmere Cancellario Ducatus
(fn. 1) Nostri Lancastr. Salutem. Cum nuper, pro quibusdam arduis et urgentibus Negotiis, Statum et
Defensionem Regni Nostri Mag. Britanniæ et Ecclesiæ
concernentibus, præsens hoc Parliamentum Nostrum,
apud Civitatem Nostram Westm. Decimo Die Maii,
Anno Regni Georgii nuper Regis (beatæ Memoriæ)
Octavo, inchoari et teneri ordinatum fuerit; quod
Parliamentum abinde prorogatum fuit usque ad Nonum Diem Octobris tunc prox. sequen.; et abinde,
per separales Prorogationes, continuatum fuit usque
ad et in Decimum Quintum Diem Maii ult. præterit.; quo Die idem Parliamentum usque ad et in Vicesimum Septimum Diem instantis Mensis Junii ulterius
prorogari ordinatum fuerit: Cumque dictum Parliamentum sic in esse Tempore Mortis dicti Domini Georgri
nuper Regis, et ad tunc sep'at. per Prorogationes
sit virtute Act. Parliamenti nuper in ea Parte
edit. Parliamentum Nostrum, et conveniendum ut Parliamentum Nostrum: Sciatis tamen, quod, certis urgentibus Causis et Considerationibus Nos specialiter
moventibus, idem Parliamentum Nostrum prorogandum duximus. De Fidelitate igitur, Prudentia, et
Circumspectionibus vestris plurimum confidentes, de
Avisamento et Assensu Concilii Nostri, assignavimus
vos Commissionarios Nostros; dantes vobis, et aliquibus Tribus vel pluribus vestrum, Tenore Præsentium,
plenam Potestatem et Auctoritatem, hoc instante Die
Jovis, ad præsens Parliamentum Nostrum, Nomine
Nostro, usque ad et in Diem Martis, Vicesimum Septimum Diem instantis Mensis Junii, apud prædictam
Civitatem Nostram Westm. ulterius prorogandum et
continuandum, ibidem tunc tenendum et prosequendum; et ideo vobis mandamus, quod circa Præmissa
diligenter intendatis, ac ea in Forma prædicta effectualiter expleatis. Damus autem universis et singulis
Archiepiscopis, Ducibus, Marchionibus, Comitibus,
Vicecomitibus, Episcopis, Baronibus, Militibus, Civibus, Burgensibus, et Commissionariis pro Comitatibus et Burgis, et omnibus aliis quorum interest ad
dictum Parliamentum Nostrum conventuris, Tenore
Præsentium, firmiter in Mandatis, quod vobis, in
Præmissis faciendis, agendis, et exequendis, pareant,
obediant, et intendant, prout decet. In cujus Rei
Testimonium, has Literas Nostras fieri fecimus Patentes.
"Teste Meipso, apud Westm. Decimo Quinto Die
Junii, Anno Regni Nostri Primo.
"Per ipsum Regem, propria Manu signat.
"Bisse & Bray."
Which being ended; the Lord Chancellor said,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
Parliament prorogued.
"By virtue of His Majesty's Commission now read,
to us and others directed, we do, in His Majesty's
Name, and by His Royal Authority, prorogue this
Parliament to Tuesday the Twenty-seventh Day of this
Instant June, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the Twentyseventh Day of this Instant June."
Anno Primo Georgii Secundi.
DIE Martis, Vicesimo Septimo Junii, 1727.
DIE Martis, Vicesimo Septimo Junii, 1727, Annoque Regni Serenissimi Domini Georgii Secundi,
Det Gratia, Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ
Regis, Fidei Defensoris, &c. Primo; in quem Diem
hæc Sexta Sessio Parliamenti per Prorogation. continuatum suerat, in Superiori Domo Parliamenti Magnæ Britanniæ apud Westmonaster. convenere, Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur,
et præsentes fuerunt:
REX.
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Asapbens.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Rossen.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Menevens.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Cestriens. |
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Kent.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angliæ.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Greenwich.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick & Holland.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborow & Monmouth.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Clarendon & Rossen.
Comes Essex.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Selkirk.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Stair.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Sussev.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Graham.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Lonsdale.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Cobham.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Lymington.
Viscount Harcourt.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Percy.
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lynn.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilsord.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Walpole. |
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 Lords being also
in their Robes; commanded the Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "His Majesty commands their immediate Attendance in this
House."
Who being come, with their Speaker; His Majesty
was pleased to speak as follows:
His Majesty's Speech.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I am persuaded that you all share with Me in My
Grief and Affliction for the Death of My late Royal
Father; which, as it brings upon Me the immediate
Care and Weight of the Government, adds very much
to My Concern, lest I should not be as successful in
My Endeavours, as I am above all Things desirous,
to make you a great and happy People.
"I heartily wish that this First solemn Declaration of
My Mind in Parliament could sufficiently express the
Sentiments of My Heart, and give you a perfect and
just Sense of My fixed Resolution, by all possible
Means, to merit the Love and Affection of My People; which I shall always look upon as the best Support and Security of My Crown.
"And as the Religion, Liberty, Property, and a
due Execution of the Laws, are the most valuable
Blessings of a free People, and the peculiar Privileges
of this Nation; it shall be My constant Care to preserve the Constitution of this Kingdom, as it is now
happily established in Church and State, inviolable in
all its Parts; and to secure to all My Subjects the full
Enjoyment of their Religious and Civil Rights.
"I see with great Pleasure the happy Effects of that
Vigour and Resolution which was exerted, in the last
Session of Parliament, for the Defence of the Rights
and Possessions of this Nation, and for maintaining
the Tranquillity and Balance of Power in Europe.
The strict Union and Harmony which has hitherto
subsisted among the Allies of the Treaty of Hanover
has chiefly contributed to the near Prospect of a general Peace; I have therefore given all My Allies the
strongest Assurances of pursuing the same Measures,
and of making good the Engagements entered into by
the Crown of Great Britain.
"The Chearfulness with which the Supplies necessary
for carrying on this great Work were raised, making
it but just that the Public Expence should be lessened
as soon as the Circumstances of Affairs will permit;
I have already given Orders for sending back some of
the Regiments brought from Ireland; and will proceed to reduce My Forces, both by Sea and Land,
as soon as it can be done without Prejudice to the
common Cause, and consistent with the Interest of
My Kingdom.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"You know very well that the Grant of the greatest
Part of the Civil List Revenues is now determined,
and that it is necessary for you to make a new Provision for the Support of Me and My Family. I am
confident it is needless for Me, in any particular Manner, to recommend to your Care the Consideration
of what so nearly and personally concerns Me; and
I am persuaded, that the Experience of past Times,
and a due Regard to the Honour and Dignity of the
Crown, will prevail upon you to give Me this First
Proof of your Zeal and Affection, in a Manner answerable to the Necessities of My Government.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I recommend it to you to give all possible Dispatch
to such Business as shall necessarily be brought before
you; the Season of the Year, and the Circumstances
of Time, requiring your Presence in the Country,
and making it improper to carry this Session into any
great Length."
Which Speech being ended; His Majesty was pleased
to retire.
And the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
PRAYERS.
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:
Charles Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain of His
Majesty's Household.
Charles Duke of Somerset.
Charles Duke of Bolton.
John Duke of Rutland.
James Duke of Montrose.
John Duke of Roxburgh.
Henry Duke of Kent.
Peregrine Duke of Ancaster & Kesteven, Lord Great
Chamberlain.
Thomas Hollis Duke of Newcastle.
John Duke of Greenwich.
William Duke of Manchester.
James Duke of Chandos.
Scroop Duke of Bridgewater.
Theophilus Earl of Huntingdon.
Thomas Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery.
Henry Earl of Lincoln.
James Earl of Salisbury.
Brownlowe Earl of Exeter.
John Earl of Leicester.
James Earl of Northampton.
Edward Earl of Warwick & Holland.
William Earl of Denbigh.
John Earl of Winchilsea.
Edward Earl of Sandwich.
Henry Earl of Clarendon & Rochester.
William Earl of Essex.
George Earl of Cardigan.
Richard Earl of Burlington.
Henry Earl of Radnor.
James Earl of Berkeley.
Daniel Earl of Nottingham.
Montagu Earl of Abingdon.
William Earl of Coventry.
Henry Earl of Grantham.
Francis Earl of Godolphin.
Thomas Earl of Hadinton.
John Earl of Stair.
Archibald Earl of Ilay.
Edward Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.
Washington Earl Ferrers.
William Earl of Dartmouth.
Henry Earl of Uxbridge.
Charles Earl of Tankerville.
Heneage Earl of Aylesford.
George Earl of Halifax.
Thomas Earl of Pomfret.
David Earl Graham.
Laurence Viscount Say & Seale.
Charles Viscount Townshend.
William Viscount Hatton.
Henry Viscount Tadcaster.
Henry Viscount St. John.
Richard Viscount Cobham.
John Viscount Lymington.
Simon Viscount Harcourt.
George Viscount Torrington.
William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
William Lord Bishop of Durham.
Richard Lord Bishop of Winchester.
John Lord Bishop of Oxford.
Benjamin Lord Bishop of Salisbury.
Edward Lord Bishop of Litchfield & Coventry.
Samuel Lord Bishop of Rochester.
White Lord Bishop of Peterborough.
Thomas Lord Bishop of Ely.
Richard Lord Bishop of Lincoln.
Joseph Lord Bishop of Glocester.
Richard Lord Bishop of St. David's.
Edward Lord Bishop of Chichester.
William Lord Bishop of Bristol.
Stephen Lord Bishop of Exeter.
Robert Lord Bishop of Landaff.
Samuel Lord Bishop of Chester.
William Lord Abergavenny.
Algernon Lord Percy.
Francis Lord Howard of Effingham.
William Lord Hunsdon.
Henry Lord Maynard.
Charles Lord Bruce.
William Lord Byron.
Charles Lord Cornwallis.
William Lord Craven.
John Lord Ashburnham.
Charles Lord Weston.
Henry Lord Herbert.
Charles Lord Boyle.
Samuel Lord Masham.
Robert Lord Bingley.
Mathew Lord Ducie.
Robert Lord Walpole.
Poor's Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for preventing the Poor's being defrauded."
The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's Speech.
And the same being afterwards read, by the Clerk:
Order for Address on His Majesty's Speech.
It is Ordered, That an humble Address be presented
to His Majesty, "To return the Thanks of this House,
for His Majesty's most Gracious Speech from the
Throne: To assure His Majesty, that although we
could not but be affected with the deepest Sorrow at
the Death of our late Gracious Sovereign, our Hearts
are yet filled with an inexpressible Joy at His Majesty's
peaceable and happy Succession to the Throne of His
Royal Ancestors: Most humbly and thankfully to acknowledge His Majesty's most tender and affectionate
Concern for the Happiness of His People; and particularly to return our hearty and unseigned Thanks
to His Majesty, for His most gracious and solemn Declaration, "That He should always esteem the Love
and Affections of His People as the best Support of
His Crown; and that it should be His constant Care
to preserve the Constitution of this Kingdom inviolable, as it is now happily established in Church and
State, and to secure to all His Subjects the full Enjoyment of their Religious and Civil Rights:" That nothing could have more encouraged His Majesty's good
Subjects in the faithful Discharge of their Duty, than
His Majesty's Royal Approbation of that Vigour and
Resolution which was exerted in the last Session of
Parliament, for the Defence of the Rights and Possessions of this Nation, and for maintaining the Tranquillity and Balance of Power in Europe; nor any
Thing have been a greater Satisfaction to us, than
His Majesty's having given all His Allies the strongest
Assurances of His pursuing the same Measures, and
making good the Engagements entered into by the
Crown of Great Britain: That we are firmly persuaded that these many Instances of His Majesty's transcendent Goodness to His People justly require, and
cannot fail of meeting with, all imaginable Returns of
their Duty and Loyalty: To give His Majesty the
strongest Assurances of our inviolable Fidelity, and
of our fixed and unalterable Resolution, upon all
Occasions, to the utmost of our Power, to maintain
His Majesty's undoubted Right and Title to the Imperial Crown of this Realm, and the several Dominions thereto belonging; that we will, according to
the many solemn Assurances we have already given,
make our strongest Efforts in Maintenance of His
Majesty's undoubted Right to every other Part of His
Dominions against all Attempts whatsoever; and that
we will chearfully embrace all Opportunities to support and advance the Honour and Dignity of the
Crown."
The Lords following were appointed a Committee, to
prepare an Address, pursuant to the said Order;
and report to the House; (videlicet,)
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Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Ancaster, Magnus Camerarius.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Essex.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Harborough.
Vis. Lonsdale.
Vis. Harcourt. |
Ds. Delawarr. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
presently, in the Prince's Lodgings near the
House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the
Lords of the Committee withdrew into the Prince's
Lodgings, to draw the Address.
After some Time, the House was resumed.
Address reported.
And the Earl of Chesterfield reported from the said
Committee, "That they had drawn an Address accordingly, as follows; (videlicet,)
"Most Gracious Sovereign,
"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects,
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
assembled, beg Leave to return Your Majesty our
most hearty and unfeigned Thanks, for Your Majesty's
most Gracious Speech from the Throne; and to assure
Your Majesty, that though we are affected with the
utmost Sorrow at the Death of our late Gracious
Sovereign, our Hearts are at the same Time filled
with an inexpressible Joy at Your Majesty's peaceable
and happy Accession to the Throne of Your Royal
Ancestors.
Your Majesty's tender Concern for Your People,
and Your most gracious and solemn Declaration, "That
You will always esteem their Love and Affection as
the best Support of Your Crown; that it shall be
Your constant Care to preserve the Constitution of
this Kingdom inviolable, as it is now happily established in Church and State; and that You will secure
to all Your Subjects the full Enjoyment of their Religious and Civil Rights," claims our most sincere and
dutiful Acknowledgements; and may justly be depended upon from Your Majesty, who so early and
so eminently distinguished Yourself in Defence of
the Protestant Cause, and the Liberties of Europe in
general.
"Nothing can be a greater Encouragement to Your
Majesty's good Subjects in the faithful Discharge of
their Duty, than Your Royal Approbation of that
Vigour and Resolution which was exerted in the last
Session of Parliament, for the Defence of the Rights
and Possessions of this Nation, and for maintaining
the Tranquillity and Balance of Power in Europe;
nor can any Thing be a greater Satisfaction to us,
than the strong Assurances Your Majesty has given
to all Your Allies, of pursuing the same Measures,
and making good the Engagements entered into by
the Crown of Great Britain.
"We are most firmly persuaded, that these many Instances of Your Majesty's great Goodness to Your
People justly deserve, and cannot fail of meeting with,
all imaginable Returns of their Gratitude and Loyalty;
and we beg Leave to assure Your Majesty in the
strongest Manner of our inviolable Fidelity, and of
our fixed and unalterable Resolution, upon all Occasions, to maintain Your Majesty's undoubted Right
and Title to the Imperial Crown of these Realms, and
the several Dominions thereunto belonging; and that
we will, in Pursuance of the many solemn Assurances
we have already given, use our utmost Eftorts to
maintain Your Majesty's undoubted Right to every
other Part of Your Dominions, against all Attempts
whatsoever; and that we will chearfully embrace all
Opportunities to support and advance the Honour and
Dignity of the Crown."
Which Address, being read by the Clerk entire,
and afterwards Paragraph by Paragraph, was agreed to
by the House.
Ordered, That the whole House do attend His
Majesty with the said Address.
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do
wait on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time
His Majesty will be pleased to appoint to be attended
by this House, with the said Address.
Committee for Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Orders
and Customs of the House, and the Privileges of
Parliament, and of the Peers of Great Britain,
and Lords of Parliament.
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Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Ds. Senescallus.
Ds. Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Kent.
Ds. Magnus Camerarius Angliæ.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Greenwich.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Essex.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Selkirk.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Stair.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Graham.
Vis. Say & Seale.
Vis. Townshend.
Vis. Hatton.
Vis. Lonsdale.
Vis. Tadcaster.
Vis. St. John.
Vis. Cobham.
Vis. Falmouth.
Vis. Lymington.
Vis. Harcourt.
Vis. Torrington. |
Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Asaphens.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Rossen.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Glocester.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Menevens.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Cestriens. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Percy.
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lynn.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Walpole. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them; to meet
on Monday next, at Ten a 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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Ds. Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Kent.
Dux Greenwich.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Vis. Say & Seale.
Vis. Tadcaster.
Vis. Harcourt. |
Epus. London.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Cestriens. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lynn.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Onslow. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them; to meet
when, where, and as often as, they please.
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's Street, and the Passages to The Old Palace
Yard in Westnunster, 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 the High
Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace for the said City,
shall, by their Care and Directions to the Constables
and other Officers within the said Limits, take special
Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to
make any Stay, between Whitehall and The Old Palace
Yard in Westminster, from Eleven of the Clock in the
Forenoon until Five of the Clock in the Afternoon of
the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament;
and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted
to pass through the said Streets and Passages, between
the Hours aforesaid, during the Sitting of this Parliament: And herein special Care is to be taken, by the
said Deputy Steward, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and all other Officers herein concerned, as the
contrary will be answered to this House: And it is further Ordered, That the High Bailiff of the City of
Westminster, and the Justices of the Peace for the City
and Liberty thereof, or some of them residing in Westminster, be served with the Order of this House made
this Day, for the Purposes aforesaid.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
vicesimum octavum diem instantis Junii, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 28o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Asaphens.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Roffens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Cuestriens.
Epus. Cestriens. |
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Ds. Trevor, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Tweeddale.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Macclesfield.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount St. John.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Harcourt. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Ducie. |
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
John Duke of Montagu and John Marquis of Tweeddale took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
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 of Yesterday; and
that His Majesty had been pleased to appoint this
Afternoon, at Two a Clock, at His Palace of St.
James's."
Motion for dispensing with Standing Orders relating to Appeals.
The House was informed, "That there were divers
Appeals depending in this House, which, unless prosecuted as directed by the Standing Orders of the
Fifth of April 1720, requiring the Prosecution of
Appeals within Eight Days from the First Day of
every Session or Meeting of Parliament, would be
dismissed:"
And thereupon the said Standing Orders being read:
A Motion was made, "That the same may be dispensed with for this Session:"
It is Ordered, That this House will To-morrow
take the said Motion into Consideration; and the Lords
to be summoned.
No Appeal or Writ of Error to be received or proceeded on this Session.
Ordered, That this House will not receive, or proceed upon, any Appeal, or Writ of Error, during this
Session of Parliament.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
vicesimum nonum diem instantis Junii, hora undecima
Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 29o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Asaphens.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. King, Cancellarius.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angliæ.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Tweeddale.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Abingdon.
2. Comes Coventry.
1. Comes Albemarle.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Harborough.
Viscount Say & Scale.
Viscount Hatton.
Viscount Harcourt. |
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Onslow. |
PRAYERS.
L. Fitzwalter takes the Oaths.
Charles Lord Fitzwalter took the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
His Majesty's Answer to the Address:
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,)
"My Lords,
"I thank you heartily for this very loyal Address;
such a Demonstration of your Duty and Affection
cannot but be truly acceptable to Me: You may be
assured, that I shall, through the whole Course of
My Reign, have no other View, than the Interest and
Happiness of My People."
Address and Answer to be printed.
Ordered, That the Address of this House, presented to His Majesty Yesterday, and His Majesty's
most Gracious Answer thereunto, be forthwith printed
and published.
Orders relating to Appeals.
The House (according to Order) proceeded to take
into Consideration the Motion made Yesterday, for
dispensing with the Standing Orders of this House, of
the Fifth of April 1720, requiring the Prosecution of
Appeals within Eight Days from the First Day of
every Session or Meeting of Parliament.
And the said Standing Orders being read:
It is Ordered, That the same be dispensed with,
during this Session.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis,
quartum diem Julii jam prox. sequent. hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.