December 1779 11-20
DIE Sabbati, 11o Decembris 1779.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
PRAYERS.
Land Tax Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax, to be
raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year
One thousand seven hundred and eighty."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Monday next.
Malt Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
continuing and granting to His Majesty certain Duties
upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service
of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Monday next.
American Habeas Compus Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
further continuing an Act made in the Seventeenth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain
Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of
High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High
Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Monday next.
Silk Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, for allowing the Importation of fine organzined Italian thrown Silk, in any Ships or Vessels, for
a limited Time."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Monday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum tertium diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 13o Decembris 1779.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Dartmouth, C. P. S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Dalhousie.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Hillsborough.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Amherst. |
PRAYERS.
Scarrington, &c. Encicure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Edward Bentinck, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Pastures and Waste Grounds, in the Townships of Scarrington and Aslacton, in the County of Nottingham;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Stoneshy Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hungerford, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, " An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and other Commonable
Lands, in Stonesby, in the County of Leicester;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Militia Qualification Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Winchcombe Hartley, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, " An Act to indemnify such
Officers of the Militia as have not transmitted to the
Clerks of the Peace, Descriptions of their Qualifications and Certificates of their having taken the Oaths
as required; and for allowing further Time for the
Delivery of Descriptions of Qualifications by such
Officers of the Militia; and for obliging the Captain
Lieutenant to deliver in a Description of his Qualification;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Lords summoned.
Ordered, That the Lords be summoned to attend
the Service of the House on Wednesday next.
Land Tax Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, " An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty
by a Land Tax, to be raised in Great Britain, for the
Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and
eighty."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Galloway reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Malt Bill.
The House also (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for continuing and granting to His
Majesty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and
Perry, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven
hundred and eighty."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Galloway reported from the Committee,
That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."
American Habeas Corpus Bill.
The Order of the Day being read, for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for further continuing an Act made in the Seventeenth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain
Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of
High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High
Seas, or the Crime of Piracy;"
Moved, "That the said Order be discharged."
Which being objected to;
After Debate;
The Question was put thereupon ?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and
put into a Committee upon the said Bill.
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Galloway reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Silk Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for continuing an Act made in the
last Session of Parliament, for allowing the Importation of fine organzined Italian thrown Silk, in any
Ships or Vessels, for a limited Time."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Galloway reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Eyre against Salomons:
Upon reading the Petition of Jacob Salomons, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein
Francis Eyre is Plaintiff; setting forth, "That the Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the Time limited by
their Lordships Standing Order;" and therefore praying, "That the said Writ of Error may be Non-pros'd
with such Costs, as to their Lordships shall seem
meet:"
Writ of Error Non-pros'd with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith enter
a Non-pros. on the said Writ of Error as desired; and
that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's
Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the
Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of
Error had been brought into this House: And further,
that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid to
the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Forty Pounds for
his Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the
said Judgement.
Parker against Miller:
Upon reading the Petition of John Miller Defendant
in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein
Charles Parker is Plaintiff; setting forth, "That the
Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the Time limited
by their Lordships Standing Order;" and therefore
praying, "That the said Writ of Error may be Nonpros'd with such Costs, as to their Lordships shall seem
meet:"
Writ of Error Non-pros'd with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith enter
a Non-pros, on the said Writ of Error as desired; and
that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's
Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the
Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of
Error had been brought into this House: And further,
that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid to
the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Forty Pounds for
his Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the
said Judgement.
IAnson against Smith et al.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Smith and others,
Defendants in a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein William IAnson is Plaintiff; setting forth,
"That the Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the
Time limited by their Lordships Standing Order;"
and therefore praying, "That the said Writ of Error
may be Non-pros'd with such Costs, as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"
Writ of Error Non-pros'd with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioners do forthwith
enter a Non-pros. on the said Writ of Error as desired;
and that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's
Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the
Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of
Error had been brought into this House: And further,
that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid,
to the Defendants in Error, the Sum of Forty Pounds
for their Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution
of the said Judgement.
Butler against Wright:
Upon reading the Petition of Richard Wright Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein
John Butler is Plaintiff; setting forth, "That the Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the Time limited by
their Lordships Standing Order;" and therefore
praying, "That the said Writ of Error may be Nonpros'd with such Costs, as to their Lordships shall
seem meet:"
Writ of Error Non pros'd with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith enter
a Non-pros. on the said Writ of Error as desired; and
that the Record be remitted to the Court of King's
Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the
Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writ of
Error had been brought into this House: And further,
that the Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid,
to the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Forty Pounds for
his Costs, by reason of the Delay of the Execution of
the said Judgement.
Sir L. Dundas against Honeyman et al.
Ordered, That the further Hearing of the Cause
wherein Sir Lawrence Dundas Baronet, is Appellant, and
Patrick Honeyman and others, are Respondents, which
stands appointed for this Day, be put off till Tomorrow.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, decimum quartum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 14o Decembris 1779.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Dartmouth, C. P. S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Northumberland.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Dalhousie.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Willoughby Br. |
PRAYERS.
Sir L. Dundas against Honeyman et al.
After hearing Counsel as well on Friday last as this
Day, upon the Petition and Appeal of Sir Lawrence
Dundas Baronet, complaining of an Interlocutor of the
Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 3d of February 1779;
and praying, "That the same might be reversed, varied
or amended, or that the Appellant might have such
other Relief in the Premises, as to this House, in their
Lordships great Wisdom, should seem meet;" as also
upon the Answer of His Majesty's Advocate, and other
Officers of State for Scotland, on Behalf of His Majesty,
and of Patrick Honeyman Esquire, put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered on
either Side in this Cause:
Interlocutor Affirmed.
It is 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 Interlocutor therein complained
of, be, and the same is hereby Affirmed.
Land Tax Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax, to be
raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year
One thousand seven hundred and eighty."
The Question was put, " Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Malt Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
continuing and granting to His Majesty certain Duties
upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service
of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty."
The Question was put, " Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
American Habeas Corpus Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
further continuing an Act made in the Seventeenth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain
Persons charged with, or suspected of, the Crime of
High Treason, committed in any of His Majesty's
Colonies or Plantations in America, or on the High
Seas, or the Crime of Piracy."
The Question was put, " Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Silk Bill.
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
continuing an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, for allowing the Importation of fine organzined
Italian thrown Silk, in any Ships or Vessels, for a
limited Time."
The Question was put, " Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Four preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Reeves and Mr. Pepys:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Stonesby Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and other
Commonable Lands, in Stonesby, in the County of
Leicester."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
D. Northumberland.
E. Denbigh.
E. Sandwich.
E. Cassillis.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Loudoun.
E. Dalhousie.
E. Oxford.
E. Ferrers.
E. Effingham.
E. Hillsborough.
E. Clarendon.
V. Montague.
V. Townshend.
V. Stormont.
V. Dudley & Ward. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. Davids. |
L. Willoughby Br. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers ; and
to adjourn as they please.
Searrington, &c. Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows,
Common Pastures and Waste Grounds, in the Townships of Scarrington and Aslacton, in the County of
Nottingham."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn
as they please.
Barry to enter into Recognizance on Dolphin's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That Robert Barry of
Suffolk Street, in the Parish of Saint Martin in the
Fields, may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance
for George Dolphin Esquire, on Account of his Appeal
depending in this House, he residing in Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Robert Barry may enter
into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as desired.
Militia Qualification Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
indemnisy such Officers of the Militia as have not
transmitted to the Clerks of the Peace, Descriptions of
their Qualifications, and Certificates of their having
taken the Oaths as required; and for allowing further
Time for the Delivery of Descriptions of Qualifications
by such Officers of the Militia; and for obliging the
Captain Lieutenant to deliver in a Description of his
Qualification."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Thursday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
decimum quintum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 15o Decembris 1779.
REX.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Dartmouth, C. P. S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Bridgewater.
Dux Northumberland.
March. Lothian.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Dalhousie.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Brooke.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Powis.
Comes Egremont.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Hampden. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Edgcumbe.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Harrowby. |
PRAYERS.
Dun against McClure.
The Answer of Hugh McClure of Brownhill, to the
Appeal of George Dun in Carnderry, was this Day
brought in.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure to robe.
The House was resumed.
King present.
His Majesty being seated on the Throne, adorned with
His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended by His
Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes) commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, to let
the Commons know, " It is His Majesty's Pleasure,
that they attend Him immediately in this House."
Who being come, with their Speaker;
He, after a Speech in relation to the Money Bills to be
passed, delivered them to the Clerk, who brought them
to the Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown
read the Titles of those, and the other Bills to be passed,
severally, as follow; (videlicet)
Bills passed.
1. "An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by
a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and
eighty."
2. "An Act for continuing and granting to His
Majesty certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and
Perry, for the Service of the Year One thousand
seven hundred and eighty."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced,
by the Clerk Assistant, severally, in these Words;
(videlicet)
"Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujects, accepte leur
Benevolence, et ainsi le veult."
3. "An Act for further continuing an Act made
in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His present
Majesty, intituled, " An Act to empower His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with, or
suspected of, the Crime of High Treason, committed
in any of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in
America, or on the High Seas, or the Crime of
Piracy."
4. "An Act for continuing an Act made in the last
Session of Parliament, for allowing the Importation
of sine organzined Italian thrown Silk, in any Ships or
Vessels, for a limited Time."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced by
the Clerk Assistant, severally, in these Words; (videlicet)
"Le Roy le veult."
Then His Majesty was pleased to retire; and the
Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
Hochliffe, &c. Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Ongley, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the
Term and Powers granted by Two Acts, made in the
First and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for the more effectual
amending the Highway between Hockliffe and Woburn,
in the County of Bedford; and for repairing the Road
leading through Woburn to Tickford Bridge in Newport Pagnell, in the County of Bucks;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Stonesby Enclosure Bill.
The Earl of Effingham reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and other
Commonable Lands, in Stonesby, in the County of
Leicester," was committed: " That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations
thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties
concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction
of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone
through the Bill, and directed him to report the same
to the House, without any Amendment."
Scarrington, &c. Enclosure Bill.
The Earl of Effingham made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Common Pastures and Waste Grounds, in the
Townships of Scarrington and Aslacton, in the County
of Nottingham," was committed.
Ld Weymouth's Answer to Spanish Rescript, &c. Address for.
Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to
His Majesty, to desire His Majesty will be graciously
pleased to order, that there be laid before this House,
"A Copy of Lord Viscount Weymouth's Answer to the
Rescript of the Marquis of Almodovar of the 16th of
June last;" and also, "A Copy of the justifying Memorial of the King of Great Britain, in Answer to the
Exposition of Motives of the Court of France,"
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty, by the Lords with White Staves.
France, Expostion of Motives towards England, &c. ordered.
Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this
House, "A Copy of the Exposition of the Motives and
Conduct of the King of France towards England."
Also, "Copies of Two Royal Schedules of the King
of Spain, together with their Enclosures, and a Circular
Letter, published in the Month of June last at Madrid,
relative to the Disputes with Great Britain."
And also, "A Copy of a Manifesto of the Motives
which have induced His Catholic Majesty to withdraw
his Ambassador, and to act hostily against England,
lately published at Madrid."
Extraordinaries, Motion relative to negatived.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned;
Moved to resolve, "That the alarming Addition annually making to the present enormous National Debt,
under the Head of Extraordinaries, incurred in the
different Services, requires immediate Check and Controul.—The increasing the public Expence beyond the
Grants of Parliament being at all Times an Invasion
of the fundamental Rights of Parliament, and the utmost Œconomy being indispensably necessary in the
present reduced and deplorable State of the Landed
and Mercantile Interest of Great Britain and Ireland."
Which being objected to,
After long Debate,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Militia Qualification Bill.
Ordered, That the Sitting of the Committee of the
whole House upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to indemnify such Officers of the Militia as have not transmitted to the Clerks of the Peace, Descriptions of their
Qualifications, and Certificates of their having taken
the Oaths as required; and for allowing further Time
for the Delivery of Descriptions of Qualifications by
such Officers of the Militia; and for obliging the Captain Lieutenant to deliver, in a Description of his
Qualification," which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Friday next.
Motion to adjourn negatived.
Moved, " To adjourn to Friday next."
Which being objected to,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Public Expenditure, Lords summoned relative to.
Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend
the House on Tuesday the 8th Day of February next, to
consider of a Motion for appointing a Committee consisting of Members of both Houses, possessing neither
Employment nor Pension, to examine, without Delay,
into the Public Expenditure, and the Mode of accounting
for the same, more particularly into the Manner of
making all Contracts; and at the same Time to take into
Consideration what Savings can be made consistent with
Public Dignity, Justice and Gratitude, by an Abolition
of old or new created Offices or Reversion of Offices,
the Duties of which have either ceased, or shall, on Enquiry, prove inadequate to the Fees or other Emoluments arising therefrom, or by the Reduction of such
Salaries or other Allowances and Profits as may appear
to be unreasonable; that the same may be applied to lessen
the present ruinous Expenditure, and to enable us to
carry on the present War against the House of Bourbon,
with that Decision and Vigour, which can alone result
from National Zeal, Confidence and Unanimity.
Lords summoned.
Ordered, That the Lords be summoned to attend
the Service of the House on Friday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
decimum septimum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 17o Decembris 1779.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus.Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus.Exon.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Dartmouth, C. P. S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Bridgewater.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Dalhousie.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Brooke.
Comes Gower.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Hampden. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Craven.
Ds.Montfort.
Ds.Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Amherst. |
PRAYERS.
King's Answer to Address.
The Lord Chamberlain reported, "That the Lords
with White Staves had (according to Order) waited
on His Majesty with their Lordships Address of Wednesday last, for the Papers therein mentioned; and
that His Majesty was pleased to say, "He would give
Directions accordingly."
V. Stormont takes the Oaths.
This Day David Viscount Stormont took the Oaths and
made and subscribed the Declaration; and also took and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Statutes;
his Lordship having first at the Table delivered in a Certificate of his receiving the Sacrament, to the Truth
whereof Witnesses were sworn and examined.
North America, Account of Spanish Coins, purchased for Army ordered.
Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this
House, "An Account of the Spanish and Portugal Coins
purchased by Messieurs Harley and Drummond, for the
Use of the Army in North America, distinguishing the
Quantity and Species of such Coins, and the Persons
to whom, and the Time when they were delivered in
Europe; and the Persons to whom they were directed
in America."
Causes put off.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein
Robert Hogg of Ramoir, is Appellant, and Mary Hogg is
Respondent, which stands appointed for this Day, be put
off to the First Cause Day after the Recess at Christmas;
and that the rest of the Causes be removed in Course.
Militia Qualification Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act to indemnify such Officers of the
Militia as have not transmitted to the Clerks of the
Peace, Descriptions of their Qualifications, and Certificates of their having taken the Oaths as required;
and for allowing further Time for the Delivery of Descriptions of Qualifications by such Officers of the
Militia; and for obliging the Captain Lieutenant to
deliver in a Description of his Qualification."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Effingham reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
made some Amendments thereto, which he was
ready to report, when the House will please to receive
the same."
Ordered, That the said Report be received on
Tuesday next.
Hockliffe &c. Road Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers granted by Two Acts,
made in the First and Sixteenth Years of the Reign
of His late Majesty King George the Second, for the
more effectual amending the Highway between Hockliffe and Woburn, in the County of Bedford; and for
repairing the Road leading through Woburn to Tickford Bridge, in Newport Pagnell, in the County of
Bucks."
Order for Lords to be summoned read.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned:
Moved, "To adjourn to Tuesday next."
Accordingly,
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis,
vicesimum primum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.