May 1782 11-20
DIE Lunæ, 13o Maii 1782.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Ds. Camden, Præses.
Dux Manchester, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Plymouth.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Northington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Leinster.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
Viscount Sackville.
Viscount Keppel. |
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Ashburton.
Ds. Grantley. |
PRAYERS.
Countess of Oxford's Estate Bill.
The Lord Sandys reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Freehold and Inheritance in Fee of Part of the
Estates, heretofore of the Right Honourable Henrietta
Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford and Countess
Mortimer, deceased, in Trustees in Trust, to sell and
dispose of so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay
off and discharge the Debts, Legacies, and other remaining Incumbrances affecting the Whole of the
Estates, late of her the said Countess, which were devised by her Will, and for other Purposes therein mentioned," 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."
Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.
Coal Ships Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to
revive and continue an Act passed in the Sixth Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An
Act to regulate the Loading of Ships with Coals in
the Ports of Newcastle and Sunderland," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and
examined the Allegations thereof, which were found
to be true; and that the Committee had gone through
the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the
House, without any Amendment."
Tobacco, &c. Duty Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting an additional Duty upon Tobacco and Snuff,
and for repealing certain Duties payable upon the
Importation of Brandy and Arrack, and for granting
other Duties in Lieu thereof."
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 To-morrow.
Winchester Election Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
further continuing an Act made in the Twentieth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act for exempting the City of Winchester, the
County of Southampton, the Town of Shrewsbury, and
the County of Salop, out of the Provisions of an Act
made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His late
Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An Act
for regulating the Quartering of Soldiers during the
Time of the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, so far as the same relates to the Removal of
Troops during the Elections of Members to serve in
Parliament, 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 To-morrow.
St. Kitts Goods Importation Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
allowing the Importation of Goods of the Growth,
Produce, or Manufacture of the Islands of Saint
Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat, into any Ports
of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe or America, upon
Payment of the British Plantation Duties."
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 To-morrow.
Calverton Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Meadows, Pastures, and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds, in the Manor of Calverton, with the
West Side of Stoney Stratford, in the County of
Buckingham."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Devonshire.
D. Ancaster & Kesteven.
D. Chandos.
E. Derby.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Salisbury.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Peterborough & Monmouth.
E. Sandwich.
E. Essex.
E. Berkeley.
E. Plymouth.
E. Coventry.
E. Cholmondeley.
E. Galloway.
E. Ferrers.
E. Strafford.
E. Tankerville.
E. Kerr.
E. Effingham.
E. Backs.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Harcourt.
E. Northington.
E. Radnor.
E. Spencer.
E. Bathurst.
E. Hillsborough.
E. Mansfield.
V. Hereford.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Leinster.
V. Dudley & Ward.
V. Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
V. Sackville.
V. Keppel. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov. |
L. De Ferrars.
L. Say & Sele.
L. Teynham.
L. Craven.
L. Osborne.
L. Boyle.
L. Middleton.
L. King.
L. Monson.
L. Chedworth.
L. Sandys.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Vere.
L. Walpole.
L. Wycombe.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Beaulieu.
L. Vernon.
L. Digby.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Foley.
L. Loughborough.
L. Walsingham.
L. Bagot.
L. Porchester.
L. Ashburton.
L. Grantley. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on Thursday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House
of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Appleby, &c. Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in
the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,
intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the
Road from the Borough of Appleby, in the County of
Westmorland, through the Township of Orton to Kirby
Kendall, and from Orton to the Turnpike Road near
Shapp, and from Highgate, near Tebay, in a Part of
the Highway between Appleby and Kirby Kendall,
through the Town of Kirby Steven to the Town of
Market Brough, in the said County."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Edinburgh Market Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hunter Blair and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for preventing the
Slaughtering of Cattle within the City of Edinburgh,
and for removing Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
Sandiacre Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord George Cavendish and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and Commonable Places, within
the Lordship or Liberty of Sandiacre, in the County
of Derby;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Romsey Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
continue the Term and alter the Powers of an An
made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of His
late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An
Act for repairing and widening the Roads leading
from a Pond belonging to Henry Eyre Esquire, in the
Parish of White Parish, in the County of Wilts, to the
Top of Dunwood Hill; and from thence over Great
Bridge and Middle Bridge, through Romsey-infra to
Hundred Bridge, in the County of Southampton, and
from thence to the County of the Town of Southampton."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at the usual Time and Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Bolam Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Charles Turner and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing certain Open Common Fields, Meadows,
Pastures, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds,
within the Township of Bolam, in the Parish of Gainford, in the County of Durham;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Lady Holdernesse's Estate Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the Estates of Robert late Earl of Holdernesse, deceased, in the County of York, in Trustees,
for a Term of Years, for raising and Payment of the
Sum of Five thousand Pounds, charged by the Will
of the said Earl on his said Estates."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Anguish and Mr. Eames:
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
St. Margaret and St. John's Paving, &c. Bill.
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
amending the Pavement in, and for lighting some of
the Streets, Lanes, Ways and Places, in the Parishes
of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in
Westminster, which are at present excluded from the
Provisions of an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of
His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend
and render more effectual several Acts made relating
to paving, cleansing, and lighting the Squares, Streets,
Lanes and other Places, within the City and Liberty
of Westminster and Parts adjacent;" and for preventing Nuisances and Annoyances in or near the same,
and for making an Opening from Orchard Street, and
widening some Part of Wood Street and of Little Peter
Street."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Kew Bridge Bill.
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
building a Stone Bridge cross the River of Thames
from the Parish of Ealing, in the County of Middlesex,
to the opposite Shore in the Hamlet of Kew, in the
County of Surrey."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Brecon, &c. Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the
Thirty-third Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from the Town of Brecon
to the Parish of Brobury, and to Whitney Passage, in the
County of Hereford; and for building a Bridge over
the River Wye at Bredwardine Passage, in the same
County; so far as relates to such of the Roads
comprized in the said Act as lie in the County of
Hereford."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Wey Hill Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the
Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and
widening the Road from the Turnpike Road at Wey
Hill, in the County of Southampton, to the Turnpike
Road at Lyde Way, in the County of Wilts."
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 the former Messengers:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Winstone Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
Common Meadows, Pastures, and Commonable and
Waste Lands, within the Manor and Parish of Winstone, in the County of Gloucester."
Hardwicke, &c. Road Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing and widening the Roads from a Place called
The Hardwicke, in the Parish of Clifford, to Windmill
Hill; and from Vowchurch to Pontrilas, in the County
of Hereford."
Sydney Barony, Perry's Petition to His Majesty, claiming.
The Lord Wycombe (by His Majesty's Command)
presented to the House, "A Petition of Elizabeth Perry
of Pensburst Place, in the County of Kent, Relict of
William Perry Esquire, and only surviving Daughter
and sole Heiress of the Honourable Thomas Sydney,
and also sole Heiress of the Barons Sydney of Penshurst,
Viscounts Lisle and Earls of Leicester;" together with
His Majesty's Reference thereof to this House, and the
Report of His Majesty's Attorney General annexed:
Which Petition and Reference were read by the Clerk,
and are as follows:
To the King's most Excellent Majesty,
The humble Petition of Elizabeth Perry of
Pensburst Place, in the County of Kent, Relict
of William Perry Esquire, and only surviving
Daughter and sole Heiress of the Honourable
Thomas Sydney, and also sole Heiress of the
Barons Sydney of Pensburst, Viscounts Lisle
and Earls of Leicester;
Sheweth,
That His Majesty King James the First Your Royal
Predecessor, in the First Year of His Reign, created by
Letters Patent Sir Robert Sydney Knight, a Baron and
Peer of the Realm of England, by the Title of Lord
Sydney, of Penshurst, in Kent, to him and the Heirs
Male of his Body; and afterwards, by several Letters
Patent in the Third and Sixteenth Years of his Reign,
created him, the said Robert, Viscount Lisle and Earl
of Leicester, with Limitation as aforesaid: All which
Honours descended to Robert his Son and Heir, and
from him to Philip his Son and Heir.
That Robert, by courtesy Viscount Lisle (your Petitioner's Grandfather, and whose Heiress she is) eldest
Son of the said Philip, was summoned to Parliament
in the First Year of the Reign of King William and
Queen Mary as a Baron and Peer of the Realm of
England, the Writ being directed, "Roberto Sydney
de Penshurst Chevalier;" and being also summoned to
the next ensuing Parliament in the said Reign, sat and
voted in both Parliaments by the Title of Lord Sydney
of Pensburst, in the Life-time of his Father the said
Philip Earl of Leicester.
"That upon the Death of said Philip Earl of Leicester the said Robert Lord Sydney of Penshurst succeeded
to the Titles and Dignities of Baron Sydney of Penshurst,
Viscount Lisle and Earl of Leicester, created by Letters Patent as aforesaid, and died seised thereof to him
and the Heirs Male of the Body of Robert, the First
Earl of Leicester, and of the Title and Dignity of
Baron Sydney of Penshurst to him and his Heirs.
"That all the aforesaid Titles and Honours descended
from him to Philip his Son and Heir, who dying without issue was succeeded therein by his Brother John,
who dying unmarried the Barony in Fee descended and
was in Abeyance between your Petitioner and her Sister
Mary, the Heiresses General, they being the Daughters and Heiresses of the Honourable Thomas Sydney
next Brother to the said John and Joceline, the youngest
Brother of the said John succeeded to the said Titles
limited by Patent to Heirs Male, and dying without
Issue, said Titles by Patent, became extinct, and
your Petitioner and her Sister were his Heiresses.
"That your Petitioner's said Sister married Sir
Brownlow Sherrard Baronet, and died in the Year
One thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight, without
Issue leaving your Petitioner sole and undoubted Heiress
to the Barony of Sydney of Penshurst, as well as the
true and lawful Inheritrix of all Lands and Seigniories
thereunto belonging.
"Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that
Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to
confirm the said Barony of Sydney of Penshurst
to her the said Elizabeth, and the Heirs of her
Body, with all its Rights, Immunities and
Privileges, as in like Cases hath been usually
granted to several Families of this Kingdom by
Your Majesty's Royal Progenitors and Predecessors.
And your Petitioner shall in all Duty pray, &c.
"E. Perry."
"Saint James's, 9th May 1782.
His Majesty being moved upon this Petition, is
graciously pleased to refer the same (together with the
Report thereunto annexed) to the Right Honourable
the House of Peers, to examine the Allegations thereof,
as to what relates to the Petitioner's Title therein mentioned; and to inform His Majesty how the same shall
appear to their Lordships.
"Wycombe."
Ordered, That the said Petition, with His Majesty's
Reference thereof to this House, be referred to the Consideration of the Lords Committees for Privileges; whose
Lordships having considered thereof, and heard such Persons concerning the same as they shall think fit, are to
report their Opinion thereupon to the House; and that
Notice thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney General.
Cricklade Election Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the Second
Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the Election of
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of
Cricklade, in the County of Wilts;" and for the Lords
to be summoned.
The said Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.
Moved, "to commit the Bill."
Which being objected to;
After long Debate,
The Question was put, "Whether the said Bill
shall be committed?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
The Lord Chancellor, after the Tellers had reported
what the Contents and Not-Contents were, declared
what they said:
Whereupon divers Lords demanded their Proxies;
which being objected to:
The Standing Order No. 83. was read.
Then the Question was put, "Whether the Proxies
shall be now read?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
The Difference of the Proxies was declared by the.
Lord Chancellor to be in the Affirmative.
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 To-morrow; and that the Lords be
summoned.
Revenue Officers voting Bill.
Ordered, That the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for better securing the Freedom of
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament by disabling certain Officers employed in the Collection or
Management of His Majesty's Revenues from giving
their Votes at such Elections," which stands appointed
for To-morrow, be put off to Wednesday next; and that
the Lords be summoned.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis,
decimum quartum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 14o Maii 1782.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Ds. Camden, Præses.
Dux Manchester, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Carlisle, Senescallus.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Rosebery.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Gower.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Northington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Hillsborough.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Leinster.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Maynard. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Percy.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Grosvenor.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Ashburton. |
PRAYERS.
Hatton's Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of
an annual Fee Farm Rent of One hundred Pounds,
payable to the See of Ely, out of certain Estates in
and near Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex;
and for applying the Money to arise from such Sale in
Manner therein mentioned," was committed: "That
they had considered the said Bill, and examined
the Allegations thereof, which were sound 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
made some Amendments thereto;" which Amendments being read Twice by the Clerk, were agreed to
by the House.
Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments,
be engrossed.
Romsey Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to continue the Term and alter the Powers of an Act made
in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of His late
Majesty King George the Second, intituled "An Act
for repairing and widening the Roads leading from a
Pond belonging to Henry Eyre Esquire, in the Parish
of White Parish, in the County of Wilts, to the Top
of Dunwood Hill; and from thence over Great Bridge
and Middle Bridge, through Romsey-infra, to Hundred
Bridge, in the County of Southampton; and from
thence to the County of the Town of Southampton,"
was committed: "That they had considered the said
Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which
were found to be true; and that the Committee had
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the
same to the House, without any Amendment."
Appleby, &c. Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act
made in the First Year of the Reign of His present
Majesty, intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough of Appleby, in the
County of Westmorland, through the Township of
Orton, to Kirby Kendall; and from Orton to the
Turnpike Road near Shapp; and from Highgate near
Tebay, in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and
Kirby Kendall, through the Town of Kirby Steven,
to the Town of Market Brough, in the said County,"
was committed.
Peers Pedigrees, Report from Committee of Privileges.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords. Committees for Privileges appointed to consider of the Pedigrees of several Peers, "That the Committee had met
and considered of the Pedigrees of George Viscount
Sackville, John Lord Chedworth, George Venables
Lord Vernon, and William Lord Bagot, and had examined Mr. Heard and Mr. Bigland, Heralds upon
Oath, in relation thereto, at the Bar, who have fully
verified the same, together with the Proofs thereof;
and that the said Lords have respectively signed and
certified the same to be true to the best of their Knowledge, Information, and Belief, upon their Honour,
pursuant to the Orders of the House."
Lancaster Bridge Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Stanley and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for building a new
Bridge instead of the present ancient Bridge, commonly
called Lancaster Bridge, at a more convenient Place
over the River Loyne, near the Town of Lancaster, in
the County Palatine of Lancaster;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Full et al. against Hutchings.
A Petition of Langdon John Full and others, Appellants in a Cause depending in this House, and of John
Hutchings Clerk, Respondent thereto, was presented and
read; setting forth, "That the Respondent as Rector of
Dettisham, in the County of Devon, filed his Bill in the
Court of Exchequer, against the Appellants, and
others, since deceased, for Subtraction of Tythes;
and a Decree was made in the said Court in favour of
the Respondent, on the 23d Day of June 1780; that
the Appellants have appealed to their Lordships from
the said Decree, and which Appeal stands Eighth in
their Lordships Paper; that the Parties having been in
Treaty for an Accommodation, the Cause was on the
19th Day of March last adjourned, till after all the
Causes then appointed, but the said Treaty has since
gone off; that the Appellant Full, and the Respondent
being now in Town, and fearing that the Appeal will
not be heard till the next Session of Parliament;
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray their Lordships, "That this Cause may be heard on Thursday
the 6th Day of June next, or such other early Day
after the Recess, as to their Lordships shall seem fit."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in and heard at the Bar; and being withdrawn,
Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause
by Counsel at the Bar, on Thursday the 6th Day of
June next, as desired.
Countess of Oxford's Estate Bill
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Freehold and Inheritance in Fee, of Part of
the Estates heretofore of the Right Honourable
Henrietta Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford, and
Countess Mortimer deceased, in Trustees in Trust, to
fell and dispose of so much thereof as may be sufficient
to pay off and discharge the Debts, Legacies, and
other remaining Incumbrances, affecting the whole of
the Estates late of her the said Countess, which were
devised by her Will; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Holford and Mr. Anguish:
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
Coal Ships Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
revive and continue an Act passed in the Sixth Year of
the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act
to regulate the Loading of Ships with Coals, in the
Ports of Newcastle and Sunderland."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
the former Messengers:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill without any Amendment.
Winstone Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common
Fields, Common Meadows, Pastures, and Commonable and Waste Lands, within the Manor and
Parish of Winstone, in the County of Gloucester."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Bolton.
D. Devonshire.
D. Chandos.
Ld. Steward.
E. Derby.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Stamford.
E. Sandwich.
E. Essex.
E. Abingdon.
E. Gainsborough.
E. Coventry.
E. Jersey.
E. Cassillis.
E. Galloway.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Rosebery.
E. Ferrers.
E. Tankerville.
E. Effingham.
E. Gower.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Northington.
E. Radnor.
E. Spencer.
E. Bathurst.
E. Hillsborough.
V. Montague.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Leinster.
V. Dudley & Ward.
V. Maynard. |
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov. |
L. Abergavenny.
L. Percy.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Paget.
L. Say & Sele.
L. Craven.
L. Boyle.
L. King.
L. Monson.
L. Montfort.
L. Chedworth.
L. Sandys.
L. Fortescue.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Vere.
L. Walpole.
L. Wycombe.
L. Stawell.
L. Grantham.
L. Grosvenor.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Vernon.
L. Ducie.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Harrowby.
L. Gage.
L. Bagot.
L. Ashburton. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Thursday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Cricklade Election Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for the preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the
Borough of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts;" and
for the Lords to be summoned:
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee thereupon.
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Sandys reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Contractors Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for restraining any Person concerned in any Contract,
Commission, or Agreement, made for the Public Service, from being elected or sitting and voting as a
Member of the House of Commons;" and for the
Lords to be summoned.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee thereupon.
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee,
"That they had gone through the Bill, and made
several Amendments thereto, which he was ready
to report when the House will please to receive the
same."
Ordered, That the said Report be received Tomorrow; and that the Lords be summoned.
Tobacco, &c. Duty Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the
Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting an additional
Duty upon Tobacco and Snuff; and for repealing
certain Duties payable upon the Importation of Brandy
and Arrack; and for granting other Duties in lieu
thereof."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee,
"That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him
to report the same to the House without any Amendment."
St. Kitt's Goods Importation Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the
Bill, intituled, "An Act for allowing the Importation
of Goods of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of
the Islands of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Montserrat,
into any Ports of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe
or America, upon Payment of the British Plantation
Duties."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee,
"That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House without any
Amendment."
Winchester Election Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the
Bill, intituled, "An Act for further continuing an Act,
made in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for exempting
the City of Winchester, the County of Southampton,
the Town of Shrewsbury, and the County of Salop,
out of the Provisions of an Act made in the Eighth
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George
the Second, intituled, "An Act for regulating the
Quartering of Soldiers during the Time of the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament," so far as
the same relates to the Removal of Troops during the
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for a
limited Time."
After some Time the House was resumed:
And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Spottiswoode to enter into a Recognizance on Fullwood's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That John Spottiswoode
Gentleman may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Jonathan Fullwood Merchant, on Account
of his Appeal depending in this House, he residing
in Scotland."
It is Ordered, That the said John Spottiswoode may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as
desired."
Honley Enclosure Bill:
The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, enclosing and improving the several Commons and
Waste Grounds within the Manor of Honley, in the
Parish of Aldmondbury, in the County of York; and
for abolishing or settling certain other Rights or Claims
within the said Manor:"
The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
the former Messengers:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to
the said Bill, without any Amendment.
Kingston Deverill Enclosure Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
allotting in severalty, the Open and Common Fields
and Downs, Common Meadows, Common Pastures
and Commonable Places, within the Parish of Kingston
Deverill, in the County of Wilts:"
It was moved, "To re-commit the Bill."
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the said Bill be re-committed to the
Committee, to whom the same stood committed; and
that they do meet to consider the said Bill To-morrow.
Newnham's Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enabling
the Trustees for Sale of Part of the Settled Estates of
John Newnham Esquire, in the Counties of Huntingdon,
Middlesex and Sussex, and in the Cities of London and
Canterbury, to make an Indemnity to the Purchasers
of certain Parts thereof, against the perpetual annual
Sums or yearly Payments, to which such Parts are
liable, and to purchase in the same annual Sums or
yearly Payments with the Monies to arise by Sale of
such of the said Estates as remain undisposed," 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 made some Amendments thereto:"
Which Amendments being read Twice by the Clerk,
were agreed to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments,
be engrossed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
decimum quintum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 15o Maii 1782.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Glocestr. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Ds. Camden, Præses.
Dux Manchester, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Carlisle, Senescallus.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Essex.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Gower.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Leinster.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Grosvenor.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Ashburton. |
PRAYERS.
Tobacco, &c. Duty Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting an additional Duty upon Tobacco and Snuff;
and for repealing certain Duties payable upon the Importation of Brandy and Arrack; and for granting
other Duties in lieu thereof."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
St. Kitts Goods Importation Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
allowing the Importation of Goods of the Growth,
Produce or Manufacture of the Islands of Saint Christopher, Nevis and Montserrat, into any Ports of His
Majesty's Dominions in Europe or America, upon Payment of the British Plantation Duties."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Winchester Election Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
further continuing an Act, made in the Twentieth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act for exempting the City of Winchester, the
County of Southampton, the Town of Shrewsbury and the
County of Salop, out of the Provisions of an Act made
in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty
King George the Second, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Quartering of Soldiers during the Time
of the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,"
so far as the same relates to the Removal of Troops
during the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for a limited Time."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Appleby, &c. Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, made in
the First Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,
intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the
Road from the Borough of Appleby, in the County of
Westmorland, through the Township of Orton to Kirby
Kendall, and from Orton to the Turnpike Road near
Shapp, and from Highgate near Tebay, in a Part of
the Highway between Appleby and Kirby Kendall,
through the Town of Kirby Steven, to the Town of
Market Brough, in the said County."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Romsey Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
continue the Term, and alter the Powers of an Act,
made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of His
late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An
Act for repairing and widening the Roads leading
from a Pond belonging to Henry Eyre Esquire, in the
Parish of White Parish, in the County of Wilts, to the
Top of Dunwood Hill, and from thence over Great
Bridge and Middle Bridge, through Romsay-infra, to
Hundred Bridge, in the County of Southampton, and
from thence to the County of the Town of Southampton."
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 Five preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, ordered to be sent to
the House of Commons, by Mr. Anguish and Mr. Eames:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to
the said Bills, without any Amendment.
Newnham's Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enabling the Trustees for Sale of Part of the Settled
Estates of John Newnham Esquire, in the Counties of
Huntingdon, Middlesex and Sussex, and in the Cities
of London and Canterbury, to make an Indemnity to
the Purchasers of certain Parts thereof, against the
perpetual annual Sums or Payments to which such
Parts are liable."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Hatton's Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
Sale of an annual Fee Farm Rent of One hundred
Pounds, payable to the See of Ely, out of certain
Estates in and near Hatton Garden, in the County of
Middlesex; and for applying the Money to arise from
such Sale in Manner therein mentioned."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with the Two preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by the former Messengers:
To carry down the said Bills, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir George Howard and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for restraining Sir
Thomas Rumbold Baronet, and Peter Perring Esquire,
from going out of this Kingdom for a limited Time;
and for discovering their Estates and Effects, and preventing the transporting or alienating the same;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Exchequer Bills Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Strachey and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising a certain
Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the
Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and
eighty-two; and for consolidating certain Annuities,
which were made one joint Stock by an Act made in
the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of His late Majesty
King George the Second, with certain Annuities, consolidated by several Acts made in the Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second and Thirty-third Years of the Reign of His said
late Majesty, and several subsequent Acts;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Bills of Exchange Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Strachey and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for charging a
Stamp Duty upon Inland Bills of Exchange, Promissary Notes, or other Notes payable otherwise than
upon Demand;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The Two last-mentioned Bills were, severally, read
the First Time.
Lancaster Bridge Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
building a new Bridge instead of the present ancient
Bridge, commonly called Lancaster Bridge, at a more
convenient Place over the River Loyne, near the Town
of Lancaster, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Chandos.
Ld. Steward.
E. Derby.
E. Pembroke & Montgomery.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Westmorland.
E. Stamford.
E. Essex.
E. Gainsborough.
E. Rochford.
E. Coventry.
E. Jersey.
E. Cassillis.
E. Galloway.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Marchmont.
E. Ferrers.
E. Kerr.
E. Effingham.
E. Gower.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Harcourt.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Radnor.
E. Spencer.
E. Bathurst.
E. Hillsborough.
E. Mansfield.
V. Hereford.
V. Montague.
V. Townshend.
V. Falmouth.
V. Leinster.
V. Sackville. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. Gloucester. |
L. Abergavenny.
L. De Ferrars.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Say & Sele.
L. Craven.
L. Boyle.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Chedworth.
L. Sandys.
L. Fortescue.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Vere.
L. Walpole.
L. Wycombe.
L. Grantham.
L. Grosvenor.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Beaulieu.
L. Ducie.
L. Digby.
L. Harrowby.
L. Loughborough.
L. Bagot.
L. Southampton.
L. Porchester.
L. Ashburton. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of
Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Marsh Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enclosing and leasing a Piece of Waste Land, called
The Marsh, within the Borough of Newcastle
under Lyme, in the County of Stafford, and applying
the Profits thereof in Aid of the Poor's Rates of the
said Borough."
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.
Bolam Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Open Common Fields,
Meadows, Pastures, and other Commonable Lands
and Grounds within the Township of Bolam, in the
Parish of Gainford, in the County of Durham."
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.
St. Luke's Workhouse Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Whitbread and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act more effectually to
enable the Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Luke, in
the County of Middlesex, to purchase, hire, or erect
a Workhouse, within or near the said Parish, for the
better Reception and Employment of the Poor of the
said Parish;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
restraining Sir Thomas Rumbold Baronet, and Peter
Perring Esquire, from going out of this Kingdom for
a limited Time; and for discovering their Estates and
Effects, and preventing the transporting or alienating
the same."
Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.
D. Newcaste's Estate Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting
in Trustees, a Competent Part of the settled Estates
of the Most Noble Henry Duke of Newcastle, in the
Parishes of Saint Clement Danes and Saint Giles in the
Fields, for the Purpose of raising on Mortgage or
otherwise, such Sums of Money as shall be found expedient to be raised, and applied for making and
opening a new Street therein-mentioned, from the East
End of the New Church in the Strand, to the South
End of Stanhope Street; and for defraying all necessary Costs, Charges, and Expences attending the
same," 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."
Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.
Kingston Deverill Enclosure Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for dividing and allotting in severalty the Open and
Common Fields and Downs, Common Meadows,
Common Pastures, and Commonable Places within
the Parish of Kingston Deverill, in the County of Wilts,"
was re-committed.
Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bill, Petition of Sir T. Rumbold against.
Upon reading the Petition of Sir Thomas Rumbold
Baronet, setting forth, "That the Petitioner is informed a Bill is depending in this Right Honourable
House, intituled, "An Act for restraining Sir Thomas
Rumbold Baronet, and Peter Perring Esquire, from
going out of this Kingdom for a limited Time, and for
discovering their Estates and Effects, and preventing the
transporting and alienating the same;" that the said Bill
is founded on certain implied Charges of Breaches of
Trust, High Crimes, and Misdemeanours, the Truth
of which the Petitioner by no Means admits, but on
the contrary, is willing and desirous to contradict and
invalidate by such Testimony, as he Trusts, will prove
to this Right Honourable House, that such Imputations on his Conduct and Character as a Servant of the
Public and the East India Company are ill founded and
unjust; that the Restrictions, Regulations, and Prohibitions in the said Bill contained, will operate as an
immediate Punishment on the Petitioner for Crimes
which yet remain to be proved against him, and is for
that Reason as the Petitioner is advised unprecedented;"
and therefore praying this Right Honourable House,
to take the Premises into Consideration, and grant
him Permission to be heard by his Counsel against the
said Bill, and that the same may not pass, or that the
Petitioner may have such other Relief, as the peculiar
and uncommon Hardships of his Case may be found
to merit, and to their Lordships, in their Wisdom and
Humanity, may seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
be heard by his Counsel against the Second Reading of
the said Bill.
Ordered, That Counsel be heard in Support of the
said Bill at the same Time, if they think fit.
Lords summoned.
Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend
the Service of the House on Monday the 27th Day of
this Instant May.
Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend
the Service of the House on Friday next.
Contractors Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for receiving the
Report of the Amendments made by the Committee of
the whole House, to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for restraining any Person concerned in any Contract, Commission, or Agreement, made for the Public Service,
from being elected, or sitting and voting as a Member
of the House of Commons;" and for the Lords to be
summoned:
The Lord Scarsdale, accordingly, reported the said
Amendments.
The said Amendments were read by the Clerk as
follows; (videlicet)
Pr. 1. L. 18. After ("Contract") insert ("Agreement or Commission")
L. 19. After ("with") insert ("under or
from")
L. 22. After ("the") insert ("Master General or")
L. 29. After ("any") insert ("such")
L. 29. After ("Agreement") leave out
("with or Commission from the said Commissioners
of the Treasury, or of the Navy, or Victualling Office,
or Board of Ordnance, or any of them"); and instead thereof insert ("Contract or Commission which
he or they shall have made or entered into as aforesaid")
L. 37. After ("Public") insert ("except
such Wares and Merchandize as shall be of his own
Growth, Production, or Manufacture; and also except such Houses, Warehouses, Lands, and Tenements as shall be hired out or contracted for, for the
Service of the Public")
Pr. 2. L. 30. After ("the") leave out ("End of this
present") and instead thereof insert ("Commencement of the next")
And the said Amendments being read a Second Time,
were, severally, agreed to by the House.
Byrne and Jordan against Darbyshire, in Error.
The Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the Court
of King's Bench, in the usual Manner delivered in at the
Table a Writ of Error, wherein,
Francis Byrne and John Jordan are Plaintiffs,
and
Robert Darbyshire is Defendant.
Cricklade Election Bill:
It was moved, "That the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for the preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the
Borough of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts," be
now read the Third Time."
The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
the former Messengers:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Revenue Officers voting Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the Second
Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for better securing
the Freedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, by disabling certain Officers employed in the
Collection or Management of His Majesty's Revenues,
from giving their Votes at such Elections."
The said Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.
Moved, "To commit the Bill."
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
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 To-morrow.
D. Hamilton's Petition praying a Writ as D. Brandon, put off.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the Petition of
Douglas Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, to His Majesty,
praying, "That His Majesty would be graciously pleased
to give Directions that a Writ be issued to summon
the Petitioner to Parliament, by the Title of Duke of
Brandon;" and also His Majesty's Reference thereof
to this House, together with the Report of His Majesty's
Attorney General thereupon, and for the Judges to attend, which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off
to Tuesday the 4th Day of June next; and that the
Judges do then attend; and that Notice thereof be given
to His Majesty's Attorney General.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
decimum sextum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 16o Maii 1782.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Northington.
Comes Bathurst. |
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Harrowby. |
PRAYERS.
D. Hamilton's Petition praying a Writ as D. Brandon, put off.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the Petition of
Douglas Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, to His Majesty;
praying, "That His Majesty would be graciously pleased
to give Directions that a Writ be issued to summon
the Petitioner to Parliament by the Title of the Duke of
Brandon;" and also His Majesty's Reference thereof
to this House, together with the Report of His Majesty's Attorney General thereupon; and for the Judges
to attend; which stands appointed for Tuesday the 4th
of June next, be put off to Wednesday the 5th of June
next; and that the Judges do then attend; and that
Notice thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney
General.
Contractors Bill.
Ordered, That the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for restraining any Person concerned
in any Contract, Commission, or Agreement made
for the Public Service, from being elected, or sitting
and voting as a Member of the House of Commons,"
be put off till To-morrow.
Revenue Officers voting Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
better securing the Freedom of Elections of Members
to serve in Parliament, by disabling certain Officers
employed in the Collection or Management of His
Majesty's Revenues, from giving their Votes at such
Elections."
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill To-morrow; and that the Lords be
summoned.
D. Newcastle's Estate Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting in Trustees a competent Part of the settled
Estates of the Most Noble Henry Duke of Newcastle in
the Parishes of Saint Clement Danes and Saint Giles in
the Fields, for the Purpose of raising on Mortgage
or otherwise, such Sums of Money as shall be
found expedient to be raised and applied for making
and opening a new Street therein mentioned, from
the East End of the New Church in the Strand, to the
South End of Stanhope Street; and for defraying all
necessary Costs, Charges, and Expences attending the
same."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Anguish and Mr. Eames:
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
decimum septimum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 17o Maii 1782.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Ds. Camden, Præses.
Dux Manchester, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Northumberland.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Carlisle, Senescallus.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Glencairn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Rosebery.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Harrington.
Comes Gower.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Egremont.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Hertford.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Northington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Leinster.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Maynard. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Percy.
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Talbot.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Grosvenor.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Ashburton.
Ds. Grantley. |
PRAYERS.
Bills passed by Commission.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission
to several Lords therein named, for declaring His
Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both
Houses of Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being
in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between
the Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor
in the Middle, with the Lord President on his
Right Hand, and the Lord Ashburton on his Left;
commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
to signify to the Commons, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this
House, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker;
The Lord Chancellor said,
My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
His Majesty not thinking fit to be personally present
here at this Time, has been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, and thereby given His Royal Assent to divers Acts, which have
been agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament, the
Titles whereof are particularly mentioned; and by the
said Commission hath commanded Us to declare and
notify His Royal Assent to the said several Acts, in the
Presence of you the Lords and Commons assembled
for that Purpose; which Commission you will now
hear read."
Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk, as
follows:
GEORGE R.
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France and Ireland King, Defender of
the Faith, and so forth: To Our Right Trusty and
Right Well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and to Our Trusty and Well-beloved the
Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Greeting.
Whereas We have seen and perfectly understood
divers and sundry Acts agreed and accorded on by you
Our loving Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed by you as hath been
accustomed, the Titles and Names of which Acts hereafter do particularly ensue; (that is to say) "An
Act for granting an additional Duty upon Tobacco
and Snuff, and for repealing certain Duties payable
upon the Importation of Brandy and Arrack, and for
granting other Duties in lieu thereof." "An Act
for the preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the
Borough of Cricklade, in the County of Wilts." "An
Act for allowing the Importation of Goods of the
Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of the Islands of
Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Montserrat, into any
Ports of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe or America,
upon Payment of the British Plantation Duties." "An
Act for further continuing an Act made in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for exempting the City of Winchester,
the County of Southampton, the Town of Shrewsbury,
and the County of Salop, out of the Provisions of an
Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His
late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, "An
Act for regulating the Quartering of Soldiers during
the Time of the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament," so far as the same relates to the Removal
of Troops during the Elections of Members to serve
in Parliament, for a limited Time." "An Act
for building a Stone Bridge cross the River of
Thames, from the Parish of Ealing, in the County
of Middlesex, to the opposite Shore, in the Hamlet
of Kew, in the County of Surrey." "An Act
to revive and continue an Act passed in the Sixth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Loading of Ships with
Coals in the Ports of Newcastle and Sunderland."
"An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of
Small Debts within the Parishes of Broseley, Benthall,
Madeley, Barrow, Linley, Willey, Little Wenlock and
Dawley, and an extra-parochial Place called Posnall,
in the County of Salop." "An Act for making a
Passage for Carriages from Spitalfields to Bishopsgate
Street, in the County of Middlesex, and for paving
the same; and for appropriating to those Purposes the
Money arisen by virtue of an Act passed in the Eighteenth Year of His present Majesty, for applying the
Sum of Nine thousand Pounds to arise out of the
Orphans Fund for making such Passage." "An Act for
amending the Pavement in, and for lighting some of the
Streets, Lanes, Ways, and Places, in the Parishes of
Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in
Westminster, which are at present excluded from the
Provisions of an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of
His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend
and render more effectual several Acts made relating
to paving, cleansing, and lighting the Squares, Streets,
Lanes and other Places within the City and Liberty of
Westminster, and Parts adjacent;" and for preventing
Nuisances and Annoyances in or near the same; and for
making an Opening from Orchard Street, and widening
some Part of Wood Street, and of Little Peter Street."
An Act for amending, widening and keeping in
Repair the Road from Wrexham, in the County of
Denbigh, to Barnhill, in the County of Chester."
An Act for repairing and widening the Road from
Tarporley, in the County Palatine of Chester, to Acton
Bridge near Weverham, in the same County." "An
Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of so much of
an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for repairing
and widening the High Road leading from Ashborne,
in the County of Derby, to the Town of Leek, in the
County of Stafford; and from Ryecroft Gate upon
Rushton Common, to Congleton, in the County of
Chester; and also the Road leading from Blyth Marsh,
in the County of Stafford, through Cheadle, Oakamoor and Blore, to the Turnpike Road from Ashborne
to Buxton near Thorp, in the County of Derby," as
relates to the District of Road between Ashborne and
Congleton; and for repairing the Road from the End of
Ashborne Church Yard, to the Top of the Dig Street, in
Ashborne aforesaid." "An Act to enlarge the Term
and Powers of an Act passed in the Thirty-third Year
of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing
the Roads from the Town of Brecon to the Parish of
Brobury, and to Whitney Passage, in the County of
Hereford; and for building a Bridge over the River
Wye at Bredwardine Passage in the same County, so
far as relates to such of the Roads comprized in the
said Act as lie in the County of Hereford." "An Act
to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act passed in
the Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing
and widening the Road from the Turnpike Road at
Wey Hill, in the County of Southampton, to the Turnpike Road at Lyde Way, in the County of Wilts."
An Act to continue the Term and alter the Powers of
an Act made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign
of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled,
"An Act for repairing and widening the Roads
leading from a Pond belonging to Henry Eyre Esquire,
in the Parish of White Parish, in the County of Wilts,
to the Top of Dunwood Hill, and from thence over
Great Bridge and Middle Bridge, through Romseyinfra, to Hundred Bridge, in the County of Southhampton; and from thence to the County of the Town
of Southampton." "An Act for enlarging the Term
and Powers of an Act made in the First Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act
for repairing and widening the Road from the Borough
of Appleby, in the County of Westmorland, through
the Township of Orton to Kirby Kendall; and from
Orton to the Turnpike Road near Shapp; and from
Highgate near Teby, in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and Kirby Kendall, through the
Town of Kirby Steven, to the Town of Market
Brough, in the said County." "An Act for vesting
divers Manors, Lands and Hereditaments in the
County of Hertford, late the Estate of John Lord
Monson deceased, in Trustees, to be sold and disposed
of, in and for the Payment of his Debts, and certain
of the Legacies and Portions given by his Will and
Codicil; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
"An Act for dividing, enclosing and improving the several Commons and Waste Grounds within the Manor
of Honley in the Parish of Almondbury, in the County
of York, and for abolishing or settling certain other
Rights or Claims within the said Manor." And
albeit the said Acts by you Our said Subjects, the
Lords and Commons in this Our present Parliament
assembled, are fully agreed and consented unto; yet
nevertheless the same are not of Force and Effect in the
Law without Our Royal Assent given and put to the
said Acts: And forasmuch as for divers Causes and
Considerations, We cannot conveniently at this Time
be present in Our Royal Person in the Higher
House of Our said Parliament, being the Place accustomed to give Our Royal Assent to such Acts as
have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects the
Lords and Commons, We have therefore caused
these Our Letters Patent to be made, and have signed
the same, and by the same do give and put Our Royal
Assent to the said Acts, and to all Articles, Clauses,
and Provisions therein contained, and have fully agreed
and assented to the said Acts; Willing that the said
Acts, and every Article, Clause, Sentence and Provision therein contained, from henceforth shall be of
the same Strength, Force, and Effect, as if We had been
personally present in the said Higher House, and had
openly and publickly in the Presence of you all assented to the same: And We do by these Presents
declare and notify the same Our Royal Assent, as well
to you the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
Commons aforesaid, as to all others whom it may
concern: Commanding also, by these Presents, Our
right trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Edward
Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain, to
seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of
Great Britain; and also, commanding the most
Reverend Father in God, Our right trusty and wellbeloved Counsellor Frederick Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our
said Chancellor of Great Britain; Our right trusty
and well-beloved Counsellor Charles Lord Camden,
President of Our Council; Our right trusty and
right entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors
Augustus Henry Duke of Grafton, Keeper of Our
Privy Seal; Charles Duke of Richmond; Our right
trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellor
Charles Marquis of Rockingham, First Commissioner
of Our Treasury; Our right trusty and well-beloved
Cousin and Counsellor Augustus Viscount Keppel,
First Commissioner of Our Admiralty; Our right
trusty and well-beloved Counsellors William Lord
Wycombe, One of Our Principal Secretaries of State; and
John Lord Ashburton, or any Three or more of them,
to declare and notify this Our Royal Assent, in Our
Absence in the said Higher House, in the Presence
of you the said Lords and the Commons of Our Parliament, there to be assembled for that Purpose; and
the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts
with such Terms and Words, in Our Name, as is
requisite, and hath been accustomed for the same,
and also to enroll these Our Letters Patent and the
said Acts, in the Parliament Roll; and these Our
Letters Patent shall be to every of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf: And finally, We do
declare and will, that after this Our Royal Assent
given and passed by these Presents, and declared and
notified as is aforesaid, then and immediately the said
Acts shall be taken, accepted, and admitted good,
sufficient, and perfect Acts of Parliament, and Laws,
to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes, and to be
put in due Execution accordingly; the Continuance
or Dissolution of this Our Parliament, or any other
Use, Custom, Thing or Things, to the contrary
thereof notwithstanding. In Witness whereof, We
have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Seventeenth
Day of May, in the Twenty-second Year of
Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
In Obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by
virtue of the Commission which has been now read,
We do declare and notify to you the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, That His Majesty hath given his Royal
Assent to the several Acts in the Commission mentioned; and the Clerks are required to pass the same,
in the usual Form and Words."
Then the Clerk Assistant having received the Money
Bill from the Hands of the Speaker, brought it to the
Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the
Title of that and the other Bills to be passed, severally,
as follows; (videlicet)
1. "An Act for granting an additional Duty upon
Tobacco and Snuff, and for repealing certain Duties
payable upon the Importation of Brandy and Arrack,
and for granting other Duties in lieu thereof."
To this Bill the Royal Assent was pronounced,
by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)
"Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujets, accepte leur
Benevolence, et ainsi le veult."
2. "An Act for the preventing of Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Cricklade, in the County of
Wilts."
3. "An Act for allowing the Importation of Goods
of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of the Islands
of Saint Christopher Nevis and Montserrat, into any
Ports of His Majesty's Dominions in Europe or America, upon Payment of the British Plantation Duties."
4. "An Act for further continuing an Act made in
the Twentieth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for exempting the City of
Winchester, the County of Southampton, the Town of
Shrewsbury, and the County of Salop, out of the
Provisions of an Act made in the Eighth Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second,
intituled, "An Act for regulating the Quartering of
Soldiers during the Time of the Elections of Members
to serve in Parliament;" so far as the same relates to
the Removal of Troops during the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for a limited Time."
5. "An Act for building a Stone Bridge cross the
River of Thames, from the Parish of Ealing, in the
County of Middlesex, to the opposite Shore in the
Hamlet of Kew, in the County of Surrey."
6. "An Act to revive and continue an Act, passed
in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Loading of
Ships with Coals, in the Ports of Newcastle and Sunderland."
7. "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery
of Small Debts within the Parishes of Broseley, Benthall, Madeley, Barrow, Linley, Willey, Little Wenlock and Dawley, and an Extra-parochial Place called
Posnall, in the County of Salop."
8. "An Act for making a Passage for Carriages from
Spitalfields to Bishopsgate Street, in the County of Middlesex, and for paving the same; and for appropriating
to those Purposes the Money arisen by virtue of an
Act passed in the Eighteenth Year of His present Majesty, for applying the Sum of Nine thousand Pounds
to arise out of the Orphans Fund for making such
Passage."
9. "An Act for amending the Pavement in, and for
lighting some of the Streets, Lanes, Ways and Places,
in the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the
Evangelist, in Westminster, which are at present excluded from the Provisions of an Act, passed in the
Eleventh Year of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act to amend and render more effectual several
Acts made relating to paving, cleansing and lighting
the Squares, Streets, Lanes and other Places within
the City and Liberty of Westminster, and Parts adjacent;" and for preventing Nuisances and Annoyances in or near the same; and for making an Opening from Orchard Street, and widening some Part of
Wood Street, and of Little Peter Street."
10. "An Act for amending, widening and keeping
in Repair the Road from Wrexham, in the County of
Denbigh, to Barnhill, in the County of Chester."
11. "An Act for repairing and widening the Road
from Tarporley, in the County Palatine of Chester, to
Acton Bridge, near Weverham, in the same County."
12. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
so much of an Act, made in the Second Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act
for repairing and widening the High Road leading
from Ashborne, in the County of Derby, to the Town
of Leek, in the County of Stafford, and from Ryecrost
Gate upon Rushton Common, to Congleton, in the
County of Chester; and also the Road leading from
Blyth Marsh, in the County of Stafford, through
Cheadle, Oakamoor and Blore, to the Turnpike Road
from Ashborne to Buxton near Thorp, in the County
of Derby," as relates to the District of Road between
Ashborne and Congleton; and for repairing the Road
from the End of Ashborne Church Yard, to the Top
of the Dig Street, in Ashborne aforesaid."
13. "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an
Act, passed in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of
King George the Second, for repairing the Roads
from the Town of Brecon to the Parish of Brobury,
and to Whitney Passage, in the County of Hereford,
and for building a Bridge over the River Wye at
Bredwardine Passage, in the same County, so far as
relates to such of the Roads comprized in the said Act
as lie in the County of Hereford."
14. "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an
Act, passed in the Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from the
Turnpike Road at Wey Hill, in the County of Southampton, to the Turnpike Road at Lyde Way, in the
County of Wilts."
15. "An Act to continue the Term, and alter the
Powers of an Act, made in the Twenty-ninth Year of
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second,
intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the
Roads leading from a Pond belonging to Henry Eyre
Esquire, in the Parish of White Parish, in the County
of Wilts, to the Top of Dunwood Hill, and from thence
over Great Bridge and Middle Bridge, through Romseyinfra to Hundred Bridge, in the County of Southampton, and from thence to the County of the Town of
Southampton."
16. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
an Act, made in the First Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for repairing and
widening the Road from the Borough of Appleby, in
the County of Westmorland, through the Township of
Orton to Kirby Kendall, and from Orton to the Turnpike Road near Shapp, and from Highgate near Tebay,
in a Part of the Highway between Appleby and Kirby
Kendall, through the Town of Kirby Steven, to the
Town of Market Brough, in the said County."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced,
severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words;
(videlicet)
"Le Roy le veult."
17. "An Act for vesting divers Manors, Lands and
Hereditaments, in the County of Hertford, late the
Estate of John Lord Monson deceased, in Trustees,
to be sold and disposed of in and for the Payment of
his Debts, and certain of the Legacies and Portions
given by his Will and Codicil; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
18. "An Act for dividing, enclosing and improving
the several Commons and Waste Grounds within the
Manor of Honley, in the Parish of Almondbury, in the
County of York; and for abolishing or settling certain
other Rights or Claims within the said Manor."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced,
severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words;
(videlicet)
"Soit fait comme il est desiré."
Then the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
L. Talbot takes his Seat:
This Day John Lord Talbot sat first in Parliament after
the Death of his Uncle William Earl Talbot; his Lordship having first at the Table taken the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration; and also taken and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bill: Petition of Mr. Perring against.
Upon reading the Petition of Peter Perring Esquire,
setting forth, "That the Petitioner is informed, that a
Bill hath been brought into this Honourable House;
intituled, "An Act for restraining Sir Thomas Rumbold Baronet, and Peter Perring Esquire, from going
out of this Kingdom for a limited Time, and for discovering their Estates and Effects, and preventing the
transporting or alienating of the same;" that the Petitioner humbly conceives, that many of the Provisions
of the said Bill are highly injurious, oppressive and
unconstitutional, and tend to deprive the Petitioner of
the Rights and Liberties to which the Subjects of this
Realm are undoubtedly entitled; and that the said
Bill, under Colour of being a Bill of Process only to
secure the Petitioner's Person and Fortune, so as to
answer and be liable to Justice in Parliament, is in
Truth a Bill aiming to inflict upon the Petitioner very
heavy Pains and Penalties; that the Petitioner conceives that the said Bill, which he apprehends no Precedents could justify, is without Example, as the same
hath not even alledged that the Petitioner is guilty of
any Breaches of Trust, High Crimes or Misdemeanors,
but to justify the Provisions contained in it, hath barely
averred, that the said Sir Thomas Rumbold and the
Petitioner appear to be proper and necessary Objects
of Justice, by reason of divers Breaches of Trust, and
High Crimes and Misdemeanors, which there is great
Reason to believe have been by them respectively committed, and that a Bill is depending in Parliament for
inflicting certain Pains and Penalties on them for such
Breaches of Public Trust, High Crimes and Misdemeanors; that the Petitioner hath not in fact been
guilty of such Breaches of Trust, High Crimes and
Misdemeanors, or any of them; and the Petitioner
humbly conceives, that until the Petitioner hath
been fully heard in Answer to the Charges contained
in such Bill of Pains and Penalties, and the Petitioner's
Guilt hath been clearly established, the said Bill for
restraining the Petitioner's Person, and compelling him
to discover his Estate and Effects, ought not to pass
into a Law; that the said Bill of Pains and Penalties
charges the said Sir Thomas Rumbold, with divers
and many supposed Breaches of Trust, High Crimes
and Misdemeanors, the Guilt of which, or any Concurrence in which, it doth not impute to the Petitioner;
on the contrary, the Charges made against the Petitioner are in Number few; nevertheless the Petitioner
is by the said Restraining Bill involved in the Charges
against the said Sir Thomas Rumbold, and the whole
collectively are made the Foundation of such Bill;
that the Nature of such of the said Charges as in truth
do relate to the Petitioner, is such that the Petitioner
humbly apprehends, that the said Charges are properly
examinable, and may be effectually examined in the
Courts of Law, which the Petitioner conceives are also
able to inflict upon him, in case his Guilt shall be proved,
a Punishment fully adequate to it; that as no improper
Motives, and much less any corrupt Motives, have in
fact been, or can be imputed to the Petitioner, and it is
not pretended, nor is it true in fact, that the Petitioner
hath made any unjust or prohibited Gains or Emoluments during his Residence in the East Indies; the
Provisions of the said Bill, so far as they relate to the
Petitioner, cannot, he apprehends, be justified upon any
Principles which suppose it necessary to make Restitution
to any Persons, or to provide the Means of making such
Restitution; that the Petitioner, fully conscious of his
Innocence, never has attempted, and never meant to
withdraw himself out of the Reach of the Justice
of his Country, but hath always been, and is yet
ready to answer for his Conduct in any legal or constitutional Manner:" and therefore praying their
Lordships, "That the said Bill, so far as the same affects
the Petitioner, may not pass into a Law; and that the
Petitioner may be heard by his Counsel against the
same; and that he may be so heard separately and
apart from the said Sir Thomas Rumbold:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
be heard by his Counsel against the Second Reading of
the said Bill.
Ordered, That Counsel be heard in Support of the
said Bill, at the same Time, if they think fit."
E. Aboyne against E. Aberdeen.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Causes wherein
Charles Earl of Aboyne is Appellant, and George Earl of
Aberdeen is Respondent; which stands appointed for
Tuesday the 28th of this Instant May, be put off to
Thursday the 30th of this Instant May.
Ireland, Message to House of Lords and Commons, and Resolutions thereupon, &c. read:
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned;
It was moved, "That the Copy of the Message to the
House of Lords and Commons in Ireland, from his
Grace the Lord Lieutenant, and the Resolutions of
the House of Lords and House of Commons of Ireland
thereupon; presented on the 1st of this Instant May,
might be now read."
The same were accordingly read by the Clerk.
Then it was moved, "That the Act of the 6th of
George the First, for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of
Great Britain, might be now read:"
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Resolutions respecting, and Address to His Majesty thereupon.
Then it was moved to resolve, "That it is the Opinion
of this House, That the Act of the 6th George the
First, intituled, "An Act for the better securing the
Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the
Crown of Great Britain," cught to be repealed."
The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.
Then it was moved to resolve, "That it is the Opinion
of this House, That it is indispensable to the Interest
and Happiness of both Kingdoms, that the Connexion
between them should be established by mutual Consent upon a solid and permanent Footing; and that
an humble Address shall be presented to His Majesty,
That His Majesty will be graciously pleased to take
such Measures as His Majesty, in His Royal Wisdom,
shall think most conducive to this important End."
The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.
Ordered, That the said Resolution and Address be
presented to His Majesty by the Lords with White
Staves.
Contractors Bill:
Moved, "That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for restraining any Person concerned in any Contract, Commission, or Agreement made for the Public Service,
from being elected or sitting and voting as a Member
of the House of Commons, be now read the Third
Time."
The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.
Proposed, "That the following Proviso be inserted at
the End of the Bill:
"Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing
herein contained shall extend to disable any Person
whatsoever, from being elected into the House of
Commons, or from sitting and voting in that House,
or to affect any Person with any Penalties or Disabilities
whatever, by reason of or in respect of any Thing
which such Person shall do, or receive in Performance,
or pursuance of any Contract, Engagement, Commission, or Employment, which shall have been made, or
accepted before the Day on which this Act shall receive the Royal Assent."
Which being objected to,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendments, shall pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.
A Message was ordered to be sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Anguish and Mr. Eames:
To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the
Lords have agreed to the same with some Amendments, to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.
Exchequer Loans Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
raising a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and for consoiidating certain Annuities, which were made one joint
Stock by an Act made in the Thirty-first Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second,
with certain Annuities consolidated by several Acts
made in the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third
Years of the Reign of His said late Majesty, and several
subsequent Acts."
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 the 27th of this Instant
May.
Bills of Exchange Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
charging a Stamp Duty upon Inland Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, or other Notes payable
otherwise than upon Demand."
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 the 27th of this Instant
May.
Revenue Officers voting Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for better securing the Freedom of Elections of
Members to serve in Parliament, by disabling certain
Officers employed in the Collection or Management
of His Majesty's Revenues from giving their Votes at
such Elections;" and for the Lords to be summoned:
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Monday the 27th of this Instant
May; and that the Lords be summoned.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum septimum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.