June 1782 11-20

DIE Martis, 11^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Lord Brownlow against Devie.

The Answer of James Devie Clerk, to the Appeal of the Right Honourable Brownlow Lord Brownlow, was this Day brought in.

E. Aboyne against E. Aberdeen:

After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and Appeal of Charles Earl of Aboyne, complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 9th of March and 11th of April 1782; 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 proper;" as also upon the Answer of George Earl of Aberdeen, put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Interlocutors 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 Interlocutors therein complained of be and the same are hereby affirmed.

Edinburgh Market Bill, Petition against.

Upon reading the Petition of the Conveenry of the Trades of the City of Edinburgh, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for preventing the Slaughtering of Cattle within the City of Edinburgh, and for removing Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom;" and praying their Lordships, "That the said Bill may not be permitted to pass into a Law, in the Form in which it now stands; and that Your Petitioners may be permitted to be heard by Counsel against the same:"

It is Ordered, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to be heard by Counsel against the said Bill, at the Third Reading thereof on Friday next; and that Counsel be heard for the Bill at the same Time, if they think fit.

Ireland Dependency Act, to repeal, Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain:"

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Billon Friday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's Restraining Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the 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:"

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill on Friday next.

Sandiacre Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, 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."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Friday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Calverton Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by the Lord Fairford and others:

To return the Bill, 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;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto.

Wapping Paving, &c. Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Byng and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for explaining and amending Two Acts, one made in the Eleventh, and the other in the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, for paving certain Streets in the Parishes of Saint John of Wapping and Saint George, in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes; and for extending the Provisions of the said Acts to other Parts of the said Parishes, and also for opening certain Communications within the said Parish of Saint George;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Public Accounts Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Ord and others:

With a 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 appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take, and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants, which may be applied to the Public Service, and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing, and accounting for Public Money, and in what more expeditious and effectual and less expensive Manner the said Services can in future be regulated and carried on for the Benefit of the Public;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Hanover Square Paving, &c. Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for better paving, cleansing, and lighting Part of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex; and such Part of Old Bond Street, as lies within the Parish of Saint James, in the said County, and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."

Welby to enter into Recognizance on Lord Brownlow's Appeal.

The House being moved, "That William Welby of the Middle Temple London, Gentleman, may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for the Right Honourable Brownlow Lord Brownlow, on account of his Appeal depending in this House:"

It is Ordered, That the said William Welby may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as desired.

Orton Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Bagot reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons, and Commonable Places, in the Parish of Orton on the Hill, in the County of Leicester; and the Lands within the Ring of the said Fields, reputed to belong formerly to the Abbey of Merevale," 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."

Wookey Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Bagot made the like Report from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, enclosing, and allotting certain Moors, Commons, or Waste Lands, lying and being within the Parish of Wookey, in the County of Somerset," was committed.

Great and Little Creaton Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Bagot also made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, of and within the Parish of Great Creaton, in the County of Northampton, and the Hamlet of Little Creaton, in the Parish of Spratton, in the said County," was committed.

Eggers for a Naturalization Bill:

Upon reading the Petition of Henry Eggers, praying Leave to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the said Petition.

Bill presented.

Accordingly, the Lord Brownlow presented to the House a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Henry Eggers."

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Tobacco Importation Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco from any Port or Place, either in America or the West Indies, or in Europe, during the present Hostilities."

Eastington Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and Common Downs, in the Hamlet or Tything of Eastington, otherwise Northleach Foreign, in the Manor of Eastington and Parish of Northleach, in the County of Gloucester."

Piddington Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton."

Portman Square Improvement Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Improvement of Portman Square, within the Parish of Saint Mary le Bonne, in the County of Middlesex."

Limehouse Paving, &c. Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for paving and freeing from Nuisances and Annoyances the several Streets, Ways, and Places within the Parish of Saint Anne, in the County of Middlesex, and Queen Street and London Street, in the Hamlet of Ratcliffe, within the said Parish; and for making Ways or Streets into the Street called Risby's Rope Ground, and through or across Shoulder of Mutton Alley, and a Street called Ropemaker's Fields, to Three Colt Street, and from the Bridge in the said Street called Risby's Rope Ground into Three Colt Street aforesaid."

Lottery Office Keepers' Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for licensing Lottery Office Keepers, and regulating the Sale of Lottery Tickets."

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 Friday next.

American Truce Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America therein mentioned."

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 Friday next.

Tea, Act to rectify Mistakes in, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act of this Session of Parliament, with respect to preventing the Importation and Running of Tea into this Kingdom in armed Vessels having Letters of Marque, or other Commissions from the Admiralty."

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 Friday next.

Lord Brownlow against Devie.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein the Right Honourable Brownlow Lord Brownlow is Appellant, and James Devie Clerk is Respondent:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause by Counsel at the Bar on the First vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, duodecimum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 12^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former Commission.

Stavely against Walker 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

Richard Staveley is Plaintiff,
and
William Walker is Defendant.

Morris et al. against Cantle et al:

After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and Appeal of John Morris Esquire, William Veale the Elder and William Veale the Younger an Infant, by the said William Veale the Elder, his Father and Guardian; complaining of a Decree of the Court of Chancery of the 12th of March 1781; and praying, "That the same might be reversed or varied, in such Manner as to their Lordships should seem meet;" as also upon the Answer of John Cantle, George Mills and William Litman, put in to the said Appeal, and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Decree 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 Decree, therein complained of, be and the same is hereby affirmed.

St. George Hanover Square, Paving, &c. Bill, Petition against:

Upon reading the Petition of the Commissioners for putting in Execution the several Acts of Parliament for paving, cleansing and lighting the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places within the City and Liberty of Westminster, and other Places therein mentioned, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, in Behalf of themselves and the Rest of the Commissioners, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for better paving, cleansing and lighting Part of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex; and such Part of Old Bond Street as lies within the Parish of Saint James, in the said County; and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein;" and praying their Lordships, That they may be heard by their Counsel against the Second Reading of the said Bill, and be permitted to produce Evidence to shew why the same should not pass:"

It is Ordered, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to be heard by Counsel against the said Bill at the Second Reading thereof, as desired; and that Counsel be heard for the Bill at the same Time, if they think fit.

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Monday next.

Witnesses to attend.

Ordered, That George Wyatt Surveyor, of Albion Place, Surrey Side of Blackfriars Bridge, do attend this House on Monday next, in Order to his being examined as a Witness upon the Second Reading of the said Bill.

Ordered, That John Austin, Clerk to the Committee for the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, do attend this House on Monday next, in order to his being examined as a Witness upon the Second Reading of the last mentioned Bill, and produce to the House the Minute Books and Books of Account of the said Committee; and also the several Paving Rates made by the said Committee, pursuant to the Act of the Eleventh of His present Majesty.

Orton Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and Commonable Places in the Parish of Orton on the Hill, in the County of Leicester, and the Lands within the Ring of the said Fields, reputed to belong formerly to the Abbey of Merevale."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Great and Little Creaton Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Parish of Great Creaton, in the County of Northampton, and the Hamlet of Little Creaton, in the Parish of Spratton, in the said County."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Wookey Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, enclosing and allotting certain Moors, Commons or Waste Lands, lying and being within the Parish of Wookey, in the County of Somerset."

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 Three preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Anguish:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bills, without any Amendment.

Sydney Claim of Peerage.

Ordered, That Counsel be called in precisely at Two o'Clock on Monday next, to be heard before the Committee for Privileges upon the Petition of Elizabeth Perry claiming the Barony of Sydney.

Gallery, Report from Committee to consider of erecting.

The Lord King reported from the Lords Committees appointed to consider and report to the House their Opinion, "Whether any and what Regulations and upon what Occasions it may be proper to admit any Persons and whom, into a Gallery in this House; and whether the same can be commodiously and in what Manner erected; with Power to send for Persons, Papers and Records."

That in Obedience to your Lordships Commands the Committee have met and considered the Matter to them referred, and have come to the following Resolution; (videlicet)

That it is the Opinion of this Committee, that it may be proper to admit, under certain Regulations and upon certain Occasions, certain Persons into a Gallery in this House, if the same can be commodiously erected.

That in Order to enable them to form an Opinion whether a Gallery could be commodiously erected in the House, the Committee directed some of the principal Officers of His Majesty's Works to attend them with a Design or Designs for a Gallery to be erected in the House of Peers.

That Sir William Chambers, Comptroller of His Majesty's Works, attended the Committee according to Order, and produced a Plan of the House of Peers, and a Design for a Gallery to be erected over the Lobby at the lower End of the House opposite the Throne, which he apprehends will not be subject to the Inconveniencies that were experienced from the former Galleries which were all erected within the House.

"That, according to the said Design, the Gallery proposed, is to have Six Rows of Benches, each Bench containing commodious Seats for Fourteen Persons, and consequently that the Gallery will conveniently accommodate Eighty-four Persons.

"That the Committee were desirous that the Rows of Benches might have been increased to Eight in Number, so as to have contained One hundred and Twelve Persons, and examined Sir William Chambers upon that Point, who informed them, "That he had originally drawn the Design with that Intention, but had altered it through an Apprehension that so large an Extent might endanger the Building;" at the same Time he declared his Opinion, "That the Design he then produced would neither weaken the Building nor disfigure the House."

"That your Committee were particularly attentive to examine Sir William Chambers in regard to every possible Inconvenience that might arise from the Erection of this Gallery, who declared his Opinion to be, "That it would neither increase the Heat of the House, give the least Obstruction to the Light, nor in any Degree affect the Voices either of the Speakers in the House or of Counsel at the Bar;" he acquainted the Committee also, "That he can contrive the Gallery so as to admit as much external Air as comes in by the present Window, though not perhaps without some Inconvenience to the Persons sitting therein:" The Committee being desirous of knowing what Time would be necessary for erecting the Gallery, were informed by Sir William Chambers, "That it may be completed in Three Months."

"The Committee then directed Sir William Chambers to attend them again at their next Meeting, with a Plan and Estimate of the Expence of a Gailery, as he had that Day proposed it to their Lordships.

"That your Committee at their next Meeting were attended by Sir William Chambers, according to Order, who produced a Plan, Section and Elevation of a Gallery, designed in every Point, respecting Convenience, so as to agree with the Answers he gave to their Lordships Interrogatories at the last Meeting, which the Committee approved, and which they humbly beg Leave to annex to this Report, for your Lordships Inspection and Consideration.

"Your Committee then examined Sir William Chambers in regard to the Expence, who informed them, "That he had made the most accurate Calculation that the Nature of the Thing would admit; and that he supposed the Expence of erecting the Gallery would amount to £600 or thereabouts; but that he could not pretend to ascertain the Expence with exact Precision, as it will depend in some Measure upon the Expences attending the pulling down those Parts of the old Building that are necessary to be taken away."

"Your Committee being solicitous to know whether the erecting the Gallery might occasion any Damps, or any Thing disagreeable to your Lordships at your next Meeting in Parliament, were assured by Sir William Chambers, "That he does not foresee any Inconvenience of that Nature."

"Upon the maturest Deliberation and Consideration of the Matters your Lordships have been pleased to refer to them, your Committee have come to the following Resolutions; (videlicet)

1. "Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, "That a Gallery, executed according to the Design delivered in by Sir William Chambers, Comptroller of His Majesty's Works, and hereto annexed, will be sufficiently commodious, and productive of no Inconvenience to the House."

2. "Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That when His Majesty shall be pleased to be publicly present in this House, the said Gallery be allotted to the Accommodation of such Ladies as shall apply to the Lord Great Chamberlain, or his Deputy, and be admitted in pursuance of his Directions."

3. "Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That at the Hearing of any Cause by Appeal or Writ of Error, such Persons be admitted into the said Gallery as are interested in such Causes.

4. "Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That at such other Times as the House shall be sitting, and the Standing Orders 40 and 112 shall not be thought proper to be enforced, the said Gallery shall be allotted to the Members of the House of Commons and Irish Peers; such Irish Peers to be admitted respectively, on the Delivery of a Ticket, inscribed with the Title of such Irish Peer, and signed by a Peer of this House.

5. "Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Admission of Persons into the said Gallery be in Manner aforesaid, under the Direction of the Lord Great Chamberlain, or his Deputy.

6. "Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Chairman be directed to move the House, that a Day be appointed to take into Consideration the Standing Order 111, to the Intent that so much of the said Order as relates to the Admission of Ladies into the Body of the House, may after this Session of Parliament be vacated, and Peeresses only may be admitted; and that the House may be moved to resolve, That the Standing Order so amended be in future strictly adhered to.

"All which they beg Leave humbly to submit to your Lordships."

Ordered, That the said Report and Plans be taken into Consideration on Tuesday next; and the Lords summoned.

Standing Order No 111. to be considered.

Then it was moved, "That the Standing Order, No. 111, be taken into Consideration on Tuesday next; and the Lords summoned."

The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.

Tobacco Importation Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco, from any Port or Place either in America or the West Indies, or in Europe, during the present Hostilities."

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 Friday next.

Portman Square Paving, &c. Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Improvement of Portman Square, within the Parish of Saint Mary le Bonne, in the County of Middlesex."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Friday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Piddington Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds, of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton."

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.

Public Accounts Bill.

Hodie 1^a 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 appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants, which may be applied to the Public Service; and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing and accounting for Public Money; and in what more expeditious and effectual and less expensive Manner, the said Services can in future be regulated, and carried on for the Benefit of the Public."

Wapping Paving, &c. Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for explaining and amending Two Acts, one made in the Eleventh and the other in the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, for paving certain Streets in the Parishes of Saint John of Wapping and Saint George in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes; and for extending the Provisions of the said Acts to other Parts of the said Parishes; and also for opening certain Communications within the said Parish of Saint George."

Whitehill's Return Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Adam Fergusson and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for compelling John Whitehill Esquire to return into this Kingdom; and for restraining him, in case of his Return, from going out of this Kingdom for a limited Time; and for discovering his Estate and Effects, and preventing the transporting or alienating of the same;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Insurance Duty Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Strachey and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for charging a Duty on Persons whose Property shall be insured against Loss by Fire;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Adjourn.

Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, decimum tertium diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 13^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former Commission.

Full et al. against Hutchings:

After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and Appeal of Langdon John Full, Edward Luscombe, Richard Furneaux, John Webber, Robert Brown, John Dearin and Margaret Soper, Farmers and Occupiers of Lands, in the Parish of Dittisham, in the County of Devon, complaining of a Decree of the Court of Exchequer, of the 23d of June 1780; and praying, "That the same might be reversed, varied or altered, or that the Appellants 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 John Hutchings Clerk, put in to the said Appeal, and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Decree affirmed with Costs.

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 Decree therein complained of, be and the same is hereby affirmed: and it is further Ordered, That the Appellants do pay, or cause to be paid to the said Respondent, the Sum of One hundred Pounds for his Costs in respect of the said Appeal.

Insurance Duty Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for charging a Duty on Persons whose Property shall be insured against Loss by Fire."

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.

Public Accounts Bill.

Hodie 2^a 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 appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom; and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants which may be applied to the Public Service; and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing and accounting for Public Money; and in what more expeditious and effectual and less expensive Manner the said Services can in future be regulated and carried on for the Benefit of the Public."

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.

Wapping Paving, &c. Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for explaining and amending Two Acts, one made in the Eleventh and the other in the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, for paving certain Streets in the Parishes of Saint John of Wapping, and Saint George in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes; and for extending the Provisions of the said Acts to other Parts of the said Parishes; and also for opening certain Communications within the said Parish of Saint George."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

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.

Houses of Correction Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the amending and rendering more effectual the Laws in being relative to Houses of Correction," be read a Second Time on Tuesday next.

Piddington Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton," 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 One Amendment thereto."

Which Amendment was read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)

Pr. 1. L. 31. After ("John") insert ("Montague commonly called")

And the said Amendment, being read a Second Time, was agreed to by the House.

Adjourn.

Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, decimum quartum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 14^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Wicker et al. against Mitford.

Ordered, That the hearing of the Cause wherein Charlotte Wicker Widow, and others, are Appellants, and John Mitford Esquire is Respondent, which stands appointed for this Day, be put off to Thursday next.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

D. Brandon introduced:

Douglas Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, claiming by Letters Patent granted to his Great Grandfather James Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, bearing Date the 10th of September, in the Tenth Year of Queen Anne, was this Day (in his Robes) introduced between the Duke of Queensberry and the Duke of Montagu (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, preceding: His Grace, on his Knee, presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the Woolsack, who delivered it to the Clerk; and the same was read at the Table: His Grace's Writ of Summons was also read as follows; (videlicet)

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 Entirely Beloved Cousin, Douglas Duke of Brandon, Greeting: Whereas Our Parliament, for arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and the Church, is now met at Our City of Westminster, We strictly enjoining, command you, under the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, That, considering the Difficulty of the said Affairs, and Dangers impending, all Excuses being laid aside, you be personally present at Our aforesaid Parliament, with Us, and with the Prelates, Nobles, and Peers of Our said Kingdom, to treat of the aforesaid Affairs, and to give your Advice: And this You may in nowise omit, as you tender Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs."

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Twelfth Day of June, in the Twenty-second Year of Our Reign.

Yorke."

Then his Grace came to the Table and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration; and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and was afterwards placed in his due Place next below the Duke of Atholl.

Pedigree delivered.

Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his Grace's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's Petitions touching the Bill restraining them from leaving the Kingdom.

Upon reading the Petition of Sir Thomas Rumbold Baronet, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this 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 the same;" and praying their Lordships, for the Reasons therein contained, "To take his Case into Consideration, and will (in case the said Bill should pass) make such Alteration therein, as their Lordships, in their Wisdom and Justice, shall think fit, so that neither the Petitioner may suffer by the Mode of Proceeding instituted against him, nor the Laws and Constitution by the Precedent which is established in his Case:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Upon reading the Petition of Peter Perring Esquire, taking Notice likewise of the said Bill; and praying their Lordships, "To take his Case into their most serious Consideration, and to refer this his Petition to their Lordships Committee, and to give him such Relief against the several Clauses of the said Bill, as to their Lordships shall seem proper:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Edinburgh Market Bill:

The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for preventing the slaughtering of Cattle within the City of Edinburgh, and for removing Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom;" and for hearing Counsel against and for the same:

Counsel were accordingly called in.

And Counsel having been heard against and in Support of the said Bill,

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Then 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 ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Anguish:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Hackney, &c. Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Byng and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of several Acts passed in the Eleventh, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-ninth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from Shoreditch Church, through Hackney to Stamford Hill, and cross Cambridge Heath over Bethnall Green, to the Turnpike at Mile End, in the County of Middlesex;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Fllmwell Vent &c. Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Byng and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex, through Highgate, in the County of Kent, and the Parishes of Sandhurst, Newenden, and Northiam, to Rye, in the said County of Sussex; and from Highgate aforesaid, to Cooper's Corner, in the said County of Sussex, and to Tubb's Lake, in the said County of Kent; as relates to the Road from Highgate to Tubb's Lake; and for enlarging the Term and Powers of the said Act, with respect to the other Roads therein contained;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Ireland Dependency Act, to repeal, Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Secretary Fox and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for repealing an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

East India Company's Indemnity Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Henry Fletcher and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to discharge and indemnify the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, from all Damage, Interests, and Losses, in respect to their having made Default in certain Payments to the Public, on such Payments being made at a future stipulated Time; and to enable the said Company to continue a Dividend of Eight Pounds per Centum to the Proprietors of their Stock for the present Year;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said last-mentioned Bill was read a First Time.

Stanton St. Quintin Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by the Lord Althorpe and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Common Fields and Commonable Places, within the Parish of Stanton Saint Quintin, in the County of Wilts;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made thereto.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's Penalty Bill, continuing.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Adam Fergusson and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to provide that the Proceedings on the Bill now depending in Parliament, for inflicting certain Pains and Penalties on Sir Thomas Rumbold Baronet, and Peter Perring Esquire, for certain Breaches of Public Trust and High Crimes and Misdemeanors committed by them whilst they respectively held the Offices of Governor and President, Counsellors, and Members of the Select Committee of the Settlement of Fort Saint George, on the Coast of Coromandel in the East Indies, shall not be discontinued by any Prorogation or Dissolution of the Parliament;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Receivers of Stolen Goods Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Stanley and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more easy Discovery and effectual Punishment of Buyers and Receivers of Stolen Goods;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Ireland Dependency Act, to repeal, Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain;" 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 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 Monday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's Restraining Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the 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."

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 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 Monday next.

Ld. Brownlow against Devie.

A Petition of the Reverend James Devie Clerk, Respondent in a Cause depending in this House, to which the Right Honourable Brownlow Lord Brownlow is Appellant, was presented and read; setting forth, "That the Appellant hath presented his Appeal to their Lordships from an Order of the Court of Chancery, of the 28th of May last; that the Petitioner hath put in his Answer thereto, and the Cause now stands in Course for hearing in their Lordships Paper; that if the said Appeal should not be soon determined, the Petitioner will be unable (in case their Lordships should affirm the said Order) to obtain the further Decree of the Court of Chancery, to establish his Right to the Tythes in question, till Michaelmas Term, whereby he will be greatly prejudiced;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That this Cause may be heard on Tuesday the 25th Instant, or on such other Bye Day in the present Session, as to their Lordships shall seem meet."

And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called in, and heard at the Bar; and being withdrawn;

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Ordered, That the Agents in the said Cause do attend this House on Monday next.

American Truce Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America therein mentioned."

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."

M^cLean and another against Henderson et Mar.

Upon reading the Petition of Katherine M^cLean and another, Appellants in a Cause depending in this House, to which Helen Henderson and her Husband are Respondents; setting forth, "That the Appellants are advised to withdraw their Appeal;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That they may be at Liberty to withdraw their said Appeal, the Respondents having consented, upon the Appellants agreeing to pay them Five Pounds for their Costs:"

Appeal withdrawn with Costs.

It is Ordered, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to withdraw their said Appeal as desired, upon Payment of Five Pounds Costs to the Respondents.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum septimum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Lunæ, 17^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Ld. Brownlow against Devie, Respondent's Petition rejected.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into Consideration the Petition of the Reverend James Devie Clerk, Respondent in a Cause depending in this House, to which the Right Honourable Brownlow Lord Brownlow is Appellant; and for the Agents to attend;

They were ordered to be called in, but not appearing: Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.

Sydney Claim of Peerage, Report from Committee.

The Lord Sandys reported from the Lords Committees for Privileges, to whom was referred the Consideration of the Petition of Elizabeth Perry of Penshurst Place, in the County of Kent, Relict of William Perry Esquire, of Turville Park, in the County of Buckingham, claiming the Barony of Sydney of Penshurst, together with His Majesty's Reference thereof to this House, "That the Committee have met and considered the Matter to them referred, and have heard Counsel for the Petitioner, and examined Witnesses upon Oath, to make out the Allegations of her Petition, and have also heard His Majesty's Attorney General on Behalf of the Crown, and are of Opinion, "That Robert Sydney, commonly called Viscount Lisle, the Petitioner's Grandfather, under whom she derives her Claim, acquired no new Barony, but being the eldest Son of his Father the Earl of Leicester, was summoned into His Father's Barony, which was created by Letters Patent, and limited in Tail Male; therefore the Petitioner has no Right in consequence of her Grandfather's Summons and Sitting."

Which Report, being read Twice by the Clerk, was agreed to by the House; accordingly,

Judgement thereupon.

It is Resolved and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That Robert Sydney, commonly called Viscount Lisle, the Petitioner's Grandfather, under whom she derives her Claim, acquired no new Barony, but being the eldest Son of his Father the Earl of Leicester, was summoned into his Father's Barony, which was created by Letters Patent, and limited in Tail Male; therefore the Petitioner has no Right in consequence of her Grandfather's Summons and Sitting.

Ordered, That the said Resolution and Judgment be laid before His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

American Truce Bill.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America, therein mentioned."

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 ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Leeds:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Ireland Dependency Act, to repeal, Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale (according to Order) reported the Amendments made by the Committee of the whole House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain."

And the same, being read Twice by the Clerk, were disagreed to by the House.

Then the following Amendment was proposed to be made to the said Bill.

Fol. 1. L. 9 and 10. Leave out ("Day of One thousand seven hundred and eighty") and insert ("passing of this Act")

The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.

And the same, being read Twice by the Clerk, was agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendment, be engrossed.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also (according to Order) reported the Amendments made by the Committee of the whole House to the 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."

The said Amendments were read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)

Pr. 2. L. 11. Leave out ("June") and insert ("August")

L. 20. After ("Westminster") insert ("or before a Master Extraordinary of the High Court of Chancery")

Pr. 3. L. 11. After ("Recognizances") insert ("the same being to be entered and enrolled in the said Court of Exchequer")

L. 20. Leave out ("June") and insert (August")

Pr. 4. L. 27. Leave out ("July") and insert ("November")

The First Amendment, being again read, was agreed to by the House.

The Second and Third Amendments, being again read, were disagreed to by the House.

The Two last Amendments, being again read, were agreed to by the House.

Militia Substitutes Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Thomas Pelham and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for raising and training the Militia, as relates to Persons paying the Sum of Ten Pounds being liable to serve again in the Militia at the Expiration of Three Years; and also to oblige Substitutes to make Oath respecting their Place of Settlement;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

East India Company's Indemnity Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to discharge and indemnify the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, from all Damage, Interests and Losses, in respect to their having made Default in certain Payments due to the Public, on such Payments being made at a future stipulated Time; and to enable the said Company to continue a Dividend of Eight Pounds per Centum to the Proprietors of their Stock for the present Year."

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time To-morrow.

D. Branden's Pedigree, Committee to meet.

Ordered, That the Committee for Privileges do meet to consider the Pedigree of Douglas Duke of Brandon To-morrow Twelve o'Clock.

Gallery, Motion to put off Consideration of Report, negatived.

It was moved, "That the Report from the Committee appointed to consider and report to the House their Opinion, "Whether under any and what Regulations and upon what Occasions it may be proper to admit any Persons, and whom, into a Gallery in this House; and whether the same can be commodiously and in what Manner erected; with Power to send for Persons, Papers and Records;" which stands appointed to be taken into Consideration To-morrow, be put off to Monday next."

Which being objected to;

After short Debate,

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Negative.

Saint George, Hanover Square, Paving, &c. Bill, Petitions in Support of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the Liberty of the City of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Old Bond Street in the Parishes of Saint George, Hanover Square, and Saint James, in the Liberty of the City of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, and of New Bond Street, Blenheim Street, and Part of Stafford Street, in the said Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, An Act for better paving, cleansing and lighting Part of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex; and such Part of Old Bond Street as lies within the Parish of Saint James, in the said County; and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein;" and praying, That the said Bill may pass into a Law:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table.

King's Bench Prison, Petition of Prisoners.

Upon reading the Petition of the Prisoners consined in the King's Bench Prison, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, praying, "The passing of an Act of Oblivion and Insolvency, for the Reasons therein contained:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Cooper et al. against Sir John Ogilvy et al.

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein James Cooper and others are Appellants, and Sir John Ogilvy Baronet and others are Respondents, which stands appointed for this Day be put off till To-morrow; and that the Counsel be called in at Half past Twelve o'Clock.

Lottery Office Keepers Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for licensing Lottery Office Keepers, and regulating the Sale of Lottery Tickets."

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."

Public Accounts 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 appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants which may be applied to the Public Service; and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing and accounting for Public Money; and in what more expeditious and effectual and less expensive Manner the said Services can in future be regulated and carried on for the Benefit of the Public."

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."

Insurance Duty Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for charging a Duty on Persons whose Property shall be insured against Loss by Fire."

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."

Tea, Act to rectify Mistake in, Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act of this Session of Parliament with respect to preventing the Importation and Running of Tea into this Kingdom, in armed Vessels having Letters of Marque or other Commissions from the Admiralty."

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."

Tobacco Importation Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco, from any Port or Place, either in America or the West Indies or in Europe, during the present Hostilities."

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."

Marsh Enclosure, &c. Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, 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," 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."

Piddington Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with the Amendment, shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with an Amendment to it.

A Message was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the same, with one Amendment, to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.

St. George, Hanover Square, Paving, &c. Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for better paving, cleansing and lighting Part of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex; and such Part of Old Bond Street as lies within the Parish of Saint James, in the said County, and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein;" and for hearing Counsel against and for the Bill:

Counsel were accordingly called in, and the said Bill was read a Second Time.

Then Mr. Scott, the Counsel for the Petitioners against the Bill, not praying to be heard against the whole of the Bill:

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Ordered, That all the Lords who have been, or shall be present this Session, be added to the said Committee.

Eastington Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, and Common Downs in the Hamlet or Tything of Eastington, otherwise Northleach Foreign, in the Manor of Eastington and Parish of Northleach, in the County of Gloucester."

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 Wednesday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, decimum octavum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Martis, 18^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Cooper et al. against Sir John Ogilvy et al:

After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and Appeal of James Cooper, Shoemaker in Montrose, John Wright, George Berry and David Wishart, all Weavers there, and David Hodge Apprentice to John Boyick, Shoemaker there, and the said John Boyick for his Interest, complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 22d of June and 3d of July 1781; and praying, "That the same might be reversed, varied, or amended, or that the Appellants 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 Sir John Ogilvy Baronet, James Low Esquire, and others, put in to the said Appeal, and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Interlocutors 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 Interlocutors therein complained of be and the same are hereby affirmed.

East India Indemnity Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to discharge and indemnify the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, from all Damage, Interests and Losses in respect to their having made Default in certain Payments due to the Public, on such Payments being made at a future stipulated Time; and to enable the said Company to continue a Dividend of Eight Pounds per Centum to the Proprietors of their Stock for the present Year."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Tea, Act to rectify Mistake in, Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act of this Session of Parliament with respect to preventing the Importation and Running of Tea into this Kingdom in armed Vessels, having Letters of Marque, or other Commissions from the Admiralty."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Lottery Office Keepers Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for licensing Lottery Office Keepers, and regulating the Sale of Lottery Tickets."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Insurance Duty Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for charging a Duty on Persons whose Property shall be insured against Loss by Fire."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Tobacco Importation Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco, from any Port or Place either in America or the West Indies or in Europe, during the present Hostilities."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Public Accounts Bill:

Hodie 3^a 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 appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom; and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants which may be applied to the Public Service; and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing, and accounting for Public Money; and in what more expeditious and effectual, and less expensive Manner the said Services can in future be regulated and carried on for the Benefit of the Public."

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 Six preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Leeds:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bills, without any Amendment.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bills.

Hodie 3^a 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."

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 sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

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.

Ireland Dependency Act, to repeal, Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain."

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 the former Messengers:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Eggers takes the Oaths in order to his Naturalization.

Henry Eggers took the Oaths appointed in Order to his Naturalization.

Fanshaw against Cocksedge, 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

Thomas Fanshaw is Plaintiff,
and
Thomas Cocksedge Esquire is Defendant.

Allen against Trimbey.

Upon reading the Petition of James Trimbey, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein Benjamin Allen Esquire 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.

Poor Relief Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor;" and for the Lords to be summoned:

It was moved, "That the Order for the Second Reading of the said Bill be discharged, and that the said Bill be read a Second Time on this Day Two Months."

Which being objected to;

After Debate,

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the said Bill was accordingly read a Second 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 Tuesday next.

Houses of Correction Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the amending and rendering more effectual the Laws in being relative to Houses of Correction."

The said Bill was accordingly read a Second 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 Tuesday next.

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's restraining Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Adam Fergusson and others:

To return the 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;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto.

Piddington Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Powis and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships Amendment made thereto.

St. George's, Hanover Square, Paving, &c. Bill, Petition against:

Upon reading the Petition of the Commissioners of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and Part of the County of Middlesex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for better paving, cleansing and lighting Part of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, and such Part of Old Bond Street as lies within the Parish of Saint James, in the said County; and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein;" and praying their Lordships, "That they may be heard by their Counsel against the Parts of the Bill stated in the Petition; and that such Clauses may not be suffered to remain in the said Bill:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee, to whom the said Bill stands referred, with Liberty for the Petitioners to be heard by their Counsel against the said Bill before the said Committee; and that Counsel be heard for the Bill at the same Time.

Petitions in Support of, referred to Committee.

Ordered, That the Petition of the Inhabitants of Saint George, Hanover Square, in the Liberty of the City of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex; also, the Petition of the Inhabitants of Old Bond Street, in the Parishes of Saint George, Hanover Square, and Saint James, in the Liberty of the City of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, and of New Bond Street, Blenheim Street and Part of Stafford Street, in the said Parish of Saint George, Hanover Square, severally praying, that the last mentioned Bill may pass into a Law, presented to this House Yesterday, be referred to the said Committee.

Gallery, Report from Committee, relative to, rejected.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into Consideration the Report and Plans from the Committee appointed "To consider and report to the House their Opinion, whether under any and what Regulations, and upon what Occasions, it may be proper to admit any Persons, and whom, into a Gallery in this House, and whether the same can be commodiously, and in what Manner erected;" and for the Lords to be summoned:

The said Report was read by the Clerk.

Then the first Resolution of the said Committee was again read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That it may be proper to admit, under certain Regulations, and upon certain Occasions, certain Persons into a Gallery in this House, if the same can be commodiously erected."

It was moved, "To agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the next Resolution of the Committee was again read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That a Gallery, executed according to the Design delivered in by Sir William Chambers, Comptroller of His Majesty's Works, and hereto annexed, will be sufficiently commodious, and productive of no Inconvenience to the House."

The Question was put, "Whether to agree with the Committee in this Resolution?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the next Resolution of the Committee was again read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That when His Majesty shall be pleased to be publickly present in this House, the said Gallery be allotted to the Accommodation of such Ladies as shall apply to the Lord Great Chamberlain, or his Deputy, and be admitted in pursuance of his Directions."

The Question was put, "Whether to agree with the Committee in this Resolution?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the next Resolution of the Committee was again read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That at the Hearing of any Cause by Appeal or Writ of Error, such Persons be admitted into the said Gallery as are interested in such Causes."

The Question was put, "Whether to agree with the Committee in this Resolution?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the next Resolution of the Committee was again read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That at such other Times as the House shall be sitting, and the Standing Order 40 and 111 shall not be thought proper to be enforced, the said Gallery shall be allotted to the Members of the House of Commons and Irish Peers; such Irish Peers to be admitted respectively, on the Delivery of a Ticket, inscribed with the the Title of such Irish Peer, and signed by a Peer of this House."

The Question was put, "Whether to agree with the Committee in this Resolution?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Then the next Resolution of the Committee was again read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"That it is the Opinion of this Committee, That the Admission of Persons into the said Gallery be in Manner aforesaid, under the Direction of the Lord Great Chamberlain, or his Deputy."

The Question was put, "Whether to agree with the Committee in this Resolution?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Standing Order, No. III considered, and ordered to be strictly adhered to.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into Consideration the Standing Order No. 111, and for the Lords to be summoned;

The said Standing Order was read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)

"Die Lunæ, 19^o Decembris 1720.

"Upon Report from the Lords Committees appointed to consider of the great Disorders that have been in this House, especially when His Majesty is present, and of proper Methods to prevent the same for the future:

"It is Ordered, That when His Majesty shall come publickly to this House, all the Lords shall be in their Robes, and sit in their due Places.

"That at all such solemn Times before His Majesty comes, all the Doors of this House, and those leading thereunto, particularly to the Prince's Chamber, shall be kept shut, and no Person whatsoever (except the Lords and Assistants of this House, the eldest Sons of Peers who have a Right to sit and vote in this House, and the Officers and Attendants thereto belonging) shall be suffered to come within the Doors thereof, other than the Master of the Ceremonies, and such as he shall certify the Lord Great Chamberlain to be Foreign Ministers, or other Foreigners of Distinction; nor shall any Ladies or Men be permitted to come into the House at any of the Doors, unless some Lord doth move the House for such by Name; and on the First Day of a Session, none but such as shall apply by Name to the Lord Great Chamberlain, or his Deputy, and be admitted by his Lordship's Directions; and that no Person whatsoever do presume to stand upon the Throne, or Steps thereof, but such as carry His Majesty's Train, who shall stand behind the Chair of State, and those that bear the Regalia upon the Second Step of the Throne.

"That on such Days as His Majesty shall come publickly to this House, the Painted Chamber, and Lobby leading from it to the House, shall, by the Care of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the Yeoman Usher and Doorkeepers, be kept clear from Footmen, and all other Persons (except such Gentlemen and Servants as attend the Lords with their Robes); and that no Persons be covered when any Lord is there; and also, that the Knight Marshal's Men appointed to attend this House, do take Care to keep the Stairs and Avenues leading thereunto free from Disturbance by Footmen, or any other Persons: And further, That the Lord Great Chamberlain, or his Deputy, be desired to take Care, and give Charge to the said Gentleman Usher, Yeoman Usher and Doorkeepers, as also to the said Knight Marshal's Men respectively, to see this Order duly observed; and that it be printed and published, and affixed on the Doors belonging to this House and Westminster Hall, to the End all Persons may the better take Notice of the same.

Entered per Ordinem, 22^o Decembris 1720, with this Addition; (videlicet) That it be affixed on the Doors belonging to this House and Westminster Hall, the First Day of every Session of Parliament.

"Emendat per Ordin. 22^o Februarii 1733."

Then it was moved, "That this Standing Order be strictly adhered to in future."

The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, decimum nonum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 19^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

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 Archbishop of Canterbury 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 raising a further Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two." "An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties upon Salt, and certain Duties upon Glauber or Epsom Salts; and also on Mineral Alkali or Flux for Glass made from Salt; and to prevent Frauds in the Duties on Foul Salt to be used in manuring of Lands." "An Act for charging a Duty on Persons whose Property shall be insured against Loss by Fire." "An Act for licensing Lottery Office Keepers, and regulating the Sale of Lottery Tickets." "An Act to discharge and indemnify the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, from all Damage, Interests and Losses in respect to their having made Default in certain Payments due to the Public, on such Payments being made at a future stipulated Time; and to enable the said Company to continue a Dividend of Eight Pounds per Centum to the Proprietors of their Stock for the present Year." "An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America therein mentioned." "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." "An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants which may be applied to the Public Service, and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing and accounting for Public Money; and in what more expeditious and effectual and less expensive Manner the said Services can in future be regulated and carried on for the Benefit of the Public." "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." "An Act to indemnify such Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments; and to indemnify Justices of the Peace or others, who have omitted to register or deliver in their Qualifications within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further Time for those Purposes; and to indemnify Members and Officers in Cities, Corporations and Borough Towns, whose Admissions have been omitted to be stamped according to Law, or having been stamped have been lost or mislaid; and for allowing them Time to provide Admissions duly stamped; and to give further Time to such Persons as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors." "An Act for punishing Persons wilfully and maliciously destroying any Woollen, Silk, Linen or Cotton Goods, or any Implements prepared for or used in the Manufacture thereof; and for repealing so much of Two Acts made in the Twelfth Year of King George the First, and in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty, as relates to the Punishment of Persons destroying any Woollen or Silk Manufactures, or any Implements prepared for or used therein." "An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act of this Session of Parliament, with respect to preventing the Importation and Running of Tea into this Kingdom in armed Vessels, having Letters of Marque or other Commissions from the Admiralty." "An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco from any Port or Place, either in America or the West Indies, or in Europe, during the present Hostilities." "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." "An Act for preventing the slaughtering of Cattle within the City of Edinburgh; and for removing Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom." "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." "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." "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 Pontrtlas, in the County of Hereford." "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Brecon, through the Town of Hay, in the County of Brecon; and also the Road through Marish Lane, to the Builth and Hay Turnpike Road, near the Village of Llyswen, in the same County." "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." "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." "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." "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." "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." "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." "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." "An Act for dividing and enclosing a Carr or Common, called Thormanby Carr, within the Parish of Thormanby, in the North Riding of the County of York." "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." "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." "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and Commonable Places, in the Parish of Ortonon-the-Hill, in the County of Leicester, and the Lands within the Ring of the said Fields reputed to belong formerly to the Abbey of Merevale." "An Act for dividing, enclosing and allotting certain Moors, Commons or Waste Lands, lying and being within the Parish of Wookey, in the County of Somerset." "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Parish of Great Creaton, in the County of Northampton, and the Hamlet of Little Creaton, in the Parish of Spratton, in the said County." "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Common Fields and Commonable Places, within the Parish of Stanton Saint Quintin, in the County of Wilts." An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton." 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 well-beloved 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; George Duke of Manchester, Chamberlain of Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, Hugh Duke of Northumberland; George Duke of Montagu; Our right trusty and entirely-beloved Cousin and Counsellor Charles Marquis of Rockingham, First Commissioner of Our Treasury; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor William Earl of Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us; Our right trusty and well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, 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 Nineteenth Day of June, 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 Bills from the Hands of the Speaker, 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 follows; (videlicet)

1. "An Act for raising a further Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two."

2. "An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties upon Salt, and certain Duties upon Glauber or Epsom Salts, and also on Mineral Alkali or Flux for Glass, made from Salt, and to prevent Frauds in the Duties on Foul Salt, to be used in manuring of Lands."

3. "An Act for charging a Duty on Persons whose Property shall be insured against Loss by Fire."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujets, accepte leur Benevolence, et ainsi le veult."

4. "An Act for licensing Lottery Office Keepers, and regulating the Sale of Lottery Tickets."

5. "An Act to discharge and indemnify the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies from all Damage, Interests and Losses in respect to their having made Default in certain Payments due to the Public, on such Payments being made at a future stipulated Time; and to enable the said Company to continue a Dividend of Eight Pounds per Centum to the Proprietors of their Stock for the present Year."

6. "An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America, therein mentioned."

7. "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."

8. "An Act for further continuing an Act made in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine, take, and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, and to report what Balances are in the Hands of Accountants, which may be applied to the Public Service, and what Defects there are in the present Mode of receiving, collecting, issuing, and accounting for Public Money, and in what more expeditious and effectual and less expensive Manner, the said Services can in future be regulated and carried on for the Benefit of the Public."

9. "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."

10. "An Act to indemnify such Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to indemnify Justices of the Peace, or others who have omitted to register or deliver in their Qualifications within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further Time for those Purposes; and to indemnify Members and Officers in Cities, Corporations, and Borough Towns, whose Admissions have been omitted to be stamped according to Law, or having been stamped have been lost or mislaid, and for allowing them Time to provide Admissions duly stamped, and to give further Time to such Persons as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors."

11. "An Act for punishing Persons wilfully and maliciously destroying any Woollen, Silk, Linen, or Cotton Goods, or any Implements prepared for or used in the Manufacture thereof; and for repealing so much of Two Acts made in the Twelfth Year of King George the First, and in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty, as relates to the Punishment of Persons destroying any Woollen or Silk Manufactures, or any Implements prepared for, or used therein."

12. "An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act of this Session of Parliament, with respect to preventing the Importation and running of Tea into this Kingdom in armed Vessels, having Letters of Marque, or other Commissions from the Admiralty."

13. "An Act to permit the Importation of British Plantation Tobacco from any Port or Place, either in America or the West Indies, or in Europe, during the present Hostilities."

14. "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."

15. "An Act for preventing the slaughtering of Cattle within the City of Edinburgh, and for removing Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom."

16. "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."

17. "An Act for building a new Bridge instead of the present antient 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."

18. "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."

19. "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of Brecon, through the Town of Hay, in the County of Brecon, and also the Road through Marish Lane, to the Builth and Hay Turnpike Road, near the Village of Llyswen, in the same County."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy le veult."

20. "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 Counress 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."

21. "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 desraying all necessary Costs, Charges and Expences attending the same."

22. "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."

23. "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."

24. "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."

25. "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."

26. "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."

27. "An Act for dividing and enclosing a Carr or Common called Thormanby Carr, within the Parish of Thormanby, in the North Riding of the County of York."

28. "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."

29. "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."

30. "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and Commonable Places in the Parish of Orton on the Hill, in the County of Leicester, and the Lands within the Ring of the said Fields, reputed to belong formerly to the Abbey of Merevale."

31. "An Act for dividing, enclosing and allotting certain Moors, Commons or Waste Lands, lying and being within the Parish of Wookey, in the County of Semerset."

32. "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Parish of Great Creaton, in the County of Northampton, and the Hamlet of Little Creaton, in the Parish of Spratton, in the said County."

33. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Common Fields and Commonable Places within the Parish of Stanton Saint Quintin, in the County of Wilts."

34. "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Pastures, Common Meadows and other Commonable Lands and Grounds of and within the Manors and Liberties of Piddington and Hackleton, in the Parish of Piddington, in the County of Northampton."

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.

Bank of England against Pulteney:

This Day being appointed for hearing the Cause upon the Petition and Appeal of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 18th of July and 12th of December 1780; and also of an Interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary there, of the 20th of February 1782; and praying, "That the same might be reversed, varied or altered, or that the Appellants might have such other Relief in the Premises as to this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, should seem meet;" to which Appeal William Pulteney Esquire is Respondent; Counsel appeared for the said Respondent, but none appearing for the Appellants; and the is Respondent's Counsel having prayed an Affirmance of the said Interlocutors complained of with Costs;

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Interlocutors affirmed with Costs.

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 Interlocutors therein complained of be and the same are hereby affirmed: And it is further Ordered, That the Appellants do pay, or cause to be paid to the said Respondent, the Sum of Fifty Pounds for his Costs, in respect of the said Appeal.

Public Accounts, Seventh Report of Commissioners delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Beachcroft and Mr. Drummond, Two of the Commissioners appointed to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, attended;"

They were called in, and delivered at the Bar,

"The Seventh Report of the Commissioners appointed to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom."

And then they withdrew.

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;

Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the Table.

Militia Substitutes Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act, made in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for raising and training the Militia, as relates to Persons paying the Sum of Ten Pounds, being liable to serve again in the Militia at the Expiration of Three Years; and also to oblige Substitutes to make Oath respecting their Place of Settlement."

Marsh Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a 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 Poors Rates of the said Borough."

Then it was proposed, That the following Amendments be made to the said Bill; (videlicet)

Pr. 1. L. 20. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

L.37. and 38. After ("Inhabitants") leave out ("of"), and insert ("and Owners and Occupiers of Land in"); and in Line 38, after ("said") insert ("Parish and")

Pr. 2. L. 12. Fill up the Blank with ("Robert")

Pr. 3. L. 20. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

L. 34. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

Pr. 4. L. 11. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

Pr. 6. L. 4. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

L. 7. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

L. 35. After ("a") leave out ("Commissioner"), and insert ("Trustee")

L. ult. After ("said") leave out ("Commissioners"), and insert ("Trustees")

Pr.7. L. 9. After ("a") leave out ("Commissioner"), and insert ("Trustees")

L. 15. After ("the") insert ("Parish and")

L. 19. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

L. 31. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

Pr. 8. L. 11. and 12. After ("exceeding") leave out ("Two hundred") and insert ("Twenty-one")

L. 13. Leave out from ("Rents") to the End of Line 15.

L. 30. After ("exceeding") leave out ("Two hundred"), and insert ("Twenty-one")

Pr. 9. L. 6. Leave out from ("Law") to ("Provided") in Press 10. L. 12.

Pr. 10. L. 30. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

L. 31. Leave out ("last mentioned")

Pr. 11. L. 17. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

Pr. 14. L. 33. Leave out ("Commissioners") and insert ("Trustees")

Pr. 15. L. 4. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

In the Title of the Bill,

L. 2. After the second ("the") insert ("Parish and")

L. 5. After ("said") insert ("Parish and")

The same were agreed to and ordered accordingly.

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with the Amendments, shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H.C. with Amendments to it.

A Message was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Pepys:

To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the same, with several Amendments, to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.

Ponsonby et al. against Godsell et al:

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein James Carrique Ponsonby Esquire and others are Appellants, and James Godsell Esquire and others are Respondents, ex parte, the Respondents not having put in their Answer thereto, though peremptorily ordered so to do:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause ex parte by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed, unless the Respondents put in their Answer thereto in the mean Time.

Portman Square Improvement Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Improvement of Portman Square, within the Parish of Saint Mary le Bonne, in the County of Middlesex," 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."

Wapping Paving, &c. Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for explaining and amending Two Acts, one made in the Eleventh and the other in the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, for paving certain Streets in the Parishes of Saint John of Wapping and Saint George in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes, and for extending the Provisions of the said Acts to other Parts of the said Parishes, and also for opening certain Communications within the said Parish of Saint George," was committed.

Sandiacre Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the 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 County of Derby," 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 were read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)

Pr.1. L. 23. Leave out ("both great and small") and insert ("of Corn, Grain, Hay, Wool, and Lamb")

L. 28. and 29. Leave out ("also intitled to certain") and insert ("the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid for the Time being is intitled to the")

L. 35. After ("Tithes") insert ("and")

L. 36. and 37. Leave out ("and Dues and Payments")

Pr. 14. L. 13. After ("ever") insert ("and unto and for the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid, for the Time being for ever, respectively in just and due Proportion according to the respective Rights of the said Prebendary, and his Lessee, and of the said Curate")

Pr. 15. L. 13. After ("ever") insert ("and unto and for the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid, for the Time being for ever, respectively in just and due Proportion according to the respective Rights of the said Prebendary, and his Lessee, and of the said Curate")

Pr. 16. L. 8. Leave out from ("Enclosures") to ("which") in Line 16."

L. 19. After ("Lessee") insert ("and the said Curate")

Pr. 19. L. 36. After ("being") insert ("or the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid for the Time being")

Pr. 20. L. 1. After ("being") insert ("or the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid for the Time being")

Pr. 21. L. 12. Leave out from ("such") to ("shall") in Line 18. and insert ("and to and for the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid for the Time being respectively")

L. 32. and 33. Leave out ("which Mounds and Fences") and insert ("and that the Land to be allotted to, and for the said Prebendary and his Lessee, as such shall not be allotted in less than Three several Parcels or Allotments, and that the Mounds and Fences of such Lands")

Pr. 22. L. 4. After ("Allotments") insert ("and that the Mounds and Fences of the Land to be allotted to the said Curate, shall be kept in Repair at the Expence of the said other Proprietors and Persons interested until the same shall in the Judgement of the said Commissioners be complete Fences, and afterwards the same or such Part or Parts thereof as the said Commissioners shall direct, shall for ever be kept in Repair by the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid for the Time being, or the Occupier of such Allotment")

L. 22. After ("such") insert ("and the said Curate")

Pr.31. L. 21. After ("such") insert ("and the Allotment to be made to the Curate of Sandiacre aforesaid for the Time being")

L. 36. After ("such") insert ("and the said Curate")

Pr. 33. L. 33. After ("such") insert ("and the said Curate")

And the said Amendments, being read a Second Time, were, severally, agreed to by the House.

Eggers Naturalization Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Henry Eggers.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

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.

Hackney, &c. Road Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of several Acts passed in the Eleventh, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-ninth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, for repairing the Roads from Shoreditch Church, through Hackney to Stamford Hill, and cross Cambridge Heath over Bethnal Green, to the Turnpike at Mile End, in the County of Middlesex."

Receivers of Stolen Goods Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the more easy Discovery and effectual Punishment of Buyers and Receivers of Stolen Goods."

Borough Court of Record Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for diminishing the Fees payable, and altering the Mode of proceeding in the Court of Record of the Town and Borough of Southwark, with respect to Debts and Damages under a certain Value, and for extending the Jurisdiction of the said Court, as to the Recovery of such Debts and Damages to the several Parishes and Places within the Eastern Half of the Hundred of Brixton, in the County of Surrey;" be read a Second Time on Tuesday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Flimwell Vent &c. Road Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex, through Highgate, in the County of Kent, and the Parishes of Sandhurst, Newenden, and Northiam to Rye, in the said County of Sussex; and from Highgate aforesaid, to Cooper's Corner, in the said County of Sussex, and to Tubb's Lake, in the said County of Kent, as relates to the Road from Highgate to Tubb's Lake; and for enlarging the Term and Powers of the said Act with respect to the other Roads therein contained."

Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's Penalty Bill, continuing Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to provide that the Proceedings on the Bill now depending in Parliament, for inflicting certain Pains and Penalties on Sir Thomas Rumbold Baronet, and Peter Perring Esquire, for certain Breaches of Public Trust and High Crimes and Misdemeanors committed by them whilst they respectively held the Offices of Governor and President, Counsellors, and Members of the Select Committee of the Settlement of Fort Saint George, on the Coast of Coromandel, in the East Indies, shall not be discontinued by any Prorogation or Dissolution of the Parliament."

Whitehill's Return Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for compelling John Whitehill Esquire to return into this Kingdom, and for restraining him in case of his Return from going out of this Kingdom for a limited Time; and for discovering his Estate and Effects, and preventing the transporting or alienating of the same."

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 Friday next.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 20^o Junii 1782.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former Commission.

Wicker et al. against Mitford.

After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and Appeal of Charlotte Wicker Widow, and Executrix of the last Will and Testament of John Wicker late of Horsham, in the County of Sussex, Esquire deceased, and Sir Thomas Broughton Baronet, and Dame Mary his Wife, Daughter and only Child of the said John Wicker, complaining of a Decree of the Court of Chancery of the 13th of March 1780, and also of an Order of the said Court of the 21st of May 1781, affirming the same; and praying, "That the said Decree and Order might be reversed and set aside, or varied, or that the Appellants might have such other Relief in the Premises as the Case may require, and to their Lordships should seem meet;" as also upon the Answer of John Mitford Esquire, put in to the said Appeal, and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Decree and Order 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 Decree and Order, therein complained of, be and the same are hereby affirmed.

Ireland Dependency Act, to repeal, Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Ord and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for the better securing the Dependency of the Kingdom of Ireland upon the Crown of Great Britain;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Stanhope Street Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Joseph Mawbey and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the Most Noble Henry Duke of Newcastle, his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, to open a Street from the Strand at or near the East End of the New Church, to the South End of Stanhope Street, in the Parish of Saint Clement Danes, within the City and Liberty of Westminster; and to make a more commodious Communication between the North End of Stanhope Street aforesaid, and Wylde Street, in the Parish of Saint Giles in the Fields, in the County of Middlesex;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Norwood Common Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Elwes and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for confirming a certain Piece of Ground, Part of the Common of Norwood, in the Parish of Batcombe, in the County of Somerset, to the Rector of the said Parish; and for vesting the same, together with an additional Piece of Ground other Part of the said Common, in him and his Successors, in lieu of all Right of Common and Tithes belonging to the Rectory of Batcombe, in or within the said Common of Norwood; and for confirming all the several other Parts of the said Common to the several Proprietors thereof, discharged of all Right of Common and Tithes belonging to the said Rectory;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Discipling Corps Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by General Conway and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Encouragement and disciplining of such Corps or Companies of Men as shall voluntarily enroll themselves for Defence of their Towns or Coasts, or for the general Defence of the Kingdom, during the present War;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Ordered, That the last mentioned Bill be printed.

Governors of the Four Royal Hospitals Petition for a Bill:

Upon reading the Petition of the Presidents Treasurers and several of the Governors of the Hospitals of Saint Bartholomew, Bethelem, Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas the Apostle, of Royal Foundation, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, on Behalf of themselves and the Rest of the Governors of the said Hospitals; praying Leave to bring in a Bill for establishing and confirming Articles of Agreement in the said Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill according to the Prayer of the said Petition:

Bill presented.

Accordingly, The Earl of Radnor presented to the House a Bill, intituled, "An Act to render valid and effectual certain Articles of Agreement between the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals of Edward King of England the Sixth, of Christ, Bridewell and Saint Thomas the Apostle, and of the Hospitals of Henry the Eighth, King of England, called The House of the Poor in West Smithfield near London, and of the House and Hospital called Bethelem, and the Presidents, Treasurers and acting Governors of the said several Hospitals."

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Eggers Naturalization Bill.

The Earl of Radnor reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Henry Eggers," 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."

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Eastington Enclosure Bill.

The Earl of Radnor also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures and Common Downs, in the Hamlet or Tything of Eastington, otherwise Northleach Foreign, in the Manor of Eastington and Parish of Northleach, in the County of Gloucester," 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."

Fowler's Naturalization Bill.

The Earl of Radnor also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Estates late in Jointure to Dame Sarah Fowler Widow, in Trustees, to be sold, conveyed and settled, pursuant to a Decree of the Court of Exchequer," 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.

Sandiacre Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, 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."

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. Montagu and Mr. Pepys:

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.

Portman Square Improvement Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Improvement of Portman Square, in the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bonne, in the County of Middlesex."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Wapping Paving, &c. Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for explaining and amending Two Acts, one made in the Eleventh and the other in the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty, for paving certain Streets in the Parishes of Saint John of Wapping, and Saint George, in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes; and for extending the Provisions of the said Acts to other Parts of the said Parishes; and also for opening certain Communications within the said Parish of Saint George."

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 Two 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.

Receivers of Stolen Goods Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the more easy Discovery and effectual Punishment of Buyers and Receivers of Stolen Goods."

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.

Flimwell Vent, &c. Road Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Flimwell Vent, in the County of Sussex, through Highgate, in the County of Kent, and the Parishes of Sandhurst, Newenden and Northiam, to Rye, in the said County of Sussex; and from Highgate aforesaid, to Cooper's Corner, in the said County of Sussex, and to Tubb's Lake, in the said County of Kent, as relates to the Road from Highgate to Tubb's Lake; and for enlarging the Term and Powers of the said Act, with respect to the other Roads therein contained."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

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.

Adjourn.

Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, vicesimum primum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.