December 1782 1-10
Anno 23o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 5o Decembris 1782.
DIE Jovis, 5o Decembris 1782, Annoque Regni
Serenissimi Domini Nostri Georgii Tertii, Dei
Gratia Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ Regis,
Fidei Defensoris, &c. Vicesimo Tertio; in quem Diem
hæc Tertia Sessio Parliamenti, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, continuata fuerat; in Superiori
Domo Parliamenti Magnæ Britanniæ apud Westmonaster.
convenere Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales,
quorum Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes fuerunt:
REX.
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Landaven. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Ds. Camden, Præses.
Dux Grafton, C. P. S.
Dux Manchester, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Atholl.
Dux Portland.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Montagu.
March. Lothian.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchelsea & Nottingham.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Scarborough.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Rosebery.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Gower.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Cornwallis.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Ilchester.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Maynard.
Viscount Hampden.
Viscount Howe.
Viscount Keppel. |
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Grosvenor.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Brudenell.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Ashburton. |
King present.
His Majesty being seated on the Throne, adorned with
His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended by His
Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes) commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let
the Commons know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure they
attend Him immediately in this House:"
Who being come with their Speaker,
His Majesty was pleased to say,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
His Majesty's Speech.
Since the Close of the last Session, I have employed
My whole Time in the Care and Attention which the
important and critical Conjuncture of Public Affairs
required of Me.
I lost no Time in giving the necessary Orders to
prohibit the further Prosecution of Offensive War upon
the Continent of North America; adopting, as My
Inclination will always lead Me to do, with Decision
and Effect, whatever I collect to be the Sense of My
Parliament, and My People. I have pointed all My
Views and Measures, as well in Europe as in North America, to an entire and cordial Reconciliation with those
Colonies.
Finding it indispensable to the Attainment of this
Object, I did not hesitate to go the full Length of
the Powers vested in me, and offered to declare them
free and independent States, by an Article to be inserted in the Treaty of Peace. Provisional Articles
are agreed upon to take Effect whenever Terms of
Peace shall be finally settled with the Court of France.
In thus admitting their Separation from the Crown
of these Kingdoms I have sacrificed every Consideration of My own to the Wishes and Opinion of My
People. I make it My humble and earnest Prayer to
Almighty God, that Great Britain may not feel the
Evils which might result from so great a Dismemberment of the Empire, and that America may be free
from those Calamities which have formerly proved in
the Mother Country how essential Monarchy is to the
Enjoyment of Constitutional Liberty, Religion, Language, Interest. Affections may, and I hope will
yet prove a Bond of permanent Union between the
Two Countries: To this End, neither Attention nor
Disposition shall be wanting on My Part.
While I have carefully abstained from all offensive
Operations against America, I have directed My
whole Force by Land and Sea against the other
Powers at War, with as much Vigour as the Situation
of that Force at the Commencement of the Campaign
would permit. I trust that you feel the Advantages
resulting from the Safety of the great Branches of Our
Trade. You must have seen with Pride and Satisfaction the gallant Defence of the Governor and the
Garrison of Gibraltar; and My Fleet, after having
effected the Object of their Destination, offering Battle
to the Combined Force of France and Spain on their own
Coasts; those of My Kingdoms have remained at the same
Time perfectly secure, and your Domestic Tranquillity
uninterrupted. This respectable State under the Blessing
of God I attribute to the entire Confidence which subsists
between Me and My People, and to the Readiness which
has been shewn by My Subjects in My City of London,
and in other Parts of My Kingdoms, to stand forth in
the general Defence. Some Proofs have lately been
given of public Spirit in private Men, which would
do Honour to any Age and any Country.
Having manifested to the whole World by the most
lasting Examples, the signal Spirit and Bravery of My
People, I conceived it a Moment not unbecoming
My Dignity, and thought it a Regard due to the
Lives and Fortunes of such brave and gallant Subjects,
to shew Myself ready on My Part, to embrace fair and
honourable Terms of Accommodation with all the
Powers at War.
I have the Satisfaction to acquaint you, that Negotiations to this Effect are considerably advanced, the
Result of which, as soon as they are brought to a Conclusion, shall be immediately communicated to you.
I have every Reason to hope and believe that I shall
have it in my Power in a very short Time to acquaint
you, that they have ended in Terms of Pacification,
which I trust you will see just Cause to approve. I
rely, however, with perfect Confidence on the
Wisdom of My Parliament, and the Spirit of
My People, that if any unforeseen Change in the
Dispositions of the Belligerent Powers should frustrate my confident Expectations they will approve of
the Preparations I have thought it adviseable to make,
and be ready to second the most vigorous Efforts in the
farther Prosecution of the War.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
I have endeavoured by every Measure in My Power
to diminish the Burthens of My People; I lost no
Time in taking the most decided Measures for introducing a better Œconomy into the Expenditure of
the Army.
I have carried into strict Execution the several Reductions in my Civil List Expences, directed by an
Act of the last Sessions. I have introduced a farther
Reform into other Departments, and suppressed several Sine Cure Places in them. I have, by this Means,
so regulated My Establishments, that My Expence
shall not in future exceed my Income.
I have ordered the Estimate of the Civil List Debt,
laid before you last Sessions, to be completed. The
Debt proving somewhat greater than could be then
correctly stated, and the proposed Reduction not
immediately taking place, I trust you will provide for
the Deficiency, securing, as before, the Re-payment
out of My annual Income.
I have ordered Enquiry to be made into the
Application of the Sum voted in Support of the American Sufferers; and I trust that you will agree with
Me, that a due and generous Attention ought to be
shewn to those who have relinquished their Properties
or Professions from Motives of Loyalty to Me or Attachment to the Mother Country.
As it may be necessary to give Stability to some
Regulations by Act of Parliament, I have ordered
Accounts of the several Establishments, incidental
Expences, Fees, and other Emoluments of Office, to
be laid before you. Regulations have already taken
place in some, which it is my Intention to extend to all,
and which, besides expediting all public Business,
must produce a very considerable Saving, without
taking from that ample Encouragement which ought
to be held forth to Talents, Diligence and Integrity,
wherever they are to be found.
I have directed an Enquiry to be made into whatever regards the Landed Revenue of My Crown, as well
as the Management of My Woods and Forests, that
both may be made as beneficial as possible, and that
the latter may furnish a certain Resource for supplying
the Navy, Our great National Bulwark, with its first
Material.
I have directed an Investigation into the Department
of the Mint, that the Purity of the Coin, of so much
Importance to Commerce, may be always adhered to;
that by rendering the Difficulty of counterfeiting
greater, the Lives of Numbers may be saved, and
every needless Expence in it suppressed.
I must recommend to you an immediate Attention
to the great Objects of the Public Receipts and Expenditure, and above all to the State of the Public
Debt. Notwithstanding the great Increase of it during
the War, it is to be hoped that such Regulations may
still be established, such Savings made, and future
Loans so conducted, as to promote the Means of its
gradual Redemption by a fixed Course of Payment.
I must, with particular Earnestness, distinguish for
your serious Consideration, that Part of the Debt
which consists of Navy, Ordnance, and Victualling
Bills; the enormous Discount upon some of these
Bills shews this Mode of Payment to be a most ruinous
Expedient.
I have ordered the several Estimates, made up
as correctly as the present Practice admits, to be laid
before you. I hope that such further Corrections,
as may be necessary, will be made before the next
Year. It is My Desire, that you should be apprized
of every Expence before it is incurred, as far as the
Nature of each Service can possibly admit. Matters
of Account can never be made too public.
My Lords, and Gentlemen,
The Scarcity and consequent high Price of Corn
requires your instant Interposition.
The great Excess to which the Crimes of Theft and
Robbery, in many Instances accompanied with personal Violence, particularly in the Neighbourhood of
this Metropolis, (fn. 1) has called of late for a strict and
severe Execution of the Laws. It were much to
be wished that these Crimes could be prevented in
their Infancy, by correcting the Vices become prevalent
in a most alarming Degree.
The liberal Principles adopted by you, concerning
the Rights and the Commerce of Ireland, have done
you the highest Honour, and will, I trust, insure that
Harmony, which ought always to subsist between the
Two Kingdoms. I am persuaded that a general Increase of Commerce throughout the Empire, will prove
the Wisdom of your Measures with regard to that
Object. I would recommend to you a Revision of
Our whole Trading System upon the same comprehensive Principles, with a View to its utmost possible
Extension.
The Regulation of a vast Territory in Asia opens a
large Field for your Wisdom, Prudence and Foresight.
I trust that you will be able to frame some fundamental
Laws, which may make their Connection with Great
Britain a Blessing to India; and that you will take
therein proper Measures to give all Foreign Nations,
in Matters of Foreign Commerce, an entire and perfect Confidence in the Probity, Punctuality and good
Order of Our Government. You may be assured that
whatever depends upon Me, shall be executed with a
Steadiness which can alone preserve that Part of My
Dominions, or the Commerce which arises from it.
It is the fixed Object of My Heart to make the
general Good, and the true Spirit of the Constitution
the invariable Rule of My Conduct; and on all Occasions to advance and reward Merit in every Profession.
To insure the full Advantage of a Government conducted on such Principles, depends on your Temper,
your Wisdom, your Disinterestedness, collectively and
individually.
My People expect these Qualifications of you, and I
call for them."
Then His Majesty was pleased to retire;
And the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
PRAYERS.
V. Howe introduced:
Richard Viscount Howe of the Kingdom of Ireland,
being by Letters Patent bearing Date the 20th of
April, in the Twenty-second Year of His present
Majesty, created Viscount Howe of Langar, in the
County of Nottingham, was (in his Robes) introduced
between the Lord Viscount Falmouth and Lord Viscount
Hampden (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod, the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, and
the Deputy Earl Marshal of England preceding: his Lordship, 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 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 wellbeloved Cousin and Counsellor Richard Viscount
Howe, of Langar, in the County of Nottingham,
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 no wise 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 Twentieth
Day of April, in the Twenty-second Year of
Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; and
was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Viscounts
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Lords take the Oaths.
This Day Shute Lord Bishop of Salisbury, also Richard
Lord Bishop of Landaff, took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
E. Scarborough sat first in Parliament:
This Day George Earl of Scarborough sat first in Parliament after the Death of his Father Richard Earl of Scarborough: his Lordship having first at the Table taken
the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration; and
also taken and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Bill pro formâ read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
better regulating Select Vestries."
His Majesty's Speech reported:
The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's Speech;
and the same being read by the Clerk;
Motion for Address thereon.
Moved, "That an humble Address be presented to His
Majesty, to return the Thanks of this House for His
most gracious Speech from the Throne.
To acknowledge with the sincerest Gratitude His
Majesty's constant Care and Attention to the true Interests of His People, and the critical State of Public
Affairs since the last Session; and particularly for
having been graciously pleased to direct His Measures
towards promoting a cordial Reconciliation between
Great Britain and America.
To express our great Satisfaction that His Majesty
in the Exercise of the Powers which were vested in
His Majesty, has laid the Foundation of a Peace
with that Country, and has actually agreed upon
Articles, to take Effect whenever the Terms with the
Court of France shall be finally settled, thereby
affording to His People a reasonable Expectation of
being delivered from the Burdens of a most expensive
War.
That we unite with His Majesty most heartily, in
wishing that Religion, Language, Interests and Affection, may yet be the Means of effecting a permanent
Union between the Two Countries; and that we will
use every Means in our Power to effect so laudable
a Purpose.
To assure His Majesty how sensible we are of the
important Advantages resulting from the successful
Exertions of His Majesty's Fleet, owing to the Skill
and Bravery of His Officers and those serving under
them, in protecting His distant Colonies and Settlements, as well as the great Branches of our Trade;
and that we are fully sensible how much is owing to
the Spirit of His Majesty's Governor and Garrison
of Gibraltar.
That we set a just Value on the uninterrupted Continuance of our domestic Tranquillity, and shall always
reflect with particular Satisfaction on the Instances of
Public Spirit called forth by the Occasion.
That we rejoice to learn, a considerable Progress
has been made in Negotiations for a general Peace, at
a Moment so suitable to His Majesty's Dignity; and
that we are truly sensible of the Regard His Majesty
has shewn for the Lives and Fortunes of his brave
and gallant Subjects.
To thank His Majesty for His gracious Promise that
His Majesty will communicate to us the Terms with
the several belligerent Powers, as soon as they are concluded; and to assure His Majesty that if any unforeseen Change in the Dispositions of those Powers, should
disappoint His Majesty's confident Expectations of
Peace, we will most chearfully use our utmost Exertions
to assist His Majesty in a vigorous Prosecution of the
War.
That we will not omit, on our Part, to considerwith the most unremitting Attention, the several important Points which His Majesty has been pleased to
mention; and that we will apply ourselves to consider
of the most effectual Means for remedying the Evils
which may be apprehended from the present Scarcity
of Corn, and for preventing, as far as possible, the
Crimes of Theft and Robbery which have lately prevailed to a very alarming Height.
To express our Satisfaction at the Measures which
have been adopted with Respect to Ireland, for securing its Rights and Commerce, which, we trust,
will have the Effect of ensuring that Harmony which
ought always to subsist between the Two Kingdoms;
and to assure His Majesty that we shall be ready to direct
our Attention to a Revision of our whole trading
System, guided by the same liberal Principles which
His Majesty has been graciously pleased to commend.
That we are deeply impressed with a Sense of the
important Subject which the State of our National
Affairs in the East Indies offers for our most serious
Consideration; and to assure His Majesty, we are fully
sensible of His Royal Goodness in thus extending His
anxious Regard to the good Government of the
distant Territories in Asia, and to the Welfare and
Happiness of the People: That we will shew ourselves
zealous to answer His Majesty's gracious Expectations by assisting in the framing some fundamental
Laws, which may make their Connection with Great
Britain a Blessing to India, and may give to other
Nations, in Matters of Foreign Commerce, an entire
Confidence in the Probity, Justice, and good Order
of the British Government.
"To express to His Majesty our warmest Gratitude
for His very gracious Assurances, that he will make
the general Good and the true Spirit of the Constitution, the invariable Rule of His Conduct, and on all
Occasions to advance and reward Merit in every Profession; and to assure His Majesty, that we will do all
that in any Way depends on us, to ensure the full
Advantage of a Government conducted on such Principles."
Amendment negatived.
Then an Amendment was proposed to be made to the
said Motion, by inserting after the Words ("To acknowledge with the sincerest Gratitude") in the Second
Paragraph thereof, the following Words; (videlicet)
["The Sacrifice which His Majesty has been graciously and affectionately pleased to make to the Wishes
and Opinions of His People, fully convinced, that His
Majesty's own Conduct has always been actuated by a
similar Disposition: To acknowledge"]
The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed, shall be inserted in the said Motion?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Then the said Motion as amended was agreed to.
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee to prepare an Address pursuant thereto: (videlicet)
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
D. Rutland.
D. Atholl.
D. Portland.
D. Manchester.
D. Dorset.
D. Montagu.
Ld. Steward.
E. Derby.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Pembroke & Montgomery.
E. Salisbury.
E. Essex.
E. Berkeley.
E. Ferrers.
E. Aylesford.
E. Effingham.
E. Gower.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Radnor.
V. Townshend.
V. Falmouth.
V. Wentworth.
V. Hampden.
V. Keppel. |
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Landaff. |
L. De Ferrars.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Paget.
L. Say & Sele.
L. Osborne.
L. Ravensworth.
L. Wycombe.
L. Hawke.
L. Brownlow.
L. Ashburton. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
immediately in the Prince's Lodgings, near the
House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Committee withdrew to prepare the Address.
After some Time the House was resumed:
And the Lord Osborne reported from the Committee,
an Address drawn by them as follows; (videlicet)
Address reported and agreed to.
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
assembled, beg Leave to return Your Majesty our
humble Thanks for Your most gracious Speech from
the Throne.
It is with the sincerest Gratitude we acknowledge
the Sacrifice which Your Majesty has been graciously
and affectionately pleased to make to the Wishes and
Opinions of Your People, fully convinced that Your
Majesty's own Conduct has always been actuated by
a similar Disposition; we acknowledge likewise Your
Majesty's constant Care and Attention to the true Interest
of Your People, and the critical State of Public Affairs
since the last Session of Parliament; and in a particular Manner for Your Majesty having been graciously pleased to direct Your Measures towards promoting a cordial Reconciliation between Great Britain
and America.
Permit us, Sir, to express our great Satisfaction,
that Your Majesty in the Exercise of the Powers which
were vested in You, has laid the Foundation of a
Peace with that Country, and that You have actually
agreed upon Articles to take Effect when the Terms
with the Court of France shall be finally settled;
thereby affording to Your People a reasonable Expectation of being delivered from the Burdens of a most
expensive War: As well as to unite our Hopes with
Your Majesty's, that Religion, Language, Interests,
and Affection may yet be the Means of effecting a
permanent Union between the Two Countries, to
obtain which Purpose, so highly laudable, our most
earnest Endeavours shall not be wanting.
Your Majesty may be assured, we are sensible of the
important Advantages resulting from the successful
Exertions of Your Majesty's Fleets, owing to the Skill
and Bravery of Your Officers, and those serving under
them, in protecting your distant Colonies and Settlements, as well as the great Branches of our Trade;
and that we are impressed with a due Sense of what is
owing to the Spirit and good Conduct of Your Majesty's Governor and Garrison of Gibraltar.
We set a just Value on the Continuance of our
domestic Tranquillity, and shall always reflect with
peculiar Satisfaction on the signal Instances of Public
Spirit called forth by the Occasion; we learn with
great Joy, that a considerable Progress is made in the
Negotiations for a general Peace at a Moment so
suitable to Your Majesty's Dignity, and we cannot
omit to acknowledge the paternal Regard Your Majesty has shewn for the Lives and Fortunes of Your
brave and gallant Subjects.
We return Your Majesty our hearty Thanks for
Your gracious Promise to communicate to us the
Terms with the several Belligerent Powers as soon as
they are concluded; and we give Your Majesty the
strongest Assurances that if any unforeseen Change in
the Dispositions of those Powers should disappoint
Your Majesty's confident Expectations of Peace, we
will most chearfully exert our utmost Endeavours to
assist Your Majesty in a vigorous Prosecution of the
War.
We will not omit on our Parts, to apply ourselves
with the most unremitting Attention to the several
important Points which Your Majesty has been pleased
to mention, and to consider of the most effectual
Means for remedying the Evils which may be apprehended from the present Scarcity of Corn, and for
preventing, as far as possible, the Crimes of Theft
and Robbery, which have lately prevailed to a very
alarming Height.
We beg Leave to express our Satisfaction at the
Measures which have been adopted with respect to
Ireland, for securing its Rights and Commerce, which
we trust, will have the Effect of ensuring that Harmony, which ought always to subsist between the Two
Kingdoms; and we do assure Your Majesty, we shall
be ready to direct our Attention to a Revision of
our whole Trading System, guided by the same liberal
Principles which Your Majesty has been graciously
pleased to commend.
We are deeply impressed with a Sense of the important Subject, which the State of our National Concerns in the East Indies offers for our most serious
Deliberation; and Your Majesty may be persuaded we
have a due Impression of Your Royal Goodness, in
thus extending Your anxious Regard to the good Government of the distant Territories in Asia, and to
the Welfare and Happiness of the People there: We
will in return shew ourselves zealous to answer Your
Majesty's gracious Expectations, by assisting to frame
some fundamental Laws, which may make their Connection with Great Britain a Blessing to India, and
may give to other Nations, in Matters of Foreign
Commerce, an entire Confidence in the Probity, Justice, and good Order of the British Government.
"Allow us to express, in the most servent and grateful Manner, our warmest Gratitude for Your Majesty's
gracious Assurances, that You will make the general
Good, and the true Spirit of the Constitution, the
invariable Rule of Your Majesty's Conduct; and that
You will, on all Occasions, advance and reward Merit
in every Profession. Your Majesty may rely, with
the utmost Confidence, that every Measure will be
adopted on our Part to secure the full Advantages of
a Government conducted on such Principles."
Which Address, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty by the whole House.
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do
wait on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His
Majesty will please to appoint to be attended therewith.
Earl of Lauderdale as a Scots Peer.
This Day the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Chancery delivered in a Certificate of the Name of the Peer
of Scotland, who, by virtue of His Majesty's Proclamation, is chosen to sit and vote in this House in the Room
of John Earl of Loudoun, deceased; which was read by
the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)
May it please your Lordships,
I do hereby certify, that, by virtue of His Majesty's
Royal Proclamation, dated the 5th Day of June 1782,
a Certificate, under the Hands and Seals of Alexander
Robertson and Alexander Menzies Esquires, Two of
the Principal Clerks of Session attending the Election
after mentioned, in virtue of the Lord Clerk Register's
Commission to them granted, hath been delivered into
the Crown Office in Chancery, whereby it appears
that James Earl of Lauderdale was elected and chosen
to sit and vote in the House of Peers in this present
Parliament, in the Room of John Earl of Loudoun
deceased. Given under my Hand, this Twenty-ninth
Day of July 1782.
"John Yorke, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery."
Committee for Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Orders
and Customs of this House and Privileges of Parliament,
and of the Peers of Great Britain and Lords of Parliament:
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D. Cumberland.
Ld. Chancellor.
Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
Ld. Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Bolton.
D. Devonshire.
D. Rutland.
D. Queensberry.
D. Atholl.
D. Portland.
D. Chandos.
D. Dorset.
D. Montagu.
M. Lothian.
E. Derby.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Pembroke & Montgomery.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Salisbury.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Winchelsea & Nottingham.
E. Sandwich.
E. Essex.
E. Carlisle.
E. Doncaster.
E. Berkeley.
E. Abingdon.
E. Gainsborough.
E. Scarborough.
E. Rochford.
E. Jersey.
E. Abercorn.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Rosebery.
E. Oxford & Mortimer.
E. Ferrers.
E. Tankerville.
E. Aylesford.
E. Kerr.
E. Effingham.
E. Gower.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Cornwallis.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Ilchester.
E. Radnor.
E. Spencer.
E. Chatham.
E. Bathurst.
E. Ailesbury.
E. Clarendon.
V. Montague.
V. Townshend.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Wentworth.
V. Dudley & Ward.
V. Maynard.
V. Hampden.
V. Howe.
V. Keppel. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Winchester.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Chester.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Landaff. |
L. De Ferrars.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Paget.
L. Say & Sele.
L. Craven.
L. Osborne.
L. Boyle.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Chedworth.
L. Sandys.
L. Ravensworth.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Vere.
L. Wycombe.
L. Stawell.
L. Grantham.
L. Grosvenor.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Vernon.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Brownlow.
L. Rivers.
L. Foley.
L. Gage.
L. Brudenell.
L. Walsingham.
L. Southampton.
L. Porchester.
L. Ashburton. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them, to meet
on Monday next, at Ten o'Clock, in the House
of Peers, and every Monday after; and to adjourn as they please.
Committee for the Journals.
Lords Sub-Committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of this House, and of the Privileges
of the Peers of Great Britain and Lords of Parliament,
and to peruse and perfect the Journals of this and former
Sessions of Parliament.
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
Ld Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Bolton.
D. Devonshire.
D. Rutland.
D. Queensberry.
D. Atholl.
D. Portland.
D. Chandos.
D. Dorset.
D. Montagu.
M. Lothian.
E. Derby.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Pembroke & Montgomery.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Salisbury.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Winchelsea & Nottingham.
E. Sandwich.
E. Essex.
E. Carlisle.
E. Doncaster.
E. Berkeley.
E. Abingdon.
E. Gainsborough.
E. Scarborough.
E. Rochford.
E. Jersey.
E. Abercorn.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Rosebery.
E. Oxford & Mortimer.
E. Ferrers.
E. Tankerville.
E. Aylesford.
E. Kerr.
E. Effingham.
E. Gower.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Cornwallis.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Ilchester.
E. Radnor.
E. Spencer.
E. Chatham.
E. Bathurst.
E. Ailesbury.
E. Clarendon.
V. Montague.
V. Townshend.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Wentworth.
V. Dudley & Ward.
V. Maynard.
V. Hampden.
V. Howe.
V. Keppel. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Winchester.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Chester.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Landaff. |
L. De Ferrars.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Paget.
L. Say & Sele.
L. Craven.
L. Osborne.
L. Boyle.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Chedworth.
L. Sandys.
L. Ravensworth.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Vere.
L. Wycombe.
L. Stawell.
L. Grantham.
L. Grosvenor.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Vernon.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Brownlow.
L. Rivers.
L. Foley.
L. Gage.
L. Brudenell.
L. Walsingham.
L. Southampton.
L. Porchester.
L. Ashburton. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them, to meet
when, where, and as often as they please.
Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.
The House taking Notice, "That there is such an
Interruption by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays,
in the Streets and Passages leading to this House, that
the Lords and others are frequently hindered from
coming thereto:"
It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the High
Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace for the said City,
shall, by their strict Care and Directions to the Constables,
and other Officers within their Jurisdiction, take special
Order that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to
make any Stay between Whitehall and the End of Abingdon Street in Westminster, from Twelve of the Clock at
Noon, until Five of the Clock in the Afternoon of the
same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and
that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted to
stop in the Streets and Passages between the End of
Market Lane in Pall Mall, and the End of Abingdon Street,
between the Hours aforesaid, or to pass through the Old
Palace Yard from One of the Clock in the Afternoon,
until One Hour after the Rising of this House during the
Sitting of this Parliament; and that all Carriages, Drays,
or Carts, hereby permitted to pass through the said Streets
and Passages, be obliged to go one after another in the
Manner following; (that is to say), all Carriages, Drays,
or Carts going towards Westminster, to keep on the Side
of the Street or Passage next to Saint James's Park; and
all those going the contrary Way to keep on the other
Side of the Street, and upon no Account whatsoever
to presume to go Two or more abreast during the
Sitting of this Parliament; and herein special Care is
to be taken by the said Deputy Steward, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, and all other Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will be answered to this House:
and it is further Ordered, That the High Bailiff of the
City of Westminster, and the Justices of the Peace for the
City and Liberty thereof, or some of them residing in
Westminster, be served with the Order of this House made
this Day for the Purposes aforesaid.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
sextum diem instantis Decembris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 6o Decembris 1782.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Landaven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Manchester, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Comes Ferrers.
Viscount Keppel. |
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Hawke. |
PRAYERS.
His Majesty to be attended with the Address.
The Lord Chamberlain reported, "That the Lords
with White Staves had (according to Order) waited
on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His
Majesty would please to appoint to be attended with
their Lordships Address; and that His Majesty had
appointed this Day, at Three o'Clock, at His Palace
of Saint James."
Duncan et al. against Magistrates of Aberdeen.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of George
Duncan junior, Boxmaster of the Society of Shipmasters
in Aberdeen, and the other Members of that Society,
complaining of Three Interlocutors of the Lords of
Session in Scotland, of the 5th of December 1781, and
22d of February and 8th of August 1782; and praying,
"That the same may be reversed, varied or altered, or
that the Appellants may have such other Relief in the
Premises as to this House, in their Lordships great
Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that the Magistrates
and Town Council of Aberdeen, and the other Pursuers in the Process of Reduction may be required to
answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Magistrates and Town
Council of Aberdeen, and the said other Pursuers, may
have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their
Answer, or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on
or before Friday the 3d Day of January next; and Service of this Order upon the said Respondents, or upon
their Agent or Solicitor in the Court of Session in
Scotland, shall be deemed good Service.
D. Queensberry against Sir W. Douglas et al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of William
Duke of Queensberry, complaining of Two Interlocutors
of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 18th of
January and 7th of August 1782; and praying, "That
the same may be reversed, varied or amended, or that
the Appellant may have such other Relief in the Premises as to this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that Sir William Douglas
of Killhead Baronet, and Charles Archibald William
Johnston, John, Mary, Christiana and Catherine
Douglas his Children, and Alexander Mackonochie
Writer in Edinburgh, may be required to answer the
said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Sir William Douglas,
and the said several other Persons last named, may have
a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer,
or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Friday the 3d Day of January next; and Service of
this Order upon the said Respondents, or upon any of
their known Counsel or Agents in the Court of Session
in Scotland, shall be deemed good Service.
L. Rodney's Answer to Thanks of the House.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That,
in pursuance of the Order of this House of the 27th of
May last, he had transmitted their Lordships Resolutions of that Day, giving the Thanks of the House
to Sir George Brydges Rodney Baronet, Knight of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath, for his able and
gallant Conduct in the late most brilliant and decisive
Victory obtained over the French Fleet in the West Indies by the Fleet under his Command; and also giving
the Thanks of this House to Rear Admiral Sir Samuel
Hood, Rear Admiral Drake, Commodore Affleck, and
Sir Charles Douglas, and to the several Captains and
Officers of the Fleet under the Command of Sir George
Brydges Rodney, for their Bravery and gallant Conduct on the said late most glorious Occasion; and that
Sir George Brydges Rodney do signify the same to
them, and also the Resolution, that this House doth
highly approve of and acknowledge the Services of
the Seamen, Marines and Soldiers, on board the Ships
under the Command of Sir George Brydges Rodney
in the late glorious Victory over the French Fleet, and
that the Captains of the several Ships do signify the
same to their respective Crews, and do thank them for
their gallant Behaviour:
"And that he had received a Letter from the said
Sir George Brydges Rodney Baronet, since created Lord
Rodney, dated the 21st of July 1782, in which he
returns an Answer to the said Resolution."
The said Letter was read by the Clerk as follows;
(videlicet)
"Montague, Port Royal Harbour,
July 21st, 1782.
"My Lord,
I Yesterday had the Honour to receive by the Lively
Sloop your Lordship's most obliging Letter, enclosing
the Thanks of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, to me, and the Officers I had
the Honour to command on the 12th of April last.
This transcendant and flattering Mark of their
Lordships Approbation to me as an Individual, is
highly enhanced by the Indulgence afforded me of
communicating their Sentiments to the Officers and
Seamen of the Squadron, to whose unparalleled
Bravery and Conduct the Success of His Majesty's Arms
on that Day is principally owing; their glorious Exertions have impressed on me a feeling of Gratitude to
them, far above my Capacity to express.
I have to request that your Lordship will be pleased
to lay before your august Assembly mine and my Associates most grateful Acknowledgements for so kind
a Mark of their Approbation; an Honour which cannot fail to inspire us with a zealous Ardour to approve
ourselves in future not undeserving of so signal a Distinction.
To your Lordship I feel myself more particularly indebted for those kind Gratulations of private Friendship upon which I shall reflect with a secret Pleasure
to the latest Period of my Life; and I beg Leave to
assure your Lordship, that nothing could more effectually contribute to the Completion of my Happiness on this Occasion, than the flattering Communication of your Lordship's partial Approbation of my
Services on that Day.
I have the Honour to remain,
with the profoundest Respect,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
and most humble Servant,
Rodney."
"The Right Honourable Lord
Thurlow, &c. &c. &c."
Causes put off.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause, wherein
James Bruce Esquire is Appellant, and the Carron Company are Respondents, et e contra, which stands appointed
for Wednesday next, be put off to Wednesday the 18th of
this Instant December; and that the other Causes be removed in Course.
Appeals, Time for prosecuting extended to next Sitting Day.
Notice was taken, "That the Time limited by the
Standing Orders of this House of the 5th of April
1720, requiring Appeals to be prosecuted within
Eight Days from the First Day of every Session or
Meeting of Parliament expires on Thursday next:"
Ordered, That the Time limited for that Purpose
be extended to the next Sitting Day of the House.
Chalmer to enter into Recognizance on D. Queensberry's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That James Chalmer of
Leicester Fields, Gentleman, may be permitted to enter
into a Recognizance for William Duke of Queensberry,
on account of his Appeal depending in this House, he
being in the Country:"
It is Ordered, That the said James Chalmer may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as
desired.
Sir T. Rumbold and Perring's Property, Account of, delivered.
The Lord Chancellor in pursuance of an Act of last
Session, 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, acquainted the House, "That the Lord Chief
Baron and other the Barons of the Court of Exchequer
had delivered to him,
"Inventory and Account of the Real and Personal
Estate of Sir Thomas Rumbold Baronet, delivered to
the Right Honourable Sir John Skynner Knight, Lord
Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer, in
Obedience to an Act of Parliament passed in the last
Sessions:"
Also, "A Particular or Inventory of all and singular
the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods,
Chattels, Debts, and Personal Estate whatsoever, in
Europe, the East Indies, China, or elsewhere, which
Peter Perring Esquire was seized or possessed of, or
entitled to in his own Right, and which any other
Person or Persons was or were seized or possessed of
in Trust for him, or to or for his Use or Benefit, upon
the 1st Day of April in the Year of our Lord 1781, or
at any Time after (the Wearing Apparel of his Person
and of his Wife, the Furniture of his House, and the
Stock upon his Farm, excepted;) and also a particular Inventory or Account of what Part of such
Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Debts, and Personal Estate as aforesaid, hath or
have been conveyed, aliened or transferred by him, or
any Person or Persons in Trust for him with his
Privity since the said 1st Day of April 1781, and to
what Person or Persons by Name, at what Time, and
for what Price or Consideration; which, in pursuance
of the said Act, his Lordship delivered in to the House."
And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk:
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie on the
Table.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, decimum tertium diem instantis Decembris, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.