April 1783 21-30
DIE Lunæ, 28o Aprilis 1783.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Landaven. |
Viscount Stormont, Præses.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Lauderdale.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Thurlow.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Bagot. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former
Commission.
Beckford against Beckford:
After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and
Appeal of Richard Beckford of the City of London Esquire,
complaining of an Order of the Court of Chancery of
the 18th Day of July 1782; and praying, "That the
same might be reversed, or that the Appellant might
have 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 William Beckford
Esquire put in to the said Appeal, and due Consideration
had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:
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 Order, therein complained of
be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Church Lench Enclosure Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields,
and other Commonable Land, within the Parish of
Church Lench, in the County of Worcester."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendment shall pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with Amendment to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr.
Eames and Mr. Montagu:
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.
Browne to take the Name of Selby, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable John Browne Esquire and his Issue Male to
take and use the Surname of Selby, pursuant to the
Will of William Selby Esquire deceased."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
D. Chandos.
E. Sandwich.
E. Cassillis.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Lauderdale.
E. Bathurst.
E. Mansfield.
V. Townshend.
V. Dudley & Ward.
V. Sackville. |
L. Bp. Chichester.
L. Bp. Chester.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Landaff. |
L. De Ferrars.
L. Osborne.
L. Chedworth.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Thurlow.
L. Walsingham.
L. Bagot. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on Wednesday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House
of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Hesket Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in
the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for
widening, repairing, and amending the Road from
Hesket by Yewes Bridge to Cockermouth, and from
thence by Lorton, over Whinlatter to Keswick, in
the County of Cumberland; and from Keswick by
Dummail Rays and Ambleside to Kirby in Kendall, in
the County of Westmoreland; and from Plumbgarth's
Cross, near Kirby in Kendall aforesaid, to the Lake
called Windermere, in the County of Westmoreland, and
from Keswick aforesaid, to the Town of Penrith, in
the County of Cumberland."
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.
Clerkenwell Poor Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Byng and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for amending and
rendering more effectual an Act made in the Fifteenth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act for building a Workhouse, and for the better
Relief and Employment of the Poor, within the Parish
of Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the County of Middlesex;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Lewis's Divorce Bill.
Ordered, That the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Matthew
Lewis Esquire with Fanny Maria Sewell his now
Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for
other Purposes therein mentioned;" which stands
appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Tuesday the 6th
Day of May next; and the Lords summoned; and
that the several Witnesses who were ordered to attend
on that Day, do then attend.
D. Queensberry against Sir W. Douglas et al.
Ordered, That the Counsel in the Cause, wherein
William Duke of Queensberry is Appellant, and Sir
William Douglas Baronet and others are Respondents,
which stands appointed for To-morrow, be called in precisely at One o'Clock.
American Intercourse Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Sheridan and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for preventing any
Manifest, Certificate, or other Document, being required for any Ships belonging to the United States
of America, arriving from thence at any Port in this
Kingdom, or upon entering or clearing out from any
Port of this Kingdom for any Port within the said
United States; and to give to His Majesty for a limited Time certain Powers for the better carrying on
Trade and Commerce between the Subjects of His
Majesty's Dominions and the Inhabitants of the said
United States;" to which they desire the Concurrence
of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuadum esse usque
ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum nonum diem instantis
Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 29o Aprilis 1783.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Landaven. |
Viscount Stormont, Præses.
Dux Queensberry.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Lauderdale.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Thurlow.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Sydney. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former
Commission.
D. Queensberry against Sir W. Douglas et al.
After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause, wherein
William Duke of Queensberry is Appellant, and Sir William
Douglas Baronet and others are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off till To-morrow.
Hendricks et al. against Cunninghame et al.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause, wherein
Volkert Hendricks and others are Appellants, and William
Cunninghame and others are Respondents, which stands
appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Thursday next;
and that the Cause which stands for Thursday next, be
put off to Friday next.
Annuity and Lottery Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Ord and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising a certain
Sum of Money by way of Annuities, and for establishing a Lottery;" to which they desire the Concurrence
of this House.
St. Anne's Paying Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Cecil Wray and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for better paving,
cleansing, and lighting the Parish of Saint Anne, and
such Part of Cock Lane as lies in the Parish of Saint
Martin in the Fields, within the Liberty of Westminster; and for removing and preventing Nuisances and
Annoyances therein;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
St. Paul, Covent Garden, Paving Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Cecil Wray and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for better paving,
cleansing, and lighting the Parish of Saint Paul, Covent
Garden, within the Liberty of Westminster, and certain
Places adjoining thereto; and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Church Lench Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Lygon and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing
and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, and
other Commonable Land within the Parish of Church
Lench, in the County of Worcester;" and to acquaint
this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships
Amendment made thereto.
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Mercurii, tricesimum diem instantis
Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 30o Aprilis 1783.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Landaven. |
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Queensberry.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Lauderdale.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Thurlow.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Sydney. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a former
Commission.
D. Queensberry against Sir W. Douglas et al:
After hearing Counsel as well Yesterday as this Day,
upon 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 might be
reversed, varied, or amended, or that the Appellant
might have such other Relief in the Premises, as to
this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, should
seem meet;" as also upon the Answer of Sir William
Douglas of Kilhead Baronet, his Children, and another, 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.
Clerkenwell Poor Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
amending and rendering more effectual an Act made
in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for building a Workhouse,
and for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor,
within the Parish of Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the
County of Middlesex."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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D. Beaufort.
D. Queensberry.
E. Sandwich.
E. Cassillis.
E. Abercorn.
E. Lauderdale.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Marchmont.
E. Bathurst.
E. Mansfield.
V. Hereford.
V. Sackville. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Landaff. |
L. Paget.
L. Onslow & Cranley.
L. Chedworth.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Amherst.
L. Thurlow.
L. Walsingham.
L. Bagot.
L. Sydney. |
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.
St. Anne's Paving Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
better paving, cleansing, and lighting the Parish of
Saint Anne, and such Part of Cock Lane as lies in the
Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields, within the
Liberty of Westminster; and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.
St. Paul, Covent Garden, Paving Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
better paving, cleansing, and lighting the Parish of
Saint Paul, Covent Garden, within the Liberty of Westminster, and certain Places adjoining thereto; and for
removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances
therein."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on the same Day, at the same Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Hesket Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in
the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for
widening, repairing and amending the Road from
Hesket by Yewes Bridge, to Cockermouth; and from
thence hy Lorton, over Whinlatter, to Keswick, in the
County of Cumberland; and from Keswick, by Dummail Rays and Ambleside to Kirby in Kendall, in the
County of Westmoreland; and from Plumbgarth's Cross
near Kirby in Kendall aforesaid, to the Lake called
Windermere, in the County of Westmoreland; and
from Keswick aforesaid to the Town of Penrith,
in the County of Cumberland," 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."
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 Damages, Interest, and Losses in respect to their not making regular
Payment of certain Sums due and to become due to
the Public, and to allow further Time for such Payment, and to enable the Company to borrow a certain
Sum of Money, and to make a Dividend of Four
Pounds per Centum to the Proprietors at Midsummer
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-three;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
To-morrow.
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Jovis, primum diem Maii jam
prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.