February 1784 21-30
DIE Lunæ, 23o Februarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Bristol. |
Comes Gower, Præses.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Atholl.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Glencairn.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Lauderdale.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Percy.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a
former Commission.
Nisbet's Divorce Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Walter Nisbet Esquire with Anne
Blomberg, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Holford and Mr. Thomson:
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
Lemsford Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act of the Third
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from Lemsford Mill, through Welwyn and Stevenage, and by Cory's Mill to Hitchin, and
from Welwyn through Codicot to Hitchin, in the County
of Hertford."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. That the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons by the
former Messengers:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill without any Amendment.
Dover, &c. Small Debts Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts
within the Town and Port of Dover, and the Parishes
of Charlton, Buckland, River, Ewell, Lydden, Coldred,
East Langdon, West Langdon, Ringwould, Saint Margaret's-at-Cliff, Whitfield, otherwise Beausfield,
Guston, Hougham, otherwise Huffham, Caple le Ferne,
and Alkham, and also the Liberty of Dover Castle, in
the County of Kent."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Steward.
D. Richmond.
D. Beaufort.
D. Atholl.
D. Bridgewater.
Ld. Chamberlain.
E. Derby.
E. Gainsborough.
E. Coventry.
E. Glencairn.
E. Cassillis.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Lauderdale.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Marchmont.
E. Ferrers.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Radnor.
E. Bathurst.
E. Clarendon.
E. Mansfield.
V. Stormont.
V. Mount Edgecumbe & Valletort.
V. Sackville. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Abergavenny.
L. Percy.
L. Middleton.
L. Chedworth.
L. Sondes.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Beaulieu.
L. Vernon.
L. Brownlow.
L. Loughborough.
L. Walsingham.
L. Rawdon.
L. Sydney. |
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.
Peach against Roberts 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
Samuel Peach Gentleman is Plaintiff,
and
John Roberts is Defendant.
Newton Abbott Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in
the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
for repairing and widening the Roads from the South
End of Newton Abbott to the Passage Way in Kingwear, opposite Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, and from
the End of a Lane, leading out of the Turnpike
Road, between Newton Abbott and Totnes, towards
Abbott's Kerswell to Five Lanes, and from Langver's
Barn to the said Turnpike Road, between Newton
Abbott and Totnes, and from Galmpton Warborough
to Monk's Bridge and Brixham Quay, and from
Langver's Barn to the North End of Paington
Town, all in the County of Devon:"
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships or any Five them, to meet on
Friday next, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Tregony Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, instituled, "An Act to
enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the
Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for
repairing and widening the Road from the Lostwithiel
Turnpike Road in the Parish of Creed, in the County of
Cornwall, through Tregony to Ruan Lanehorn, and
from Dennis-Water to three hundred Yards on the
South Side of Trethim Mill, in the Parish of Saint
Just, in the said County:"
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Brande's Naturalization Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons
by Colonel Hartley and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
Augustus Everard Brande;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
Hinckley Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons
by Mr. Hungerford and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging
the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the
Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road from Castle Street, at the End of the
Town of Hinckley to Lutterworth Town's End, and
from or near the Guide Post at Walcot Town's End,
in the County of Leicester, to the Eighty Mile Stone
in Welford Field, in the County of Northampton;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.
D. Bolton's Estate Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the Estates of Charles, late Duke of
Bolton deceased, devised, and settled by his Will, in
Trustees, discharged of the Uses and Limitations limited, created, and expressed in the said Will, for the
Purpose of more effectually carrying into Execution
a Decree, and certain Orders of the High Court of
Chancery, for Sale of the same Estate, and for other
Purposes therein mentioned:"
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
Tuesday the 9th Day of March next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Christie's Divorce Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale presented to the House (pursuant
to an Order of Leave on the 3d of February last) a Bill,
intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James
Christie Esquire, late Captain in His Majesty's late
88th Regiment of Foot, with Elizabeth Leslie his now
Wife; and to enable him to marry again, and for
other Purposes therein mentioned."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Tuesday the 9th Day of March next, and that Notice
thereof be affixed on the Doors of this House, and the
Lords summoned, and that the said James Christie may
be heard by his Counsel, at the said Second Reading, to
make out the Truth of the Allegations of the Bill, and
that the said Elizabeth Leslie may have a Copy of
the Bill, and that Notice be given her of the said Second
Reading, and that she be at Liberty to be heard by her
Counsel, what she may have to offer against the said Bill,
at the same Time.
Stewart & Co. against Dunlop et al:
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Stewart
and Company, Merchants in Greenock, complaining of
two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland,
of the 23d of January, and 11th of February 1784:
and praying, "That the same may be reversed, varied,
or altered, 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 John
Dunlop, Alexander McCaal, James Gordon and others,
Merchants in Glasgow, may be required to answer the
said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Dunlop, Alexander
McCaal, James Gordon, and others, may have a Copy of
the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 22d Day of March next; and Service of this
Order upon the said Respondents, or upon any of their
Counsel or Agents in the Court of Session in Scotland,
shall be deemed good Service.
Spottiswoode's Recognizance on said Appeal.
The House being moved, "That John Spottiswoode
of Sackville Street, Gentleman, may be permitted to
enter into a Recognizance for John Stewart and Company, on account of their Appeal depending in this
House, they residing in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Spottiswoode may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as
desired.
Leyland against Ashby.
Upon reading the Petition of Jonathan Ashby, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein John Leyland is Plaintiff:
Hartley against Smith:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of William Smith, Defendant in a Writ of Error, depending in this House, to which
Samuel Hartley is Plaintiff, "That the Plaintiffs have
not assigned Errors within the Time limited by their
Lordships' standing Order:" and therefore praying,
That the said Writs of Error may be non-pros'd with
such Costs, as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"
Writs of Error non-pros'd with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the said Petitioners do forthwith enter a Non-pros on the said Writs of Error as desired; and that the Records be remitted to the Court of
King's Bench, to the end Execution may be had upon
the Judgements given by that Court as if no such Writs
of Error had been brought into this House: and
further, That the Plaintiffs in Error do pay or cause to
be paid to the Defendants in Error, the Sum of Forty
Pounds each, for their Costs by reason of the Delay of
the Execution of the said Judgements.
Foleys against Grant et al.
Ordered, That the hearing of the Cause wherein
the Honourable Andrew Foley and Thomas Foley are
Appellants, and John Grant and others are Respondents,
which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to
Thursday the 29th Day of April next; and that the
Judges do then attend.
Lords summoned.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned:
Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Monday next.
Land Tax: Account of Arrears in Hands of Receivers General, ordered.
Ordered, That the proper Officer do lay before this
House, "An Account of the Arrears of the Public
Money in the Hands of the Receivers General of the
Land Tax, on the First of January 1781, 1782, 1783,
and 1784, distinguishing each Year."
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Veneris, vicesimum septimum
diem instantis Februarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 27o Februarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Bathurst.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Sackville.
Viscount Howe. |
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney.
Ds. Camelford. |
PRAYERS.
Collins against Sir H. Gough et al.
The Answer of Sir Henry Gough Baronet and others,
to the Appeal of Daniel Collins, Clerk, was this Day
brought in.
Bruce against Cleghorn.
As was also the Answer of Robert Cleghorn and Alexander Cleghorn, to the Appeal of William Bruce.
Tregony Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act, made in the
Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty for
repairing and widening the Road from the Lostwithiel
Turnpike Road, in the Parish of Creed, in the County
of Cornwall, through Tregony to Ruan Lanehorne, and
from Dennis Water to three hundred Yards on the
South Side of Trethim Mill, in the Parish of Saint
Just, in the said County;" 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."
Dover, &c. Small Debts Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small
Debts within the Town and Port of Dover, and the
Parishes of Charlton, Buckland, River, Ewell, Lydden,
Coldred, East Langdon, West Langdon, Ringwould,
Saint Margaret's-at-Cliff, Whitfield, otherwise Beausfield, Guston, Hougham, otherwise Huffham, Caple le
Ferne, and Alkham, and also the Liberty of Dover
Castle, in the County of Kent," was committed.
Newton Abbott Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale also made the like Report from
the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an
Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Roads
from the South End of Newton Abbott to the Passage
Way in Kingswear, opposite Clifton Dartmouth Hardness, and from the End of a Lane leading out of the
Turnpike Road, between Newton Abbott and Totnes,
towards Abbott's Kerswell to Five Lanes, and from
Langver's Barn to the said Turnpike Road between
Newton Abbott and Totnes, and from Galmpton Warborough to Monk's Bridge and Brixham Quay, and
from Langver's Barn to the North End of Paington
Town, all in the County of Devon," was committed.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Edward Hartley and others:
Lumley to take the Name of Savile, Bill.
With a Bill intituled, "An Act to enable the
Honourable Richard Lumley and his Heirs Male,
to take and use the Surname and Arms of Savile,
pursuant to the Will of Sir George Savile Baronet,
deceased;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Cooke and others:
Wiggenhall Drainage Bill.
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the
Powers of an Act made in the Thirtieth Year of
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the
Second," intituled; "An Act for draining and
preserving certain Marsh and Fen Lands and Low
Grounds in the Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary
Magdalen, in the County of Norfolk;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord George Cavendish and others:
Morley Enclosure Bill.
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
inclosing several Commons and Waste Grounds
within the Parish of Morley in the County of
Derby;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
The said three Bills were, severally, read the First Time.
Upon reading the Petition of Edward Earl of Derby,
praying Leave to bring in a Bill for effecting an Exchange of certain Estates in the Petition mentioned:
E Derby's Petition referred to Judges.
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the
said Petition be, and is hereby referred to the Lord
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr.
Justice Gould, who are forthwith to summon all
Parties concerned in the Bill, and after hearing them
are to report to the House the State of the Case, with
their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and
whether all Parties who may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have signed the Petition, and also
that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Brune et al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Charles Morton Pleydell Brune Esquire, Humphrey Prideaux the Elder, and
Jenny his Wife, on Behalf of themselves and Mary
Prideaux, Edmund Prideaux, Neville Richard Prideaux,
William Brune Prideaux, and Thomas Prideaux, their
Infants and Children, and of Charles Prideaux and
Humphry Prideaux, Sons of the said Humphry Prideaux
and Jenny Prideaux, and John Gape Esquire and Betty
his Wife, praying Leave to bring in a Bill for the Purposes in the said Petition mentioned:
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby referred to the Lord Chief
Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Justice Nares,
who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in
the Bill, and after hearing them, are to report to the
House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties who
may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have
signed the Petition, and also that the Judges, having
perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Bp. Norwich et al. Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of the Right
Reverend Father in God Lewis Lord Bishop of Norwich, and others, praying Leave to bring in a private
Bill for the Purposes therein mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing and confirming an Agreement made between the Lord Bishop of Norwich and Jacob Preston
Esquire, for the Exchange of certain Estates in the
County of Norfolk."
Lewes to take the Name of Lloyd.
Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Bill,
intituled, "An Act to enable David Edward Lewes
Esquire, to take, use, and bear the Surname and
Arms of Lloyd, pursuant to the Will of Richard
Lloyd late of Werne Newith, in the County of Cardigan Esquire, deceased," stands committed, be revived
and meet on Tuesday next.
Colquhoun against Corbet.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein John Colquhoun
is Appellant and John Corbet Esquire is Respondent,
ex-parte, the Respondent not having put in his 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 after those already
appointed, unless the Respondent puts in his Answer
thereto in the mean time.
Carse against Colquhoun et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein James Carse
Esquire is Appellant, and John Colquhoun and others
are Respondents:"
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.
Brande's Naturalization Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Augustus Everard Brande:"
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. Steward.
D. Beaufort.
D. Bridgewater.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Ferrers.
E. Bathurst.
V. Stormont.
V. Sackville.
V. Howe. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Chedworth.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Rawdon.
L. Sydney.
L. Camelford. |
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.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, primum
diem Martii jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.