March 1785 1-10
DIE Martis, 1o Martii 1785.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Ds. Camden, Præses.
Comes Gower, C. P. S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Brandon.
Dux Portland.
Dux Bridgewater.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Montagu.
March. Buckingham.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchelsea & Nottingham.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Morton.
Comes Eglintoun.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Moray.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Balcarras.
Comes Breadalbane.
Comes Dunmore.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Cornwallis.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Northington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Talbot.
Comes Grosvenor.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Courtenay.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Osborne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Cardiff.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Brudenell.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Grantley.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Camelford.
Ds. Bulkeley.
Ds. Sommers. |
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
This Day Charles Henry Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth, and George Earl of Jersey took the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration; and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Huntingdon paving Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
paving, cleansing, and lighting the High Street, and
other Places within the Town of Huntingdon, and
for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
D. Beaufort.
D. Devonshire.
D. Queensberry.
D. Brandon.
D. Portland.
D. Bridgewater.
D. Northumberland.
D. Montagu.
M. Buckingham.
E. Derby.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Westmorland.
E. Peterborough & Monmouth.
E. Stamford.
E. Winchelsea & Nottingham.
E. Sandwich.
E. Carlisle.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Berkeley.
E. Rochford.
E. Coventry.
E. Jersey.
E. Morton.
E. Eglintoun.
E. Cassillis.
E. Moray.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Balcarras.
E. Breadalbane.
E. Dunmore.
E. Oxford & Mortimer.
E. Ferrers.
E. Tankerville.
E. Aylesford.
E. Sussex.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Waldegrave.
E. Effingham.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Cornwallis.
E. Fauconberg.
E. De la Warr.
E. Northington.
E. Radnor.
E. Chatham.
E. Bathurst.
E. Ailesbury.
E. Leicester.
E. Uxbridge.
E. Norwich.
E. Talbot.
E. Grosvenor.
V. Hereford.
V. Weymouth.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Wentworth.
V. Courtenay.
V. Sackville. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Worcester.
L. Bp. Chester.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Landaff.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Osborne.
L. Sydney.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Howard de Walden.
L. Craven.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Boyle.
L. Middleton.
L. Onslow & Cranley.
L. Sandys.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Stawell.
L. Grantham.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Digby.
L. Cardiff.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Harrowby.
L. Foley.
L. Loughborough.
L. Brudenell.
L. Walsingham.
L. Southampton.
L. Grantley.
L. Rawdon.
L. Camelford.
L. Bulkeley.
L. Sommers. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Rotherham 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
Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Third,
intituled, "An Act for amending and widening the
Road from the South End of the Town of Rotherham,
in the County of York, to the present Turnpike
Road near Pleasley, in the County of Derby, and
also the Road from the North End of the said Town
of Rotherham into the present Turnpike Road on the
East Side of Tankersley Park, in the said County of
York," so far as the same relates to the Road leading
from Rotherham aforesaid to the Turnpike Road near
Pleasley aforesaid," 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."
Doncaster Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act,
made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King
George the Third, intituled, "An Act for amending
and widening the Road from Tinsley, in the County
of York, to the Town of Doncaster, in the said
County," was committed.
Faversham 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 Faversham, the
Hundreds of Faversham and Boughton, and the several Parishes of Ospringe, Seasalter, and Whitstable,
in the County of Kent," was committed.
Van Hagen's Naturalization Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for naturalizing Frederick Hendrick Van Hagen,"
was committed.
Biddenden Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale also made the like Report from
the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for continuing an Act of the Sixth Year of
His present Majesty, for amending and widening the
Road from the Town of Biddenden, in the Weald of
Kent, through the Towns of Smarden and Charing,
to join the Turnpike Road which leads from Ashford
to Faversham, at a Place called Bound Gate," was
committed.
Marston Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enclosing and leasing or letting a certain Common
and certain Waste Grounds, lying within the Parish
of Marston Montgomery, in the County of Derby, and
applying the Profits thereof in Aid of the Poor's Rate,
and other Parochial Taxes of the said Parish." was
committed (fn. 1) .
Bolton Road Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
reviving, continuing, and enlarging the Term and
Powers of an Act, passed in the Third Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from a Place called Nightingales, in
the Township of Heath Charnock, to the Bridge at
the West End of the Town of Bolton in the Moors,
in the County Palatine of Lancaster."
Tamm's Naturalization Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Simon Tamm."
E.Clanricarde et al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable
Henry Smith de Burgh Earl of Clanricarde in the Kingdom of Ireland, the Reverend Harry Lee Doctor in
Divinity, Warden and the Scholars Clerks of Saint
Mary College of Winchester near Winchester in the
County of Southampton, and Robert Pope Blachford of
Osborne in the Isle of Wight in the said County Esquire;
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
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.
Wharton Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of John Wharton Esquire,
on Behalf of himself and his instant Son Anthony Wharton; 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 Mr. Justice Gould
and Mr. Baron Perryn, 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.
Borret et Ux. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Borrett of
Shoreham in the County of Kent Esquire, and Martha
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. Baron
Perryn, 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.
Sir James Nasmyth against Samson.
A Petition of Sir James Nasmyth (fn. 2) Baronet, Appellant
in a Cause depending in this House, to which John Samson is Respondent, was presented and read, setting forth,
That this Cause was only set down for Hearing on
Wednesday the 16th of February last: That from
so many Causes which stood in the Paper before it
being put off, the same will stand for Hearing in
Course on Monday next: That the Petitioner's Scotch
Counsel, who is engaged to argue this Cause, is now
engaged in the Court of Session, but will be in London at the ending of the Term of the said Court:
That as the necessary Papers are not arrived from
Scotland, the Appellant cannot be prepared for the
Hearing in so short a Time, and as no Inconveniency
can arise to either Party for a few Weeks Delay;"
the Petitioner humbly prays their Lordships, "To put
off the Hearing of this Cause to Friday the 18th Day
of March instant, or such other Day in the present
Session, as to their Lordships shall seem proper."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides, were called
in and heard at the Bar;
And being withdrawn:
Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause be
put off to Friday the 18th Day of this instant March,
as desired.
Wilkinson against Douglas:
Upon reading the Petition of William Douglas, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein Joshua Wilkinson the Younger is Plaintiff:
Brantingham against Collins.
Also upon reading the Petition of John Collins, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein Thomas Brantingham is Plaintiff, setting forth,
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:"
Writ of Error Non-pros'd with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioners do forth with 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 for their
Costs, by Reason of the Delay of the Execution of the
said Judgements.
Spynie Claim of Peerage, Committee to meet.
Upon reading the Petition of William Fullarton Esquire,
claiming the Title, Honour and Dignity of Lord Spynie,
setting forth, "That the Petitioner's printed Cases on
this Claim of Peerage being now on their Lordships'
Table;" the Petitioner humbly prays that their Lordships
will be pleased to order, "That the Lords Committees
for Privileges do meet to consider of the said Claim on
Tuesday the 15th Day of this instant March, or such
other Day as their Lordships shall please to appoint:"
It is Ordered, That the Lords Committees for Privileges do meet to consider the said Claim on Tuesday
the 15th Day of this instant March, as desired; and
that Notice thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney
General, and the Lord Advocate for Scotland.
King's Bench Prison, Debtors Petition.
Upon reading the Petition of the unfortunate Persons
confined for Debt in the Prison of the King's Bench,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed, setting forth,
That the Petitioners having long suffered the Miseries
of Imprisonment, and many amongst them who have
been thus cut off from the Benefits of Society and
the Exercise of their Occupations during a Course of
Years, are by this dreadful Addition to their former
Misfortunes, reduced to the Extremities of Indigence,
and with their numerous Families involved in the
deepest Distress; that very Few of the great Number
of Prisoners who were burnt out of this and other
Prisons could obtain the Benefit of the Act in 1781,
so that no effectual Relief has been afforded Insolvent
Debtors since 1778;" and therefore humbly supplicating their Lordships, "To take their unhappy Case
into their humane Consideration, and most earnestly
implore such speedy Relief as in their Lordships' great
Wisdom may seem expedient:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Bp. Hereford's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable
and Right Reverend Father in God, James by Divine
Permission Lord Bishop of Hereford, Lord of the Manor
of Eastnor in the County of Hereford, 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 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.
East India Company, Motion touching Affairs of, negatived.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to
be summoned:
It was moved, "That the 37th Clause of the Act of
last Session for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the East India Company might
be read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Then it was moved to resolve, "That the large Sums
of Money claimed to be due to British Subjects by
the Nabob of Arcot, ought not to be put into a Course
of Payment without a previous Investigation into the
Origin and Justice of the respective Demands, whereby the several Claimants of Debts contracted against
the Orders of the East India Company may be obliged
to set forth and prove the Grounds and Considerations of their respective Debts; and that such Debts
ought not to be discharged while the large Sums due
from the Nabob of Arcot are unpaid to the East India
Company, which now is indebted to the Public in a
Sum of at least Nine Hundred Thousand Pounds, for
Customs postponed."
Then it was moved, "That the Motion made on the
18th of February last, and the Proceedings thereupon,
might be read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
And the said Resolution being objected to;
After long Debate,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
secundum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 2o Martii 1785.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Ferrers.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Hawke. |
PRAYERS.
Bruce against Cleghorns:
This Day being appointed for hearing the Cause
upon the amended Appeal of William Bruce late
Shipmaster in Dundee, complaining of an Interlocutor of
the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 5th of August
1777, and also of Two Interlocutors of the said Lord
Ordinary of the 22d of November 1777, and 19th of
June 1778, adhering thereto; and also of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session there, of the 2d and
18th of February 1779; and also of another Interlocutor
of the said Lord Ordinary, of the 14th of November
1781; and praying, "That the same might be reversed,
varied, or altered, or that the Appellant might have
such other Relief in the Premises as to this House,
in their Lordships' great Wisdom, should seem meet;"
to which Appeal Robert Cleghorn and Alexander Cleghorn Bakers in Leith are Respondents:
Counsel appeared for the said Respondents; but none
appearing for the Appellant, and the Respondents' Counsel having prayed an Affirmance of the said several 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 Appeal be and is hereby dismissed this House; and
that the said several Interlocutors therein complained of,
be and the same are hereby affirmed: And it is further
Ordered, That the Appellant do pay or cause to be paid
to the said Respondents, the Sum of Twenty Pounds for
their Costs, in respect of the said Appeal.
Marston Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enclosing and leasing or letting a certain Common
and certain Waste Grounds lying within the Parish
of Marston Montgomery in the County of Derby, and
applying the Profits thereof in Aid of the Poors' Rate
and other Parochial Taxes of the said Parish."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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E. Sandwich.
E. Abercorn.
E. Ferrers.
V. Sackville. |
L. Bp. Bangor. |
L. Scarsdale.
L. Hawke. |
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.
Rotherham Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, made in
the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the
Third, intituled, "An Act for amending and widening the Road from the South End of the Town of
Rotherham, in the County of York, to the present
Turnpike Road near Pleasley, in the County of Derby,
and also the Road from the North End of the said
Town of Rotherham into the present Turnpike Road
on the East Side of Tankersley Park, in the said
County of York," so far as the same relates to the Road
leading from Rotherham aforesaid to the Turnpike
Road near Pleasley aforesaid."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Doncaster Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, made in
the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the
Third, intituled, "An Act for amending and widening the Road from Tinsley in the County of York,
to the Town of Doncaster in the said County."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Faversham Small Debts Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts
within the Town and Port of Faversham, the Hundreds of Faversham and Boughton, and the several
Parishes of Ospringe, Seasalter, and Whitstable, in the
County of Kent."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Biddenden Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing an Act of the Sixth Year of His present
Majesty, for amending and widening the Road from
the Town of Biddenden in the Weald of Kent, through
the Towns of Smarden and Charing, to join the Turnpike Road which leads from Ashford to Feversham at
a Place called Bound Gate."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Van Hagen's Naturalization Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
Naturalizing Frederick Hendrick Van Hagen."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Five preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr.Pepys and Mr. Thompson:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Tamm's Naturalization Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
Naturalizing Simon Tamm."
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
Friday next, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Freeland against Greenway:
Upon reading the Petition of Martha Greenway Spinster, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this
House, wherein Robert Freeland is Plaintiff, setting forth,
That the Plaintiff has not assigned Errors within the
Time limited by their Lordships' Standing Order;"
and therefore praying their Lordships, "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.
E. Hopetoun against Glove et al.
The House being informed, "That Martha Grove
and others, Respondents to the Appeal of James Earl
of Hopetoun, had not put in their Answer to the said
Appeal, though duly served with the Order of this
House for that Purpose:"
And thereupon an Affidavit of James Young Clerk, of
the due Service of the said Order, being read:
Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in their
Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
quartum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 4o Martii 1785.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Exon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Gower.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sommers. |
PRAYERS.
Jones et al. against Morgan.
The Answer of Charles Morgan Esquire, to the Cross
Appeal of William Jones Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife
and others, was this Day brought in.
E. Inchiquia against Fitzmaurices.
After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause, wherein
the Right Honourable Morough O'Bryan Earl of Inchiquin in the Kingdom of Ireland is Appellant, and the
Honourable Thomas Fitzmaurice and Lady Mary his
Wife, and John Hamilton Fitzmaurice, are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off to Monday next, and that the Counsel
be called in at Two o'Clock; and that the Cause which
stands for Monday next, be put off to Wednesday next;
and that the rest of the Causes on Cause Days be removed in Course.
Marston Enclosure Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enclosing and leasing or letting a certain Common and
certain Waste Grounds, lying within the Parish of
Marston Montgomery in the County of Derby, and
applying the Profits thereof in Aid of the Poor's Rate
and other Parochial Taxes of the said Parish," 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."
Tamm's Naturalization Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Naturalizing Simon Tamm," 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."
Huntingdon Paving Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for paving, cleansing, and lighting the High
Street and other Places within the Town of Huntingdon, and for removing and preventing Nuisances and
Annoyances therein," was committed.
Bolton Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
reviving, continuing, and enlarging the Term and Powers
of an Act passed in the Third Year of the reign of
His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the
Road from a Place called Nightingales, in the Township of Heath Charnock, to the Bridge at the West
End of the Town of Bolton in the Moors, in the
County Palatine of Lancaster."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Carlisle.
E. Abercorn.
E. Ferrers.
E. Aylesford.
E. Gower.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Sackville. |
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Sydney.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Vernon.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Loughborough.
L. Rawdon.
L. Sommers. |
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.
Johnston against Tenant and Gray:
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Andrew
Johnston, John Chalmers, and William Gray Senior, Baillies, and Sir John Anstruther Baronet, Philip Anstruther Paterson Esquire, Andrew Johnston of Pitkeirie, Gavin Hogg, Andrew Dickieson, John Caithness, James Mercer, Thomas Ballardie, James Westwater, Robert Young,
Andrew Innes, and Archibald Brown, Counsellors of the
Borough of Anstruther Easter; complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland of the 25th
of February 1785; 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 Alexander Tenant and William
Gray Senior, may be required to answer the said
Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Alexander Tenant and
William Gray 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 1st Day of April
next; and Service of this Order upon the known Counsel or Agents of the said Respondents in the Court of
Session in Scotland shall be deemed good Service.
Ross to enter into Recognizance on said Appeal.
The House being moved, "That William Ross of
Lincoln's Inn Gentleman may be permitted to enter
into a Recognizance for Andrew Johnston and others,
on account of their Appeal depending in this House,
they living in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said William Ross may enter
into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as desired.
Bp. Bangor et al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of the Right Reverend
John Lord Bishop of Bangor, and the Right Honourable
Thomas Lord Bulkeley Baron of Beaumaris, Sir Hugh
Williams Baronet, John Bodycham Sparrow Esquire,
(Mayor of the Town and Liberties of Beaumaris) Hugh
Griffiths Esquire, William Lewis Esquire, Paul Panton
Esquire, John Lewis Esquire, John Hampton Jones
Esquire, and the Reverend Richard Williams Clerk,
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 Buller, 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.
The Lord Sydney (by His Majesty's Command) laid
before the House,
Trade and Plantations, Report of Committee of Council, delivered.
"Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council
appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating
to Trade and foreign Plantations, upon the Two Questions referred to them by His Majesty's Order in Council of the 14th of January last;" (videlicet)
1. "Upon the Propriety of reducing the Duties payable in Great Britain on the Importation of Goods
the Growth and Manufacture of Ireland, to the same
Rate as the Duties payable in Ireland on the Importation of the like Goods the Growth and Manufacture of
Great Britain."
2. "What Preferences are now given to the Importation of any Article the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Ireland, by any Duty or Prohibition on the
Importation, Use, or Sale of the like Articles from
Foreign Parts; and how far it may be the Interest of
Great Britain in future to continue or alter the same."
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the Table.
The Lord Sydney also (by His Majesty's Command)
laid before the House;
"Accounts annexed to the Report by Way of Appendix;" together with a List thereof.
Which was read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)
1. "Account of Quantities and Species of Goods imported into Ireland from foreign Parts, for Seven
Years ended 25th March 1783, distinguishing each
Year."
2. "Account of the Export Trade of Ireland to foreign Parts for Seven Years, ending the 25th of March
1783, each Year distinguished."
3."Printed Account of the Imports into Ireland from
Africa and America for Five Years, ending 25th of
March 1784, distinguishing the Quantities and Rates
of Values, with the Rates of Duties in the last Year."
4."Printed Account of the Exports from Ireland to
Africa and America for Five Years, ending 25th of
March 1784, distinguishing the Quantities and Rates
of Values, with the Rates of Duties in the last Year."
5."Printed Account of the Imports and Exports between that Part of Great Britain called England, and
Ireland for Five Years, ending at Christmas 1783;
being the latest Period to which the same can be completed, distinguishing each Year, and the several Articles."
6."Account of the Quantity of raw and thrown Silk
imported into the Kingdom of Ireland for Ten Years,
ending the 25th March 1783, each Year distinguished."
7."Account of the Quantity of wrought Silk, including Silk, Gauze, and Ribbands imported into the
Kingdom of Ireland for Ten Years, ended the 25th
March 1783."
8."Account of the Value of Silk and Worsted, Silk
and Inkle, Silk and Cotton, mixed Manufacture,
imported into the Kingdom of Ireland for Ten Years,
ended the 25th March 1783, each Year distinguished."
9. "Account of the Amount in Value of the Growth,
Produce, and Manufacture of Ireland, exported to
Great Britain, the British Colonies and Plantations,
and the rest of the World; also the Amount in Value
of the Imports from each for Ten Years, ending 25th
March 1783, distinguishing each Year."
10."Account of the Amount in Value of all Goods
exported from Ireland to Great Britain, the British
Colonies and Plantations, and the rest of the World;
also the Amount in Value of the Imports from each for
Ten Years, ending the 25th March 1782, distinguishing each Year."
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie on the
Table.
Coke Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Thomas
William Coke of Holkham in the County of Norfolk
Esquire, 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
vesting certain Estates in the Counties of Kent and
Somerset and in the City of London, devised by the
Will of Thomas late Earl of Leicester, deceased, in
Trustees to be sold; and for laying out the Money
arising therefrom in the Purchase of other Estates,
situate in the County of Norfolk, to be settled to the
same Uses."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
septimum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 7o Martii 1785.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Portland.
Comes Winchelsea & Nottingham.
Comes Morton.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Moray.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Dunmore.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Northington.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Grosvenor.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Howe. |
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Sommers. |
PRAYERS.
E. Inchiquin against Fitzmaurice.
After hearing Counsel further in the Cause, wherein
the Right Honourable Morough O'Bryen Earl of Inchiquin in the Kingdom of Ireland is Appellant, and the
Honourable Thomas Fitzmaurice and Lady Mary his
Wife and John Hamilton Fitzmaurice are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off till To-morrow.
Bolton Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
reviving, continuing, and enlarging the Term and
Powers of an Act passed in the Third Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from a Place called Nightingales in
the Township of Heath Charnock, to the Bridge at the
West End of the Town of Bolton in the Moors, in the
County Palatine of Lancaster," 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."
Coke's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting certain Estates in the Counties of Kent and
Somerset and in the City of London, devised by the
Will of Thomas late Earl of Leicester, deceased, in
Trustees to be sold, and for laying out the Money
arising therefrom, in the Purchase of other Estates,
situate in the County of Norfolk, to be settled to the
same Uses."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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D. Portland.
E. Winchelsea & Nottingham.
E. Morton.
E. Cassillis.
E. Moray.
E. Abercorn.
E. Dunmore.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Northington.
E. Spencer.
E. Bathurst.
E. Clarendon.
E. Grosvenor.
V. Stormont.
V. Howe. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Bangor. |
L. Scarsdale.
L. Amherst.
L. Harrowby.
L. Loughborough.
L. Sommers. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Tuesday the 22d Day of this Instant March,
at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's
Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Gammill against Wright.
Upon reading the Petition of James Gammill, Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, and of George
Wright Respondent thereto; setting forth, "That this
Cause stands for hearing in Course on Friday next:
That it has been brought thus forward, by other
Causes being postponed or withdrawn, while the Parties have not received the necessary Papers from Scotland;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "To
delay the hearing of this Cause, till the Second Cause
Day after the Recess at Easter:"
It is Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause
be put off to the Second Cause Day after the Recess at
Easter, as desired.
Mansfield Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord George Cavendish and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the
Term and Powers of an Act, passed in the Fourth
Year of the Reign, of His present Majesty, King
George the Third, intituled, "An Act for repairing,
and widening the Road from Derby to Mansfield in
the County of Nottingham, and several other Roads
therein mentioned;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
De Luc's Naturalization Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir George Howard and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
John Andrew De Luc;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
South Cave Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Smith and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open Common Fields, Common or Stinted Pastures, Wolds, Ings, Sands, Meadow Lands, and
Waste Grounds, within the Township of South Cave
in the East Riding of the County of York;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Mercers Company Accounts delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Cawne from
the Mercers Company attended:"
He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to Acts of Parliament;
The Accounts of the Wardens and Commonalty
of the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London, from
the 10th of October 1783, to the 10th of October
1784, directed to be laid before each House of Parliament, by Two Acts, One of the Twenty first Year
of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the
Second intituled, "An Act for the Relief of the
Annuitants of the Wardens and Commonalty of the
Mystery of Mercers of the City of London;" and
the other of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty King George the Third, intituled,
An Act for the Relief of the Bond and other Creditors, of the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery
of Mercers of the City of London."
And then he withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie on the Table.
Trade and Plantations, Report relative to be printed.
Ordered, That a sufficient Number of Copies of
the Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council,
appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating
to Trade and Foreign Plantations, together with the
Accounts annexed by Way of Appendix, delivered to
this House on the 4th instant, be printed.
Patersons against Broomfield.
Upon reading the Petition of Stephen Broomfield, Respondent in a Cause depending in this House, to which
Ann Paterson and her Husband are Appellants, setting
forth, "That so many Causes which stood for Hearing
before this, have been delayed and postponed, that the
Hearing thereof comes on sooner than was apprehended, the Petitioner humbly hopes that their Lordships will indulge him with a few Days Delay;" and
therefore humbly prays, "That the Hearing thereof
may be postponed till this Day Sev'night, the Agent
for the said Appellant having signed the said Petition
as consenting thereto:"
It is Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause
be put off to Monday the 14th Day of March next, as
desired.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, octavum
diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis
sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 8o Martii 1785.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Gower, C. P. S.
Dux Portland.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Moray.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Beaulieu.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Loughborough. |
PRAYERS.
Gordon against Gordon et al.
The Answer of Janet Gordon and others, to the Appeal of George Alexander Gordon, was this Day brought
in.
Innes against Duff.
As was also the Answer of James Duff, Sheriff
Clerk of Banff, to the Appeal of Alexander Innes of
Breda.
E. Inchiquin against Fitzmaurice.
After hearing Counsel further in the Cause, wherein
the Right Honourable Morough O'Bryen Earl of Inchiquin in the Kingdom of Ireland is Appellant, and the
Honourable Thomas Fitzmaurice and Lady Mary his
Wife and John Hamilton Fitzmaurice are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further Consideration of the
said Cause be put off to Friday next.
Tamm's Naturalization Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
naturalizing Simon Tamm."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Marston Enclosure Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
enclosing, and leasing, or letting a certain Common,
and certain Waste Grounds, lying within the Parish
of Marston Montgomery in the County of Derby, and
applying the Profits thereof in Aid of the Poor's
Rate, and other Parochial Taxes of the said Parish."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Bolton Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
reviving, continuing, and enlarging the Term and
Powers of an Act, passed in the Third Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing, and widening the Road from a Place called Nightingales in the
Township of Heath Charnock, to the Bridge at the West
End of the Town of Bolton in the Moors, in the County Palatine of Lancaster."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Huntingdon Paving Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
paving, cleansing, and lighting the High Street and
other Places, within the Town of Huntingdon, and
for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Four preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Holford and Mr. Anguish:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
De Luc's Naturalization Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing John Andrew de Luc."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following :
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Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Portland.
D. Bridgewater.
E. Coventry.
E. Moray.
E. Abercorn.
E. Ferrers.
E. Spencer.
E. Bathurst.
E. Clarendon.
E. Beaulieu.
V. Stormont.
V. Sackville. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Chester.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Sydney.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Hawke.
L. Loughborough. |
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.
Mansfield Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, passed in
the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for repairing, and widening the Road from Derby to Mansfield in the County of Nottingham, and several other
Roads 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
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn
as they please.
South Cave Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the several Open Common
Fields, Common or Stinted Pastures, Wolds, Ings,
Sands, Meadow Lands, and Waste Grounds, within
the Township of South Cave in the East Riding of
the County of York."
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.
E. Beaulieu introduced:
Edward Lord Beaulieu being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Eighth Day of July, in the Twenty-fifth (fn. 3)
Year of His present Majesty, created Earl Beaulieu, was (in
his Robes) introduced between the Earl of Coventry and
the Earl of Abercorn (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms,
and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain 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 right
well-beloved Cousin, Edward Earl Beaulieu, 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 Eighth Day
of July, in the Twenty-fourth 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 Earl's
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Callington Roads Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Call and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing
the Term of an Act, passed in the Fourth Year of
the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, " An
Act for repairing and widening several Roads leading from Callington in the County of Cornwall, and
for widening and repairing the Road leading from
Bushford to Beal's Mill in the Parish of Stoke Climsland, and also the Road from Penterscross in the Parish of Pillaton, to a Place called the Fighting Cocks
in the Parish of Botes Fleming, all in the said County;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
A shill Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir John Wodehouse and others:
With a Bill, intituled, " An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing, the Common Fields, Half-Year
or Shack Lands, Commons, and Waste Grounds,
within the Parish of Ashill, in the County of Norsolk;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
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 Sydney 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 sit 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 continuing and
granting to His Majesty certain Duties upon Malt,
Mum, Cyder and Perry for the Service of the Year
One thousand Seven hundred and eighty-five." " An
Act for the Regulation of His Majesty's Marine Forces
while on Shore." "An Act for Confining for a
limited Time the Trade between the Ports of the
United States of America, and His Majesty's Subjects
in the Island of Newfoundland to Bread, Flour, and
Live Stock, to be imported in none but British built
Ships actually belonging to British Subjects and navigated according to Law, clearing out from the
Ports of His Majesty's European Dominions and furnished with a Licence according to the Form hereunto annexed." " An Act for the more easy and
speedy Recovery of small Debts within the Town
and Port of Faversham, the Hundreds of Faversham
and Boughton, and the several Parishes of Ospringe,
Seasalter, and Whitstable, in the County of Kent."
An Act to continue the Term and alter and enlarge
the Powers of an Act made in the Seventh Year of
His present Majesty's Reign to repair and widen the
Roads from Whitchurch in the County of Salop
to the Turnpike Road between Nantwich in the
County of Chester, and Newcastle-under-Lyne, and
from Hinstock to Nantwich aforesaid." "An Act
for continuing the Term and Powers of an Act made
in the Fourth Year of His present Majesty's Reign
for repairing several Roads leading from the Buck's
Head at Watling Street to Beckbury, and the New
Inn, and from the Birches Brook to the Hand Post in
the Parish of Kemberton in the County of Salop, and
for making the same more effectual." "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in
the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the
Third, intituled, " An Act for amending and widening the Road from the South End of the Town of
Rotherham in the County of York, to the present
Turnpike Road near Pleasley in the County of Derby;
and also the Road from the North End of the said
Town of Rotherham into the present Turnpike Road
on the East Side of Tankersley Park in the said County of York," so far as the same relates to the Road leading from Rotherham aforesaid to the Turnpike Road
near Pleasley aforesaid." "An act for enlarging
the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Fourth
Year of the Reign of King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for amending and widening the
Road from Tinsley in the County of York to the
Town of Doncaster in the said County." "An Act
for continuing an Act of the Sixth Year of His present Majesty, for amending and widening the Road
from the Town of Biddenden in the Weald of Kent,
through the Towns of Smarden and Charing, to join
the Turnpike Road which leads from Ashford to Feversham at a Place called Bound Gate." "An Act to
enable William Lucas Holden to take and use the Surname of Rose" "An Act for Naturalizing Charles
Frederick Wiple." "An Act for Naturalizing Frederick Hendrick Van Hagen." 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 Our most dear Son and Our faithful Counsellor George Prince of Wales ; the most Reverend Father in God, Our right trusty and well-bebeloved Counsellor John 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
well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor Granville Earl
Gower, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right
trusty and right entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our
Household; Charles Duke of Richmond; George Duke
of Montagu, Master of Our Horse; Our right trusty
and right well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors James
Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household;
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, Groom of Our Stole; Richard Viscount Howe, First Commissioner of Our Admiralty ;
and Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellors
Francis Lord Osborne, one of Our principal Secretaries of State; and Thomas Lord Sydney, one other of
Our principal Secretaries of State; 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 Eighth
Day of March, in the Twenty-fifth Year of
Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
In obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by
virtue of the Commission which has been now read,
We do declare and notify to you the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled, That His Majesty hath given His Royal Assent
to the several Acts in the Commission mentioned, and
the Clerks are required to pass the same in the usual
Form and Words."
Then the Clerk Assistant having received the Money
Bill from the Hands of the Speaker, brought it to the
Table where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the
Title of that, and the other Bills, to be passed, severally,
as follow; (videlicet)
1. "An Act for continuing and granting to His Majesty
certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder, and Perry,
for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five."
To this Bill the Royal Assent was pronounced by the
Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)
"Le Roy remercie ses bon Sujets, accepte leur
Benevolence, et ainsi le veult."
2. "An Act for the Regulation of His Majesty's
Marine Forces while on Shore."
3. "An Act for confining for a limited Time the
Trade between the Ports of the United States of
America and His Majesty's Subjects in the Istand of
Newfoundland, to Bread, Flour, and Live Stock to
be imported in none but British built Ships, actually
belonging to British Subjects, and navigated according
to Law, clearing out from the Ports of His Majesty's
European Dominions, and furnished with a Licence
according to the Form hereunto annexed."
4. "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery
of small Debts within the Town and Port of Faversham, the Hundreds of Faversham and Boughton, and
the several Parishes of Ospringe, Seasalter, and Whitstable, in the County of Kent."
5. "An Act to continue the Term and alter and
enlarge the Powers of an Act made in the Seventh
Year of His Present Majesty's Reign, to repair and
widen the Roads from Whitchurch, in the County of
Salop, to the Turnpike Road between Nantwich, in
the County of Chester, and Newcastle-under-Lyne,
and from Hinstock to Nantwich aforesaid."
6. "An Act for continuing the Term and Powers
of an Act made in the Fourth Year of His present
Majesty's Reign, for repairing several Roads leading
from the Buck's Head at Watling Street to Beckbury
and the New-Inn, and from the Birches Brook to the
Hand Post in the Parish of Kemberton, in the County
of Salop, and for making the same more effectual."
7. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
of an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of
King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for
amending and widening the Road from the South
End of the Town of Rotherham in the County of
York, to the present Turnpike Road near Pleasley, in
the County of Derby, and also the Road from the
North End of the said Town of Rotherham into the
present Turnpike Road on the East Side of Tankersley Park in the said County of York," so far as the
same relates to the Road leading from Rotherham
aforesaid, to the Turnpike Road near Pleasley aforesaid."
8. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of
King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for
amending and widening the Road from Tinsley, in
the County of York, to the Town of Doncaster, in
the said County."
9. "An Act for continuing an Act of the Sixth Year
of His present Majesty, for amending and widening
the Road from the Town of Biddenden in the Weald
of Kent, through the Towns of Smarden and Charing,
to join the Turnpike Road which leads from Ashford
to Feversham, at a Place called Bound Gate."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these words; (videlicet)
"Le Roy le veult."
10. "An Act to enable William Lucas Holden to take
and use the Surname of Rose."
11. "An Act for Naturalizing Charles Frederick
Wiple."
12. "An Act for Naturalizing Frederick Hendrick
Van Hagen."
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.
Innes against Duff.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Alexander Innes
is Appellant, and James Duff 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 after the Recess at
Easter.
Gordon against Gordon et al.
The House being moved, " That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein George Alexander Gordon is Appellant, and Janet Gordon 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 after the Recess at
Easter.
Land Tax Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Gilbert and others:
With a Bill intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid
to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great
Britain, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-five;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Fleet Prison Debtors' Petition.
Upon reading the Petition of the unfortunate Debtors
consined in His Majesty's Prison of the Fleet, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed, setting forth, "That
the Petitioners having endured a very long Imprisonment, (many of whom being in their fourth Year,) and
in Consequence thereof are reduced to extreme Distress and Indigence, do submissively throw themselves
at their Lordships' Feet, to implore such Relief as the
Wisdom and Humanity of their Lordships may judge
expedient:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
nonum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 9o Martii 1785.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Portland.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Spencer.
Viscount Wentworth. |
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Sommers. |
PRAYERS.
Campbell against Walsh et al.
The Answer of John Walsh and others, Creditors of
the York Buildings Company, to the Appeal of Walter
Campbell of Shawfield Esquire was this Day brought in.
E. Hopetoun against Grove et. al.
As was also the Answer of Mrs. Martha Grove and
others, Creditors of the York Buildings Company, to
the Appeal of James Earl of Hopetoun.
South Cave Enclosure Bill.
The Earl Spencer reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill intituled, "An Act for dividing
and enclosing the several Open Common Fields, Common or Stinted Pastures, Wolds, Ings, Sands, Meadow Lands, and Waste Grounds within the Township of South Cave in the East Riding of the County
of York," 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."
Mansfield Road Bill.
The Earl Spencer also reported from the Lords Committes, to whom the Bill intituled, " An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the
Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King
George the Third, intituled, An Act for repairing and
widening the Road from Derby to Mansfield, in the
County of Nottingham, and several other Roads therein
mentioned," 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."
Land Tax Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, " An Act for
granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be
raised in Great Britain for the Service of the Year
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five."
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.
Ashill Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Common Fields,
Half Year or Shack Lands, Commons and Waste
Grounds within the Parish of Ashill in the County of
Norfolk."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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D. Portland.
E. Cassillis.
E. Spencer.
V. Wentworth. |
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Howard de Walden.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Amherst.
L. Sommers. |
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.
Callington Roads Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term of an Act passed in the Fourth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An
Act for repairing and widening several Roads leading
from Callington in the County of Cornwall, and for widening and repairing the Road leading from Bushford
to Beal's Mill in the Parish of Stoke Climsland; and
also the Road from Ponterscross in the Parish of Pillaton, to a Place called the Fighting Cocks in the
Parish of Botes Fleming, all 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.
E. Hopetoun against Grove et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein James Earl of
Hopetoun is Appellant, and Mrs. Martha Grove and
others are Respondents:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar, on Wednesday the 16th Day
of this Instant March.
McInnes against Moir.
The House being moved, " That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein Janet McInnes
is Appellant, and Alexander Moir 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 after the Recess
at Easter.
Sir H. Munro against Forbes et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein Sir Hector
Munro and others are Appellants, and Robert Forbes
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, after the Recess
at Easter.
Campbell against Walsh et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein Walter Campbell Esquire is Appellant, and John Walsh 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, after the Recess at Easter.
Orphans' Fund, &c. Accounts delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Montague,
from the Chamberlain's Office, attended:"
He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to Acts of Parliament,
An Account of the Surplus of the Fund for the
Relief of the Orphans, and other Creditors, of the
City of London, on the 5th Day of July 1784."
"An Account of Money received and paid by the
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance of
an Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the said City to purchase the present Tolls
and Duties payable for navigating upon the River
Thames, and for laying a small Toll in Lieu thereof,
from the 28th September 1783 exclusive, to the 28th
September 1784 inclusive."
An Account of Money received and paid by the
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance of
an Act for making a Street or Opening from Moorfields to Bishopgate Street, from the 28th September
1783 exclusive, to the 28th September 1784 inclusive."
An Account of Money received and paid by the
Chamberlain of the City of London, for building and
compleating Blackfriars Bridge, from the 28th Day
of September 1783 exclusive, to the 18th December
1784 inclusive."
An Account of Money received and paid by the
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance of
an Act for making, enlarging, amending, and cleansing the Vaults, Drains, and Sewers within the said
City and Liberties thereof; and for paving, cleansing, and enlightening the Streets, Lanes, &c. within
the said City and Liberty, from the 28th Day of
September 1783 exclusive, to the 28th September 1784
inclusive."
An Account of Money received and paid by the
Chamberlain of the City of London, for embanking
Part of the North Side of the River Thames; and for
lighting, watching, cleansing, and repairing Blackfriars Bridge, from the 28th September 1783 exclusive, to the 28th September 1784 inclusive."
An Account of Money received and paid by the
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance of
Three Acts for rebuilding His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate within the said City, from the 16th March 1784
exclusive, to the 26th January 1785 inclusive."
And then he withdrew.
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,
undecimum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.