March 1789 1-10
DIE Lunæ, 2o Martii 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Duresm.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Glocestr. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Alban's.
Dux Brandon.
Comes Salisbury,
Camerarius.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Morton.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Moray.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Selkirk.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Abergavenny.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Strange.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Leicester.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley &
Ward.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. King.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Cardiff.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Eliot.
Ds. Grey de Wilton.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Dover. |
PRAYERS.
V. Dudley & Ward takes his Seat:
This Day William Viscount Dudley and Ward sat first
in Parliament after the Death of his Brother John Viscount Dudley and Ward; his Lordship having first at the
Table taken the Oaths, and made and subscribed the
Declaration; and also taken and subscribed the Oath of
Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
V. Leinster takes the Oaths.
This Day Robert Lord Viscount Leinster took the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration; and
also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant
to the Statutes.
Bradley Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Lord George Cavendish and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing certain Ings or Meadow Ground, called
Bradley Ings, and Two Moors or Commons, called
Upper Bradley Common and Lower Bradley Common,
within the Manor of Bradley, in the Parish of Kildwick, in the West Riding of the County of York;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Forehoe Poor Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hobart and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
carrying into Execution the Purposes of certain Acts of
the Sixteenth and Twenty-third Years of the Reign of
His present Majesty, for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor within the Hundred of Forehoe,
in the County of Norfolk;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
East India Company's Accounts of Revenues and Charges delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Morton from
the Directors of the East India Company attended:"
He was called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to the Directions of an Act of the Twenty-eighth Year
of His present Majesty,
No. 1. "An Account (made up according to the
latest Advices) of the Annual Produce of the Revenues
of Bengal, and of the Annual Charges at the said Presidency, distinguishing the same under the several
Heads thereof."
2. "An Account (made up according to the latest
Advices) of the Annual Produce of the Revenues of
Fort St. George, and of the Annual Charges at the
said Presidency, distinguishing the same under the
several Heads thereof."
3. "An Account (made up according to the latest
Advices) of the Annual Produce of the Revenues of
Bombay, and of the Annual Charges at the said Presidency, distinguishing the same under the several Heads
thereof."
4. "An Account (made up according to the latest
Advices) of the Annual Produce of the Revenues of
Fort Malbro', and of the Annual Charges at the said
Presidency, distinguishing the same under the several
Heads thereof."
5. "Amount of the Bond and other Debts owing
by the East India Company at their several Presidencies in the East Indies, according to the latest Advices, the Rate of Interest which such Debts carry,
and the Annual Amount of such Interest;" together
with a List thereof.
And then he withdrew.
And the said List being read by the Clerk:
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie on the Table.
Hallett's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of William Hallett of Farringdon, in the County of Berks, 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. Baron Hotham,
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.
Scott against Seton's Creditors:
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Walter Scott,
Writer to the Signet, complaining of Two Interlocutors
of the Lords of Session in Scotland of the 9th of July
and 27th of November 1788, and also of an Interlocutor
of the Lord Ordinary there of the 27th of February last;
and praying, "That the same may be reversed, varied,
or altered, or that the Appellant may have such Relief in the Premises, as to this House, in their Lordships
great Wisdom, shall seem proper; and that the objecting Creditors of Hugh Seton of Touch may be required
to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said objecting Creditors
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 30th Day of this Instant March;
and Service of this Order upon the said Respondents, or
upon the Common Agent appointed by them who carried on the Process before the said Court of Session in
Scotland, shall be deemed good Service.
Spottiswoode to enter into Recognizance on said Appeal.
The House being moved, "That John Spottiswoode of
Sackville Street, Gentleman, may be permitted to
enter into a Recognizance for Walter Scott, Writer
to the Signet, on account of his Appeal depending in
this House, he living in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Spottiswoode may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as
desired.
Regency Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
again put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled,
"An Act to provide for the Care of His Majesty's
Royal Person, and for the Administration of the Royal
Authority during the Continuance of His Majesty's
Illness;" and for the Lords to be summoned:
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the House be again put into a Committee upon the said Bill on Thursday next; and that
the Lords be summoned.
Sheridan's Divorce Bill.
Ordered, That the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Fortick Sheridan Esquire, with Lydia Fergussone 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 Friday next; and the Lords
summoned; and that the several Persons who were
ordered to attend on that Day, do then attend.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, quintum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 5o Martii 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux York.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Montagu.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Morton.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Abergavenny.
Comes Uxbridge.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley &
Ward.
Viscount Hampden.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Osborne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Cardiff.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Eliot.
Ds. Bulkeley.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Dover.
Ds. Malmesbury. |
PRAYERS.
Scott against Creditors of H. Seton.
The Answer of the objecting Creditors of Hugh Seton
of Touch, and of James Bremner, Common Agent in the
ranking of said Creditors to the Appeal of Walter Scott,
Writer to the Signet, was this Day brought in.
Bradley Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Ings or Meadow Ground
called Bradley Ings, and Two Moors or Commons
called Upper Bradley Common and Lower Bradley
Common, within the Manor of Bradley, in the Parish
of Kildwick, in the County of York."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
Ld. Steward.
D. Richmond.
D. Grafton.
D. Bedford.
D. Montagu.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Cholmondeley.
E. Morton.
E. Cassillis.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Tankerville.
E. Sussex.
E. Stanhope.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Radnor.
E. Bathurst.
E. Ailesbury.
E. Abergavenny.
E. Uxbridge.
V. Wentworth.
V. Dudley &
Ward.
V. Hampden.
V. Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. St. David's. |
L. Osborne.
L. Sydney.
L. Dacre.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Hay.
L. Onslow &
Cranley.
L. Cadogan.
L. Walpole.
L. Sondes.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Vernon.
L. Ducie.
L. Cardiff.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Brownlow.
L. Loughborough.
L. Walsingham.
L. Rodney.
L. Rawdon.
L. Eliot.
L. Bulkeley.
L. Sommers.
L. Hawkesbury.
L. Dover.
L. Malmesbury. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Tuesday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of
Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Scott against Creditors of Seton.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein Walter Scott
Writer to the Signet is Appellant, and the objecting
Creditors of Hugh Seton of Touch 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.
Regency Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
again put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled,
"An Act to provide for the Care of His Majesty's Royal
Person, and for the Administration of the Royal Authority during the Continuance of His Majesty's Illness;" and for the Lords to be summoned:
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the House be again put into a Committee upon the said Bill on Tuesday next; and that the
Lords be summoned.
Sheridan's Divorce Bill.
Ordered, That the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry
Fortick Sheridan Esquire, with Lydia Fergussone 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 Thursday next; and the
Lords summoned; and that the several Persons, who
were ordered to attend on that Day, do then attend.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, decimum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 10o Martii 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Duresm.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestr. |
Dux York.
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux St. Alban's.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Ancaster &
Kesteven.
Dux Montagu.
March. Lothian.
March. Lansdown.
March. Townshend.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Morton.
Comes Eglintoun.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Moray.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Breadalbane.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Harrington.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Darlington.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Grosvenor.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Leinster.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley &
Ward.
Viscount Maynard.
Viscount Hampden.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Osborne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. King.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Milton.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Cardiff.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Brudenell.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Eliot.
Ds. Bulkeley.
Ds. Grey de Wilton.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Delaval.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Dover.
Ds. Malmesbury. |
PRAYERS.
Commission for declaring further Causes for holding the Parliament:
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That it
not being convenient for His Majesty to be Personally
present here this Day, He had been pleased to cause
a Commission under the Great Seal, to be prepared
in order to open and declare certain further Causes
for holding this Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure for the
Lords Commissioners to robe.
The House was resumed.
Then Six 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, the Lord Chamberlain,
and the Lord Osborne, on his Right Hand, and the Lord
Steward and the Lord Sydney on his Left; commanded the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons
know, "That the Lords Commissioners desire their
immediate Attendance in this House to hear His Majesty's Commission read."
Who bieng come, with their Speaker;
The Lord Chancellor said,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"His Majesty not thinking fit to be present here this
Day in His Royal Person, has been pleased to cause a
Commission to be issued under His Great Seal, authorizing and commanding the Commissioners who are
appointed by former Letters Patent to hold this Parliament, to open and declare certain further Causes for
holding the same; which Commission you will now
hear read."
Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk as
follows; (videlicet)
"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 all to whom these Presents
shall come, Greeting. Whereas We did lately for
divers difficult and pressing Affairs concerning Us, the
State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain,
and the Church, ordain this Our present Parliament
to begin, and to be held at Our City of Westminster,
on the Eighteenth Day of May, in the Twenty-fourth
Year of Our Reign, on which Day Our said Parliament was begun and held, and from thence by several
Adjournments and Prorogations was adjourned and
prorogued to and until Thursday the Twentieth Day
of November last past: And whereas by Our Letters
Patent, bearing Date at Westminster, the Third Day of
February last past, We did give and grant to the most
Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and
Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and
faithful Counsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord
Chancellor of Great Britain; Our most dear Cousins
and Counsellors Charles Earl Camden, President of
Our Council; Granville, Marquis of Stafford, Keeper
of Our Privy Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward
of Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, George
Duke of Montagu, James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household; John Earl of Chatham,
Henry Earl Bathurst, Thomas Viscount Weymouth,
Francis Lord Osborne, one of Our Principal Secretaries
of State, Thomas Lord Sydney, one other of Our Principal Secretaries of State; and Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Our
Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us, and any
Three of them, full Power in Our Name to hold Our
said Parliament, and to open and declare, and cause to be
opened and declared the Causes of holding the same,
and to proceed upon the said Affairs in Our said Parliament, and in all Matters arising therein, and to do
every Thing which for Us and by Us for the Government of Our said Kingdom of Great Britain, and
other Our Dominions thereunto belonging, should be
there to be done: And whereas by virtue of Our said
Letters Patent certain Causes for holding Our said
Parliament were opened and declared in Our said Parliament at Westminster, on the said Third Day of
February: And whereas We think it expedient that
certain further Causes for holding Our said Parliament should now be opened and declared: And forasmuch as for certain Causes, We cannot conveniently be present in Our Royal Person in Our said
Parliament: Know ye, that We trusting in the Discretion, Fidelity, and Care of the most Reverend
Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor John
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan
of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor of
Great Britain; Our most dear Cousins and Counsellors Charles Earl Camden, President of Our Council; Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of Our
Privy Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our
Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, George Duke
of Montagu, James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of
Our Household; John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl
Bathurst, Thomas Viscount Weymouth, Francis Lord
Osborne, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State;
Thomas Lord Sydney, one other of Our Principal Secretaries of State; and Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Our Chief
Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us; by the Advice of Our Council, do give and grant by the Tenor
of these Presents unto the said most Reverend Father
in God and Our faithful Counsellor John Archbishop
of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellor
Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor of Great
Britain; Our most dear Cousins and Counsellors
Charles Earl Camden, President of Our Council;
Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of Our Privy
Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our
Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, George
Duke of Montagu, James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household; John Earl of Chatham,
Henry Earl Bathurst, Thomas Viscount Weymouth,
Francis Lord Osborne, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Thomas Lord Sydney, one other of
Our Principal Secretaries of State; and Lloyd Lord
Kenyon, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas
before Us, and any Three of them, full Power to
open and declare, or cause to be opened and declared, certain further Causes for holding Our said
Parliament; which Causes We have, by the Advice
of Our Privy Council, given them in charge; and We
do hereby further declare, that Our said Letters
Patent, bearing Date at Westminster, the Third Day
of February last past, and every Clause, Matter, and
Thing therein contained, are and shall be in as full
Force and Strength (these Our Letters Patent, or any
Thing herein notwithstanding) as if these Presents
had not been had or made; and Our Will and Pleasure
is, and We do ordain and constitute, that the said most
Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor
John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful Counsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain; Our most dear Cousins and
Counsellors Charles Earl Camden, President of Our
Council; Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of
Our Privy Seal; James Duke of Chandos, Steward of
Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, George
Duke of Montagu, James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household; John Earl of Chatham,
Henry Earl Bathurst, Thomas Viscount Weymouth,
Francis Lord Osborne, one of Our Principal Secretaries of State; Thomas Lord Sydney, one other of Our
Principal Secretaries of State; and Lloyd Lord Kenyon,
Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us,
and any Three or more of them, shall put in Execution all the Powers and Authorities in the said Letters
Patent mentioned and expressed, that yet remain to
be done and executed. In Witness whereof, We have
caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Tenth Day of
March, in the Twenty-ninth Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Which being done:
The Lord Chancellor said,
Lords Commissioners Speech.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"In Obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by
virtue of both Commissions already mentioned to you,
(One of which has now been read,) We proceed to
lay before you such further Matters as His Majesty
has judged proper to be now communicated to His
Parliament.
"His Majesty being, by the Blessing of Providence,
happily recovered from the severe Indisposition with
which he has been afflicted, and being enabled to
attend to the Public Affairs of His Kingdoms, has commanded us to convey to you His warmest Acknowledgments for the additional Proofs which you have
given of your affectionate Attachment to His Person,
and of your zealous Concern for the Honour and Interests of His Crown, and the Security and good Government of His Dominions.
"The Interruption which has necessarily been occasioned to the public Business, will, His Majesty doubts
not, afford you an additional Incitement to apply yourselves, with as little Delay as possible, to the different
Objects of National Concern which require your
Attention.
"His Majesty has likewise ordered us to acquaint you,
that since the Close of the last Session, he has concluded a Treaty of defensive Alliance with His good
Brother the King of Prussia, Copies of which will be
laid before you. That His Majesty's Endeavours were
employed, during the last Summer, in Conjunction
with His Allies, in order to prevent as much as possible, the Extension of Hostilities in the North, and
to manifest his Desire of effecting a general Pacification: That no Opportunity will be neglected on His
Part to promote this salutary Object; and that He
has, in the mean Time, the Satisfaction of receiving
from all Foreign Courts, continued Assurances of their
friendly Dispositions to this Country.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"We are commanded by His Majesty to acquaint
you, that the Estimates for the current Year will
forthwith be laid before you, and that He is persuaded
of your Readiness to make the necessary Provisions
for the several Branches of the public Service.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"We have it particularly in Charge from His Majesty,
to assure you, that you cannot so effectually meet the
most earnest Wish of His Majesty's Heart, as by persevering in your uniform Exertions for the Public
Welfare, and by improving every Occasion to promote the Prosperity of His faithful People, from
whom His Majesty has received such repeated and
affecting Marks of invariable Zeal, Loyalty, and Attachment, and whose Happiness He must ever consider as inseparable from his own."
Then the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, for the
Lords Commissioners to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
Lords Commissioners Speech reported:
The Lord Chancellor reported the Speech of the
Lords Commissioners.
And the same being read by the Clerk:
Order for Address thereon:
Ordered, Nemine Dissentiente, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to return our most
humble Thanks for the gracious Speech which His Majesty has commanded to be made to both Houses of
Parliament.
"To congratulate His Majesty on His happy Recovery
from his late Indisposition, and upon His being again
enabled to attend to the urgent Concerns of His Kingdoms, and to exercise Personally His Royal Authority.
"To assure His Majesty, that we acknowledge with
all possible Thankfulness, the Goodness of Almighty
God, in attending to the Prayers of a loyal, affectionate,
and afflicted People, and in restoring His Majesty to the
Wishes of His faithful Subjects; and to express our
earnest Hope that the Blessing of His Majesty's just
and benevolent Government may long be continued
to us.
"To express our Gratitude to His Majesty, for His
gracious Acceptance of our best Endeavours to prove
our zealous and affectionate Attachment to His Person, and our anxious Concern for the Honour and
Interests of His Crown, and the Security and good
Government of His Dominions.
"To assure His Majesty, that we will without Delay,
apply ourselves to the Consideration of the different
Objects of National Concern which require our
Attention.
"To return His Majesty our humble Thanks for
the Orders which He has been graciously pleased to
give, for laying before this House a Copy of the
Treaty of defensive Alliance which His Majesty has
concluded with the King of Prussia. That His Majesty's Endeavours, in Conjunction with His Allies,
to prevent as much as possible the Extension of Hostilities in the North of Europe, and to contribute to
the Restoration of general Tranquillity, are the natural
Result of His Majesty's known Wisdom and Humanity;
and that we have a full Reliance on the Continuance
of His Exertions towards the promoting so salutary an
Object. That we hear with Satisfaction that His Majesty continues to receive from all Foreign Courts the
strongest Assurances of their friendly Disposition
towards this Country.
"To assure His Majesty, that we are conscious that
we ensure to ourselves the Approbation of His Majesty
when we attend to the public Welfare, and to the
Advancement of the Prosperity of His People, whose
Zeal, Loyalty, and Attachment to His Majesty, are
the natural and spontaneous Effects of their uniform
Experience of His Majesty's Virtues, and of the constant Blessings derived from His mild and auspicious
Government."
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee to prepare an Address pursuant to the said Order;
(videlicet)
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
Ld. Steward.
D. Richmond.
Ld. Chamberlain.
E. Denbigh.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Morton.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Effingham.
E. Ailesbury.
V. Weymouth.
V. Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Bangor. |
L. Osborne.
L. Sydney.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Cathcart.
L. Amherst.
L. Walsingham.
L. Hawkesbury. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet immediately in the Prince's Lodgings, near the
House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the
Committee withdrew to prepare the Address.
After some Time, the House was resumed:
Address reported and agreed to.
And the Earl of Chesterfield reported from the Committee an Address drawn by them as follows; (videlicet)
"Most gracious Sovereign,
"We Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament
assembled, beg Leave to approach Your Throne, and
return our most humble Thanks for the gracious
Speech which Your Majesty has commanded to be
made to both Houses of Parliament.
"We most sincerely congratulate Your Majesty on
Your happy Recovery from Your late Indisposition,
and upon Your being again enabled to attend to the
urgent Concerns of Your Kingdoms, and to exercise
Personally Your Royal Authority.
"We acknowledge with all possible Thankfulness,
the Goodness of Almighty God in attending to
the Prayers of a loyal, affectionate, and afflicted
People, and in restoring Your Majesty to the Wishes
of Your faithful Subjects; and we most earnestly
hope, that the Blessings of Your Majesty's just and
benevolent Government may long be continued
to us.
"We humbly offer to Your Majesty, our most sincere
Expressions of Gratitude, for Your gracious Acceptance of our best Endeavours to prove our zealous and
affectionate Attachment to Your Person, and our
anxious Concern for the Honour and Interests of
Your Crown, and the Security and good Government
of Your Dominions.
Your Majesty may be assured, that we will without
Delay, apply ourselves to the Consideration of the
different Objects of National Concern which require
our Attention.
We most humbly thank Your Majesty for the
Orders which You have been graciously pleased to
give, for laying before this House a Copy of the
Treaty of defensive Alliance which Your Majesty has
concluded with the King of Prussia.
We are sensible that Your Majesty's Endeavours,
in Conjunction with Your Allies, to prevent as much
as possible the Extension of Hostilities in the North of
Europe, and to contribute to the Restoration of
general Tranquillity, are the natural Result of Your
Majesty's known Wisdom and Humanity; and we
have a full Reliance on the Continuance of Your
Exertions towards promoting so salutary an Object.
We hear with Satisfaction, that Your Majesty continues to receive from all Foreign Courts the strongest
Assurances of their friendly Disposition towards this
Country.
"We are conscious, Sir, that we ensure to ourselves
the Approbation of Your Majesty, when we attend
to the public Welfare, and to the Advancement of
the Prosperity of Your People, whose Zeal, Loyalty,
and Attachment to Your Majesty, are the natural and
spontaneous Effects of their uniform Experience of
Your Majesty's Virtues, and of the constant Blessings
derived from Your mild and auspicious Government."
Which Address, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to
His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.
Congratulatory Message to the Queen on His Majesty's Recovery.
Ordered, That a Message be sent from this House
to the Queen, humbly to congratulate Her Majesty on
His Majesty's happy Recovery, in which, while we feel
the dearest Interest for the Public, we take the most
lively Share in the peculiar Happiness which Her
Majesty receives from so joyful an Event; and to assure
Her Majesty, that we shall always regard with the utmost
Satisfaction, every Circumstance which can add to Her
Majesty's Felicity.
Ordered, That the said Message be presented to
Her Majesty by the Earl of Morton and Lord Hawkesbury.
Bine et al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Elizabeth Bine, the Widow
of Francis Bine, late of the Town and County of the Town
of Kingston-upon-Hull, Merchant, deceased, on the Behalf of herself and Elizabeth Bine, Ann Bine, Caroline
Bine, Mary Bine, and Frances Bine, her Children, all
under the Age of Twenty-one Years; and of Henry Frederick Belleroche, on the Behalf of himself and Catherine his
Wife, late Catherine Bine, another of the Children of
the said Elizabeth Bine Widow, and also under the Age
of Twenty-one Years; 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
Hotham, 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.
Wood et al. against Hamilton:
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Messieurs John Wood and Company, Shipbuilders in
Port Glasgow, Messieurs Brown and Company of the
Saltcoate Rope Work, Alexander Macmillan, Wright in
Port Glasgow, John Ritchie, Smith there, and Messieurs
Dunlop King Junior and Company, of Port Glasgow, complaining of Four Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in
Scotland, of the 19th of June and 12th of December
1787, the 29th of July 1788, and 24th of February 1789;
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
Archibald Hamilton, Merchant in Glasgow, may be
required to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Archibald Hamilton
may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in his
Answer thereunto in Writing, on or before Tuesday the
7th Day of April next; and Service of this Order upon
the said Respondent, or upon any of his Counsel or
Agents in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be
deemed good Service.
Spottiswoode to enter into Recognizance on said Appeal.
The House being moved, "That John Spottiswoode,
of Sackville Street, Gentleman, may be permitted to
enter into a Recognizance for Messieurs John Wood
and Company, and others, on account of their Appeal
depending in this House, they living in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Spottiswoode may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as
desired.
Regency Bill rejected.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
again put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled,
"An Act to provide for the Care of His Majesty's Royal
Person, and for the Administration of the Royal Authority during the Continuance of His Majesty's
Illness;" and for the Lords to be summoned:
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the said Bill be rejected.
The Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
King's Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered in at the
Table a Writ of Error, wherein
Jones et al. against Roe in Error.
Owel Jones Esquire and others are Plaintiffs,
and
Richard Roe is Defendant.
Ld. Milford, Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of the Right
Honourable Richard Lord Milford, in the Kingdom of
Ireland; 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 devised by the Will of Sir
John Philipps Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, to be
sold, and for investing the Money arising from the
Sale thereof in the Purchase of other Lands, to be
settled to the Uses devised by the said Will of the
Estates so to be vested in Trustees to be sold."
Sir J. Ingilby, Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Sir John
Ingilby, of Ripley in the County of York Baronet; 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 to
enable Sir John Ingilby Baronet, to charge his settled
Estates in the County of York, in the Manner therein
mentioned."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, duodecimum diem instantis Martii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.