April 1789 21-30
DIE Martis, 21o Aprilis 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux York.
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux St. Alban's.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Ancaster &
Kesteven.
March. Townshend.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Morton.
Comes Moray.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Talbot.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Eliot.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Dover. |
PRAYERS.
Dumfries Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing and widening the Road from Grateney by
Annan, Dumfries and Sanquhar, in the County of
Dumfries, to the Confines of the County of Ayr, and
the Road from Carsenarget to Wanlockhead, in the
said County of Dumfries."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Norfolk.
D. Leeds.
M. Townshend.
E. Derby.
E. Suffolk &
Berkshire.
E. Sandwich.
E. Scarbrough.
E. Morton.
E. Galloway.
E. Hopetoun.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Stanhope.
E. Effingham.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Fauconberg.
E. De la Warr.
E. Uxbridge.
V. Stormont.
V. Wentworth. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. St. David's. |
L. Sydney.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Cathcart.
L. Kinnaird.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Chedworth.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Walsingham.
L. Rawdon.
L. Kenyon. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Afternoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Rann or Slaney's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting divers undivided Parts of certain Estates in
Staffordshire, the settled Property of the Reverend
Jonas Slaney and Mary his Wife, in Trustees, to be
sold; and for laying out the Purchase Money in entire
Estates, to be settled to the same Uses."
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
Wednesday the 6th Day of May next, at the
usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they
please.
Sir M. le Fleming's Estate Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Manor of Ashted, otherwise Great Ashted,
and several Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of Surrey, therein mentioned, in Trustees to be sold and conveyed, pursuant
to an Agreement for that Purpose; and for investing
Part of the Money to arise by such Sale, in the Purchase of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be settled
to the several Uses therein mentioned, or referred
unto; and for other Purposes therein expressed."
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 the 8th Day of May next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Crispin or Foster's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
effectuating the Sale of certain Estates of John Foster,
deceased."
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.
Sir J. Long et al. Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the Judges,
to whom was referred the Petition of Sir James Tylney
Long Baronet and others; praying Leave to bring in a
Private Bill for the Purposes therein mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill,
pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the Estates devised by the Will of John
Earl Tylney, in London, Middlesex, and Essex, in
Trustees to be sold, and for laying out the Money
thence arising in other Estates, to be settled in lieu
thereof to the same Uses."
Sir P. Hales et al. Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the Judges,
to whom was referred the Petition of Sir Philip Hales
Baronet and others; praying Leave to bring in a Private
Bill for the Purposes therein mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Estate late of Sir Thomas Pym Hales Baronet, deceased, in the County of Kent, in Trustees
to be sold and disposed of, for the Payment of certain
Incumbrances affecting the same; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Shop Tax repeal Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
repeal Two Acts made in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for
granting to His Majesty certain Duties on Shops within
Great Britain."
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 To-morrow.
Streatham Workhouse Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Lord William Russell and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for building a
Workhouse for the Reception and Employment of the
Poor of the Parish of Streatham, in the County of
Surrey;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
Putton Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Ewer and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
allotting the Open and Common Fields, and other
Commonable Lands and Grounds in Putton, alias
Podington, in the Village or Tything of Easton, in the
Parish of Chickerill, alias West Chickerill, in the County
of Dorset;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Hastings' Trial, Parke to attend.
Ordered, That Captain Alexander Parke do attend
to give Evidence at the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire,
in Westminster Hall.
Cuming against Donaldson.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Mrs. Jean
Cuming, residing in Banff, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland of the 8th of this
Instant April; and praying, "That the same may be
reversed, varied, or amended, or that the Appellant
may have such other Relief in the Premises, as to this
House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem
meet; and that James Donaldson of Kinnairdy, may
be required to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said James Donaldson may
have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in his Answer
thereunto in Writing, on or before Tuesday the 19th
Day of May next; and Service of this Order upon the
said Respondent, or upon his known Counsel or Agent
in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good
Service.
Writs of Error delivered.
The Lord Kenyon, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of
King's Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered in at the
Table, Two Writs of Error.
Reed against Lewis et al.
In the First of which,
Nehemiah Reed Esquire is Plaintiff,
and
Dominique Lewis and others are Defendants.
Squibb against Bromfeild.
And in the last,
James Squibb is Plaintiff,
and
William Bromfeild Esquire is Defendant.
Hastings' Trial:
The Order of the Day being read for the Proceeding
further in the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, upon
the Articles of Impeachment brought up against him by
the Commons, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors:
The House was adjourned into Westminster Hall,
whither the Lords and others went in the same Order as
in the last Session.
And the Lords being there seated; and the House
resumed:
Leave was asked for the Judges to be covered, which
was granted.
Then Proclamation was made for Silence; also, Proclamation for the Defendant's Appearance:
Who, coming to the Bar, kneeled till he was bid by
the Lord Chancellor to rise.
Then the other Proclamation, for all Persons concerned
to come forth, was made.
Then the Lord Chancellor acquainted the Managers
for the Commons, "They might proceed to make good
their Charge."
Mr. Burke then proceeded to open the Sixth Article
of Charge; and having been heard in Part thereupon:
The House adjourned to the Chamber of Parliament;
and being returned:
The House was resumed.
Ordered, That this House do proceed further in the
Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, To-morrow Morning,
at Ten o'Clock, in Westminster Hall.
Message to H. C. that this House will proceed in the Trial.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu, to acquaint them therewith.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicesimum secundum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ decimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 22o Aprilis 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Carliol. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Leeds.
March. Townshend.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Morton.
Comes Moray.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Effingham.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Grey de Wilton.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Heathfield.
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
Hastings' Trial deferred:
The Order of the Day being read for the Proceeding
further in the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, upon
the Articles of Impeachment brought up against him by
the Commons for High Crimes and Misdemeanors:
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That this House do proceed further in the
Trial of Warren Hasting Esquire, on Saturday Morning
next, at Ten o'Clock, in Westminster Hall.
Message to H. C. to acquaint them therewith.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu, to acquaint them therewith.
Hallett's Bill.
The Lord Sommers reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the settled Estates of William Hallett Esquire, to
exchange or sell the same; and for laying out the
Money arising by the Sale, in the Purchase of other
Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, to be settled
to the same Uses," 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 made some Amendments thereto."
Which Amendments, being read Twice by the Clerk,
were agreed to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments,
be engrossed.
Ld. Milford or Sir J. Philipp's Estate Bill.
The Lord Sommers also reported from the Lord Committees, to whom the Bill, 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," 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 made some
Amendments thereto."
Which Amendments, being read Twice by the Clerk,
were agreed to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments,
be engrossed.
Whitby Paving, &c. Bill.
The Lord Sommers reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for paving,
repairing, cleansing, lighting, watching, widening,
and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Alleys, and Public Passages, within the Town of Whitby, in the County
of York; for preventing Encroachments, Nuisances,
and Annoyances therein; for regulating the Carriages,
Cartmen, and Porters there; and for making convenient Approaches to the Bridge over the River Esk,
within the said Town," 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."
Odiham Road Bill.
The Lord Sommers made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for repairing and widening the Road from Odiham,
in the County of Southampton, to Farnham, in the
County of Surrey," was committed.
Hertfordbridge Road Bill.
The Lord Sommers made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for continuing and rendering more effectual
several Acts for repairing the Road from Hertfordbridge Hill to the Town of Basingstoke, and also the
Road from Hertfordbridge Hill aforesaid, to the Town
of Odiham, in the County of Southampton; and for
extending the Limits of the said last mentioned Road
from the present Termination thereof in the said Town
of Odiham, to the Road leading from thence through
the said Town, to the Great Western Road at Bartley
Heath, in the said County," was committed.
Dumfries Road Bill.
The Lord Sommers made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for repairing and widening the Road from
Grateney by Annan, Dumfries, and Sanquhar, in the
County of Dumfries, to the Confines of the County
of Ayr, and the Road from Corsenarget to Wanlockhead, in the said County of Dumfries," was committed.
Nantes Naturalization Bill.
The Lord Sommers made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for naturalizing Henry Nantes," was committed.
Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.
Jackson's Naturalization Bill.
The Lord Sommers made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for naturalizing Anna Elizabeth Jackson," was
committed.
Stanwell, &c Enclosure Bill.
The Lord Sommers also reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for dividing and enclosing the several Open Fields,
Arable and Meadow Grounds, and Lammas Lands
and Commons, Moors, and Waste Lands, within the
Manors of Stanwell and Hammonds, otherwise Shipcot,
and in the Parish of Stanwell, in the County of Middlesex," 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."
Webb, Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of Nathaniel
Webb of Saville Row, Esquire, for and on the Behalf of
himself and his Wife, an Infant; 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
effectuating the Sale of the Freehold Estate of Nathaniel Webb Esquire, and Harriet Ellen his Wife, an
Infant, at Boreham, in the County of Essex."
E. Winchelsea, Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of the Right
Honourable George Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham;
praying Leave to bring in a Private Bill for the Purposes
therein mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing, confirming, and carrying into Execution
certain Articles of Agreement between the Reverend
John Lowth Vicar of the Parish of Burley on-the-Hill,
in the County of Rutland, and the Right Honourable
George Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, and thereby settling all Disputes and Differences which have
arisen in consequence of a Claim of Tythes made by
the said Vicar."
Sir P. Hales' Estate Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Estate late of Sir Thomas Pym Hales Baronet, deceased, in the County of Kent, in Trustees
to be sold and disposed of, for the Payment of certain
Incumbrances affecting the same, and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Leeds.
M. Townshend.
E. Derby.
E. Suffolk &
Berkshire.
E. Sandwich.
E. Rochford.
E. Morton.
E. Galloway.
E. Hopetoun.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Stanhope.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Effingham.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Gloucester. |
L. Sydney.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Cathcart.
L. Chedworth.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Walsingham.
L. Rawdon.
L. Sommers.
L. Kenyon. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on Friday the 8th Day of May next, at Ten
o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn
as they please.
Putton Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and allotting the Open and Common Fields
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds in Putton,
alias Podington, in the Village or Tything of Easton,
in the Parish of Chickerill, alias West Chickerill, in the
County of Dorset."
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
Saturday next, at the usual Time and Place;
and to adjourn as they please.
Shop Tax repeal Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during
Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal Two Acts made in the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of
His present Majesty, for granting to His Majesty certain
Duties on Shops within Great Britain."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Hopetoun reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum tertium diem instantis Aprilis, horâ septimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 23o Aprilis 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Cestrien. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Morton.
Comes Moray.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Powis.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Grosvenor.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Grey de Wilton.
Ds. Delaval.
Ds. Heathfield.
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
House meets to attend His Majesty to St. Paul's, and Order made as to Return of Carriages.
The House met in order to attend His Majesty at Saint
Paul's Church in the Solemnity of the Public Thanksgiving.
Ordered, That the Lords Carriages do return from
Saint Paul's Church in the same Order they went, except the Carriage of the Lord Chancellor.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati,
vicesimum quintum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Sabbati, 25o Aprilis 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Leeds.
March. Townshend.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Morton.
Comes Moray.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Ilchester.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Talbot.
Comes Beaulieu.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Clifford.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Lovel & Holland.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Grey de Wilton.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Dover. |
PRAYERS.
Putton Enclosure Bill.
The Earl of Hopetoun reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and allotting the Open and Common Fields
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds in Putton,
alias Podington, in the Village or Tything of Easton,
in the Parish of Chickerill, alias West Chickerill, in
the County of Dorset," 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."
Shop Tax repeal Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
repeal Two Acts made in the Twenty-fifth and
Twenty-sixth Years of the Reign of His present
Majesty, for granting to His Majesty certain Duties
on Shops within Great Britain."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Dumfries Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing and widening the Road from Grateney, by
Annan, Dumfries, and Sanquhar, in the County of
Dumfries, to the Confines of the County of Ayr; and
the Road from Corsenarget to Wanlockhead, in the said
County of Dumfries."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Stanwell, &c. Enclosure Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the several Open Fields, Arable,
and Meadow Grounds, and Lammas Lands and Commons, Moors, and Waste Lands, within the Manors
of Stanwell and Hammonds, otherwise Shipcot, and in
the Parish of Stanwell, in the County of Middlesex."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Whitby Paving, &c. Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
paving, repairing, cleansing, lighting, watching,
widening, and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Alleys,
and Public Passages within the Town of Whitby, in
the County of York; for preventing Encroachments,
Nuisances, and Annoyances therein; for regulating
the Carriages, Cartmen, and Porters there; and for
making convenient Approaches to the Bridge over
the River Esk, within the said Town."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Hertford-bridge Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing and rendering more effectual several Acts
for repairing the Road from Hertford-bridge Hill, to
the Town of Basingstoke; and also the Road from
Hertford-bridge Hill aforesaid, to the Town of Odiham,
in the County of Southampton; and for extending the
Limits of the said last mentioned Road from the present Termination thereof in the said Town of Odiham,
to the Road leading from thence through the said
Town, to the Great Western Road at Bartley Heath,
in the said County."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Jackson's Naturalization Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Anna Elizabeth Jackson."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Odiham Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing and widening the Road from Odiham, in
the County of Southampton, to Farnham, in the County
of Surrey."
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 Seven preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Hallett's Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Settled Estates of William Hallett Esquire,
to exchange or sell the same; and for laying out the
Money arising by the Sale in the Purchase of other
Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, to be settled
to the same Uses."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ld. Milford or Sir J. Philipp's Estate Bill:
Hodie 3a 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."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Nantes' Naturalization Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Henry Nantes."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. with the Three preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by the former Messengers:
To carry down the said Bills, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
Spottiswoode to enter into Recognizance on Caming's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That John Spottiswoode
of Sackville Street, Gentleman, may be permitted to
enter into a Recognizance for Mrs. Jean Cuming, on
account of her Appeal depending in this House, she
living in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Spottiswoode may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as desired.
Stokenchurch Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Charles Spencer and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the
Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Eighteenth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Stokenchurch, in the
County of Oxford, to Wheatley Bridge; and from the
said Bridge to Enslow Bridge; and from Wheatley
Bridge to the Mile-way leading towards Magdalen
Bridge; and from the Mile-way leading from Saint
Giles's Church near the City of Oxford, by Begbroke,
to New Woodstock, in the said County; and for
making, amending, completing, and keeping in Repair a Road from the Bottom of Cheyney Lane up
Headington Hill, to join the present Enslow Branch of
Road, in the Parish of Holton, in the said County of
Oxford, to be used instead of the present Road up
Cheyney Lane and Shotover Hill, to the West End of
the Town of Wheatley, and for amending and widening the Road from the West End of the said Town
to the said Enslow Branch of Road;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Bine's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting certain Parts of the Real Estates late of Francis
Bine of the Town and County of the Town of Kingstonupon-Hull, Merchant, deceased, in Trustees to sell and
convey the same; and for laying out the Money arising
by such Sale in the Manner and upon the Trusts therein
mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Norfolk.
D. Leeds.
M. Townshend.
E. Derby.
E. Suffolk &
Berkshire.
E. Westmorland.
E. Stamford.
E. Sandwich.
E. Scarbrough.
E. Morton.
E. Galloway.
E. Hopetoun.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Stanhope.
E. Essingham.
E. Radnor.
V. Stormont.
V. Wentworth. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. St. David's. |
L. Sydney.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Cathcart.
L. King.
L. Sandys.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Walsingham.
L. Rawdon.
L. Kenyon. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Wednesday the 13th Day of May next, at Ten
o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn
as they please.
Hastings' Trial:
The Order of the Day being read for the proceeding
further in the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, upon
the Articles of Impeachment brought up against him by
the Commons, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors:
The House was adjourned into Westminster Hall,
whither the Lords and others went in the same Order as
on Tuesday last.
And the Lords being there seated; and the House
resumed:
Leave was asked for the Judges to be covered, which
was granted.
Then Proclamation was made for Silence; also, Proclamation for the Defendant's Appearance:
Who, coming to the Bar, kneeled till he was bid by
the Lord Chancellor to rise.
Then the other Proclamation, for all Persons concerned
to come forth, was made.
Then the Lord Chancellor acquainted the Managers
for the Commons, "They might proceed to make good
their Charge."
And Mr. Burke being further heard to open the Sixth
Article of Charge:
The House adjourned to the Chamber of Parliament;
and being returned:
The House was resumed.
Ordered, That this House do proceed further in the
Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, on Thursday Morning
next, at Ten o'Clock, in Westminster Hall.
Message to H. C. that this House will proceed in the Trial.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the
former Messengers, to acquaint them therewith.
The Lord Sydney (by His Majesty's Command) laid
before the House,
Report of Committee of Council for Trade and Plantations delivered.
"Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council
appointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating
to Trade and Foreign Plantations, submitting to His
Majesty's Consideration the Evidence and Information
they have collected in consequence of His Majesty's
Order in Council, dated the 11th of February 1788,
concerning the present State of the Trade to Africa,
and particularly the Trade in Slaves; and concerning
the Effects and Consequences of this Trade, as well
in Africa and the West Indies, as to the general
Commerce of this Kingdom."
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk:
Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Report be printed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
vicesimum septimum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 27o Aprilis 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst. |
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
Foley against Burnell and Armstrong in Error;
The Order of the Day being read for hearing Counsel
to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error,
wherein Andrew Foley Esquire is Plaintiff, and John Burnell and James Armstrong are Defendants; and for the
Judges to attend:
Counsel were accordingly called in.
And Counsel appearing on both Sides:
The Counsel were directed to withdraw.
Then the following Order and Judgement was made:
Judgement affirmed with Costs.
"Whereas by virtue of His Majesty's Writ of Error,
returnable into the House of Lords in Parliament assembled, a Record of the Court of King's Bench was
brought into this House the 22d Day of May 1788,
wherein Andrew Foley Esquire is Plaintiff, and John
Burnell and James Armstrong are Defendants, in order
to reverse a Judgement given in His Majesty's Court of
Exchequer Chamber for the said Defendants, affirming a Judgement of His Majesty's Court of King's
Bench; and Counsel being called in to be heard to
argue the Errors assigned upon the said Writ of Error;
and Counsel appearing on both Sides: Ordered and
Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That the said Judgement given
in the said Court of Exchequer Chamber for the said
Defendants, affirming the Judgement of the Court of
King's Bench be and the same is hereby affirmed; and
that the Record be remitted, to the End such Proceeding may be had thereupon, as if no such Writ
of Error had been brought into this House: And it is
further Ordered, that the Plaintiff in Error do pay or
cause to be paid to the Defendants in Error, the Sum
of Fifty Pounds for their Costs in this House."
The Tenor of which Judgement to be affixed to the
Transcript of the Record, is as follows; (videlicet)
Mechen-Iscoed, &c. Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Cotes and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Common Fields and Waste
Lands, within the Manors of Mechen-Iscoed and Plasy
Dinas, in the County of Montgomery;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Putton Enclosure Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and allotting the Open and Common Fields,
and other Commonable Lands and Grounds in Putton,
alias Podington, in the Village or Tything of Easton,
in the Parish of Chickerill, alias West Chickerill, in the
County of Dorset."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Pepys and Mr. Walker:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Causes put off.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause, wherein
Andrew Stration is Appellant, and Thomas Graham
Esquire is Respondent, which stands appointed for Wednesday next, be put off to Friday the 8th Day of May next;
and that the Rest of the Causes be removed in Course.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, tricesimum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 30o Aprilis 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Radnor.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Porchester. |
PRAYERS.
Perth Roads Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by General Murray and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for repairing certain
Roads in the County of Perth; and for explaining
and amending an Act made in the Twenty-fifth Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing
the Highways, Bridges and Ferries in the County of
Perth;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
Forfar Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Douglas and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for repairing the
Roads in the County of Forfar, and for regulating the
Statute Labour within the same;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Quebec, &c. Provisions Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Gilbert and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable His Majesty to authorize in case of Necessity the Importation
of Bread, Flour, Indian Corn, and Live Stock, from
any of the Territories belonging to the United States of
America into the Province of Quebec, and all the Countries bordering on the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and
the Islands within the said Gulf, and to the Coast of
Labrador;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Message from H. C. to postpone Mr. Hastings' Trial:
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hobart and others:
"That they were directed by the Commons to acquaint their Lordships, that from Circumstances which
make it inconvenient to the Commons to proceed in
the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire this Day, the
Commons do desire their Lordships will be pleased to
postpone the said Trial to a future Day."
And the said Message being read by the Clerk:
It was moved, "That the Order of the Day for further Proceeding in the said Trial be now read."
And being read accordingly:
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Trial deferred.
Ordered, That the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire
appointed for this Day, be adjourned to Tuesday next;
and that this House will on that Day proceed to the
Trial of the said Warren Hastings, at Ten of the Clock
in the Morning, in Westminster Hall.
And the Commons being called in, were acquainted,
"That this House will proceed further in the Trial of
Warren Hastings Esquire, on Tuesday next, at Ten
of the Clock in the Forenoon, in Westminster Hall."
Wanstead Church Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir James Tylney Long and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for amending an
Act of the Twenty-seventh Year of His present Majesty, for rebuilding the Church of the Parish of Saint
Mary Wanstede, alias Wanstead, in the County of
Essex;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
Urchfont, &c. Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Addington and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and laying in Severalty, the Open and Common
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Open
Downs, and other Commonable Lands, within the
Parishes of Urchfont and Beeching Stoke, in the County
of Wilts;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
Ely Drainage Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hobart and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend and render
effectual an Act of the Thirty-first Year of King
George the Second, for draining and preserving certain
Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Isle of Ely, and
County of Cambridge, between the Cam, otherwise
Grant, Ouse, and Milden Hall Rivers, and bounded
on the South East by the Hard Lands of Isleham, Fordham, Soham, and Wicken; and for empowering the
Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty of the Company of Conservators of the Great Level of the
Fens called Bedford Level, to sell certain Lands within
the said Limits, commonly called Invested Lands; and
for laying certain Rates on Vessels navigated upon the
said Rivers, towards supporting the Banks thereof;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
E. Winchelsea's Estate Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing, conrming, and carrying into Execution
certain Articles of Agreement between the Reverend
John Lowth, Vicar of the Parish of Burley on the Hill,
in the County of Rutland, and the Right Honourable George Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, and
thereby settling all Disputes and Differences which
have arisen in consequence of a Claim of Tythes made
by the said Vicar."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
E. Suffolk &
Berkshire.
E. Denbigh.
E. Sandwich.
E. Hopetoun.
E. Sussex.
E. Stanhope.
E. Pomfret.
E. Effingham.
E. Radnor.
V. Falmouth. |
L. Bp. Bangor. |
L. Sydney.
L. Dacre.
L. Kinnaird.
L. Middleton.
L. Sandys.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Porchester. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Friday the 15th Day of May next, at Ten o'Clock
in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near
the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Sir J. Long's Estate Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the Estates devised by the Will of John
Earl Tylney in London, Middlesex, and Essex, in
Trustees to be sold; and for laying out the Money
thence arising in other Estates, to be settled in lieu
thereof to the same Uses."
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
Monday the 18th Day of May next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Webb's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
effectuating the Sale of the Freehold Estate of Nathaniel Webb Esquire, and Harriet Ellen his Wife, an
Infant, at Boreham, in the County of Essex."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Tuesday the 19th Day of May next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Northey's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the settled Estates of William Northey
Esquire, in the County of Wilts, in Trustees to be
sold, and for laying out the Purchase Money in other
Estates, to be settled to the same Uses."
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
Wednesday the 20th Day of May next, at the
usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they
please.
Lloyd's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable the Reverend William Lloyd to complete his
Contract with Jacob Bosanquet Esquire, for Sale of
Part of his settled Estates, and vesting the remaining
Part of the same Estates in Trustees for Sale."
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
Thursday the 21st Day of May next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Dickenson's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
carrying into Execution an Agreement for Sale of the
Brewhouse and Hereditaments in and near Golden
Lane, London, lately belonging to Joseph Dickenson
Esquire, deceased; and for applying Two Thirds of
the Money, agreed to be paid for the Purchase of the
Freehold Part of the said Brewhouse and Hereditaments, in the Purchase of Freehold Hereditaments, to
to be settled in Manner in the said Act mentioned;
and for such other Purposes as in the said Act 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
Friday the 22d Day of May next, at the usual
Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Stokenchurch Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enlarge
the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Eighteenth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Stokenchurch,
in the County of Oxford, to Wheatley Bridge, and
from the said Bridge to Enslow Bridge, and from
Wheatley Bridge to the Mile-way leading towards
Magdalen Bridge, and from the Mile-way leading from
Saint Giles's Church, near the City of Oxford, by Begbroke, to New Woodstock, in the said County; and
for making, amending, compleating, and keeping in
Repair, a Road from the Bottom of Cheyney Lane up
Headington Hill, to join the present Enslow Branch of
Road, in the Parish of Holton, in the said County
of Oxford, to be used instead of the present Road up
Cheyney Lane and Shotover Hill, to the West End of
the Town of Wheatley; and for amending and widening the Road from the West End of the said Town to
the said Enslow Branch of Road."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Tuesday next, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Mechen-Iscoed, &c. Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Common Fields
and Waste Lands within the Manors of Mechen-Iscoed
and Plas y Dinas, in the County of Montgomery."
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.
Sir W. Forbes et al. against Sir J. Macpherson.
The House being informed, "That Sir John Macpherson Baronet, Respondent to the Appeal of Sir
William Forbes Baronet and others, had not put in his
Answer to the said Appeal, though duly served with
the Order of this House for that Purpose:"
And thereupon an Affidavit of Alexander Davidson of
the due Service of the said Order being read:
Ordered, That the said Respondent do put in his
Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week.
Whatton Enclosure Bill.
Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common
Pastures, and Waste Grounds, in the Parish of Whatton, in the County of Nottingham," stands committed,
be revived, and meet on Tuesday next.
Northumberland Fishery Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to
incorporate certain Persons therein named, and their
Successors, by the Name and Style of the Northumberland Fishery Society, and to enable them when
incorporated, to subscribe a Capital Joint Stock for
more effectually supporting, conducting, and increasing such Fishery," be read a Second Time on Monday the 11th Day of May next.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Westminster Election, M. Stafford requests Leave to attend Committee of H. C. respecting:
The Marquis of Stafford requested of the House,
"That he might be permitted to go to a Committee of
the House of Commons, appointed to try the Merits
of the Westminster Election, to inform them of any
Circumstances that may have come to his Knowledge,
touching the Merits of the said Election."
Whereupon,
Leave given.
Ordered, That the Marquis of Stafford (upon his
own Request) be permitted to go to the Committee of
the House of Commons, appointed to try the Merits of
the Westminster Election, to inform them of any Circumstances that may have come to his Knowledge, touching the Merits of the said Election, if he thinks fit.
Reed against Lewis et al. in Error.
Whereas Nehemiah Reed Esquire, Plaintiff in a Writ
of Error brought into this House, with a Transcript of
the Record of the Court of King's Bench, wherein
Judgement is entered for Dominique Lewis and others,
Defendants in the said Writ, has assigned Errors, and
alledging Diminution, has prayed that His Majesty's
Writ of Certiorari may be awarded on his Behalf:
It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That His Majesty's
Writ of Certiorari be forthwith issued out (on the Behalf
of the said Plaintiff) and directed in such usual Manner,
as in the like Cases is accustomed, for the more perfect
certifying of the said Record into this House within Ten
Days next ensuing the Date of this Order.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, quintum diem Maii jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.