January 1790
Anno 30o Georgii Tertii.
DIE Jovis, 21o Januarii 1790.
DIE Jovis, 21o Januarii 1790, Annoque Regni Serenissimi Domini Nostri Georgii Tertii, Dei Gratiâ,
Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ Regis, Fidei
Defensoris, &c. Tricesimo, in quem Diem hæc Septima
Sessio Parliamenti, per separalia Adjournamenta et Prorogationes, continuata fuerat, in Superiori Domo Parliamenti Magnæ Britanniæ apud Westmonaster. convenere
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, & præsentes fuerunt:
REX.
Georgius Princeps Walliæ
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Duresm.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestr. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Bridgewater.
Dux Montagu.
March. Salisbury, Camerarius.
March. Bath.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Essex.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Morton.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Oxford &
Mortimer.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Harrington.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Lonsdale.
Comes Talbot.
Comes Beaulieu.
Comes Howe.
Comes Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
Comes Fortescue.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Torrington.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Hamilton.
Viscount Sydney. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Douglas.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Heathfield.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Dover. |
Ld. Kenyon appointed Speaker by Commission:
The Lord Viscount Sydney signified to the Lords,
"That His Majesty had granted a Commission under the
Great Seal, constituting and appointing Lloyd Lord
Kenyon, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench,
to supply the Place of Lord Chancellor, or Lord
Keeper of the Great Seal in this House, as Speaker."
Commission read.
And 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 Our right trusty and wellbeloved Counsellor Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Our Chief
Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us, Greeting:
Whereas by Our Letters Patent under Our Great
Seal of Great Britain, bearing Date at Westminster, the
First Day of May, in the Twenty-sixth Year of Our
Reign, We did constitute, name, and authorize Our
right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and
Counsellor Henry Earl Bathurst, from Time to
Time during Our Pleasure to use, occupy, and enjoy
the Room and Place of a Lord Chancellor, or Lord
Keeper of Our Great Seal of Great Britain, in Our Upper House of Parliament, then holden at Westminster,
amongst the Lords Spiritual and Temporal there assembled, and to do and execute divers Powers in Our
said Letters Patent contained and specified, as by Our
said Letters Patent more at large appears: Now know
ye, that We have revoked, determined, and made
void, and by these Presents do revoke, determine, and
make void, Our said recited Letters Patents, and all
Things therein contained: And further know ye, that
We, trusting in the approved Fidelity, Wisdom, and
Discretion of you the said Lloyd Lord Kenyon, have
constituted, named, and appointed, and by these Presents do constitute, name and authorize you from
Time to Time, during Our Pleasure, to use, occupy,
and enjoy the Room and Place of a Lord Chancellor,
or Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal of Great Britain,
in Our Upper House of Parliament, amongst the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal there assembled, and then
and there to do and execute all such Things as the said
Lord Chancellor, or Lord Keeper of Our Great Seal
should or might in that Behalf do, if he were there
personally present, using and supplying the same
Room: Wherefore, We will and command you the
said Lloyd Lord Kenyon to attend and execute the
Premises with Effect, and these Our Letters Patent
shall be your sufficient Warrant and Discharge for the
same in every Behalf. In Witness whereof, we have
caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twentieth
Day of January, in the Thirtieth Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Which done,
The Lords called upon the Lord Kenyon to take his
Place upon the Woolsack, and appointed the Mace to be
laid thereupon, and to be carried before him.
PRAYERS.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure to robe.
The House was resumed.
The King present:
His Majesty being seated on the Throne, adorned
with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended by
His Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes)
commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to
let the Commons know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure
they attend Him immediately in this House."
Who being come, with their Speaker, His Majesty
was pleased to say,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
His Majesty's Speech.
"Since I last met you in Parliament, the Continuance
of the War on the Continent, and the internal Situation of different Parts of Europe, have been productive
of Events which have engaged My most serious Attention.
"While I see with a just Concern the Interruption of
the Tranquillity of other Countries, I have at the
same Time great Satisfaction in being able to acquaint
you, that I receive continued Assurances of the good
Disposition of all Foreign Powers towards these Kingdoms, and I am persuaded, that you will entertain
with Me a deep and grateful Sense of the Favour of
Providence in continuing to My Subjects the encreasing Advantages of Peace, and the uninterrupted Enjoyment of those invaluable Blessings which they have
so long derived from Our excellent Constitution.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"I have given Directions that the Estimates for
the present Year should be laid before you, and I rely
on your Readiness to grant such Supplies, as the Circumstances of the several Branches of the Public Service may be found to require.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"The Regulations prescribed by the Act of the last
Session of Parliament relative to the Corn Trade, not
having been duly carried into Effect in several Parts of
the Kingdom, there appeared Reason to apprehend, that
such an Exportation of Corn might take Place, and
such Difficulties occur in the Importation of Foreign
Corn as would have been productive of the most serious
Inconvenience to My Subjects; under these Circumstances, it appeared indispensably necessary to take immediate Measures for preventing the Exportation, and
facilitating the Importation of certain Sorts of Corn,
and I therefore, by the Advice of My Privy Council,
issued an Order for that Purpose, a Copy of which I
have directed to be laid before you.
"I have only further to desire, that you will continue
to apply yourselves to those Objects which require
your Attention with the same Zeal for the Public Service, which has hitherto appeared in all your Proceedings, and of which the Effects have been so happily manifested in the Encrease of the Public Revenue, the Extension of the Commerce and Manufactures of the Country, and the general Prosperity of
My People."
Then His Majesty was pleased to retire; and the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
House acquainted several Lords were to be introduced.
The Lord Speaker acquainted the House, "That there
were several Lords without ready to be introduced."
E. Mount Edgcumbe introduced:
Whereupon, George Lord Viscount Mount Edgcumbe
and Valletort, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the
1st Day of August 1789, in the 29th Year of His present
Majesty, created Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, was (in his
Robes) introduced between the Earl Harcourt and the
Earl Beaulieu (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain preceding: His Lordship on his Knee presented his Patent to
the Lord Speaker at the Woolsack, who delivered it to
the Clerk, and the same was read at the Table.
The 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 and Counsellor George Earl of
Mount Edgcumbe, Greeting: Whereas by Reason of
certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us,
the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great
Britain, and the Church, We did lately, with the
Advice and Consent of Our Council, ordain Our present Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Eighteenth Day of May, in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign, which Parliament hath
been from that Time by several Adjournments and Prorogations adjourned, prorogued, and continued to
and until Thursday the Twenty-ninth Day of October
now next coming, at Our City aforesaid, to be then
there held: 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 the said Day
and Place 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 Thirty-first
Day of August, in the Twenty-ninth 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 Earls
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
E. Fortescue introduced:
Hugh Lord Fortescue being by Letters Patent, bearing
Date the First Day of September 1789, in the 29th Year
of His present Majesty, created Earl Fortescue, was (in
his Robes) introduced between the Earl of Chesterfield
and the Earl of Leicester (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms,
the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain preceding: His Lordship on his Knee presented
his Patent to the Lord Speaker 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 Hugh Earl Fortescue, Greeting:
Whereas by Reason of certain arduous and urgent
Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our
Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We did
lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our Council,
ordain Our present Parliament to be holden at Our
City of Westminster, on the Eighteenth Day of May,
in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign, which Parliament hath been from that Time by several Adjournments and Prorogations adjourned, prorogued, and
continued to and until Thursday the Twenty-ninth
Day of October now next coming, at Our City
aforesaid, to be then there held: 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
the said Day and Place 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 First Day of
September, in the Twenty-ninth 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 Earls
Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
M. of Bath introduced:
Thomas Lord Viscount Weymouth being by Letters
Patent, bearing Date the 25th Day of August 1789, in
the 29th Year of His present Majesty, created Marquis
of Bath, was (in his Robes) introduced between the
Lord Privy Seal and the Earl of Leicester (also in their
Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter
King at Arms, the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord
Great Chamberlain preceding: His Lordship on his Knee
presented his Patent to the Lord Speaker 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 entirely
beloved Cousin and Counsellor Thomas Marquis of
Bath, Greeting: Whereas by Reason of certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State
and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and
the Church, We did lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our Council, ordain Our present Parliament
to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the
Eighteenth Day of May, in the Twenty-fourth Year
of Our Reign, which Parliament hath been from that
Time by several Adjournments and Prorogations adjourned, prorogued, and continued, to and until
Thursday the Twenty-ninth Day of October now next
coming, at Our City aforesaid, to be then there held:
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 the said Day and Place 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 Twenty-fifth Day of August, in the Twenty-ninth 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 Earls' Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
M. of Salisbury introduced:
James Earl of Salisbury being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 25th Day of August 1789, in the 29th Year
of His present Majesty, created Marquis of Salisbury, was
(in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Privy Seal
and the Marquis of Bath (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms,
the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain preceding: His Lordship on his Knee presented
his Patent to the Lord Speaker 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 entirely
beloved Cousin and Counsellor James Marquis of Salisbury, Greeting: Whereas by Reason of certain arduous
and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence
of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We
did lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our Council, ordain Our present Parliament to be holden at
Our City of Westminster, on the Eighteenth Day of May,
in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign, which Parliament hath been from that Time by several Adjournments and Prorogations adjourned, prorogued, and
continued, to and until Thursday the Twenty-ninth
Day of October now next coming, at Our City aforesaid,
to be then there held: 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 the said Day and
Place 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 Twenty-fourth
Day of August, in the Twenty-ninth 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 Earls' Bench.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
V. Hamilton introduced:
John James Viscount Hamilton claiming, by virtue of a
special Limitation in a Patent granted to his late Uncle
James Viscount Hamilton, deceased, bearing Date the 24th
Day of August 1786, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Viscount Falmouth and the Lord Viscount
Wentworth (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher
of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain preceding: His Lordship on his Knee presented his Patent to
the Lord Speaker 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 wellbeloved Cousin John James Viscount Hamilton, 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 Twenty-first
Day of January, in the Thirtieth 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 in his due Place.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Bill pro forma read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better regulating Select Vestries."
His Majesty's Speech reported.
The Lord Speaker reported His Majesty's Speech; 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 His Majesty our humble Thanks for His most gracious Speech
from the Throne.
"To express that we are sensible of the Importance of
the Events produced by the Continuance of the War
on the Continent, and the internal Situation of different Parts of Europe, which have naturally attracted
His Majesty's most serious Attention.
"To assure His Majesty, that while we see with a just
Concern the Interruption of the Tranquillity of other
Countries, we feel the truest Satisfaction from His Majesty's most gracious Assurances of the good Disposition manifested by all Foreign Powers towards these
Kingdoms, and that we entertain with His Majesty, a
deep and grateful Sense of the Favour of Providence,
in continuing to these Kingdoms the increasing Advantages of Peace, and the uninterrupted Enjoyment
of those invaluable Blessings which His Majesty's most
faithful Subjects have so long derived from our excellent Constitution.
"To beg Leave to return His Majesty our dutiful
Thanks for the Communication which His Majesty
has been pleased to make to this House, of the Reasons
which induced His Majesty to take such immediate
Measures as appeared indispensably necessary for preventing the Exportation, and facilitating the Importation of Corn, and for His Majesty's gracious Condescension in directing to be laid before this House a
Copy of the Order, which His Majesty, by the Advice of His Privy Council, thought proper to issue for
that Purpose.
"To beg Leave to offer to His Majesty our humble
Acknowledgements for the gracious Approbation He
is pleased to declare of our former Conduct; and to
assure His Majesty, that, animated by the same Zeal for
the Public Service, which hitherto has directed our
Proceedings, and gratefully acknowledging the Happiness and Security which we experience under His
Majesty's auspicious Government, we will diligently
continue to apply ourselves to those Objects which require our Attention, and may best contribute to the
Maintenance of the Public Revenue, the Extension of
the Commerce and Manufactures of the Country, and
the general Prosperity of these Kingdoms."
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee
to prepare an Address, pursuant to the said Order:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
Ld. Steward.
D. Richmond.
D. Leeds.
Ld. Chamberlain.
M. Bath.
E. Denbigh.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Morton.
E. Galloway.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Chatham.
E. Ailesbury.
E. Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
V. Falmouth.
V. Sydney. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Bangor. |
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 Lord Viscount Falmouth 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 return Your Majesty our
humble Thanks for Your most gracious Speech from
the Throne.
"We are sensible of the Importance of the Events
produced by the Continuance of the War on the Continent, and the internal Situation of different Parts
of Europe, which have naturally attracted Your Majesty's most serious Attention.
"We beg Leave to assure Your Majesty, that while we
see with a just Concern the Interruption of the Tranquillity of other Countries, we feel the truest Satisfaction from the Assurances Your Majesty has been graciously pleased to give us, of the good Disposition manifested by all Foreign Powers towards these Kingdoms, and that we entertain with Your Majesty a deep
and grateful Sense of the Favour of Providence, in continuing to these Kingdoms the increasing Advantages
of Peace, and the uninterrupted Enjoyment of those
invaluable Blessings which Your Majesty's most faithful Subjects have so long derived from our excellent
Constitution.
"We return Your Majesty our dutiful Thanks for
the Communication which Your Majesty has been
pleased to make to us, of the Reasons which induced
Your Majesty to take such immediate Measures, as appeared indispensably necessary for preventing the Exportation, and facilitating the Importation of Corn,
and for Your Majesty's gracious Condescension in directing to be laid before this House, a Copy of the
Order which Your Majesty, by the Advice of Your
Privy Council, thought proper to issue for that Purpose.
"Permit us, Sir, to offer to Your Majesty our humble
Acknowledgements, for the gracious Approbation
which Your Majesty is pleased to declare of our former
Conduct, and to give Your Majesty the strongest Assurances, that animated by the same Zeal for the Public Service, which has hitherto directed our Proceedings, and gratefully acknowledging the Happiness and
Security which we experience under Your Majesty's
auspicious Government, we will diligently continue to
apply ourselves to those Objects which may require our
Attention, and may best contribute to the Maintenance
of the Public Revenue, the Extension of the Commerce and Manufactures of the Country, and the
general Prosperity of these Kingdoms."
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 whole House.
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do wait
on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His Majesty
will please to appoint to be attended therewith.
Committee for Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Orders
and Customs of this House, and Privileges of Parliament,
and of the Peers of Great Britain, and Lords of Parliament:
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P. Wales.
D. Gloucester.
D. Cumberland.
Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Norfolk.
Ld. Steward.
D. Richmond.
D. Leeds.
D. Bridgewater.
D. Montagu.
Ld. Chamberlain.
M. Bath.
E. Suffolk &
Berkshire.
E. Denbigh.
E. Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Essex.
E. Poulet.
E. Cholmondeley.
E. Morton.
E. Galloway.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Dartmouth.
E. Aylesford.
E. Stanhope.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Pomfret.
E. Harrington.
E. Brooke &
Warwick.
E. Harcourt.
E. Fauconberg.
E. De la Warr.
E. Radnor.
E. Chatham.
E. Aylesbury.
E. Leicester.
E. Uxbridge.
E. Lonsdale.
E. Talbot.
E. Beaulieu.
E. Howe.
E. Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
E. Fortescue.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Torrington.
V. Wentworth.
V. Hamilton.
V. Sydney. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Winchester.
L. Bp. Bath &
Wells.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Hereford.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Gloucester. |
L. Le Despencer.
L. Audley.
L. Dacre.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Howard de
Walden.
L. Cathcart.
L. Hay.
L. Middleton.
L. Onslow &
Cranley.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Boston.
L. Digby.
L. Amherst.
L. Brownlow.
L. Rivers.
L. Harrowby.
L. Walsingham.
L. Southampton.
L. Rawdon.
L. Carteret.
L. Douglas.
L. Hawkesbury.
L. Heathfield.
L. Kenyon.
L. Dover. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them, to meet on
Monday next, at Ten o'Clock, in the House of
Peers, and every Monday after; and to adjourn
as they please.
Committee for the Journals.
Lords Sub-Committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of this House, and of the Privileges
of the Peers of Great Britain, and Lords of Parliament,
and to peruse and perfect the Journals of this and former
Sessions of Parliament:
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Ld. President.
Ld. Privy Seal.
D. Norfolk.
Ld. Steward.
D. Richmond.
D. Leeds.
D. Bridgewater.
D. Montagu.
Ld. Chamberlain.
M. Bath.
E. Suffolk &
Berkshire.
E. Denbigh.
E. Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Essex.
E. Poulet.
E. Cholmondeley.
E. Morton.
E. Galloway.
E. Oxford &
Mortimer.
E. Dartmouth.
E. Aylesford.
E. Stanhope.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Pomfret.
E. Harrington.
E. Brooke &
Warwick.
E. Harcourt.
E. Fauconberg.
E. De la Warr.
E. Radnor.
E. Chatham.
E. Aylesbury.
E. Leicester.
E. Uxbridge.
E. Lonsdale.
E. Talbot.
E. Beaulieu.
E. Howe.
E. Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
E. Fortescue.
V. Stormont.
V. Falmouth.
V. Torrington.
V. Wentworth.
V. Hamilton.
V. Sydney. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Winchester.
L. Bp. Bath &
Wells.
L. Bp. Salisbury.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Hereford.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. David's.
L. Bp. Gloucester. |
L. Le Despencer.
L. Audley.
L. Dacre.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Howard de
Walden.
L. Cathcart.
L. Hay.
L. Middleton.
L. Onslow &
Cranley.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Boston.
L. Digby.
L. Amherst.
L. Brownlow.
L. Rivers.
L. Harrowby.
L. Walsingham.
L. Southampton.
L. Rawdon.
L. Carteret.
L. Douglas.
L. Hawkesbury.
L. Heathfield.
L. Kenyon.
L. Dover. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them, to meet
when, where, and as often as they please.
Stoppages in the Streets, Order to pre-
The House taking Notice, "That there is such an
Interruption by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays,
in the Streets and Passages leading to this House, that
the Lords and others are frequently hindered from
coming thereto:"
It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, in Parliament assembled, That the High
Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy,
together with the Justices of the Peace of the said City,
shall, by their strict Care and Directions to the Constables and other Officers within their Jurisdiction, take
special Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to make any Stay, between Whitehall and the End
of Abingdon Street in Westminster, from Twelve of the
Clock at Noon, until Five of the Clock in the Afternoon
of the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament;
and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted
to stop in the Streets and Passages between the End of
Market Lane in Pall Mall, and the End of Abingdon
Street, between the Hours aforesaid, or to pass through
the Old Palace Yard from One of the Clock in the
Afternoon until One Hour after the Rising of this
House, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and that
all Carriages, Drays, or Carts, hereby permitted to pass
through the said Streets and Passages, be obliged to go
One after another, in the Manner following; (that is to
say) all Carriages, Drays, or Carts, going towards Westminster, to keep on the Side of the Street or Passage next
to Saint James's Park, and all those going the contrary Way, to keep on the other Side of the Street, and
upon no Account whatsoever to presume to go Two or
more abreast during the Sitting of this Parliament; and
herein special Care is to be taken, by the said Deputy
Steward, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and all other
Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will be answered to this House: And it is further Ordered, That
the High Bailiff of the City of Westminster, and the Justices of the Peace for the City and Liberty thereof, or
some of them residing in Westminster, be served with the
Order of this House made this Day for the Purposes
aforesaid.
Adjourn.
Dominus Kenyon, Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque
ad et in diem Veneris, vicesimum secundum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 22o Januarii 1790.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestr. |
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Kenyon sat Speaker by virtue of His
Majesty's Commission.
His Majesty to be attended with Address.
The Lord Steward reported, "That the Lords with
White Staves, had (according to Order) waited
on His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His
Majesty would please to appoint to be attended with
their Lordships Address; and that His Majesty had
appointed this Day, at Half past Two o'Clock, at
His Palace of Saint James's."
Arbuthnott against Smart.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of the Honourable John Arbuthnott, complaining of Three Interlocutors
of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 1st and 17th of
July and 4th of August 1789; and also of an Interlocutor
of the Lords of Session there, of the 11th of August
1789; and praying, "That the same may be reversed,
varied, or altered, or that the Appellant may have
such other Relief in the Premises as to this House, in
their Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and
that Robert Smart, Merchant in Marykirk, may be
required to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Robert Smart may have
a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in his Answer
thereunto in Writing, on or before Friday the 19th
Day of February next; and Service of this Order upon
any One of the Procurators or Agents of the said Respondent, in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be
deemed good Service.
Fraser to enter into Recognizance on said Appeal.
The House being moved, "That Alexander Fraser
of Staples Inn, Gentleman, may be permitted to enter
into a Recognizance for the Honourable John Arbuthnott, on Account of his Appeal depending in this
House, he residing in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Alexander Fraser may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as
desired.
Bp. Carlisle to preach on 30th January.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Carlisle be and
he is hereby desired to preach before this House, on
Saturday the 30th Day of this Instant January, in the
Abbey Church, Westminster.
Hastings' Trial deferred:
Moved, "That the Order made on the 8th Day of July
last, for the House to proceed further in the Trial of
Warren Hastings Esquire, on the First Tuesday in the
next Session of Parliament, be now read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That this House do proceed further in the
Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, on Monday the First
Day of February 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. Holford and Mr. Graves, to acquaint them therewith.
Adjourn.
Dominus Kenyon, Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque
ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum sextum diem instantis
Januarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 26o Januarii 1790.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Dux Leeds.
Comes Pomfret. |
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Kenyon sat Speaker by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.
Stevenson against Black.
The Answer of James Black of Aberdeen, Merchant,
to the Appeal of George Stevenson, late of Virginia, now
residing at Mill of Durn in North Britain, was this Day
brought in:
Waddel against Waddel.
As was also, The Answer of Elizabeth, Agnes, and
Ann Waddel and others, to the Appeal of William
Waddel:
Stewart against Colquhoun et al.
Also, The Answer of Sir James Colquhoun Baronet and
others, to the Appeal of Charles Stewart of Dalguise Esquire:
Carmichael et al. against E. Hyndford et al.
Also, The Answer of Thomas Earl of Hyndford and
others, to the Appeal of John Carmichael of Skirling,
and his Guardians:
York Buildings Company against Ld. Stourton et al.
And also, The Answer of Charles Lord Stourton and
the Honourable Robert Edward Petre, Representatives
of the deceased Edward Duke of Norfolk and others, to
the Appeal of the Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising Thames Water in York Buildings."
King's Answer to Address.
The Lord Speaker reported, "That the House did on
Friday last present their Address to His Majesty; to
which His Majesty was pleased to return the following
most gracious Answer;
"My Lords,
"I receive, with great Pleasure, your dutiful and loyal
Address.
"The first Object of My Wishes being the Prosperity
of My People, I cannot but express My Satisfaction at
receiving such strong Assurances of your Disposition to
apply your Attention to those important Objects which
I have recommended to your Consideration."
Ordered, That the said Address, together with His
Majesty's most gracious Answer thereto, be forthwith
printed and published.
Crichton against Mackay.
Upon reading the Petition of Alexander Crichton, Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, to which
Mary Mackay is Respondent; setting forth, "That the
Petitioner some Time ago presented an Appeal to their
Lordships from several Interlocutors of the Court of
Session in Scotland; that One of the Interlocutors
complained of in the said Appeal is by Mistake stated
to have been pronounced on the 25th of June 1788,
whereas the same truly bears Date the 28th Day of that
Month;" and therefore praying their Lordships,
That he may be at Liberty to amend his said Appeal,
by altering the Date of the said Interlocutor from the
25th of June 1788 to the 28th of June 1788, he
amending the Respondent's Copy:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
amend his said Appeal, by altering the Date of the said
Interlocutor from the 25th of June 1788 to the 28th of
June 1788, as desired; he amending the Respondent's
Copy.
Macdonald against Bruce et al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Alexander
Macdonald, late Taylor in Dundee, now Prisoner in the
Gaol of Canongate of Edinburgh, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 19th
of January 1790; 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 William Bruce, Grandson and Heir of
the late William Bruce, Shipmaster in Dundee, and his
Tutors and Guardians, may be required to answer the
said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said William Bruce and his
Tutors and Guardians may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Answers
thereunto in Writing, on or before Tuesday the 23d Day
of February next; and Service of this Order upon the
said Respondents, or upon any of their known Counsel
or Agents in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall
be deemed good Service.
Carmichael et al. against E. Hyndford et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein John Carmichael
of Skirling Esquire and his Guardians are Appellants,
and Thomas Earl of Hyndford 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.
York Buildings Company against Ld. Stourton et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be
appointed for hearing the Cause wherein the Governor
and Company of Undertakers for raising Thames
Water in York Buildings are Appellants, and Charles
Lord Stourton 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.
Waddel against Waddel et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be
appointed for hearing the Cause wherein William Waddel is Appellant, and Elizabeth, Agnes, and Anne
Waddel 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.
Stewart against Sir J. Colquhoun et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Charles Stewart
of Dalguise Esquire is Appellant, and Sir James Colquhoun Baronet 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.
Hastings' Trial, Witnesses to attend.
Ordered, That Captain Broome and Captain Charles
Hamilton do attend on Monday the 1st Day of February
next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, to give Evidence at the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire in Westminster Hall.
Gibson and Johnson against Minet and Fector, in Error.
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
Thomas Gibson and Joseph Johnson are Plaintiffs,
and
Hughes Minet and James Peter Fector are Defendants.
Menzies against Menzies and another.
The House being informed, "That Elizabeth Mackenzie Menzies and her Factor, Respondents to the Appeal
of John Menzies of Culdairs Esquire, 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 David Walker, 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.
Causes put off.
Ordered, That the hearing of the Errors argued,
assigned upon the Writ of Error, wherein the King is Plaintiff and Thomas Amery Defendant, which stands appointed
for To-morrow, be put off to Monday next, and that the
Judges do then attend; and that the rest of the Causes
be removed in Course.
East India Goods, &c. Accounts delivered.
The House being informed, "That some of the Commissioners of the Customs attended:"
They were called in, and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to the several Acts of Parliament, "The Return of the
said Commissioners," with the following Accounts;
No. 1. "An Account of prohibited East India Goods
imported into Saint Helen's, and Private Trade Warehouses in the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1788
to Michaelmas 1789; what delivered out for Exportation during that Period, and what remained in the
said Warehouse at Michaelmas 1789."
2. "An Account of prohibited East India Goods imported into Leadenhall Warehouse in the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1788 to Michaelmas 1789; also,
what exported during that Time, and what remained
in the said Warehouses at Michaelmas 1789."
3. "An Account of prohibited East India Goods remaining in His Majesty's Warehouse in the Port of
London at Michaelmas 1788, what have been since
brought in, what exported, as also what remained at
Michaelmas 1789."
4. "An Account of East India Goods prohibited to be
worn in this Kingdom, in the respective Warehouses
in the Out Ports at Michaelmas 1788, what have been
since brought in, what exported, as also what remained
at Michaelmas 1789."
5. "An Account of prohibited East India Goods,
which have been delivered out of the Warehouses at
St. Helen's, Leadenhall, Biliter Lane, and the Custom
House, in the Port of London, since Michaelmas 1788,
in order to be dyed, glazed, and refreshed, what have
been since returned, and what remained out at Michaelmas 1789."
6. "An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia into the Port of London, from Michaelmas 1788
to Michaelmas 1789."
7. "An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia into the Ports of England, commonly called the
Out Ports, from Michaelmas 1788 to Michaelmas
1789."
8. "An Account of the Number of Ships which have
been employed in the Whale Fishery to Davis's
Streights and the Greenland Seas, with their Names
and Burthens, from whence they were fitted out, and
at what Port they were discharged, and also what
Quantity of Blubber each Ship imported in the Year
1789."
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 Kenyon, Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque
ad et in diem Sabbati, tricesimum diem instantis Januarii,
horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Sabbati, 30o Januarii 1790.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Glocestr. |
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Kenyon sat Speaker by virtue of His Majesty's
Commission.
Causes put off.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Errors argued,
assigned upon the Writ of Error, wherein the King is
Plaintiff, and Thomas Amery Defendant, which stands appointed for Monday next, be put off to Wednesday next,
and that the Judges do then attend; and that the rest of
the Causes be removed in Course.
Hastings' Trial deferred:
Moved, "That the Order made on Friday the 22d of
this Instant January, for the House to proceed further
in the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire on Monday
next, be now read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the House do proceed further in the
Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, on Monday the 8th
Day of February next, at Ten o'Clock, in Westminster
Hall.
Message to H. C. to acquaint them therewith.
A Message was ordered to be sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu, to acquaint
them therewith.
King Charles's Martyrdom observed.
Then in order to solemnize this Day, being appointed
by Act of Parliament, to be observed as a Day of Fasting
and Humiliation, for the Martyrdom of King Charles the
First:
Adjourn.
Dominus Kenyon, Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque
ad et in diem Martis, secundum diem Februarii, jam
prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.