Anno 11 Georgii Quarti.
DIE Jovis, 4° Februarii 1830, Annoque Regni Serenissimi Domini nostri Georgii Quarti, Dei Gratiâ,
Britanniarum Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Undecimo; in
quem Diem hæc Quarta Sessio Parliamenti, per seperalia
Adjournamenta et Prorogationes continuata fuerat, in
Superiori Domo Parliamenti Britanniarum apud Westmonaster. convenere, Domini tam Spirituales quam
Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes
fuerunt:
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Dux Cumberland. |
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| Ds. Lyndhurst, Cancellarius. |
Epus. Londinen.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Elien.
Epus. Lich. et Cov.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Oxon.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Granville.
Vicecom. Goderich.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Saye & Sele.
Ds. Arundell of Wardour.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Dormer.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Stafford.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Saltoun.
Ds. Colville of Culross.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Montagu.
Ds. Auckland.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Calthorpe.
Ds. Northwick.
Ds. Lilford.
Ds. Fitz Gibbon.
Ds. Alvanley.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Ailsa.
Ds. Hill.
Ds. Melbourne.
Ds. Harris.
Ds. Maryborough.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Bexley.
Ds. Somerhill.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Fife.
Ds. Tenterden.
Ds. Clanwilliam.
Ds. Durham.
Ds. Wallace.
Ds. Wynford. |
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Rosslyn, C. P. S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Wellington.
March. Conyngham, Senescallus.
March. Lansdowne.
March. Salisbury.
March. Hertford.
March. Camden.
March. Anglesey.
March. Cholmondeley.
March. Hastings.
March. Ailesbury.
March. Bristol.
March. Cleveland.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchilsea & Nottingham.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Erroll.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes De Lawarr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Liverpool.
Comes Charlemont.
Comes Mayo.
Comes Verulam.
Comes Brownlow.
Comes Howe.
Comes Som;ers.
Comes Amherst.
Vicecom. Strathallan.
Vicecom. Torrington.
Vicecom. Leinster.
Vicecom. Sidmouth. |
Parliament opened by Commission.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That it
not being convenient for His Majesty to be personally
present here this Day, He had been pleased to cause a
Commission under the Great Seal to be prepared, in
order to the holding this Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to robe.
The House was resumed.
Then Five of the Lords Commissioners, being in their
Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne
and the Woolsack, The Lord Chancellor in the Middle,
with The Lord President and The Duke of Wellington
on his Right Hand, and The Lord Privy Seal and The
Earl of Aberdeen on his Left; commanded the Officiating
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons
know, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate
Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission
read."
Who being come, with their Speaker;
The Lord Chancellor said,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"We are commanded by His Majesty to let you know,
That it not being convenient for Him to be present
here this Day in His Royal Person, He hath thought
fit, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal, to empower His Royal Highness The Duke of Clarence, and
several Lords therein named, to do all Things in His
Majesty's Name which are to be done on His Majesty's
Part in this Parliament, as by the Letters Patent will
more fully appear."
Then the said Letters Patent were read by the Clerk
as follow; (viz
t.)
"GEORGE R.
"GEORGE the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith; To all to whom these Presents
shall come, Greeting: Whereas We did lately, for
divers difficult and pressing Affairs, concerning Us, the
State and Defence of Our United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and the Church, ordain this Our
present Parliament to begin and be holden at Our
City of Westminster on the Twenty-fifth Day of July,
in the Seventh Year of Our Reign; which Parliament
was from thence by Our several Writs prorogued to
and until the Fourteenth Day of November then next
following; on which Day Our said Parliament was
begun and holden, and from thence, by several Adjournments and Prorogations, hath been adjourned and
prorogued to and until Thursday the Fourth Day of
February instant, then to be holden and sit at Our City
of Westminster aforesaid: And for as much as for
certain Causes We cannot conveniently be present in
Our Royal Person in Our said Parliament upon the
said Fourth Day of February instant; Know ye, that
We, trusting in the Discretion, Fidelity and Care of
Our most dear Brothers and faithful Councillors William Duke of Clarence, Ernest Duke of Cumberland,
Augustus Duke of Sussex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge;
Our most dear Cousin and faithful Councillor William
Frederick Duke of Gloucester; The Most Reverend
Father in God and Our faithful Councillor William
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of
all England; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillor
John Singleton Lord Lyndhurst, Chancellor of that Part
of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
called Great Britain; Our most dear Cousins and
Councillors Henry Earl Bathurst, President of Our
Council; James Earl of Rosslyn, Keeper of Our Privy
Seal; James Duke of Montrose, Chamberlain of Our
Household; George William Frederick Duke of Leeds,
Master of Our Horse; William Duke of Devonshire,
William Henry Duke of Portland, Arthur Duke of
Wellington, Henry Marquess Conyngham, Steward of
Our Household; Charles Marquess of Winchester,
Groom of Our Stole; Henry Marquess of Lansdowne,
Richard Marquess Wellesley, John Jeffreys Marquess
Camden, Henry William Marquess of Anglesey, John
Earl of Westmorland, George Earl of Carlisle, Cropley
Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury, George Earl of Aberdeen,
One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, William Earl
Fitzwilliam, George John Earl Spencer, John Earl of
Chatham, John Earl of Eldon, John William Earl of
Dudley, Robert Viscount Melville, Henry Viscount
Sidmouth, Frederick John Viscount Goderich; Our
well-beloved and faithful Councillors, Henry Richard
Lord Holland, William Wyndham Lord Grenville,
Edward Lord Ellenborough, Nicholas Lord Bexley, and
Charles Lord Tenterden, by the Advice and Consent of
Our Council, do give and grant, by the Tenor of these
Presents, unto the said Duke of Clarence, Duke of
Cumberland, Duke of Sussex, Duke of Cambridge,
Duke of Gloucester, Archbiship of Canterbury, Lord
Lyndhurst, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Rosslyn, Duke of
Montrose, Duke of Leeds, Duke of Devonshire, Duke
of Portland, Duke of Wellington, Marquess Conyngham,
Marquess of Winchester, Marquess of Lansdowne,
Marquess Wellesley, Marquess Camden, Marquess of
Anglesey, Earl of Westmorland, Earl of Carlisle, Earl
of Shaftesbury, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl
Spencer, Earl of Chatham, Earl of Eldon, Earl of
Dudley, Viscount Melville, Viscount Sidmouth, Viscount
Goderich, Lord Holland, Lord Grenville, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Bexley and Lord Tenterden, and any
Three of them, full Power, in Our Name, to hold Our
said Parliament, and to open and declare, and cause to
be opened and declared, the Causes of holding the
same, and to proceed upon the said Affairs in Our said
Parliament, and in all Matters arising therein, and to
do every thing which for Us and by Us, for the good
Government of Our said United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and of other Our Dominions
belonging to Our said United Kingdom, shall be
therein to be done; and also, if necessary, to continue,
adjourn and prorogue Our said Parliament: Commanding also, by the Tenor of these Presents, with the
Consent of Our said Council, as well all and every the
Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Viscounts, Barons, and
Knights, as all others whom it concerns to meet in
Our said Parliament, that to the same Duke of
Clarence, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Sussex, Duke
of Cambridge, Duke of Gloucester, Archbishop of
Canterbury, Lord Lyndhurst, Earl Bathurst, Earl of
Rosslyn, Duke of Montrose, Duke of Leeds, Duke of
Devonshire, Duke of Portland, Duke of Wellington,
Marquess Conyngham, Marquess of Winchester, Marquess of Lansdowne, Marquess Wellesley, Marquess
Camden, Marquess of Anglesey, Earl of Westmorland,
Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl Spencer, Earl of Chatham, Earl
of Eldon, Earl of Dudley, Viscount Melville, Viscount
Sidmouth, Viscount Goderich, Lord Holland, Lord
Grenville, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Bexley, and Lord
Tenterden, or any Three of them, they diligently
intend in the Premises, in the Form aforesaid. In
Witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to
be made Patent.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Third Day of
February, in the Eleventh Year of Our Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own Hand.
"BATHURST."
Which done, The Lord Chancellor said,
Lords Commissioners Speech.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"We are commanded by His Majesty to inform you,
that His Majesty receives from all Foreign Powers
the strongest Assurances of their Desire to maintain
and cultivate the most friendly Relations with this
Country.
"His Majesty has seen with Satisfaction that the
War between Russia and The Ottoman Porte has been
brought to a Conclusion. The Efforts of His Majesty
to accomplish the main Objects of the Treaty of the
6th July 1827 have been unremitted.
"His Majesty, having recently concerted with His
Allies Measures for the Pacification and final Settlement of Greece, trusts that He shall be enabled, at
an early Period, to communicate to you the Particulars
of this Arrangement, with such Information as may
explain the Course which His Majesty has pursued
throughout the Progress of these important Transactions.
"His Majesty laments that He is unable to announce
to you the Prospect of a Reconciliation between the
Princes of the House of Braganza.
"His Majesty has not yet deemed it expedient to
re-establish, upon their ancient Footing, His Majesty's
Diplomatic Relations with the Kingdom of Portugal;
but the numerous Embarrassments arising from the
continued Interruption of these Relations encrease His
Majesty's Desire to effect the Termination of so serious
an Evil.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"His Majesty has directed the Estimates for the
current Year to be laid before you. They have been
framed with every Attention to Economy, and it will
be satisfactory to you to learn that His Majesty will
be enabled to propose a considerable Reduction in
the Amount of the Public Expenditure, without
impairing the Efficiency of our Naval or Military
Establishments.
"We are commanded by His Majesty to inform you,
that although the National Income during the last
Year has not attained the full Amount at which it
had been estimated, the Diminution is not such as to
cause any Doubt as to the future Prosperity of the
Revenue.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"His Majesty commands us to acquaint you, that
His Attention has been of late earnestly directed to
various important Considerations connected with Improvements in the general Administration of the
Law.
"His Majesty has directed that Measures shall be
submitted for your Deliberation, of which some are
calculated, in the Opinion of His Majesty, to facilitate
and expedite the Course of Justice in different Parts
of the United Kingdom, and others appear to be
necessary Preliminaries to a Revision of the Practice
and Proceedings of the Superior Courts.
"We are commanded to assure you, that His Majesty
feels confident that you will give your best Attention
and Assistance to Subjects of such deep and lasting
Concern to the Well-being of His People.
"His Majesty commands us to inform you, that the
Export in the last Year of British Produce and Manufactures has exceeded that of any former Year.
"His Majesty laments that, notwithstanding this Indication of active Commerce, Distress should prevail
among the Agricultural and Manufacturing Classes in
some Parts of the United Kingdom.
"It would be most gratifying to the paternal Feelings
of His Majesty to be enabled to propose for your
Consideration Measures calculated to remove the
Difficulties of any Portion of His Subjects, and at the
same Time compatible with the general and permanent
Interests of His People.
"It is from a deep Solicitude for those Interests, that
His Majesty is impressed with the Necessity of acting
with extreme Caution in reference to this important
Subject.
"His Majesty feels assured that you will concur with
Him in assigning due Weight to the Effect of unfavourable Seasons, and to the Operation of other
Causes which are beyond the Reach of Legislative
Controul or Remedy.
"Above all, His Majesty is convinced that no Pressure
of temporary Difficulty will induce you to relax the
Determination which you have uniformly manifested
to maintain inviolate the Public Credit, and thus to
uphold the high Character and the permanent Welfare
of the Country."
Then the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
PRAYERS.
Bp. Oxford takes the Oaths.
This Day Richard Lord Bishop of Oxford took the
Oaths, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Ld. Arundell of Wardour takes his Seat.
This Day James Everard Lord Arundell of Wardour
sat first in Parliament; his Lordship having first, at the
Table, taken and subscribed the Oath appointed to be
taken by the Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty by Peers professing the Roman Catholic
Religion.
E. of Glengall returned a Peer for Ireland.
The House being informed, "That Mr. James Dawes,
from the Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Ireland,
attended with the Writs and Returns for electing a
Temporal Peer of Ireland in the room of Charles John
Earl of Blesinton, deceased, with the Certificate of the
Clerk of the Crown in Ireland annexed thereto;"
He was called in; and being sworn and examined,
acquainted their Lordships, "That he received the same
from the said Deputy Clerk of the Crown in Ireland,
and that it was now in the same Condition as when
he received it;" and then delivering the same at the
Bar,
He was directed to withdraw.
Which Certificate was read, and is as follows; (viz
t.)
"In pursuance of an Act passed in the Fortieth Year
of His late Majesty King George the Third, entitled,
"An Act to regulate the Mode by which the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, to serve in
the Parliament of the United Kingdom on the Part of
Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said
Parliament;" I do hereby certify, That the several
Writs hereunto annexed, for electing a Temporal Peer
of Ireland in the room of Charles John Earl of Blesinton did issue from this Office to the Peers therein
severally named, and that the said Peers did severally
make the Returns thereto which to the said Writs are
respectively annexed; And I further certify, That it
appears from the said Writs and Returns, that Richard
Earl of Glengall has been chosen by a Majority of
Votes to be the Peer to sit and vote on the Part of
Ireland in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom,
in the room of the said Charles John Earl of Blesinton:
All which I attest this First Day of September One
thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
"GRANARD.
To the Clerk of the Parliament of
"the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland."
Tho. Bouchier,
Dy. Clk. Crown & Hanr,
Ireland."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Bill pro formâ read.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better regulating Select Vestries."
Lords Commissioners Speech reported:
The Lord Chancellor reported the Speech of the Lords
Commissioners:
And the same being afterwards read by the Clerk:
Motion for Address thereon:
It was moved, "That an humble Address be presented
to His Majesty, to return His Majesty our most
humble Thanks for the Gracious Speech which His
Majesty has directed the Lords Commissioners to
deliver to both Houses of Parliament.
"To express to His Majesty our grateful Acknowledgment of the Communication, that His Majesty has
received from all Foreign Powers the strongest Assurances of their Desire to maintain and cultivate the
most friendly Relations with this Country.
"To assure His Majesty that we participate in the
Satisfaction with which His Majesty has been that the
War between Russia and The Ottoman Porte has been
brought to a Conclusion.
"To offer our humble Thanks to His Majesty for His
unremitted Efforts to accomplish the main Objects of
the Treaty of the 6th of July 1827.
"To assure His Majesty of the sincere Satisfaction
with which we have learned that His Majesty, having
recently concerted with His Allies Measures for the
Pacification and final Settlement of Greece, trusts that
He shall be enabled, at an early Period, to communicate to His Parliament the Particulars of this Arrangement, with such Information as may explain the Course
which His Majesty has pursued throughout the Progress
of these important Transactions.
"To express our Concern that His Majesty is unable
to announce the Prospect of a Reconciliation between
the Princes of the House of Braganza.
"To thank His Majesty for the Communication, that
He has not yet deemed it expedient to re-establish,
upon their ancient Footing, His Majesty's Diplomatic
Relations with the Kingdom of Portugal; and to
express our grateful Sense of the Assurance, that the
numerous Embarrassments arising from the continued
Interruption of those Relation encrease His Majesty's
Desire to effect the Termination of so serious an Evil.
"To offer to His Majesty our humble Thanks for
having acquainted us, that His Majesty's Attention
has been of late earnestly directed to the various important Considerations connected with Improvements
in the general Administration of the Law; and for the
Directions which His Majesty has been graciously
pleased to give, that Measures shall be submitted to
the Deliberation of Parliament, of which some are
calculated, in the Opinion of His Majesty, to facilitate
and expedite the Course of Justice in different Parts of
the United Kingdom, and others appear to be necessary Preliminaries to a Revision of the Practice and
Proceedings of the Superior Courts.
"To assure His Majesty that we are impressed with a
due Sense of the Confidence His Majesty justly reposes
in us, that we will give our best Attention and Assistance to Subjects of such deep and lasting Concern to
the Well-being of His Majesty's People.
"To express the Satisfaction with which we have
received the Information which His Majesty has commanded to be given to us, that the Export in the last
Year of British Produce and Manufactures has exceeded that of any former Year; and to assure His
Majesty that we deeply lament that, notwithstanding
this Indication of active Commerce, Distress should
prevail among the Agricultural and Manufacturing
Classes in some Parts of the United Kingdom.
"To express our sincere Belief that it would be highly
gratifying to the paternal Feelings of His Majesty to
be enabled to propose for the Consideration of Parliament, Measures calculated to remove the Difficulties of
any Portion of His Subjects, and at the same Time
compatible with the general and permanent Interests
of His People.
"To offer to His Majesty our humble Thanks for the
deep Solicitude His Majesty feels for those Interests,
and to express our Conviction of the Necessity with
which His Majesty is impressed of acting with extreme
Caution in reference to this important Subject.
"To assure His Majesty that we shall concur with
His Majesty in assigning due Weight to the Effect of
unfavourable Seasons, and the Operation of other
Causes which are beyond the Reach of the Legislative
Controul or Remedy.
"To express our Gratitude to His Majesty for the
Conviction He is graciously pleased to express, that
no Pressure of temporary Difficulty will induce this
House to relax the Determination it has constantly
manifested to maintain Public Credit inviolate, and
thus to uphold the high Character and the permanent
Welfare of the Country."
Amendment moved, and Negatived:
Then an Amendment was proposed to be made to the
said Motion, by leaving out from ("United Kingdom")
at the End of the Tenth Paragraph, to the End of the
Motion, and inserting ("That this House views with the
deepest Sorrow and Anxiety the severe Distress
which now afflicts the Country, and will immediately
proceed to examine its Causes, and the Means of
administering speedy and effectual Relief.")
Which being objected to;
After Debate,
The Question was put, "Whether the Words proposed to be left out shall stand Part of the
Motion?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Protest thereupon:
DISSENTIENT:
"1.—Because it is the bounden Duty of Parliament
to examine the Causes of Public Distress, and, as far
as may be in its Power, to administer speedy and
effectual Relief.
"2.—Because the grievous Distress which now afflicts
the Country in many Branches of productive Industry
appears to be the Result of Legislative Measures, and
might therefore be relieved, if not altogether removed, by a different Course of Policy, particularly
with respect to the Currency, as the Alteration in its
Value has greatly increased the Weight of all the
Public Burthens and of all the Private Engagements,
which existed previously to that Alteration.
"3.—Because the Relief which ought to be administered cannot be delayed without Injury and Injustice, and also without Danger to the Country, of
which the Welfare must be destroyed, and of which the
Tranquillity might be disturbed, by a Continuance of
the Distress which is now suffered.
"STANHOPE."
"RICHMOND, &c. for
"First and Third Reasons."
Another Amendment moved and Negatived:
Then it was moved, after ("Majesty") in the Thirteenth Paragraph, to insert ("That after Fifteen Years
of uninterrupted Peace this House laments that the
general Condition of the People is not materially improved, or the Prosperity of the Country perceptibly
encreased; that, on the contrary, the Landed and
Manufacturing Interests, as well as the Traders and
Labourers of every Description, have frequently been
afflicted and still continue to be weighed down by severe
Distress: That it is the Duty of Parliament to examine
into the Causes which have produced these Distresses,
and to remove the Impediments which retard the Progress of the National Prosperity.
"That the Necessaries of Life and the Materials of
Manufacture are rendered dear by Taxation and Regulation: By these Means too much is taken from the
industrious Classes, and, in many Instances, too much
is given to the privileged Classes of Society.
"That it is a grievous Aggravation of the Public
Burthens, in addition to near Fifty Millions of Taxes
deemed necessary for the Public Service, still further
to permit enormous Sums to be extorted from the
People by the intolerable Monopolies of Corn, Beer,
Sugar, Tea, and other Articles, established for the
private Benefit of powerful and favoured Classes, at
the Expence of the great Body of Consumers and of
the Public Good.
"By these Monopolies, the Cost of the first Necessaries of Life is enhanced, the Rate of Profit in all Trades
diminished, Capital driven Abroad to seek a more profitable Employment, and the productive Powers of the
National Industry are greatly reduced.
"By the Restrictions imposed on the Import of
Foreign Corn, the Markets of other Nations are in a
great Degree closed against us, the Demand for the
Produce of the National Industry is limited, and the
Symptoms of general Distress are manifested in the
inadequate Reward of Labour, and in the encreasing
Difficulty of finding any profitable Employment for
Capital and Industry.
"By the partial and exorbitant Duties of Excise imposed upon Beer and Malt, combined with the double
Monopoly conferred both on the Grower of Barley and
on those who are licensed to sell Beer, the Price of that
Necessary of Life is so greatly enhanced, that in the
course of Eighty Years, whilst the Population has been
more than doubled in Number, the Consumption of
Malt has actually decreased.
"By the Monopoly conferred on the Cultivators of
Sugar in the British West India Islands the Price of
that great Article of Consumption is very much enhanced, at the Expence of the People of England, who
might be better supplied if permitted to resort to other
Markets, and who are also, for the Benefit of the
Monopolists of the said Islands, burthened with the
heavy Charge of defending those unhealthy and precarious Possessions.
"By the exclusive Privilege of Navigation and Trade
to China conferred on The East India Company, the
whole Supply of Tea consumed in the United Kingdom
is placed at the Discretion of a single Company of
Traders: Monopoly in this, as in every similar Instance,
has produced its usual Consequences; the Price of Tea
is greatly encreased, as compared with the Price of
the same Article in the free Markets of Europe and
America; the Quantity imported is limited by the
narrow Views, of obtaining a large Profit on a small
Supply, entertained by the Monopolist Company; the
British Manufactures suited to the Chinese Markets
are consequently exported in much smaller Amount;
and the Public thus suffers in the encreased Price of
Tea, in the diminished Demand for Home Manufactures, and in the Exclusion from all Navigation and
Trade to one of the greatest Markets of the World.
"That it appears that these gigantic Monopolies,
superadded to the heavy Load of Taxation, have impoverished the Country, and produced the Public
Distress: That all Prohibitions and Restrictions imposed
for the Benefit of particular Classes or Companies, for
the Purpose of producing artificial high Prices, are no
less impolitic than unjust: That our own Exclusion
from the great Market of the World, and the Cessation
of Demand at Home, are the necessary Consequences
of our own Measures; because it is in the Nature of
Things that a Nation which refuses to buy the Productions of other Countries cannot sell its own: That we
can only expect to derive permanent Relief from our
Distresses, and Improvement in our Condition, from the
strictest Economy in every Branch of the Public Expenditure, from the Abolition of all exclusive Privileges
and Monopolies, from an unrestricted Supply of the first
Necessaries of Life and of the Materials of Manufacture, and from a real free Trade, by which the whole
Community, as Consumers of Goods, will be greatly
benefited, the Labouring Classes enabled to procure a
fair Reward, the Capitalist to augment those Funds by
which all Labour is supported, and the Efficiency of
British Industry permitted to produce its natural Result in enriching the Country, and thus to restore and
to secure the Public Prosperity.")
Which being objected to;
The Question was put, "Whether the said Words
shall be there inserted?"
It was resolved in the Negative.
Then it was moved to agree to the said Motion for
an Address as at first proposed.
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Com ee to prepare the Address:
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee
to prepare an Address pursuant thereto; (viz
t.)
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V. Sidmouth.
V. Gordon.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Dacre.
L. Gower.
L. Saltoun.
L. Montagu.
L. Auckland.
L. Rivers.
L. Hill.
L. Bexley,
L. Wallace. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
D. Manchester.
M. Hertford.
M. Hastings.
E. Carlisle.
E. Doncaster.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Erroll.
E. De Lawarr.
E. Amherst. |
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, & agreed to.
And The Earl of Doncaster reported from the Committee
an Address drawn by them as follows; (viz
t.)
"Most Gracious Sovereign,
"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects,
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg leave to approach Your Majesty, to return
to Your Majesty our most humble Thanks for the
Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has directed
the Lords Commissioners to deliver to both Houses of
Parliament.
"We beg leave to express to Your Majesty our
grateful Acknowledgment of the Communication, that
Your Majesty has received from all Foreign Powers
the strongest Assurances of their Desire to maintain and
cultivate the most friendly Relations with this Country.
"We assure Your Majesty that we participate in the
Satisfaction with which Your Majesty has seen that
the War between Russia and The Ottoman Porte has
been brought to a Conclusion.
"We offer our humble Thanks to Your Majesty for
Your unremitted Efforts to accomplish the main Objects
of the Treaty of the 6th of July 1827.
"We humbly assure Your Majesty of the sincere
Satisfaction with which we have learned that Your
Majesty, having recently concerted with Your Allies
Measures for the Pacification and final Settlement of
Greece, trusts that You shall be enabled, at an early
Period, to communicate to Your Parliament the Particulars of this Arrangement, with such Information
as may explain the Course which Your Majesty has
pursued throughout the Progress of these important
Transactions.
"We cannot but express our Concern that Your
Majesty is unable to announce the Prospect of a
Reconciliation between the Princes of the House of
Braganza.
"We thank Your Majesty for the Communication,
that You have not yet deemed it expedient to reestablish, upon their ancient Footing, Your Majesty's
Diplomatic Relations with the Kingdom of Portugal;
and to express our grateful Sense of the Assurance,
that the numerous Embarrassments arising from the
continued Interruption of those Relations encrease
Your Majesty's Desire to effect the Termination of so
serious an Evil.
"We offer to Your Majesty our humble Thanks for
having acquainted us, that Your Majesty's Attention
has been of late earnestly directed to the various
important Considerations connected with Improvements in the general Administration of the Law; and
for the Directions which Your Majesty has been
graciously pleased to give, that Measures shall be
submitted to the Deliberation of Parliament, of which
some are calculated, in the Opinion of Your Majesty,
to facilitate and expedite the Course of Justice in
different Parts of the United Kingdom, and others
appear to be necessary Preliminaries to a Revision of
the Practice and Proceedings of the Superior Courts.
"We assure Your Majesty that we are impressed with
a due Sense of the Confidence Your Majesty justly
reposes in us, that we will give our best Attention and
Assistance to Subjects of such deep and lasting Concern
to the Well-being of Your Majesty's People.
"We desire to express the Satisfaction with which we
have received the Information which Your Majesty
has commanded to be given to us, that the Export in
the last Year of British Produce and Manufactures
has exceeded that of any former Year; and to assure
Your Majesty that we deeply lament that, notwithstanding this Indication of active Commerce, Distress
should prevail among the Agricultural and Manufacturing Classes of some Parts of the United Kingdom.
"We assure Your Majesty of our sincere Belief that
it would be highly gratifying to the paternal Feelings
of Your Majesty to be enabled to propose for the
Consideration of Parliament, Measures calculated to
remove the Difficulties of any Portion of Your Subjects, and at the same Time compatible with the
general and permanent Interests of Your People.
"We beg leave to offer to Your Majesty our humble
Thanks for the deep Solicitude Your Majesty feels for
those Interests, and to express our Conviction of the
Necessity with which Your Majesty is impressed of
acting with extreme Caution in reference to this
important Subject.
"We assure Your Majesty that we shall concur with
Your Majesty in assigning its due Weight to the
Effect of unfavourable Seasons, and the Operation of
other Causes which are beyond the Reach of Legislative
Controul or Remedy.
"We offer the Assurance of our Gratitude for the
Conviction Your Majesty is graciously pleased to
express, that no Pressure of temporary Difficulty will
induce this House to relax the Determination it has
constantly manifested to maintain Public Credit inviolate, and thus to uphold the high Character and the
permanent Welfare of the Country."
Which Address, being read by the Clerk, was agreed to
by the House.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.
E. of Shaftesbury to take the Chair in Com ees.
It was moved, "That the several Resolutions of the
23d of July 1800, touching the Nomination of a Lord
to take the Chair of Committees of this House at the
Commencement of every Session, be now read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Resolved, Nemine Dissentiente, That The Earl of
Shaftesbury be appointed to take the Chair in all Committees of this House for this Session.
Resolved, Nemine Dissentients, That The Earl of
Shaftesbury do take the Chair in all Committees of the
Whole House, unless where it shall have been otherwise
directed by this House.
Resolved, Nemine Dissentiente, That The Earl of
Shaftesbury do also take the Chair in all Committees
upon Private Bills and other Matters, unless where it
shall have been otherwise directed by this House.
Com ee 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 Ireland, and Lords
of Parliament:
D. CUMBERLAND.
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V. Sidmouth.
V. Gordon.
V. Granville.
V. Goderich.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Lichfield & Coventry.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Chichester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Landaff.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Dacre.
L. Saye & Sele.
L. Arundell of Wardour.
L. Clifton.
L. Dormer.
L. Teynham.
L. Stafford.
L. Gower.
L. Saltoun.
L. Colville of Culross.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Holland.
L. Vernon.
L. Ducie.
L. Montagu.
L. Auckland.
L. Mendip.
L. Calthorpe.
L. Northwick.
L. Lilford.
L. Fitz Gibbon.
L. Alvanley.
L. Rivers.
L. Ailsa.
L. Hill.
L. Melbourne.
L. Harris.
L. Maryborough.
L. Ravensworth.
L. Bexley.
L. Somerhill.
L. Wharncliffe.
L. Fife.
L. Tenterden.
L. Clanwilliam.
L. Durham.
L. Wallace.
L. Wynford. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Chancellor.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
D. Beaufort.
D. St. Albans.
D. Leeds.
D. Manchester.
D. Newcastle.
D. Wellington.
L. Steward.
M. Lansdowne.
M. Salisbury.
M. Hertford.
M. Camden.
M. Anglesey.
M. Cholmondeley.
M. Hastings.
M. Ailesbury.
M. Bristol.
M. Cleveland.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Winchilsea & Nottingham.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Essex.
E. Carlisle.
E. Doncaster.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Abingdon.
E. Jersey.
E. Erroll.
E. Tankerville.
E. Cowper.
E. Stanhope.
E. Macclesfield.
E. De Lawarr.
E. Radnor.
E. Norwich.
E. Carnarvon.
E. Liverpool.
E. Charlemont.
E. Mayo.
E. Verulam.
E. Brownlow.
E. Howe.
E. Somers.
E. Amherst.
V. Strathallan.
V. Torrington.
V. Leinster. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them, to meet on
Monday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the House of Peers, and every Monday after; and
to adjourn as they please.
Com ee for the Journals.
Lords Sub-Committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of this House, and Privileges of the
Peers of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journals of this
and former Sessions of Parliament:
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V. Sidmouth.
V. Gordon.
V. Granville.
V. Goderich.
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Lichfield & Coventry.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Chichester.
L. Bp. Bristol.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Landaff.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Dacre.
L. Saye & Sele.
L. Arundell of Wardour.
L. Clifton.
L. Dormer.
L. Teynham.
L. Stafford.
L. Gower.
L. Saltoun.
L. Colville of Culross.
L. King.
L. Montfort.
L. Holland.
L. Vernon.
L. Ducie.
L. Montagu.
L. Auckland.
L. Mendip.
L. Calthorpe.
L. Northwick.
L. Lilford.
L. Fitz Gibbon.
L. Alvanley.
L. Rivers.
L. Ailsa.
L. Hill.
L. Melbourne.
L. Harris.
L. Maryborough.
L. Ravensworth.
L. Bexley.
L. Somerhill.
L. Wharncliffe.
L. Fife.
L. Tenterden.
L. Clanwilliam.
L. Durham.
L. Wallace.
L. Wynford. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Chancellor.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
D. Beaufort.
D. St. Albans.
D. Leeds.
D. Manchester.
D. Newcastle.
D. Wellington.
L. Steward.
M. Lansdowne.
M. Salisbury.
M. Hertford.
M. Camden.
M. Anglesey.
M. Cholmondeley.
M. Hastings.
M. Ailesbury.
M. Bristol.
M. Cleveland.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Winchilsea & Nottingham.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Essex.
E. Carlisle.
E. Doncaster.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Abingdon.
E. Jersey.
E. Erroll.
E. Tankerville.
E. Cowper.
E. Stanhope.
E. Macclesfield.
E. De Lawarr.
E. Radnor.
E. Norwich.
E. Carnarvon.
E. Liverpool.
E. Charlemont.
E. Mayo.
E. Verulam.
E. Brownlow.
E. Howe.
E. Somers.
E. Amherst.
V. Strathallan.
V. Torrington.
V. Leinster. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them, to meet
when, where and as often as they please.
Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.
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 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 Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, octavum
diem instantis Februarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis
sic decernentibus.