Die Martis, 30 Martii 1830.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Ds. Lyndhurst, Cancellarius. |
Archiep. Ebor.
Vicecom. Maynard.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Goderich.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Napier.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. King.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Calthorpe.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Arden.
Ds. Hill.
Ds. Melbourne.
Ds. Glenlyon.
Ds. Penshurst.
Ds. Somerhill.
Ds. Seaford.
Ds. Wallace. |
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Rosslyn, C. P. S.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Wellington.
March. Lansdowne.
March. Bute.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Rosebery.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes De Lawarr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Malmesbury.
Comes Wicklow.
Comes Limerick.
Comes Morley.
Comes Falmouth.
Comes Stradbroke. |
PRAYERS.
Ld. Provost, &c. of Edinburgh v. Bruce et al:
After hearing Counsel, as well on Tuesday last as this
Day, upon the Petition and Appeal of The Right Honorable Walter Brown, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh;
Robert Smith, Claud Muirhead, Archibald Lawrie and
Robert Ritchie, Esquires, Baillies; James Hill Esquire,
Dean of Guild; and Adam Luke Esquire, Treasurer; for
themselves and their Successors in Office, as representing
the whole Council and Community of the said City; and
Patrick Sandeman, Collector of the City of Edinburgh's
Shore Dues at Leith; complaining of Two Interlocutors
of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 12th of May
1825 (except in so far as the former of these conjoins the
Two Processes, and the latter of these finds that the Chain
Pier at Trinity is within the Port of Newhaven, and in so
far as both recognize the Right of the Petitioners to exact
Dues, whether Vessels enter the Harbour or not;) also of
Two Interlocutors of the said Lord Ordinary, of the 12th
of May 1826; also of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of
Session there, of the Second Division, of the 16th of May
1827; and also of Two Interlocutors of the said Lords, of
the 23d of June 1827; and praying, "That the same
might be reversed, varied or altered, or that the Appellants might have such Relief in the Premises, as to
this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, should
seem meet;" as also upon the Answer of William Bruce,
Merchant in Edinburgh, and others, put in to the said
Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered
on either Side in this Cause:
Interlocutors Affirmed, with Costs.
It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Petition and Appeal be, and is hereby dismissed this
House, and that the Interlocutors therein complained of,
be, and the same are hereby Affirmed: And it is further
Ordered, That the Appellants do pay or cause to be paid
to the said Respondents the Sum of Fifty Pounds, for
their Costs in respect of the said Appeal.
Sir J. Montgomery et al. v. Maxwell.
After hearing Counsel, in Part, in the Cause wherein
Sir James Montgomery Baronet, and others, are Appellants,
and Mackill Maxwell is Respondent:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off to Friday next.
Ouchterlony v. Ld. Lynedoch, & Macdonald.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein John
Ouchterlony Esquire is Appellant, and General Thomas
Lord Lynedoch and William Macdonald Esquire are
Respondents, which stands appointed for this Day, be put
off to Monday next.
Denchfield et al. v. Strong.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein John
Denchfield, and others, are Appellants, and The Reverend
Philip Strong Clerk is Respondent, which stands appointed for Friday next, be put off to Monday next.
James & Spencer v. Price & Gott.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein
Thomas James and James Spencer are Appellants, and
James Price and William Augustus Gott are Respondents,
which stands appointed for Friday next, be put off sine
Die.
Cultivation of Cotton & Tobacco in the East Indies, Correspondence respecting, delivered, & referred to East India Com ee
The House being informed, "That Mr. Plowden, from
the India Board, attended;"
He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to an Order of Yesterday,
"Copies of any Correspondence which has passed
between the Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and the
Court of Directors of The East India Company, and
of any Letters which have been addressed by the said
Court, in the Public Department, to their Governments
in India, since the 26th of July 1828, relative to the
Cultivation of Cotton and Tobacco in the East Indies."
And then he withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Paper be printed.
Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the Select
Committee appointed to enquire into the present State
of the Affairs of The East India Company, and into
the Trade between Great Britain, the East Indies and
China.
East India, &c. Trade, Petitions for opening, referred to East India Com ee: (Incorporation of Wrights, Perth:)
Upon reading the Petition of Charles Scott, present
Deacon, and Thomas Taylor, present Box Master of the
Wright Incorporation of Perth, for themselves, and as
representing the said Incorporation; praying their Lordships "to remove the Restrictions with which the Commerce of this Country to India is at present fettered;
and to throw open the Trade to China under such
Regulations as to their Lordships may seem proper:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the last-mentioned Committee.
Provost, &c. of Linlithgow:
Upon reading the Petition of The Provost, Magistrates
and Town Council of the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow,
under their Common Seal; praying, "That their Lordships will adopt such Measures as may afford greater
Facilities to the Extension of the Trade with India and
China, and that the existing Monopoly of The East
India Company may not be renewed:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the last-mentioned Committee.
Derby:
Upon reading the Petition of the Bankers, Merchants,
Manufacturers and others interested in the Trade and
Commerce of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Milford:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Milford, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Normanton:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Normanton, near Derby, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed:
Borrowash:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Borrowash, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Duffield:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Duffield, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Mickleover:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Mickleover, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Spondon:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Spondon, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Draycott:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Draycott, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Belper:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Belper, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Coxbench:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Coxbench, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Holbrook:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Holbrook, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Heage & Morley Park:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Heage and Morley Park, in the County of Derby, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed:
Ticknall:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Ticknall, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Aston:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Aston, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Melbourn:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Melbourn, in the County of Derby, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Repton:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Repton, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Horsley:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Horsley, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Little Eaton:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants
of Little Eaton, in the County of Derby, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; severally praying, "That such
Regulations may be adopted by the Wisdom of their
Lordships as may be the Means of promoting a free
Commercial Competition among all Classes of His
Majesty's Subjects, and that they may be admitted to
the full Exercise of their Rights to a Trade with the
Empire of China, and all other Countries of the East,
thus advancing the Prosperity and Welfare of all Parts
of the British Dominions:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to the last-mentioned Committee.
Incorporation of Stirling.
Upon reading the Petition of the Incorporation of
Guildry or Merchants in the Burgh of Stirling; praying
their Lordships, "That on the Expiry of the Charter of
The East India Company such Measures may be
adopted as shall secure to His Majesty's Subjects an
unrestricted Right of Trade with China and the East
Indies:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the last-mentioned Committee.
Criminal Laws, Petitions for Alteration of: (Derby:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Bankers, Merchants
and Manufacturers of the Borough of Derby and its
Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying
their Lordships, "That, in the Laws for the Prevention
and Punishment of Forgery, upon which the Wisdom
of their Lordships is about to be exercised, they will
be pleased to enact that the Penalty of Death shall
henceforth be abolished; and that they will further be
pleased to enact, in place thereof, such other Penalty
or Penalties as the Importance of effectually preventing
the Perpetration of a Crime so eminently destructive
of Commercial Credit renders necessary, and as to
the Wisdom of their Lordships shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Exeter:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
City of Exeter and Neighbourhood, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships
will be pleased to take into Consideration the Enactment of our Penal Code affixing to the Crime of
Forgery the Punishment of Death, with the view to
substitute a Punishment better adapted to the Offence,
and more likely to restrain the Perpetration of Forgery
than that which the Law at present prescribes:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Farringdon:
Upon reading the Petition of the principal Inhabitants
and Bankers of the Town of Farringdon, in the County
of Berks, and its Neighbourhood, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "both for the
better Protection of Property and the invariable
Prosecution and adequate Punishment of the heinous
Offence of Forgery, that instead of the Penalty of
Death, there may be substituted one better adapted for
effecting these important Ends:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Banbury:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Borough of Banbury and its Vicinity, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to make
such Amendments in that Part of the Criminal Law
which relates to Capital Punishments as may lead to
the Abolition of their Frequency:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Members of South Place Chapel, Finsbury Square.
Upon reading the Petition of the Unitarian Protestant
Dissenters assembling for Public Worship in the Chapel
in South Place, Finsbury Square, London, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "by
lessening the Number of Offences to which the Punishment of Death is at present affixed, to conduce to the
Repression of Crime, the equal Administration of
Justice, the Security of Property and of Person, the
Honor of our Religion, and the Welfare of our
Country:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Distress of the Country, Petition from Woodchurch respecting.
Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers
and other Inhabitants of the Parish of Woodchurch, in the
County of Kent, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships, "That in their Wisdom a Remedy
may be found for the Petitioners Sufferings, convinced
that their State of Distress, and the Abandonment of
a productive District to waste, cannot be of public
Utility:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Distress of the Country, Petition from Bedfordshire respecting, & for Repeal of the Malt Duty.
Upon reading the Petition of the Freeholders and
Inhabitants of Bedfordshire, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed; taking notice of the Distress under which
most Classes, and in particular all dependent upon Agriculture, labour; and praying their Lordships, "That the
Duty on Malt may be repealed; that the Agriculture
and Manufactures of this Kingdom may be amply
protected; and that the State of the Labouring Classes
may be taken into Consideration by this House:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Muskett's Divorce Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
dissolve the Marriage of Joseph Salisbury Muskett
Esquire with Mary Muskett his now Wife, and to
enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H.C. with it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Farrer and Sir Giffin Wilson;
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.
Dorchester Road Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing the Road from Wool Bridge to the Borough
of Dorchester, in the County of Dorset."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Gainsburgh & East Retford Road Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
more effectually repairing and improving the Road
from the West End of Gainsburgh Bridge to East
Retford, and to Gringley-on-the-Hill, in the County of
Nottingham."
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 2 preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by the former Messengers;
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Disabilities of the Jews, Petitions from Eastern Division of London, & T. Flanagan for Removal of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Eastern Division of the City of London, professing the
Jewish Religion, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to take into Consideration the
Disabilities under which the Jews of Great Britain
labour; and to grant to them such Privileges as to
Justice may appear reasonable:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Flanagan Gentleman, praying their Lordships "to take the Disabilities
under which the Jews labour into Consideration; to
repeal the Irish Naturalization Act of the 23d and
24th of George 3d, C. 38, by which the Jews are precluded the Possibility of living in Ireland; and to
grant the Jews all the Privileges and Advantages of
free-born Subjects, upon their taking the usual Oaths
on the Old Testament only:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Delivery of Post Letters, Petition of J. Wheel respecting.
Upon reading the Petition of John Wheel of Sovereign
Street, Edgeware Road, Wine and Spirit Merchant, and
Proprietor of the Rent Day Inn; praying their Lordships
"to extend the Advantages of a timely and properly
cheap Delivery of General and Two-penny Post Letters
to the Inhabitants of Sovereign Street, Edgeware Road,
Connaught Place, Connaught Square, Connaught Terrace,
and to the Parishioners of Paddington:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Rawcliffe Inclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and inclosing certain Moss and other Grounds
in the Manors and Townships of Out Rawcliffe and
Middle Rawcliffe, and Stalmine with Stainall, in the
Parishes of Saint Michael-upon-Wyer and Lancaster, in
the County Palatine of Lancaster."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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V. Maynard.
V. Gordon.
V. Goderich.
L. Clifton.
L. Napier.
L. Hay.
L. King.
L. Holland.
L. Calthorpe.
L. Ellenborough.
L. Arden.
L. Hill.
L. Melbourne.
L. Glenlyon.
L. Penshurst.
L. Somerhill.
L. Seaford.
L. Wallace. |
L. Abp. York.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Devonshire.
D. Wellington.
M. Lansdowne.
M. Bute.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Rosebery.
E. Ferrers.
E. Stanhope.
E. Hardwicke.
E. De Lawarr.
E. Radnor.
E. Clarendon.
E. Norwich.
E. Malmesbury.
E. Wicklow.
E. Limerick.
E. Morley.
E. Falmouth.
E. Stradbroke. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Convention with Austria, delivered.
The Viscount Gordon (by His Majesty's Command)
presented to the House,
"Convention of Commerce and Navigation between
His Britannick Majesty and The Emperor of Austria;
signed at London, December 21, 1829."
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie on the Table.
Carmarthen Roads Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Rice Trevor and others;
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
maintaining and repairing several Roads from Carmarthen to Lampeterpontstephen, so far as relates to the
Carmarthen District of Roads, and certain other Roads
in the said County of Carmarthen;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of the House.
Brecon, &c. Roads Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Rice Trevor and others;
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
repairing and improving several Roads in the Counties
of Brecon, Radnor and Glamorgan; and for making and
maintaining several new Branches of Road to communicate therewith;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Haddenham Inclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by The Marquess of Chandos and others;
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for inclosing Lands
and extinguishing Tythes in the Parish of Haddenham,
in the County of Buckingham;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Contracts for Timber for The King's Dock Yards, Returns respecting, delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Fry, from
the Navy Office, attended;"
He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to
an Order of the 4th Day of this instant March,
"A Return of all Contracts for Timber for the Use of
His Majesty's Dock Yards since the 1st of January
1810; specifying the Quantity and Quality of each
Denomination of Timber, the Country where grown,
the Price per Load of 50 Cubic Feet, (except the Price
upon such Contracts as may be now in Operation,) and
the Amount of Duty paid on Timber of Foreign
Growth."
And then he withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Return do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Return be printed.
Catterick Bridge Road Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
maintaining the Road from Catterick Bridge, in the
County of York, by the Towns of Yarm and Stockton,
and through the Town of Sedgefield, to the City of
Durham."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Carmarthen & Brechfâ Road Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
more effectually amending, improving and maintaining
the Road leading from Nantgaredig to Brechfâ, and
from Brechfâ to the River Tivy near Llanllooney
Church, and also a Road from Brechfâ aforesaid to
Llansawel, all in the County of Carmarthen."
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.
East Retford Witnesses Indemnity Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence, before
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, on a Bill to prevent
Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Burgesses
to serve in Parliament for the Borough of East
Retford."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall be
committed?"
It was resolved in the Negative.
Ordered, That the said Bill be ingrossed.
County Palatine of Durham Bill.
The Earl of Shaftesbury (according to Order) reported
the Amendments made by the Committee of the Whole
House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for extending
certain Provisions of an Act of the Eighth Year of
Queen Anne, for the better Security of Rents, and to
prevent Frauds committed by Tenants regarding Executions, to certain Process in use within the County
Palatine of Durham and Sadberge."
The said Amendments were read by the Clerk, as
follow; (viz
t.)
"Pr. 2. L. 17. Leave out ("vadois") and insert
("vadios")
"L. 36. Leave out ("vadois") and insert
("vadios")
"Pr. 3. L. 15. Leave out ("vadois") and insert
("vadios")
"L. 22. Leave out ("vadois") and insert
("vadios")
"L. 28. Leave out ("vadois") and insert
("vadios")
And the said Amendments, being read a Second Time,
were agreed to by the House.
Indemnity Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during
Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for
Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time
limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and
thirty-one; to permit such Persons in Great Britain as
have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors
to make and file the same on or before the First Day of
Hilary Term One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one; and to allow Persons to make and file such Affidavits, although the Persons whom they served shall have
neglected to take out their Annual Certificates."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Berkeley Peerage, Claimant's Petition for Com ee to meet.
Upon reading the Petition of William Fitzhardinge
Berkeley of Berkeley Castle, in the County of Gloucester,
claiming the Dignity of Baron De Berkeley as a Barony
by Tenure; praying, "That their Lordships will be
pleased to appoint the Committee for Privileges to
meet to consider of the said Claim on Wednesday the
5th Day of May 1830, or such other Day as to their
Lordships may seem fit:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Precious Metals raised in & exported from South America & Russia, &c. Address for.
Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to His
Majesty, to request that His Majesty will be graciously
pleased to direct His Consuls in the different States of
Central and South America to collect and transmit such
Information as they may have it in their Power to collect
with respect to the comparative Amount of the Precious
Metals raised and exported in each Year previous to and
since the Establishment of the Independence of those
States, and the comparative Proportions of Gold and Silver
during both Periods; and also that His Majesty will be
graciously pleased to direct His Consul at St. Petersburgh
to transmit any Information he can procure with respect
to the Amount of Gold or other Precious Metals raised
in or exported from the Russian Dominions in the Course
of the last Ten Years; and also that His Majesty will
be graciously pleased to direct that there be laid before
this House the Examinations or Extracts from the Examinations taken before the Privy Council in the Year
1828 relating to the Standard of Gold and Silver; and
also an Account of Per-centage paid to Captains of His
Majesty's Ships of War and Captains of Packets for
Freight of the Precious Metals in each of the last Ten
Years.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.
Wallis Leave for a Divorce Bill:
A Petition of Thomas Wallis of Tiberton Court, in the
County of Gloucester, Esquire, praying their Lordships,
"That Leave may be given to him to bring in a Bill
to dissolve his Marriage with Charlotte Augusta Amelia
Wallis, and to enable him to marry again," being
offered to be presented to the House;
The House was informed, "That Mr. John Chadborn
was attending."
He was Ordered to be called in:
And being called in accordingly, and sworn at the Bar,
delivered a Copy of the Proceedings for a Divorce a
Mensâ et Thoro, and the Definitive Sentence of Divorce
in the Consistory Court of Gloucester, intituled, "Wallis
against Wallis," which he said he had examined with the
Originals, and that the same were true Copies:
And then he withdrew.
Ordered, That the said Proceedings and Sentence do
lie on the Table.
Then the said Petition was presented and read.
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill
according to the Prayer of the said Petition.
Bill presented:
Accordingly, The Earl of Shaftesbury presented to the
House a Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage
of Thomas Wallis Esquire with Charlotte Augusta Amelia
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and
for other Purposes."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Order for 2d Reading:
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Thursday the 22d of April next, and that Notice
thereof be affixed on the Doors of this House, and the
Lords summoned; and that the said Thomas Wallis may
be heard by his Counsel, at the said Second Reading,
to make out the Truth of the Allegations of the Bill;
and that the said Charlotte Augusta Amelia may have a
Copy of the Bill, and that Notice be given her of the
said Second Reading; and that she be at liberty to be
heard by her Counsel what she may have to offer against
the said Bill at the same Time.
Petitioner to attend:
Ordered, That Thomas Wallis Esquire do attend this
House on Thursday the 22d of April next, in order to
his being examined upon the Second Reading of the
Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of
Thomas Wallis Esquire with Charlotte Augusta Amelia
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again;
and for other Purposes," if the House shall think fit,
whether there has or has not been any Collusion, directly
or indirectly, on his Part, relative to any Act of Adultery
that may have been committed by his Wife; or whether
there be any Collusion, directly or indirectly, between
him and his Wife, or any other Person or Persons,
touching the said Bill of Divorce, or touching any Proceedings or Sentence of Divorce had in the Ecclesiastical
Court at his Suit, or touching any Action at Law which
may have been brought by him against any Person for
Criminal Conversation with his the said Thomas Wallis's
Wife; and also whether, at the Time of the Adultery of
which he complains, his Wife was, by Deed, or otherwise
by his Consent, living separate and apart from him, and
released by him, as far as in him lies, from her conjugal
Duty, or whether she was, at the Time of such Adultery,
cohabiting with him, and under the Protection and
Authority of him as her Husband.
Witnesses to attend on 2d Reading.
Ordered, That William Holmes, Richard Hughes,
Edward Hewitt, Edwin Woodhouse, Elizabeth Woodhouse,
James Sharp and Sarah Rose do attend this House on
Thursday the 22d of April next, in order to their being
examined as Witnesses upon the Second Reading of the
last-mentioned Bill.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, tricesimum primum diem instantis Martii, horâ decimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.