Die Martis, 8° Februarii 1831.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Dux Cumberland. |
Ds. Brougham &
Vaux,
Cancellarius.
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Epus. Londinen.
Epus. Bath. et Well.
Epus. Lich. et Cov.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Exon.
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Ds. Melbourne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Belhaven & Stenton.
Ds. King.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Auckland.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Calthorpe.
Ds. Farnham.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Gardner.
Ds. Hill.
Ds. Ker.
Ds. Penshurst.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Tenterden.
Ds. Melros.
Ds. Clanwilliam.
Ds. Wynford. |
March. Lansdowne,
Præses.
Ds. Durham,
C.P.S.
Dux Norfolk,
Marescallus.
Dux Devonshire,
Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Wellington.
March. Salisbury.
March. Bute.
Comes Winchilsea & Nottingham.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Buckinghamshire.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Wicklow.
Comes Rosslyn.
Comes Grey.
Comes Vane.
Vicecom. Duncan.
Vicecom. Gordon. |
PRAYERS.
The Lord Wynford sat Speaker by virtue of a former
Commission.
Lords take the Oaths.
This Day George Robert Earl of Buckinghamshire and
Frederick Lord Ponsonby took the Oaths, and also took
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Ld. Gardner takes his Seat.
This Day Alan Legge Lord Gardner sat first in Parliament after the Death of his Father Alan Hyde Lord
Gardner; his Lordship having first, at the Table, taken
the Oaths, and also taken and subscribed the Oath of
Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Papers delivered:
The House being informed, "That Mr. Smee, from the
Bank of England, attended;"
He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to the Directions of several Acts of Parliament,
Applications to the Bank for Advances to Government:
"A Copy of all Applications made by The First Lord
of the Treasury and The Chancellor of the Exchequer
to The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank
of England for Advances to Government authorized
by Parliament, from the 5th January 1830 to the
5th January 1831; with a Copy of the Minutes of the
Court of Directors thereon, and the Answers of the
said Court thereto:"
Government Securities purchased by the Bank:
Also, "An Account of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasury Bills and other Government
Securities which have been purchased by The Governor
and Company of the Bank of England, or on which
any Sum or Sums have been lent and advanced for the
Public Service by The Governor and Company of the
said Bank, in the Year ending the 5th Day of January
1831; shewing what Amount of such Bills before the
making up of this Account has been paid off and discharged, and the Amount of such Exchequer Bills or
Treasury Bills or other Government Securities which
was in the Hands of The Governor and Company of
the said Bank on the 5th Day of January 1831 aforesaid:"
National Debt.
And also, "The Annual Account of Sums received and
expended by the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, ending the 5th January 1831."
And then he withdrew.
And the Titles thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the Table.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed by The Lord Chancellor.
Thomson v. Dr. Williamson et al. et e con.
Ordered, That the Cause wherein James Thomson
Esquire is Appellant, and Doctor James Williamson, and
others, are Respondents, et e contra, be heard by Counsel
at the Bar on Thursday next.
Sir G. Noel v. Rochfort et al.
Ordered, That the Cause wherein Sir Gerard Noel
Noel Baronet is Appellant, and Gustavus Rochfort, and
others, are Respondents, be heard by Counsel at the Bar
on Thursday next.
Maddison's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of John Maddison of the
City of Bath, Esquire, praying Leave to bring in a Bill
for the Purposes in the said Petition mentioned:
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby referred to Mr. Justice Park
and Mr. Justice Taunton, who are forthwith to summon
all Parties concerned in the Bill, and, after hearing them,
are to report to the House the State of the Case, with
their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether
all Parties, who may be concerned in the Consequences
of the Bill, have signed the Petition; and also, that the
Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Slavery, Petitions for Abolition of: (Beaminster:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Beaminster and its Vicinity, in the County of Dorset,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That
their Lordships will immediately adopt decisive Measures for the utter Extinction of Slavery, and admit
our Colonial Bondmen to a Participation of the Rights
and Privileges with which the Petitioners are favored
in common with others of His Majesty's Subjects:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Burrasakane:
Upon reading the Petition of the Gentry, Freeholders
and Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of
Burrasakane, in the County of Tipperary, Ireland, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed:
Nun Monckton:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants
of the Village of Nun Monckton, in the County of York,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying
their Lordships "to pass a Law for the early and utter
Extinction of Slavery in the British Colonies:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Barnsley:
Upon reading the Petition of the Members of the
Methodist Congregation assembled at Barnsley, in the
County of York, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Hardsley:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Members of
the Methodist New Connexion Congregation assembled
at Hardsley, Yorkshire, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed:
Birdwell:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Members of
the Methodist New Connexion Congregation assembled
at Birdwell, Yorkshire, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Mapplewell:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Members of
the Methodist New Connexion Congregation assembled
at Mapplewell, Yorkshire, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed:
Low Swithin.
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Members of
the Methodist New Connexion Congregation assembled at
Low Swithin, Yorkshire, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying, "That their Lordships will
adopt Measures for the utter Extinction of Slavery, and
the Extension of all the Blessings of Freedom to the
utmost Limits of the British Empire:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Bedfont Road Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
more effectually repairing the Road from the Powder
Mills on Hounslow Heath, in the County of Middlesex,
to the Twenty Milestone on Egham Hill, in the County
of Surrey."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. Lichfield & Coventry.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Melbourne.
L. Dacre.
L. Gower.
L. Belhaven & Stenton.
L. King.
L. Ponsonby.
L. Kenyon.
L. Auckland.
L. Mendip.
L. Calthorpe.
L. Farnham.
L. Ellenborough.
L. Gardner.
L. Hill.
L. Ker.
L. Penshurst.
L. Wharncliffe.
L. Tenterden.
L. Melros.
L. Clanwilliam.
L. Wynford. |
D. Cumberland.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Norfolk.
L. Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
D. Wellington.
M. Salisbury.
M. Bute.
E. Winchilsea & Nottingham.
E. Essex.
E. Carlisle.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Jersey.
E. Ferrers.
E. Cowper.
E. Buckinghamshire.
E. Radnor.
E. Clarendon.
E. Carnarvon.
E. Wicklow.
E. Rosslyn.
E. Grey.
E. Vane.
V. Duncan.
V. Gordon. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and
to adjourn as they please.
Brodie v. Sinclair, Appellant to sue in formâ pauperis.
Upon reading the Petition of George Brodie, Appellant
in a Cause depending in this House, to which William
Sinclair Esquire is Respondent; praying, "That their
Lordships will be pleased to order him to be admitted
to prosecute his Appeal in formâ pauperis:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at liberty to
prosecute his said Appeal in this House in formâ pauperis,
as desired.
Commercial Intercourse at Canton, Correspondence respecting, delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Danvers, from
the Court of Directors of The East India Company,
attended;"
He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to an Order of the 12th Day of July last,
"Copies of all Correspondence which has taken place
between the Factory of The East India Company at
Canton and The Court of Directors, with respect to
the recent Interruption of Commercial Intercourse at
Canton."
And then he withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the Table.
Coals carried Coastwise, Petitions for Repeal of Duty on: (Swansea:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Coal Proprietors,
Merchants, Ship Owners, Traders and the Inhabitants of
the Town and Neighbourhood of Swansea, in the County
of Glamorgan, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to repeal
the Laws now in force imposing Duties on Sea-borne
Coal and Culm:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Dover:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Town and Port of Dover, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will take
the Subject of the Duties on Coals and Culm into
their Consideration, and by a Repeal of those Duties
relieve the Petitioners from an Impost so unequal and
oppressive:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Coleman Street Ward, London.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Ward of Coleman Street, in the City of London, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships
"to take such Measures for the Repeal of the Duty of
Six Shillings per Chaldron upon Sea-borne Coals, as
to their Lordships shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Judgment & Execution Bill.
The House proceeded to take into Consideration the
Amendment made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for the more speedy Judgment and Execution
in Actions brought in His Majesty's Courts of Law at
Westminster and in the Court of Common Pleas of the
County Palatine of Lancaster; and for amending the
Law as to Judgment on a Cognovit actionem in Cases
of Bankruptcy."
And the said Amendment, being read Three Times by
the Clerk, was agreed to by the House.
And, A Message was sent to the House of Commons,
by Mr. Harvey and Mr. Cox, to acquaint them therewith.
Reform of Parliament, Petitions in favor of: (Belper:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Belper, in the County of Derby, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take the Subject
of Parliamentary Reform into their immediate and
serious Consideration, with the view of providing a
Remedy for the Evils of which the Petitioners complain; and that such Remedy may be most certainly
obtained by shortening the Duration of Parliaments,
by rendering the Suffrage more extensive and uniform,
and, above all, by the Adoption of the Vote by Ballot,
which they regard as the only effectual Security against
Bribery, Intimidation and every other Species of undue
Influence:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Waterford:
Upon reading the Petition of the Citizens of Waterford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying
their Lordships "to extend the Elective Franchise more
in Ireland, to augment the Number of Members from
Ireland, to free the Representation from all unconstitutional Control, totally to abolish all corrupt
Boroughs and Corporate Influence at Elections, to
return to Triennial Parliaments, as likewise to protect
the Voters in the Exercise of their Franchise, by admitting the Vote by Ballot, and generally to reform
the Commons House of Parliament, so as to make its
Members the true Representatives of the People's
Wishes, so as thereby to give the People of the United
Kingdom a greater Interest in the Management of their
own Affairs, and a controlling Influence over their
Representatives, and consolidate all the Institutions of
this great and then most powerful Empire:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Stroud:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, and its
Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; complaining of the corrupt Constitution of the Representative Branch of the Legislature; of the Amount of the
Public Expenditure; of the injurious Effects of the Corn
Laws; and of The East India Company's Monopoly;
and praying their Lordships, "That, as a Prelude to and
Earnest of more efficient Relief, those Portions of the
Assessed Taxes which are denominated the Inhabited
House and Window Duties (as being obnoxious in
their Nature and oppressive in their Operation) may
be immediately repealed; and that the Petitioners may
have such further Relief as in their Lordships Wisdom
shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Gosport:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
ancient Borough and Town of Gosport and Parish of
Alverstoke, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take into their early Consideration the present unjust and defective State of the
Representation of the People in Parliament; and to
adopt such Measures as shall lead to a Diminution of
the Public Burdens, by the Abolition of all useless
Sinecures and unnecessary Places, by a rigid and
uncompromising Economy in all Branches of the Public
Expenditure, and by the Repeal of those Taxes which
press with so much Severity on the Middling and
Labouring Classes of the Community; and also to
pass such a Law as shall cause the great Body of
the People in this Country to be fully, fairly and
freely represented in the Commons House of Parliament:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Salehurst & Etchingham:
Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Parishes of Salehurst and Etchingham, in the County of Sussex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That such
a Reform may be effected in the Representation of
the People in the Commons House of Parliament as
may ensure to the Electors the Return of Members
who will truly represent the Feelings and Opinions of
their Constituents, and be ever ready to listen with
Attention to their just Complaints: That their Lordships will repeal the Duty on Malt, a Tax which presses
more heavily than any on the Agriculturist, and the
Repeal of which would increase the Demand for Agricultural Produce; and, by enabling the Petitioners to
give their Labourers higher Wages, would empower
the Labourers to procure once more many of the Comforts which they formerly enjoyed; that their Lordships will repeal the Duty on Hops, and those Taxes
which, while very uncertain in their Amount, are equally
expensive in their Collection in an unproductive as in
a productive Season, the Taxes on Soap and Candles,
both necessary Articles of Consumption to the Labouring Classes; and that their Lordships will take into
Consideration the present Law of Tithes, which the
Petitioners feel to be a most grievous and oppressive
Burthen, and which are a Payment equally claimed of
them whether they derive any Profit from their Labour
and the Employment of their Capital, or whether they
suffer a Loss, and which the present System authorizes the Owner to take in a Manner the most oppressive to the Cultivator, and so as often to exceed the
Amount of Rent payable to the Landlord, and to
deprive the Holder of the Soil of all the Profit
which he ought to derive from his Labour and
Capital:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Longwood:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Township of Longwood, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Sutton.
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants
of the Township of Sutton in the Parish of Kildwick, in
the West Riding of the County of York, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "for the immediate Repeal of the whole of the
Assessed Taxes, as a Measure calculated to give great
and lasting Relief to the Country, and which may be
adopted without Injury to the Honor and Safety of
the British Empire, if His Majesty's Ministers, imitating the Example of their Sovereign, make a Sacrifice
of a Portion of their Official Incomes to the Public
Exigencies, introduce a rigid Economy, and abolish all
useless and sinecure Offices in the State:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Education, (Ireland) Petitions from Dungarvan & Tallow, for regulating Grants for.
Upon reading the Petition of the Roman Catholic
Clergy and Laity of the Town of Dungarvan and its
Neighbourhood, in the County of Waterford, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Roman
Catholic Clergy and Laity of the Town of Tallow and its
Neighbourhood, in the County of Waterford, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships, "That all Grants for Education in Ireland may be
withdrawn from all Societies requiring by their Rules
certain Observances of a Religious Nature, at variance
with the Principles of the major Part of the Community, and placed in other Hands; firstly, because their
Acts are totally at variance with the Intentions of the
Legislature in making such Grants, by having the
Effect of confining those Grants to a Sect; secondly,
because their Acts tend to keep up Religious Discord in
this Country; and thirdly, because they monopolize the
Public Money, and, instead of benefitting the Public,
tend to paralize the Efforts of many well-meaning Individuals who are anxious to assist in the Education of
the People:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Foreign Lead, Petition from Wirksworth, &c. for a protecting Duty on.
Upon reading the Petition of the Working Lead Miners
of the Townships, Parishes or Places of Wirksworth,
Middleton by Wirksworth, Cromford, Carsington, Brassington, Bonsall, Mattock and Wensley, in the Wapentake
of Wirksworth, in the County of Derby, called The Kingsfield, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying
their Lordships "to adopt such Measures for the Relief
of the Petitioners, as in their Wisdom shall seem meet,
by granting an adequate protecting Duty upon Foreign
Lead and Foreign Lead Ore imported into Great
Britain:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Galway Elective Franchise, Petition of Merchants of Galway for Extension of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant Merchants
of Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to equalize
Civil Rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman
Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes the Elective
Franchise, in as full and ample a Manner as the same
is now enjoyed by Protestants:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
House & Window Tax, Petitions for Repeal of: (Coleman Street Ward:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Ward of Coleman Street, in the City of London, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed:
Bishopsgate Ward:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitant
Householders of the Ward of Bishopsgate, in the City of
London, in Ward Meeting assembled, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
St. Anne, Westminster:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitant
Householders of the Parish of Saint Anne, Westminster,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
St. Luke, Middlesex:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Churchwardens, Overseers, Guardians of the Poor, Trustees and
other Householders of the Parish of Saint Luke, in the
County of Middlesex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying, "That their Lordships will
take such Measures for the Repeal of the House and
Window Tax, as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants and
Occupiers of Property within the Town and County of
Newcastle upon Tyne, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "for a Repeal of the
several Duties denominated Assessed Taxes, but more
especially the Duties on inhabited Houses, Windows
and Lights:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Machinery, Petition from Charterhouse Hinton against Use of, in making Woollen Cloth.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Parish of Charterhouse Hinton, in the County of Somerset,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships "to suppress the Use of the following Machines
now used in the making of Woollen Cloth,-Picking
Machines, Mules, Gigs, Shearframes or Cutters, Spring
and Power Looms:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
2d Report of Comis on Real Property, presented.
The Lord Melbourne presented to the House, pursuant
to an Address to His Majesty of the 21st Day of December
last,
"Copy of the Second Report made to His Majesty by
the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Law
of England respecting Real Property."
Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Report be printed.
Suits in Common Law Courts Bill.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent the Expence
and Delay of Suits in the Common Law Courts at
Westminster," on Tuesday next; and that the Lords
be summoned.
Frauds on Creditors Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent
Debtors from defrauding their Creditors, by lying in
Prison or absconding from England," be read a Second
Time on Thursday next; and that the Lords be summoned.
Stamford Annual Bullrunning, Petition from Stamford for Abolition of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to
pass a Law for the immediate Extinction of the Annual
Stamford Bull-running:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Tithe System, Petitions for Revision of: (Almondsbury:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Freeholders, Yeomen
and Inhabitants of Almondsbury, in the County of Gloucester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying
their Lordships "promptly to adopt such Measures as
may best remove the intolerable Burden of Tithes,
under which the Petitioners, in common with others,
have too long been groaning:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Old Sodbury:
Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land and other Inhabitants of the Parish of Old
Sodbury, in the County of Gloucester, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed:
Horton.
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners
and Occupiers of Land in the Parish of Horton, in the
County of Gloucester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "speedily to
adopt Measures for removing the grievous Burden of
the Tithe System, by devising some other Support for
the Established Clergy in lieu of Tithes:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Com ee on the Poor Laws, Bp. Bath & Wells & Ld. Kenyon added to.
Ordered, That The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells and
The Lord Kenyon be added to the Select Committee
appointed to consider of the Poor Laws.
Com ee on Office of Clerk of the Parliaments appointed.
Ordered, That the Lords following be appointed a
Select Committee to consider of the Proceedings had in
execution of the Measures recommended in the Reports
of the Lords Committees upon the Office of Clerk of the
Parliaments, in the Sessions 1824 and 1826; and to report
to the House:
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L. Dacre.
L. Auckland.
L. Carbery.
L. Ellenborough.
L. Lauderdale.
L. Bexley.
L. Melros.
L. Rosebery.
L. Skelmersdale. |
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Beaufort.
M. Salisbury.
M. Cholmondeley.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Hardwicke.
E. Malmesbury.
E. Rosslyn.
E. Grey.
E. Verulam.
E. Amherst. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Friday next, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, nonum
diem instantis Februarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis
sic decernentibus.