JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Anno 2° Gulielmi Quarti.
DIE Martis, 6° Decembris 1831, Annoque Regni
Serenissimi Domini Nostri Gulielmi Quarti, Dei
Gratiâ, Britanniarum Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Secundo;
in quem Diem hæc Secunda Sessio Parliamenti, per
seperalia Adjournamenta et per Prorogationem continuata
fuerat, in Superiori Domo Parliamenti Britanniarum apud
Westmonaster. convenere, Domini tam Spirituales quam
Temporales, quorum Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes
fuerunt:
REX.
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Dux Cumberland. |
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Dux Sussex. |
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Ds. Brougham
& Vaux,
Cancellarius. | |
Epus. Londinen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Laonen, &c.
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Vicecom. Sydney.
Vicecom. Hood.
Vicecom. Sidmouth.
Vicecom. Lake.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Goderich.
Ds. Wellesley, Senescallus.
Ds. Melbourne, Unus PrimariorumSecretariorum.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Stourton.
Ds. Saye & Sele.
Ds. Arundell of Wardour.
Ds. Dormer.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Stafford.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Forbes.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Sundridge & Hamilton.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Grantley.
Ds. Sherborne.
Ds. Montagu.
Ds. Auckland.
Ds. Lyttelton.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Selsey.
Ds. Yarborough.
Ds. Lilford.
Ds. Dunalley.
Ds. Redesdale.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Lynedoch.
Ds. Hill.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Bexley.
Ds. Penshurst.
Ds. Somerhill.
Ds. Farnborough.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Seaford.
Ds. Lyndhurst.
Ds. Melros.
Ds. Stuart de Rothesay.
Ds. Clanwilliam.
Ds. Skelmersdale.
Ds. Wynford.
Ds. Fingall.
Ds. Sefton.
Ds. Clements.
Ds. Rossie.
Ds. Dover.
Ds. Kenlis.
Ds. Chaworth.
Ds. Oakley.
Ds. Poltimore.
Ds. Segrave.
Ds. Templemore.
Ds. Dinorben.
Ds. Cloncurry. |
March. Lansdowne, Præses.
Ds. Durham, C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Devonshire, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Buckingham & Chandos.
March. Winchester.
March. Queensberry.
March. Salisbury.
March. Thomond.
March. Camden.
March. Cholmondeley.
March. Westmeath.
March. Cleveland.
March. Ailsa.
Comes Shrewsbury.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchilsea & Nottingham.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes De Lawarr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Digby.
Comes Beverley.
Comes Mansfield.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Wicklow.
Comes Rosslyn.
Comes Onslow.
Comes Wilton.
Comes Gosford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Grey.
Comes Harrowby.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Verulam.
Comes Eldon.
Comes Amherst.
Comes Cawdor.
Comes Munster.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Camperdown.
Comes Lichfield. |
The King present:
His Majesty being seated on the Throne, adorned with
His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended by His
Officers of State, (the Lords being in their Robes,) commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, through
the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain, to let the Commons
know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure they attend Him
immediately in this House."
Who being come, with their Speaker;
His Majesty was pleased to speak as follows:
His Majesty's Speech.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I have called you together, that you may resume,
without further Delay, the important Duties, to which
the Circumstances of the Times require your immediate
Attention; and I sincerely regret the Inconvenience,
which, I am well aware, you must experience, from
so early a Renewal of your Labours, after the short
Interval allowed you for Repose from the Fatigues of
the last Session.
"I feel it to be My Duty, in the first place, to recommend, to your most careful Consideration, the
Measures, which will be proposed to you, for a Reform
in the Commons House of Parliament; a speedy and
satisfactory Settlement of this Question, becomes daily
of more pressing Importance, to the Security of the State,
and to the Contentment and Welfare of My People.
"I deeply lament the Distress, which still prevails, in
many Parts of My Dominions; and for which the
Preservation of Peace, both at Home and Abroad, will,
under the Blessing of Divine Providence, afford the
best and most effectual Remedy. I feel assured of
your Disposition to adopt any practicable Measures,
which you will always find Me ready, and anxious, to
assist, both for removing the Causes, and mitigating
the Effects, of the Want of Employment, which the
Embarrassments of Commerce, and the consequent
Interruption of the Pursuits of Industry, have occasioned.
"It is with great Regret that I have observed the
Existence of a Disease at Sunderland, similar in its
Appearance and Character, to that which has existed
in many Parts of Europe.
"Whether it is indigenous, or has been imported from
Abroad, is a Question involved in much Uncertainty;
but its Progress has neither been so extensive, nor so
fatal, as on the Continent. It is not, however, the less
necessary to use every Precaution against the further
Extension of this Malady; and the Measures, recommended by those who have had the best Opportunities
of observing it, as most effectual for this Purpose, have
been adopted.
"In Parts of Ireland, a systematic Opposition has
been made to the Payment of Tithes, attended, in some
Instances, with afflicting Results; and it will be one
of your first Duties to inquire, whether it may not be
possible to effect Improvements in the Laws respecting
this Subject, which may afford the necessary Protection
to the Established Church, and, at the same Time,
remove the present Causes of Complaint.
"But in this, and in every other Question affecting
Ireland, it is, above all Things, necessary to look to
the best Means of securing internal Peace and Order;
which alone seem wanting to raise a Country, blessed
by Providence with so many natural Advantages, to a
State of the greatest Prosperity.
"The Conduct of the Portuguese Government, and
the repeated Injuries to which My Subjects have been
exposed, have prevented a Renewal of My Diplomatic
Relations with that Kingdom. The State of a Country,
so long united with this, by the Ties of the most
intimate Alliance, must necessarily be to Me an Object
of the deepest Interest. The Return to Europe of the
elder Branch of the illustrious House of Braganza,
and the Dangers of a disputed Succession, will require
My most vigilant Attention to Events, by which not
only the Safety of Portugal, but the general Interests
of Europe, may be affected.
"The Arrangement, which I announced to you at the
Close of the last Session, for the Separation of the
States of Holland and Belgium, has been followed by
a Treaty between the Five Powers and The King of
the Belgians, which I have directed to be laid before
you, as soon as the Ratifications shall have been
exchanged.
"A similar Treaty has not yet been agreed to by The
King of the Netherlands; but, I trust, the Period is
not distant, when that Sovereign will see the Necessity
of acceding to an Arrangement, in which the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers have unanimously concurred, and which has been framed with the most
careful and impartial Attention to all the Interests
concerned.
"I have the Satisfaction to inform you, that I have
concluded with The King of the French a Convention,
which I have directed to be laid before you, the
Object of which is the effectual Suppression of the
African Slave Trade.
"This Convention, having for its Basis the Concession
of reciprocal Rights, to be mutually exercised in
specified Latitudes, and Places, will, I trust, enable
the Naval Forces of the Two Countries, by their
combined Efforts, to accomplish an Object, which is
felt by both to be so important to the Interests of
Humanity.
"Regarding the State of Europe generally, the friendly
Assurances which I receive from Foreign Powers, and
the Union which subsists between Me and My Allies,
inspire Me with a confident Hope that Peace will not
be interrupted.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"I have directed the Estimates for the ensuing Year
to be prepared, and they will, in due Time, be laid
before you. I will take care that they shall be formed
with the strictest Regard to Economy, and I trust to
your Wisdom and Patriotism, to make such Provision,
as may be required, for the Public Service.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"The Scenes of Violence and Outrage, which have
occurred in the City of Bristol, and in some other
Places, have caused Me the deepest Affliction.
"The Authority of the Laws must be vindicated by
the Punishment of Offences, which have produced so
extensive a Destruction of Property, and so melancholy
a Loss of Life; but I think it right to direct your
Attention to the best Means of improving the Municipal
Police of the Kingdom, for the more effectual Protection of the Public Peace, against the Recurrence of
similar Commotions.
"Sincerely attached to our free Constitution, I never
can sanction any Interference with the legitimate
Exercise of those Rights, which secure to My People
the Privilege of discussing, and making known their
Grievances; but, in respecting these Rights, it is also
My Duty to prevent Combinations, under whatever
Pretext, which in their Form and Character are incompatible with all regular Government, and are equally
opposed to the Spirit and to the Provisions of the
Law; and I know that I shall not appeal in vain to
My faithful Subjects, to second My determined Resolution, to repress all illegal Proceedings, by which the
Peace and Security of My Dominions may be endangered."
Then His Majesty was pleased to retire;
And the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
PRAYERS.
Bp. Killaloe takes the Oaths.
This Day Edmond Lord Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora took the Oaths, and also took and subscribed the
Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
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."
His Majesty's Speech reported:
The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's Speech:
And the same being read by the Clerk;
Order for Address thereon:
Ordered, Nemine Dissentiente, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to return to His
Majesty our humble Thanks for His Majesty's most
gracious Speech.
To assure His Majesty, that we feel the Necessity
which the Circumstances of the Times have imposed
upon His Majesty of calling us together, and that we
submit, without Regret, to the Inconvenience which we
may individually experience from so early a Renewal of
our Duties.
To assure His Majesty, that we receive with all
Humility and Respect His Majesty's gracious Recommendation, that we should enter upon the careful Consideration of the Measures, which will be proposed to
us, for a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament;
and that we feel convinced that a speedy and satisfactory Settlement of this Question becomes daily of more
pressing Importance to the Security of the State, and
to the Contentment and Welfare of the People.
To express to His Majesty our Concern at the Distress which still prevails in many Parts of His Majesty's
Dominions, and for which we feel that the Preservation
of Peace, both at Home and Abroad, will, under the
Blessing of Divine Providence, afford the best and
most effectual Remedy; and to express to His Majesty
our Readiness to adopt any practicable Measures, in
which we are confident His Majesty will always be
anxious to assist, for removing the Causes, and mitigating the Effects, of the Want of Employment, which
the Embarrassments of Commerce, and the consequent
Interruption of the Pursuits of Industry, have occasioned.
To express our Participation in the Concern which
His Majesty has felt in observing the Existence of a
Disease at Sunderland, similar in its Appearance and
Character to that which has prevailed in many Parts
of Europe. That it affords some Consolation to observe,
that its Ravages have neither been so extensive, nor so
fatal, as on the Continent; but that it is not the less
necessary to use every Precaution against the further
Extension of this Malady; and we learn with Satisfaction that the Measures recommended by those who
have had the best Opportunity of observing it, as most
effectual for this Purpose, have been adopted.
To express to His Majesty our deep Regret that
a systematic Opposition has been made in Parts of
Ireland to the Payment of Tithes, attended, in some
Instances, with afflicting Results; and to assure His
Majesty that it will be one of our first Duties to inquire,
whether it may not be possible to effect Improvements
in the Laws respecting this Subject, which may afford
the necessary Protection to the Established Church,
and, at the same Time, remove the present Causes of
Complaint; but we feel that in this, and in every other
Question affecting Ireland, it is, above all Things,
necessary to look at the best Means of securing internal Peace and Order; which alone seem wanting to raise
a Country, blessed by Providence with so many natural
Advantages, to a State of the greatest Prosperity.
To express to His Majesty our Regret that the
Conduct of the Portuguese Government, and the repeated
Injuries to which His Majesty's Subjects have been
exposed, have prevented a Renewal of His Majesty's
Diplomatic Relations with that Kingdom; and we beg to
express the deep Interest which, with His Majesty, we
feel in the State of a Country, so long united with this by
the Ties of the most intimate Alliance.
To assure His Majesty that we rely with Confidence on
His Majesty's vigilant Attention to all Events by which
not only the Safety of Portugal, but the general Interests
of Europe, may be affected.
To express to His Majesty our Satisfaction that the
Arrangement for the Separation of the States of Holland
and Belgium has been followed by a Treaty between the
Five Powers and The King of the Belgians; and to thank
His Majesty for having directed a Copy of this Treaty
to be laid before us, as soon as the Ratifications shall
have been exchanged.
To express our Hope that though a similar Treaty
has not yet been agreed to by The King of the Netherlands, that the Period is not distant, when that Sovereign
will see the Necessity of acceding to an Arrangement,
in which the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Powers have
unanimously concurred, and which has been framed with
the most careful and impartial Attention to all the Interests concerned.
To express to His Majesty the sincere Pleasure with
which we have received His Majesty's gracious Communication, that a Convention has been concluded with The
King of the French, having for its Object the effectual
Suppression of the African Slave Trade; and to thank
His Majesty for having directed a Copy of it to be laid
before us.
To express to His Majesty our confident Hope that
this Convention, having for its Basis the Concession of
reciprocal Rights, to be mutually exercised in specified
Latitudes and Places, will enable the Naval Forces of
the Two Countries to accomplish, by their combined
Efforts, an Object which is felt by both to be so important
to the Interests of Humanity.
To express to His Majesty our Satisfaction that the
friendly Assurances which His Majesty receives from
Foreign Powers, and the Union which subsists between
His Majesty and His Allies, inspire His Majesty with
a confident Hope that the Peace of Europe will not be
interrupted.
To assure His Majesty that it is to us, as it is to His
Majesty, a Cause of the deepest Affliction, that Scenes of
Violence and Outrage have occurred in Bristol, and in
some other Places: The Authority of the Laws must be
vindicated by the Punishment of Offences, which have
produced so extensive a Destruction of Property, and so
melancholy a Loss of Life; that we will, in Obedience to
His Majesty's Recommendation, direct our Attention to
the best Means of improving the Municipal Police of the
Kingdom, for the more effectual Protection of the Public
Peace, against the Recurrence of similar Commotions.
To express our firm Reliance on His Majesty's sincere
Attachment to our free Constitution; our Confidence
that His Majesty never can sanction any Interference
with the legitimate Exercise of those Rights, which
secure to the People the Privilege of discussing, and
making known their Grievances; and that, in respecting
those Rights, His Majesty will prevent Combinations,
under whatever Pretext, which in their Form and Character are incompatible with all regular Government, and
are equally opposed to the Spirit and to the Provisions
of the Law; and to assure His Majesty that He will
never appeal in vain to His faithful Subjects, to second
His determined Resolution, to repress all illegal Proceedings, by which the Peace and Security of His Majesty's
Dominions may be endangered.
Com ee to prepare the Address:
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee
to prepare an Address pursuant thereto:
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V. Sydney.
V. Goderich.
L. Steward.
L. Stafford.
L. Holland.
L. Auckland.
L. Lyttelton.
L. Clanwilliam.
L. Sefton.
L. Dover.
L. Segrave.
L. Cloncurry. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Norfolk.
L. Chamberlain.
D. Richmond.
M. Salisbury.
M. Cholmondeley.
M. Westmeath.
M. Ailsa.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Wilton.
E. Grey.
E. Burlington.
E. Camperdown. |
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 Camperdown reported from the Committee an Address drawn by them as follows; (vizt.)
"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 with
our humble Thanks for Your Majesty's most gracious
Speech.
"We assure Your Majesty that we feel the Necessity
which the Circumstances of the Times have imposed
upon Your Majesty of calling us together, and we
submit, without Regret, to the Inconvenience which we
may individually experience from so early a Renewal of
our Duties.
"We receive with all Humility and Respect Your
Majesty's gracious Recommendation, that we should
enter upon the careful Consideration of the Measures,
which will be proposed to us, for a Reform in the
Commons House of Parliament; and we feel convinced
that a speedy and satisfactory Settlement of this
Question, becomes daily of more pressing Importance
to the Security of the State, and to the Contentment
and Welfare of the People.
"Permit us to express to Your Majesty our Concern
at the Distress which still prevails in many Parts of
Your Majesty's Dominions, and for which we feel that
the Preservation of Peace, both at Home and Abroad,
will, under the Blessing of Divine Providence, afford
the best and most effectual Remedy; and to express
to Your Majesty our Readiness to adopt any practicable
Measures, in which we are confident Your Majesty will
always be anxious to assist, for removing the Causes,
and mitigating the Effects, of the Want of Employment,
which the Embarrassments of Commerce, and the
consequent Interruption of the Pursuits of Industry,
have occasioned.
"We beg to express our Participation in the Concern
which Your Majesty has felt in observing the Existence
of a Disease at Sunderland, similar in its Appearance
and Character to that which has prevailed in many
Parts of Europe; that it affords some Consolation to
observe, that its Ravages have neither been so extensive,
nor so fatal, as on the Continent; but that it is not the
less necessary to use every Precaution against the
further Extension of this Malady; and we learn with
Satisfaction that the Measures recommended by those
who have had the best Opportunity of observing it, as
most effectual for this Purpose, have been adopted.
"We feel deep Regret that a systematic Opposition
has been made in Parts of Ireland to the Payment of
Tithes, attended, in some Instances, with afflicting
Results; and we assure Your Majesty that it will be
one of our first Duties to inquire, whether it may not
be possible to effect Improvements in the Laws respecting this Subject, which may afford the necessary
Protection to the Established Church, and, at the same
Time, remove the present Causes of Complaint; but
we feel that in this, and in every other Question
affecting Ireland, it is, above all Things, necessary to
look at the best Means of securing internal Peace and
Order; which alone seem wanting to raise a Country,
blessed by Providence with so many natural Advantages, to a State of the greatest Prosperity.
"We regret that the Conduct of the Portuguese
Government, and the repeated Injuries to which Your
Majesty's Subjects have been exposed, have prevented
a Renewal of Your Majesty's Diplomatic Relations
with that Kingdom; and we beg to express the deep
Interest which, with Your Majesty, we feel in the State
of a Country, so long united with this by the Ties of
the most intimate Alliance.
"We rely with Confidence on Your Majesty's vigilant
Attention to all Events by which not only the Safety
of Portugal, but the general Interests of Europe, may
be affected.
"We desire to express our Thanks to Your Majesty
for the Information that a Treaty has been concluded
between the Five Powers and The King of the Belgians,
for the Arrangement of the Separation of the States of
Holland and Belgium; and that Your Majesty has
been graciously pleased to give Directions that a Copy
of this Treaty shall be laid before us, as soon as the
Ratifications shall have been exchanged: And we
humbly thank Your Majesty for communicating to us
the Hopes which Your Majesty entertains, that though
a similar Treaty has not yet been agreed to by The
King of the Netherlands, that the Period is not distant,
when that Sovereign will see the Necessity of acceding
to an Arrangement, in which the Plenipotentiaries of
the Five Powers have unanimously concurred, and
which, we are assured by Your Majesty, has been framed
with the most careful and impartial Attention to all
the Interests concerned.
"We have received with sincere Pleasure Your
Majesty's gracious Communication, that a Convention
has been concluded with The King of the French,
having for its Object the effectual Suppression of
the African Slave Trade; and we humbly thank Your
Majesty for having directed a Copy of it to be laid
before us.
"We entertain a confident Hope that this Convention,
having for its Basis the Concession of reciprocal Rights,
to be mutually exercised in specified Latitudes and
Places, will enable the Naval Forces of the Two
Countries to accomplish, by their combined Efforts, an
Object which is felt by both to be so important to the
Interests of Humanity.
"We learn with great Satisfaction that the friendly
Assurances which Your Majesty receives from Foreign
Powers, and the Union which subsists between Your
Majesty and Your Allies, inspire Your Majesty with a
confident Hope that the Peace of Europe will not be
interrupted.
"We assure Your Majesty that it is to us, as it is to
Your Majesty, a Cause of the deepest Affliction, that
Scenes of Violence and Outrage have occured in
Bristol, and in some other Places; and we feel the
Necessity of vindicating the Authority of the Laws by
the Punishment of Offences, which have produced so
extensive a Destruction of Property, and so melancholy
a Loss of Life; and we will, in Obedience to Your
Majesty's Recommendation, direct our Attention to
the best Means of improving the Municipal Police of
the Kingdom, for the more effectual Protection of the
Public Peace, against the Recurrence of similar Commotions.
"We entertain a firm Reliance on Your Majesty's
sincere Attachment to our free Constitution, and the
fullest Confidence that Your Majesty never can sanction
any Interference with the legitimate Exercise of those
Rights, which secure to the People the Privilege of
discussing, and making known their Grievances; and
that, in respecting those Rights, Your Majesty will
prevent Combinations, under whatever Pretext, which
in their Form and Character are incompatible with all
regular Government, and are equally opposed to the
Spirit and to the Provisions of the Law; and we assure
Your Majesty that Your Majesty will never appeal in
vain to Your faithful Subjects, to second Your Majesty's
determined Resolution, to repress all illegal Proceedings,
by which the Peace and Security of Your Majesty's
Dominions may be endangered."
Which Address, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty by the Whole House.
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do wait on
His Majesty, humbly to know what Time His Majesty will
please to appoint to be attended with the said Address.
E. of Shaftesbury to take the Chair in all 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 were 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 Dissentiente, 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.
Ordered, That all the Lords present this Day be appointed a Committee 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:
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.
Ordered, That all the Lords present this Day be appointed a Sub-Committee 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:
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.
Select Com ee on the Library of the House appointed:
It was moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed
to consider of some Additions to be made to the
Library of this House, and of other Matters relating
thereto; and to report to the House."
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the Lords following be appointed a
Select Committee to consider of some Additions to be
made to the Library of this House, and of other Matters
relating thereto; and to report to the House:
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V. Sidmouth.
V. Gordon.
L. Bp. London.
L. Dacre.
L. Auckland.
L. Carbery.
L. Redesdale.
L. Wharncliffe.
L. Lyndhurst.
L. Plunket.
L. Melros.
L. Skelmersdale.
L. Dover. |
D. Cumberland.
L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
D. Richmond.
M. Salisbury.
M. Cholmondeley.
E. Essex.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Radnor.
E. Rosslyn.
E. Mulgrave.
E. Amherst. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and
to adjourn as they please.
Instruction to the Com ee.
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the said Committee, to consider of some Mode for more effectually
ventilating the House.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, septimum diem instantis Decembris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.