Die Martis, 13° Decembris 1831.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Dux Sussex. |
| Ds. Brougham & Vaux, Cancellarius. | |
Epus. Laonen, &c.
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Ds. Melbourne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Arundell of Wardour.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Sundridge & Hamilton.
Ds. Auckland.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Lynedoch.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Fife.
Ds. Stuart de Rothesay.
Ds. Skelmersdale.
Ds. Fingall.
Ds. Clements.
Ds. Chaworth.
Ds. Templemore. |
March. Lansdowne, Præses.
Dux Richmond.
March. Cleveland.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Selkirk.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes De Lawarr.
Comes Digby.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Chichester.
Comes Gosford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Grey.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Camperdown.
Vicecom. Hood.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Goderich. |
PRAYERS.
Hunter & Campbell v Duff et al.
The joint and separate Answer of Lieutenant General
The Honorable Alexander Duff of Leuchars, Richard
Wharton Duff Esquire, of Orton, and Major General
William Stewart, residing at Elgin, Trustees of the deceased Major George Duff of Milton, to the Petition and
Appeal of Archibald Hunter of Upper Baker Street,
London, and David Campbell, Writer to the Signet of
Edinburgh, his Mandatory, was this Day brought in.
Anderson to enter into a Recogce on White's et al. Appeal.
The House being moved, "That George Brydges
Rodney Anderson of the Middle Temple, Esquire, may
be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Richard
White, and others, on account of their Appeal depending in this House, they residing in Shropshire:"
The same was agreed to; and Ordered accordingly.
Cuninghame's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of William Cuninghame
Esquire, Heir of Entail in Possession of the Estate of
Craigends, in the County of Renfrew, and of Alexander
Cuninghame Esquire, his immediate younger Brother,
next Heir in Succession under the said Entail; praying
Leave to bring in a Bill for the Purpose in the said
Petition mentioned:
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby referred to The Lord President of
the Court of Session, in Scotland, and Lord Moncreiff, in
Scotland, or, in their Absence, or the Absence of either of
them, to The Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, and The
Lord Fullerton, in Scotland; and that the said Judges, or
any Two of them, are forthwith to summon all Parties
before them who may be concerned in the Bill, and, after
hearing all the Parties, and perusing the Bill, are to report
to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion
thereupon, under their Hands, and are to sign the said
Bill.
Agricultural Labourers Employment Bill presented.
The Earl of Shaftesbury presented to the House a Bill,
intituled, "An Act for encouraging and facilitating the
Employment of Labourers in Agriculture."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.
Emigration, Return respecting, Ordered.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, "A Return of the Number of Persons who have emigrated
from the United Kingdom to North America, the Cape
of Good Hope, New South Wales, &c. since the passing
of the Act 9 Geo. 4, C. 21."
Reform of Parliament, Petition from Worcestershire respecting.
Upon reading the Petition of the Nobility, Gentry,
Clergy and Freeholders of the County of Worcester,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships "to withhold their Sanction from any Measure
hereafter to be submitted to their Lordships which is
not essentially founded on the ancient Principles and
Practice of the Constitution, and calculated to insure,
instead of endangering, the Stability of our Institutions
in Church and State; and that, pending the Discussions
which must precede the Settlement of that great Question, the Laws for the Maintenance of His Majesty's
Crown and Dignity, and for the Security of the Lives
and Property of His Majesty's Subjects, may be
promptly and impartially administered by the recognized and responsible Authorities of the Realm, rather
than by Associations self-constituted for Party Purposes,
and whose Existence the Petitioners deem incompatible
with the Principles of good Government:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Correspondence relative to last Differences at Canton, Motion for, made & withdrawn.
It was moved, "That there be laid before this House,
Copies of or Extracts from all Correspondence between
the Factory at Canton and the Court of Directors of
The East India Company, relative to the last Differences between the Factory and the Authorities at
Canton."
Which being objected to;
The said Motion was (by Leave of the House) withdrawn.
Lunatic Commissions Bill presented.
The Lord Chancellor presented to the House a Bill,
intituled, "An Act to diminish the Inconvenience and
Expence of Commissions in the Nature of Writs De
lunatico inquirendo, and to provide for the better Care
and Treatment of Idiots, Lunatics and Persons of unsound Mind, found such by Inquisition."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, decimum
quintum diem instantis Decembris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.