Die Veneris, 9° Martii 1832.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Dux Cumberland. |
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Archiep. Armacan.
Epus. Bath. et Well.
Epus. Lich. et Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Laonen, &c.
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Ds. Gower.
Ds. Saltoun.
Ds. Colville of Culross.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Sundridge & Hamilton.
Ds. Suffield.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Auckland.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Dundas.
Ds. De Dunstanville & Bassett.
Ds. Redesdale.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Mont Eagle.
Ds. Ponsonby of Imokilly.
Ds. Hill.
Ds. Clanbrassill.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Penshurst.
Ds. Somerhill.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Fife.
Ds. Plunket.
Ds. Melros.
Ds. Stuart de Rothesay.
Ds. Rosebery.
Ds. Clanwilliam.
Ds. Skelmersdale.
Ds. Wallace.
Ds. Fingall.
Ds. Sefton.
Ds. Dover.
Ds. Chaworth.
Ds. Panmure.
Ds. Poltimore.
Ds. Dinorben. |
March. Lansdowne, Præses.
Ds. Durham, C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Wellington.
March. Queensberry.
March. Salisbury.
March. Bute.
March. Thomond.
March. Cholmondeley.
March. Cleveland.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Charlemont.
Comes Wicklow.
Comes Caledon.
Comes Rosslyn.
Comes Chichester.
Comes Gosford.
Comes Charleville.
Comes Grey.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Verulam.
Comes Falmouth.
Comes Vane.
Comes Amherst.
Vicecom. Sydney.
Vicecom. Hood.
Vicecom. Lorton.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Beresford,
Ds. Wellesley, Senescallus.
Ds. Melbourne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Howard of Effingham.
Ds. Teynham. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Shaftesbury sat Speaker by virtue of
a former Commission.
Berners Peerage E. of Albemarle sworn to give Evidence on.
The Earl of Albermarle was sworn, at the Table, by The
Lord Speaker, in order to give Evidence before the Committee for Privileges to whom the Petition of Robert
Wilson of Didlington and of Ashwellthorpe, in the County
of Norfolk, Esquire, One of the Co-heirs and eldest
Representative of the ancient Barony of Berners, to
His Majesty; praying, "That His Majesty will be graciously pleased to admit and allow his Claim as One of
the right Heirs to the said Barony of Berners, and to
terminate the Abeyance by issuing to the Petitioner a
Writ of Summons to the Parliament of the United
Kingdom;" together with His Majesty's Reference
thereof to this House, and the Report of The Attorney
General thereunto annexed, stands referred.
Downham Market Road Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
more effectually repairing the Road from Downham
Market to Barton, and to a Place called the Devil's
Ditch, all in the County of Norfolk."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords present this Day:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Monday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Saltash Floating Bridge Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing a Floating Bridge over the River Tamar,
at or near Saltash Ferry, in the County of Cornwall."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Monmouth (Newport) Roads Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
diverting, altering, repairing, maintaining and improving the several Turnpike Roads within the District of
Newport, in the County of Monmouth."
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 Mr. Wingfield and Mr. Farrer;
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
St. Helens, &c. Gas Light Bill.
The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for lighting
with Gas the Town of Saint Helens, the Hamlet of
Hardshaw-cum-Windle, and the several Townships of
Windle, Parr, Eccleston and Sutton, all in the Parish
of Prescot, in the County Palatine of Lancaster," was
committed; "That they had considered the said Bill,
and examined the Allegations thereof, which were
found to be true; and that the Committee had gone
through the Bill, and directed him to report the same
to the House, without any Amendment."
Clayton's Divorce Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve
the Marriage of William Robert Clayton Esquire with
Alice Hugh Massy his now Wife, and to enable him to
marry again; and for other Purposes," be read a
Second Time on Monday next; and that the Lords be
summoned.
Baird v. Ross.
Ordered, That the Cause wherein William Baird is
Appellant, and Robert Ross is Respondent, be heard by
Counsel at the Bar on Monday next.
Tithes (Ireland,) Petitions for Abolition of: (Graige, &c:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Landholders of the
United Parishes of Graige, Ullard and Powerstown, in
the County of Kilkenny, Ireland, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take
Measures for the total and immediate Abolition of
Tithes and Church Rates in Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Myross:
Upon reading the Petition of the Tithe Payers in the
Parish of Myross, in the Barony of West Carbery, in the
County of Cork, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to abolish every compulsory
Tax upon Agricultural Produce (the Staple Commodity of Ireland) in the Shape of Tithe, or any other
Impost beneficial to Individuals only, (and in the particular Instance of the Petitioners exacted with the
greatest Rigour,) taking Precedence of even the natural
Claims of Landlords, and deteriorating from the Means,
and in many Instances perhaps utterly destroying the
Capabilities, to answer the Claims of State Necessities
and National Demands:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Cashel.
Upon reading the Petition of the Landholders and
Inhabitants of the Parish of Cashel, in the County of
Longford, Ireland, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "totally to abolish
Tithes, which have become and are daily becoming
more odious in Ireland; and their Lordships will, by
those Means, preserve Peace in that Country, and
restore to the Poor the Rights of which they have so
long been unjustly deprived:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Mutiny Continuing Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Bernal and others;
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing an Act
passed in the First Year of His present Majesty, for
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better
Payment of the Army and their Quarters;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Marine Mutiny Continuing Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Bernal and others;
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing an Act
passed in the First Year of His present Majesty, for the
Regulation of His Majesty's Royal Marine Forces
while on Shore;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Little Yarmouth Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Berens and others;
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
repairing the Road from Little Yarmouth to Blythburgh,
and from Brampton to Halesworth, in the County of
Suffolk;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Mills & Factories Petitions from Great Farringdon & Hemel Hempsted for regulating the Hours of Labour in.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Great
Farringdon, in the County of Berks, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to pass
a Bill with as little Delay as possible, enacting that no
Children under Nine Years of Age be employed in
the Woollen, Cotton, Worsted, Flax and Silk Mills
and Factories of this Kingdom; and that the Labour
of Children so employed shall not exceed Ten Hours
per Day, with a Half Holiday on Wednesday in every
Week:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Town and Neighbourhood of Hemel Hempsted, in the
County of Hertford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to restrict the actual
working of Children in all the Mills and Factories of
the United Kingdom to Ten Hours per Day for Five
Days, and Eight in the remaining Day; and to prevent
any Child under Nine Years of Age being worked in
any Factory or Mill in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Beer Act, Petition from Burslem for Alteration of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Chief Constable, the
Clergy, Dissenting Ministers, Churchwardens and other
principal Inhabitants of the Town and Parish of Burslem,
in the County of Stafford, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed; praying their Lordships "to repeal so much
of the Act for permitting the general Sale of Beer and
Cyder by Retail as permits the Beer to be drunk on
the Premises where sold, the Petitioners being fully
assured that all Regulations short of this will avail
little to remedy or to prevent those Evils which the
Petitioners have witnessed during the last Sixteen
Months with so much Pain:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Foreign Gloves, Petition from Worcester against Importation of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Operatives belonging
to the Glove Trade in the City and Suburbs of Worcester,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships "to extend to them the same Protection the
Legislature affords to other Classes of their Fellow
Subjects; to place the Landed and Commercial
Interests upon one and the same Footing, give to
the Artisan cheap Bread, or close the Ports against
any future Importation of Foreign Gloves:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Glove Trade, Motion for a Com ee to enquire into, Negatived.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned;
It was moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed
to enquire into the present distressed State of the
British Glove Trade."
Which being objected to:
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Berners Peerage, Evidence to be printed.
Ordered, That the Evidence taken before the Committee for Privileges, to whom the Petition of Robert
Wilson of Didlington and of Ashwellthorpe, in the County
of Norfolk, Esquire, One of the Co-heirs and eldest
Representative of the ancient Barony of Berners, to His
Majesty; praying, "That His Majesty will be graciously
pleased to admit and allow his Claim as One of the
right Heirs to the said Barony of Berners, and to terminate the Abeyance by issuing to the Petitioner a
Writ of Summons to the Parliament of the United
Kingdom;" together with His Majesty's Reference
thereof to this House, and the Report of The Attorney
General thereunto annexed, stands referred, be printed.
Report on the General Penitentiary delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. May, from
the General Penitentiary at Millbank, attended;"
He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to the Directions of an Act of Parliament,
"Report of the Committee of the General Penitentiary
at Millbank, for the Reception of Convicts."
And then he withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the Table.
Adjourn.
Comes Shaftesbury declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, duodecimum diem instantis Martii, horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis
sic decernentibus.