Wednesday, the 7th of July, 1652.
Prayers.
Payment to Stephens.
THE Question being propounded, That the Commissioners for compounding be impowered and required to give Warrant to the Treasurers of the Receipt
of Haberdashers-Hall, or Goldsmiths-Hall, to make Payment, unto Henry Stephens, Merchant, or his Assigns,
according to an Order of the 18th of May 1648, the
Monies which already are, or shall, come in upon such
Discoveries, as have been or shall be, made by him,
according to that Order: And the Acquittance and
Acquittances of the said Henry Stephens, or his Assigns,
shall be a sufficient Discharge unto the said Treasurers
for the same;
And the Question being put, That that Question be
now put;
The House-was divided.
The Noes went forth.
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Mr. Bond, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
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| Mr. Solicitor General, |
With the Noes, |
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Sir John Danvers, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
35. |
| Sir Wm. Masham, |
With the Yeas, |
So it passed with the Affirmative.
And the main Question being put;
The House was again divided.
The Yeas went forth.
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Mr. Solicitor General, |
Tellers for the Noes: |
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| Colonel Marten, |
With the Noes, |
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Sir John Danvers, |
Tellers for the Yeas: |
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| Sir Wm. Masham, |
With the Yeas, |
So it was Resolved, by the Parliament, That the Commissioners for compounding be impowered and required
to give Warrant to the Treasurers of the Receipt of Haberdasher's-Hall, or Goldsmith's-Hall, to make Payment
unto Henry Stephens, Merchant, or his Assigns, according to an Order of the 18th of May 1648, the Moneis
which already are, or shall, come in upon such Discoveries, as have been, or shall be, made by him, according
to that Order: And the Acquittance and Acquittances
of the said Henry Stephens, or his Assigns, shall be a sufficient Discharge unto the said Treasurers for the same.
Army Accompts.
Ordered, That the Report touching the Soldiers Accompts be made on Friday next.
Publick Faith.
Ordered, That the Report touching the Publick Faith
be made on Friday next.
Articles.
Ordered, That the Act for Articles be read on Friday
Morning next.
Transactions with Holland.
The Lord Commissioner Whitelock reports from the
Committee of Members of Parliament of the Council of
State, the Declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, relating to the Affairs and Proceedings between this Commonwealth, and the States General
of the United Provinces of the Low Countries, and the
present Differences occasioned on the States' Part, as the
same is, by the said Committee, altered and amended:
Which Declaration, so altered and amended, was this
Day read: And, after divers Amendments at the Table;
Resolved, That this Word "Declaration" do stand in
the Title.
The said Declaration, so amended, being put to the
Question, was assented unto.
Ordered, That the Papers, to which this Declaration
doth relate, be printed, together with this Declaration:
And that the Clerk of the Parliament give Order for the
Printing thereof, accordingly.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Council of State,
to see that this Declaration be translated into Latin,
Dutch, and French; and into any other Language, as
they shall think fit.