Tuesday, the 1st
of February, 1652.
Prayers.
Correspondence with Sweden;
THE Translate of a Letter from the Queen of
Sweden, of the 13th of November 1652, from
Stockholme, was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Letter be referred to the Council
of State, to prepare an Answer to be given to the Queen
of Sweden.
The Translate of a Letter from Herrald Appelboone,
Agent from the Queen of Sweden, of the 17th Day of
January 1652, from the Hague, was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Letter be referred to the Council of
State, to take this Business into Consideration; and present their Opinion therein to the Parliament; and to do
therein according to Justice.
with Switzerland;
The Translate of a Letter from the Burgomasters and
Council of the City of Zurick, of the 24th of December
1652, was this Day read.
A Letter, in Latin, from the confederate Cantons of
Switzerland, was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Letter be translated; and brought
in on Thursday Morning, the first Business.
with Lubeck;
A Letter from the Consuls, Proconsuls, and Burgomasters of the free Imperial City of Lubeck, of the 14th
of December 1652, was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Letter be referred to the Council
of State, to do therein as they shall find just Cause.
with Switzerland;
Ordered, That the Letter from the Cantons of the
Switzers, be referred to the Council of State; with Power
to open the same; and present their Opinion therein to
the Parliament, on Thursday Morning next.
with Colen.
A Letter from the Senate and Council of the free Imperial City of Colen, of the 4th of December 1652, was
this Day read.
Ordered, That this Letter be referred to the Council of
State.
The humble Remonstrance of John Jacobson, Master
of the Stilliard, was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Paper, together with the Letter
from Lubeck, mentioned therein, be referred to the Council of State.
Correspondence with Portugall.
A Letter, in Latin, from the Lord Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Portugall, of the 25th of
January 1653.
Ordered, That this Letter be referred to the Council
of State, to consider thereof; and report their Opinion
therein to the Parliament.
Irish Affairs.
A Letter from the Commander in Chief, and Commissioners for the Parliament in Ireland, from Dublin, of
the 22th of January 1652, was this Day read.
A Letter from Peter Stubbers, from Gallowey, 16
Januarii 1652; and the Articles upon the Surrender of
the Isles of Arran; were this Day read.
A Letter from Commissary-General Reynolds, of the
15th of January 1652, was this Day read.
A Letter from the Commander in Chief, and Commissioners for the Parliament in Ireland, with a Proclamation
prohibiting clipt Money to go in Ireland, of the 29th of
December 1652, was this Day read.
Ordered, That this Letter be referred to the Council
of State; and that they report to the Parliament on this
Day Sevennight, concerning Clipping of Money, presented from the Commissioners in Ireland; and how
Clipping of Money may be prevented in England, Scotland and Ireland.
Countess of Ormond.
A Letter from the Commander in Chief, and Commissioners of the Parliament in Ireland, of the 18th Day of
January 1652, from Dublyn; and a Certificate of several
Depositions taken in Ireland, touching the Countess of
Ormond; were this Day read.
Ordered, That it be referred to the Commissioners of
Parliament in Ireland; and that they be impowered and
authorized, to set apart, for the Provision of the Countess
of Ormond, and her Children, the House called DumoreHouse, near Kilkenny, together with Lands of the clear
yearly Value of Two thousand Pounds by the Year, as
they were in the Year 1640, out of Lands which were
her Father's or Mother's, and late in the Possession of the
Earl of Ormond: And that the said Commissioners be
authorized to cause the said Lands to be set out, and to
settle the Inheritance thereof, upon such Persons as they
shall think fit, to be Trustees, in Trust, for the said
Countess and her Heirs; and that the said Trustees do
take care, that the Profits of the Premises, or any Part
thereof, be not disposed of to her Husband; and that Mr.
Speaker do write a Letter to the Commissioners for this
Purpose.
Ordered, That the said Countess of Ormond be ordered
to bring her Children out of France; and that she take
care they be educated within the Territories of this Commonwealth.
Ordered, That the Sum of Five hundred Pounds be
paid to the said Countess of Ormond, or her Assigns, out
of the Revenue in Ireland, by the Commissioners of Parliament in Ireland, for her present Relief.
Ly. Ranelagh.
Ordered, That the Report touching the Lady Ranelagh, be made on Friday next.
Publick Faith.-Poor.
Ordered, That the Public Faith be taken into Consideration on Thursday next: And that, after That, the Act
for the Poor be read.
Bishops Lands.
Ordered, That the Act for Confirmation of the Sale of
Bishops Lands, &c. be reported on this Day Sevennight.
Carmen.
Ordered, That the Act for Carmen be reported on this
Day Sevennight.