Sabbati, 28 Febr. 15 Car. IIdi.
Prayers.
Leave of Absence.
ORDERED, That Sir Thomas Dike have the Leave
of this House to go into the Country, to attend the
Assizes.
Rogues and Vagabonds.
A Bill for suppressing Rogues and Vagabonds, and
transporting them to Foreign Plantations, was this Day
read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be committed to Mr.
Crouch, Sir Hen. Herbert, Sir Lanc. Lake, Mr. Knight,
Sir John Holland, Lord Richardson, Sir Wm. Lowther,
Sir Solomon Swale, Mr. Westfaling, Sir Hen. Worsley, Mr.
Jones, Mr. Scawen, Mr. Gawdy, Mr. Coventry, Sir John
Shaw, Mr. Wren, Colonel Whitley, Sir Robert Atkyns, Sir
Tho. Allen, Sir Clifford Clifton, Mr. Clifford, Colonel
Reames, Sir Tho. Gower, Mr. Attorney of the Duchy,
Sir Tho. Tompkins, Sir Rich. Braham, Sir Hen. North, Mr.
Garway, Colonel Kirkby, Sir Wm. Thomson, Mr. Phillips,
Sir Tho. Peyton, Sir Cha. Harbord, Sir Geo. Probert, Sir
Rich. Oatley, Sir John Rouse, Sir Justin Isham, Dr. Birkinhead, Sir Roger Bradshaigh, Mr. Jolly, Colonel Windham, Sir Geo. Ryve, Mr. Thurland, Mr. Wm. Sandys:
And all the Members of this House, that come to the
said Committee, are to have Voices thereat: And they
are to meet on Thursday next, at Two of the Clock, in
the Speaker's Chamber: And to send for Persons, Papers,
and Records.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Mr. Collins, a Member of this House,
have the Leave of this House to go into the Country.
King appoints to be attended.
Sir William Compton reports, That he, with some other
Members of this House, of his Majesty's honourable
Privy Council, had attended his Majesty; and signified
unto him the Desires of this House, to wait on his Majesty at such Time and Place as he should please to appoint: And that his Majesty did receive the Message
very graciously, as he doth all Things that come from
this House; and, to give them a Testimony of it, had
appointed the shortest Time he could for the House to
attend him; which was this Afternoon at Three of the
Clock, in the Banquesting House at Whitehall.
Rogues and Vagabonds.
A Bill for Suppressing of Rogues, and Ordering of
Persons committed to the Common Goal for Theft and
Petit Larceny, was this Day read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be committed to the same
Committee to which the Bill for Suppressing Rogues and
Vagabonds, and transporting them to Foreign Plantations,
was committed: And they are to peruse both Bills; and
to incorporate them; and to extract out of both one Bill,
which may be effectual for Suppressing and Ordering of
Rogues and Vagabonds.
Grocers Free School.
A Bill for the Incorporating of the Master and Wardens,
of the Company of Grocers, London, to be Governors of
the Free School in Whitney, in the County of Oxford,
of the Foundation of Henry Box Esquire, Citizen and
Grocer of London; and for the Settling of Lands and
Possessions on that School, for the Maintenance thereof;
was this Day read the First time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be read the Second time,
on Thursday next.
Address.
The Address and Reasons of this House to be presented to his Majesty, being fair written, were this Day
read the Third time.
Resolved, &c. That the Word "in" be made "upon."
Resolved, &c. That these Words, "and Religion
established," be added after the Word "Uniformity."
Flax and Hemp.
Ordered, That Colone Birch have Leave to bring in a
Bill for sowing Flax and Hemp.
And then the House adjourned till Two of the
Clock in the Afternoon.
Post Meridiem.
Committees.
ORDERED, That the Committees appointed to
sit Yesterday in the Afternoon, and this Afternoon, be
adjourned till Thursday next, Two of the Clock of the
Afternoon.
Ministers Maintenance.
Ordered, That it be referred to Sir Wm. Lowther, to
take special Care for preparing, and bringing in, the Bill
for Maintenance of Ministers in Corporations, formerly
referred to a Committee.
Answer to Address.
Mr. Speaker, and the Members of this House, accompanying him, according to his Majesty's Appointment,
went, in a Body, to attend his Majesty, at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, with the Address of Thanks,
and Reasons for the Vote of Non Indulgence, to be presented to his Majesty: And, being returned;
Mr. Speaker reported, That the Answer his Majesty
gave thereunto, was to this Effect; viz.
"That he gave us hearty Thanks for our many Thanks;
that never any King was so happy in a House of Commons as he is in this; that the Paper and Reasons were
long, and therefore he would take Time to consider of
them, and send us a Message; that we could never differ
but in Judgment; and That must be when he did not
rightly express himself, or we did not rightly understand
him; but our Interest was so far linked together, that we
could never disagree."
And then the House adjourned till Thursday
Morning next, Eight of the Clock.