Veneris, 12 die Decembris; 2° Gulielmi et Mariæ.
Prayers.
Supply Bill; Low Wines.
MR. Solicitor General, according to Order, presented
to the House a Bill for laying several Duties on
Low Wines, and Spirits of the first Extraction.
And the same was received.
Lady Cornbury's Non-age.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for the giving Catharine Lady Cornbury certain Powers to
act as if she was of full Age, was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
York Buildings Water Company.
A Petition of Cha. Rampaine, and others, Proprietors
of the Waterworks for the Raising of the Thames Water,
for the Use of St. Margaret's Parish, was read; setting
forth, That the Proprietors of the Water-house in York
Buildings have brought their Bill in to the House for Power
to convey their Water to St. James's, and other Places
adjacent, with a Proviso not to prejudice the Owners of
the New River Water: And praying a like Clause may
be added to the said Bill for the Petitioners.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition
be referred to the Committee to whom the Bill for the
better encouraging, carrying on, and settling the Waterworks in York Buildings, is committed.
Leave for Members to attend Lords.
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General have Leave to
attend the Lords, as Counsel, in a Cause between Smith
and Blith.
Ordered, That Mr. Finch have Leave to attend the
Lords, as Counsel, in a Cause between Mims and Thomas.
Coal Trade.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for the reviving a former Act for the regulating the Measures and Prices of Coals, was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do pass:
And that the Title be agreed to.
Ordered, That Sir Wm. Poultney do carry the said Bill
to the Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath
agreed to the same, with some Amendments; and desire
their Lordships Concurrence to the said Amendments.
Chambre's, &c. Nat.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for the naturalizing Frances de la Chambre, and others,
was read the Third time.
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Bill,
by adding the Name of Symon Berenger to the Bill; he
having taking the Oaths required.
And a Certificate being produced of his having received the Sacrament according to the Use of the
Church of England; thereupon his Witnesses were called
in; and examined to the Truth thereof.
Whereupon the said Amendment was, upon the Question put thereupon, agreed unto by the House; and the
Amendments thrice read.
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do
pass: And that the Title be agreed to.
Ordered, That Sir Rob. Cotton do carry the said Bill to
the Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath
agreed to the same, with some Amendments; and desire
their Lordships Concurrence to the said Amendments.
Hackney Coaches.
Ordered, That the Bills for regulating and licensing
Hackney Coaches, be read the Second time To-morrow
Morning.
Lucy's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for securing the Portion of Eliz. Lucy, and breeding her
up a Protestant, and for transferring the Trust for that
Purpose, was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title
be agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr. Chadwick do carry the Bill to the
Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath agreed
thereunto, without any Amendments.
Haberdashers Charity.
An ingrossed Bill for the settling a Charity given by
Robert Aske, Esquire, to the Company of Haberdashers
of London, was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title
be, An Act for settling a Charity given by Robert Aske,
Esquire, to the Company of Haberdashers of London.
Ordered, That Mr. Fenwick do carry the Bill to the
Lords; and desire their Concurrence thereunto.
Duty on Timber.
A Petition of the Merchants trading to the Eastland
and Norway, was read; setting forth, That the Petitioners
have contracted with the Navy Board for considerable
Quantities of Masts, Spars, Planks, Timber, &c. to be
imported at certain Prices: That this House hath laid
an additional Duty of Ten Pounds per Cent. upon all
Foreign Timber, except from Ireland: And praying the
said Masts, Spars, &c. may be excepted, being contracted
for to the Use of the Navy, their Prices being already
agreed and fixed for the same.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition
be referred to the Committee of the whole House to
whom the Bill for granting the new Impositions to their
Majesties, is committed.
Duty on East India Goods.
A Petition of the Owners of the Ship James, lately
arrived from India, was read; setting forth, That, in
Oct. 1687, the Petitioners agreed with the East India
Company to give them Twelve Pounds per Cent. for a
Licence to trade on all their Woolen Manufactures, and
Ten Pounds per Cent. for the Cargo they should bring
home; but that, by a Bill from this House, another Ten
Pounds per Cent. is laid on all India Manufactures, with a
Retrospection to the Twentieth of October last, which will
include the said Ship's Cargo, notwithstanding she arrived
at Milford Haven the Twenty-sixth August last, and would
have imported, at London, long before Twentieth October,
had she not waited for a Convoy, and several of her Men
pressed, which brought her into imminent Danger: And
that the great Duty laid on Tea since the said Ship's
Departure, with other the said extraordinary Duties, will
render it a losing Voyage to the Owners: And praying
the said Ship's Cargo may be exempted from the said
intended Ten Pounds per Cent. now Impost, or that they
may be heard before the Passing of the said Bill.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition
be referred to the Committee of the whole House to
whom the Bill for granting the new Impositions to their
Majesties, is committed.
Importing Iron Wire.
A Petition of the Cardmakers, and others, of the Town
and Borough of Colchester, was read; setting forth, That
they are much prejudiced in their Trade by the Prohibition
of Iron Wire, grounded merely upon the Ambiguity of
certain Statutes, designed only to prohibit Card Wire;
whereby the Petitioners are forced to sit still in their
Trades, for want of Materials, to their Ruin: And, for
that a Free Toleration thereof would not only be a great
Benefit to the Petitioners, but the Publick, and their
Majesties Revenues, (the Petitioners being willing, if it
shall be thought fit, to submit to a higher Duty to be
imposed on it, although at Fifteen Shillings per Hundred,
so the same may be imported, it having formerly paid
Five thousand Pounds per Annum Customs, when only at
Seven Shillings and Six-pence per Hundred); and praying, That some effectual Provision may be made for the
Petitioners Trade, by the permitting the free Importation
of all Iron Wire, except that of Card Wire.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition
be referred to the Committee of the whole House to
whom the Bill for granting the new Impositions to their
Majesties, is committed.
Ordered, That the said Committee do take into their
Consideration the laying an Imposition upon all Steel
Wire to be imported.
Southwarke Court of Conscience.
Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for erecting a Court
of Conscience in the Borough of Southwarke, be read the
Third time To-morrow Morning.
Supply Bill; Low Wines.
A Bill for laying an Imposition upon Low Wines, and
Spirits of the first Extraction, was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Navy and Army Estimates, &c.
Ordered, That the Persons concerned in the Report
made upon Friday last from the Committee to whom the
Consideration of the Estimates and Accompts relating
to the Army, Navy, and Treasury, were referred, do
give in their Answers to the Matters objected against
their Accompts by the said Committee upon Monday
Morning next: And that the said Report be then taken
into further Consideration.
Dorchester Election.
Ordered, That the Report from the Committee of
Privileges and Elections, touching the Election of Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough
of Dorchester, be made upon Tuesday Morning next.
Supply Bill; East India Goods.
Then the House resolved itself into a Committee of
the whole House, to consider of the Bill for granting
certain new Impositions to their Majesties upon all East
India Goods, and other Goods and Merchandize.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Mr. Solicitor General took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mr. Solicitor General reports from the said Committee,
That they had made some Progress in the Bill; and had
directed him to move the House, That they might have
Leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow Morning
at Ten of the Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of
the whole House, to proceed in the further Consideration
of the said Bill.
Committees.
Ordered, That all Committees be revived.
Committee of Privileges.
A Motion being made, and the Question being put,
That the Committee of Privileges and Elections, which
is to sit this Afternoon, be adjourned;
It passed in the Negative.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Eight of the Clock.