House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 5 July 1717

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 5 July 1717', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 532-533. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol20/pp532-533 [accessed 19 April 2024]

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DIE Veneris, 5 Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Asaph.
Epus. Exon.		 Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Newcastle, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Devon.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Portland.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Hadintoun.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Orkney.
Comes De Lorainæ.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Tankerville.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount St. John.		 Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Lansdowne.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Coningsby.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Newburgh.

PRAYERS.

Hockley and Stoney Stratford Highways, Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for explaining and making more effectual the Act of the Fifth and Eighth Years of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, for amending the Road between Hockley, in the County of Bedford, and Stoney Stratford, in the County of Bucks."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

Hammersmith, &c. Pet. concerning the Highway Bill towards Staines.

A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Hamlet of Hammersmith, in the Parish of Fulham, and the Parish of Kensington, in the County of Midd'x, was presented to the House, and read; praying, "That a Clause may be added to the Bill for repairing the Highways towards Staines and Colnebrook, in the said County, whereby Provision may be made for adjusting the Proportion of the Petitioners Statute-work."

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Message from H. C. to return the Pilots of Deal and Dover Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Admiral Aylmer and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, 'An Act for the better regulating of Pilots, for the conducting of Ships and Vessels from Dover, Deale, and the Isle of Thanet, up the Rivers of Thames and Medway;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to their Lordships Amendments made thereto.

Highways towards Staines, &c. Bill.

The Order of the Day being read, for reading the Bill, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highways from that Part of Counter's Bridge which lies in the Parish of Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, to The Powder Mills in the Road to Staines, and Cranford Bridge, in the said County, in the Road to Colnebrook," a Second Time; and for hearing Counsel against and for the same, before the said Second Reading:

Counsel accordingly were called in, and heard; and several Witnesses were examined, upon Oath, both against and for the said Bill.

And withdrew.

Then, it being proposed, "That the said Bill be read a Second Time, according to the said Order:"

The same was objected to.

And, after Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether the said Bill shall be read a Second Time?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

The Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Monday next.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati, sextum diem instantis Julii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

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