House of Lords Journal Volume 31: June 1766

Journal of the House of Lords Volume 31, 1765-1767. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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'House of Lords Journal Volume 31: June 1766', in Journal of the House of Lords Volume 31, 1765-1767, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 410-419. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol31/pp410-419 [accessed 17 March 2024]

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In this section

Die Lun 2o Junii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales prsentes fuerunt:

Epus. Londin. Comes Northington, Cancellarius.
Epus. Winton. Ds. Botetourt.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. Comes Winchelsea, Prses. Ds. Delamer.
Epus. Petriburg. Ds. Masham.
Dux Newcastle, C. P. S. Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Cadogan.
Dux Portland, Camerarius. Ds. Dune.
Ds. Sandys.
Dux Richmond. Ds. Ravensworth.
Dux Manchester. Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Walpole.
March. Rockingham. Ds. Mansfield.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus. Ds. Lyttelton.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Grosvenor.
Comes Denbigh. Ds. Boston.
Comes Peterborow. Ds. Lovel & Holland.
Comes Scarborough. Ds. Camden.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Breadalbane.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Ashburnham.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.

PRAYERS.

American Duties, Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Paterson and others:

With a Bill, intituled, An Act for repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts of Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Act made in the hit Session of Parliament upon certain East-India Goods exported from Great Britain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof; and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America; to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

American Indemnity, Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Rose Fuller and others:

With a Bill, intituled, An Act for indemnifying Persons who have incurred certain Penalties inflicted by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for granting certain Stamp Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America; and for making valid all Instruments executed or enrolled there on unstamped Paper, Vellum, or Parchment; to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Isle of Wight, Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Grey Cooper and others:

With a Bill, intituled, An Act for allowing the Conveyance from the Ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, to the Port of Cowes in the lsle of Wight, of Goods not liable to Duty on Exportation, or prohibited to be exported, and of Sheep and Cattle between the said Ports, without Cocquets being taken, or Bonds entered into for that Purpose; and for extending an Act made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for taking Affidavits in the Country, to be made Use of in the Courts of Kings Bench, Common-Pleas, and Exchequer, to the Isle of Man; and for appointing Ports and Places for shipping and landing Goods to the said Island to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were read the First Time

Muckley Coner to Walsall, &c Roads, Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Muckley Corner to Walsall and Wednesbury, and to Leigh Brook and Ocker Hill, and several other Roads, in the County of Stafford.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the of the Lords following:

L. President. L. Bp. London. L. Botetourt.
L. Privy Seal. L. Bp. Litch. & Cov. L. Delamer.
L. Chamberlain. L. Masham.
D. Richmond. L. Bp. Peterborough. L. Dude.
L. Steward. L. Sandys.
E. Denbigh. L. Walpole.
E. Scarborough. L. Lyttelton.
E. Cholmondeley. L. Boston.
E. Abercorn. L. Boston & Holland.
E. Marchmont.
E. Dartmouth.
E. Pomfret.
E. Ashburnham.
Vis. Weymouth.
Vis. Stormont.
Vis. Dudley & Ward.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet To-morrow, at Ten OCLOCK in the Forenoon, in the Princes Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Ordered, That the Two Petitions, which were presented to the House on Friday last, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Said Bill, be referred to the Said Committee; with Liberty for the Petitioners to be heard by their Counsel against the Said Bill; as may also Counsel be heard for the Bill, at the same Time,

Ordered, That all the Lords who have been present this Session be added to the Said Committee.

Additional Duties on Spirits Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for laying additional Duties on certain Spirits imported; and for prolonging the Time allowed by Law for lodging and keeping in Warehouses Rum and Spirits imported.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Sinking Fund, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-six; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Duties on Wines, Bill.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for: explaining and amending such Part of an Act, made in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty as relates to certain Duties on Wines imported; for the more easy collecting, and effectually securing, the Stamp Duties for Copies of Court Rolls; for Relief of Persons who have omitted to insert in Indentures, or, other Writings, the full Sum agreed to be paid with Clerks, Apprentices, and other Servants; and for amending much Parts of Two Acts, made in the last Session of Parliament, as relate to certain Earl-Indian Goods and Bugles exported to Africa; for permitting a certain Quality of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meal, and Flour, to be exported from Great Britain to the Isle of Man for the Use of the Inhabitants there; for allowing the Exportation of certain Quantities of Coals, free from the Payment of the Duty granted by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, to the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, and Aldermen; and for obviating certain Doubts with repeat to the Importation of Oats and Oat-meal under the Authority of an Act made in this present Session of Parliament.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass ?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Copper Bars Importation, &c Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act to continue several Laws therein mentioned, relating; to the allowing a Drawback of the Duties upon the Exportation of Copper Bars imported; to the Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures, and for taking off several Dories on Merchandize exploited and reducing order Duties; to the Premium upon Masts, Yards, and Bowsprits, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine; to the encouraging the Growth of Coffee in His Majestys Plantations in America, to the securing the Duties upon Foreign-made Sail Cloth, and charging Foreign-made Sails with a Duty; and for enlarging the Times limited for executing and performing several Provisions, Powers, and Directions, in Acts of this Session of Parliament.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass ?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative

Exportation of Spite, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for explaining Part of an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, relating to the Removal for Home Consumption of Spirits made for Exportation; for laying an additional Duty upon the Importation of Silk Crapes and Tiffanies; for allowing the Exportation of a certain Quantity of Gum Senegal and Gum Arabic to Ireland, free of Duty, for the Use of the Manufacturers there; for permitting the Importation into this Kingdom, from the Isle of Man, of a certain Quantity of Bugles; and for altering certain Regulations relating to the Tonnage of Ships exporting and importing Spirits.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Salt to Quebec, Bill.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act to continue an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for importing Salt, from Europe, into the Province of Quebec in America, for a limited Time.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass ?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Public Highways, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for explaining, amending, and further enforcing, the Execution of Two several Acts; one made in the Twenty-sixth Year of His late Majesty, and the other in the fifty-year of His present Majestys Reign, for the Amendment and Preservation of the public Highways and Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom; and for obliging Mortgagees taking Possession of Toll-gates on Turnpike Roads, and Toll-gatherers appointed by them, to accompt.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Timber Tree, Bill.

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for the better Preservation of Timber Trees, and of Woods and Underwoods, and for the further Preservation of Roots, Shrubs, and Plants.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Bounty on British made Cordage, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for allowing a Bounty on the Exportation of British made Cordage, and for discontinuing the Drawbacks upon Foreign rough Hemp exported.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass ?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Clarges street Kensington Road on put un the management of the Commiffioners Westminster Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for putting the Road from Charges Street to Hyde Park Corner, and from the South End of Park Lane to the North Side of Hertford Street, in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, now under the Direction of the Acts for repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Saint George Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, under the Management of the commissioners for paving, cleaning, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, in Westminster.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall pass ?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Plymouth Dock, Bill

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act to enable the Principal Officers and Commiffioners of His Majestys Navy to carry into Execution certain Articles of Agreement, made for a Lease of Ground, for the Improvement of His Majestys Dock Yard at Plymouth:

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. that the Lord have agreed to the Eleven preceding Bills.

And Messages were severally sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Edwards and Mr. Cudden:

To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the Said Bills, without any Amendment.

Six Writs Error:

The Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered in Six Writs of Error:

In the First of which,

Touchet against Greaves;

Thomas Touches is Plaintiff,

and

Joseph Greaves Defendant:

In the Second,

Gilliard against Schicke;

Ferdinand Goulard is Plaintiff,

and

Frederick Ulrica Schicke Defendant:

In the Third,

Webb against Bowes;

John Webb is Plaintiff,

And

Robert Bowes Defendant:

In the Fourth,

Ducket against Sharrar

Noah Duckett is Plaintiff,

And

Susannah Sharrer Defendant:

In the Fifth,

Tatlock against Sharrer;

William Matlock and Thomas Tatlock are Plaintiffs,

and

Susannah Sharrer is Defendant;

and

in the Sixth,

Kennison against Grant.

John (fn. 1) Kennison Esquire is Plaintiff,

and

Alexander Grant and others are Defendants.

And Petitions of the Defendants in the Five last-mentioned Writs of Error were severally presented, and read; betting forth, That the Said Writs of Error were brought merely for Delay; and therefore praying, That the Plaintiffs may be ordered to assign Errors upon a Short Day.

Ordered, That the Plaintiffs in the Said Writs of Error do assign Errors in Two Days.

Jamaica and Dominica Free Ports, Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, An Act for opening and establishing certain Ports m the Islands of Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandizes; for granting certain Duties to defray the Expences of opening, maintaining securing, and improving much Ports; for ascertaining the Duties to be paid upon the Importation of Goods from the Said Island of Dominica into this Kingdom and for securing the Duties upon Goods imported from the Said Island into any other British Colony.

After some Time, the House was refused.

And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment.

American, Duties Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa intituled, An Act for repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations granted by several Acts of Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, upon certain East India Goods exported from Great Britain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof; and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America

Ordered, That the Said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the Said Bill, To-morrow.

American Indemnity Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for indemnifying Persons who have incurred certain Penalties inflicted by an Act of the lest Session of Parliament, for granting certain Stamp Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, and for making valid all Instruments executed or enrolled there on unstamped Paper, Vellum, or Parchment.

Ordered, That the Said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the Said Bill, To-morrow.

Isle of Wight Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for allowing the Conveyance from the Ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, to the Port of Cowes in the Isle of Wight, of Goods not liable to Duty on Exportation or prohibited to be exported, and of Sheep and Cattle between the Said Ports, without Coquets being taken, or Bonds entered into for that Purpose; and for extending an Act, made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for taking Affidavits in the Country, to be made Use of in the Courts of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, to the Isle of Man; and for appointing Ports and Places for shipping and landing Goods in the Said Island.

Ordered, That the Said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the Said Bill, To-morrow.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit prsens Parliament continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, tertium diem infants Junii, hora undecima Aurorae, Domains sic decernentibus.

Die Martins, 3o Junii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales praesentes fuerunt:

Epus. Londin. Comes Northington, Cancellarius. Ds. Botetourt.
Epus. Winston. Ds. Delamer.
Epus. Eliens. Comes Winchelsea, Prses. Ds. Trevor.
Epus. Bath. & Wells. Dux Newcastle, C. P. S. Ds. Masham.
Epus. Roffen. Dux Richmond. Ds. Bathurst.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. Ds. Cadogan.
Epus. Lincoln. Dux Bolton. Ds. Ducie.
Epus. Petriburg. Dux Ancaster, Magnus Camerarius. Ds. Edgecombe.
Ds. Sandys.
March Rockingham. Ds. Ravensworth.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Comes Denbigh. Ds. Vere.
Comes Scarborough. Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Grantham.
Comes Cholmondeley. Ds. Grosvenor.
Ds. Boston.
Comes Abercorn. Ds. Lovel & Holld.
Comes Breadalbane. Ds. Camden.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Hardcourt.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Radnor.
Viscount Weymouth.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.

PRAYERS.

Buckley Coiner to Walsall, &c. Road, Bill:

The Lord Delamer reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Buckley Corner to Walsall and Wednesbury, and to Leigh Brook and Ockcr Hill, and several other Roads, in the County of Stafford, was committed:That they had considered the Said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment.

Belchier, against Wogan, in Error.

A Petition of William Logan the Younger Esquire, Defendant in a Writ of Error brought into this House, wherein William Belchier Esquire is Plaintiff:

Croasdale against Porter, in Error.

Also, a Petition of John Porter, Defendant in a Writ of Error brought into this House, wherein William Croasdale is Plaintiff:

Duckett against Hawkins, in Error.

Also, a Petition of Samuel Hawkins the Younger, Defendant in a Writ of Error brought into this House, wherein Noah Duckett is Plaintiff:

Nunns against Hawkins, in Error

And also, a Petition of Edward Hawkins Defendant in a Writ of Error brought into this House, wherein John Dunns is Plaintiff, were severally presented, and read; setting forth, That the Plaintiffs in the Said Writs of Error have aligned Errors, and all edged Diminution, and prayed Writs of Certiorari to be directed to the Honourable William Lord Mansfield Chief Justice of His Majestys Court of Kings Bench, to certify the Truth of the Premises, and the same have been granted; that the Petitioners humbly apprehend there is no Diminution or Omission in the Records, and that the Matters assigned for Errors by the fold Plaintiffs are merely fictitious, and tend only further to delay and oppress the Petitioners, and therefore braving, That the Said Plaintiffs may be Ordered to sue forth and return the Said Writs of Certiorari to the House, on much short Day as to the Lords shall seem meet,

Ordered, That the Plaintiffs do return the Said Writs of Certiorari in Two Days.

Touche against Greaves in Error

Upon reading the Petition of Joseph Greaves Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein Thomas Touches the Younger is Plaintiff; betting forth, That the Said Writ of Error is brought merely tor Delay; and therefore praying, That the Plaintiff May be Ordered to assign Errors on a short Day:

It is Ordered, That the Plaintiff do assign Errors in Two Days.

Jamaica and Dominica Free Ports, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for opening and establishing certain Ports, in the Islands of Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandizes; for granting certain Duties, to defray the Expenses of opening, maintaining, securing, and improving much Ports; for ascertaining the Duties to be paid upon the Importation of Goods from the Said Island of Dominica into this Kingdom, and for securing the Duties upon Goods imported from the Said Island into any other British Colony.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Holford and Mr. Browning:

To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the Said Bill, without any Amendment.

Lucas &al. against Lee et al

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Edward Lucas Esquire, and Francis Lucas his Eldest Son, and Francis Savage Esquire; complaining of a Decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, of the 25th Day of May 1764; and also a Decree, upon a Rehearing, made the 21th Day of February 1766; and praying, That the same may be reversed and seat aside, or that the Appellants may have much other Relief in the Premises as the Nature and Circumstances of the Case may require; and that William Lee and Elizabeth his Wife, Charles Earl of Charleville and Heser his Wife, the Reverend John Maxwell the Reverend Joseph Warren and Sat ah his Wife, the Reverend Francis Lucas, Joseph Hammersley and Thomas Anne Hamersley his Wife, Ann Ancketill Widow, and the Reverend John Hawkshaw, may be required to answer the Said Appeal:

It is Ordered, That the Said William Lee and Elizabeth his Wife, and the Said several Persons last-named, may have a Copy of the Said Appeal; and do put -in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Tuesday the 8th Day of July next; and Service of this Order upon the Clerks in Court or Agents of the Said Respondents in the Said Court of Chancery in Ireland hall be deemed good Service.

American Duties Bill; the Kings Content to it.

The Duke of Richmond acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having been informed of the Contents of the Bill, intituled, An Act tor repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts of Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Aft made in the last Session of Parliment, upon certain East-India Goods exported from Great Britain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of die Trade of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America; was pleased to consent (as far as His Majestys Interest is concerned) that their Lordships may proceed therein as they hall think fit.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Said Bill.

After some Time, the House was refused.

And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment.

American Indemnifying Bill.

The House also (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, An Act for indemnifying Persons who have incurred certain Penalties inflicted by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for granting certain Stamp Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, and for making valid all Instruments executed or enrolled there on undamped Paper, Vellum, or Parchment.

After some Time, the House was refused.

And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment.

Isle of Wight, Bill.

The House also (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, An Act for allowing the Conveyance from the Ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, to the Port of Cowes in the Isle of Wight, of Goods not liable to Duty on Exportation, or prohibited to be exported, and of Sheep and Cattle between the Said Ports, without Coquets being taken, or Bonds entered into far that Purpose; and for extending an Act, made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for taking Affidavits in the Country, to be made Use of in the Courts of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, to the Isle of Man; and for appointing Ports and Places for shipping and landing Goods iii the Said Island.

After some Time, the House was refused.

And the Lord Delamer reported from the Committee, That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment

Message from His Majesty, concerning the Marriage of the Prince Carolina Matilda with the King of Denmark.

The Duke of Richmond acquainted the House, That he had a Message from His Majesty, under His Royal Sign Manual, which His Majesty had commanded him to deliver to their Lordships: And the same was read by the Lord Chancellor, and is as follows, (videlicet,)

GEORGE R.
His Majesty, having, in Consequence of the Agreement mentioned in His Speech at the Opening of the last Session of Parliament, received Application from the present King of Denmark, for the Solemnization of His Marriage with His Majestys Sifter the Princess Caroline Matilda, has thought proper to inform this House, that the Marriage may probably be solemnized before the next Session of Parliament: And as His Majesty can have no Doubt that this Alliance with Co refpeable a Protestant Prince will be to the Satisfaction of all His good Subjects, He promises Himself the ready Concurrence of this House in bringing it to Persection.
His Majesty had intentions to have laid before this House, for their Confederation, some other Matters relative to the present Situation of His Royal Family; but, as the Session of the Year is greatly advanced, and it is necessary to grant a Recess to His Parliament by a speedy Conclusion of the Session, His Majesty will defer the same until the next Meeting for the Dispatch of Business; and is assured, from His Experience of the Affection of this House to Himself and His Family, that they will readily and cheerfully enter into the Consideration of that Matter, when the same shall be laid before them.
G. R.

Add rest thereupon.

Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, To return His Majesty the Thanks of this House, for His most gracious Message; and to offer to His Majesty our Congratulations on the Prospect of the speedy Conclusion of the Marriage between the King of Denmark and His Majestys Sifter the Princess Caroline Matilda; and to assure His Majesty of our ready Concurrence in every Thing that may contribute to the perfecting an Alliance Co agreeable to the Willies of all His Majestys good Subjects, and which must necessarily tend to the Support and Encouragement of the Protestant Interest in Europe.

And to assure His Majesty, that, whenever His Majesty hall think proper to lay before this House any Matters relative to the Situation of the Royal Family, we will be ready to enter, with all Duty and Attention, into the full Consideration thereof.

Ordered, That the Said Address be presented to His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit prsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, quintum diem infantis Junii, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.

Die Joviis 5o Junii

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales praesentes fuerunt:

Epus. Petersburg. Comes Northington, Cancellarius. Ds. Delamer.
Ds. Lyttleton.
Dux Portland, Carmerarius. Ds. Boston.
Dux Argyll.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Breadalbane.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.

PRAYERS.

E. of Berkeley takes his Seat.

This Day Frederick Augustus Earl of Berkeley sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Father Frederick Augustus Earl of Berkeley, his Lordship having first, at the Table, taken the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration pursuant to the Statutes.

The Kings Answer to Address.

The Lord Chamberlain reported, That the Lords With White Staves had (according to Order) presented to His Majesty the Address of this House of Tuesday lait; and that His Majesty expressed the greatest Satisfaction at the dutiful Assurances given by this house and received their Lordships Congratulations very graciously.

Belchier against Wogan, Writ of Error: Petition of the Plaintiff for further Time to return the Certiorari rejected; and Hearing appointed.

Upon reading the Petition of William Belchier Esquire, Plaintiff in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein William Wogan is Defendant; setting; forth, That the Petitioner having assigned Errors on Monday last, and all-edged Diminution, and praying a Certiorari, the same was granted to the Petitioner; that on Tuesday last the House was pleased to order the Petitioner to return the Said Certiorari in Two Days; that the Petitioner hath issued the Said Certiorari, and intends to procure the same to be returned; that Yesterday in the Evening the Petitioners Attorney was forced with a Notice, that the Defendant in Error intended to present a Petition to the House as this Day, that the Cause may be seat down to be argued To-morrow; that the Petitioner is advised, that he is entitled to have the Whole of this Day to return the Said Certiorari, and that upon the Return thereof new Matter may arise, and that Issue in this Cause cannot be joined till after much Return; and therefore praying the House to take this Matter into their Consideration, and permit the Petitioner to be heard by his Counsel thereon:

It is Ordered, That the Said Petition be rejected.

The House being moved, That To-morrow may be appointed, for hearing Counsel to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error wherein William Belchier Esquire is (fn. 2) Appellant, and William Wogan is Defendant:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the Said Errors argued by Counsel, at the Bar, To-morrow.

Tenant to enter into Recognizance on Lucass Appeal.

The House being moved, That Thomas Tennant of Lincolns Inn Gentleman, may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Edward Lucas Esquire and others, on account of their Appeal depending in this House they living in Ireland:

It is Ordered, That the Said Thomas Ten rant may enter into a Recognizance for the Said Appellant, as denied.

American Duties, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts of Parliament; and also the Duties imposed by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, upon certain East India Goods exported from Great Britain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Revolved in the Affirmative.

American Indemnity Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for indemnifying Persons who have incurred certain Penalties inflicted by an Aft of the last Session of Parliament, for granting certain Stamp Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America; and for making valid all Instruments executed or enrolled there on undamped Paper, Vellum, or Parchment.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Isle of Wight, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for allowing the Conveyance from the Ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, to the Port of Cowes in the Isle of Wight of Goods not liable to Duty on Exportation, or prohibited to be exported, and of Sheep and Cattle between the Said Ports, without Coquets being taken, or Bonds entered into for that Purpose; and for extending an Act made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for taking Affidavits in the Country, to be made use of in the Courts of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, to the lsle of Man; and for appointing Ports and Places for shipping and landing Goods in the Said Island.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall pass?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Muckley Corner to Walsall, &c. Road, Bill:

Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Muckley Corner to Walsall and Wednesbury, and to Leigh Brook and Ocker Hill, and several other Roads, in the County of Stafford.

The Question was put, Whether this Bill shall pass ?

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to be Four preceding Bills.

And Messages were severally Ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Montague and Mr. Cudden:

To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the Said Bills, without any Amendment.

Croasdale against Poiter

The House being moved, That To-morrow may be appointed, for hearing Counsel, to argue the Errors

Writ of Error.

assigned upon the Writ of Error, wherein William Croasdale is Plaintiff, and John Poiter is Defendant:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the Said Errors argued, by Counsel, at the Bar, To-morrow.

Duckk against Hawkins; Writ of Error.

The House being moved, That To-morrow may be appointed, for hearing Counsel, to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error, wherein Noah Duckett is Plaintiff, and Samuel Hawkins the Younger is Defendant:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the Said Errors argued by Counsel, at the Bar, To-morrow.

Nunns against Hawkins; Writ of Error.

The House being moved, That To-morrow may be appointed, for hearing Counsel, to argue the Errors assigned soon the Writ of Error, wherein John Nunns is Plaintiff, and Edward Hawkins is Defendant:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the Said Errors argued, by Counsel, at the Bar, To-morrow.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit prsens Parliamentum continuandum Esse usque ad et in diem Veneris sentum diem infantis Junii, hora undecima Aurore Dominis sic decernentibus.

Die Veneris, 6o Junii.

REX.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales praesentes fuerunt:

Epus. Eliens. Dux York. Ds. Botetourt.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. Dux Gloucester. Ds. Willoughby Br.
Epus. Carliol. Comes Northington, Cancellarius. Ds. Delamer.
Epus. Petriburg. Comes Winchilsea, Prses. Ds. Masham.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Dux Porland, Camerarius. Ds. Boston.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Argyll.
Dux Ancaster, Magnus Camerarius.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Chandos.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Scarborough.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Morton.
Comes Eglintoun.
Comes Loudon.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Buckinghamshire.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.

PRAYERS.

Writs of Error: Belcher against Wogan; Croasdale against Porter; Duckett against Hawkins; Nunns against Hawkins put off till the next Session

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Errors argued, assigned upon Four Writs of Error; in the First of which, William belcheir Esquire is Plaintiff, and Wham Wogan Esquire is Defendant; in the Second, William Croasdale is Plaintiff, and John Porter is Defendant; in the Third, Noah Duckett is Plaintiff, and Samuel Hawkins is Defendant; and in the Fourth, John Nunns is Plaintiff, and Edward Hawkins is Defendant; which lands appointed for this Day,- be put off till thefirst Cause-day in the next Session of Parliament.

Kennion against Grant, Writ of Error;

A Petition of Alexander Grant and others, Defendants in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein John Kennion Esquire is Plaintiff:

Touchett against Greaves, Writ of Error;

Also, a Petition of Joseph Greaves, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein Thomas Touchett the Younger is Plaintiff;

Were severally presented, and read; betting forth, Thar the Plaintiffs have not assigned Errors within the Time Ordered by the House; and therefore praying, That the Said Writs of Error may be Non prosd, with such Costs as to their Lordships shall seem meet.

Defendants to enter a Non pros.

Ordered, That the Said Petitioners do forthwith enter a Non pros. on the Said Writs of Error, as desired; and that the Records be remitted to the Court of Kings Bench, to the End Execution may be had upon the Judgement given by that Court, as if no such Writs of Error had been brought into this House; and further, that the Plaintiffs in Error do pay, or cause to be paid, to the Defendant in Error, the Sum of Twenty Pounds each, be reason of the Delay of the Execution of the Said Judgement.

The King present:

His Majesty, being fated on the Throne, adorned with His Crown and Regal Ornaments and attendedby His Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes); commanded the Gentleman Uther of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, It is His Majestys Pleasure, they attend Him immediately, in this House:

Who being come, with their Speaker;

He, after a Speech to His Majesty in relation to the Money Bills to be paced, delivered them to the Clerk, who brought them to the Table; where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown- read the Titles of hose and the other Bills to be passted, severally, as follow; (videlicet)

Bills passed.

1. An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money, out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain Monies, therein mentioned, for the Service of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty fix; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

2. An Act for raising the Sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by Way of Annuities and a Lottery, to be charged on the Sinking Fund.

3. An Act for repealing the several Duties upon Houses, Windows, and Lights; and for granting to His Majesty other Duties upon Houses, Windows, and Lights.

4. An Act for repealing certain Duties in the British Colonies and Plantations granted by several Parliament, and also the Duties imposed by an also made in the last Session of Parliament upon certain East India Goods exported from Great Britain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof; and for further encouraging, regulating, and securing, several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, and the British Dominions in America?

5. An Act for laying additional Duties on certain Spirits imported; and for prolonging the Time allowed by Law for lodging and keeping in Warehouses Rum and Spirits imported.

To these Bills the Royal Assent was severally pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in their Words; videlicet,

Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujets, accepte leur Benevolence, et ainsi le veult.

6, An Act for altering the Oath of Abjuration and the Assurance; and for amending so much of an Act of the Seventh Year of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for the Improvement of the Union of the Two Kingdoms, as, after the Time therein limited, tequies the Delivery of certain Lists and Copies therein mentioned to Prisones indicted of High Reason or Misprision of Reason.

7. An Act for indemnifying Persons who have incurred certain Penalties inflicted by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for granting certain Stamp Duties in the British Colones and Plantations in America; and for making valid all Instrument executed or enroled there on unstamped Paper, Vellum, or Parchment.

8. An Act for opening and establishing certain Ports in the Islands of Jamaica and Dominica, for the more free Importation and Exportation of certain Goods and Merchandizes; for granting certain Duties, to desray the Expenses of opening, maintaining, securing, and improving, much Ports; for ascertaining the Duties to be paid upon the Importation of Goods from the Said (fn. 3) Island of Dominica into this Kingdom; and for securing the Duties upon Goods imported from the Said Island into any other British Colony.

9. An Act for explaining and amending much Part of an Act, made in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, as relates to certain Dunes on Wines imported; for the more easy collecting and effectually securing the Stamp Duties for Copies of Court Rolls, for Relief of Persons who have omitted to insert in Indentures, or other Writings, the full Sum agreed to be paid with Clerks, Apprentices, and other Servants; for amending such Parts of Two Acts made in the last Session of Parliment, as relate to certain East India Goods and Bugles exported to Africa; for permitting a certain Quantity of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meal, and Flour, to be exported from Great Britain to the Isle of, Man for the Use of the Inhabitants there; for allowing the Exportation of certain Quantities of Coals, free from the Payment of the Duty granted by an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, to the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; and for obviating certain Doubts with respect to the Importation of Oats and Oat-meal under the Authority of an Act made in this present Session of Parliament.

10. An Act to continue several Laws therein mentioned, relating to the allowing a Drawback of the Duties upon the Exportation of Copper Bars imported; to the Encouragement of the Silk Manufactures, and for taking off several Duties on Merchandize exported, and reducing other Duties; to the Premium upon Masts, Yards, and Bowsprits, Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine; to the encouraging Growth of Coffee in His Majestys Plantations in America; to the securing the Duties on Foreign-made Sail Cloth, and charging Foreign-made Sails with a Duty; and for enlarging the Times limited for executing and performing several Provisions, Powers, and Directions, in Acts of this Session of Parliament.

11. An Act for explaining Part of an Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, relating to the Removal for Home Consumption of Spirits made for Exportation; for laying an additional Duty upon the Importation of, Silk Crapes and Tiffanies; for allowing the Exportation of a certain Quantity of Gum Senegal and Gum Arabic to Ireland, free of Duty, for the Use of the Manufacturers there; for per mitting the Importation into this Kingdom, from the lsle of Man of a certain Quantity of Bugles; and for altering certain Regulations relating to the Tonnage of Ships exporting and importing Spirits.

12. An Act for allowing a Bounty on the Exportation of British-made Cordage, and for discontinung the Drawbacks upon Foreign rough Hemp exported.

13. An Act to continue an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for importing Salt from Europe into the Province of Quebec in America, for a limited Time.

14. An Act for encouraging the Cultivation, and for the better Preservation, of Trees, Roots, Plants, and Shrubs.

15. An Act for the better Preservation of Timber Trees, and of Woods and Underwoods; and for the further Preservation of Roots, Shrubs, and Plants.

16. An Act for explaining, amending, and further enforcing, the Execution or Two several Acts; one made in the Twenty-fifth Year of His late Majesty; and the other, in the Fifth Year of His present Majestys Reign, for the Amendment and Preservation of the public Highways and Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom; and for obliging Mortgagees taking Possession of Toll-gates on Turnpike Roads, and Toll, gatherers appointed by them, to accompt.

17. An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, an Act nad in the Fourth Year of His present Majestys Reign, for the better regulating of Buildings; and to prevent Mischiefs that may happen by Fire within the Weekly Bills of Mortality and other Places therein mentioned.

18. An Aft to continue an Act made in the Thirty-second Year of His late Majestys King George the Second, for continuing, amending, explaining, and making more effectual, an Act made in the Nineteenth Year of His Said Majesty, more effectually to prevent the Frands and Abuses committed in the Admeasurement of Coals within the City and Liberty of Westminster, and other Places therein mentioned.

19. An Act to enable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of. His Majestys Navy to carry into Execution certain Articles of Agreement made for a Lease of Ground, for the Improvement of His Majestys Dock Yard at Plymouth.

20. An Act for allowing the Conveyance from the Ports of Southampton and Portsmouth, to the Port of Cowes in the Isle of Wight, of Goods not liable to Duty on Exportation, or prohibited to be exported; and of Sheep and Cattle between the Said Ports, without Cocquets being. taken, or Bonds entered into for that Purpose; and for extending an Act made in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, for taking Affidavits in the Country, to be made Use of in the Courts of Kings Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, to the Isle of Man; and for appointing Ports and Places for shipping and landing Goods in the Said Island.

21. An Act for repairing and widening several Roads leading to the Town of Dartford, in the County of Kent.

22. An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Muckley Corner to Walsall and Wednesbury, and to Leigh Brook and Ocker Hill, and several other Roads, in the County of Stafford.

23. An Act for putting the Road from Charges Street to Hyde Park Corner, and from the South End of Park Lane to the North Side of Hertford Street, in the Parish of Saint George Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, now under the Direction of the Acts for repairing the Roads in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Saint George Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, under the Management of the Commissioners for paving, cleaning, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, in Westminster.

24. An Act for the better regulating and employing the Poor; and for cleaning, lighting, and watching, the Squares, Streets, Lanes, and other Places, within that Part of the Paria of Saint Andrew Holbourn. which lies above the Bars in the County of Middlesex, andthe Parish of Saint George the Martyr in the same County.

25. An Act for making the River Chelmer navigable, from the Port of Maldon to the Town of Chelmsford, in the Country of Essex.

To these Bills the Royal Agilent was severally pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; videlicet,

Le Roy le veult

26. An Act for vesting the settled Estates of Edmond Morton Pleydell Esquire, in the Counties of York and Lincoln, in Trustees, to be sold; and for laying out the Money to arise by such Sale in the Purchase of other Lands, to be settled to the like Uses.

27. An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Fields, Meadow, Common Pastures, and Wast Grounds, in the Parish of Balderton, in the County of Nottingham

28. An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, and Commonable Lands, in the Parish of Adderbury, in the County of Oxford

29. An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds in the Manor and Parish of Little Ellingham, in the County of Norfolk.

30. An Act for dividing and enclosing a certain Common, Parcel of Waste Ground, or Moor, liquate in the Liberty of Darley, in the County of Derby, called Darley Common

31 An Act for draining and preserving Streatham Common, in the Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge; and for empowering the Commissioners for putting in Execution an Act for the effectual Draining and Preservation of Waterbeach Level, in the County of Cambridge, and to establish an Agreement made between the Lord of the Manor of Waterbeach cum Benny and the Commoners within the Said Manor, to raise a Sum of Money, to pay the Debts owing upon the Credit of the Said Act.

32. An Act for naturalizing Peter de la Roche and John James le Chevalier

To these Bills the Royal Assent was severally pronounced, by the Clerk Affinant, in these Words, videlicet

Soit fait comme it est desire.

Then His Majesty was pleased to speak as follows:

His Majestys Speech.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

It is with the utmost Satisfaction that I have observed the Wisdom and Moderation, which have uniformly guided you, through the many important Deliberations in which you have been engaged during the Course of this long and interesting Session of Parliament: I persuade Myself that the most salutary Effects must be the natural Result of Deliberations conducted upon such Principles.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I thank you for the Supplies, which you have so cheerfully given, for the several Establishments, and for the Support of public Credit; and you may left assured that no Economy will be wanting, to render, them effectual for the Purposes for which they were granted.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

The present general Disposition of all the Powers of Europe seems to indicate a Continuance of Peace: And it is My earnst Desire to preserve the general Tranquillity, by fulfilling, on My Part, all the Engagements I am under by Treaties; and, on this Foundation, I may reasonably hope and expect the same Frist Performance of Those Engagements which other Powers are under to My Crown.

The many Regulations which you have made, for extending and promoting the Trade and Manufactures of Great Britain, and for settling the mutual Intercourse of My Kingdoms and Plantations, in such a Manner as to provide for the Improvement of the Colonies on a Plan of due Subordination to the Commercial Interests of the Mother Country, are the strongest Proofs of your equitable and comprehensive Regard to the Welfare of all My Dominions; an Object truly worthy of a British Parliament.

It shall be My Endeavour that much Care be taken as may tend to secure and improve the Advantages which may be expected from such wise and salutary Provisions.

I have nothing further to recommend to you, than that you will exert your best Endeavours, in your respective Counties, to enforce the Execution of the Laws, and to promote good Manners and good Order among My People -, whose true and lasting Happiness shall be My constant Care, and upon whose Affections shall always firmly rely.

Then the Lord Chancellor, having received Directions from His Majesty, Said,

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

Parliament prorogued.

It is His Majestys Royal Will and Pleasure, that this Parliament be prorogued to Saturday the 12th Day of July next, to be then here held: And this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Saturday the 12th Day of July next.

Footnotes

  • 1. This Name afterwards occura Krnnion: vtde p 417 a
  • 2. Sic it is every where else Plaintiff.
  • 3. Origin island