Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62, 1830. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, [n.d.].
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'House of Lords Journal Volume 62: 28 June 1830', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62, 1830, (London, [n.d.]) pp. 776-778. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol62/pp776-778 [accessed 25 April 2024]
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Die Lunæ, 28 Junii 1830.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
The Earl of Shaftesbury chosen Speaker pro tempore.
The Lord Chancellor not being present, and The Lord Tenterden and The Lord Wynford, appointed Speakers by His late Majesty's Commissions, being absent, the Lords unanimously chose The Earl of Shaftesbury to be Speaker pro tempore:
And his Lordship took his Seat upon the Woolsack accordingly.
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
The Lords following took the Oaths, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes:
William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.
Edward Venables Lord Archbishop of York.
Henry Earl Bathurst, President of the Council.
James Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Privy Seal.
George Henry Duke of Grafton.
William Aubrey Duke of Saint Albans.
George William Frederick Duke of Leeds.
John Duke of Bedford.
Henry Duke of Newcastle.
Arthur Duke of Wellington.
Henry Marquess of Lansdowne.
George Granville Leveson Marquess of Stafford.
Brownlow Marquess of Exeter.
John Jeffreys Marquess Camden.
George Horatio Marquess of Cholmondeley.
Francis Theophilus Henry Earl of Huntingdon.
William Basil Percy Earl of Denbigh.
John Earl of Westmorland.
George William Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham.
Other Archer Earl of Plymouth.
George Earl of Jersey.
William George Earl of Erroll.
Archibald John Earl of Rosebery.
Charles Augustus Earl of Tankerville.
George Earl of Macclesfield.
George Earl of Ashburnham.
George Earl of Norwich.
Charles Cecil Cope Earl of Liverpool.
James Edward Earl of Malmesbury.
Thomas Earl of Wilton.
Edmund Henry Earl of Limerick.
Horatio Earl of Orford.
Charles Earl Grey.
Dudley Earl of Harrowby.
John Earl Brownlow.
John Reginald Earl Beauchamp.
Richard Earl of Glengall.
John Edward Cornwallis Earl of Stradbroke.
Henry Viscount Maynard.
Hayes Viscount Doneraile.
Edward Jervis Viscount Saint Vincent.
Robert Edward Viscount Lorton.
Granville Viscount Granville.
William Carr Viscount Beresford.
Stapleton Viscount Combermere.
Charles James Lord Bishop of London.
Charles Richard Lord Bishop of Winchester.
Henry Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.
John Lord Bishop of Lincoln.
John Bird Lord Bishop of Chester.
Peter Robert Lord Willoughby De Eresby.
Thomas Lord Dacre.
Robert Cotton St. John Lord Clinton.
Gregory William Lord Saye and Sele.
John Lord Clifton.
John Lord Colville of Culross.
William John Lord Napier.
Henry Lord Middleton.
Frederic John Lord Monson.
Thomas Lord Ducie.
George William Lord Sundridge and Hamilton.
Edward William Lord Hawke.
George Lord Walsingham.
George Lord Rodney.
John Lord Sherborne.
Henry James Lord Montagu.
Richard Lord Braybrooke.
Archibald Lord Douglass of Douglass.
Henry Hall Lord Gage.
Henry John Lord Selsey.
Francis Lord Stuart of Castle Stuart.
George Gough Lord Calthorpe.
Francis Lord De Dunstanville and Bassett.
Richard Lord Wellesley.
Henry William Lord Bayning.
John Lord Northwick.
John Lord Fitz Gibbon.
John Lord Loftus.
Edward Lord Ellenborough,
Charles George Lord Arden.
Charles Noel Lord Barham.
Thomas Lord Manners.
Rowland Lord Hill.
William Lord Melbourne.
Algernon Lord Prudhoe.
Francis Charteris Lord Wemyss.
James Lord Glenlyon.
William Lord Maryborough.
Thomas Henry Lord Ravensworth.
John George Weld Lord Forester.
Nicholas Lord Bexley.
Charles Lord Farnborough.
Charles Rose Lord Seaford.
Richard Lord Clanwilliam.
This Day Bernard Edward Duke of Norfolk, and Charles Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, severally took and subscribed the Oath appointed to be taken by the Act of the Tenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, by Peers professing the Roman Catholic Religion.
Birmingham Grammar School Bill, Comee to appoint a Chairman.
Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable The Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth in Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to pull down the present Masters Houses and Schoolhouse in New Street, in the Town of Birmingham, and to make and erect more suitable Accommodations on a new Site in the Vicinity of the Town, and to procure such new Site; and to extend the Objects of the Charity by erecting and making on the old Site in New Street Accommodations suitable for a new School for teaching modern Languages, the Arts and Sciences; and to make certain Additions to the Estates of the said Charity by Purchase; and to raise Money for the Purposes aforesaid, by applying certain Funds now belonging to the said Charity, and by Sale of Part of the Estates belonging thereto, and by Mortgage; and for other Purposes," stands committed, do appoint their own Chairman.
Glasgow & Kilmarnock Road Bill, Petition against, referred to the Com ee:
Upon reading the Petition of Colin Campbell of Hagton Hill, in the County of Renfrew, Esquire, for himself and the other Owners and Occupiers of Lands and of Houses in Villages adjoining the present Road leading from the City of Glasgow to the Town of Kilmarnock; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for amending and continuing an Act for repairing Roads in the County of Renfrew, and for altering the Line of Road between Glasgow and Kilmarnock, in the said County;" and praying their Lordships "to be heard by himself, his Agents and Counsel against the said Bill and the Clauses thereof, and that the same may not pass into a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee to whom the said Bill stands committed, and that the Petitioner be at liberty to be heard against the same, as desired; and that Counsel be heard for the Bill, at the same Time, if they think fit.
All Lords added to the Com ee:
Ordered, That all the Lords who have been or shall be present this Session, and are not named of the Committee to whom the last-mentioned Bill stands committed, be added thereto.
Com ee to appoint a Chairman.
Ordered, That the Committee to whom the said Bill stands committed do appoint their own Chairman.
Galway Town Regulation Bill, Petition in favor of.
Upon reading the Petition of the resident Landowners of the County of the Town of Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in Ireland in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the First, for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthening the Protestant Interest therein, as limits the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants only;" and praying their Lordships "to pass the same into a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.
Criminal Laws, Petition from Kingston upon Thames for Alteration of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Kingston upon Thames, in the County of Surrey, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to sanction an early Revision of the Laws relating to Forgery, with a view to substituting, for the awful Penalty at present awarded for this Offence, such other Punishment as may appear to their Lordships best adapted to promote the Welfare and true Interests of a Christian Community:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.
Forgeries Bill, Petition from Kettering in favor of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Kettering and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will pass the Bill respecting the Punishment for Forgery into a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.
Hydrophobia, Petition from Kingston upon Thames respecting.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Kingston upon Thames, in the County of Surrey, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will take into Consideration the great Danger and alarming Consequences which threaten the Inhabitants of populous Towns where Dogs suspected to have been bitten by others in a rabid State are suffered to remain without Restraint in the Streets, there being no Legal Power vested in the Magistracy to order the Seizure or Destruction of such Dogs; and that their Lordships will procure some Legislative Enactment to meet the Urgency of the Case:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.
E. of Kenmare's Petition claiming a Right to vote for Peers for Ireland.
Upon reading the Petition of The Right Honorable Valentine Earl of Kenmare, in that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland; setting forth, "That the Petitioner's late Father Valentine Viscount Kenmare was, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, bearing Date the Second Day of January One thousand eight hundred and one, advanced to the Dignity of an Earl of Ireland by the Name, Style and Title of Viscount Castlerosse and Earl of Kenmare, in the County of Kerry; to hold the said Dignity to him and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten: That the Petitioner's said late Father departed this Life on or about the Fourth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and twelve, whereupon the Petitioner, as his eldest Son and Heir, succeeded to the said Title and Dignity of Earl of Kenmare aforesaid: That in virtue of such Peerage the Petitioner claims a Right to vote at the Elections of Peers for Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom;" and therefore praying, "That his said Right may be admitted by their Lordships:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Lords Committees for Privileges, to consider and report; and that the Committee do meet to consider thereof on Thursday next.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed by The Lord Chancellor.
Forgeries Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for reducing into One Act all such Forgeries as shall henceforth be punished with Death, and for otherwise amending the Laws relative to Forgery;"
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill on Thursday next; and that the Lords be summoned.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum nonum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.