House of Lords Journal Volume 64: 2 June 1832

Die Sabbati, 2° Junii 1832.

DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

J. & L. Booth v. Booth & Black.

After hearing Counsel fully in the Cause wherein John Booth junior and Livingston Booth are Appellants, and Mrs. Rachael Booth or Black and Doctor Alexander Black her Husband are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Cause be put off sine Die.

Court of Exchequer (Scotland) Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Kennedy and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for making Provision for the Dispatch of the Business now done by the Court of Exchequer in Scotland;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Punishment of Death Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Kennedy and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for abolishing the Punishment of Death in certain Cases, and substituting a lesser Punishment in lieu thereof;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Vice Admiralty Courts Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Kennedy and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Practice and the Fees in the Vice Admiralty Courts Abroad, and to obviate Doubts as to their Jurisdiction;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

British Museum Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Kennedy and others;

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to appoint a Trustee of the British Museum;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Aston Vicarage (or King's) Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to authorize the Patrons or Patron for the Time being of the Vicarage of Aston juxta Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, to appropriate and assign any Part of the Tithes and Vicarial Dues belonging to the said Vicarage, or any Rent-charge issuing out of the same, for endowing certain new Churches within the said Vicarage if converted into District Parishes or Vicarages, and for selling the Advowsons of the same Churches or new Benefices."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the First Day after the Recess at Whitsuntide, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Kingston-upon-Hull Pilots Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for better regulating the Pilotage of the Port of Kingstonupon-Hull and of the River Humber; and for other Purposes relating thereto."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords present this Day:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Tuesday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Insolvent Debtors Acts Continuing Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to continue for Three Years, and to amend, the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England."

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 it.

A Message was ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Wingfield and Mr. Farrer;

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Ld. Willoughby de Eresby et al. Leave for a Bill:

After reading and considering the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of Peter Robert Drummond Lord Willoughby de Eresby, and others; praying Leave to bring in a Private Bill for the Purposes therein mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Estates in the County of Sussex devised by a Codicil to the Will of The Right Honourable Peter late Lord Gwydir, deceased, in Trustees, upon Trust to sell the same, and for laying out the Residue of the Monies arising from such Sale, after Payment thereout of a Charge affecting the same Estates, in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses."

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, quartum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.