April 1735, 1-10
DIE Martis, 1o Aprilis.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Epus. London.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Cestriens.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Talbot, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Atholl.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Greenwich.
Dux Manchester.
March. Lothian.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Essex.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Morton.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Balcarris.
Comes Dunmore.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Fitzwalter.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount Cobham.
Viscount Lymington.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Clinton.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lynne.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Hervey.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. King.
Ds. Hobart.
Ds. Lovell. |
PRAYERS.
Hall against Digby.
The Answer of Richard Digby and Anne his Wife,
to the Appeal of Thomas Hall, of the City of Dublin,
Merchant, Administrator of Augustine Clarke, late of the
said City, Merchant, deceased, was brought in.
Registering Deeds in North Riding of Yorkshire, Bill.
The Earl of Malton reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the
public registering of all Deeds, Conveyances, Wills,
and other Incumbrances, that shall be made of, or
that may affect, any Honours, Manors, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the North Riding of
the County of York, after the Nine and Twentieth
Day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Thirty-Six," was committed: "That they had examined the Allegations thereof, which they 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."
Heron to make Respondents, as advised.
The Earl of Findlater reported from the Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Petition of Alexander
Hamilton, Agent for Patrick Heron Esquire, and others,
in an Appeal, to which James Earl of Gallway is Respondent; praying Leave to amend the Appeal, as in
the Petition mentioned, upon amending the Respondent's Copy: "That the Committee have met, and
considered the said Petition; and are of Opinion, That
the Appellants should be at Liberty to amend their
Appeal, by leaving out the Name of Mr. George
Douglas as an Appellant, and making such Persons
Respondents as they shall be advised:"
Which Report, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House.
And Ordered accordingly:
And further, "That such Parties as shall be made
Respondents do put in their Answer or respective
Answers to the said Appeal, in Writing, on or before Tuesday the 29th Day of this Instant April; and
that Service of the Order of this House for that Purpose on the Respondent's Agents in the Court of
Session in Scotland be deemed good Service."
Broughton, &c. Nat. Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for naturalizing Anna Elizabeth Broughton and Josias
Cottin."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendments, shall pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Thomas Bennet and Mr. Spicer:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, with some Amendments, whereunto their
Lordships desire their Concurrence.
E. of Aylesford's Privilege:
A Petition of John Mathew, was presented to the
House, and read; setting forth, "That he was committed to the Custody of the Serjeant at Arms, for
causing some poor labouring Men to scour a certain
Brook in Possession of the Earl of Aylesford, and
using opprobrious Expressions of the said Earl, in
Breach of the Privilege of this House; and that the
Petitioner is highly sensible of the great Offences he
has been guilty of, and is heartily sorry for the same;"
and praying, "In regard his Affairs in the Country
suffer very much by his Confinement, that he may
be discharged out of Custody."
And thereupon the said Earl acquainting the House,
That the Petitioner had, by Letter, made a due Submission to his Lordship, and Acknowledgment of his
Offences:"
Mathew to be brought to the Bar, to be discharged.
Ordered, That the said John Mathew be brought
to the Bar of this House, To-morrow, in order to his
Discharge.
Sheffield Church, Bill.
The Earl of Strafford (pursuant to the Order of the
House of the 10th of March last) presented a Bill, intituled, "An Act for making the new-erected Church
in the Town of Sheffield, in the County of York, a
Parish Church within its own Walls; and for settling
the perpetual Advowson of the said Church."
And the same was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second
Time To-morrow Fortnight, being the 16th Day of
this Instant April.
Mac Donnel's Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Oglethorpe and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and
amend an Act made in the First Year of the Reign of
Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, "An Act
for the Relief of Hannah Macdonnel, with relation
to the forfeited Estates in Ireland; and for enabling
Randal Macdonnel Esquire to sell or encumber the
Estate therein mentioned;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
The Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Bill
be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief Justice
of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. Justice Fortescue
Aland; who are forthwith to summon all Parties that are
to be concerned therein; and, after hearing them, and
perusing a Copy of the Bill, attested by the Clerk of
the Parliaments, are to report to the House the State
of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their
Hands.
Quartering Soldiers at Elections, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for regulating the Quartering of Soldiers, during the
Time of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House, on this Day Fortnight;
and the Lords to be summoned.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
secundum diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 2o Aprilis.
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Epus. London.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Cestriens.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Talbot, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Buccleugh.
Dux Atholl.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
March. Lothian.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Craufurd.
Comes Morton.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Balcarris.
Comes Dunmore.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount Cobham.
Viscount Lymington.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Harrington, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Maynard.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lynne.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Hervey.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. King.
Ds. Hobart.
Ds. Monson. |
PRAYERS.
Salt Duties, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Charles Turner and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting and
continuing the Duties upon Salt, and upon Red and
White Herrings, for the further Term of Four Years;
and for giving further Time for the Payment of Duties omitted to be paid for the Indentures and Contracts of Clerks and Apprentices;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
St. Albans, &c. Road, Bill.
The Earl of Warrington reported from the Lords
Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
continuing and making more effectual an Act passed in
the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the First, intituled, "An Act for repairing the
Highways through the several Parishes of St. Michael,
St. Alban, St. Peter, Shenley Ridge, and South Mims,
in the Counties of Hertford and Middlesex," and for
continuing the Commissioners authorized to put the
said Act in Execution," was committed: "That they
had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which they 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."
Rochdale Road, Bill.
The Earl of Warrington made the like Report from
the Committee to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for repairing and widening the Road from the Town of
Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, leading
over a certain craggy Mountain, called BlackstoneEdge, in the same County, and from thence to the
Towns of Halifax and Ealand, in the County of
York," was committed.
Toller to take the Name of Treffry, Bill.
The Earl of Aylesford made the like Report from the
Committee to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to
enable William Toller, now called William Toller Treffry, Gentleman, and his Issue Male, to take and use
the Surname of Treffry only, pursuant to the Deed
of Settlement of John Treffry Esquire, deceased," was
committed.
Registering Deeds in North Riding of Yorkshire, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for the public registering of all Deeds, Conveyances,
Wills, and other Incumbrances, that shall be made
of, or that may affect, any Honours, Manors, Lands,
Tenements, or Hereditaments, within the North
Riding of the County of York, after the Nine and
Twentieth Day of September One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Thirty-six."
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 sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Thomas Bennet and Mr. Spicer:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Whitby Pier, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for lengthening the West Pier of the Harbour of
Whitby, in the County of York; and for improving
the said Harbour."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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Ld. President.
D. Athol.
D. Portland.
Marq. Lothian.
E. Northampton.
E. Warwick.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Warrington.
E. Findlater.
E. Ilay.
E. Oxford.
E. Aylesford.
Vis. Tadcaster. |
L. B. London.
L. B. Rochester.
L. B. Glocester.
L. B. Bristol. |
L. Willoughby Par.
L. Lovelace.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Lynne.
L. Carteret.
L. Haversham.
L. Cathcart.
L. Montjoy.
L. Hobart. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Appleton, Leave for a Bill:
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Joshua
Appleton Gentleman, a Lunatic, by Anne Trigge Widow,
his Sister and Committee; praying Leave to bring in a
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 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for confirming and establishing a Partition of the
Estate of Henry Appleton Esquire, made pursuant to
a Decree of the Court of Chancery."
Cantillon & al. Leave for a Bill.
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Mary Anne
Cantillon, Widow and Executrix of Richard Cantillon
Esquire, deceased, Henry Furnese and Francis Garvan,
Esquires; praying Leave to bring in a 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 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for the better Execution of the last Will and Testament of Richard Cantillon Esquire, deceased; and for
other Purposes therein mentioned."
Ld. Polwarth, Leave for a Bill:
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Hugh
Hume Campbell, commonly called Lord Polwarth, and
Anne his Wife; praying Leave to bring in a 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 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to enable Hugh Hume Campbell, commonly called
Lord Polwarth, and others, to sell Lands in Essex,
settled by his Marriage Articles; and, with the Money
arising thereby, to purchase other Lands, of like
Value, to be settled to the same Uses."
Sir Charles Gilmour, Leave for a Bill:
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Sir Charles
Gilmour Baronet and others; praying Leave to bring
in a 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 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to enable Sir Charles Gilmour Baronet to sell Part of
the Lands and Baronies of Craigmillar and Nether
(fn. 1) Liberton, for Payment of Debts, with which the
said Estate stands charged and encumbered."
E. of Aylesford's Privilege; Mathew discharged.
John Mathew, in Custody of the Serjeant at Arms
attending this House, for a Breach of Privilege, in
causing certain poor Men to scour a Brook in the
Possession of the Earl of Aylesford, and uttering opprobrious Expressions of the said Earl, was (according to
Order) brought to the Bar; where he (on his Knees)
receiving a Reprimand from the Lord Chancellor for
his said Offences, was discharged out of Custody, paying his Fees.
Sinking Fund, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for enabling His Majesty to apply the Sum of One
Million, out of the Sinking Fund, for the Service of
the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirtyfive."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House, on this Day Fortnight.
Barlow against Bateman:
After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal
of Charles Barlow Gentleman; complaining of an
Order and Decree of the Master of the Rolls, made the
13th Day of July 1730, in a Cause wherein the Appellant was Plaintiff, and Robert Barlow, called in the
Appeal Robert Bateman, and Mary his Wife, and the
Executors of George Barlow deceased, were Defendants,
which Order and Decree is since signed and enroled;
and also complaining of another Decree of the Master
of the Rolls, of the 22d Day of July 1734, made in a
Cause wherein the said Robert Barlow and his said
Wife were Plaintiffs, and the Executors of the said
Will and the Appellant Defendants; and praying,
That the said Decrees may be reversed and rectified;
and that the Appellant may have such other Relief
as to the House shall seem meet:" As also upon the
Answer of the said Robert Barlow and Mary his Wife,
and the Two surviving Executors of the said George
Barlow, put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this
Cause:
Judgement.
It is Declared, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament, That the Appellant is well entitled to
the Legacy of One Thousand Pounds, conditionally
bequeathed to him by the said Will: And it is therefore Ordered and Adjudged, That the said Decree
of the 13th of July 1730 be, and the same is hereby,
reversed: And it is further Ordered, That it be, and
is hereby, referred to One of the Masters of the Court
of Chancery, to inquire what Part of the Testator's
Personal Estate hath been laid out by his Executors in
Bank Stock and South Sea Annuity Stock, and what
Proportion thereof and of the Produce thereof belongs
to the Appellant, in respect of the said Legacy of One
Thousand Pounds: And it is hereby further Ordered,
That the said Court of Chancery do give the necessary
Directions for taking the said Accompt, and for the
Transfer and Payment of so much of the said Bank
Stock and South Sea Annuity Stock and of the Produce thereof to the Appellant, as shall appear to be
his Proportion of the same, in respect of the said Legacy: And it appearing that the said Decree of the
22d of July 1734 hath not been signed by the Lord
Chancellor, it is hereby Declared, That the Appeal
from the said Decree is brought irregularly: And it is
therefore Ordered and Adjudged, That the same, so
far as it complains of the said Decree last mentioned,
be, and the same is hereby, dismissed this House; but
with Liberty notwithstanding to all Parties to apply to
the Lord Chancellor, if they shall think fit, to re-hear
the Cause.
Adjourn.
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tertium diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
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Epus. London.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Cestriens.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Talbot, Cancellarius.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angl.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
March. Lothian.
Comes Suffolk.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Craufurd.
Comes Morton.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. Hinton.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Hobart. |
PRAYERS.
Protestant Purchasers indemnifying, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Sandys and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to indemnify Protestant Purchasers of Estates of Papists, against the
Penalties or Forfeitures Papists are liable to for not
registering their Estates, or for not having enroled
the same, in Pursuance of the Acts of the First and
Third Years of King George the First for that Purpose;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Cantillon's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better Execution of the last Will and Testament
of Richard Cantillon Esquire, deceased; and for other
Purposes therein mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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D. Leeds.
D. Portland.
M. Lothian.
E. Northampton.
E. Warwick.
E. Warrington.
E. Findlater.
E. Ilay.
E. Oxford.
E. Strafford.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
L. Bp. London.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Willoughby Par.
L. Hinton.
L. Haversham.
L. Gower.
L. Carteret.
L. Foley.
L. Hobart. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
at the usual Time and Place, on Friday the 18th
Instant; and to adjourn as they please.
Kilbourn Road, Bill:
The Earl of Warrington reported from the Lords
Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act
passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late
Majesty King George the First, for repairing the
Road from St. Giles's Pound to Kilbourn Bridge, in the
County of Middlesex; and for paving that Part of
the Road called Oxford Street," was committed:
That they had considered the said Bill, and examined
the Allegations thereof, which they 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."
The said Bill was read the Third Time.
And the Question being 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 sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Thomas Bennett and Mr. Spicer:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Whitby Pier. Bill:
The Earl of Craufurd made the like Report from the
Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for lengthening the West Pier of the Harbour
of Whitby, in the County of York; and for improving the said Harbour," was committed.
The said Bill was read the Third Time.
And the Question being 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 sent to the House of Commons, by
the former Messengers, to the like Purpose.
Lord Polwarth's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable Hugh Hume Campbell, commonly called Lord
Polwarth, and others, to sell Lands in Essex, settled
by his Marriage Articles; and, with the Money
arising thereby, to purchase other Lands of like
Value, to be settled to the same Uses."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees afore-named:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Sir Charles Gilmour's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable Sir Charles Gilmour Baronet to sell Part of
the Lands and Baronies of Craigmillar and Nether
(fn. 2) Liberton, for Payment of Debts with which the
said Estate stands charged and encumbered."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees afore-named:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on the same Day, at the same Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Rochdale Road, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing and widening the Road from the Town of
Rochdale, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, leading over a certain craggy Mountain, called Blackstone Edge, in the same County; and from thence to
the Towns of Halifax and Ealand, in the County of
York."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
St. Alban's Road, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing and making more effectual an Act passed in
the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the First, intituled, "An Act for repairing
the Highways through the several Parishes of St.
Michael, St. Alban, St. Peter, Shenley Ridge, and
South Mims, in the Counties of Hertford and Middlesex; and for continuing the Commissioners authorized to put the said Act in Execution."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Toller, to change his Name to Treffry, Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable William Toller, now called William Toller
Treffry, Gentleman, and his Issue Male, to take and
use the Surname of Treffry only, pursuant to the
Deed of Settlement of John Treffry Esquire, deceased."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Three preceding Bills.
And Messages were severally ordered to be sent to the
House of Commons, by the former Messengers:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
Three last mentioned Bills, without any Amendment.
Appleton's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
confirming and establishing a Partition of the Estate
of Henry Appleton Esquire, made pursuant to a Decree
of the Court of Chancery."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees afore-named:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Sheffield Church, Bill; to issue Orders for Witnesses.
Ordered, That the Clerk be empowered to issue
Orders for such Witnesses whose Names shall be delivered to him, to attend this House, in relation to the
Bill now depending, intituled, "An Act for making
the new-erected Church, in the Town of Sheffield,
in the County of York, a Parish Church within its
own Walls; and for settling the Perpetual Advowson
of the said Church."
Hall against Digby & al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Thomas Hall,
of the City of Dublin, Merchant, Administrator of
the Goods and Chattels of Augustine Clarke, deceased;
is Appellant, and Richard Digby and his Wife are
Respondents:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on the First vacant
Day for Causes after those already appointed.
Salt Duties, Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
granting and continuing the Duties upon Salt, and
upon Red and White Herrings, for the further Term
of Four Years; and for giving further Time for the
Payment of Duties omitted to be paid for the Indentures and Contracts of Clerks and Apprentices,"
be read a Second Time on this Day Fortnight; and the
Lords to be summoned.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
decimum quartum diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.