April 1740, 11-20
DIE Lunæ, 13o Aprilis.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestriens.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux Devon.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Athol, & Ds. Strange.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angl.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Graham.
Comes Fitzwalter.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Fauconberg.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Raymond. |
PRAYERS.
King's Answer to Address.
The Lord Chancellor reported, "That the House
did, on Friday last, present to His Majesty their
humble Address; to which His Majesty was pleased
to return the following most Gracious Answer; (videlicet,)
"My Lords,
"I thank you very kindly for this most seasonable
and dutiful Address. The true Concern you shew,
for the Assistance of the Queen of Hungary, and the
Support of the House of Austria, is very agreeable
to Me.
"The Assurance you give Me, in relation to My
Territories Abroad, is a strong Proof of your Affection to Me: And you may depend on My making no
other Use of the Confidence you repose in Me, than
to enable Me to act with Vigour in maintaining the
Pragmatic Sanction, and in the Preservation of the
Balance and Liberties of Europe, and of our common
Interest and Security."
Ordered, That the said Address, and His Majesty's
most Gracious Answer thereunto, be forthwith printed
and published.
Westminster Bridge, Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the Commissioners for building a Bridge cross the River Thames, from the City
of Westminster, to the opposite Shore in the County
of Surrey, to raise a further Sum of Money, towards
finishing the said Bridge, and to perform the other
Trusts reposed in them; and for exchanging of
Tickets unclaimed in the Westminster Bridge Lottery
of the Twelfth Year of His present Majesty's Reign;
and for making Provision for Tickets in the said Lottery, lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Earl of Warwick reported from the said Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
D'Abbadie, Leave for a Naturalization Bill:
Upon reading the Petition of Francis D'Abbadie;
praying, "That Leave may be given to bring in a
Bill, for his Naturalization:"
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, as desired.
Bill read.
Accordingly, the Duke of Bridgewater presented to
the House a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
Francis D'Abbadie."
And the same was read the First Time.
Then the said Francis D'Abbadie took the Oaths appointed, in order to his Naturalization.
Thwaites & al. Liberty to appeal.
The Order of the Day being read, for hearing One
Counsel of a Side, upon the Petition of Ephraim Thwaites
and Anne his Wife (who is the Heiress at Law), and of
Francis Huish Clerk, the Devisee, of John Vernon, deceased, Respondents to the Appeal of Jane Vernon
Widow, Executrix and Devisee of Thomas Vernon Esquire, deceased; complaining of a Decree, or Order of
Dismission, of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, made
in the Year 1686; praying Liberty to prefer their
Appeal to this House, to complain also of the said
Decree or Order; and that the Appeal of the said
Jane Vernon may be adjourned over till the next Session of Parliament, in order that both Appeals may come
on to be heard together.
And Counsel having been accordingly called in, and
heard; and withdrawn:
It is Ordered, That the Petitioners the said
Ephraim Thwaites and others have Liberty to exhibit to
this House an Appeal, according to the Prayer of their
Petition.
Henderson to enter into a Recognizance for the Earl of Anglesey.
The House being moved, "That William Henderson
Gentleman may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Richard Earl of Anglesey, on account of
his Appeal depending in this House; his Lordship
being in Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said William Henderson may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Earl, as desired.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, decimum sextum diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 16o Aprilis.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Dorset, Senescallus.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devon.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Athol, & Ds. Strange.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angl.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Harborough.
Comes Ker.
Comes Fitzwalter.
Comes Malton.
Viscount Fauconberg.
Viscount Torrington. |
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Poulet.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Ward.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Raymond. |
PRAYERS.
D'Abbadie's Nat. Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Francis D'Abbadie."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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Ld. President.
Ld. Steward.
D. St. Albans.
D. Bedford.
D. Devon.
D. Portland.
D. Manchester.
D. Bridgewater.
E. Northampton.
E. Thanet.
E. Sandwich.
E. Carlisle.
E. Shaftesbury.
E. Findlater.
E. Ilay.
E. Aylesford.
E. Harborough.
E. Ker.
E. Fitzwalter.
E. Malton.
V. Fauconberg.
V. Torrington. |
L. B. Durham.
L. B. Hereford.
L. B. Sarum.
L. B. St. Davids.
L. B. Landaff. |
Ld. Abergavenny.
L. Delawarr.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Poulet.
L. Bruce.
L. Ward.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Carteret.
L. Foley.
L. Bathurst.
L. Ducie.
L. Monson.
L. Raymond. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Vaughan's Bill.
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for empowering Gwyn Vaughan Esquire and his
Wife, and their Sons, to make Leases of the Manor
of Kingston Seymour, in the County of Somerset, for
Lives, or Years determinable on Deaths, according
to the Custom of the Country:"
The same was read a Second Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Friday the First Day of May next; and to
adjourn as they please.
Motion to dispense with the Standing Order.
The House being moved, "That the Standing Order
relating to the Time of Commitment of Private Bills
may be so far dispensed with, as that the Committee
on the aforesaid Bill may meet on a sooner Day, on
account of the approaching Conclusion of this Session
of Parliament:"
Ordered, That the said Motion be taken into Consideration To-morrow; and the Lords to be summoned.
Westminster Bridge, Bill.
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable the Commissioners for building a Bridge cross
the River Thames, from the City of Westminster, to the
opposite Shore in the County of Surrey, to raise a
further Sum of Money, towards finishing the said
Bridge, and to perform the other Trusts reposed in
them; and for exchanging of Tickets unclaimed in
the Westminster Bridge Lottery of the Twelfth Year of
His present Majesty's Reign; and for making Provision for Tickets in the said Lottery lost, burnt, or
otherwise destroyed."
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. Sawyer and Mr. Montague:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Portsmouth Water, Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to enable Thomas Smith Esquire, Lord of the Manor
of Farlington, in the County of Southampton, to supply the Town of Portsmouth and Parts adjacent
with good and wholesome Water, at his own proper
Costs and Charges."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Wednesday next, at the usual Time and Place;
and to adjourn as they please.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
decimum septimum diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 17o Aprilis.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Glocestriens.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Landavens. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Comes Wilmington, Præses.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Athol, & Ds. Strange.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven, Magnus Camerarius Angl.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Suffolk.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Ilay.
Comes Graham. |
Ds. Harrington, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Clinton.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Raymond. |
PRAYERS.
D'Abbadie's Nat. Bill.
The Duke of Bridgewater reported from the Lords
Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Francis D'Abbadie," 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."
Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.
Mercer, to amend his Appeal.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Mercer Gentleman; setting forth, "That, in his Appeal from a
Decree of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, John
Butler, One of the Executors of Thomas Butler deceased, is, by Mistake, said therein to be the Son
and Heir and Executor of the said Thomas Butler,
whereas he is only Executor; and that John Butler
Esquire, the Son and Heir of the said Thomas Butler,
is omitted being made a Respondent, though the Petitioner is advised it is necessary he should be made a
Party;" and praying, "That the Petitioner may be
at Liberty to amend his said Appeal in the Particulars aforesaid, and to make the last mentioned John
Butler a Party thereto:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty
to amend his said Appeal, as desired; and to make John
Butler a Respondent thereto.
Vaughan's Bill, Committee shortened.
The House (according to Order) proceeded to take
into Consideration the Motion made Yesterday, for dispensing with the Standing Order of this House relating to the Time of Commitment of Private Bills, so
far as that the Committee to whom the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for empowering Gwyn Vaughan Esquire and
his Wife, and their Sons, to make Leases of the
Manor of Kingston Seymour, in the County of Somerset, for Lives, or Years determinable on Deaths, according to the Custom of the Country," stands committed, may meet on a sooner Day than was at first appointed.
And thereupon;
Ordered, That the said Standing Order be so far
dispensed with, in this Case, as that the said Committee
may meet, to consider of the said Bill, on Wednesday
next.
Conviction of Offenders returning from Transportation, Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Carew and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more effectual Conviction of Offenders, transported, unlawfully returning to Great Britain or Ireland; and for
the further Punishment of Persons enabling Prisoners
to break Prison; and for empowering Justices of the
Peace, in a Liberty or Corporation, to commit Offenders to the House of Correction belonging to the
County, Riding, or Division, in which such Liberty
or Corporation is situated; and for further amending
an Act made in the Thirteenth Year of His Majesty's
Reign, relating to the conveying Vagrants;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the same be printed.
Thwaites & al. against Vernon & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Ephraim
Thwaites and Anne his Wife (who is Heiress at Law),
and of Francis Huish Clerk, the Devisee of John Vernon
Merchant, deceased; complaining of a Decree, or Order of Dismission, made by the Court of Chancery in
Ireland, in the Year 1686; and praying, "That the
same may be reversed; and that this House will be
pleased to order, that Possession of certain Premises
in the Appeal mentioned be delivered to the Appellants; and that their Lordships will be pleased also to
declare the Appellants entitled to the Equity of Redemption of the several Parts of the Estate in Mortgage; and that the Appellants may be at Liberty to
redeem such Mortgage or Mortgages, upon Payment
of the Principal and Interest due thereon; and that
Captain John Vernon do accompt for the Rents and
Profits of the Premises received by him and those
whom he represents; or to make such further Order
therein as to the House shall seem meet; and that
Captain John Vernon, Edward Vernon, Jane Vernon,
George Venables Vernon, Mary Vernon, and Elizabeth
Carter, may be required to put in their Answers:"
It is Ordered, That the several Parties last named
may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and they are
hereby required to put in their Answer or respective
Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Friday
the 22d Day of May next.
D'Abbadie's Nat. Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing Francis D'Abbadie."
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. Bennet and Mr. Elde:
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.
King's Consent signified to Portsmouth Water Bill.
The Duke of Newcastle acquainted the House,
That His Majesty, having been apprized of the Contents of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable Thomas Smith Esquire, Lord of the Manor of Farlington,
in the County of Southampton, to supply the Town of
Portsmouth and Parts adjacent with good and wholesome Water, at his own proper Costs and Charges,"
was pleased, so far as the Interest of the Crown may
be concerned, to consent that their Lordships may
proceed therein as they shall think fit."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad & in diem Mercurii,
vicesimum secundum diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.