January 1751
Anno 24o Georgii Secundi.
DIE Jovis, 17o Januarii, 1750.
DIE Jovis, 17o Januarii, 1750, Annoque Regni Serenissimi Domini Nostri Georgii Secundi, Der Gratia,
Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hib'niæ Regis, Fider
Defensoris, &c Vicesimo Quarto, in quem Diem hæc
Quarta Sessio Parliamenti, per separales Prorogationes,
continuata fuerat, in Superiori Domo Parliamenti Magnæ
Britanniæ apud Westmonaster. convenere Domini tam
Spirituales quam Temporales quorum Nomina subscribuntur, et præsentes fuerunt.
REX.
Fredericus Princeps Walliæ
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Archiep. Cant.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Dunelm
Epus. Roffen
Epus Glocestr.
Epus Oxon
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus Cicestriens
Epus. Sarum
Epus Bath & Wells.
Epus Lincoln.
Epus Meneven.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus Carliol
Epus Bangor
Epus Asaphen
Epus Norwic
Epus Litch & Cov. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius
Dux Dorset, Præses.
Comes Gower, C. P. S.
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus
Dux Grafton, Camerarius
Dux Somerset
Dux St Albans.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devon.
Dux Gordon.
Dux Argyll
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Northampton
Comes Warwick.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich
Comes Cardigan
Comes Carlile.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Jersey
Comes Moray.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Hyndford.
Comes Oxford
Comes Strafford.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Effingham
Comes Brooke
Comes Bucks
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Northumberland
Comes Egremont.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Hertford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Folkestone. |
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds Willoughby Par.
Ds North & Guil.
Ds Byron
Ds Berkeley Str.
Ds Cornwallis.
Ds Boyle
Ds Hay
Ds Bathurst
Ds Onslow
Ds Romney
Ds Cadogan.
Ds Ducie
Ds Montfort
Ds Edgecumbe.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds Anson.
Ds Archer
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds Vere. |
King present:
His Majesty, being seated on the Throne, adorned
with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended
by His Officers of State, the Prince of Wales (in his
Robes) sitting in his Place, the Lords being also in
their Robes, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
received His Majesty's Commands to let the Commons
know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure, that they attend
Him immediately, in this House"
Who being come, with their Speaker;
His Majesty spake as follows, (videlicet,)
His Majesty's Speech.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I have postponed your Meeting to this Time, that
I might consult your private Convenience as far as
was consistent with the Occasions of the Public The
Continuance of the present Tranquility has afforded
an Opportunity for the former, and rendered the
latter less pressing. Since the last Session, My Care
and Attention have been constantly employed in improving this Situation And I have the Satisfaction
to acquaint you, that I have concluded a Treaty with
My good Brother the King of Spain, whereby such
particular Differences as from the Nature of them
could not be settled in a general Treaty have been
amicably adjusted, without the Intervention of any
other Party, and the Commerce of My Subjects with
that Country re-established upon the most advantageous and sure Foundations.
"In the Progress of this Work, I have received such
Assurances of the sincere Disposition of the Catholic
King to cement and maintain the most perfect Union
with Me, as leave no room to doubt of its good
Effects being felt in all Parts And there is the
greatest Reason to hope, that the ancient Friendship
and good Correspondence between the Two Nations,
which had been long unfortunately interrupted, will
from mutual Interest and Inclination be now effectually restored.
"I have also, in Conjunction with the Empress Queen
and The States General, concluded a Treaty with the
Elector of Bavaria, and am taking such further
Measures as may best tend to strengthen and secure
the Tranquillity of the Empire, support its System,
and timely prevent such Events as have been found
by Experience to endanger the common Cause, involve Europe in the Calamities of War, and occasion
the Loss of much Blood and Treasare to My own
Kingdoms.
"Both these Treaties shall be laid before you, and
as I have told you the Views with which I have entered into them, I must do Justice to all the other
Contracting Powers in the Definitive Treaty of Aix
la Chapelle, by acquainting you, that I have received
from them the most full and clear Declarations of
their Resolution to preserve the General Peace.
"That nothing might be wanting for these salutary
Purposes, I have taken Care to strengthen and consolidate the Ties of Union and Friendship between
Me and My Allies, the better to secure our mutual
Interests, maintain the Peace already subsisting, and
to prevent the Occasion of any future Rupture, and,
that there might remain no Doubt of the Uprightness and Sincerity of My Intentions, I have made the
proper Communications of the Measures I have
taken, and the Principles on which they have been
founded.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"I have ordered the Estimates to be laid before you
for the current Service of the Year I desire only
such Supplies as shall be necessary for your own
Security, and making good such Engagements as
have been contracted, and are now communicated to
you.
"The successful and happy Progress which has been
made in the Reduction of the Interest of the National Debt, does great Honour to this Parliament,
and adds much to our Reputation in Foreign Countries So little of this great Work remains unfinished,
that I make no Doubt of your compleating it this
Session in the most just and equitable Manner.
"My Lords, and Gentlemen,
"I have nothing further to recommend to you in
particular Let me exhort you in general to make
the best Use of the present State of Tranquillity, for
improving the Trade and Commerce of My Kingdoms,
for enforcing the Execution of the Laws, and for
suppressing those Outrages and Violences which are
inconsistent with all good Order and Government,
and endanger the Lives and Properties of My Subjects, whose Happiness and flourishing Condition I
have entirely at Heart"
The Speech being ended, His Majesty was pleased to
retire.
And the Commons withdrew.
PRAYERS.
D of Somerset introduced.
Sir Edward Seymour of Bury Pomeroy in the County
of Devon Baronet, claiming to be lineally descended
from Edward the Eldest Son of the First Duke of Somerset, and also claiming to be Baron Seymour and
Duke of Somerset by virtue of Two several Letters
Patent of Creation, in the First Year of the Reign of
King Edward the Sixth, which were, by Letters Patent
dated the 19th Day of February in the Twenty-third
Year of His present Majesty, caused to be exemplified
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, and by a special
Limitation contained in the said Letters Patent, was
this Day (in his Robes) introduced, between the Duke
of Dorset and the Duke of Newcastle (also in their
Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter
King at Arms, the Deputy Earl Marshal, and the Lord
Great Chamberlain of England, preceding.
His Grace presented the Patents, on his Knee, to the
Lord Chancellor at the Woolsack, who delivered them
to the Clerk, and the same were read, at the Table.
His Writ of Summons was also read, as follows.
His Writ of Summons.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith, &c To Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely-beloved Cousin Edward Duke of Somerset,
Greeting Whereas, by reason of certain arduous
and urgent Affairs, concerning Us, the State and
Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain and the
Church, We did lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our Council, ordain Our present Parliament
to be holden, at Our City of Westminster, on the
Thirteenth Day of August, in the Twenty-first Year
of Our Reign, which Parliament hath been from that
Time, by several Adjournments and Prorogations,
adjourned, prorogued, and continued, to and until
the Seventeenth Day of this Instant January, at Our
City aforesaid, to be then there held, We, strictly enjoining, command you, under the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that, considering the Difficulty of the said Affairs, and Dangers
impending, all Excuses being laid aside, you be personally present at the said Day and Place, both with
Us, and with the Prelates, Nobles, and Peers, of Our
said Kingdom, to treat of the aforesaid Affairs, and
to give your Advice, and this you may in no Wise
omit, as you tender Us and Our Honour, and the
Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church,
and the Dispatch of the said Affairs.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Sixteenth
Day of January, in the Twenty-fourth Year
of Our Reign.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Which done, the said Duke, together with Hugh Earl
of Marchmont, Joseph Lord Bishop of Durham, and
Charles Lord Boyle, at the Table, having taken the
Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and
also taken and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, his Grace was seated in his due
Place.
E of Hertford introduced:
Francis Lord Conway, being, by Letters Patent, dated
the Third Day of August, in the 23d Year of His present Majesty, created Viscount Beauchamp and Earl of
Hertford, was (in his Robes) introduced, between the
Earl Brooke and the Earl of Northumberland (also in
their Robes), the same Officers preceding.
His Lordship presented his Patent, on his Knee, to
the Lord Chancellor, at the Woolsack, who delivered
it to the Clerk; and the same was read, at the Table.
His Writ of Summons was also read, as follows.
His Writ of Summons.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith, &c To Our Right Trusty and Right Wellbeloved Cousin Francis Earl of Hertford, Greeting.
Whereas, by Reason of certain arduous and urgent
Affairs, concerning Us, the State and Defence of
Our Kingdom of Great Britain and the Church, We
did lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our
Council, ordain Our present Parliament to be held
at Our City of Westminster, on the 13th Day of August, in the Twenty-first Year of Our Reign, which
Parliament hath been from that Time, by several
Adjournments and Prorogations, adjourned, prorogued, and continued, to and until the Seventeenth of
January now next coming, at Our City aforesaid, to
be then there held, We, strictly enjoining, command
you, under the Faith and Allegrance by which you
are bound to Us, that, considering the Difficulty of
the said Affairs, and Dangers impending, all Excuses
being laid aside, you be personally present at the said
Day and Place, with Us, and with the Prelates,
Nobles, and Peers, of Our said Kingdom, to treat
of the aforesaid Affairs, and to give your Advice;
and this you may in no Wise omit, as you tender
Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of
the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of
the said Affairs.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twentyeighth Day of November, in the Twenty-fourth
Year of Our Reign.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Then his Lordship, having taken the Oaths, and made
and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken and
subscribed the Oath of Adjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes, was placed on the lowest End of the Earls
Bench.
L. Ponsonby introduced.
Brabazon Earl of Bessborough in the Kingdom of Ireland, being, by Letters Patent, dated the 20th Day of
June, in the 23d Year of His present Majesty, created
Baron Ponsonby of Sysonby, in the County of Leicester,
was (in like Manner) introduced, between the Lord Delawarr and the Lord Edgecumbe, the same Officers preceding as before.
His Lordship presented his Patent, on his Knee, to
the Lord Chancellor, at the Woolsack, who delivered
it to the Clerk, and the same was read, at the Table.
His Writ of Summons was also read, as follows;
(videlicet,)
His Writ of Summons.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, &c. To Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Brabazon Ponsonby, of Sysonby in Our County
of Leicester, Chevalier, Greeting. Whereas, by
reason of certain arduous and urgent Affairs, concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom
of Great Britain, and the Church, We did lately,
with the Advice and Consent of Our Council, ordain
Our present Parliament to be held at Our City of
Westminster, on the Thirteenth Day of August, in the
Twenty-first Year of Our Reign, which Parliament
hath been from that Time, by several Adjournments
and Prorogations, adjourned, prorogued, and continued, to and until the Sixteenth Day of November,
now next coming, at Our City aforesaid, to be then
there held; We, strictly enjoining, command you,
under the Faith and Allegiance by which you are
bound to Us, that, considering the Difficulty of the
said Affairs and Dangers impending, all Excuses
being laid aside, you be personally present at the said
Day and Place, with Us, and with the Prelates,
Nobles, and Peers of Our said Kingdom, to treat
of the aforesaid Affairs, and to give your Advice,
and this you may in no Wife omit, as you tender
Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of
the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of
the said Affairs.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Sixteenth
Day of October, in the Twenty-third Year of
Our Reign.
"Yorke & Yorke"
Then His Lordship, having taken the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to
the Statutes, was placed on the lower End of the Barons
Bench.
Select Vestries regulating, Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better regulating Select Vestries."
Speech reported.
The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's Speech.
And the same being read by the Clerk.
Order for an Address.
Ordered, That an humble Address be presented
to His Majesty, "To return him the Thanks of this
House, for His most Gracious Speech from the
Throne.
"To express our just Sense of His Majesty's great
Care for the Welfare of His Kingdoms and the
Peace of Europe, in taking all Opportunities to improve the present State of Tranquillity, and to thank
His Majesty for graciously acquainting us with His
having concluded a Treaty with Spain, upon Terms
advantageous to the Commerce of His Subjects with
that Country, and to express our Satisfaction in the
Prospect of the ancient Friendship and good Correspondence between the Two Nations being restored.
"To acknowledge His Majesty's Wisdom and Foresight, in concluding a Treaty with the Elector of Bavaria, and taking such further Measures as may best
secure the Tranquillity, and support the System, of
the Empire, and in the Care which His Majesty
has taken, to strengthen and consolidate the Ties of
Union and Friendship between Him and His Allies.
"To express our entire Satisfaction in His Majesty's
salutary Views and Intentions, and to assure Him of
the zealous Support of this House in all such Measures
as may best answer those wise Ends, and that nothing
shall be wanting, on our Part, to demonstrate
our Duty and Affection to His Sacred Person, to
advance the Trade and flourshing Condition of His
Kingdoms, to enforce the Observance of the Laws
and of good Order amongst the People, and to
maintain the Dignity and Weight of His Majesty's
Crown and Government both at Home and Abroad."
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee, to draw an Address, pursuant to the said
Order, and report to the House, (videlicet,)
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L President.
L. Chamberlain.
D. Somerset.
D Argyll
D Newcastle.
E. Warwick
E Moray.
E Effingham.
E Brooke.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Northumberland.
E. Hertford. |
L. Abp. Cant
L Abp. York
L Bp. Sarum
L. Bp. St. Asaph. |
L Delawarr.
L Montfort.
L Edgecumbe.
L. Archer.
L. Ponsonby. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
immediately, in the Prince's Lodgings near the
House of Peers.
Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and
the Committee withdrew, to prepare the Address.
After some Time, the House was resumed.
Address reported.
And the Earl of Northumberland reported from the
said Committee, "That they had prepared an Address,
pursuant to the foregoing Order."
And the same, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House, and is as follows, (videlicet,)
"Most Gracious Sovereign,
"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, return Your Majesty our humble
Thanks, for Your most Gracious Speech from the
Throne.
"Your Majesty's Paternal Care, always watchful
for the Prosperity of Your Kingdoms, and mixed
with a generous extensive Concern for the common
Welfare of Europe, has appeared in nothing more
than in Your unwearied Endeavours to improve the
present State of Tranquillity This must be evident
to all the World, from the Series of important Transactions, which Your Majesty has been pleased to lay
before us And it is with the utmost Thankfulness,
we acknowledge Your Goodness, in communicating
to us, that a Treaty has been so successfully concluded between Your Majesty and the King of Spain.
As the Commerce of these Kingdoms is the Source
of the Wealth of Your Subjects, and of the Strength
and Splendour of Your Crown; so Your Majesty's
Attention to re-establish our Trade with that Country
on the most advantageous Conditions is a fresh Instance of Your uninterrupted Vigilance for the most
essential Concerns of Your People Mutual Interest
and mutual Inclination are the best Foundations of
a lasting Amity and good Correspondence, which,
from the Concurrence of such Motives, we firmly
hope will be happily restored between the Two
Nations in all Parts, and that those Causes which
have long interrupted them, are now effectually removed.
"Your Royal Wisdom has not been confined to the
adjusting of present Differences, and the remedying
of Inconveniences actually existing It is with Pleasure
we observe, that Your Foresight is exerting itself to
secure us, as far as can be done by human Prudence,
against such Events as have formerly involved Europe
in the Calamities of War. In this View, we look
upon the Treaty which Your Majesty has lately concluded with the Elector of Bavaria, and the further
Measures which You are graciously pleased to inform
tis are carrying on, for securing the Tranquillity, and
supporting the System, of the Empire Nothing can
tend more to effectuate these Measures, than the
strengthening and consolidating the Ties of Union
and Friendship between Your Majesty and Your
Allies; which cannot fail at the same Time to be
attended with the best Consequences, for promoting
our mutual Interests, preserving the general Repose,
and preventing the Occasion of any future Rupture.
"We are truly sensible of Your Majesty's Goodness, in laying before us these Your salutary Views
and Intentions In the Prosecution of them, the
Weight and Influence of the Crown of Great Britoin
are very visible; and we do with the greatest Chearfulness assure Your Majesty of our steady and
zealous Support in all such Measures as may best
answer these desirable Ends.
"Our unshaken Duty and Affection to Your Sacred
Person and our Love of our County are the
surest Pledges of our Conduct It shall be our First
Care to demonstrate our inviolable Adherence to
these Principles Nor shall any Thing be wanting, on
our Part, to advance the Trade and flourishing Condition of these Kingdoms, to enforce the Observance of the Laws and of good Order amongst Your
People, and to maintain the Dignity and Strength of
Your Majesty's Crown and Government both at
Home and Abroad."
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to
His Majesty by the whole House.
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do
wait on His Majesty, humbly to know when He will be
pleased to be attended therewith.
His Majesty to be congratulated on the Birth of a Prince,
Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do,
from this House, wait on His Majesty, to congratulate
Him on the Joyful Occasion of her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales's happy Delivery of a Prince.
and the Prince and Princess also.
Ordered likewise, That a Message be sent from this
House, to congratulate their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales on the same joyful Occasion; and
that the Earl Brooke and the Lord Ducie do carry the
said Message.
Committee of Privileges.
Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Orders
and Customs of the House, and the Privileges of
Parliament, and of the Peers of Great Britain and
Lords of Parliament.
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L. Chancellor.
L. President
L. Privy Seal.
L. Steward
L. Chamberlain.
D Somerset.
D. St. Albans.
D. Bedford.
D. Devon.
D Gordon.
D Argyll.
D Newcastle.
D. Portland.
E. Lincoln.
E. Northampton.
E. Warwick.
E. Chesterfield.
E. Sandwich.
E. Radnor.
E. Marchmont.
E. Oxford.
E. Halifax.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Pomfret.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam
E. Northumberland.
E Egremont.
E. Harcourt.
E. Hertford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Folkestone. |
L. Abp. Cant.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Durham.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Glocester.
L. Bp. Oxford.
L. Bp. Winchester.
L. Bp Chichester.
L. Bp. Sarum.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. Davids.
L. Bp. Hereford.
L. Bp. Carlisle.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov. |
L. Delawarr.
L. Willoughby Par.
L. North & Guil.
L. Byron.
L. Berkeley Str.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Boyle.
L. Hay
L. Bathurst.
L. Onslow.
L. Romney.
L. Cadogan.
L. Ducie.
L. Montfort.
L. Edgecumbe.
L Sandys.
L. Anson.
L. Archer.
L Ponsonby.
L. Vere. |
Their Lordships, or any Seven of them, to meet
on Monday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon,
in the House of Peers, and every Monday after,
and to adjourn as they please.
Committee for the Journal.
Lords Sub-committees appointed to consider of the
Orders and Customs of the House, and Privileges
of the Peers of Great Britain and Lords of Parliament, and to peruse and perfect the Journal of
this and former Sessions of Parliament.
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L. Privy Seal.
L. Chamberlain.
D. Somerset.
D. Gordon.
D. Argyll
D. Portland.
E. Northampton.
E Warwick.
E. Carlisle
E. Berkeley.
E Moray
E. Marchmont.
E. Oxford.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Northumberland.
E Egremont.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Falmouth. |
L. Abp Cant.
L. Abp York.
L. Bp Rochester.
L. Bp. Sarum.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov. |
L. Delawarr.
L Willoughby Par.
L Berkeley Str.
L. Cornwallis.
L. Bathurst.
L Onslow.
L Romney. |
Their Lordships, or any Three of them, to meet
when, where, and as often as, they please.
Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.
The House taking Notice, "That there is such an
Interruption, by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays,
in the Streets and Passages between Charing Cross and
The Old Palace Yard in Westminster, that the Lords
and others are frequently hindered from coming to
this House, to the great Inconveniency of the Members of both Houses"
It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the High
Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace for the said City,
shall, by their Care and Directions to the Constables
and other Officers within the said Limits, take special
Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to
make any Stay, between Whitehall and The Old Palace
Yard in Westminster, from Eleven of the Clock in the
Forenoon until Five of the Clock in the Afternoon of
the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament;
and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted
to pass through the said Streets and Passages, between
Charing Cross and The Old Palace Yord, between the
Hours aforesaid, during the Sitting of this Parliament,
and herein special Care is to be taken, by the said
Deputy Steward, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and
all other Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will
be answered to this House And it is further Ordered,
That the High Bailiff of the City of Westminster, and
the Justices of the Peace for the City and Liberty
thereof, or some of them residing in Westminster, be
served with the Order of this House, made this Day,
for the Purposes aforesaid.
E Cowper & al Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of William Earl Cowper,
for himself and on the Behalf of George Cowper his
only Son, an Infant, commonly called Lord Viscount
Fordwich, and the humble Petition of Spencer Cowper
Doctor in Divinity Dean of Durham and only Brother
of the said William Earl Cowper, William Cowper of
Parkhouse in the County of Hertford Esquire, Spencer
Cowper Esquire Brother of the said William Cowper,
John Cowper Doctor in Divinity, for himself and on the
Behalf of William Cowper and John Cowper his Two
Sons, both Infants, and of Ashley Cowper, Esquire,
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the and
Earl to charge the Premises in the City of London and
County of Middlesex, in the Petition mentioned, with
the raising and paying the Sum of Four Thousand
Three Hundred Pounds, for the Purposes therein expressed.
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to Mr Baron Clive
and Mr Justice Gundry, who are forthwith to summon
all Parties concerned in the Bill, and, after hearing
them, are to report to the House the State of the Case,
with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and
whether all Parties who may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have signed the Petition, and also
that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the
same.
Bp of Litch. & Cov to preach the 30th Inst.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Litchfield and
Coventry be, and he is hereby, desired to preach before
this House, in the Abbey Church, Westminster, on the
30th of this Instant January.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
decimum octavum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 18o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
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Arch Cant
Epus Hereford
Epus. Norwic
Epus Litch & Cov. |
Ds Hardwicke, Cancellarius
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus
Comes Warwick
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Northumberland |
Ds Willoughby Par
Ds Cornwallis.
Ds Onslow
Ds Archer |
PRAYERS.
Wilson & al against Kirshaw & al.
The Answer of Mathew Lord Archbishop of York, to
the Appeal of Richard Wilson Esquire and others, was
brought in.
Also, the joint and several Answer of Samuel Kirshaw
Clerk and others, to the said Appeal.
And likewise, the joint and several Answer of John
Naquter and others, to the same Appeal.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Richard Wilson
Esquire and others are Appellants, and Samuel Kirshaw and others 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.
His Majesty to be attended with Address.
The Lord Steward acquainted the House, "That
the Lords with White Staves had (according to
Order) waited on His Majesty, humbly to know what
Time He would be pleased to appoint to be attended
with their Lordships Address, and that His Majesty
had been pleased to appoint this Day, at Two o'Clock,
at His Palace of St James's."
His Majesty's Answer to Congratulation.
His Grace also reported, "That the Lords with
White Staves had (pursuant to the Order of this
House Yesterday) waited on His Majesty, to congratulate Him on the joyful Occasion of her Royal
Highness the Princess of Waless happy Delivery of
a Prince, and that His Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously, and said, He looked
upon it as a fresh Instance of their Lordships Duty
and Affection to His Person and Family"
Moir against Montgomery.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of George Montgomery Moir of Leckie, complaining of an Interlocutor
of the Commissaries of Edinburgh, of the 9th of January 1749/50, and also of an Interlocutor of the Lords
of Session, of the 7th of December 1750, reversing a
former Interlocutor by them pronounced on the 8th of
June last, whereby the Appellant was Simpliciter absolved from an unjust and vexatious Process, in the
Appeal mentioned, made on the Behalf of Mrs Ann
Montgomery, and praying, "That the said Interlocutors
complained of may be reversed, and such other Relief given to the Appellant as to this House shall
seem just, by affirming the other Interlocutor of the
said 8th of June"
It is Ordered, That the said Ann Montgomery may
have a Copy of the said Appeal, and she is hereby
required to put in her Answer thereunto, in Writing,
on or before Friday the 15th Day of February next, and
that Service of this Order on her Counsel, Agents, or
Attornies, before the said Commissary Court and Court
of Session, be deemed good Service.
Wilkinson to enter into a Recognizance for Wilson & al.
The House being moved, "That Thomas Wilkinson
of London Merchant may be permitted to enter into
a Recognizance for Richard Wilson and others, on
account of their Appeal depending in this House,
they being absent"
It is Ordered, That the said Thomas Wilkinson may
enter into a Recognizance for the Appellants, as desired.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum secundum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus. (fn. 1)
DIE Martis, 22o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
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Arch Cant.
Arch Ebor
Epus Roffen.
Epus Glocestr.
Epus Oxon
Epus Wigorn
Epus Cicestriens.
Epus Sarum
Epus Lincoln
Epus Meneven.
Epus Hereford.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus Bangor.
Epus. Landaff.
Epus. Litch. & Cov. |
Ds Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset, Præses
Comes Gower, C P S
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Bedford
Dux Devon
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland
March Tweeddale
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Winchilsea
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Moray.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Strafford
Comes Halifax
Comes Macclesfield
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave
Comes Ashburaham.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Bath
Comes Brooke
Comes Bucks
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Egremont
Comes Harcourt
Comes Hertford.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds Delawarr.
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds North & Guil.
Ds Bathurst.
Ds Onslow.
Ds Cadogan.
Ds Ducie.
Ds Raymond.
Ds Ilchester
Ds Edgecumbe.
Ds Sandys
Ds Anson.
Ds. Archer.
Ds. Ponsonby. |
PRAYERS.
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,)
The King's Answer to Address.
"My Lords,
"I return you My hearty Thanks, for this dutiful
and affectionate Address. The Satisfaction you have
so unanimously expressed, in the Treaties I have lately
concluded, and the Measures which I am pursuing,
gives Me the greatest Pleasure I entirely rely on
your Zeal and Support, in bringing them to perfection, for the Welfare of My own Kingdoms, and
the general Tranquillity of Europe."
Ordered, That the said Address, and His Majesty's
most Gracious Answer thereunto, be forthwith printed
and published.
Barlow & al Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of George Barlow Esquire
and Ann his Wife, and Hugh Barlow Esquire, on Behalf of themselves and of Ann Barlow Spinster, an
Infant, and Daughter of the said George and Ann Barlow, praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for vesting certain
Lands and Premises, in the Petition mentioned, in the
Petitioner George Barlow, in Fee Simple, upon his settling
in Lieu thereof other Lands, and for other Purposes
in the Petition expressed.
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief
Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Baron
Clive, with the usual Directions, according to the
Standing Order.
Cahill, new Order for Moore & al to answer.
Upon reading the Petition of John Cahill Esquire,
setting forth, "That, by Order of this House, the last
Session, Nicholas Moore and others were required to
answer the Petitioner's amended Appeal, but he is
not now prepared to offer Proof of the Service of the
said Order," and praying a new Order for the Respondents to answer.
It is Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in
their Answer or respective Answers to the said Appeal,
in Five Weeks.
Fitzgerald to revive Appeal.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Fitzgerald Esquire,
setting forth, "That, in the Year 1748, the Petitioner,
with Lucy his Wife, preferred an Appeal to this
House, from a Decree of the Court of Exchequer
in Ireland, and that, since the last Session, his said
Wife died without Issue," and praying, "That this
Appeal may stand revived, in the Name of the Petitioner, as Administrator to his said Wife and former
Co appellant"
It is Ordered, That the said Appeal do stand
revived, in the Name of the said Appellant, accordingly.
Sutherland amend Appeal.
A Petition of William Sutherland, was presented, and
read, praying Leave to amend his Appeal, by making
Sir John Gordon and others, Persons in the Petition mentioned, Parties thereunto, and to put off the Hearing
of the Cause to such Time as this House shall think fit.
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard, at the Bar.
And being withdrawn.
Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
amend his said Appeal, as desired, and that the Respondent may have a Copy thereof, and that the said Hearing be put off to Wednesday the Sixth Day of March
next.
Private Bills, Time Limited.
Ordered, That no Petition for a Private Bill shall
be received by this House, after Thursday the 7th Day
of March next, during this Session of Parliament.
His Majesty's Advocate against L Pitsligo.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein
His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland is Appellant, and
Alexander Lord Pitsligo Respondent, which stands for
To morrow, be put off to Monday next, and that the
Judges do attend at the said Hearing.
Libel intituled, "Constitutional Queries," &c complained of:
Complaint was made to the House, of a certain scandalous and seditious Paper, intituled, "Constitutional
Queries, earnestly recommended to the serious Conside
ration of every True Briton," and that great Numbers
of printed Copies thereof had been published and dispersed in and about the Cities of London and Westminster
and the Suburbs thereof, and sent by the Penny Post,
or otherwise transmitted to many of the Peers and
Members of Parliament, in order to porson the Minds
of His Majesty's Subjects, and to raise and foment Disaffection amongst them.
And One of the said printed Papers was laid before
the House, and read.
Resolution, that it is an infamous, seditious Libel, &c. and Order for it to be buint by the Hangman:
Resolved, That the said printed Paper, intituled,
Constitutional Queries, earnestly recommended to the
serious Consideration of every True Buton," is a false,
malicious, scandalous, infamous, and seditious Libel,
containing the most false, audacious, and abominable,
Calumnies and Indignities upon His Majesty, and the
most presumptuous and wicked Insinuations, that out
Laws, Liberties, and Properties, and the excellent
Constitution of this Kingdom, are in Danger, under
His Majesty's legal, mild, and gracious Government,
with intent to instill groundless Suspicions and Jealousies
into the Minds of His Majesty's good Subjects, and to
alienate their Affections from His Majesty and his
Royal Family.
Resolved likewise, That, in Abhorrence and Detestation of such abominable and seditious Practices, the
said printed Paper be burnt, by the Hands of the Common Hangman, in The New Palace Yard, Westminster,
on Friday the 25th Day of this Instant January, at
One of the Clock in the Afternoon, and that the
Sheriff of Middlesex do attend at the said Time and
Place, and cause the same to be burnt there accordingly.
Conference to be had with H C on the Subject.
Ordered, That the said Resolutions be communicated to the House of Commons, at a Conference, and
that their Concurrence therein be desired.
And that the said printed Paper be also communicated
to the Commons, at the said Conference.
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee, to prepare what is proper to be offered to
the Commons, at the said Conference, (videlicet,)
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L. President.
L. Privy Seal.
L. Steward.
D. Devon.
D Bedford.
D. Newcastle.
M. Tweeddale.
E Lincoln
E. Sandwich.
E. Marchmont.
E. Fitzwilliam.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Abp Cant.
Abp York.
L. Bp. Sarum. |
L Delawarr
L Edgecumbe.
L. Anson.
L. Ponsonby. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
immediately, in the Prince's Lodgings, and to
adjourn as they please.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure:
And the Committee withdrew.
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Delawarr reported from the said Committee, as follows, (videlicet,)
Report of Heads for it.
"The Lords, being extremely desirous, upon all Occasions, to preserve a perfect good Correspondence
with the House of Commons, have asked this Conference, in order to acquaint them, that the Lords
having taken into Consideration, a printed Paper,
complained of to then Lordships, intituled, "Constitutional Queries, earnestly recommended to the serious
Consideration of every True Brition," their Lordships
have come to the following Resolutions; (videlicet,)
"Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said
printed Paper, intituled, "Constitutional Quertes,
earnestly recommended to the serious Consideration of
every True Buton," is a false, malicious, scandalous,
infamous, and seditious Libel, containing the most
false, audacious, and abominable, Calumnies and Indignities upon His Majesty, and the most presumptuous and wicked Insinuations, that our Laws, Liberties, and Properties, and the excellent Constitution of this Kingdom, are in Danger, under His
Majesty's legal, mild, and gracious Government, with
intent to instill groundless Suspicions and Jealousies
into the Minds of His Majesty's good Subjects, and
to alienate their Assections from His Majesty and His
Royal Family.
"Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
in Parliament assembled, That, in Ab
horrence and Detestation of such at ominable and
seditious Practices, the said printed Paper be burnt,
by the Hands of the Common Hangman, in The New
Palace Yard, Westminster, on Friday the 25th Day of
this Instant January, at One of the Clock in the
Afternoon, and that the Sheriff of Middlesex do attend at the said Time and Place, and cause the same
to be burnt there accordingly.
"Which Resolutions the Lords have directed us to
communicate to the House of Commons, and to desire
their Concurrence therein.
"We are likewise directed by the Lords, to communicate to the House of Commons the said printed
Paper."
Which Report, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House.
Conference has, and reported.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Allen and the Clerk of the Parliaments.
To desire a present Conference with that House,
touching a Matter highly concerning the Honour of His
Majesty and His Government.
The Messengers, being returned, acquainted the House,
That the Commons do agree to a Conference, as
desired."
The House being informed, "That the Commons
were ready in the Painted Chamber.
Ordered, That the Committee appointed to prepare what is proper to be offered at the Conference be
the Managers of the Conference.
Then the Names of the Managers were called over.
And the House was adjourned during Pleasure; and
the Lords went to the Conference.
Which being ended,
The House was resumed.
And the Lord Steward reported, "That the Managers had met the Commons, at the Conference, and
communicated to them the Resolutions of this House,
together with the printed Paper upon which the
said Resolutions were founded."
Prince of Wales a Answer to congratulatory Message.
The Earl Brooke reported to the House, "That he
and the Lords Ducie (pursuant to the Order on Friday
last) had attended their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales, with the Message to congratulate them on the Joyful Occasion of her Royal
Highness's happy Delivery of a Prince, and that his
Royal Highness was pleased to say, He and the
Princess were sensible of this Mark of the Duty of
the House to the King, and Regard to them"
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Message from H C for another Conference on the Subject of the Label.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Marquis of Hartington and others.
To desire a Conference with this House, upon the
Subject-matter of the last Conference.
To which the House agreed.
And the Messengers were called in, and told, "That
the Lords do agree to a Conference, as desired, and
appoint it presently, in the Painted Chamber"
Ordered, That the Managers of the last Conference be the Managers of this Conference.
The House being informed, "That the Managers for
the Commons were ready in the Painted Chamber"
The Names of the Managers of this House were called
over.
And the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and
the Lords went to the Conference.
Which being ended, the House was resumed.
Report, that the Commons agree to the Lords Resolutions about it.
The Lord Steward reported, "That the Managers
had met the Commons, at the Conference, and that
the Managers for the Commons had returned the Resolutions of this House, agreed to, by filling up the
Blanks with ["and Commons"], together with the
printed Paper delivered to them at the former Conference."
Address to discover the Author, &c of the said Paper.
Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to
His Majesty, humbly to desire His Majesty, that He
will be graciously pleased to give the most effectual
Orders for discovering the Author, Printer, and Publishers, of the said false, scandalous, infamous, and seditious, Libel, and for bringing them to condign Punishment.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to
His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum quartum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 24o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
|
Arch Cant.
Arch Ebor.
Epus Dunelm.
Epus Roffen
Epus Cicestriens
Epus Bath & Wells.
Epus Lincoln
Epus Meneven.
Epus Carliol
Epus Asaphen
Epus. Norwic
Epus Litch & Cov. |
Ds Hardwicke, Cancellarius
Dux Dorset, Præses
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus
Dux Somerset
Dux Bedford
Dux Gordon
Dux Argyll
Dux Portland.
March Tweeddale
Comes Northampton.
Comes Cordigan
Comes Slaftesbury
Comes Moray
Comes Findlater.
Comes Leven
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Hyndford
Comes Oxford.
Comes Granville.
Comes Halifax
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret
Comes Hertford |
Ds Willoughby Par.
Ds Strange.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds Onslow.
Ds Raymond
Ds Sandys
Ds Ponsonby |
PRAYERS.
His Majesty's Answer to Address about the Libel.
The Lord Steward reported, "That the Lords with
White Staves had (according to Order) presented to
His Majesty the Address of this House, Yesterday,
for discovering the Author, Printer, and Publishers,
of a false, scandalous, infamous, and seditious, Libel,
and for bringing them to condign Punishment, and
that His Majesty was pleased to say, He would give
Directions accordingly"
The House being informed, "That some of the
Commissioners of the Customs attended"
They were called in, and delivered, at the Bar, pursuant to several Acts of Parliament,
Accounts of prohibited East India Goods and Naval Stores delivered.
"The Return of the said Commissioners, with the
Accounts of prohibited East India Goods, and Naval
Stores imported, from Michaelmas 1749, to Michaelmas 1750, and also an Account of prohibited East
India Goods delivered out of the Warehouses, to be
glazed, refreshed, &c. for the same Time"
And then they were directed to withdraw.
And the Titles of the said Accounts were read, by
the Clerk, and are as follow, (videlicet,)
"No 1. An Account of prohibited East India Goods
remaining in the East India Warehouses in St Hellens,
in the Port of London, at Michaelmas 1749, also what
brought in since, what exported, and what remained
at the above Warehouses at Michaelmas 1750."
"No 2. An Account of East India prohibited Goods
remaining in the East India Warehouses at Leadenhall and Fenchurch Street, at Michaelmas 1749, what
have since been brought in, what exported, as also
what remained at Michaelmas 1750."
"No 3. An Account of prohibited East India Goods
remaining in His Majesty's Warehouse in the Port of
London, at Michaclmas 1749, what have been since
brought in, what exported, as also what remained at
Michaelmas 1750."
"No 4 An Account of East India Goods prohibited
to be worn in this Kingdom, remaining in the respective Warehouses in the Out Ports, at Michaelmas
1749, what have since been brought in. what exported, as also what remained at Michaelmas 1750"
"No 5. An Account of prohibited East India Goods
which have been delivered out at the Warehouses at
St Hellens, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Street, and
Custom house, in the Port of London, at Michaclmas
1749, in order to be dyed, glazed, &c, what have
been returned, and what remained out of the said
Warehouses at Michaelmas 1750."
"No 6 An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia, into the Port of London, from Michaelmas
1749, to Michaelmas 1750."
"No 7 An Account of Naval Stores imported from
Russia, into the Ports commonly called the Out Ports,
from Michaelmas 1749, to Michaelmas 1750"
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie on the
Table.
Copley, Leave for a Bill of Divorce.
Upon reading the Petition of Godfrey Copley of Sprotbrough in the County of York Esquire, praying Leave
to bring in a Bill, to dissolve the Marriage of the Petitioner with Anna Maria Brace his now Wife, and to
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes
therein mentioned.
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, as desired.
M'Geough for a new Order for Respondents to answer.
Upon reading the Petition of Joshua M'Geough setting forth, "That, the last Session of Parliament, he presented an Appeal to this House, from a Decree of the
Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and obtained the usual
Order for answering, but the Petitioner's Agent, having lost or mislaid the said Order, has not been able
to sent over an Affidavit of the Service thereof,"
and praying, "That a new Order may be granted, for
putting in an Answer to the said Appeal."
It is Ordered, That the Respondent do put in his
Answer accordingly in Five Weeks.
Fitzgerald against Leslie.
A Petition of Doctor James Leslie, Respondent to the
Appeal of Robert Fitzgerald Esquire and Lucy his late
Wife, was presented, and read, setting forth, "That
the same was set down for hearing towards the End
of last Session, and now stands Second in the Paper of
Causes, and on Tuesday last the Appellant, on Occasion of his said Wife's Death, obtained the Order
of this House, to revive the same," and praying, "In
regard some of the Deeds and Papers necessary to
be produced at the Hearing are not yet brought from
Ireland, that the same may be put off to such Time
as this House shall think fit."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar.
And being withdrawn;
Ordered, That the said Hearing be put off accordingly to Monday the 18th Day of February next.
Phipps against E. Anglesey & al.
A Petition of Constartine Phipp, Esquire, was presented,
and read, setting forth, "That the Petitioner, in the last
Session of Parliament presented an Appeal to this
House, from a Decree of the Court of Exchequer in
Ireland, and the same, being set down for Hearing,
now stands Third in the Paper of Causes, and the
Petitioner hath been informed, That One of the material Respondents is lately dead, and is advined, he
cannot safely proceed to a Hearing," and praying,
That the same may be put off to such Time as this
House shall think fit"
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar.
And being withdrawn.
Ordered, That the said Hearing be put off accordingly to Monday the 25th Day of February next.
D Gordon & al to answer His Majesty's Advocate's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That Cosmo George Duke
of Gordon and William Fraser, Respondents to the Appeal of His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, may be
required to put in their Answer thereunto, in the
usual Time"
It is Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in
then Answer to the said Appeal, in Four Weeks.
Boyd & al to answer His Majesty's Advocate's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That James Boyd Esquire
and others, Claimants of the Lands of the late Earl
of Kilmarnock, Respondents to the Appeal of His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, may be required to put
in their Answer thereunto in the usual Time"
It is Ordered, That the said Respondents do put
in their Answer to the said Appeal, in Four Weeks.
Ross to enter into Recognizance for Montgomery Moir.
The House being moved, "That George Ross Gentleman may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for
George Montgomery Moir, on account of his Appeal
depending in this House, he being in Scotland"
It is Ordered, That the said George Ross may enter
into a Recognizance for the Appellant, as desired.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
vicesimum octavum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 28o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
|
Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus Carliol
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Landavens.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus Litch & Cov.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset, Præses
Comes Gower, C P S.
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bedford
Dux Devon
Dux Gordon
Dux Argyll.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
March. Lothian.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Moray.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Leven.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Hyndford.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Northumberland.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Hertford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds Willoughby Par.
Ds. North & Guil.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds Berkeley.
Ds Bathurst.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds Cadogan.
Ds Ducie.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds Anson
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere. |
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
John Lord Bishop of Bristol and John Lord St. John
took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Copley's Bill of Divorce.
The Earl of Oxford presented to the House (pursuant
to the Order of Thursday last) a Bill, intituled, "An
Act to dissolve the Marriage of Godfrey Copley Esquire
with Anna Maria Brace his now Wife; and to enable
him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned."
And the same was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Thursday Fortnight, being the Fourteenth Day of
February next; and Notice thereof affixed on the Doors
of this House, and the Lords to be summoned, and
that the said Godfrey Copley may be heard, by his Counsel,
at the said Second Reading, to make out the Truth of
the Allegations of the Bill, and that the said Anna
Maria may have a Copy of the said Bill, and that Notice be given her of the said Second Reading, and that
she be at Liberty to be heard, by her Counsel, what she
may have to offer against the Bill, at that Time.
Petition of E. Egmont & al. referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of John Earl of Egmont in
the Kingdom of Ireland, and Catherine Countess of Egmont his Wife, for themselves, and on the Behalf of
John James Percival commonly called Lord Viscount Percival, Cecil Parker Percival, Philip Tuston Percival,
Edward Percival, Frederick Augustus Percival, and Lady
Catherine Percival, their Children, who are all Infants;
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for discharging the
Estates comprized in the Petitioners Marriage Settlement, and for settling such Parts of the Estates vested in
the said Earl in Fee Simple, in Lieu of, and as an Equivalent for, the Premises entailed by the said Settlement,
and for other Purposes in the Petition mentioned.
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief
Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr Baron Smythe,
with the usual Directions, according to the Standing
Order.
His Majesty's Advocate against Lord Pitsligo.
After hearing Counsel in Part, upon the Petition and
Appeal of William Grant Esquire, His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, for His Majesty's Interest, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland,
to which Alexander Lord Pitsligo is Respondent.
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of this
Cause be adjourned till To-morrow, and that the Counsel be called in at One o'Clock precisely.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis,
vicesimum nonum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 29o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
|
Arch. Cant.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Roffen
Epus Glocestr.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Wigorn.
Epus. Cicestriens.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus Meneven.
Epus Carliol.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus Landavens.
Epus. Norwic
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset, Præses
Comes Gower, C. P S.
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devon.
Dux Gordon.
Dux Argyll.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
March. Lothian.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Moray.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Leven.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Hyndford.
Comes Oxford.
Comes Sussex
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Bath.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Hertford.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds Willoughby Par.
Ds North.
Ds St. John.
Ds. Strange.
Ds Berkeley Str.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Monson.
Ds Montfort.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds Anson.
Ds Ravensworth.
Ds. Archer.
Ds. Vere. |
PRAYERS.
His Majesty's Advocate against Lord Pitsligo.
After hearing Counsel further, in the Cause wherein
His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland is Appellant, and
Alexander Lord Pitsligo Respondent.
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be adjourned till Thursday next.
Sir Edward Hulse & al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Sir Edward Hulse Baronet, Edward Hulse Esquire Son and Heir Apparent of
the said Sir Edward Hulse, and Hannah Hulse Wife of
the said Edward Hulse, and Thomas Dugdale Gentleman;
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the Purchase of Reversions of Estates in the Petition mentioned,
expectant on Leases for Lives, and granting Leases for
Lives or Years, as therein is expressed.
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to Mr. Justice Burnett and Mr. Baron Legge, with the usual Directions,
according to the Standing Order.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
tricesimum diem instantis Januarii, hora decima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 30o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus Bangor.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius. |
PRAYERS.
Then, in order to solemnize this Day; being, by Act
of Parliament, appointed to be observed as a Day of
Public Fasting and Humiliation, for the Martyrdom of
King Charles the First,
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
ticesimum primum diem instantis Januarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 31o Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt.
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Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus Dunelm.
Epus Roffen.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus Oxon.
Epus Cicestriens.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Hardwicke, Cancellarius.
Dux Dorset, Præses.
Comes Gower, C. P. S.
Dux Marlborough, Senescallus.
Dux Grafton, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Devon.
Dux Argyll.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
March. Lothian.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Litchfield
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Moray.
Comes Findlater.
Comes Leven.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Hyndford.
Comes Oxford
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Bath.
Comes Brooke.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Northumberland.
Comes Egremont.
Comes Harcourt.
Viscount Falmouth. |
Ds. Willoughby Par.
Ds. North & Guil.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Strange.
Ds. Berkeley.
Ds Hyde.
Ds Foley.
Ds Bathurst.
Ds. Onslow
Ds Cadogan.
Ds Ilchester.
Ds Edgecumbe.
Ds Sandys
Ds Anson.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds Archer.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Vere. |
PRAYERS.
Thanks to Bp Litch & Cov for his Sermon.
Ordered, That the Thanks of this House be, and
are hereby, given to the Lord Bishop of Litchfield and
Coventry, for the Sermon by him preached before this
House, Yesterday, in the Abbey Church, Westminster, and
he is hereby desired to cause the same to be printed and
published.
His Majesty's Advocate against Gordon.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, on Behalf of His Majesty;
complaining of Part of an Interlocutor of the Lords of
Session in Scotland, of the 16th of November last, made
on the Behalf of Captain John Gordon, and praying,
"That so much thereof as is in the said Appeal complained of may be reversed, varied, or altered, and
such other Relief given the Appellant as to this
House in their great Wisdom and Justice shall seem
meet."
It is Ordered, That the said Captain John Gordon
may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and he is hereby
required to put in his Answer thereunto, in Writing, on
or before Thursday the 28th Day of February next, and
that Service of this Order on his Agents or Procurators
in the Court of Session in Scotland be deemed good
Service.
Foulis against Dodswell & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of the Reverend John Foulis Clerk, lately One of the Ministers
of the new or English Chapel in Edinburgh, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland,
of the 10th of November 1747, as also of another Interlocutor of the said Lords, of the 20th of the same
Month, whereby they adhered to their former Interlocutor, made on the Behalf of Richard Dodswell, John
Vicarage, Patrick Wedderburn, Hugh Crawfurd, Mansfield Cardonald, Christopher Rhodes, and Richard Swanston, Vestrymen and Managers of the said new Chapel,
and praying, "That the said Interlocutors may be reversed or varied, or such other Relief given the Appellant as to this House shall seem just"
It is Ordered, That the said Richard Dodswell and
other Persons abovenamed, or their Successors in Office,
if any such there be, may have a Copy or Copies of the
said Appeal, and they are hereby required to put in
their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Thursday the 28th Day of February
next, and that Service of this Order on their Counsel,
Agents, or Attornies, before the Court of Session in
Scotland, be deemed good Service.
Copley, Order for Service.
A Petition of Godfrey Copley of Sprotbrough in the
County of York Esquire, was presented to the House,
and read, setting forth, "That, by Order of this House
on Monday last, upon reading the Bill to dissolve the
Marriage of the Petitioner with Anna Maria Brace,
the same was ordered to be read a Second Time on
this Day Fortnight, and that she might have a Copy
of the Bill, and Notice given her of the said Second Reading, and that the Petitioner's Agent hath
made diligent Inquiry after the said Anna Maria,
and is informed, and believes, she is now in Italy, or
elsewhere beyond the Seas," and praying, "That
the Service of the said Order, with a Copy of the said
Bill, on Mr. Elisha Biscoe, her Trustee and Agent, be
effectual Notice."
And thereupon an Affidavit of Gascoigne Finch, of
the Truth of the Allegations of the said Petition, being
read.
Ordered, That the Service of the former and this
Order on the said Biscoe, and leaving an attested Copy
of the said Bill with him, be deemed good Service of the
said Anna Maria.
Lord Hyde, called by Writ, introduced.
Henry Hyde, of Hyndon in the County of Wilts, Chevalier, only Son of Henry Earl of Clarendon and Rochester,
having received His Majesty's Writ, to summon him to
sit in this present Parliament, was (in his Robes) introduced, between the Lord Berkeley of Stratton and Lord
Foley (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Lord Great
Chamberlain of England, preceding.
His Lordships presented his Writ to the Lord Chancellor, on his Knee, at the Woolsack, who delivered it
to the Clerk, and the same was read as follows, (videlicet,)
His Writ of Summons.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defendor of
the Faith, and so forth, To Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Henry Hyde, of Hyndon in Our County of
Wilts, Chevalier, Greeting Whereas Our Parliament, for arduous and urgent Affairs, concerning Us,
the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great
Britain and the Church, is now met at Our City of
Westminster, We, strictly enjoining, command you,
under the Faith and Allegrance by which you are
bound to Us, that, considering the Difficulty of the
said Affairs, and Dangers impending, all Excuses
being laid aside, you be personally present, at Our
aforesaid Parliament, with Us, and with the Prelates,
Nobles, and Peers, of Our said Kingdom, to treat of
the aforesaid Affairs, and to give your Advice, and
this you may in no Wife omit, as you tender Us and
Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said
Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said
Affairs.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twentysecond Day of January, in the Twenty-fourth
Year of Our Reign.
"Yorke & Yorke"
Which being done, his Lordship came to the Table,
and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes, and was then placed
on the Barons Bench, in his Father's Barony.
Smith, Leave for a Bill to take the Name of Holworthy.
Upon reading the Petition of Samuel Holworthy
Esquire, formerly called Samuel Smith, praying Leave
to bring in a Bill, to enable him to take and use the Surname of Holworthy, and bear the Coat Armour of
Mathew Holworthy, deceased, pursuant to the Will of
Elizabeth Holworthy, deceased.
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, as desired.
Bill read.
Accordingly the Lord Willoughby of Porham presented
to the House a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable
Samuel Smith Esquire to take and use the Surname of
Holworthy only, and bear the Coat Armour of Methew
Holworthy Esquire, deceased, pursuant to the Will of
Elizabeth his Widow, also deceased."
And the same was read the First Time.
Treaty with Spain delivered.
The Duke of Bedford (by His Majesty's Command)
presented to the House,
"Copy of a Treaty between His Majesty the King
of Great Britain and the King of Spain, concluded
and signed at Madrid, on the 5th of October, N. S.
1750, and Translation."
And the Title thereof being read, by the Clerk.
Ordered, That the said Treaty do lie on the Table.
Treaty with State General and Elector of Bavaria, &c delivered.
The Duke of Newcastle also (by His Majesty's Command) presented to the House,
"Copy of a Treaty between His Majesty the King of
Great Britain and their High Mightinesses The States
General of the United Provinces of the Low Countries
on the one Part, and his most Serene Highness the
Elector of Bavaria on the other Part, concluded at
Honover, on the 11th/22d of August 1750, and Translation."
"Copy of a Declaration relating to the said Treaty,
signed by the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Empress
Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and of the Elector
of Bavaria, Hanover, August 11th/22d, 1750, and Translation"
And the Titles thereof being read, by the Clerk:
Ordered, That the said Treaty and Declaration do
lie on the Table.
His Majesty's Advocate against Lord Pitsligo.
After hearing Counsel further, in the Cause wherein
William Grant Esquire, His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, is Appellant, and Alexander Lord Pitsligo Respondent.
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be adjourned till To-morrow.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
primum diem instantis Februarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.