June 1757, 21-30
DIE Martis, 21o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Roffen. |
Dux Argyll.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Cornwallis.
Comes Fauconberg. |
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Edgecumbe.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Mansfield. |
PRAYERS.
Archer against Capron;
The Lord Mansfield Lord Chief Justice of the Court
of King's Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered in, at
the Table, Three Writs of Error:
In the First of which, Benjamin Archer is Plaintiff,
and Martin Capron is Defendant:
Peck against Kenworthy;
In the Second, John Peck is Plaintiff, and John Kenworthy is Defendant:
and Bunney against Fenn.
And in the Third, Elizabeth Bunney is Plaintiff, and
Richard Fenn is Defendant.
Writs of Error.
Ordered, That the said Plaintiffs in the said several
Writs of Error do assign Errors thereupon, on or
before Friday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Sandys declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum
tertium diem Instantis Junii, hora undecima Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 23o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Roffen. |
Comes Warwick.
Comes Halifax.
Comes Darlington.
Comes Fauconberg. |
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Sandys. |
PRAYERS.
To enlarge the Times for executing Powers in certain Acts of this Session, Bill;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. John Pitt and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the
Times limited for executing and performing several
Provisions, Powers, and Directions, in certain Acts of
this Session of Parliament;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
Read Twice, and committed.
Hodie 1a et 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for enlaring the Times limited for executing and
performing several Provisions, Powers, and Directions,
in certain Acts of this Session of Parliament.
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill, on Monday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Sandys declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum
septimum diem instantis Junii, hora undecima Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 27o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Norvicen. |
Comes Warwick.
Comes Macclesfield. |
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Walpole. |
PRAYERS.
Peck against Kenworthy;
Upon reading the Petition of John Kenworthy, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein John Peck is Plaintiff; praying, "In regard the
Plaintiff hath not assigned Errors, as required by
Order of this House on Tuesday last; that their Lrodships would order a Non pros. of the said Writ of
Error to be entered, with such Costs as to their
Lordships shall seem meet:"
Writ of Error Non pros'd, with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith
enter a Non pros. on the said Writ of Error; and that
the Record be remitted to the Court of King's Bench,
to the End Execution may be had, upon the Judgement
given by that Court, as if no such Writ of Error had
been brought into this House; and further, that the
Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid, to the
Defendant in Error, the Sum of Twenty Pounds, for
his Costs by reason of the Delay of the Execution of
the said Judgement.
Bunney against Fenn;
Upon reading the Petition of Richard Fenn, Defendant in a Writ of Error depending in this House,
wherein Elizabeth Bunney is Plaintiff; praying, "In regard the Plaintiff hath not assigned Errors, as required by Order of this House on Tuesday last; that
the said Writ of Error may be Non pros'd, with
such Costs as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"
Writ of Error Non pros'd, with Costs.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner do forthwith
enter a Non pros. on the said Writ of Error; and that
the Record be remitted to the Court of King's Bench,
to the End Execution may be had upon the Judgement
given by that Court, as if no such Writ of Error had
been brought into this House; and further, that the
Plaintiff in Error do pay, or cause to be paid, to the
Defendant in Error, the Sum of Twenty Pounds, for his
Costs by reason of the Delay of the Execution of the
said Judgement.
To enlarge the Times for executing Powers in certain Acts of this Session, Bill:
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee on the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Times limited
for executing and performing several Provisions,
Powers, and Directions, in certain Acts of this
Session of Parliament."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Earl of Warwick reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Then the said Bill was read the Third Time.
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agrred to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Edwards:
To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Adjourn.
Dominus Sandys declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum
octavum diem instantis Junii, hora undecima Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 28o Junii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Cantuar.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Elien.
Epus. Sarum. |
Comes Gower, C. P. S.
Dux Devon, Camerarius.
Dux Dorset.
Comes Warwick.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Temple. |
Ds. Edgecumbe.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Archer.
Ds. Anson. |
PRAYERS.
D. of Devon, and E. Waldegrave take the Oaths.
William Duke of Devonshire and James Earl of Waldegrave took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the
Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of
Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; their Lordships
having first delivered Certificates of their receiving the
Sacrament, to the Truth whereof Witnesses were sworn
and examined.
Delany against Tenison & al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of the Reverend Patrick Delany Doctor in Divinity and Dean of
Downe in the Diocese of Armagh in the Kingdom of
Ireland; complaining of several Proceedings and Orders
of the Court of Chancery in the said Kingdom, par
ticularly of a Decree, or Order, of the said Court, of the
11th Day of this Instant June; and praying, "That
the same may be reversed, varied, or rectified; and
that the Appellant may have such further Relief in
the Premises as the Nature and Circumstances of the
Case may require; and that Thomas Tenison, William
Tenison, and Samuel Head, may be required to answer
the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Thomas Tenison, William Tenison, and Samuel Head, may have a Copy of
the said Appeal; and do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before
Tuesday the Second Day of August next; and Service of
this Order upon the Clerk in Court, or Attorney of the
said Respondents, in the said Court of Chancery in Ireland, shall be deemed good Service.
Ross & al. against Johnston.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Andrew Ross
Chamberlain of the Earldom of Orkney, James Baikie
of Tankerness, Andrew Young of Castle Yards, Donald
Groat of Newhall, Mungee Greme of Gremshall, and
Benjamin Moodie of Melsetter, Justices of Peace for the
County of Orkney; complaining of an Interlocutor of
the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 4th of January
1757; and of another Interlocutor of the 22d of this
Instant June, adhering thereto; and praying, "That
the same may be reversed or varied; and that the
Appellants may have such other Relief as to this
House in their Lordships great Wisdom shall seem
proper; and that Peter Johnston may be required to
answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Peter Johnston may
have a Copy of the said Appeal; and do put in his
Answer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Tuesday
the 26th Day of July next; and Service of this Order
upon any of his Lawyers or Agents in the Court of
Session in Scotland shall be deemed good Service.
Hamersley to enter into a Recognizance on Delaney's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That Hugh Hamersley
of Lincoln's Inn Gentleman may be permitted to
enter into a Recognizance for Doctor Delany, on account of his Appeal depending in this House; he
living in Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Hugh Hamersley may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant, as
desired.
Pierie to enter into Recognizance for Ross & al.
The House being moved, "That William Pierie
Gentleman may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Andrew Ross and others, on account of
their Appeal depending in this House; they living in
Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said William Pierie may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as
desired.
Bills passed by Commission:
The Speaker acquainted the House, "That His Majesty had been pleased to grant a Commission to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and several
Lords therein named, for declaring His Royal Assent
to the several Acts agreed upon by both Houses."
Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners (in their
Robes) being seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack; the Lord Sandys Speaker in
the Middle; with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his
Right Hand; and the Duke of Dorset on his Left;
commanded the Deputy Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod to signify to the Commons, "That the Lords
Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in
this House, to hear the Commission read."
Who being come, with their Speaker;
The Lord Sandys said,
"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"His Majesty, not thinking sit to be personally present here at this Time, has been pleased to cause a
Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, and
thereby given His Royal Assent to divers Acts which
have been agreed upon by both Houses, the Titles
wherof are particularly mentioned; and, by the said
Commission, hath commanded us, in His Absence, to
declare and notify His Royal Assent to the said several
Acts, in this House, in the Presence of you the Lords
and Commons assembled for that Purpose: Which
Commission you will now hear read."
And the same was read accordingly, by the Clerk, as
follows:
"G. R.
"George the Second, by the Grace of God, of
Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, and so forth. To Our Right Trusty
and Right Well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and to Our Trusty and Well-beloved the
Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs, of the House
of Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
Greeting. Whereas We have seen, and perfectly
understood, divers and sundry Acts, agreed and accorded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons in this
Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed by
you as hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names
of which Acts hereafter do particularly ensue; (that
is to say,) "An Act for granting to His Majesty
several Rates and Duties upon Indentures, Leases,
Bonds, and other Deeds; and upon News Papers,
Advertisements, and Almanacks; and upon Licenses
for retailing Wine; and upon Coals exported to
Foreign Parts; and for applying, from a certain Time,
the Sums of Money arising from the Surplus of the
Duties on Licenses for retailing Spirituous Liquors;
and for raising the Sum of Three Millions by Annuities, to be charged on the said Rates, Duties,
and Sums of Money; and for making perpetual an
Act made in the Second Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty, intituled, An Act for the better
Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors; and for enlarging the Time for filing Affidavits of the Execution
of Contracts of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors;
and also the Time for Payment of the Duties omitted
to be paid for the Indentures and Contracts of Clerks
and Apprentices:" "An Act for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of One Million, for the Uses
and Purposes therein mentioned:" "An Act for
granting to His Majesty certain Sums of Money out
of the Sinking Fund; and applying certain Monies
remaining in the Exchequer, and the Savings out of
the Monies granted in this Session of Parliament for
the Pay of the Troops of Hanover, for the Service
of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fiftyseven; and for further appropriating the Supplies
granted in this Session of Parliament; and for Relief
of Claud Johnson, with respect to a Bond entered into
by him for securing the Duties on Tobacco imported
by George Buchanan and William Hamilton:" "An Act
for allowing a further Bounty on Vessels employed
in the White Herring Fishery; for giving Liberty
to alter the present Form and Size of the Nets used
in the said Fishery; and for other Purposes therein
mentioned:" "An Act for the better Ordering of the
Militia Forces, in the several Counties of that Part of
Great Britain called England:" "An Act for the
Relief and Encouragement of the Captors of Prizes
with respect to the bringing and landing Prize Goods
in this Kingdom:" "An Act more effectually to
prevent the spreading of the Distemper now raging
amongst the Horned Cattle in this Kingdom:" "An
Act for the more effectual Preservation and Improvement of the Spawn and Fry of Fish in the River of
Thames and Waters of Medway; and for the better regulating the Fisher thereof:" "An Act for the
more effectual Punishment of Persons who shall attain,
or attempt to attain, Possession of Goods or Money
by false or untrue Pretences; for preventing the unlawful Pawning of Goods; for the easy Redemption
of Goods pawned; and for preventing Gaming in
Publick Houses, by Journeymen, Labourers, Servants,
and Apprentices:" "An Act to render more effectual the several Laws now in being, for the Amendment and Preservation of the Publick Highways and
Turnpike Roads of this Kingdom:" "An Act to
explain and amend an Act made in the Eighteenth
Year of His present Majesty's Reign, to prevent the
Misbehaviour of the Drivers of Carts in the Streets
of London, Westminster, and the Weekly Bills of Mortality; and for other Purposes in this Act mentioned:"
"An Act to indemify Persons who have been guilty
of the unlawful importing, landing, or running, of
prohibited, uncustomed, or other Goods or Merchandize, upon certain Terms therein mentioned:"
"An Act to enable the Commissioners for building
Westm'r Bridge to widen the Street, or Avenue,
leading from Cockspur-street to the Passage in Spring
Garden, near Saint James's Park:" "An Act to explain, amend, and render more effecutal, an Act
passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of
His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to enable the
Churchwardens, Overseers, and Inhabitants, of the
Parish of Saint Saviour, in the Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surry, to hold a Market
within the said Parish, not interfering with The HighStreet in the said Borough:" "An Act for draining
and preserving certain Fen Lands lying in The South
Level, Part of the Great Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level, between Brandon River
and Sams's Cut Drain; and for empowering the Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company
of Conservators of the said Great Level to sell certain
Lands within the said Limits, commonly called Invested Lands:" "An Act for draining and preserving
certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the several
Parishes of Ramsey, Bury, Wistow, Warboys, Farceitt,
Standground, and Water Newton, in the County of
Huntingdon, and of Doddington in the Isle of Ely and
County of Cambridge:" "An Act for draining and
preserving certain Fen Lands, Low Grounds, and
Commons, in the Townships or Hamlets of March
and Wimblington, and in the Parish of Upwell, in the
Isle of Ely and County of Cambridge:" "An Act
for draining and preserving certain Marsh and Fen
Lands and Low Grounds, in the Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen, in the County of
Norfolk:" "An Act for building a Bridge, or
Bridges, cross the River of Thames, from a certain
Place in Old Brentford in the Parish of Ealing in
the County of Middlesex, known by the Name of
Smith or Smith's Hill, to the opposite Shore in the
County of Surry:" "An Act for cleansing, paving,
and lightening, the Streets of the City of Bath, and
Liberties thereof; and for regulating the Chairmen,
and also for the keeping a sufficient and well-regulated
Watch in the Night Time, in the said City and Liberties; and to oblige all Owners of Houses and
other Buildings within the said City and Liberties to
bring down the Water from the Roofs of their
Houses and other Buildings, by proper Pipes, down
the Sides or Walls of such Houses and Buildings;
and also to oblige all Coal Carriages to pass by the
Borough Walls of the said City during the Night
Season:" "An Act for enlarging the Terms and
Powers granted by an Act passed in the Twelfth
Year (fn. 1) [of the Reign] of His present Majesty, for
repairing and enlarging the Highways between the
Top of Kingsdown Hill and the City of Bath; and
for amending several other Highways therein mentioned, leading to the said City; and also for repairing several other Roads therein mentioned:"
"An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in
Repair, the Roads from the Town of Wrexham in
the County of Denbigh, to Pentre Bridge in the
County of Flint, and from the Town of Mold to
Northop, Holywell, and Rhuddlan, in the same County;
and from thence to The Ferryhouse opposite the
Town of Conway in the County of Canarvon, and
from Ruthin to the said Town of Mold:" "An Act
for repairing and widening the Roads leading from
Spalding High Bridge, through Littleworth, and by
Frognall, and over James Deeping Stone Bridge in the
County of Lincoln, to Maxey Outgang in the County
of Northampton, adjoining to the High Road there:"
"An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual, an Act made in the last Session of Parliament,
for repairing and widening several Roads leading
from a Gate called Poole Gate in the Town and
County of Poole:" "An Act for enlarging the
Terms and Powers granted by Two Acts of Parliament, of the First and Seventeenth Years of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and
amending several Roads, leading to and from the Borough of Evesham, in the County of Worcester; and
for explaining and making more effecutal the said
Acts; and also for amending, widening, and keeping
in Repair, several other Roads, in the Counties of
Worcester, Warwick, and Gloucester:" "An Act for
enlarging the Times for the First Meetings of Commissioners or Trustees for putting in Execution certain Acts of this Session of Parliament:" "An Act
for enlarging the Times limited for executing and
performing several Provisions, Powers, and Directions, in certain Acts of this Session of Parliament:"
"An Act for confirming a Partition between William
Earl of Dartmouth and Frances Katherine Countess
of Dartmouth his Wife, and Sir William Maynard
Baronet, of several Estates, in the Counties of Bucks,
Middlesex, Surry, Suffolk, and Hertford, and in the City
London; and for vesting and settling the entire
Premises to the several Uses therein mentioned:" "An
Act to empower Elizabeth the Wife of Henry Thomas
Carr Esquire, a Lunatick, to make an Appointment
of a Sum of Three Thousand Pounds, towards the
Payment of the said Lunatick's Debts; and for
other Purposes therein mentioned;" "An Act for
Sale of Part of the settled Estate of William Thomson
Esquire, in the County of Berks, to raise Money,
towards discharging several Mortgage Debts and Encumbrances affecting other Parts of his settled Estates
in the same County:" "An Act for empowering
the Receiver General of His Majesty's Customs to
release and discharge the Estate and Effects of George
Buchanan and William Hamilton from a Debt due to
His Majesty, upon Payment, by the Assignees under
the Commission of Bankruptcy against them, of a
Sum of Money therein mentioned:" "An Act to
enable Samuel Jackson Esquire, now called Samuel
Dodington, and his Heirs Male, to take and use, in
Exchange for his and their own Surname and Arms,
the Surname and Arms of Dodington, pursuant to the
Will of George Dodington Esquire, deceased:" "An
Act to enable James Newsam Esquire, and his Issue,
to take and use the Surname of Craggs." And albeit
the said Acts, by you Our said Subjects the Lords
and Commons in this Our present Parliament assembled, are fully agreed and consented unto; yet,
nevertheless, the same are not of Force and Effect in
the Law, without Our Royal Assent given and put
to the said Acts: And forasmuch as, for divers Causes
and Considerations, We cannot conveniently at this
Time be present, in Our Royal Person, in the Higher
House of Our said Parliament, being the Place accustomed to give Our Royal Assent to such Acts as
have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects the
Lords and Commons; We have therefore caused
these Our Letters Patent to be made, and have signed
the same; and, by the same, do given and put Our
Royal Assent to the said Acts, and to all Articles,
Clauses, and Provisions, therein contained; and have
fully agreed and assented to the said Acts; willing
that the said Acts, and every Article, Clause, Sentence, and Provision, therein contained, from henceforth, shall be of the same Strength, Force, and
Effect, as if We had been personally present in the
said Higher House, and had openly and publickly,
in the Presence of you all, assented to the same. And
We do, by these Presents, declare and notify the
same Our Royal Assent, as well to you the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal and Commons aforesaid, as
to all others whom it may concern; commanding
also, by these Presents, Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Counsellor Sir John Willes Knight Chief Justice of Our Court of Common Pleas, Our Trusty
and Well-beloved Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe Knight
One of the Barons of Our Court of Exchequer, and
Sir John Eardley Wilmot Knight One of the Justices
of Our Court of King's Bench, Commissioners for
the Custody of Our Great Seal of Great Britain, to
seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of
Great Britain; and also commanding Our most Dear
and Entirely Beloved Son and Faithful Counsellor
William Duke of Cumberland, the most Reverend
Father in God Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved
Counsellor Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury Primate
and Metropolitan of all England, Our Right Trusty
and Right Well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors
John Earl Granville President of Our Council, Granville Leveson Earl Gower Keeper of Our Privy Seal,
Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousins
and Counsellors John Duke of Rutland Steward of
Our Household, William Duke of Devonshire Chamberlain of Our Household, John Duke of Bedford
Lieutenant General and General Governor of Our
Kingdom of Ireland, Charles Duke of Marlborough
Master General of Our Ordnance, Archibald Duke
of Argyll, Lionel Cranfield Duke of Dorset Master of
Our Horse, Our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved
Cousins and Counsellors Daniel Earl of Winchilsea
and Nottingham First Commissioner of Our Admiralty,
Robert Earl of Holdernesse One of Our Principal Secretaries of State, William Henry Earl of Rochford
Groom of Our Stole, and Our Right Trusty and
Well-beloved Counsellor Samuel Lord Sandys, or any
Three or more of them, to declare and notify this
Our Royal Assent, in Our Absence, in the said Higher
House, in the Presence of you the said Lords and the
Commons of Our Parliament, there to be assembled
for that Purpose; and the Clerk of Our Parliaments
to endorse the said Acts with such Terms and Words,
in Our Name, as is requisite, and hath been accustomed for the same; and also to enrol these Our
Letters Patent and the said Acts in the Parliament
Roll; and these Our Letters Patent shall be to every
of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf. And finally
We do declare and will, that, after this Our Royal
Assent given and passed by these Presents, and declared and notified as is aforesaid, then and immediately the said Acts shall be taken, accepted, and
admitted, good, sufficient, and perfect Acts of Parliament and Laws, to all Intents, Constructions, and
Purposes, and be put in due Execution accordingly;
the Continuance or Dissolution of this Our Parliament, or any other Use, Custom, Thing, or Things, to
the contrary thereof notwithstanding. In Witness
whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patent.
"Witness Ourself, at Westminster, the Twenty-seventh
Day of June, in the Thirty-first Year of Our
Reign.
"By the King Himself, signed with His own
Hand.
"Yorke & Yorke."
Then the Lord Sandys further said,
"In Obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by
virtue of the Commission which had been now read,
we do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal and Commons in Parliament assembled,
That His Majesty hath given His Royal Assent to the
several Acts in the Commission mentioned; and the
Clerks are required to pass the same, in the usual Form
and Words."
Then the Clerk Assistant, having received the Money
Bills from the Hands of the Speaker, brought them to
the Table; where the Clerk of the Crown read the
Titles of those and the other Bills to be passed, severally,
as follow:
"1. An Act for grainting to His Majesty several Rates
and Duties upon Indentures, Leases, Bonds, and
other Deeds; and upon News Papers, Advertisements,
and Almanacks; and upon Licenses for retailing
Wine; and upon Coals exported to Foreign Parts,
and for applying, from a certain Time, the Sums of
Money arising from the Surplus of the Duties on
Licenses for retailing Spirituous Liquors; and for
raising the Sum of Three Millions by Annuities, to
be charged on the said Rates, Duties, and Sums of
Money; and for making perpetual an Act made in the
Second Year of the Reign of His present Majesty,
intituled, An Act for the better Regulation of
Attornies and Solicitors; and for enlarging the Time
for filing Affidavits of the Execution of Contracts of
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors; and also the Time
for Payment of the Duties omitted to be paid for
the Indentures and Contracts of Clerks and Apprentices."
"2. An Act for enabling His Majesty to raise the
Sum of One Million, for the Uses and Purposes
therein mentioned."
"3. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain
Sums of Money out of the Sinking Fund; and applying certain Monies remaining in the Exchequer,
and the Savings out of the Monies granted in this
Session of Parliament for the Pay of the Troops of
Hanover, for the Service of the Year One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Fifty-seven; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of
Parliament; and for Relief of Claud Johnson, with
respect to a Bond entered into by him for securing
the Duties on Tobacco imported by George Buchanan0
and William Hamilton."
"4. An Act for allowing a further Bounty on Vessels
employed in the White Herring Fishery; for giving
Liberty to alter the present Form and Size of the
Nets used in the said Fishery; and for other Purposes
therein mentioned."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was severally pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words;
(videlicet,)
"Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujets, accepte leur
Benevolence, et ainsi le veult."
"5. An Act for the better Ordering of the Militia
Forces, in the several Counties of that Part of Great
Britain called England."
6. An Act for the Relief and Encouragement of
the Captors of Prizes, with respect to the bringing
and landing Prize Goods in this Kingdom."
"7. An Act more effectually to prevent the spreading
of the Distemper now raging among the Horned
Cattle in this Kingdom."
8. An Act for the more effectual Preservation and
Improvement of the Spawn and Fry of Fish, in the
River of Thames and Waters of Medway; and for
the better regulating the Fishery thereof."
"9. An Act for the more effectual Punishment of
Persons who shall attain, or attempt to attain, Possession
of Goods or Money by false or untrue Pretences; for
preventing the unlawful Pawning of Goods; for the
easy Redemption of Goods pawned; and for preventing Gaming in Publick Houses, by Journeymen,
Labourers, Servants, and Apprentices."
"10. An Act to render more effectual the several
Laws now in being, for the Amendment and Preservation of the Publick Highways and Turnpike Roads
of this Kingdom."
"11. An Act to explain and amend an Act made in
the Eighteenth Year of His present Majesty's Reign,
to prevent the Misbehaviour of the Drivers of Carts
in the Streets, in London, Westminster, and the Weekly
Bills of Mortality; and for other Purposes in this
Act mentioned."
"12. An Act to indemify Person who have been
guilty of the unlawful importing, landing, or running, of prohibited, uncustomed, or other Goods or
Merchandize, upon certain Terms therein mentioned."
"13. An Act to enable the Commissioners for building Westminster Bridge to widen the Street, or Avenue,
leading from Cockspur Street to the Passage in Spring
Garden, near Saint James's Park."
"14. An Act to explain, amend, and render more
effectual, an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year
of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An
Act to enable the Churchwardens, Overseers, and
Inhabitants, of the Parish of Saint Saviour, in the
Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surry, to
hold a Market within the said Parish, not interfering
with the High Street in the said Borough."
"15. An Act for draining and preserving certain Fen
Lands, lying in The South Level, Part of the Great
Level of the Fens, commonly called Bedford Level,
between Brandon River and Sams's Cut Drain; and
for empowering the Governor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the Company of Conservators of the
Great Level to sell certain Lands within the said
Limits, commonly called Invested Lands."
"16. An Act for draining and preserving certain
Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the several Parishes
of Ramsey, Bury, Wistow, Warboys, Farceitt, Standground, and Water Newton, in the County of Huntingdon, and of Doddington in the Isle of Ely and
County of Cambridge."
"17. An Act for draining and preserving certain
Fen Lands, and Low Grounds, and Commons, in the
Townships or Hamlets of March and Wimblington,
and in the Parish of Upwell, in the Isle of Ely and
County of Cambridge."
"18. An Act for draining and preserving certain
Marsh and Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the
Parish of Wiggenhall Saint Mary Magdalen, in the
County of Norfolk."
"19. An Act for building a Bridge or Bridges cross
the River of Thames, from a certain Place in Old
Brentford in the Parish of Ealing in the County of
Middlesex, known by the Name of Smith of Smith's
Hill, to the opposite Shore in the County of Surry."
"20. An Act for cleansing, paving, and lightening,
the Streets of the City of Bath and Liberties thereof;
and for regulating the Chairmen, and also for the
keeping a sufficient and well-regulated Watch in the
Night-time, in the said City and Liberties; and to
oblige all Owners of Houses and other Buildings
within the said City and Liberties to bring down the
Water from the Roofs of their Houses and other
Buildings, by proper Pipes, down the Sides or Walls
of such Houses and Buildings; and also to oblige all
Coal Carriages to pass by the Borough Walls of the
said City, during the Night Season."
"21. An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers
granted by an Act passed in the Twelfth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and enlarging the Highways between the Top of Kingsdown
Hill and the City of Bath; and for amending several
other Highways therein mentioned, leading to the
said City; and also for repairing several other Roads
therein mentioned."
"22. An Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the Roads from the Town of Wrexham in the County of Denbigh, to Pentre Bridge in
the County of Flint, and from the Town of Mold, to
Northop, Holywell, and Rhuddlan, in the same County,
and from thence to The Ferryhouse opposite the Town
of Conway in the County of Carnarvon, and from
Ruthin to the said Town of Mold."
"23. An Act for repairing and widening the Roads
leading from Spalding High Bridge, through Littleworth, and by Frognall, and over James Deeping Stone
Bridge, in the County of Lincoln, to Maxey Outgang
in the County of Northampton, adjoining to the High
Road there."
"24. An Act to explain, amend, and render more
effectual, an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, for repairing and widening several Roads, leading from a Gate called Poole Gate, in the Town and
County of Poole."
"25. An Act for enlarging the Terms and Powers
granted by Two Acts of Parliament of the First and
Seventeenth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and amending several Roads leading
to and from the Borough of Evesham in the County
of Worcester; and for explaining and making more
effectual the said Acts; and also for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, several other Roads in
the Counties of Worcester, Warwick, and Gloucester."
"26. An Act for enlarging the Times for the First
Meetings of Commissioners, or Trustees, for putting
in Execution certain Acts of this Session of Parliament."
"27. An Act for enlarging the Times limited for
executing and performing several Provisions, Powers,
and Directions, in certain Acts of this Session of Parliament."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was severally pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words;
(videlicet,)
"Le Roy le veult."
"28. An Act for confirming a Partition between
William Earl of Dartmouth and Frances Katherine
Countess of Dartmouth his Wife, and Sir William
Maynard Baronet, of several Estates, in the Counties
of Bucks, Middlesex, Surry, Suffolk, and Hertford,
and in the City of London; and for vesting and
settling the entire Premises to the several Uses therein
mentioned."
"29. An Act to empower Elizabeth the Wife of
Henry Thomas Carr Esquire, a Lunatick, to make an
Appointment of a Sum of Three Thousand Pounds,
towards the Payment of the said Lunatick's Debts;
and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
"30. An Act for Sale of Part of the settled Estate
of William Thomson Esquire, in the County of Berks,
to raise Money, towards discharging several Mortgage
Debts and Encumbrances affecting other Parts of his
settled Estates in the same County."
"31. An Act for empowering the Receiver General
of His Majesty's Customs to release and discharge
the Estate and Effects of George Buchanan and William
Hamilton from a Debt due to His Majesty, upon Payment, by the Assignees under the Commission of Bankruptcy against them, of a Sum of Money therein
mentioned."
"32. An Act to enable Samuel Jackson Esquire,
now called Samuel Dodington, and his Heirs Male, to
take and use, in Exchange for his and their own
Surname and Arms, the Surname and Arms of
Dodington, pursuant to the Will of George Dodington Esquire, deceased."
"33. An Act to enable James Newsam Esquire,
and his Issue, to take and use the Surname of
Craggs."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was severally pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words;
(videlicet,)
"Soit fait comme il est desiré."
Then the Commons withdrew.
And the House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Sandys declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, primum
diem Julii jam prox. sequen. hora undecima Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.