June 1780 1-10
DIE Jovis, 1o Junii 1780.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Montagu.
March. Lothian.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Eglintoun.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Ker.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Gower.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Say & Sele.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Hampden. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. King.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Camden.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Foley. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a
former Commission.
Webb against Freemans, in Error.
The Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench, in the usual Manner, delivered
in at the Table a Writ of Error, wherein,
Thomas Webb is Plaintiff,
and,
Henry Freeman and Samuel Flower Freeman, are Defendants.
Exchequer Loans Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
raising a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand
seven hundred and eighty."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Isle of Man Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting to His Majesty several additional Duties upon
certain Goods imported into the Isle of Man; and for
better regulating the Trade, and securing the Revenues of the said Island."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Somerset House Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
repeal so much of an Act made in the Fifteenth Year
of His Majesty's Reign (for settling Buckingham House
upon the Queen, in lieu of Somerset House, and for
other Purposes) as enables the Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury to apply the Sums necessary for
completing Somerset House, out of the Aids granted
for Naval Services, or out of any of the Revenues
arising from the Receipt of the several Offices to be
erected and established by virtue of the said Act."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Tobacco Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
admit to an Entry in this Kingdom, under certain Restrictions, Tobacco imported not directly from the
Place of its Growth or Produce; and for granting an
additional Duty on such Tobacco, during the present
Hostilities."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Scotch Bankrupts Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
continue an Act, made in the Twelfth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for
rendering the Payment of the Creditors of Insolvent
Debtors more equal and expeditious; and for regulating the Diligence of the Law by Arrestment and
Poinding; and for extending the Privilege of Bills to
Promissory Notes, and for limiting Actions upon
Bills and Promissory Notes, in that Part of Great
Britain called Scotland."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Five preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Pechell and Mr. Anguish:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Indemnity Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Ord, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to indemnify such
Persons as have omitted to qualify themselves for
Offices and Employments; and to indemnify Justices of
the Peace or others, who have omitted to register or
deliver in their Qualifications within the Time limited
by Law, and for giving further Time for those Purposes; and to indemnify Members and Officers in
Cities, Corporations and Borough Towns, whose Admissions have been omitted to be stamped according
to Law, or having been stamped have been lost or
mislaid, and for allowing them Time to provide Admissions duly stamped; and to give further Time to
such Persons as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to
Attornies and Solicitors;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
Levant Trade Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Ord, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to permit Goods, the
Product or Manufacture of certain Places within the
Levant or Mediterranean Seas, to be imported into
Great Britain or Ireland, in Brtish or Foreign Vessels,
from any Place whatsoever; and for laying a Duty on
Cotton and Cotton Wool imported into this Kingdom
in Foreign Ships or Vessels, for a limited Time;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
Winchester, &c. Elections Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Penton, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for exempting the
City of Winchester, the County of Southampton, the
Town of Shrewsbury, and the County of Salop, out of
the Provisions of an Act, made in the Eighth Year of
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second,
intituled, "An Act for regulating the Quartering of
Soldiers during the Time of the Elections of Members
to serve in Parliament," so far as the same relates to the
Removal of Troops during the Elections of Members
to serve in Parliament, for a limited Time;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
American Trade Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Eden, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to allow the Exportation of Provisions, Goods, Wares and Merchandize
from Great Britain, to certain Towns, Ports or Places
in North America, which are or may be under the
Protection of His Majesty's Arms, and from such
Towns, Ports or Places, to Great Britain, and other
Parts of His Majesty's Dominions;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
The last-mentioned Bill was read the First Time.
Humberston's and Mackenzie's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting certain Manors and Hereditaments, situate
in the County of Lincoln, (which by the Will of
Thomas Humberston Esquire, deceased, were devised
to Thomas Frederick Mackenzie Humberston Esquire,
for his Life, with several Remainders over in strict
Settlement) in Trustees, for the Purpose of selling
the same, and laying out the Monies to arise from
such Sale, in the Purchase of certain other Hereditaments, Part of the Estates of the Right Honourable
Kenneth Mackenzie Earl of Seaforth, in the Kingdom
of Ireland, to be settled to the Uses to which the
Estates intended to be sold now stand limited."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. President.
D. Richmond.
D. Grafton.
D. Beaufort.
D. Bolton.
D. Devonshire.
D. Queensberry.
D. Portland.
D. Manchester.
D. Northumberland.
D. Montagu.
M. Lothian.
M. Rockingham.
Ld. Steward.
Ld. Chamberlain.
E. Derby.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Pembroke & Montgomery.
E. Suffolk & Berkshire.
E. Exeter.
E. Denbigh.
E. Westmorland.
E. Peterborough & Monmouth.
E. Sandwich.
E. Essex.
E. Carlisle.
E. Abingdon.
E. Jersey.
E. Poulet.
E. Cholmondeley.
E. Eglintoun.
E. Cassillis.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Aberdeen.
E. Marchmont.
E. Ferrers.
E. Tankerville.
E. Aylesford.
E. Sussex.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Ker.
E. Waldegrave.
E. Ashburnham.
E. Gower.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Harcourt.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Radnor.
E. Hillsborough.
E. Clarendon.
E. Mansfield.
V. Hereford.
V. Montague.
V. Say & Sele.
V. Townshend.
V. Stormont.
V. Wentworth.
V. Dudley & Ward.
V. Hampden. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Chichester.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. St. Asaph.
L. Bp. Peterborough.
L. Bp. Rochester.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Chester.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. St. Davids. |
L. Le Despencer.
L. Abergavenny.
L. De Ferrars.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. St. John Blet.
L. Clifton.
L. Craven.
L. Osborne.
L. Onslow.
L. King.
L. Godolphin.
L. Montfort.
L. Ravensworth.
L. Walpole.
L. Wycombe.
L. Sondes.
L. Boston.
L. Pelham.
L. Beaulieu.
L. Camden.
L. Sundridge.
L. Amherst.
L. Brownlow.
L. Foley. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Friday the Sixteenth Day of this Instant June, at
Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's
Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Motion for shortening Committee on it.
The House was moved, "That the Standing Order
requiring Fourteen Days Notice to be given of the
Meeting of Committees upon Private Bills, may be
so far dispensed with, as that the Committee to whom
the last-mentioned Bill stands committed, may meet
on the said Bill on an earlier Day than is appointed,
in regard of the approaching Conclusion of the
Session:"
It is Ordered, That the said Motion be taken into
Consideration To-morrow; and the Lords summoned.
Moss, &c. Enclosure Bill.
The Earl of Clarendon acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty having been informed of the Contents of
the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds within the
Township of Moss otherwise Moseley, in the Parish of
Campsall; and also the Open Arable Fields, Meadows,
Pastures, Commons and Waste Grounds, within the
Parish of Kirk Bramwith, in the West Riding of the
County of York," was pleased to consent (as far as
His Majesty's Interest is concerned) that their Lordships may proceed therein, as they shall think fit."
Navigation, Motion for Address for His Majesty's Declaration respecting, negatived.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned;
It was moved, "That an humble Address be presented
to His Majesty, beseeching His Majesty, that He
will be graciously pleased to order to be laid before
this House, "A Copy of His Majesty's Declaration
published in the London Gazette on Tuesday the 18th
of April last, suspending provisionally all the particular Stipulations respecting the Freedom of Navigation
and Commerce in Time of War of the Subjects of the
States General;" with Copies of all Memorials presented to His Majesty's Ministers by the Neutral
Powers in Europe, respecting their Claims of free
Navigation and Commerce with His Majesty's Enemies in Time of War, with the Answers given thereto;
as also, Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence with
His Majesty's Ministers, so far as relates to the same
Subject, or to any Step taken, or Engagements
entered into between the said Neutral Powers in
Europe, from the 1st of May 1779, to the present
Time."
Which being objected to,
After long Debate,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Gloncester Gaol, &c. Bill.
The Earl of Radnor reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
erecting a New Gaol and House of Correction, and for
removing certain Gateways in the City of Gloucester;
and for amending the several Acts passed for the
Maintenance and Support of the Poor of the said
City, and lighting, paving and regulating the
Streets there," was committed: "That they had
considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations
thereof, which were found to be true; and that the
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Veneris, secundum diem instantis
Junii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 2o Junii 1780.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Gloucester.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven.
Dux Portland.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Montagu.
March. Lothian.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Eglintoun.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Ker.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Audley.
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Camden.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Foley. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a
former Commission.
Moss, &c. Enclosure Bill.
The Lord Walpole reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste
Grounds within the Township of Moss otherwise
Moseley, in the Parish of Campsall; and also the Open
Arable Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and
Waste Grounds, within the Parish of Kirk Bramwith,
in the West Riding of the County of York," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and
examined the Allegations thereof, which were found
to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their
Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Mile End Poor, &c. Bill.
The Lord Walpole also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the
better Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Hamlet of Mile End New Town, in the Parish of Stepney,
in the County of Middlesex; for paving, cleansing,
lighting and watching the Streets and other Open Passages and Places within the said Hamlet, and removing
Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing
the like for the future; for consolidating the Highway
Rates with other Rates within the said Hamlet; and
for paving and regulating Great Garden Street, in the
Parish of Saint Mary Matfellon otherwise Whitechapel,
in the said County, and removing a Bar now standing
across the same, and other Nuisances and Annoyances
therefrom, and preventing the like for the future,"
was committed, "That they had considered the said
Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which
were found to be true; and that the Committee had
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the
same to the House, without any Amendment."
Indemnity Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
indemnify such Persons as have omitted to qualify
themselves for Offices and Employments; and to indemnify Justices of the Peace or others, who have
omitted to register or deliver in their Qualifications
within the Time limited by Law, and for giving further
Time for those Purposes; and to indemnify Members
and Officers in Cities, Corporations and Borough
Towns, whose Admissions have been omitted to be
stamped according to Law, or having been stamped
have been lost or mislaid, and for allowing them Time
to provide Admissions duly stamped; and to give further Time to such Persons as have omitted to make
and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors."
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 Tuesday next.
Levant Trade Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
permit Goods, the Product or Manufacture of certain
Places within the Levant or Mediterranean Seas, to
be imported into Great Britain or Ireland, in British
or Foreign Vessels, from any Place whatsoever; and
for laying a Duty on Cotton and Cotton Wool imported into this Kingdom in Foreign Ships or Vessels,
for a limited Time."
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 Tuesday next.
American Trade Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
allow the Exportation of Provisions, Goods, Wares
and Merchandize from Great Britain, to certain
Towns, Ports or Places in North America, which are
or may be under the Protection of His Majesty's
Arms; and from such Towns, Ports or Places to Great
Britain, and other Parts of His Majesty's Dominions."
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 Tuesday next.
Humberston's Bill, Committee shortened.
The House (according to Order) proceeded to take into
Consideration the Motion made Yesterday, for dispensing with the Standing Order, requiring Fourteen Days
Notice to be given of the Time of the meeting of Committees upon Private Bills, so far as that the Committee
to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain
Manors and Hereditaments situate in the County of
Lincoln, (which by the Will of Thomas Humberston
Esquire, deceased, were devised to Thomas Frederick
Mackenzie Humberston Esquire, for his Life, with
several Remainders over in strict Settlement) in Trustees, for the Purpose of selling the same, and laying
out the Monies to arise from such Sale, in the Purchase of certain other Hereditaments, Part of the
Estates of the Right Honourable Kenneth Mackenzie
Earl of Seaforth, in the Kingdom of Ireland, to be
settled to the Uses to which the Estates intended to
be sold now stand limited," stands committed, may
meet on an earlier Day than is appointed, in regard of
the approaching Conclusion of the Session.
And Consideration being had thereof accordingly:
Ordered, That the said Standing Order be dispensed
with in this Case, and that the Committee may meet to
consider the said Bill on Tuesday next.
Gloucester Gaol, &c. Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
erecting a new Gaol and House of Correction, and
for removing certain Gateways in the City of Gloucester; and for amending the several Acts passed for
the Maintenance and Support of the Poor of the said
City, and lighting, paving and regulating the Streets
there," be read the Third Time on Wednesday next.
Winchester, &c. Elections Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
exempting the City of Winchester, the County of
Southampton, the Town of Shrewsbury and the County
of Salop, out of the Provisions of an Act, made in the
Eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the Second, intituled, "An Act for regulating
the Quartering of Soldiers during the Time of the
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament," so far
as the same relates to the Removal of Troops during
the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, for
a limited Time."
Moved, "That the said Bill be read a Second Time."
The same was agreed to, and ordered accordingly.
Then it was moved, "That the said Bill be read a
Second Time on this Day Three Months."
Then an Amendment was proposed to be made to the
said Motion by leaving out the Words ("this Day Three
Months") and inserting instead thereof the Words
("on Tuesday next").
Which being objected to,
After Debate,
The Question was put, "Whether the Words
("this Day Three Months") shall stand Part of
the Motion?"
It was resolved in the Negative.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Tuesday next.
Notice taken of a tumult at the Doors of the House:
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned;
Notice was taken of a tumultuous Assembly of People
being assembled at the Doors of this House and the
Avenues thereto:
Justices examined, and ordered to dispeise the Mob.
Ordered, That such of the Justices of the Peace as
are about this House be called in:
They were accordingly called in:
And Two Justices appearing at the Bar, they were
examined as to what Orders had been given and Steps
taken to prevent the Lords from being interrupted in
their coming to and going from this House.
Then the said Justices were ordered immediately to
go, and by all legal Methods disperse the Mob assembled
at the Doors and Avenues of this House, and return and
acquaint the House with what they have done.
And then they withdrew.
After some Time the House being informed, "That
the Justices desired to be heard at the Bar;"
They were accordingly called in; and acquainted the
House, "That they had been to Guildhall, that the
Mob had assembled there and broke the Windows;
and that they had not been able to send for any more
Justices; that Mr. Addington was the sitting Justice
for the Day, and had come down in the Morning
early."
Lords summoned.
Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend
the Service of the House To-morrow.
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Sabbati, tertium diem instantis Junii,
hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Sabbati, 3o Junii 1780.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Cicestrien.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Ceftrien.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Gloucester.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Dartmouth, C.P.S.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven.
Dux Portland.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux Montagu.
March. Lothian.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Ker.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Montague.
Viscount Say & Sele.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Hampden. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Abergavenny.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Onflow.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Edgcumbe.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Sondes.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a
former Commission.
Moss. &c. Enclosure Bill;
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste
Grounds, within the Township of Moss otherwise
Moseley, in the Parish of Campsall; and also the Open
Arable Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and
Waste Grounds, within the Parish of Kirk Bramwith,
in the West Riding of the County of York."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Mile End Poor, &c. Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better Relief and Employment of the Poor of the
Hamlet of Mile End New Town, in the Parish of
Stepney, in the County of Middlesex; for paving,
cleansing, lighting and watching the Streets and other
Open Passages and Places within the said Hamlet, and
removing Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom, and
preventing the like for the future; for consolidating
the Highway Rates with other Rates, within the said
Hamlet; and for paving and regulating Great Garden
Street, in the Parish of Saint Mary Matsellon otherwise Whitechapel, in the said County, and removing
a Bar now standing across the same, and other Nuisances and Annoyances therefrom, and preventing the
like for the future."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H.C. that the Lords have agreed to the Two preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, ordered to be sent to the
House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Address to prosecuts the Authors of the Riots near the House.
Ordered, Nemine Dissenticnte, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that He would be
graciously pleased to give immediate Directions for prosecuting, in the most effectual Manner, the Authors,
Abettors and Instruments of the Outrages committed
Yesterday in Old Palace Yard, Guildhall Westminster and
Places adjacent, and upon the Houses and Chapels of
several of the Ministers from Foreign States.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty, by the Lords with White Staves.
Wright and Chamberlain to attend immediately.
Ordered, That Mr. Wright, one of the Justices of the
Peace, who attended at the Bar of this House Yesterday,
do immediately attend.
Ordered, That Mr. Chamberlain, Solicitor to the
Treasury, do attend this House immediately.
Sir Geo. Rodney's Dispatches, Motion for, negatived.
Moved, "That the proper Officers be ordered to lay
before this House, the late Dispatches from Sir George
Rodney, those Particulars only excepted which concern
the future Operations of the Fleet, and which by being
made Public might be of Service to the Enemies of
this Country."
Which being objected to;
After Debate,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Negative.
Wright and Chamberlain examined.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Wright and
Mr. Chamberlain were attending, they were called in."
Then Mr. Chamberlain was examined as to what Steps
had been taken and Directions given to prevent the ill
Consequences of an Advertisement in the News Papers
of Thursday last, for assembling the People in Saint
George's Fields Yesterday, to attend the Petition to the
House of Commons, for the Repeal of an Act lately
passed in favour of Papists.
Mr. Wright was also examined to the same Matter.
Then they were directed to withdraw.
Representation in Parliament, Bill, presented and rejected.
The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be
summoned;
The Duke of Richmond presented to the House, a Bill,
intituled, "An Act for declaring and restoring the natural, unalienable and equal Right of all the
Commons of Great Britain (Infants, Persons of insane
Mind and Criminals incapacitated by Law only excepted) to vote in the Election of their Representatives
in Parliament; for regulating the Mode and Manner
of such Elections; for restoring annual Parliaments;
for giving an Hereditary Seat to the Sixteen Peers
which shall be elected for Scotland; and for establishing more equitable Regulations concerning the
Peerage of Scotland."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Then it was moved, "To reject the said Bill."
Which being objected to;
After Debate,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the said Bill be rejected.
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Martis, sextum diem instantis Junii,
hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 6o Junii 1780.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Gloucester.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Dartmouth, C.P.S.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Essex.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Northington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Hereford.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Amherst. |
PRAYERS.
The Earl of Mansfield sat Speaker by virtue of a
former Commission.
King's Answer to Address.
The Lord Chamberlain reported, "That the Lords
with white Staves had (according to Order) waited on
His Majesty with their Lordships Address of Saturday
last; and that His Majesty was pleased to say, "He
would give Directions accordingly."
Levant Trade Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act to permit Goods, the Product or
Manufacture of certain Places within the Levant or
Mediterranean Seas, to be imported into Great Britain
or Ireland, in British or Foreign Vessels, from any
Place whatsoever; and for laying a Duty on Cotton
and Cotton Wool imported into this Kingdom in
Foreign Ships or Vessels, for a limited Time."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Le Despencer reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Indemnity Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the
Bill, intituled, "An Act to indemnify such Persons as
have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and
Employments; and to indemnify Justices of the Peace
or others, who have omitted to register or deliver in
their Qualifications within the Time limited by Law,
and for giving further Time for those Purposes; and
to indemnify Members and Officers in Cities, Corporations and Borough Towns, whose Admissions have
been omitted to be stamped according to Law, or
having been stamped, have been lost or mislaid, and
for allowing them Time to provide Admissions duly
stamped ; and to give further Time to such Persons as
have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Le Despencer reported from the Committee," That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."
American Trade Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act to allow the Exportation of Provisions, Goods, Wares and Merchandize from Great
Britain, to certain Towns, Ports or Places in North
America, which are or may be under the Protection of
His Majesty's Arms; and from such Towns, Ports or
Places to Great Britain, and other Parts of His Majesty's Dominions."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Le Despencer reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."
Chatham Dock Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Sir Richard Sutton, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to vest certain
Messuages, Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments in
Trustees, for the better securing His Majesty's Dock,
Ships and Stores at Chatham;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the first Time.
Winchester &c. Elections Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the Second
reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for exempting
the City of Winchester, the County of Southampton,
the Town of Shrewsbury and the County of Salop,
out of the Provisions of an Act, made in the Eighth
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George
the Second, intituled, "An Act for regulating the
Quartering of Soldiers during the Time of the Elections of Members to serve in Parliament," so far as
the same relates to the Removal of Troops during the
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, for a
limited Time;"
The said Bill was accordingly read the Second Time.
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 Thursday next.
Halifax, &c. Small Debts Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the Second
reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal so
much of an Act, made in the Seventeenth Year of His
present Majesty's Reign, as relates to the more easy
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes
of Halifax, Bradford, Kighley, Bingley, Guiseley,
Calverley, Batley, Birstal, Mirfield, Hartishead cum
Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and
Huddersfield, and the Lordship or Liberty of Tong, in
the West Riding of the County of York, and for
granting other Powers for those Purposes; and for
extending the Jurisdiction of the Court Baron of the
Manor of Kighley, in the said County;" and for the
Lords to be summoned; and for hearing Counsel for
and against the same:
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Thursday the Fifteenth Day of this Infant June; and
the Lords summoned; and that Counsel be then heard
for and against the same:
Adjourn.
Comes Mansfield Capitalis Justiciarius Banci Regis,
declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse
usque ad et in diem Mercurii, septimum diem instantis
Junii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 7o Junii 1780.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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| Epus. Meneven. |
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Hillsborough. |
Ds. Amherst. |
PRAYERS.
Ld. President Speaker protempore.
The House was informed, "That the Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench,
the Speaker of this House, appointed by His Majesty's
Commission, being ill, and not able to attend here this
Day, and no Person having been appointed by His Majesty to supply his Place, it is necessary that their Lordships should proceed to the Choice of a Speaker for
this Day."
Which done,
The Lords unanimously chose the Lord President to
be Speaker pro tempore.
Winchester &c. Elections Bill.
Ordered, That the Sitting of the Committee of the
whole House, upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for exempting the City of Winchester, the County of Southampton, the Town of Shrewsbury, and the County of
Salop, out of the Provisions of an Act, made in the
Eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King
George the Second, intituled, "An Act for regulating
the quartering of Soldiers during the Time of the
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament," so far as
the same relates to the Removal of Troops during the
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, for a
limited Time," which stands appointed for To-morrow,
be put off to Monday the Nineteenth Day of this Instant
June.
Mackenzie Humberston's Bill.
Ordered, That the Sitting of the Committee upon
the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Manors
and Hereditaments situate in the County of Lincoln,
(which by the Will of Thomas Humberston Esquire,
deceased, were devised to Thomas Frederick Mackenzie
Humberston Esquire, for his Life, with several Remainders over in strict Settlement) in Trustees for the
Purpose of selling the same, and laying out the Monies
to arise from such Sale, in the Purchase of certain other
Hereditaments, Part of the Estates of the Right Honourable Kenneth Mackenzie Earl of Seaforth, in the
Kingdom of Ireland, to be settled to the Uses to which
the Estates intended to be sold now stand limited,"
which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to
Monday the Nineteenth Day of this Instant June.
Gloucester Gaol, &c. Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for erecting a New
Gaol and House of Correction, and for removing certain Gateways in the City of Gloucester; and for
amending the several Acts passed for the Maintenance
and Support of the Poor of the said City, and lighting,
paving and regulating the Streets there;"
Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time
on Monday the Nineteenth Day of this Instant June.
Halifax, &c. Small Debts Bill.
Ordered, That the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of an Act, made in
the Seventeenth Year of His present Majesty's Reign,
as relates to the more easy and speedy Recovery of
Small Debts within the Parishes of Halifax, Bradford,
Kighley, Bingley, Guiseley, Calverley, Batley, Birstal,
Mirfield, Hartishead cum Clifton, Almondbury, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton and Huddersfield, and the Lordship
or Liberty of Tong, in the West Riding of the County
of York, and for granting other Powers for those
Purposes; and for extending the Jurisdiction of the
Court Baron of the Manor of Kighley, in the said
County;" which stands appointed for Thursday Sevennight, be put off to Tuesday the Twentieth Day of this Instant June, and the Lords summoned; and that Counsel
be then heard for and against the same.
Adjourn.
Comes Bathurst Præses Orator Procerum pro tempore, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum
esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum nonum diem
instantis Junii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic
decernentibus.