January 1781
DIE Jovis, 25o Januarii 1781.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Bath & Wells.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Athol.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven.
Dux Portland.
Dux Chandos.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Montagu.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Talbot, Senescallus.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Peterborough & Monmouth.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Ker.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Ashburnham.
Comes Brooke & Warwick.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Ilchester.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Ailesbury.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Dudley & Ward.
Viscount Hampden. |
Ds. Le Despencer.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. St. John Blet.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Edgcumbe.
Ds. Fortescue.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Wycombe.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Lovel & Holland.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Camden.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Brudenell.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Porchester. |
PRAYERS.
Ld. Vernon takes his Seat:
This Day George Lord Vernon sat first in Parliament
after the Death of his Father George Lord Vernon; his
Lordship having first at the Table taken the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Pedigree delivered.
Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his
Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Lords take the Oaths.
The Lords following took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed
the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes:
John Duke of Atholl.
Brownlow Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven.
George William Earl of Coventry.
George James Earl of Cholmondeley.
John Earl of Galloway.
Thomas Earl of Macclesfield.
John Earl of Buckinghamshire.
George Simon Earl Harcourt.
John Earl Spencer.
Matthew Lord Fortescue.
John James Lord Lovel and Holland.
Henry Lord Digby.
John Lord Sundridge.
Highclere, &c. Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Jervoise, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open Arable Fields, Commons and Waste
Lands in the Manors and Parishes of Highclere and
Burghclere, in the County of Southampton;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Culham Road Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Elwes, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the
Term and altering and enlarging the Powers of Two
Acts of the Ninth and Twenty eighth Years of His
late Majesty King George the Second, for amending
and keeping in Repair such Part of the Roads
described in the last-mentioned Act, as leads from the
End of Culham Bridge next to Culham, in the County
of Oxford, to the End of Burford Bridge next to
Abingdon, in the County of Berks, and from the
Mayor's Stone at the End of Boar Street in the Town
of Abingdon aforesaid, to Shippon, in the said County of
Berks, and from thence to the West End of the Town
of Fyfield, in the said County;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
Kater's Naturalization Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Elwes, and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
John Herman Kater;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Ld. Macdonald against MacLeod. Petition of Appellant to put off the Hearing.
A Petition of Alexander Lord Macdonald Appellant,
in a Cause depending in this House to which Norman
Mac Leod Esquire, is Respondent, was presented and
read; setting forth, "That their Lordships were pleased
to appoint this Cause to be heard on the First Cause
Day after the Recess at Christmas last; that the Petitioner had the Prospect and Assurance that Mr. Ilay
Campbell, who was his leading Counsel in the Court
of Session, and who revised and settled the Petitioner's
Case, would have been in London on the 25th Instant,
so as to have been able to attend at their Lordship's
Bar on Behalf of the Petitioner, but by a Letter
received on Monday the 22d Instant, the Petitioner
hath been advised he cannot be in London sooner than
the Month of March next; that the Petitioner being
thus disappointed of Mr. Campbell's Attendance at the
Time he expected him, deferred to instruct any other
Counsel to plead his Cause in his Place till he should
know their Lordships further Pleasure;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "To delay the Hearing of
this Cause, till he shall be able to instruct another
Counsel in Mr. Campbell's Place, or till the 20th of
of March next, when he himself will be able to
attend."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in and heard at the Bar, and being withdrawn:
Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause be put
off to Wednesday next.
Bp. St. Davids to preach on 30th January.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Saint David's be,
and he is hereby desired to preach before this House on
Tuesday the 30th Day of this Instant January, in the
Abbey Church Westminster.
Rupture with Holland, Message from His Majesty relative to:
The Lord Viscount Stormont acquainted the House,
That he had a Message from His Majesty, under His
Royal Sign Manual, which His Majesty had commanded him to deliver to their Lordships;" and the
same was read by the Lord Chancellor, and is as follows;
(videlicet)
GEORGE R.
His Majesty has judged it proper to acquaint the
House of Lords, that during the Recess of Parliament
He has been indispensibly obliged to direct Letters of
Marque and general Reprizals to be issued against the
States General of the United Provinces, and their
Subjects.
The Causes and Motives of His Majesty's Conduct
on this Occasion, are set forth in His Public Declaration, which He has ordered to be laid before the
House.
His Majesty has, with the utmost Reluctance, been
induced to take any hostile Measures against a State
whose Alliance with His Kingdoms stood not only on
the Faith of antient Treaties, but on the soundest
Principles of good Policy: He has used every Endeavour to prevail on the States General to return to a
Line of Conduct conformable to those Principles, to
the Tenor of their Engagements, and to the common
and natural Interests of both Countries; and has left
nothing untried to prevent, if possible, the present
Rupture.
His Majesty is fully persuaded, that the Justice and
Necessity of the Measures He has taken will be acknowledged by all the World; relying therefore on
the Protection of Divine Providence, and the zealous
and affectionate Support of His People, His Majesty
has the firmest Confidence that, by a vigorous Exertion of the Spirit and Resources of the Nation, He
shall be able to maintain the Honour of His Crown,
and the Rights and Interests of His People against
all His Enemies, and to bring them to listen to equitable Terms of Peace.
"G. R."
The same was read Twice by the Clerk.
Then the Lord Viscount Stormont (by His Majesty's
Command) laid before the House;
Papers relative to Rupture with Holland, delivered:
"Copies of Papers relating to the Rupture with
Holland," together with a List thereof; which was
read by the Clerk, as follows; (videlicet)
"No. 1. Copy of His Majesty's Manifesto, dated
Saint James's, December 20th 1780.
2. Copy of the Precis of what Sir Joseph Yorke said
to the Deputies of the States General, November 2d
1778—And Translation.
3. Copy of a Memorial presented by Sir Joseph
Yorke to the States General, July 22d 1779—And
Translation.
4. Copy of a Memorial presented by Sir Joseph
Yorke to the States General, November 26th 1779
—And Translation.
5. Copy of Sir Joseph Yorke's Declaration to the
States General, November 10th 1780—And Translation.
6. Copy of a Memorial presented by Sir Joseph
Yorke to the States General, December 12th 1780—
And Translation.
7. Translation of the Extract of the Resolutions of
the States General, December 15th 1780.
"8. Copy of the American Treaty."
Ordered, That the said Copies do lie on the Table.
The said Papers were read by the Clerk.
Motion for Address on His Majesty's Message:
Moved, "That an humble Address be presented to
His Majesty, to return His Majesty the Thanks of
this House for His most gracious Message, and for
having been pleased to communicate to this House
His Majesty's public Declaration, setting forth the
Causes and Motives which have obliged His Majesty
to direct Letters of Marque and general Reprizals to
be issued against the States General of the United Provinces, and their Subjects.
To express the Concern and just Indignation with
which we observe, that the governing Part of a
Nation, whom the Ties of common Interest, and the
Faith of mutual Engagements, should have made a
sincere Friend, has employed the most hostile and pernicious Means to annoy an ancient Ally, by leaguing
with His Majesty's revolted Subjects, and furnishing
constant and effectual Aids to His Majesty's inveterate
Enemies.
To acknowledge, with the highest Satisfaction and
warmest Sentiments of Gratitude, His Majesty's Wisdom in endeavouring to bring the States General
back to those Principles which they have deserted,
and in the Reluctance His Majesty has shewn to proceed to hostile Measures against a State connected with
this Country by the closest Ties of mutual Interest.
To declare, that His Majesty's great Moderation
and Forbearance strongly aggravate their Conduct,
which made the present Rupture indispensibly necessary.
"To assure His Majesty that we shall, with the
warmest and most dutiful Zeal, give every Support to
those vigorous Measures which His Majesty has determined to pursue; and that we are sensible they are
founded in Wisdom and Justice, and are such as the
Honour of His Majesty's Crown, and the essential
Interests of the Nation require."
Amendment to postpone Address negatived:
Then it was moved, "That this Motion for an Address be postponed, in order that the House may take
into Consideration another Motion for an Address to
His Majesty, that he would be graciously pleased to
give Orders that there be forthwith laid before this
House Copies of all the Treaties lately subsrsting between Great Britain and the States of the Seven
United Provinces; and also of the Correspondence
between His Majesty's Ministers and His late Ambassador at the Hague; and of all Memorials, Requisitions, Manifestoes, Answers and other Papers, which
have passed between the Two Courts, as far as they
relate in any respect to the present Rupture, or to any
Misunderstanding or Complaints which have existed
between the Two Nations since the Commencement
of Hostilities between Great Britain and the Provinces
of North America:"
Which being objected to,
After long Debate,
The Question was put, "Whether to agree to the
said Motion?"
It was resolved in the Negative.
Then it was moved, "To agree to the said Motion
for an Address to His Majesty."
The Question was put thereupon:
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
DISSENTIENT.
Protests thereupon:
1st. Because we cannot consent to involve this and
other Nations in all the Horrors of War, but upon the
clearest Proofs both of Justice and Necessity; and it
would be peculiarly inconsistent with our public Trust
without such Evidence to give a Parliamentary Sanction
to a War against the antient and national Allies of
this Nation.
It is on the Justice of our Cause, and on the absolute Necessity of proceeding to such Extremities, that
we must be answerable to God and our Consciences
for a Measure which necessarily plunges Millions of
innocent People in the utmost Distress and Misery. It
is on this Foundation alone that we can with Confidence pray for Success, or hope for the Protection of
Providence.
We conceive that a careful, and above all an impartial Examination of the Correpondence between
His Majesty's Ministers and His late Ambassador at
the Hague, and of all the Memorials, Complaints,
Requisitions, Manifestoes, Answers, and other Papers
which have passed between the Two Courts, as far as
they relate in any Respect to the present Rupture, is
indispensible to warrant Parliament in pronouncing
whether the Hostilities which His Majesty has authorized His Subjects to commence against those of the
Seven United Provinces, are, or are not founded in
Justice; and consequently before they can, with Propriety, offer to His Majesty any Advice, or promise
Him any Assistance in the present Conjuncture.
The sudden Attack which the Ministers have advised His Majesty to begin against the Property of our
Neighbours, failing in full Confidence of Peace and of
their Alliance with this Nation, made without allowing the usual Time, stipulated by Treaties, even between Enemies, for securing the Property of unsuspecting Individuals in case of a sudden Rupture, is a
Proceeding which, till explained, must appear unwarranted by the Law of Nations, and contrary to
good Faith. Nor can we upon the bare Recommendation of Ministers, approve of such a Conduct, or
determine upon the nice Construction of Treaties and
reciprocal Obligations, without so much as hearing
what our late Allies and Friends have on their Side
to alledge.
But the Influence of His Majesty's Ministers in Parliament has been such, as to obtain not only the Rejection of a Motion which has been made for this necessary Information, but also to induce this great
Council of the Nation, on a Matter deeply affecting
their most important Interests, to give a solemn Opinion without any Knowledge of the Facts on which
they have pronounced with so blindfold a Compliance
to the Will of the Court.
2dly. Because however sufficient the Reason of
Justice ought to be, that of Expendiency may perhaps
be more prevalent, and is not wanting on this Occasion.
It has been the uniform and approved Policy of our
ablest Statesmen for near a Century, to form Alliances,
and to unite with the Powers on the Continent, to resist the Ambitious Attempts of the House of Bourbon.
The Protestant Republic of Holland, from the Freedom
of its Constitution and Sentiment, as well from its
Religion, has ever been deemed a valuable Support
of the Liberties of Europe. Twice have they been on
the very Verge of falling a Sacrifice to France in this
Cause, and we can never believe that their old Affection to Great Britain can have been alienated, much
less that a direct Rupture with them can have become
necessary on our Part, without gross Mismanagement
in Our Councils. We cannot but form the most serious
Apprehensions at seeing the Three great Protestant and
free Countries of Great Britain, North America, and
Holland, so weakening each other by War, as to become an easy Prey to the antient Enemy of them all,
whenever she shall please to turn her Arms against
them.
We are not insensible of the distressful Situation
with respect to the armed Neutral Powers, into which
we have been led, Step by Step, by the unfortunate
American War; but as we are convinced that wicked
and weak Councils have been the sole Cause of that
unhappy Contest, so we are persuaded that honest and
able Ministers might have prevented this, amongst
some of its wretched Consequences.
But whilst the same Measures which have caused
our unexampled Calamities, continue to be pursued
and cherished, whilst a System of Corruption prevails
which must exclude both Ability and Integrity from
our Councils, whilst every Interest of the State is
sacrificed to its Support, and every attempt at Reformation rejected, our Condition can change but from
bad to worse.
It is not for us to pretend to foretel Events which
are in the Hand of Providence, but if Causes are suffered to produce their natural Consequences, we cannot but apprehend from the present Conduct of our
Affairs every Danger to this Country, both Foreign
and Domestic, to which a Nation can be exposed.
Richmond.
Portland.
Fitzwilliam.
Harcourt.
Ferrers.
Rockingham.
Devonshire.
Pembroke.
Coventry.
DISSENTIENT for the above Reasons, and,
For that instead of being convinced of the Justice,
Necessity or Policy of a War with Holland, as we
ought to be before we give Our Sanction to that
Measure, it appears to us, as far as the Information
we possess enables us to judge, to be equally contrary
to the Interests of both Countries, and to the Inclinations of all, whose Inclinations ought to influence the
Councils of either: Of such Inclination in many
respectable Members of the Dutch Government, we
thought we saw (and we saw it with Pleasure) a sufficient Indication to encourage us to hope, that it is not
yet too late to open a Negotiation, by which (if conducted with the Temper and in the Language of Conciliation) we may avert the Evils which the Continuance of this unnatural War cannot fail to produce.
With this View it was recommended in the Debate,
with the Earnestness and Seriousness suitable to the
Occasion, not to lose an Hour in proposing a Cessation
of Hostilities with Holland, for the Purpose of meeting
and cultivating a friendly Disposition, of reconciling
commercial Differences, and of restoring that Union
of political Interests, which has hitherto been thought
fundamentally necessary to the Preservation of the Protestant Religion, and of the Liberties of Europe: The
Inattention of His Majesty's Ministers to such a Proposition in the actual Circumstances of this Country,
their Disinclination to the Objects of it, so plainly
manifested by the unprecedented Confiscations intended
by their Proclamations of the 20th of December last,
the Loss of so valuable an Ally, the Accession of so
considerable a Force to the formidable Powers antecedently combined against us, and the just Grounds it
affords to apprehend the Accession of other Powers to
that Combination, leave us no other Part to take as
Members of this House, after having stated our Ideas
of the Extent of the Danger, and suggested what we
conceive to be the best and only Remedy, than to
enter our solemn Protest to exculpate ourselves from
being accessary to that Accumulation of Evils, which
we foresee, and think might be, but will not be,
prevented.
Wycombe.
Camden.
Richmond.
Ferrers.
Portland.
Rockingham.
Fitzwilliam.
Pembroke.
Committee to prepare an Address.
Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee
to prepare an Address pursuant thereto; (videlicet)
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Ld. President.
D. Queensberry.
D. Athol.
D. Chandos.
D. Dorset.
Ld. Steward.
Ld. Chamberlain.
E. Huntingdon.
E. Salisbury.
E. Denbigh.
E. Sandwich.
E. Rochford.
E. Abercorn.
E. Galloway.
E. Macclesfield.
E. Waldegrave.
E. Ashburnham.
E. Fauconberg.
E. Hillsborough.
E. Ailesbury.
E. Clarendon.
V. Townshend.
V. Stormont.
V. Wentworth.
V. Hampden. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Ely.
L. Bp. Norwich.
L. Bp. Bath & Wells.
L. Bp. Gloucester.
L. Bp. Litch. & Cov.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. St. Davids. |
L. Le Despencer.
L. Willoughby Br.
L. Onslow & Cranley.
L. Cadogan.
L. Edgcumbe.
L. Grantham.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Boston.
L. Digby.
L. Sundridge.
L. Amherst.
L. Loughborough.
L. Southampton. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
immediately in the Prince's Lodgings, near the
House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and the
Committee withdrew to prepare the Address.
After some Time the House was resumed:
Address reported and agreed to.
And the Lord Viscount Stormont reported from the
Committee an Address, drawn by them, as follows;
(videlicet)
Most Gracious Sovereign,
We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament
assembled, beg Leave to return Your Majesty our
humble Thanks for Your most gracious Message, and
for having been pleased to communicate to this House
Your Majesty's public Declaration, setting forth the
Causes and Motives which have obliged Your Majesty to direct Letters of Marque and general Reprisals
to be issued against the States General of the United
Provinces, and their Subjects.
We observe, with much Concern and just Indignation, that the governing Part of a Nation, whom the
Ties of common Interest, and the Faith of mutual Engagements should have made a sincere Friend, has
employed the most hostile and pernicious Means to
annoy an ancient Ally, by leaguing with Your Majesty's revolted Subjects, and furnishing constant and
effectual Aids to Your inveterate Enemies.
We acknowledge, with the highest Satisfaction and
warmest Sentiments of Gratitude, Your Majesty's
Wisdom in endeavouring to bring the States General
back to those Principles which they have deserted, and
in the Reluctance You have shewn to proceed to
hostile Measures against a State connected with this
Country by the closest Ties of mutual Interest.
Your Majesty's great Moderation and Forbearance
strongly aggravate their Conduct, which made the
present Rupture indispensably necessary.
"We beg leave to assure Your Majesty, that we shall
with the warmest and most dutiful Zeal, give every
Support to those vigorous Measures which Your Majesty has determined to pursue. We are sensible they
are founded in Justice and Wisdom, and are such as
the Honour of Your Majesty's Crown, and the essential Interests of the Nation require."
Which Address, being read by the Clerk, was agreed
to by the House.
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 what Time His
Majesty will please to appoint to be attended therewith.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
vicesimum sextum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 26o Januarii 1781.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Hertford, Camerarius. |
PRAYERS.
His Majesty to be attended with the Address.
The Lord Chamberlain reported, "That the Lords
with White Staves had (according to Order) waited
on His Majesty, "humbly to know what Time His
Majesty would please to appoint to be attended with
their Lordships Address;" and that His Majesty had
appointed this Day at Half an Hour past Two
o'Clock, at His Palace of St. James."
Ambrose against Hodgson et Ux.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein
John Ambrose is Appellant, and Robert Hodgson and
Catherine his Wife, are Respondents, which stands appointed for this Day, be put off to Friday next; and
that the Judges do then attend.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum nonum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 29o Januarii 1781.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Athol.
Dux Chandos.
March. Rockingham.
Comes Pembroke & Montgomery.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Dunmore.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Ker.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Porchester. |
PRAYERS.
King's Answer to Address.
The Lord Chancellor reported, "That the House
did on Friday last present their Address to His Majesty, to which His Majesty was pleased to return the
following most gracious Answer:"
My Lords,
I thank you for this very dutiful and affectionate
Address.
I have the fullest Reliance upon your Support, and
I trust that the vigorous Exertions I am determined to
make, will, under the Providence of God, defeat the
Designs of all My Enemies, and procure to My
People the Blessings of a safe and honourable Peace.
Ordered, That His Majesty's Message, together with
the Address, and His Majesty's most gracious Answer
thereto, be forthwith printed and published.
E. Dunmore takes the Oaths.
This Day John Earl of Dunmore took the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Gooch for a Divorce Bill:
Upon reading the Petition of William Gooch Esquire,
praying Leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve his Marriage
with Elizabeth Sarah Gooch 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 according to the Prayer of the said Petition.
Bill presented.
Accordingly, The Earl of Buckinghamshire presented
to the House, a Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the
Marriage of William Gooch Esquire, with Elizabeth
Sarah Gooch his now Wife, and to enable him to
marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Tuesday the 13th Day of February next, and that
Notice thereof be affixed on the Doors of this House,
and the Lords summoned; and that the said William
Gooch 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 Elizabeth Sarah Gooch may
have a Copy of the 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 said Bill at the same Time.
Ld. W. Gordon against V. Irwin et al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of the Right Honourable William Gordon, commonly called Lord William
Gordon, complaining of an Order of the Court of
Chancery of the 2d Day of January Instant; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, and the Master's
last-mentioned Report therein confirmed, or that the
Appellant may have such other Relief in the Premises
as to this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom,
shall seem meet; and that Frances Viscountess Irwin,
Francis Seymour Conway, commonly called Lord
Viscount Beauchamp, and Isabella Ann his Wife,
Frances Ingram Shepheard, Elizabeth Ingram Shepheard, Harriot Ingram Shepheard, Louisa Susannah
Ingram Shepheard and Albany Wallis, may be required
to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Frances Viscountess
Irwin, and the said several other Persons last named,
may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their
Answer or respective Answers thereunto in Writing, on
or before Monday the 12th Day of February next.
Hingham Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste
Lands within the Parish of Hingham, in the County
of Norfolk."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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D. Athol.
D. Chandos.
M. Rockingham.
E. Pembroke & Montgomery.
E. Westmorland.
E. Doncaster.
E. Abercorn.
E. Dunmore.
E. Ferrers.
E. Ker.
E. Bucks.
E. Fitzwilliam.
E. Rivers.
V. Dudley & Ward. |
L. Abp. York.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. St. Davids. |
L. Montfort.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Porchester. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Wednesday next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House
of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Shotesham Saint Mary, &c. Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Lands
in the Parishes of Shotesham Saint Mary, Shotesham
Saint Botolph, Shotesham All Saints and Shotesham
Saint Martins, in the County of Norfolk."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn
as they please.
Stratford, &c. Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term of an Act, made in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, for
repairing and widening the Roads from the Borough
of Stratford upon Avon, in the County of Warwick,
through Alcester, in the said County, and Teckenham,
to a Place called Bradley Brook, in the County of
Worcester; and from Alcester through Great Coughton
and Crab's Cross, in the said County of Warwick;
and through Hewell Lane and Burcott, to The Cross
of Hands, on a Common called The Leekhay; and
out of Hewell Lane, through Church Lane and
Tutnell, to Bromsgrove, in the said County of
Worcester."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn
as they please.
Culham, &c. Road Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term, and altering and enlarging the
Powers of Two Acts of the Ninth and Twenty-eighth
Years of His late Majesty King George the Second,
for amending and keeping in Repair such Part of the
Roads described in the last mentioned Act, as leads
from the End of Culham Bridge next to Culham, in
the County of Oxford, to the End of Burford Bridge
next to Abingdon, in the County of Berks; and from
the Mayor's Stone, at the End of Boar Street, in the
Town of Abingdon aforesaid, to Shippon, in the said
County of Berks; and from thence to the West End
of the Town of Fyfield, in the same county."
Kater's Naturalization Bill:
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
naturalizing John Herman Kater."
Highclere, &c. Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open Arable Fields, Commons and Waste Lands, in the Manors and Parishes
of Highclere and Burghclere, in the County of Southampton."
Petition against it.
Upon reading the Petition of several Persons, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed, on Behalf of themselves, and the rest of the Proprietors of Lands within
the Manor and Parish of East Woodhay, in the County
of Southampton, taking Notice of the last mentioned
Bill; and praying, "That they may be heard by themselves, or their Counsel, against so much of the said
Bill as affects the Rights of the Petitioners:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Allan et al. against Robertson et al.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Janet Allan,
Relict of John Cameron late of Carntyne; John, Robert,
Hugh, James, Archibald, William, Allan, Jean, Janet,
and Christian Camerons, younger Children of the Marriage between the said deceased John Cameron and the
said Janet Allan; Andrew Gray Coalmaster at Kennyhill,
Husband to the said Jean Cameron; and the Tutors and
Curators of the said Hugh, James, Archibald, William,
Janet and Christian Camerons; complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland, of the 19th
of July and 24th of November 1780; and praying,
"That the same may be reversed or altered, or that the
Appellants may have such other Relief in the Premises
as to this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom,
shall seem meet; and that John Robertson, David
Elliot, Robert Carrick and Patrick Colquhoun, all Merchants in Glasgow, and Robert Trotter Writer to the
Signet, Creditors of Richard Cameron and the Petitioners, may be required to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Robertson, David
Elliot, Robert Carrick, Patrick Colquhoun and Robert
Trotter, may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put
in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in
Writing, on or before Monday the 26th Day of February
next; and Service of this Order upon any of the Agents
or Procurators for the said Respondents, in the said
Court of Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good
Service.
Inglis against Douglas & Co.
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Lawrence
Inglis Writer in Edinburgh, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 17th of
November 1780; and praying, "That the same may be
reversed, varied or altered, in so far as the same is
complained of, or that the Appellant may have such
other Relief in the Premises, as to this House, in their
Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that
Messieurs Douglas, Heron and Company, Bankers in
Ayr, George Home Writer to the Signet, their Factor
and Manager, and John McGhie of Balmaghie, may
be required to answer the said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Messieurs Douglas,
Heron and Company, George Home and John McGhie,
may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their
Answer or respective Answers thereunto in Writing, on
or before Monday the 26th Day of February next; and
Service of this Order upon the said Respondents, or
upon any of their Counsel or Agent in the Court of
Session in Scotland, shall be deemed good Service.
Pratchitt's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of John Pratchitt Gentleman, and Jane his Wife, and William Pratchitt Gentleman, praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes
in the said Petition mentioned:
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby referred to Mr. Justice
Gould and Mr. Justice Ashhurst, 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.
Gemmell against Fergusson.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Gemmell Esquire,
Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, to which
George Fergusson Esquire is Respondent, which stands appointed for hearing; setting forth, "That during the
last Session of Parliament the Petitioner presented his
Appeal to their Lordships, from an Interlocutor pronounced by the Court of Session in Scotland, on the
29th of February 1780; that since presenting his said
Appeal, the Petitioner has been advised that the Interlocutor therein complained of is agreeable to Law,
and therefore he is desirous of withdrawing his said
Appeal, and of his Intention he gave Notice to the
Agent for the Respondent as early as the 5th Day of
December last, and has agreed to pay the Respondent
Five Pounds for his Costs;" and therefore praying
their Lordships, "That he may be at Liberty to withdraw his said Appeal upon Payment of Five Pounds
Costs to the Respondent, the Agent for the said Respondent having signed the said Petition as consenting
thereto:"
Appeal withdrawn.
It is Ordered, That the said Petitioner be at Liberty
to withdraw his said Appeal as desired, upon Payment of
Five Pounds Costs to the Respondent.
Montgomery against Fergusson.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Montgomery
Esquire, Appellant in a Cause depending in this House,
to which George Fergusson Esquire, is Respondent, which
stands appointed for Hearing; setting forth, "That during the last Session of Parliament the Petitioner presented his Appeal to their Lordships, from an Interlocutor pronounced by the Court of Session in Scotland. on the 29th of February 1780; that since presenting his said Appeal, the Petitioner has been advised that the Interlocutor therein complained of is
agreeable to Law, and therefore he is desirous of
withdrawing his said Appeal, and of his Intention he
gave Notice to the Agent for the Respondent as early
as the 5th Day of December last, and has agreed to
pay the Respondent Five Pounds for his Costs;" and
therefore praying their Lordships, "That he may be at
Liberty to withdraw his said Appeal, upon Payment
of Five Pounds Costs to the Respondent, the Agent
for the said Respondent having signed the said Petition
as consenting thereto:"
Appeal withdrawn.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
withdraw his said Appeal as desired, upon Payment of
Five Pounds Costs to the Respondent.
Macpherson against Fergusson.
Upon reading the Petition of Major James Macpherson
Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, to which
George Fergusson Esquire is Respondent, which stands appointed for hearing; setting forth, "That during the
last Session of Parliament, the Petitioner presented his
Appeal to their Lordships from an Interlocutor pronounced by the Court of Session in Scotland, on the
29th of February 1780; that since presenting his said
Appeal the Petitioner has been advised that the Interlocutor therein complained of is agreeable to Law;
and therefore he is desirous of withdrawing his said
Appeal, and of his Intention he gave Notice to the
Agent for the Respondent as early as the 5th Day of
December last, and has agreed to pay the Respondent
Five Pounds for his Costs;" and therefore praying
their Lordships, "That he may be at Liberty to withdraw his said Appeal, upon Payment of Five Pounds
Costs to the Respondent, the Agent for the said
Respondent having signed the said Petition as consenting thereto:"
Appeal withdrawn.
It is Ordered, That the Petitioner be at Liberty to
withdraw his said Appeal as desired, upon Payment of
Five Pounds Costs to the Respondent.
Chasseaud for a Naturalization Bill:
Upon reading the Petition of Peter Chasseaud, praying
Leave to bring in a Bill for his Naturalization:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill according to the Prayer of the said Petition:
Bill presented.
Accordingly, the Earl of Buckinghamshire presented to
the House a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
Peter Chasseaud."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Siordet and Hooffstetter for a Naturalization Bill:
Upon reading the Petition of James Mary Siordet and
John Lewis Hooffstetter, praying Leave to bring in a Bill
for their Naturalization:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, according to the Prayer of the said Petition:
Bill presented.
Accordingly, the Earl of Buckinghamshire presented to
the House a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
James Mary Siordet and John Lewis Hooffstetter."
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis,
tricesimum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 30o Januarii 1781.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
PRAYERS.
Martyrdom of King Charles observed.
Then in Order to solemnize this Day, being appointed by Act of Parliament to be observed as a Day
of Fasting and Humiliation for the Martyrdom of King
Charles the First,
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
tricesimum primum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 31o Januarii 1781.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Meneven. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Dux Athol.
Dux Ancaster & Kesteven.
Dux Chandos.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Ker.
Comes Gower.
Comes Bucks.
Comes Darlington.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Mansfield.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth. |
Ds. Onslow & Cranley.
Ds. Edgcumbe.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Porchester. |
PRAYERS.
Lords take the Oaths.
This Day William Earl of Strafford, Granville Leveson
Earl Gower and Henry Earl of Darlington took the Oaths,
and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Ld. W. Gordon against V. Beauchamp et Ux.
The Answer of the Right Honourable Francis Seymour
Conway, commonly called Lord Viscount Beauchamp and
Isabella Ann his Wife, to the Appeal of the Right Honourable William Gordon commonly called Lord William
Gordon was this Day brought in.
Ld. W. Gordon against V. Irwin et al.
As was also, the Answer of Frances Viscountess Irwin
and Albany Wallis and others, to the Appeal of the Right
Honourable William Gordon commonly called Lord
William Gordon.
Ambrose against Belchier.
And also, the several Answers of Catherine Belchier to
the Appeal of John Ambrose.
Ld. Macdonald against MacLeod.
After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause wherein
Sir Alexander Macdonald of Macdonald, Baronet, (now
Lord Macdonald) is Appellant, and Norman Mac Leod
and his Guardians are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further hearing of the said
Cause be put off to Friday next.
Causes put off.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein
John Ambrose is Appellant, and the Reverend Robert
Hodson Clerk, and Catherine his Wife and Catherine
Belchier are Respondents, which stands appointed for
Friday next, be put off to Wednesday next, and that
the Judges do then attend; and that the rest of the
Causes be removed in Course.
Thanks to Bp. St. Davids for his Sermon.
Ordered, That the Thanks of this House be, and
are hereby given to the Lord Bishop of St. Davids for
the Sermon by him preached before this House Yesterday, in the Abbey Church Westminster; and that he
be desired to cause the same to be forthwith printed and
published.
Shotesham Saint Mary, &c. Enclosure Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste
Lands in the Parishes of Shotesham Saint Mary, Shotesham Saint Botolph, Shotesham All Saints and Shotesham Saint Martin's, in the County of Norfolk," 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."
Stratford, &c. Road Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term of an Act made in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, for repairing and widening the Roads from the Borough of
Stratford upon Avon, in the County of Warwick,
through Alcester in the said County, and Feckenham, to
a Place called Bradley Brook, in the County of Worcester; and from Alcester through Great Coughton and
Crab's Cross, in the said County of Warwick, and
through Hewell Lane and Burcott to the Cross of Hands
on a Common called the Leekhay; and out of Hewell
Lane through Church Lane and Tutnell to Bromsgrove,
in the said County of Worcester," 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."
Public Accounts, Second Report of Commissioners delivered.
The House being informed, That Mr. Beachcroft and
Mr. Drummond, Commissioners appointed to examine,
take and state the Public Accounts of the Kingdom,
attended:
They were called in, and delivered at the Bar;
"The Second Report of the Commissioners appointed
to examine, take and state the Public Accounts of the
Kingdom:"
And then they withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk:
Ordered, That the said Report do lie on the Table.
Chalmer to enter into Recog. on Allan's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That James Chalmer of
Leicester Fields in the County of Middlesex Gentleman,
may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for
Janet Allan and others, on account of their Appeal
depending in this House, they residing in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said James Chalmer may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as
desired.
Ld. W. Gordon against V. Irwin et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein the Right
Honourable William Gordon commonly called Lord
William Gordon is Appellant, and Frances Viscountess
Irwin and others, are Respondents:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar, on the First vacant Day
for Causes after those already appointed.
Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable
William Gordon commonly called Lord William Gordon
Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, to which
Frances Viscountess Irwin and others are Respondents;
which stands appointed for hearing, setting forth, "That
pursuant to their Lordships Order of the 29th Instant,
all Parties have put in their Answers to the Appeal;
that from the Nature of the Petitioner's Case he is
anxious that the said Appeal may be heard before their
Lordships as early as their Lordships Convenience
will admit;" and therefore praying their Lordships,
That a short Day may be appointed for hearing the
Petitioner's Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Spottiswoode to enter into Recog. on Inglis's Appeal.
The House being moved, "That John Spottiswoode
Gentleman, may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for Lawrence Inglis Writer in Edinburgh, on
account of his Appeal depending in this House, he
living in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Spottiswoode may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant as
desired.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
secundum diem Februarii, jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.