January 1784
DIE Martis, 20o Januarii, 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Gower, Præses.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Atholl.
Dux Manchester.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Huntingdon.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Sandwich.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Temple.
Comes Harcourt.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes De la Warr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
Viscount Sackville.
Viscount Howe. |
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Say & Sele.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. King.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Beaulieu.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Cardiff.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney.
Ds. Camelford. |
PRAYERS.
Pincke and Thornycroft against Thornycroft et al.
The joint and several Answer of Edward Thornycroft
Esquire, and others, to the Appeal of Alured Pincke
Esquire, and Ann Thornycroft Spinster, was this Day
brought in:
Robertsons against Henderson and Kempe.
As was also the Answer of Helen Henderson and
George Kempe, her Husband, to the Appeal of Katharine
Robertson, otherwise McLean, the Wife of John Robertson, of Edinburgh, Gentleman, and of the said John
Robertson, for his Interest:
Stewart against Stewart.
And also the Answer of Anne Stewart, Widow, to the
Appeal of Robert Stewart, of Gairth, Esquire.
Sir Edward Hughes's Answer to the Thanks of the House.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
in pursuance of the Order of this House, of the 23d
of December 1782, he had transmitted their Lordships' Resolution of that Day, giving the Thanks of
the House to Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes,
Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,
for the important Services performed by the Squadron under his Command, in the East Indies, on the
17th of February and 12th of April 1782: And that
he had received a Letter from the said Sir Edward
Hughes, dated Superb, in Madras Road, 1st of August
1783, in which he returns an Answer to the said
Resolution."
The said Letter was read by the Clerk as follows;
(videlicet)
My Lord,
I had the Honour to receive your Lordship's very
obliging Letter, inclosing the Vote of Thanks of the
Right Honourable House of Lords to me for the
Services performed by His Majesty's Squadron under
my Command: I esteem myself greatly obliged to
your Lordship for the early Communication of the
great Honour done me by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, in their Approbation of the Services performed by His Majesty's Squadron in this Country,
where every Wish of mine, as the Commander in
Chief, has been fully seconded by the Zeal and Bravery of the Officers and Men serving with me.
I beg, My Lord, you will return my most hearty
Thanks to the Right Honourable House of Lords
for their obliging Acceptation of my Services; and
as my Sense of the great Honour done me exceeds
any Words I could express it in, I rely on your
Lordship's Goodness for your kind Aid to convey to
the Right Honourable House of Lords my warmest
Sentiments of Gratitude for the condescending Approbation of my Services; and I have the Honour to
be, with great Regard and Respect,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
And most humble Servant,
"Edward Hughes."
Judges Reports on Private Bills, Limitation of.
Ordered, That this House will not receive any Report from the Judges upon Petitions presented to this
House for private Bills after Tuesday, the 6th Day of
April next.
Ordered, That the said Order be affixed on the
Doors of this House and Westminster Hall.
L. Camelford introduced:
Thomas Pitt Esquire, being by Letters Patent, bearing
date the 5th Day of January, in the 24th Year of His
present Majesty, created Baron Camelford, in the County
of Cornwall, was (in his Robes) introduced between the
Lord Rivers and the Lord Sydney (also in their Robes)
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Clarencieux
King at Arms preceding. His Lordship on his Knee
presented his Patent to the Lord Chancellor at the
Woolsack, who delivered it to the Clerk; and the same
was read at the Table; his Writ of Summons was also
read as follows; (videlicet)
George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great
Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth: To Our Right-trusty and Wellbeloved Thomas Pitt, of Boconnot, in Our County of
Cornwall, Chevalier, Greeting. Whereas Our Parliament, for arduous and urgent Affairs concerning
Us the State, and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great
Britain and the Church, is now met at Our City of
Westminster. We strictly enjoining, command you,
under the Faith and Allegiance by which you are
bound to Us, that considering the Difficulty of the
said Affairs, and Dangers impending, all Excuses
being laid aside, you be personally present at Our
aforesaid Parliament, with Us and with the Prelates,
Nobles, and Peers of Our said Kingdom, to treat of
the aforesaid Affairs, and to give your Advice; and
this you may in no wise omit, as you tender Us and
Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said
Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said
Affairs.
Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Fifth Day
of January, in the Twenty-fourth Year of
Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Then his Lordship took the Oaths, and made and
subscribed the Declaration; and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Pedigree delivered.
Clarencieux King at Arms, delivered in at the Table
his Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.
Nisbet's Divorce Bill.
The Lord Brownlow presented to the House (pursuant to an Order of Leave on the 2d of December last),
a Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of
Walter Nisbet Esquire, with Anne Blomberg, 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 Wednesday the 4th Day of February next; and that
Notice thereof be affixed on the Doors of this House,
and the Lords summoned; and that the said Walter
Nisbet 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 Anne Blomberg 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.
Colquhoun against Corbet:
Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John
Colquhoun, Tenant in Gartcosh, complaining of Two
Interlocutors of the Lords of Council and Session in
Scotland, of the 2d of July and 4th of December 1783,
and also of Two other Interlocutors of the said Lords,
of the 20th of December 1783; and praying, "That
the same may be reversed, varied, or amended, or
that the Appellant may have such other Relief in the
Premises, as to this House, in their Lordships' great
Wisdom, shall seem proper; and that John Corbet
Esquire, of Tolcross, may be required to answer the
said Appeal:"
It is Ordered, That the said John Corbet Esquire,
may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in his
Answer thereunto in Writing, on or before Tuesday the
17th Day of February next; and Service of this Order
upon the said Respondent, or any of his known Agents
or Counsel in the Court of Session in Scotland, shall be
deemed good Service.
Chalmer to enter into Recognizance on said Appeal.
The House being moved, "That James Chalmer of
Buckingham-Street, York-Buildings, Gentleman, may
be permitted to enter into a Recognizance for John
Colquhoun, on Account of his Appeal depending in
this House, he living in Scotland:"
It is Ordered, That the said James Chalmer may
enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellant as desired.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Eden and others:
Irish Portage Bill.
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between
Great Britain and Ireland;" to which they desire the
Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
vicesimum primum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 21o Januarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Queensberry.
Dux Portland.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Derby.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Essex.
Comes Cassillis.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Marchmont.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Temple.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Brownlow.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Grantley.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney.
Ds. Camelford. |
PRAYERS.
Bp. Landaff to preach on 30th January.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Llandaff be,
and he is hereby desired to preach before this House,
on Friday, the 30th Day of this Instant January, in the
Abbey Church, Westminster.
Irish Portage of Letters Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the
Post between Great Britain and Ireland:"
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 Friday next.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum secundum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 22o Januarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes De la Warr.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Sackville. |
Ds. King.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney. |
PRAYERS.
Carse against Colquhoun et al:
The House being informed, "That John Colquhoun
and others, Respondents to the Appeal of James Carse
Esquire, had not put in their Answer to the said Appeal, though duly served with the Order of this House
for that Purpose:"
And thereupon an Affidavit of Robert Thomson, Writer in Edinburgh, of the due Service of the said Order
being read:
Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in their
Answer to the said Appeal, peremptorily in a Week.
Carse's Petition to be set at Liberty, rejected.
Upon reading the Petition of James Carse the Younger,
of Blackhouse Esquire, Appellant, in a Cause depending
in this House, to which John Colquhoun and Others are
Respondents; setting forth, "That the Respondents
Colquhoun and Corbet, having submitted certain Disputes between them to the Decision of Robert Gray
Esquire and the Petitioner, as Arbitrators, with Power
to David Muir to decide as Oversman or Umpire,
in case of the Arbitrators differing in Opinion, an
Award or Decreet-arbitral was made by the Umpire upon the Ground of there being such a Difference, whereupon Mr. Colquhoun brought an Action
in the Court of Session in Scotland, for setting aside the
Award as improperly made by the Umpire, when infact the Arbitrators had not differed so as to authorize his Interference. That the Petitioner having been
examined by the Court of Session upon Oath, deposed, That there was no such Difference in Opinion between him and his Colleague as entitled the Umpire
to interfere, and the other Arbitrator, the Umpire,
and the Person who acted as Clerk to the Submission,
having deposed in contrary Terms, the Court made
an Order for the Petitioner's appearing personally before them, and having heard him by his Counsel
upon the Import of his Deposition by interlocutory
Order, dated the 16th Day of December last, he was
declared guilty of gross Prevarication and Concealment of the Truth upon Oath, and by a subsequent Interlocutor or Sentence, dated the 17th of the same
Month, he was ordered to be committed Prisoner
to the Tolbooth, or Common Jail of the City of Edinburgh, there to remain till the 14th Day of January
1784, and then to be set upon the Pillory for an
Hour, with a Label upon his Breast, and afterwards
dismissed; and the Sentence further declares the Petitioner infamous, and incapable thereafter of any
public Trust, or of being a Witness in any Cause.
That the Petitioner appealed to their Lordships from
these interlocutory Orders of the Court of Session,
and trusts that he will be able upon the Hearing to
satisfy their Lordships that the Sentence is unjust and
immoderately severe. He was not allowed to bring
Proof in Exculpation which he offered, or to shew the
Partiality of the Witnesses who contradicted him, as he
could have done, and if he did err, it was Error in
Judgment, the Questions put to him resolving into Matter of Opinion and of Law, whether there was such a
Difference between him and the other Arbitrator as
entitled the Umpire to interfere. The Petitioner is a
young Man of respectable Family and Connections,
the Son of a Gentleman of considerable Property,
who must deeply feel the Disgrace which the Sentence
inflicts. Under the Sentence the Petitioner is now in
a loathsome Gaol, and must remain there till their
Lordships' Judgement upon the Appeal, unless libeberated for a Time. He applied to the Court of Session for a temporary Liberation offering Bail, but
his Petition was refused, upon an Idea that the Court
could not interfere in any Shape pending the Appeal.
He therefore makes this humble Application to their
Lordships to be set at Liberty upon giving Bail to
surrender himself if the Sentence shall be affirmed,
or the Appeal dismissed; which he is ready to do,
either to the Satisfaction of this Honourable House, or
of the Court of Session." And therefore praying their
Lordships "To order the Petitioner to be set at Liberty,
upon his giving sufficient Bail to surrender himself to
Prison to abide the Sentence, in case their Lordships,
upon hearing of the Appeal, shall be of Opinion that
he ought so to do, or to give him such other Relief as
to their Lordships in their great Wisdom shall seem
proper."
It is Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
vicesimum tertium diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 23o Januarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Gower, Præses.
Dux Atholl.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Orford. |
Ds. Paget.
Ds. King.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sydney. |
PRAYERS.
E. Orford takes the Oaths.
This Day George Earl of Orford took the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration; and also took and
subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.
Irish Portage of Letters Bill.
The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for establishing certain Regulations
concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and
Packets by the Post, between Great Britain and
Ireland."
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Lord Sydney reported from the Committee,
"That they had gone through the Bill, and directed
him to report the same to the House, without any
Amendment."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ,
vicesimum sextum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Lunæ, 26o Januarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Gower, Præses.
Dux Rutland, C. P. S.
Dux Chandos, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Gordon.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Temple.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Clarendon.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.
Viscount Howe. |
Ds. De Ferrars.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney.
Ds. Camelford. |
PRAYERS.
Hessian Troops, Message from His Majesty relative to:
The Lord Sydney acquainted the House, "That he
had a Message from His Majesty under His Royal
Sign Manual, which His Majesty had commanded to
be delivered to their Lordships."
And the same was read by the Lord Chancellor, and
is as follows; (videlicet)
GEORGE R.
His Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the House
of Lords, that the two last Divisions of Hessian Troops
which were employed in America, in the Service of
Great Britain, not having arrived in the Downs, the
Place of their Rendezvous, until the setting in of the
Frost in the River Weser, had made it impracticable
for them to proceed immediately to the Place of their
final Destination: His Majesty has found it unavoidably necessary to order the said Troops to be disembarked, and to be stationed in the Barracks at Hilsea,
Dover, and Chatham, and at the same Time has given
Directions, that they shall be re-embarked and sent
Home as soon as the Weser is navigable, every necessary Preparation for that Purpose having by His Majesty's Orders been already made.
"G. R."
And the same having been again read by the Clerk:
Address thereupon.
Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to
His Majesty, to return His Majesty the Thanks of this
House, for the gracious Communication contained in
His Majesty's Message to this House.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty by the Lords with white Staves.
Irish Portage of Letters Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage
and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post,
between Great Britain and Ireland."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to the H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr.
Holford and Mr. Leeds:
To acquaint them, "That the Lords have agreed to
the said Bill, without any Amendment."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum septimum diem instantis Januarii, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 27o Januarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Gordon.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Effingham. |
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Amherst. |
PRAYERS.
Nisbet's divorce Bill.
Ordered, That John Watson of Kirkby over Car,
and Mr. (fn. 1) Ellick, Upholsterer of Wakefield, do
attend this House on Wednesday the 4th Day of February
next, in order to their being examined as Witnesses
upon the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An
Act to dissolve the Marriage of Walter Nisbet Esquire,
with Anne Blomberg his now Wife, and to enable him
to marry again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
tricesimum diem instantis Januarii, horâ decimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Veneris, 30o Januarii 1784.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Norvicen.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius. |
PRAYERS.
King Charles's Martyrdom 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 Lunæ, secundum diem Februarii jam prox. sequen. horâ undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.