April 1786 11-20
DIE Martis, 11o Aprilis 1786.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Exon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
March. Stafford, C. P. S.
March. Buckingham.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Bathurst. |
Ds. Sydney, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Vere.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Rawdon. |
PRAYERS.
Hill against Buchanans:
After hearing Counsel as well Yesterday as this Day,
upon the amended Petition and Appeal of James Hill
Writer in Glasgow, Trustee upon the sequestrated Estate
of Wilson and Brown of Glasgow Merchants, complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland of the 25th of January and 26th of February 1785;
and praying, "That the same might be reversed, varied,
or altered, or that the Appellant might have such
other Relief in the Premises as to this House, in their
Lordships' great Wisdom, should seem meet;" as also
upon the Answer of George Buchanan of Glasgow, and
John Buchanan of Greenock Merchants, put in to the said
Appeal, and due Consideration had of what was offered
on either Side in this Cause:
Interlocutors affirmed.
It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the
said Petition and Appeal be and is hereby dismissed this
House, and that the said Interlocutors therein complained of be and the same are hereby affirmed.
York Buildings Co. against L.Elphinstone.
After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause, wherein
the Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising
Thames Water in York Buildings are Appellants, and
John Lord Elphinstone is Respondent:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off till To-morrow; and that the Cause
which stands for To-Morrow be put off to the First
Cause Day after the Recess at Easter; and that the
rest of the Causes on Cause Days be removed in Course.
Flookersbrook Roads Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
amending, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road
from Flookersbrook Bridge within the Township of
Newton, near Chester, to the South End of Wilderspool Causeway, and from the Market Town of Frodsham
to Ashton Lane End, in the Township of Ashton, in the
County of Chester."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. Privy Seal.
M. Buckingham.
E. Stamford.
E. Hopetoun.
E. Ferrers.
E. Bathurst. |
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Sydney.
L. Howard de Walden.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Vere.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Rawdon. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and
to adjourn as they please.
Upper Wallop Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the several Common Fields,
Common Downs, Common Pastures, and other Commonable Places in the several Parishes of Upper Wallop,
Hursbourne, Pryors, and Tufton, in the County of
Southampton."
Harvington Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields
and all other Commonable Land within the Parish of
Harvington, in the County of Worcester."
Bray Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common
Fields, a Common Meadow, and Common Pasture
and Commonable Lands within the Parish of Bray, in
the County of Berks."
Bills passed by Commission.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission
to several Lords therein named, for declaring His
Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both
Houses of Parliament."
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Then Three of the Lords Commissioners being in
their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the
Throne and the Woolsack, the Lord Chancellor in the
Middle, with the Lord Privy Seal on his Right Hand,
and the Lord Sydney on his Left, commanded the
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to signify to the Commons, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House to hear the Commission
read."
Who being come, with their Speaker;
The Lord Chancellor said,
My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
His Majesty not thinking sit to be personally present here at this Time, has been pleased to cause a
Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, and
thereby given His Royal Assent to divers Acts, which
have been agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament,
the Titles whereof are particularly mentioned; and
by the said Commission hath commanded us to declare and notify His Royal Assent to the said several
Acts, in the Presence of you the Lords and Commons
assembled for that Purpose; which Commission you
will now hear read."
Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk, as
follows; (videlicet)
GEORGE R.
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
right well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and to Our trusty and well-beloved the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires
and Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, Greeting: Whereas We have
seen and perfectly understood divers and sundry Acts
agreed and accorded on by you Our loving Subjects
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the Commons,
in this Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed
by you, as hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names
of which Acts hereafter do particularly ensue; (that
is to say) "An Act to explain and amend certain Provisions of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of
the Reign of His present Majesty, respecting the better
Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the
East India Company." "An Act for the more easy
and speedy Recovery of small Debts within the Town
and Borough of Deal, and the Parishes of Ripple, Sutton, Northbourne, Great Mongeham, Little Mongeham, Tilmanstone, Betshanger, Ham and Sholden, in
the County of Kent." "An Act to amend and render more effectual Two Acts made in the Sixth Year
of the Reign of Queen Anne, and the Thirty-second
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George
the Second, for erecting a Workhouse in the Town
and Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon;
and for setting the Poor on Work and maintaining
them there; and for obliging the Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth to contribute towards the County Rates of Devon; and for applying for the Relief
of the Poor in the said Workhouse, certain Surplus
Monies which have formerly arisen by the Assessment
for raising the Land Tax in the said Town; and for
granting further Power to the Guardians of the Poor
of the Town of Plymouth in the County of Devon."
An Act to prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Admeasurement of Coals sold by Wharf Measure, within
the several Parishes lying between Putney and Rotherhithe, both inclusive, in the County of Surrey."
An Act to amend and render effectual, Two Acts of
the Ninth and Fifteenth Years of His present Majesty, for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal
from the Coventry Canal Navigation to the City of
Oxford." "An Act to continue and render more effectual so much of an Act passed in the Twenty-seventh
Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George
the Second, as imposes a Duty on Ships and Vessels
anchoring in the Harbour of Alloa, in the County of
Clackmannan, for repairing the Pier of the said Harbour." "An Act for more effectually repairing the
Road from the Black Bull Inn in Dunstable in the
County of Bedford, to the Way turning out of the
said Road up to Shafford House in the County of Hertford." "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers
of an Act of the Fifth Year of His present Majesty,
for repairing and widening the Road leading from the
Town of Wadhurst in the County of Sussex, to the
Turnpike Road at Lamberhurst Pound and Pullen's
Hill in the County of Kent, and from the Top of
Pullen's Hill through the Parishes of Horsmonden,
Marden, Yalden, and West Farley to West Farley Street
in the said County of Kent." "An Act for enlarging the Term of an Act of the Fifth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Roads
leading from the Turnpike Road at Kipping's Cross
in the Parish of Brenchley in the County of Kent,
through the Parishes of Brenchley, Horsmonden and
Goudhurst, by the Left Hand side of Iden Green, to
the Turnpike Road on Wilsley Green, in the Parish of
Cranbrooke, and from a Place near Goudhurst Gore
through the Parish of Marden, to Stile Bridge in the
said Parish, and from Underden Green in Marden
aforesaid, to Wanshutt's Green, in the County of Kent."
An Act for amending and widening several Roads
leading from and through the Town of Wiveliscombe
in the County of Somerset, and other Roads adjoining
or near thereto." "An Act for continuing the Term
and altering and enlarging the Powers of an Act,
passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's
Reign, for repairing and widening several Roads leading from the Port, Town and Borough of Minehead,
and from Dunster and Watchet in the County of Somerset." "An Act for enlarging the Term and
Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign
of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Great Grimsby
Haven, at or near a Place called the Upper Sand End
to Wold Newton Church, and from Nuns Farm to the
Mill Field in the Parish of Irby in the County of Lincoln." "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers
of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of
His present Majesty King George the Third, and also
of Two Acts made one in the Twelfth Year of
King George the First, and the other in the Twelfth
Year of the Reign of King George the Second, so far
as the said Two Acts relate to the Road from Spittlegate Hill to Foston Bridge in the County of Lincoln."
An Act for vesting the settled Estate of Stephen Tress,
in the County of Sussex, in Trustees, to convey the
same, pursuant to an Agreement, for the Sale thereof; and for laying out the Money in the Purchase of
other Lands and Hereditaments, to be settled to the
like Uses." "An Act for dividing and enclosing
certain Common Fields, Common Meadows, Pastures, and other Commonable Lands, within the
Hamlet of Shottery, in the Parish of Old Stratford
otherwise Stratford upon Avon, in the County of
Warwick." "An Act for dividing and enclosing
certain Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows and Pastures, and Commonable or Waste
Lands, within the Parish of Oddington, in the County of Gloucester." "An Act for dividing and enclosing several Parcels of Waste Grounds, within the
Manors of Narberth, Templeton, Molleston, and Robestone Wathen, in the Parishes of Narberth, and Robestone Wathen, in the County of Pembroke." "An
Act for dividing, enclosing, and allotting certain
Moors, Commons, or Waste Grounds, lying and
being within the Parish of West Pennard, in the
County of Somerset." "An Act to enable George
Tasburgh Esquire (lately called George Crathorne)
and his Heirs Male, to take and bear the Surname
and Arms of Tasburgh only, pursuant to the Will and
also to a certain Settlement made by George Tasburgh Esquire deceased." And albeit the said Acts
by you Our said Subjects the Lords and Commons,
in this Our present Parliament assembled, are fully
agreed and consented unto, yet nevertheless the same
are not of Force and Effect in the Law without Our
Royal Assent given and put to the said Acts; and
forasmuch as for divers Causes and Considerations
We cannot convenlently at this Time be present in
Our Royal Person in the Higher House of Our said
Parliament, being the Place accustomed to give Our
Royal Assent to such Acts as have been agreed upon
by you Our said Subjects the Lords and Commons,
We have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent
to be made, and have signed the same; and by the
same do give and put Our Royal Assent to the said
Acts, and to all Articles, Clauses, and Provisions
therein contained, and have fully agreed and assented
to the said Acts; Willing, that the said Acts and
every Article, Clause, Sentence and Provision therein contained, from henceforth shall be of the same
Strength, Force, and Effect, as if We had been personally present in the said Higher House, and had openly
and publickly, in the Presence of you all, assented to
the same: And We do by these Presents declare and
notify the same Our Royal Assent as well to you the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons aforesaid,
as to all others whom it may concern: Commanding
also, by these Presents, Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain, to seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Great Britain; And also,
commanding Our most dear Son and our faithful
Counsellor George Prince of Wales; the most Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and well-beloved
Counsellor John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate
and Metropolitan of all England; Our said Chancellor of Great Britain; Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor Charles Lord Camden, President of
Our Council; Our right trusty and entirely beloved
Cousin and Counsellor Granville Marquis of Stafford,
Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right trusty and right
entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Duke
of Chandos, Steward of Our Household; Charles Duke
of Richmond; George Duke of Montagu, Master of Our
Horse; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousins
and Counsellors James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain
of Our Household; William Earl of Mansfield, Our
Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us; Our
right trusty and well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors
Thomas Viscount Weymouth, Groom of our Stole;
Richard Viscount Howe, First Commissioner of Our
Admiralty; and Our right trusty and well-beloved
Counsellors Francis Lord Osborne, One of Our principal Secretaries of State, and Thomas Lord Sydney,
One other of Our Principal Secretaries of State, or
any Three or more of them, to declare and notify this
Our Royal Assent in Our Absence in the said Higher
House, in the Presence of you, the said Lords and the
Commons of Our Parliament, there to be assembled for that Purpose, and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts, with such Terms and
Words, in Our Name, as is requisite, and hath been
accustomed for the same; and also to enroll these
Our Letters Patent, and the said Acts in the Parliament Roll, and these Our Letters Patent shall be to
every of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf:
And finally, We do declare and will, that after this
Our Royal Assent given and passed by these Presents,
and declared and notified as is aforesaid, then and
immediately the said Acts shall be taken, accepted, and
admitted good, sufficient, and perfect Acts of Parliament and Laws to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes, and to be put in due Execution accordingly;
the Continuance or Dissolution of this Our Parliament,
or any other Use, Custom, Thing, or Things to
the contrary thereof not withstanding: In Witness
whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patent.
"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Eleventh
Day of April, in the Twenty-sixth Year of
Our Reign.
By the King Himself, signed with his own
Hand.
"Yorke."
Then the Lord Chancellor said,
In Obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by
Virtue of the Commission which has been now read,
We do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal and Commons, in Parliament assembled, That His Majesty hath given His Royal Assent
to the several Acts in the Commission mentioned; and
the Clerks are required to pass the same in the usual
Form and Words."
1. "An Act to explain and amend certain Provisions
of an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, respecting the better
Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the
East India Company."
2. "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery
of small Debts, within the Town and Borough of
Deal, and the Parishes of Ripple, Sutton, Northbourne,
Great Mongeham, Little Mongeham, Tilmanstone,
Betshanger, Ham, and Sholden, in the County of
Kent."
3."An Act to amend and render more effectual
Two Acts made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of
Queen Anne, and the Thirty-second Year of the
Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second,
for erecting a Workhouse in the Town and Borough
of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, and for setting the Poor on Work, and maintaining them there;
and for obliging the Mayor and Commonalty of Plymouth, to contribute towards the County Rates of
Devon; and for applying for the Relief of the Poor
in the said Workhouse, certain Surplus Monies,
which have formerly arisen by the Assessment for
raising the Land Tax in the said Town; and for granting further Power to the Guardians of the Poor of
the Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon."
4."An Act to prevent Frauds and Abuses in the
Admeasurement of Coals sold by Wharf Measure,
within the several Parishes lying between Putney and
Rotherhithe, both inclusive, in the County of Surrey."
5. "An Act to amend and render effectual Two
Acts of the Ninth and Fifteenth Years of His present
Majesty, for making and maintaining a Navigable
Canal from the Coventry Canal Navigation to the City
of Oxford."
6."An Act to amend and render more effectual,
so much of an Act passed in the Twenty-seventh Year
of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the
Second, as imposes a Duty on Ships and Vessels anchoring in the Harbour of Alloa, in the County of
Clackmannan, for repairing the Pier of the said Harbour."
7."An Act for more effectually repairing the Road
from the Black Bull Inn in Dunstable, in the County
of Bedford, to the Way turning out of the said Road
up to Shafford House, in the County of Hertford."
8."An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
an Act of the Fifth Year of His present Majesty, for
repairing and widening the Road leading from the
Town of Wadhurst, in the County of Sussex, to the
Turnpike Road at Lamberhurst Pound and Pullen's
Hill, in the County of Kent, and from the Top of
Pullen's Hill through the Parishes of Horsmonden,
Marden, Yalden, and West Farley, to West Farley
Street, in the said County of Kent."
9."An Act for enlarging the Term of an Act of the
Fifth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and
widening the Roads leading from the Turnpike Road
at Kipping's Cross, in the Parish of Brenchley, in the
County of Kent, through the Parishes of Brenchley,
Horsmonsden, and Goudhurst, by the left Hand Side
of Iden Green to the Turnpike Road on Wilsley Green,
in the Parish of Cranbrooke, and from a Place near
Goudhurst Gore, through the Parish of Marden to
Stile Bridge in the said Parish, and from Underden
Green in Marden aforesaid, to Wanshutt's Green in
the County of Kent."
10."An Act for amending and widening several
Roads leading from and through the Town of Wiveliscombe, in the County of Somerset, and other Roads
adjoining or near thereto."
11."An Act for continuing the Term and altering
and enlarging the Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth
Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for repairing
and widening several Roads leading from the Port,
Town and Borough of Minehead, and from Dunster
and Watchet, in the County of Somerset."
12. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for repairing and
widening the Road from Great Grimsby Haven, at or
near a Place called the Upper Sand End, to Wold
Newton Church, and from Nuns Farm to the Mill
Field in the Parish of Irby, in the County of Lincoln."
13."An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of
an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His
present Majesty King George the Third, and also of
Two Acts made, One in the Twelfth Year of the
Reign of King George the First, and the other in the
Twelfth Year of the Reign of King George the Second,
so far as the said Two Acts relate to the Road from
Spittlegate Hill to Foston Bridge, in the County of
Lincoln."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)
"Le Roy le veult."
14."An Act for vesting the settled Estate of Stephen
Tress, in the County of Sussex, in Trustees to convey
the same, pursuant to an Agreement for the Sale
thereof; and for laying out the Money in the Purchase of other Lands and Hereditaments, to be settled
to the like Uses."
15."An Act for dividing and enclosing certain
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Pastures, and
other Commonable Lands, within the Hamlet of
Shottery, in the Parish of Old Stratford, otherwise
Stratford-upon-Avon, in the County of Warwick."
16."An Act for dividing and enclosing certain
Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows and
Pastures, and Commonable or Waste Lands, within
the Parish of Oddington, in the County of Gloucester."
17."An Act for dividing and enclosing several Parcels of Waste Grounds, within the Manors of Narberth, Templeton, Molleston, and Robestone Wathan,
in the Parishes of Narberth and Robestone Wathan, in
the County of Pembroke."
18."An Act for dividing, enclosing, and allotting
certain Moors, Commons, or Waste Lands lying and
being within the Parish of West Pennard in the County
of Somerset."
19."An Act to enable George Tasburgh Esquire
(lately called George Crathorne) and his Heirs Male
to take and bear the Surname and Arms of Tasburgh
only, pursuant to the Will, and also to a certain Settlement made by George Tasburgh Esquire deceased."
To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced,
severally, by the Clerk Assistant in these Words; (videlicet)
"Soit fait comme il est desiré."
Then the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Ld. Vere takes the Oaths.
This Day Aubrey Lord Vere took the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration; and also took
and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Westbury Poor Bill.
The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee to
whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Appointment
of an additional Overseer for the better Government
of the Poor of the Parish of Westbury, in the County of
Wilts," 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."
Bishopp's Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Yorke and others:
To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting
Part of the devised Estate of Robert Bishopp deceased,
in the County of Surrey, in Trustees, to be sold; and
for laying out the Money arising from the Sale in the
Purchase of another Estate to be settled to the same
Uses;" and to acquaint this House, That they have
agreed to the same, without any Amendment.
Chatteris Ferry Roads Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Yorke and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term
and Powers of Two Acts made in the Fifth and Seventh Years of His present Majesty, for repairing certain Roads therein mentioned, leading from Chatteris
Ferry to the Town of Wisbech Saint Peter's in the Isle
of Ely, and other Places in the said Acts mentioned;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Bawtry Roads Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Harris and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the
Term and Powers of so much of an Act passed in
the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty
King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Bawtry Bridge, in
the County of Nottingham, to Hainton, in the County
of Lincoln, and from North Willingham to the North
End of the Lane betwixt Dexthorpe and Langton, and
from West Raisin to Pilford Bridge, and from the
Great Road near Bishop Bridge to Bishop Norton Common, and from the Hamlet of Morton to Epworth, and
from Haxey Field to the Trent at Kinnald Ferry, in
the said County of Lincoln," as relates to the First and
Second Districts of Roads therein described;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First
Time.
L. Carteret's Exchange Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
effectuate and establish an Exchange between the
Right Honourable Henry Frederick Lord Carteret and
his Trustees, with the Master, Fellows, and Scholars
of the College of the Lady Frances Sydney Sussex, in
the University of Cambridge, of the Advowson and
Right of Patronage of and to the Rectory of Saint
Mary Week, otherwise Week Saint Mary, in the
County of Cornwall, for the Advowson and Right of
Patronage of and to the Vicarage of Wilstead, otherwise Wilshampstead, in the County of Bedford."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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Ld. Privy Seal.
M. Buckingham.
E. Stamford.
E. Hopetoun.
E. Ferrers.
E. Bathurst. |
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Sydney.
L. Howard de Walden.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Vere.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst.
L. Rawdon. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on
Thursday the Fourth Day of May next, at Ten
o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn
as they please.
Barlow's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the Estates in the Town and County
of Southampton, devised by the Will of Benjamin Barlow deceased, in Trustees, to be sold; and for laying
out the Purchase Money in another Estate, to be
settled in Lieu thereof, to the same Uses."
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
Wednesday the 26th Day of this Instant April, at
the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they
please.
V. Gallway's Estate Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting certain Estates in the County of Nottingham,
entailed by the Will of the Right Honourable Henry
William Arundell Viscount Gallway, in Trustees, to be
sold; and for laying out the Money arising therefrom
in the Purchase of Estates situate in the West Riding
of the County of York, to be settled to the same
Uses."
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 3d Day of Meeting after the Recess at
Easter, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.
Walker against Fletcher.
Upon reading the Petition of Mrs. Jane Fletcher,
otherwise Gordon, Respondent in a Cause depending in
this House, to which William Walker Esquire, is Appellant;
setting forth, "That this Appeal is taken from a Decree
of the Court of Session, appointing the Appellant to
pay a certain Sum to the Respondent for her Aliment
and Subsistence, and while it depends she is absolutely destitute: In such Circumstances she hopes
that their Lordships will order the Cause to be heard
on an early Day;" and therefore praying, "Their
Lordships will be pleased to appoint this Cause to be
heard on Wednesday the 3d Day of May next, or on
such other Day as their Lordships shall think proper,
the Agent for the Appellant having signed the said
Petition, as consenting thereto:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Cause by Counsel at the Bar on Tuesday the 2d Day of
May next.
Wardens, &c. of All Souls College Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of the Wardens and Fellows of All Souls College, in the University
of Oxford, and the Reverend Peter Rashleigh; praying
Leave to bring in a private Bill for the Purposes therein
mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
applying Part of the Trust Fund which was given by
the Will of Doctor Ralph Freeman for repairing or
rebuilding the Vicarage House of the Parish of Barking, in the County of Essex, in purchasing a convenient Piece of Ground in the said Parish, and in
building a new Vicarage House thereon."
Dumbarton Highways and Bridges Roads Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing the Highways and Bridges in the County of
Dumbarton."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Sandwich, &c. Small Debts Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small
Debts within the Town and Port of Sandwich and
Vill of Ramsgate, and the Parishes of Minster and
Saint Lawrence, in the Isle of Thanet, Walmer, Ash
next Sandwich, Eastry, Wingham, Staple, Goodnestone
next Wingham, Chillenden, Nonnington, Woodnesborough,
otherwise Winsborow, Eythorne, Word, otherwise Worth,
Elmestone, Preston next Wingham, Ickham, and Wickhambreux, in the County of Kent."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Two preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Montagu and Mr. Pepys:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
duodecimum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 12o Aprilis 1786.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Abercorn.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Bathurst.
Viscount Dudley & Ward. |
Ds. Osborne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst. |
PRAYERS.
Bruce against Dundas.
The Answer of Thomas Dundas of Fingask Esquire,
to the Appeal of James Bruce of Kinnaird Esquire, was
this Day brought in.
York Buildings Co. against L.Elphinstone.
After hearing Counsel further in the Cause, wherein
the Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising
Thames Water in York Buildings are Appellants, and
John Lord Elphinstone is Respondent:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off till To-morrow; and that the Counsel
be called in at One o'Clock.
Westbury Poor Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the Appointment of an additional Overseer for the
better Government of the Poor of the Parish of Westbury in the County of Wilts."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Mr. Montagu and Mr. Pepys:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to
the said Bill, without any Amendment.
Upper Wallop, &c. Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the several Common Fields,
Common Downs, Common Pastures, and other Commonable Places in the several Parishes of Upper Wallop, Hursbourn, Pryors, and Tufton, in the County of
Southampton."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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E. Abercorn.
E. Stamford.
E. Bathurst.
V. Dudley & Ward. |
L. Abp. Canterbury.
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Osborne.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Hawke.
L. Amherst. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and
to adjourn as they please.
Birstall Road Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing and amending an Act of the Fifth Year of
His present Majesty, for amending and widening the
Road from the Sign of the Coach and Horses in Birstall to the Turnpike Road at Nunbrook, and from
Bradley Lane to the Town of Huddersfield, in the West
Riding of the County of York."
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.
Bray Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common
Fields, a Common Meadow, and Common Pasture
and Commonable Lands within the Parish of Bray in
the County of Berks."
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.
Harvington Enclosure Bill.
Hodie 2 vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields
and all other Commonable Land within the Parish of
Harvington in the 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 third Day of Meeting after the Recess at
Easter, at the usual Time and Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Methley Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by the Lord Delaval and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons, Common Fields, Wastes, and
other Commonable Lands and Grounds within the
Manor and Parish of Methley in the County of York;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The said Bill was read the First Time.
Chatteris Ferry Roads Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enlarge the Term and Powers of Two Acts made in
the Fifth and Seventh Years of His present Majesty,
for repairing certain Roads therein mentioned leading from Chatteris Ferry to the Town of Wisbeach
Saint Peter's, in the Isle of Ely, and other Places in
the said Acts mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at the usual Time and Place; and to
adjourn as they please.
Debtors' Relief Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
the further Relief of Debtors with respect to the Imprisonment of their Persons, and to oblige Debtors
who shall continue in Execution in Prison beyond a
certain Time, and for Sums not exceeding what are
mentioned in the Act, to make Discovery of and deliver upon Oath their Estates for their Creditors' Benefit," be printed.
Bawtry Roads Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term and Powers of so much of an
Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An
Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Bawtry Bridge in the County of Nottingham to Hainton in
the County of Lincoln, and from North Willingham
to the North End of the Lane betwixt Dexthorpe and
Langton, and from West Raisin to Pilford Bridge, and
from the Great Road near Bishop Bridge to Bishop
Norton Common, and from the Hamlet of Morton to
Epworth, and from Haxey Field to the Trent at Kinnald Ferry, in the said County of Lincoln," as relates
to the first and second Districts of Roads therein described."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords Committees aforenamed:
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
To-morrow, at the usual Time and Place; and
to adjourn as they please.
Parker against Wells in Error.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing Counsel to argue the Errors assigned upon the Writ of Error, wherein John Dewie
Parker Esquire is Appellant, and John Wells is Defendant:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said
Errors argued by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant
Day for Causes after those already appointed.
Bruce against Dundas.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause, wherein James Bruce
of Kinnaird Esquire is Appellant, and Thomas Dundas of Fingask Esquire is Respondent:"
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.
Delavalle et al. against Grove et al. Petition for a Bye-Day rejected.
Upon reading the Petition of Arthur Delavalle Esquire and others, Appellants in a Cause depending in
this House, and of Martha Grove and others, Creditors
of the York Buildings Company Respondents thereto et è
contra, which stands appointed for Hearing; setting forth,
That in this Cause several very important and preliminary Questions, come to be decided in the Ranking
of the Creditors of this Company, and till it is heard
the Ranking cannot proceed, a Variety of Claims depending upon the Issue, and to a very great Amount,
and the Scotch Counsel and Agents being now in
Town;" the Petitioners therefore pray their Lordships, "To appoint this Cause to be heard on Tuesday
the 9th Day of May next, or such other Bye-Day in
this present Session, as to their Lordships shall seem
meet."
It is Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.
Caddells against Caddell et al.
Upon reading the Petition of Messieurs William Caddell
and Sons Merchants in Cockenzie, Appellants in a Cause
depending in this House, to which Margaret Caddell
Widow of William Caddell, late Potter in Preston Pans and
others are Respondents; setting forth, "That the Petitioners have lately discovered a certain Error in their
Appeal, to wit, that in the Action in the Court of
Session in Scotland, John Caddell the Elder late of the
City of Edinburgh Merchant (since deceased), John
Caddell the Younger late of the same Place Merchant,
but now of Fisher Row Land Waiter, Patrick Downey
of Preston Pans Merchant Thomas Rannie late of Long
Niddery but now of Cowsland Farmer, and John
Martin of Haddington Tanner, were Pursuers together with the said Margaret Caddell, the Respondent,
but that the said John Caddell, Patrick Downey, Thomas Rannie, and John Martin are not made Respondents in this Appeal;" and therefore praying their
Lordships, "That they may have Leave to amend their
Appeal in the above Particular, they amending the
Respondents' Copy:"
It is Ordered, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to
amend their said Appeal, by making the said several
Persons, Parties Respondents thereto as desired, they
amending the Respondents' Copy.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis,
decimum tertium diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Jovis, 13o Aprilis 1786.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Bathurst. |
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Elphinstone.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Sommers. |
PRAYERS.
York Buildings Company against Ld. Elphinstone:
After hearing Counsel fully in the Cause wherein the
Governor and Company of Undertakers, for raising
Thames Water in York Buildings are Appellants, and
John Lord Elphinstone is Respondent:
Appeal withdrawn.
It is Ordered, That the Appellants be at Liberty to
withdraw their said Appeal, upon Payment of £200
Costs to the said Respondent.
African Company's Accounts delivered.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Wright from
the Admiralty Office attended:"
He was called in and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to the Directions of an Act of the 23d Year of His late
Majesty,
Copies of Reports to the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great
Britain, of the States and Condition of the Forts
and Settlements on the Coast of Africa, in Possession
of the Company of Merchants trading thither, made
by the late Captain Edward Thompson, of His Majesty's
Ship the Grampus;" together with a Schedule thereof; which was read by the Clerk as follows; (videlicet)
1. "State and Condition of Santa Apollonia Fort,
the 13th of December 1785."
2. "Report of the Fort at Dixcove the 22d of December 1785."
3."State and Condition of British Secundee Fort in
September 1785."
4."State and Condition of Commenda Fort the 25th
of December 1785."
5. "State and Condition of Cape Coast Castle the
16th January 1786."
6. "State and Condition of Annamaboe Fort the 6th
of January 1786."
7. "Report of the Fort at Tantumquerry the 7th
of January 1786."
8. "State and Condition of Winnebah Fort the 11th
of January 1786."
9. "State and Condition of James, Accra and Vernon's
Fort Prampram, the 13th of January 1786."
10. "A short Account of the State and Condition of
Appollonia, independent of that given by the Committee's Servants by Edward Thompson."
11. "A short Account of the State and Condition of
Dixcove, independent of that given by the Committee's Servants by Edward Thompson."
12. "A short Account of the State and Condition
of Secundee, independent of that given by the Committee's Servants by Edward Thompson."
13. "A short Account of the State and Condition of
Commenda, independent of that given by the Committee's Servants by Edward Thomson."
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the Table.
Flookers brook Bridge Road Bill.
The Earl of Stamford reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the
Road from Flookersbrook Bridge, within the Township of Newton near Chester, to the South End of
Wilderspool Causeway, and from the Market Town
of Frodsham to Ashton Lane End, in the Township
of Ashton, in the County of Chester," 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."
Inge et al. Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges to whom was referred the Petition of Henrietta
Inge Widow and others; praying Leave to bring in
a private Bill, for the Purposes therein mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
empower the Guardians of William Phillips Inge Esquire, and of his Sisters, to make or grant Building
and other Leases, during their respective Minorities;
and also to make Exchanges of intermixed Lands
in or near the Town of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick.'
Shipton et al. Leave for a Bill:
After reading and considering the Report of the
Judges, to whom was referred the Petition of Mary Shipton Widow and others; praying Leave to bring in a
Private Bill, for the Purposes therein mentioned:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a
Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.
Bill read.
Hodie 1a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Estate late of John Shipton Esquire, deceased, in the County of Warwick in Trustees to be
sold, and disposed of for the Payment of his Debts
and certain of the Legacies, given by his Will and
Codicil; and for laying out the Residue of the Money arising by such Sale, in the Purchase of other
Estates to be settled to the Uses, and for the Purposes
therein mentioned."
Rolle's Bill.
Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting Part of the settled Estates, of Denys Rolle and
John Rolle Esquires, in Trustees upon Trust to sell
the same, and to purchase Estates contiguous to the
principal Estates of the said Denys Rolle and John
Rolle, to be settled to the Uses of the Estates vested in Trustees for Sale."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following:
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E. Hopetoun.
E. Stamford.
E. Bathurst. |
L. Bp. Exeter.
L. Bp. Lincoln.
L. Bp. Bangor.
L. Bp. Bristol. |
L. Howard de Walden.
L. Elphinstone.
L. Scarsdale.
L. Amherst.
L. Sommers. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet
on the 4th Day of Meeting after the Recess
at Easter, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in
the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers;
and to adjourn as they please.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum
quartum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.