House of Lords Journal Volume 37: April 1787 21-30

April 1787 21-30

DIE Lunæ, 23^o Aprilis 1787.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Bank of England against Pulteney.

The Answer of William Pulteney Esquire, to the Appeal of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, was this Day brought in.

Cuthbert and Janes against Patersons:

After hearing Counsel this Day, upon the Petition and Appeal of Alexander Cuthbert Esquire of the City of London, and Charles Janes Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, his Attorney, complaining of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session in Scotland of the 23d of February, and 6th of March 1787; and praying, "That the same might be reversed, varied, or altered, or that the Appellants 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 Mrs. Ann Paterson and Philip Anstruther Paterson Esquire, 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.

West Harptree 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 within the Parish of West Harptree, otherwise West Harptry, in the County of Somerset," 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."

East Stonehouse Chapel Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Rebuilding the Chapel of East Stonehouse in the County of Devon," 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."

E. Cholmondeley's Estate Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of the Right Honourable George James Earl of Cholmondeley, in the County of Chester, in the said Earl of Cholmondeley in Fee-Simple; and for settling an Estate of greater Value, in the same County, in Lieu thereof."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Kelso Road Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from the Burgh of Lauder, in the Shire of Berwick, to and through Kelso, in the Shire of Roxburgh, to the Marchburn."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet To-morrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Bank of England against Pulteney.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein the Governor and Company of the Bank of England are Appellants, and William Pulteney 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.

Ld. Kinnaird takes the Oaths.

This Day George Lord Kinnaird took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Duties Consolidation Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for repealing the several Duties of Customs and Excise, and granting other Duties in Lieu thereof, and for applying the said Duties, together with the other Duties composing the Public Revenue; for permitting the Importation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, the Produce or Manufacture of the European Dominions of the French King into this Kingdom; and for applying certain unclaimed Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the Payment of An nuities on Lives, to the Reduction of the National Debt."

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 the former Messengers:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Colquhoun against Corbet: Respondent's Petition for a Bye-Day:

A Petition of John Corbet Esquire of Tolcross, Respondent in a Cause depending in this House, to which John Colquhoun, Tenant in Gartcosh, is Appellant, was presented and read; setting forth, "That the Appellant having brought Three several Appeals to their Lordships from certain Interlocutors of the Lords of Session and Lord Ordinary in Scotland, and which having been severally disposed of, hath now brought his Fourth Appeal, to which the Respondent hath, in Obedience to their Lordships' Order, put in his Answer, and set down the Cause for Hearing; that during all this Time, the Appellant keeps Possession of the Farm in the Petition mentioned, without paying any Rent to the Respondent, and he is now upwards of Seven Years in Arrear for the same, and has brought his Appeal so late with the View and in the Hopes that it cannot be heard this Session, whereby he will be assured in another Year's Possession, and by continuing the same Mode of Practice which he has hitherto done, he may keep that Possession for many Years longer without paying any Rent or permitting the Cause to come to a final Determination; that the Respondent has no doubt but their Lordships will discountenance and put a stop to such an injurious Mode of Proceeding, calculated to defeat Justice, and to make the Orders of their Lordships' House subservient to the litigious and unfair Practices of the Appellant;" and therefore praying, That this Cause may be appointed to be heard on Thursday the 3d Day of May next; and that their Lordships will give the Petitioner such other Relief in the Premises as to their Lordships shall seem proper."

Appellant's Counter Petition.

Then, A Petition of John Colquhoun, Tenant in Gartcosh, Appellant in a Cause depending in this House, to which John Corbet Esquire, of Tolcross, is Respondent, was presented and read; setting forth, "That the Appellant's Agent cannot attribute to himself any of the Delays stated by the Respondent, this Cause having only of late been under his Management, nor can the Respondent sustain any Injury thereby, as he is amply secured for every Shilling which in the Event may be found due to him; that from the Nature of the Case, the Appellant is advised it will be necessary that the Respondent produce the Deeds, which the Appellant humbly contends it is incumbent on him to do, the Award being wholly in his Favour, having been delivered to him by the Arbitrators, and Judgement entered thereon at his Suit, without having ever been in the Possession of the Appellant or any Person on his Behalf; the Appellant is, however, unwilling that the Hearing should be delayed on this account; he has obtained an Office Copy of the Deeds, with the Affidavit of a Notary Public, in Support of his Objections, and he is ready and willing that the Cause may be heard as soon as it may please their Lordships, provided the Respondent will admit these as Evidence: they are the best Evidence which from the Nature of the Case it is possible for the Appellant to obtain, nor is it believed the Truth of them will be doubted; and if the Respondent shall without Reason refuse to admit them, the Appellant humbly contends the Trouble and Delay, till he shall produce the Original Deeds, must be imputed to the Respondent himself;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "To give such Order in the Premises as to their Lordships shall appear just."

And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called in, and heard at the Bar:

And being withdrawn;

Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause by Counsel at the Bar on Thursday the 3d Day of May next.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum quartum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Martis, 24^o Aprilis 1787.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Dillingham's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Estates in the Counties of Bedford, Northampton, Essex, Middlesex, and Cambridge, devised by the Will of Theophilus Dillingham Esquire, deceased, in Dillingham Brampton Gurdon Dillingham Esquire, and his Heirs, and for settling another Estate, of greater Value, in the County of Norfolk, to the same Uses as the devised Estates now stand limited," 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."

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Kelso Road Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from the Burgh of Lander in the Shire of Berwick, to and through Kelso in the Shire of Roxburgh, to the Marchburn," 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."

West Harptree Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Lands within the Parish of West Harptree otherwise West Harptry in the County of Somerset."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

East Stonehouse Chapel Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for Re-building the Chapel of East Stonehouse in the County of Devon."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. that the Lords.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:

have agreed to the Two preceding Bills.

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bills, without any Amendment.

Pawnbrokers' Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade and Business of Pawnbrokers."

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill and made some Amendments thereto, which he was ready to report when the House will please to receive the same."

Ordered, That the said Report be received Tomorrow.

Elphinstone against Campbell and Maxwell.

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause, wherein the Honourable William Elphinstone is Appellant, and John Campbell and James Maxwell Esquires are Respondents, which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Thursday next.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicesimum quintum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 25^o Aprilis 1787.

REX.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Pawnbrokers' Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale, according to Order, reported the Amendments made by the Committee of the whole House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade and Business of Pawnbrokers."

The said Amendments were read by the Clerk as follow; (videlicet)

Pr. 5. L. 30. After ("exceeding") leave out ("Five") and insert ("Two") and in the same Line after ("Shillings") insert ("and Sixpence")."

And the said Amendments, being read a Second Time, were agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time on Tuesday the 8th Day of May next.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure to robe.

The House was resumed.

The King present:

His Majesty being seated on the Throne, adorned with His Crown and Regal Ornaments, and attended by His Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes), commanded the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure, That they attend him immediately in this House."

Who being come, with their Speaker;

He, after a short Introduction in relation to the Money Bill to be passed, delivered it to the Clerk, who brought it to the Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the Title of that and the other Bills to be passed, severally, as follow; (videlicet)

Bills passed.

1. "An Act for repealing the several Duties of Customs and Excise, and granting other Duties in Lieu thereof; and for applying the said Duties, together with the other Duties composing the Publick Revenue; for permitting the Importation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, the produce or manufacture of the European Dominions of the French King into this Kingdom; and for applying certain unclaimed Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the Payment of Annuities on Lives, to the Reduction of the National Debt."

To this Bill the Royal Assent was pronounced by the Clerk Assistant in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujets accepte leur Benevolence et ainsi le veult."

2. "An Act for re-building the Chapel of East Stonehouse in the County of Devon."

To this Bill the Royal Assent was pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy le veult."

3. "An Act for discharging divers Manors, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments belonging to Sir Edward Bayntun Rolt Baronet, and Andrew Bayntun Rolt Esquire, from a certain Limitation contained in an Indenture of Release, bearing Date the Twenty-second Day of August One thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven."

4. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Lands within the Parish of West Harptree, otherwife West Harptry in the County of Somerset."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, severally, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Soit fait comme il est desiré."

Then His Majesty was pleased to retire, and the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to unrobe.

The House was resumed.

Kipping's Cross Roads Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Marsham and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term and varying the Powers of an Act of the Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Kipping's Cross in the County of Kent to Lamberhurst Pound and Pullen's Hill in the said County, and to Flimwell Vent in the County of Sussex; and also for repairing the Road from the TurnpikeGate at Lamberhurst Pound aforesaid, through East Lane, and by Hope Mill to the Turnpike Road at Clayhill in the Parish of Goudhurst, in the County of Kent;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

St. James's Parish Bristol Division Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Brickdale and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing the Parish of Saint James in the City and County of Bristol and County of Gloucester; and for building a Church and providing a Cemetery or Church-yard and Par sonage House within the new Parish;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

East India Warehouse Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Le Mesurier and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the East India Company to continue their Warehouses already built, and to build new Warehouses exceeding certain Dimensions, freed and discharged from the Regulations and Directions contained in an Act made in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for the further and better Regulation of Buildings and PartyWalls, and for the more effectually preventing Mischiefs by Fire within the Cities of London and Westminster and the Liberties thereof, and other the Parishes, Precincts, and Places within the Weekly Bills of Mortality, the Parishes of Saint Mary-le-Bon, Paddington, Saint Pancras, and Saint Luke at Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex; and for indemnifying, under certain Conditions, Builders and other Persons against the Penalties to which they are or may be liable, for erecting Buildings within the Limits aforesaid, contrary to Law;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

E. Selkirk takes the Oaths.

This Day Dunbar Earl of Selkirk took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Kelso Road Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from the Burgh of Lauder in the Shire of Berwick, to and through Kelso in the Shire of Roxburgh to the Marchburn."

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. Eames and Mr. Montagu:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Dillingham's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Estates in the Counties of Bedford, Northampton, Essex, Middlesex, and Cambridge, devised by the Will of Theophilus Dillingham Esquire, deceased, in Dillingham Brampton Gurdon Dillingham Esquire, and his Heirs, and for settling another Estate, of greater Value, in the County of Norfolk, to the same Uses as the devised Estate now stand limited."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereto.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum sextum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 26^o Aprilis 1787.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Elphinstone against Campbell and Maxwell.

After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause, wherein the Honourable William Elphinstone is Appellant, and John Campbell and James Maxwell Esquires are Respondents:

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 Monday next; and that the rest of the Causes on Cause Days be removed in Course.

Kipping's Cross Roads Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term, and varying the Powers of an Act of the Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from Kipping's Cross, in the County of Kent, to Lamberhurst Pound and Pullens Hill, in the said County, and to Flimwell Vent in the County of Sussex; and also for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate at Lamberhurst Pound aforesaid, through East Lane, and by Hope Mill, to the Turnpike Road at Clay Hill, in the Parish of Goudhurst, in the County of Kent."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

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.

Insolvent Debtors' Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, and for the Relief of Bankrupts in certain Cases."

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

Lords summoned.

Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Tuesday the 8th Day of May next.

Reading Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Vansittart and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term and varying the Powers of an Act of the Eighth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing, widening, turning, and altering, the Road leading from Reading, in the County of Berks, through Henley, in the County of Oxford, and Great Marlow, Chipping Wycombe, Agmondesham, and Cheynes, in the County of Bucks, and Rickmansworth, Watford, and Saint Alban's, to Hatfield, in the County of Hertford; and also the Road leading out of the said Road at Marlow, over Great Marlow Bridge through Bysham, to or near the Thirty Mile Stone in the Turnpike Road leading from Maidenhead to Reading;" 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 Veneris, vicesimum septimum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 27^o Aprilis 1787.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Elphinstone against Campbell and Maxwell.

After hearing Counsel further in the Cause wherein the Honourable William Elphinstone is Appellant, and John Campbell and James Maxwell Esquires are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said Cause be put off to Monday next; and that the Cause which stands for Monday next be put off to Wednesday next; and that the rest of the Causes on Cause Days be removed in Course.

Ld. Tyrone introduced:

George Earl of Tyrone, in the Kingdom of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 21st Day of August 1786, in the 26th Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Tyrone of Haverford West, in the County of Pembroke, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Osborne and the Lord Sydney (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Garter 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 well-beloved George De la Poer of Haverford West, in Our County of Pembroke, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas by reason of certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We did lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our Council, Ordain Our present Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the Eighteenth Day of May, in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign, which Parliament hath been from that Time, by several Adjournments and Prorogations, adjourned, Prorogued, and continued to and until the Fourteenth Day of September now next coming, at Our City aforesaid, to be then there held; 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 the said Day and Place 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 Twenty-first Day of August, in the Twenty-sixth 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, and was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Barons Bench.

Pedigree delivered.

Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.

Ld. Carleton introduced:

Richard Earl of Shannon, in the Kingdom of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 21st Day of August 1786, in the 26th Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Carleton of Carleton, in the County of York, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Osborne and the Lord Sydney (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod and Garter 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 Counsellor Richard Boyle of Carleton, in Our County of York, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas, by Reason of certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We did lately, with the Advice and Consent of Our Council, ordain Our present Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Eighteenth Day of May, in the Twenty-fourth Year of Our Reign, which Parliament hath been from that Time by several Adjournments and Prorogations, adjourned, prorogued, and continued to and until the Fourteenth Day of September now next coming at Our City aforesaid, to be then there held; 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 the said Day and Place 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 Twenty-first Day of August, in the Twenty-sixth 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, and was afterwards placed on the lower End of the Barons Bench.

Pedigree delivered.

Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his Lordships' Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.

Trowell Exchange Bill.

After reading and considering the Report of the Judges, to whom was referred the Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm an Agreement for dividing, enclosing, and exchanging the Lands and other Estates within the Lordship of Trowell in the County of Nottingham, and for uniting the Two Medieties of the Rectory of the Parish Church of Trowell aforesaid:"

Ordered, That the said Bill may be read a Second Time.

The said Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Monday the 14th 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.

Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Dundas and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for varying and extending the Powers of the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Promissory Notes' Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Duncombe and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for making perpetual Two Acts passed in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for restraining the Negociation of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange under a limited Sum, within that Part of Great Britain called England;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Kipping's Cross Roads Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term, and varying the Powers of an Act of the Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Kippings Cross, in the County of Kent, to Lamberhurst Pound and Pullens Hill in the said County, and to Flimwell Vent in the County of Sussex; and also for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate at Lamberhurst Pound aforesaid, through East Lane and by Hope Mill, to the Turnpike Road at Clay Hill in the Parish of Goudhurst in the County of Kent," 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."

St. James Bristol Division Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing the Parish of Saint James in the City and County of Bristol and County of Gloucester, and for building a Church and providing a Cemetery or Church Yard, and Parsonage House within the New Parish."

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 Monday next, at the usual Time and Place, and to adjourn as they please.

Salusbury's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for rendering valid and effectual the Powers of Sale and Exchange inserted in the Settlement made on the Marriage of Robert Salusbury Esquire with Katherine his Wife."

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 Monday the 14th Day of May next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they Please.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, tricesimum diem instantis Aprilis, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Lunæ, 30^o Aprilis 1787.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Elphinstone against Campbell and Maxwell:

After hearing Counsel, as well on Thursday and Friday last as this Day, upon the Petition and Appeal of the Honourable William Elphinstone, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland of the 1st of March 1787; 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 John Campbell of Blythwood, and James Maxwell of Williamswood Esquire, put in to the said Appeal, and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Cause remitted.

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this Cause be remitted back to the Court of Session in Scotland, to hear Parties further thereupon, with Liberty to receive such new Allegations and Evidence as the Occasion may require."

St. James Bristol Division Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing the Parish of Saint James in the City and County of Bristol and County of Gloucester; and for building a Church, and providing a Cemetery or Church-Yard, and Parsonage House, within the new Parish," 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."

Kipping's Cross Roads Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Term, and varying the Powers of an Act of the Second Year of His present Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Kipping's Cross in the County of Kent, to Lamberhurst Pound and Pullen's Hill in the said County, and to Flimwell Vent in the County of Sussex; and also for repairing the Road from the Turnpike Gate at Lamberhurst Pound aforesaid, through East Lane, and by Hope Mill, to the Turnpike Road at Clay Hill in the Parish of Goudhurst, 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 it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Graves and Mr. Pepys:

To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

Promissory Notes' Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for making perpetual Two Acts passed in the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for restraining the Negotiation of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange under a limited Sum, within that Part of Great Britain called England."

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 to To-morrow.

Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for varying and extending the Powers of the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet To-morrow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Insolvent Debtors' Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors; and for the Relief of Bankrupts in certain Cases," be read a Second Time on Tuesday the 8th Day of May next.

Camberwell Lighting Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Joseph Mawbey and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for better lighting and watching the Village of Camberwell in the County of Surrey, and certain Roads and other Places adjoining or near thereto;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Bitteswell Enclosure Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Hungerford and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, and Commonable Places in the Parish of Bitteswell in the County of Leicester;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Strathallan Claim of Peerage, Committee put off.

Ordered, That the Sitting of the Committee for Privileges, to whom the Petition of Andrew John Drummond, Lieutenant-Colonel in His Majesty's Service, claiming the Honours and Dignity of Viscount of Strathallan, Lord Madertie, and Lord Drummond of Cromlix, with His Majesty's Reference thereof, to this House is referred, which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Thursday the 10th Day of May next; and that Notice thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney-General and the Lord Advocate for Scotland; and that the Judges do then attend.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, primum diem Maii, jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.