June 1789 1-10
DIE Lunæ, 8o Junii 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Meneven.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Cestrien. |
Dux York.
Dux Clarence.
Dux Gloucester.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Montagu.
March. Townshend.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Morton.
Comes Aberdeen.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Lonsdale.
Comes Strange. |
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Rawdon. |
PRAYERS.
Grant against E. Morton.
After hearing Counsel as well on Tuesday the 26th
Day of May last as this Day, upon the Petition and
Appeal of Alexander Grant Writer in Edinburgh, complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary in
Scotland of the 7th of February 1789, and also of an
Interlocutor of the Lords of Session there, of the 11th of
March 1789; 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 Earl of
Morton, 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
Appeal be and is hereby dismissed this House, and that the
said Interlocutors therein complained of be and the same
are hereby affirmed.
Wood et al. against Hamilton et al.
After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause, wherein
Messieurs John Wood and Company and others are Appellants, and Archibald Hamilton Merchant in Glasgow
and others are Respondents:
It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said
Cause be put off to Friday next; and that the Cause
which stands for Friday next, be put off to Monday next;
and that the rest of the Causes on Cause Days be removed in Course.
Duke of Clarence introduced.
His Royal Highness Prince William Henry being by
Letters Patent, bearing Date the Twentieth Day of May
in the Twenty-ninth Year of His present Majesty's Reign,
created Duke of Clarence and of Saint Andrews, was this
Day (in his Robes) introduced between the Duke of
Chandos Lord Steward of His Majesty's Household, and
the Duke of Montagu, (also in their Robes;) the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms,
and the Earl Marshal of England preceding; His Royal
Highness standing 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 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 most dearly beloved Son
William Henry Duke of Clarence and of Saint Andrews,
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 Twentieth Day of May in the Twenty-ninth
Year of Our Reign.
"Yorke."
Which done, His Royal Highness at the Table took
the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration;
and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration,
pursuant to the Statutes; and was then placed in a Seat
prepared for him on the Left Hand of the Chair of State
on the Throne.
Cromford Canal Bill, Petition against.
Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable
Charles Earl of Harrington, and the humble Petition of
the Mayor and Burgesses of the Borough of Derby in
the County of Derby; and also of Thomas Evans Esquire,
Jedediah Strutt Esquire and others, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed, being Owners and Occupiers of
Mills situate on the River Derwent, in the County of
Derby:
Also, Upon reading the Petition of the several Persons
whose Names are thereunto subscribed, being Inhabitants
of the Town of Derby:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Evans
Esquire, Samuel Fox Esquire, William Stretton Gentleman, and others, whose Names are thereunto subscribed,
Proprietors of the Navigation from the Town of Derby,
on the River Derwent to the River Trent, under and by
virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in the Sixth Year
of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First,
intituled, "An Act for making the River Derwent in
the County of Derby navigable," severally taking
Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled,
"An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal
from or from near to Cromford Bridge, in the County
of Derby, to join and communicate with the Erewash
Canal at or near Langley Bridge; and also a Collateral Cut from the said intended Canal at or near
Codnor Park Mill to or near Pinxton Mill, in the said
County;" and severally praying, "That they may
be heard by themselves or Counsel against the said
Bill, and that the same may not pass into a Law, or
that they may have such other Relief in the Premises
as to this House shall seem meet:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Upon reading the Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Erewash Canal, in the Counties of Derby
and Nottingham, also taking Notice of the last-mentioned Bill;" and praying their Lordships, "That they
may be heard by themselves, their Counsel or Agents,
against the said Bill, or such Parts thereof as may
affect them, and that it may not pass into a Law as it
now stands:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from or
from near to Cromford Bridge, in the County of Derby,
to join and communicate with the Erewash Canal, at
or near Langley Bridge, and also a Collateral Cut from
the said intended Canal at or near Codnor Park Mill,
to or near Pinxton Mill, in the said County," be read
a Second Time on Tuesday the 16th Day of this Instant
June.
Ordered, That the Petitioners be at Liberty to be
heard by their Counsel against the said Bill at the Second
Reading thereof; as may also Counsel be heard for the
said Bill at the same Time, if they think fit.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed.
Arabin's Divorce Bill, Order respecting Notice to Mrs. Arabin:
It was moved, "That the Petition of William John
Arabin Esquire, presented to the House on the 16th
of May last; praying, "That Service of the Copy
of the Bill to dissolve his Marriage, and of the Order
on Charles Bishop, the Proctor for Henrietta Molyneux, may be deemed good Service on her," be now
read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Then an Affidavit of Mr. John Johnson:
And also, an Affidavit of Mr. Henry Milbourne in Support of the said Petition being also read:
Mr. Graham, one of the Agents for the Petitioner, the
said Mr. Johnson, another Agent for the Petitioner, and
the Petitioner Mr. Arabin, were severally called in, and
being sworn, acquainted the House, "That they had
made every Enquiry they could, and that they neither
knew, nor had heard where the said Henrietta Molyneux might be found, or where her Place of Abode
was."
And being withdrawn:
Ordered, That the leaving a Copy of the Bill, and
of the Order of the 8th Day of May last with Charles
Bishop, who acted as Proctor for the said Henrietta Molyneux, in the Ecclesiastical Courts in the Cause of Divorce
mentioned in the said Bill, shall be deemed as good Service of the said Bill and Order, as if the same had been
personally served on the said Henrietta Molyneux.
Second Reading of the Bill deferred.
Then it was moved, "That the Order made on the
25th of May last, for the Second Reading of the Bill,
intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William John Arabin Esquire, with Henrietta Molyneux
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and
for other Purposes therein mentioned," To-morrow,
be now read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Friday next; and that the Lords be summoned.
Highland Society Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House
to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for appropriating the Sum of Three
thousand Pounds out of the unexhausted Balance or
Surplus arising from the forfeited Estates in North
Britain, to be applied by the Highland Society of
Scotland at Edinburgh, to Public Uses in that Part
of the Kingdom:"
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And the Earl of Hopetoun reported, "That the Committee had made a Progress in the Bill, and desired
that another Time might be appointed for the Committee to sit again."
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Friday next.
Cockburnspath Bridge Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for applying the Sum of One thousand Pounds out of
the unexhausted Balance or Surplus arising from the
forfeited Estates in North Britain, towards completing
and finishing the Bridge over the Pees or Pass of Cockburnspath, in the County of Berwick:"
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Friday next.
Bourton, &c. Enclosure Bill.
The Earl of Hopetoun reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open Common
Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Waste
Lands, and Commonable Places, within the Hamlets
of Bourton and Watchfield, in the Parish of Shrivenham, in the County of Berks," 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."
Temple Street Bill.
The Earl of Hopetoun also reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
opening a New Street from Fleet Street to Temple
Street, in the City of London, and also a Public Passage from such New Street towards Water Lane, and
for stopping up or altering certain Courts, Alleys, or
Passages, and setting out others near to or communicating with such New Street and Passage," 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."
Teddington Road Bill.
The Earl of Hopetoun made the like Report from the
Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An
Act for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair,
the Road leading from the Cross Hands in Teddington
Field, in the Parish of Overbury, in the County of
Worcester, to the London Turnpike Road between
Evesham and Pershore in the said County," was committed.
Evesham Roads Bill.
The Earl of Hopetoun also made the like Report from
the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for continuing the Term, and varying the
Powers of certain Acts of Parliament of the First,
Seventeenth, and Thirtieth Years of His late Majesty,
for repairing several Roads leading from the Borough
of Evesham, and several other Roads in the Counties
of Worcester and Gloucester," was committed.
Hawkers and Pedlars Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
explain and amend an Act made in the Twenty-fifth
Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled,
An Act for granting to His Majesty additional Duties
on Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and for
regulating their Trade."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Loyne Navigation Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
explain, amend, and render more effectual several
Acts made in the Twenty-third Year of the Reign of
His late Majesty King George the Second, and the
Twelfth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for
improving the Navigation of the River Loyne, otherwise called Lune, and for building a Quay or Wharf
near the Town of Lancaster, in the County Palatine
of Lancaster, and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Buckland Dinham Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enlarge the Terms and Powers of an Act of the Eighth
Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Buckland Dinham, to the End of
the Parish of Timsbury, and also the Road from Midsomer Norton, to the End of the Parish of Norton Saint
Phillips, and also the Road from Tucker's Grave, to
the Road leading from Wellow to a Place known by the
Name of The Red Post, in the County of Somerset;
and for amending, widening, and keeping in Repair,
the Road from Kilmersdon, in the said County, to join
the Road from Buckland Dinham aforesaid, in the
Street of Radstock, in the said County."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Three preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Rocheid against Sir David Kinloch.
A Petition of James Rocheid, Appellant in a Cause
depending in this House, and of Sir David Kinloch Respondent thereto, which stands appointed for hearing,
was presented and read; setting forth, "That the
Counsel on both Sides who attended their Lordships
from Scotland in this Cause, are now returned to that
Country, and both Parties are desirous that the Hearing thereof should be delayed till next Session;" and
therefore praying, "That the Hearing of this Cause may
be delayed till next Session of Parliament."
And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called
in, and heard at the Bar; and being withdrawn;
Ordered, That the Hearing of the said Cause be put
off to the next Session of Parliament, as desired.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, nonum
diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis
sic decernentibus.
DIE Martis, 9o Junii 1789.
REX.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliæ.
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Litch. & Cov.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Meneven. |
Dux York.
Dux Clarence.
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
Comes Camden,
Præses.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Chandos, Senescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Bridgewater.
Comes Salisbury, Camerarius.
Comes Suffolk &
Berkshire.
Comes Exeter.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchelsea &
Nottingham.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Gainsborough.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Morton.
Comes Eglintoun.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Hopetoun.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Kerr.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Fauconberg.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Chatham.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Lonsdale.
Comes Talbot.
Comes Strange.
Comes Howe.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Wentworth.
Viscount Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort. |
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Willoughby Br.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Cathcart.
Ds. Kinnaird.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. King.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Pelham.
Ds. Milton.
Ds. Digby.
Ds. Sundridge.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Rivers.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Sydney.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Eliot.
Ds. Bulkeley.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Douglas.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Dover. |
PRAYERS.
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,
Mr. Addington said,
Mr. Addington, Speaker of H. C. presented and approved.
"Most Gracious Sovereign,
"Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects the
Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled,
have, in obedience to your Majesty's Commands, and
according to their ancient Right, proceeded to the
Election of one of their Members to be their Speaker,
and I am to acquaint your Majesty, that their Choice
has fallen upon me to discharge the Duties of a Station
so arduous and important.
"But, Sire, while my Mind is warmed with Gratitude by the Proof of the good Opinion and Confidence which I have received from your faithful Commons, I cannot but feel for their Interests, their Dignity, and their Honour, and under this Impression, I
beg Leave most humbly to submit to your Majesty's
Wisdom, the Expediency of directing them to proceed to another Election, whereby they may be enabled to fix upon a Person who may reflect Credit on
their Choice, and be found in all Respects worthy your
Majesty's Approbation."
Then the Lord Chancellor, having received Directions
from His Majesty, said,
"Mr. Addington,
After which,
Mr. Speaker said,
"Since the Choice of your Commons has been sanctioned by your Majesty's most gracious Approbation,
it becomes me to submit myself with Deference and
Humility to your Majesty's Pleasure.
"Permit me to offer to your Majesty my most grateful and dutiful Acknowledgements for this distinguished Instance of your Royal Grace and Favour,
and to assure your Majesty, that I will discharge the
Duties of the great Trust which has been committed
to me with Impartiality and Integrity, and upon all
Occasions exert my best Endeavours to prove myself
not altogether unworthy the Choice that has been
made by the Commons of Great Britain, and which
has received your Majesty's most gracious Confirmation: But, fully sensible of my Failings and Imperfections, I beg Leave to express my anxious, but humble
Hope, that they may be in no Degree imputed by
your Majesty to your faithful Commons; and that
through your Majesty's Goodness, my Conduct may
at all Times receive from your Majesty a favourable
Interpretation."
Then His Majesty was pleased to retire; and the Commons withdrew.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure to unrobe.
The House was resumed.
Bourton, &c. Enclosure Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
dividing, allotting, and enclosing the Open Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures,
Waste Lands, and Commonable Places, within the
Hamlets of Bourton and Watchfield, in the Parish of
Shrivenham, in the County of Berks."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Temple Street Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
opening a New Street from Fleet Street to Temple
Street, in the City of London, and also a Public Passage from such New Street towards Water Lane, and
for stopping up or altering certain Courts, Alleys,
or Passages, and setting out others near to or communicating with such New Street and Passage."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Teddington Road Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
amending, widening, and keeping in Repair, the
Road leading from the Cross Hands in Teddington
Field, in the Parish of Overbury, in the County of
Worcester, to the London Turnpike Road between
Evesham and Pershore, in the said County."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Evesham Roads Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Term, and varying the Powers of certain Acts of Parliament of the First, Seventeenth, and
Thirtieth Years of His late Majesty, for repairing several Roads leading from the Borough of Evesham,
and several other Roads, in the Counties of Worcester
and Gloucester."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Messages to H. C. that the Lords have agreed to the Four preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Eames and Mr. Montagu:
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Parson's Bill.
The Earl Fitzwilliam reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting divers Manors, Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the Counties of Stafford and Salop, late the
Estate of Elizabeth Parson, deceased, Wife of John
Parson Esquire, in Trustees to be sold, for the Purposes therein mentioned," 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.
Members of the Church of England Relief Bill rejected.
The Order of the Day being read for the Second
Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for relieving
Members of the Church of England from sundry heavy
Penalties and Disabilities to which by the Laws now in
Force they may be liable; and for extending Freedom
in Matters of Religion to all Persons (Papists only
excepted), and for other Purposes therein mentioned:"
Moved, "That the said Bill be rejected."
Which being objected to;
After Debate,
The Question was put thereupon?
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the said Bill be rejected.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii,
decimum diem instantis Junii, horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
DIE Mercurii, 10o Junii 1789.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Archiep. Cantuar.
Archiep. Ebor.
Epus. Bath. & Wells.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Carliol. |
Dux Gloucester.
Dux Cumberland.
Ds. Thurlow, Cancellarius.
March. Stafford,
C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Leeds.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Morton.
Comes Galloway.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Stanhope.
Comes Macclesfield.
Comes Effingham.
Comes Brooke &
Warwick.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Talbot.
Viscount Stormont.
Viscount Falmouth.
Viscount Wentworth. |
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. Middleton.
Ds. King.
Ds. Chedworth.
Ds. Sandys.
Ds. Walpole.
Ds. Scarsdale.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Hawke.
Ds. Amherst.
Ds. Harrowby.
Ds. Loughborough.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Bagot.
Ds. Porchester.
Ds. Rawdon.
Ds. Lovaine.
Ds. Sommers.
Ds. Hawkesbury.
Ds. Kenyon. |
PRAYERS.
Parson's Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting divers Manors, Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, in the Counties of Stafford and Salop, late
the Estate of Elizabeth Parson, deceased, Wife of
John Parson Esquire, in Trustees to be sold, for the
Purposes therein mentioned."
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.
Faversham Paving Bill:
Hodie 3a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better paving, repairing, cleansing, lighting, and
watching the Highways, Streets, Lanes, and other
Public Passages and Places, within the Town and Liberty of Faversham, in the County of Kent, and also
certain Places near or adjoining thereto; and for removing and preventing Encroachments, Obstructions,
Nuisances, and Annoyances therein."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendment, shall pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with an Amendment to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the
former Messengers:
To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the
Lords have agreed to the same, with one Amendment,
to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.
Rybot for a Divorce Bill:
Upon reading the Petition of Francis Thomas Rybot of
Cheapside, London; praying Leave to bring in a Bill to
dissolve the Marriage of the Petitioner with Alicia Fowler
his Wife, and to enable him to marry again:
It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill
according to the Prayer of the said Petition.
Bill presented.
Accordingly, the Lord Scarsdale presented to the House
a Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of
Francis Thomas Rybot with Alicia Fowler 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 Thursday the 25th Day of this Instant, and that
Notice thereof be affixed on the Doors of this House,
and the Lords summoned; and that the said Francis
Thomas Rybot 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 Alicia Fowler may
have a Copy of the said 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.
Bakers Company Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Alderman Newnham and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for ascertaining the
Powers and limiting the Jurisdiction of the Master,
Wardens, and Assistants of the Company of the Bakers
of the City of London, for preventing any undue Exercise of the Trade or Business of a Baker; and for
amending an Act passed in the Thirty-first Year of
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second,
intituled, "An Act for the due making of Bread, and
to regulate the Price and Assize thereof, and to punish
Persons who shall adulterate Meal, Flour, or Bread;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Dunston Enclosure Bill.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. Hobart and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and
enclosing the Open Common Fen and Ings in the
Parish of Dunston, in the County of Lincoln, and for
draining and improving certain Parts thereof, and also
certain enclosed Low Lands in the said Parish, and in
the Parish of Metheringham, in the said County;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
The first mentioned Bill was read the First Time.
Hastings' Trial:
The Order of the Day being read for the proceeding
further in the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, upon the
Articles of Impeachment brought up against him by the
Commons, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors:
The House was adjourned into Westminster Hall, whither the Lords and others went in the same Order as on
the 28th of May last.
And the Lords being there seated; and the House
resumed:
Leave was asked for the Judges to be covered, which
was granted.
Then Proclamation was made for Silence; also, Proclamation for the Defendant's Appearance:
Who, coming to the Bar, kneeled till he was bid by
the Lord Chancellor to rise.
Then the other Proclamation, for all Persons concerned
to come forth, was made.
Then the Lord Chancellor acquainted the Managers
for the Commons, "They might proceed to make good
their Charge."
The Managers offered to produce certain official Documents, properly attested, relative to the Receipt by
Mr. Hastings of the One Lack and a Half of Rupees,
stating, "That they were transmitted by Mr. Goring to
the Board of Council at Calcutta, received by them,
recorded without any Objection on the Part of Mr.
Hastings, and transmitted by him likewise, without
Objection, to the Court of Directors."
The Counsel for the Defendant objected to the same,
as being a voluntary Transmission of Papers in themselves,
not Evidence, and not sanctioned by any Conduct of
Mr. Hastings.
The Managers being heard in Answer to the same
Objection, and the Counsel in Reply:
The House adjourned to the Chamber of Parliament;
and being returned:
The House was resumed.
It was proposed to resolve, "That the Papers now
offered in Evidence by the Managers for the Commons
ought not to be read."
The same was agreed to, and resolved accordingly.
Ordered, That the Managers for the Commons be
informed, "That the Lords have resolved, that the
Papers now offered in Evidence by the Managers for
the Commons ought not to be read."
Then it was agreed by the Lords to go down again
into Westminster Hall:
But their Lordships understanding that the Commons
were returned from the Court below to their own House:
A Message was sent to the House of Commons by the
former Messengers:
To acquaint them, "That the Lords will proceed
further in the Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, presently, in Westminster Hall."
Then the House adjourned again into Westminster Hall,
whither the Lords and others went in the same Order as
before.
And the Lords being there seated; and the House
resumed:
Leave was asked for the Judges to be covered, which
was granted.
Then Proclamation was made for Silence; also, Proclamation for the Defendant's Appearance:
Who, coming to the Bar, kneeled till he was bid by
the Lord Chancellor to rise.
Then the other Proclamation, for all Persons concerned
to come forth, was made.
Then the Lord Chancellor said, "Gentlemen, Managers for the Commons, and you Gentlemen who are
of Counsel for the Defendant;
"The Lords have resolved, That the Papers now
offered in Evidence by the Managers for the Commons
ought not to be read."
Then the Lord Chancellor acquainted the Managers
for the Commons, "They might proceed to make good
their Charge."
Whereupon, several Witnesses were called in, sworn,
and examined.
And several Papers having been read:
The House adjourned to the Chamber of Parliament;
and being returned:
The House was resumed.
Ordered, That this House do proceed further in the
Trial of Warren Hastings Esquire, To-morrow Morning,
at Ten o'Clock, in Westminster Hall.
Message to H. C. that this House will proceed in the Trial.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
the former Messengers, to acquaint them therewith.
Arabin's Divorce Bill.
Ordered, That Elizabeth Dodson, Thomas Girdler,
Susanna Taylor, James Poulter, Maria Haynes, James
Bradley, Sarah Chiselden, Mary Taylor, Henry Sedding,
Mary Davis, — St. George Widow, and Jasabell
Eggleston, do attend this House on Friday next, in order
to their being examined as Witnesses upon the Second
Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the
Marriage of William John Arabin Esquire, with Henrietta Molyneux his now Wife, and to enable him to
marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."
The King against Amery, in Error, Judges to attend.
Ordered, That the Judges do attend this House on
Tuesday the 16th Day of this Instant June, upon hearing
the Errors argued assigned upon the Writ of Error,
wherein the King is Plaintiff, and Thomas Amery is Defendant.
Cromford Canal Bill.
Moved, "That the Order made on Monday last for
the Bill, intituled, "An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from or from near to
Cromford Bridge in the County of Derby, to join and
communicate with the Erewash Canal at or near Langley Bridge; and also a Collateral Cut from the said
intended Canal at or near Codnor Park Mill to or near
Pinxton Mill in the said County," to be read a Second
Time on Tuesday next, be now read."
The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
on Friday the 19th Day of this Instant June; and that
Counsel be then heard for and against the same.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, undecimum diem instantis Junii, horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.