November 1790

Anno 31^o Georgii Tertii.

DIE Jovis, 25^o Novembris, 1790.

REX.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Georgius Princeps Walliæ.

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,

The Lord Chancellor said,

Directions to the Commons to chuse a Speaker.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

His Majesty has been pleased to command me, to acquaint you, that he will defer declaring the Causes of calling this Parliament, till there shall be a Speaker of the House of Commons; and therefore, it is His Majesty's Pleasure, That you, Gentlemen of the House of Commons, do immediately repair to the Place where the Commons usually sit, and there chuse a fit Person to be your Speaker, and that you present such Person who shall be so chosen to His Majesty here, for His Royal Approbation, To-morrow at Two of the Clock."

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

PRAYERS.

The Lord Chancellor takes the Oaths.

The Lord Chancellor singly, in the First Place, 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.

Certificate of the Return of the Sixteen Peers for Scotland, read.

Then the Certificate of the Clerk of the Crown of the Return of the Names of the Peers chosen, to sit and vote in this House for that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, delivered by the Deputy Clerk of the Crown the 10th Day of August last, was, pursuant to a Direction in the Roll of standing Orders, read.

Prince of Wales takes the Oaths.

His Royal Highness George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Duke of Gloucester takes the Oaths.

His Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloucester took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Other Lords take the Oaths.

The Lords following did the same:

John Lord Archishop of Canterbury.

Granville Leveson Marquis of Stafford, Lord Privy Seal.

Charles Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England.

Francis Duke of Leeds.

Hugh Duke of Northumberland.

James Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Houshold.

Philip Earl of Chesterfield.

Willoughby Earl of Abingdon.

Henry Earl of Gainsborough.

John Earl Poulet.

Francis Earl of Moray.

Archibald Earl of Kellie.

Thomas Earl of Elgin.

George Earl of Glasgow.

Heneage Earl of Aylesford.

Henry Earl of Sussex.

Robert Earl of Harborough.

Thomas Earl of Macclesfield.

John Earl Kerr.

John Earl of Chatham.

Henry Earl Bathurst.

Henry Earl of Uxbridge.

George Earl of Mount Edgcumbe.

David Viscount Stormont.

George Evelyn Viscount Falmouth.

Thomas Viscount Wentworth.

Thomas Viscount Sydney.

Beilby Lord Bishop of London.

Brownlow Lord Bishop of Winchester.

Charles Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.

James Lord Bishop of Ely.

John Lord Bishop of Rochester.

John Lord Bishop of Hereford.

John Lord Bishop of Exeter.

John Lord Bishop of Bangor.

James Lord Bishop of Litchfield & Coventry.

John Lord Bishop of Carlisle.

Richard Lord Bishop of Gloucester.

Trevor Charles Lord Dacre.

John Griffin Lord Howard de Walden.

Henry Lord Teynham.

William Lord Craven.

William Shaw Lord Cathcart.

James Lord Torphichen.

Robert Auriol Hay Lord Hay.

John Lord Chedworth.

Lewis Lord Sondes.

Frederick Lord Boston.

Francis Lord Ducie.

Jeffery Lord Amherst.

Alexander Lord Loughborough.

Thomas Lord Walsingham.

Francis Rawdon Lord Rawdon.

Charles Lord Hawkesbury.

Lloyd Lord Kenyon.

Joseph Lord Dover.

Lords take their Seats:

This Day Frederick Earl of Guilford sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Father Francis Earl of Guilford.

Also, James Earl Graham sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Father William Earl Graham.

Also, Francis Augustus Lord Heathfield sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Father, George Augustus Lord Heathfield.

And also, James Earl of Cardigan sat first in Parliament, after the Death of his Brother George Duke of Montagu: Their Lordships having first, at the Table, taken the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Pedigrees delivered.

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

House acquainted several Lords were ready to be introduced:

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That there were several Lords without, ready to be introduced."

Whereupon,

M. Abercorn introduced:

John James Viscount Hamilton being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Fifteenth Day of October, in the Thirtieth Year of His present Majesty, created Marquis of Abercorn, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Privy Seal and the Duke of Leeds (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl Marshal 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 entirely beloved Cousin, John James Marquis of Abercorn, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We did ordain a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the Tenth Day of August last past, which Our Parliament hath been from that Time Prorogued by Our several Writs to and until the Twentyfifth Day of November now next coming, at Our City aforesaid, to be then there held; We, strictly enjoining, command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us, and with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this, as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Fifteenth Day of October, in the Thirtieth 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 Earls' Bench.

Pedigree delivered.

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

E. Digby introduced:

Henry Lord Digby being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the First Day of November, in the Thirty-first Year of His present Majesty, created Earl of Digby, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Earl of Chesterfield and the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl Marshal 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 right well-beloved Cousin Henry Earl of Digby, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We did ordain a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Tenth Day of August last past, which Our Parliament hath been from that Time Prorogued by Our several Writs to and until the Twenty-fifth Day of this Instant November, at Our City aforesaid, to be then there held: We strictly enjoining command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us and with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in nowise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the First Day of November, in the Thirty-first 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 Earls' Bench.

Pedigree delivered.

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

E Beverley, introduced:

Algernon Lord Percy, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Third Day of November, in the Thirty-first Year of His present Majesty, created Earl of Beverley, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Earl of Chesterfield and the Earl of Aylesford (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl Marshal 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 right well-beloved Cousin Algernon Earl of Beverley, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We did ordain a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Tenth Day of August last past, which Our Parliament hath been from that Time Prorogued by Our several Writs to and until the Twenty-fifth Day of this Instant November, at Our City aforesaid, to be then there held: We strictly enjoining command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us and with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this, as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Third Day of November in the Thirty-first 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 Earls' Bench.

Pedigree delivered.

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

Lord Fisherwick introduced:

Arthur Earl of Donegall in the Kingdom of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing date the Third Day of July, in the Thirtieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Fisherwick, in the County of Stafford, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Cathcart and the Lord Sundridge (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl Marshal 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 Counsellor Arthur Chichester of Fisherwick in Our County of Stafford, Chevalier, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Tenth Day of August next ensuing, and there to treat and have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm: We strictly enjoining command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us and with the said Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Third Day of July in the Thirtieth 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.

Lord Fife introduced:

James Earl of Fife in the Kingdom of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth Day of July, in the Thirtieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Fife, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Howard de Walden and the Lord Amherst (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl Marshal 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 James Duff of Fife, in Our County of Fife, Chevalier, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Tenth Day of August next ensuing, and there to treat and have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm: We strictly enjoining command you, upon the Truth and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us and with the said Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Fifth Day of July in the Thirtieth 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.

Lord Mulgrave introduced:

Constantine Lord Mulgrave in the Kingdom of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Seventh Day of July, in the Thirtieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Mulgrave, in the County of York, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Ducie and the Lord Dover (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, and the Earl Marshal 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 Counsellor Constantine John Phipps, of Mulgrave, in Our County of York, Chevalier, greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament, to be holden at Our City of Westminster, on the Tenth Day of August next ensuing, and there to treat, and have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm: We strictly enjoining command you, upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us and with the said Prelates, Great Men and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in no wise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Seventh Day of July, in the Thirtieth 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.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum effe usque ad et in diem Veneris, vicesimum sextum diem instantis Novembris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 26^o Novembris 1790.

REX.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Georgius Princeps Walliæ.

PRAYERS.

Duke of York takes the Oaths.

His Royal Highness Frederick Duke of York took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

The Lords following did the same:

Other Lords take the Oaths.

John Frederick Duke of Dorset, Lord Steward of His Majesty's Household.

Henry Duke of Beaufort.

William Henry Duke of Portland.

George Marquis of Buckingham.

William Marquis of Lansdown.

Henry Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery.

John Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire.

Basil Earl of Denbigh.

Frederick Earl of Carlisle.

George Earl of Scarbrough.

Charles Earl Stanhope.

George Earl Brooke and Earl of Warwick.

Philip Earl of Hardwicke.

Henry Earl Fauconberg.

Thomas Earl of Clarendon.

George Earl of Leicester.

John Earl Strange.

George Viscount Torrington.

George Lord Bishop of Lincoln.

Thomas Lord Le Despenser.

John Lord Willoughby de Broke.

Henry Lord Saint John of Bletsoe.

John Lord Clifton.

George Lord Onslow and Cranley.

John Lord Sundridge.

George Lord Rivers.

Charles Lord Southampton.

Henry Lord Porchester.

William Lord Douglas.

James Lord Malmesbury.

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 Speaker of H. C. presented and approved.

Mr. Addington said,

Most Gracious Sovereign,

Then His Majesty was pleased to speak as follows,

His Majesty's Speech.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

It is a great Satisfaction to Me to inform you, that the Differences which had arisen between Me and the Court of Spain, have happily been brought to an amicable Termination.

I have ordered Copies of the Declarations exchanged between My Ambassador and the Minister of the Catholic King, and of the Convention which has since been concluded, to be laid before you.

The Objects which I have proposed to Myself in the whole of this Transaction, have been to obtain a suitable Reparation for the Act of Violence committed at Nootka, and to remove the Grounds of similar Disputes in future, as well as to secure to My Subjects the Exercise of their Navigation, Commerce, and Fisheries, in those Parts of the World which were the Subject of Discussion.

The Zeal and Public Spirit manifested by all Ranks of My Subjects, and the Disposition and Conduct of My Allies, had left Me no Room to doubt of the most vigorous and effectual Support, but no Event could have afforded Me so much Satisfaction as the Attainment of the Objects which I had in View, without any actual Interruption of the Blessings of Peace.

Since the last Session of Parliament a Foundation has been laid for a Pacification between Austria and the Porte, and I am now employing My Mediation, in Conjunction with My Allies, for the Purpose of negociating a Definitive Treaty between those Powers, and of endeavouring to put an End to the Dissentions in the Netherlands, in whose Situation I am necessarily concerned from Considerations of National Interest, as well as from the Engagements of Treaties.

A separate Peace has taken Place between Russia and Sweden, but the War between the former of those Powers and the Porte still continues. The Principles on which I have hitherto acted, will make Me always desirous of employing the Weight and Influence of this Country in contributing to the Restoration of general Tranquillity.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

I have ordered the Accounts of the Expences of the late Armaments, and the Estimates for the ensuing Year, to be laid before you.

Painful as it is to Me at all Times to see any Encrease of the Public Burthens, I am persuaded you will agree with Me in thinking, that the Extent of Our Preparations was dictated by a due Regard to the existing Circumstances, and that you will reflect with Pleasure on so striking a Proof of the Advantages derived from the liberal Supplies granted since the last Peace for the naval Service. I rely on your Zeal and public Spirit, to make due Provision for defraying the Charges incurred by this Armament, and for supporting the several Branches of the public Service on such a Footing as the general Situation of Affairs may appear to require. You will at the same Time, I am persuaded, shew your Determination invariably to persevere in that System which has so effectually confirmed and maintained the public Credit of the Nation.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

You will have observed with Concern the Interruption which has taken Place in the Tranquillity of Our Indian Possessions, in consequence of the unprovoked Attack on an Ally of the British Nation. The respectable State, however, of the Forces under the Direction of the Government there, and the Confidence in the British Name, which the System prescribed by Parliament, has established among the Native Powers in India, afford the most favourable Prospect of bringing the Contest to a speedy and successful Conclusion.

I think it necessary particularly to call your Attention to the State of the Province of Quebec, and to recommend it to you, to consider of such Regulations for its Government as the present Circumstances and Condition of the Province may appear to require.

I am satisfied that I shall on every Occasion receive the fullest Proofs of your zealous and affectionate Attachment, which cannot but afford Me peculiar Satisfaction, after so recent an Opportunity of collecting the immediate Sense of My People.

You may be assured, that I desire nothing so much on My Part, as to cultivate an entire Harmony and Confidence between Me and My Parliament, for the purpose of preserving and transmitting to Posterity the invaluable Blessings of Our free and excellent Constitution, and of concurring with you in every Measure which can maintain the Advantages of Our present Situation, and promote and augment the Prosperity and Happiness of My faithful Subjects."

Then His Majesty was pleased to retire;

And the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure to unrobe.

The House was resumed.

House acquainted several Lords were ready to be introduced.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That there were several Lords without, ready to be introduced."

Whereupon,

Lord Grenville introduced:

William Wyndham Grenville, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Twenty-fifth Day of November, in the Thirty-first Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Grenville of Wotton, under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Hawkesbury and the Lord Mulgrave (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain 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, William Wyndham Grenville of Wotton, under Bernewood in Our County of Buckingham, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas Our Parliament for arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, is now met at Our City of Westminster, We strictly enjoining command you, under the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that considering the Difficulty of the said Affairs and Dangers impending, (all Excuses being laid aside), you be Personally present at Our aforesaid Parliament with Us and with the Prelates, Nobles, and Peers of Our said Kingdom, to treat of the aforesaid Affairs, and to give your Advice; and this you may in nowise 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-fifth Day of November in the Thirty-first 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.

Lord Verulam introduced:

James Viscount Grimston, in the Kingdom of Ireland, being by Letters Patent, bearing date the Eight Day of July, in the Thirtieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Verulam of Gorhambury, in the County of Hertford, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Howard de Walden and the Lord Walsingham (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain 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, &c.: To Our right trusty and well-beloved James Bucknall Grimston, of Gorhambury in Our County of Hertford, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council, for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the Tenth Day of August next ensuing, and there to treat and have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm; We, strictly enjoining, command you upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us, and with the said Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this, as you regard Us and Our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in nowise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Sixth Day of July, in the Thirtieth 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.

Lord Douglas introduced:

Archibald Douglas, being by Letters Patent, bearing Date the Eighth Day of July, in the Thirtieth Year of His present Majesty, created Baron Douglas of Douglas in the County of Lanerk, was (in his Robes) introduced between the Lord Howard de Walden and the Lord Walsingham (also in their Robes), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Garter King at Arms, the Earl Marshal, and the Deputy Lord Great Chamberlain 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, &c.: To our right trusty and well-beloved Archibald Douglas of Douglas in Our County of Lanerk, Chevalier, Greeting: Whereas by the Advice and Assent of Our Council for certain arduous and urgent Affairs concerning Us, the State and Defence of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Church, We have ordered a certain Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster on the Tenth Day of August next ensuing, and there to treat and have Conference with the Prelates, Great Men, and Peers of Our Realm; We, strictly enjoining, command you upon the Faith and Allegiance by which you are bound to Us, that the Weightiness of the said Affairs, and imminent Perils considered, (waiving all Excuses,) you be at the said Day and Place Personally present with Us, and with the said Prelates, Great Men, and Peers, to treat and give your Counsel upon the Affairs aforesaid; and this, as you regard Us and our Honour, and the Safety and Defence of the said Kingdom and Church, and the Dispatch of the said Affairs, in nowise do you omit.

Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Eighth Day of July, in the Thirtieth 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.

Bill proformâ read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the better regulating select Vestries."

His Majesty's Speech reported:

The Lord Chancellor reported His Majesty's Speech.

And the same being read by the Clerk;

Order' for Address thereon:

Ordered, Nemine Dissentiente, "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to return His Majesty our humble Thanks for His most gracious Speech from the Throne.

To condole with His Majesty on the Loss His Majesty and His Royal Family have sustained by the Death of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, whose many amiable Qualities, as they had endeared him to the Nation, cannot but excite universal Regret for his untimely Loss.

To express the sincere Joy with which we receive from His Majesty the Information of the Differences which had subsisted between His Majesty and the Court of Spain having been happily brought to an amicable Termination; and at the same Time that we offer to His Majesty our hearty Congratulations on so happy and important an Event, to return His Majesty our Thanks for having been graciously pleased to order Copies of the Declarations exchanged between His Majesty's Ambassador and the Minister of the Catholic King, and of the Convention which has since been concluded, to be laid before us.

To acknowledge with the highest Gratitude His Majesty's Paternal Care for the National Honour, and for the Interests of His People, manifested by His Majesty in having in the whole of this Transaction made it His Object to obtain a suitable Reparation for the Act of Violence committed at Nootka, and to remove the Grounds of similar Disputes in future, as well as to secure to His Majesty's Subjects the Exercise of their Navigation, Commerce, and Fisheries in those Parts of the World which were the Subject of Discussion.

To declare our Sense of the Approbation His Majesty is graciously pleased to express of the Zeal and Public Spirit manifested by all Ranks of His Majesty's Subjects, and the sincere Pleasure with which we learn that the Disposition and Conduct of His Majesty's Allies had left His Majesty no Room to doubt of the most vigorous and effectual Support, but to unite most heartily with His Majesty in declaring that nothing could afford us so much Satisfaction as the Attainment of the Object which His Majesty had in View, without any actual Interruption of the Blessings of Peace.

To beg Leave to assure His Majesty of the sincere Pleasure we feel in learning that a Foundation has been laid for a Pacification between Austria and the Porte, and that His Majesty is now employing His Mediation, in Conjunction with His Allies, for the Purpose of negotiating a Definitive Treaty between those Powers, and of endeavouring to put an End to the Dissentions in the Netherlands; in whose Situation His Majesty in His great Goodness has been pleased to declare He is necessarily concerned from Considerations of National Interests, as well as from the Engagements of Treaties.

To assure His Majesty of our hearty Concurrence in the benevolent Principles on which His Majesty has hitherto acted, and in such Measures as His Majesty in His Wisdom shall think proper to pursue, for employing the Weight and Influence of this Country in contributing to the Restoration of general Tranquillity.

To assure His Majesty, that convinced as we are that the Extent of the late Preparations was dictated by a due Regard to the existing Circumstances, we reflect with the highest Pleasure on so striking a Proof of the Advantages derived from the liberal Supplies granted since the last Peace for the Naval Service, and that we are ready to concur in making due Provision for defraying the Charges incurred by this Armament, and for supporting the several Branches of the Public Service on such a Footing as the general Situation of Affairs may appear to require, as well as for the invariable Adherence to that System which has so effectually confirmed and maintained the Public Credit of the Nation.

To express our Concern at the Interruption which has taken Place in the Tranquillity of our Indian Possessions, in consequence of the unprovoked Attack on an Ally of the British Nation; but at the same Time to declare our sincere Satisfaction in reflecting on the respectable State of the British Force under the Direction of the Government there, and on the Confidence in the British Name which the System prescribed by Parliament has established among the Native Powers in India, as affording the most favourable Prospects of bringing the Contest to a speedy and successful Conclusion.

To assure His Majesty that we shall bestow the most particular Attention to the State of the Province of Quebec, and to the Consideration of such Regulations for its Government, as the present Circumstances and Condition of the Province may appear to require.

And conscious of the inestimable Blessings we enjoy under His Majesty's mild and auspicious Government, with grateful Hearts to assure His Majesty of our most zealous and affectionate Attachment, and of our firm Reliance on His Majesty's most gracious Assurance of His Desire to cultivate an entire Harmony and Confidence between Himself and His Parliament, in which we shall ever most cordially unite, for the Purpose of preserving and transmitting to Posterity, the invaluable Blessings of our free and excellent Constitution, and of concurring with His Majesty in every Measure which can maintain the Advantages of our present Situation, can promote and augment the Prosperity and Happiness of His Majesty's Subjects, or can evince the just and grateful Sense we entertain of His Majesty's paternal Regard and watchful Care for the Rights, Interests, and Welfare of His faithful People."

Then the Lords following were appointed a Committee to prepare an Address, pursuant to the said Order; (videlicet)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet immediately in the Prince's Lodgings, near the House of Peers, and to adjourn as they please.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the Committee withdrew to prepare the Address.

Address reported and agreed to.

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Earl Poulet reported from the Committee an Address drawn by them as follows; (videlicet)

Most Gracious Sovereign,

We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, return Your Majesty our humble Thanks, for Your Most Gracious Speech from the Throne.

Permit us, Sir, to condole with Your Majesty on the Loss Your Majesty, and Your Royal Family have sustained, by the Death of His late Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, whose many amiable Qualities as they had endeared him to the Nation, cannot but excite universal Regret for his untimely Loss. It is with the sincerest Joy that we receive from Your Majesty, the Information of the Differences which had subsisted between Your Majesty and the Court of Spain, having been happily brought to an amicable Termination; and at the same Time, that we offer to Your Majesty our hearty Congratulations on so happy and important an Event, we beg Leave to return Your Majesty our Thanks, for having been graciously pleased to order Copies of the Declarations exchanged between Your Majesty's Ambassador and the Minister of the Catholic King, and of the Convention which has since been concluded, to be laid before us.

We acknowledge with the highest Gratitude Your Majesty's Paternal Care for the National Honour and for the Interests of Your People, manifested by Your Majesty, in having in the whole of this Transaction made it Your Object to obtain a suitable Reparation for the Act of Violence committed at Nootka, and to remove the Grounds of similar Disputes in future, as well as to secure to Your Majesty's Subjects the Exercise of their Navigation, Commerce, and Fisheries, in those Parts of the World which were the Subject of Discussion.

We are truly sensible of the Approbation Your Majesty is graciously pleased to express of the Zeal and Public Spirit manifested by all Ranks of Your Majesty's Subjects, and we learn with sincere Pleasure, that the Disposition and Conduct of Your Majesty's Allies had left Your Majesty no Room to doubt of the most vigorous and effectual Support; but we most heartily unite with Your Majesty in declaring, that nothing could afford us so much Satisfaction as the Attainment of the Objects which Your Majesty had in view, without any actual Interruption of the Blessings of Peace.

We beg Leave to assure Your Majesty of the sincere Pleasure we feel in learning, that a Foundation has been laid for a Pacification between Austria and the Porte, and that Your Majesty is now employing Your Mediation in Conjunction with Your Allies, for the Purpose of negociating a Definitive Treaty between those Powers, and of endeavouring to put an End to the Dissentions in the Netherlands, in whose Situation Your Majesty in Your great Goodness has been pleased to declare You are necessarily concerned, from Considerations of National Interest, as well as from the Engagements of Treaties; and we beg Leave to assure Your Majesty of our hearty Concurrence in the benevolent Principles on which Your Majesty has hitherto acted, and in such Measures as Your Majesty in Your Wisdom shall think proper to pursue, for employing the Weight and Influence of this Country, in contributing to the Restoration of general Tranquillity.

Convinced as we are, that the Extent of the late Preparations was dictated by a due Regard to the existing Circumstances, we reflect with the highest Pleasure on so striking a Proof of the Advantages derived from the liberal Supplies granted since the last Peace for the Naval Service, and we beg Leave to assure Your Majesty of our utmost Readiness to concur in making due Provision for defraying the Charges incurred by this Armament, and for supporting the several Branches of the Public Service on such a Footing as the general Situation of Affairs may appear to require, as well as for the invariable Adherence to that System, which has so effectually confirmed and maintained the Public Credit of the Nation.

The Interruption which has taken Place in the Tranquillity of our Indian Possessions, in consequence of the unprovoked Attack on an Ally of the British Nation, has afforded us much Concern. We reflect, however, with sincere Satisfaction on the respectable State of the British Force under the Direction of the Government there, and on the Confidence in the British Name, which the System prescribed by Parliament has established among the Native Powers in India, as affording the most favourable Prospect of bringing the Contest to a speedy and successful Conclusion.

We beg Leave to assure Your Majesty that we shall bestow the most particular Attention to the State of the Province of Quebec, and to the Consideration of such Regulations for its Government, as the present Circumstances and Conditions of the Province may appear to require.

Conscious as we are of the inestimable Blessings we enjoy under Your Majesty's mild and auspicious Government, we beg Leave with grateful Hearts to assure Your Majesty of our most zealous and affectionate Attachment, and of our firm Reliance on Your Majesty's most gracious Assurances of Your Desire to cultivate an entire Harmony and Confidence between Yourself and Your Parliament, in which we shall ever most cordially unite for the purpose of preserving and transmitting to Posterity the invaluable Blessings of our free and excellent Constitution, and of concurring with Your Majesty in every Measure which can maintain the Advantages of our present Situation, can promote and augment the Prosperity and Happiness of Your Majesty's Subjects, or can evince the just and grateful Sense we entertain of Your Majesty's Paternal Regard and watchful Care for the Rights, Interests, and Welfare of Your faithful People."

Which Address, being read by the Clerk, was agreed to by the House.

Ordered, that the said Address be presented to His Majesty by the whole House.

Ordered, That the Lords with white Staves do wait on His Majesty humbly to know what Time His Majesty will please to appoint to be attended therewith.

Committee for Privileges

Lords Committees appointed to consider of the Orders and Customs of this House, and Privileges of Parliament, and of the Peers of Great Britain and Lords of Parliament:

Their Lordships, or any Seven of them, to meet on Monday next, at Ten o'Clock, in the House of Peers, and every Monday after; and to adjourn as they please.

Committee for the Journals.

Lords Sub-Committees appointed to consider of the Orders and Customs of this House, and of the Privileges of the Peers of Great Britain, and Lords of Parliament; and to peruse and perfect the Journals of this and former Sessions of Parliament:

Their Lordships, or any Three of them, to meet, when, where, and as often as they please.

Stoppages in the Streets, Orders to prevent.

The House taking Notice, "That there is such an Interruption by Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays in the Streets and Passages leading to this House, that the Lords and others are frequently hindered from coming thereto:"

It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the High Steward of the City of Westminster or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace of the said City, shall, by their strict Care and Directions to the Constables and other Officers within their Jurisdiction, take special Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to make any Stay between Whitehall and the End of Abingdon Street in Westminster, from Twelve of the Clock at Noon until Five of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament, and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted to stop in the Streets and Passages between the End of Market Lane in Pall Mall, and the End of Abingdon Street, between the Hours aforesaid, or to pass through the Old Palace Yard from One of the Clock in the Afternoon, until One Hour after the rising of this House, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and that all Carriages, Drays, or Carts, hereby permitted to pass through the said Streets and Passages, be obliged to go one after another in the Manner following, (that is to say,) all Carriages, Drays, or Carts, going towards Westminster to keep on the Side of the Street or Passage next to Saint James's Park, and all those going the contrary Way to keep on the other Side of the Street, and upon no Account whatsoever to presume to go two or more abreast during the Sitting of this Parliament, and herein special Care is to be taken by the said Deputy Steward, Justices of the Peace, Constables and all other Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will be answered to this House:

And it is further Ordered, That the High Bailiff of the City of Westminster, and the Justices of the Peace for the City and Liberty thereof, or some of them residing in Westminster, be served with the Order of this House made this Day for the Purposes aforesaid.

Receivers and Triers of Petitions.

Les Recevours des Petitions de la Grande Bretagne et d'Ireland:

Messire Alexander Le Baron Loughborough, Chief Justicer de Banc Commune.

Messire Henry Gould, Chevalier et Justicer.

Messire John Eames Ecuyer.

Et ceux qui veulent delivre leur Petitions les baillent dedans Six Jours procheinment ensuivant.

Les Recevours des Petitions de Gascoigne et des autres Terres et Pais de par la Mer et des Isles.

Messire James Eyre, Chevalier et Chief Baron de l'Exchequer du Roy.

Messire Beaumont Hotham, Chevalier et Justicer.

Messire Peter Holford, Ecuyer.

Et ceux qui veulent delivre leur Petitions les baillent dedans Six Jours procheinment ensuivant.

Les Triours des Petitions de la Grand Bretagne et d'Ireland:

Le Duc de Dorset.

Le Duc de Beaufort.

Le Marquis de Buckingham.

Le Count de Denbigh.

Le Count de Chesterfield.

Le Count de Carlisle.

Le Count de Hardwicke.

Le Count de Chatham.

Le Count de Leicester.

Le Viscount Falmouth.

Le Viscount Torrington.

Le Viscount Wentworth.

Le Baron Grenville.

Le Baron le Despencer.

Le Baron Willoughby de Broke.

Le Baron Onslow & Cranley.

Le Baron Boston.

Le Baron Amherst.

Le Baron Walsingham.

Touts eux ensemble ou Quatres des Seigneurs Avantditz Appellant aux eux les Serjeants du Roy quant sera besoigne tiendront leur Place en la Chambre du Tresorier.

Les Triours des Petitions de Gascoigne et des autres Terres et Pais de par la Mer et des Isles:

Le Duc de Portland.

Le Duc de Northumberland.

Le Marquis de Abercorn.

Le Count de Cardigan.

Le Count de Aylesford.

Le Count de Sussex.

Le Count Graham.

Le Count Fauconberg.

Le Count de Clarendon.

Le Count de Uxbridge.

Le Count de Mount Edgcumbe & Valletort.

Le Viscount Stormont.

Le Viscount Sydney.

Le Baron Hawkesbury.

Le Baron Heathfield.

Le Baron Dover.

Le Baron Malmesbury.

Le Baron Fisherwick.

Le Baron Mulgrave.

Touts eux ensemble ou Quatres des Seigneurs Avantditz Appellant aux eux les Serjeants du Roy quant sera besoigne tiendront leur Place en la Chambre du Chambellan.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentium continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii primum diem Decembris, jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.