DIE Veneris, 13 Maii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Epus. Londin.
Epus. Dunelm. & Crew.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. St. Asaph.
Epus. Lincoln.
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Ds. Cancellarius.
Dux Leeds, Ds. Præses.
Comes Pembroke, Ds. Privati Sigilli.
Dux Ormond.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Newcastle.
March. Halifax.
March. Normanby.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Warwick.
Comes North'ton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Chesterfield.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Viscount Townshend. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Granville.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Arundell Tr.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham. |
PRAYERS.
Tea, Coffee. &c. Duties, on, Bill to continue.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
continuing the Duties upon Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, and Spices, towards Satisfaction of the Debt
due for Transport Service for the Reduction of
Ireland."
After some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Bishop of London reported, "That the
Committee had gone through the said Bill; and think
it fit to pass, without any Amendment."
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, An Act for
continuing the Duties upon Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, and Spices, towards Satisfaction of the Debt due
for Transport Service for the Reduction of Ireland."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Duty on Coals, &c. Bill.
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting to His Majesty several Duties upon Coals
and Culm."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Malt, Bill to repeal the Act against the excessive making of.
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
repeal an Act made in the Thirty-ninth Year of
the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act
to restrain the excessive making of Malt; and to discharge and vacate Orders, made by Justices of Peace
by virtue thereof, (fn. *) Maltsters from
making of Malt."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
ORDERED, That the Commons have Notice, the
Lords have agreed to the said last Three Bills abovementioned, without any Amendment.
Colchester Workhouses, &c. Bill. Lords do not insist upon their Amendments.
Then the House took into Consideration what was
offered at the Conference, by the Commons, upon the
Bill, intituled, "An Act for erecting Hospitals and
Work-houses within the Town of Colchester, in the
County of Essex, for the better employing and maintaining the Poor thereof," for their Disagreement to the
Clauses B. and C. added by their Lordships to the
said Bill.
After Consideration whereof; the House agreed, not
to insist upon the said Clauses; and ORDERED, That
the Commons have Notice thereof.
Message from H. C. with a Bill.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir Wm.
Lowther and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for
erecting Work-houses and Houses of Correction, in
the Town of Kingston upon Hull, for the Employment
and Maintenance of the Poor;" to which they desire
their Lordships Concurrence.
Salby, Cawood, &c. Inhabitants of, versus Ayr and Calder Rivers, Bill.
Upon reading the Petition of the Gentlemen, Freeholders, and principal Inhabitants, of the Towns of Selby,
Cawood, Wistow, Stillingflleete, Naburne, Acaster, Malbis, Bishopthorpe, Middlethorpe, and Fontforth; praying
to be heard, before the passing of the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for making navigable the Rivers Ayr and Calder, in the County of Yorke:"
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Petitioners shall
be heard, as desired, on Wednesday the Eighteenth Day
of this Instant May, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon.
Coin, Bill to prevent counterfeiting, &c.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
for the better preventing the counterfeiting, clipping,
and other diminishing, the Coin of this Kingdom."
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Herbert reported, "That the Committee had gone through the said Bill; and think it fit to
pass, with some Amendments."
Which, being read Twice, were agreed to.
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
the better preventing the counterfeiting, clipping, and
other diminishing, the Coin of this Kingdom."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with
the Amendments, shall pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Sir
Miles Cooke and Mr. Pitt:
To return the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence
to the Lords Amendments.
Impeachments, Report concerning the Method of receiving.
The Earl of Stamford reported, from the Lords Committees appointed to consider the Method of receiving
Impeachments from the House of Commons, "That the
Committee had inspected the Books; and ordered him
to report the Precedents, as follow; (videlicet,)
"24° Aprilis, 18° Jac. Sir John Bennett's Case.
"29° Decembris, 1640, Sir George Ratcliff's Case.
"18° Decembris, 1641, Dan. O'Neale's Case.
"6° Decembris, 1660, Wm. Drake's Case.
"7° Januarii, 1680, Earl of Tyron's Case.
"26° Junii, 1689, Sir Adam Blaire, Grey, et al.
impeached.
"22° Martii, 18° Jac. post Meridiem, Fowlis and
Mitchell's Case."
Which were all read out of the Journals.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati,
(videlicet,) decimum quartum diem instantis Maii, hora
undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.