DIE Mercurii, 25 Januarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Londin.
Epus. Duresme, & Crew.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Bristol. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Dux Devon, Ds. Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Bolton.
March. Halifax.
March. Normanby.
Comes Oxon.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Essex.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Orford.
Viscount Townshend. |
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Willughby Er.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Raby.
Ds. Vaughan.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Berkeley S.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Haversham. |
PRAYERS.
Bp. of Bristol takes the Oaths.
John Lord Bishop of Bristol took the Oaths, and
made and subscribed the Declaration, pursuant to the
Statutes.
Penn's Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
enabling George Penne Esquire to sell Lands, for the
Payment of his Debts, and other Purposes therein
mentioned."
ORDERED, That the Consideration of the said Bill
be committed to the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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March. Halifax.
March. Normanby.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Bathe.
Comes Maclesfeld.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Marleborough.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Grantham.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville. |
Epus. Londin.
Epus. Dunelm.
Epus. Cov. & Lich.
Epus. Menev.
Epus. Petrib.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cicestr. |
Ds. Bergevenny.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Lawarr.
Ds. Eure.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Lovelace.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Jermyn.
Ds. Culpeper.
Ds. Lucas.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Godolphin.
Ds. Jeffreys.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Wednesday the Eighth Day of February next,
at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the
Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and
to adjourn as they please.
Fitch versus Attorney General and Commissioners of Navy.
Whereas Friday next was appointed for hearing of
the Cause wherein John Fitch Esquire is Appellant, and
His Majesty's Attorney General and Commissioners of
the Navy are Respondents:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear
the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Friday the
Third Day of February next, at Eleven of the Clock
in the Forenoon.
Smallman versus Brayne & al.
Upon reading the Petition of Humphry Brayne, and
Richard Walker, Respondents to the Appeal of William
Smallman and Thomas Gregory, now depending in this
House; praying, "That the Charter of the Town of
Bridgenorth, in the County of Salop, which was produced at the hearing the said Cause in the Court of
Exchequer (fn. *)
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said Charter shall be
produced at the Hearing of the Cause in this House; the
Petitioners giving such Security for the safe Return
thereof as they did when the said Charter was produced
in the Court of Exchequer.
Corn, Malt, &c. to prohibit the Exportation of, Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
prohibit the Exportation of any Corn, Malt, Meal,
Flour, Bread, Biscuit, or Starch, for One Year, from
the Twentieth Day of January, One Thousand Six
Hundred Ninety-eight."
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 Sir Richard Holford:
To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence to their Lordships Amendments.
Buttons, to prevent making of Cloth, &c. Bill.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put
into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to
prevent the making or selling Buttons made of Cloth,
Serge, Drugget, or other Stuffs."
And after some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Earl of Bridgewater reported, "That the
Committee had gone through the said Bill; and think
it fit to pass, without any Amendment."
To which the House agreed.
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
prevent the making or selling Buttons made of Cloth,
Serge, Drugget, or other Stuffs."
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 Bill, without any Amendment.
Sir Sewster Peyton versus Skelton & al.
Whereas To-morrow was appointed for hearing of
the Cause wherein Sir Sewster Peyton is Appellant,
and John Skelton and Humphry Browne are Respondents:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear
the said Cause on Wednesday the First Day of February
next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon.
Berkeley & al. versus Cope & al.
Whereas Wednesday the First Day of February next
was appointed for hearing the Cause wherein John
Berkeley Esquire, Reginald Bretland Serjeant at Law, and
Robert Fowle Goldsmith, are Appellants; and Jonathan
Cope, William Cope, and Anthony Cope, Infants, by their
Guardians Sir Thomas Peshall, Sir Robert Jenkinson, and
Henry Farmer, are Respondents:
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the
said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Saturday the
Fourth Day of February next, at Eleven of the Clock
in the Forenoon.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, (videlicet,) vicesimum septimum diem instantis Januarii,
hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.