Die Lunæ, 21 Junii 1830.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Epus. Lich. et Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Rapoten.
Vicecom. Arbuthnott.
Vicecom. Maynard.
Vicecom. Lorton.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Goderich.
Ds. De Clifford.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Petre.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Stafford.
Ds. Clifford of Chudleigh.
Ds. Colville of Culross.
Ds. Napier.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Montagu.
Ds. Braybrooke.
Ds. Douglas of Douglas.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Selsey.
Ds. Dawnay.
Ds. Calthorpe.
Ds. De Dunstanville & Bassett.
Ds. Rolle.
Ds. Bayning.
Ds. Northwick.
Ds. Lilford.
Ds. Fitz Gibbon.
Ds. Carbery.
Ds. Dufferin & Claneboye.
Ds. Redesdale.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Arden.
Ds. Sheffield.
Ds. Barham.
Ds. Mont Eagle.
Ds. Lauderdale.
Ds. Manners.
Ds. Meldrum.
Ds. Ormonde.
Ds. Glenlyon.
Ds. Somerhill.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Clanwilliam.
Ds. Skelmersdale.
Ds. Wallace. |
Comes Bathurst, Præses.
Comes Rosslyn, C. P. S.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Portland.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Wellington.
Dux Buckingham & Chandos.
March. Tweeddale.
March. Lansdowne.
March. Salisbury.
March. Bute.
March. Camden.
March. Cleveland.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchilsea & Nottingham.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Rosebery.
Comes Ferrers.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Fitzwilliam.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Spencer.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Talbot.
Comes Mansfield.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Malmesbury.
Comes Wicklow.
Comes Caledon.
Comes Romney.
Comes Chichester.
Comes Limerick.
Comes Manvers.
Comes Grey.
Comes Verulam.
Comes Brownlow.
Comes Morley.
Comes Beauchamp.
Comes Falmouth.
Comes Vane.
Comes Dudley.
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PRAYERS.
Keble et al. v. Templer et al. et e con.
After hearing Counsel fully in the Cause wherein
Page Keble Esquire, and others, are Appellants, and The
Reverend George Henry Templer junior, and others, are
Respondents, et e contra:
It is Ordered, That the further Consideration of the
said Cause be put off sine Die.
Newall & Inman v. Thomson et al:
After hearing Counsel this Day upon the Petition and
Appeal of Walter Newall, Architect in Dumfries, and
John Inman, formerly Teller in the Bank of Scotland's
Office in Dumfries, now Merchant and Accountant there;
complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in
Scotland, of the Second Division, of the 29th of May
(signed 30th May) 1828, except in so far as it finds no
Expences due to the Respondents; and praying, "That
the same might be reversed, varied or altered, or that
the Appellants might have such Relief in the Premises,
as to this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom,
should seem meet;" as also upon the Answer of
William Thomson, John M'George, Henry M'Minn,
Robert Armstrong, Allan Anderson, Thomas M'Keag,
James Thomson, Samuel Primrose, James Bendall, James
Reid, Robert M'Pherson, William Grierson, James
Martin, James M'Whirr, William Dinwiddie, Adam
Rankine and John Sinclair, put in to the said Appeal;
and due Consideration had of what was offered on
either Side in this Cause:
Interlocutor Reversed.
It is Ordered, and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Interlocutor, so far as complained of in the said Appeal, be,
and the same is hereby Reversed.
Mac Allister v. Mac Allister et al.
Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein
Colonel Mathew Mac Allister is Appellant, and Angus
Mac Allister, and others, are Respondents, which stands
appointed for this Day, be put off to Wednesday next.
The Amicable Society v. Bolland et al.
Ordered, That the Cause wherein The Amicable
Assurance Society are Appellants, and James Bolland,
and others, are Respondents, be heard by Counsel at the
Bar on Wednesday next.
Consolidated Fund Bill: (£4,000,000.)
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
apply a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated
Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight
hundred and thirty."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Beverley Road Bill:
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
repairing and otherwise improving the Road from
Beverley, by Molescroft, to Kendell House, and the
Road from Molescroft to Bainton Balk, in the County
of York."
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 2 preceding Bills.
And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of
Commons, by Mr. Harvey and Mr. Stratford;
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bills, without any Amendment.
Criminal Laws, Petitions for Alteration of: (Leicester:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Bankers, Merchants
and other Inhabitants of the Town of Leicester, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships
to substitute other Penalties than that of Death for
Crimes against Property, adapted to the enlightened
Age in which we live, and worthy of a Christian
Country, and which, being accordant with Public Feeling,
shall become more certain of Infliction, by the uniform
Co-operation of the Court, the Prosecutor, Witnesses
and Jury:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Ipswich:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Ipswich
and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to take the Laws inflicting the
Punishment of Death into further Consideration, in
order to the expunging such Punishment from the
Statute Book in all Cases where Property is alone
concerned:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Braintree & Bocking:
Upon reading the Petition of the Persons whose Names
are thereunto subscribed, being the Magistrates, Clergy
and Inhabitant Householders of the Towns of Braintree
and Bocking, in the County of Essex, and their Vicinity;
praying their Lordships "to pass the Bill for remitting
the Punishment of Death in all Cases of Forgery, except
in that of Wills, without any further Qualification:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Kingshead Lane Chapel, Northampton:
Upon reading the Petition of the Members of a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters assembling for Worship
at the Unitarian Chapel, Kingshead Lane, Northampton,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships, "That the Bill for doing away with the
Punishment of Death in most Cases of Forgery may
pass into a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Falmouth:
Upon reading the Petition of the Ministers and
Members of the Methodist, Independent and Baptist
Congregations in the Town of Falmouth, in the County
of Cornwall, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying, "That their Lordships will grant their Sanction
to the Bill for the Prevention of Forgery in its present
amended Form:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Chesham:
Upon reading the Petition of the Persons whose Names
are thereunto subscribed, Inhabitants of Chesham and its
Vicinity, in the County of Buckingham; praying, "That
their Lordships will repeal those Statutes, or such Parts
of them, as have the Penalty of Death annexed to the
Offence of Forgery; that in future, whatever Punishment may in their Lordships Wisdom be demanded,
they will spare the Life of the Offender:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Dissenters, Halsted:
Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant Dissenters
of the Town of Halsted, in the County of Essex, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to enact some other Penalty in lieu of Death for
Crimes against Property, where no Violence is offered
to the Person, sufficiently severe to deter from the
Commission of Crime, and prevent the premature
Sacrifice of Human Life:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Mayor, &c. of Maidenhead:
Upon reading the Petition of the Mayor, Burgesses
and Inhabitants of Maidenhead and its Vicinity, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships
"to make such Alteration in the present Bill, on the
Subject of Forgery, as will totally abolish the Punishment of Death for that Crime:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Wakefield:
Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates, Bankers,
Merchants and others of the Town of Wakefield, in the
County of York, and its Vicinity, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to substitute in the Bill now before them for the Prevention
of the Crime of Forgery, instead of the severe Infliction
of Death, such milder Punishment as to their Wisdom
and Justice may appear most expedient:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Methodists, Settle:
Upon reading the Petition of the Members of the
Congregation of Wesleyan Methodists resident in Settle,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships "to pass the Bill for the Purpose of abolishing the Punishment of Death for the Crime of Forgery,
and substituting Transportation, into a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Persons subscribing:
Upon reading the Petition of the Persons whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their
Lordships will not withhold from them that Protection
to their Property which they would derive from a
Punishment for Forgery more lenient than that of
Death, which the Public and the Petitioners would
then think it their Duty to enforce:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
North Gate St. Chapel, Bury St. Edmunds:
Upon reading the Petition of the Members of the
Congregation of Protestant Dissenters of the Independent
Denomination assembling at North Gate Street Chapel,
Bury Saint Edmunds, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Halesworth:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Persons
resident in Halesworth and its Vicinity, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships
"to pass a Law by which the Punishment of Death shall
be abolished in all Cases of Forgery, substituting such
Penalty commensurate to the Offence as shall commend
itself to the conscientious Feeling of the Community:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
St. Mary's Square Chapel, Bury St. Edmunds.
Upon reading the Petition of the Wesleyan Methodists assembled at the Chapel, St. Mary's Square, Bury
St. Edmunds, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to interpose, by their Wisdom
and Mercy, against the farther Operation of an unjust
and sanguinary Law regarding Forgery:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
St. Thomas's Square Chapel, Hackney:
Upon reading the Petition of the Members of the
Congregation of Protestant Dissenters assembling in the
Chapel of Saint Thomas's Square, Hackney, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to
repeal such Parts of the Laws against Forgery, and
other Violations of the Rights of Property, as inflict
Capital Punishment; and to substitute such Penalties
as shall appear to their Lordships the most equitable
and efficacious:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Broad St. Chapel, Reading:
Upon reading the Petition of the Members of the
Congregation of Protestant Dissenters of the Independent
Denomination meeting at Broad Strèet, in the Borough
of Reading, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
Dissenters, Maidenhead:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Members
of The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in Maidenhead, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally
praying "for the Attention of their Lordships to that
Feeling which is evidently gaining Ground in this
Kingdom in favor of a Commutation of the Punishment of Death for the Crime of Forgery:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
W. Alexander:
Upon reading the Petition of William Alexander, an
Inhabitant of Great Yarmouth, and Freeholder of the
County of Norfolk; praying their Lordships "to deliberately weigh, and maturely consider, whether it be not
fearful and daring Presumption to wrest the Right of
taking away the Life of Man from The Creator's Hand,
and, unauthorized by Him, destroy the only Part of His
Glorious Creation which He Himself declared was
made "in His own Image:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Stowmarket:
Upon reading the Petition of the Persons whose Names
are thereunto subscribed, being either Members of the
Established Church or Protestant Dissenters, and principally engaged in Trade and Commerce, residing in or
near Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk; praying their
Lordships, "That the Punishment of Death for the
Offence of Forgery may be abolished, and one more
efficient to prevent Crime, and more consistent with
Christianity, may be substituted for it:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Newport, Monmouth:
Upon reading the Petition of the several Persons
resident in the Town of Newport and the Neighbourhood
thereof, in the County of Monmouth, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "for a
Revision and Alteration of the Laws relating to the
Punishment of Criminals; and that instead of them a
System may be established consonant to Religion, by
which Criminals may receive Punishment proportionably to the Moral Guilt of their Crime, and such as
every Individual can with Justice to his own Conscience
be the Agent of inflicting on the guilty:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Minching-Hampton, &c:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Parishes of Minching-Hampton, Horsley and Avening, in
the County of Gloucester, whose Names are thereunto
subscribed; praying their Lordships "to adopt such
"Measures for a complete Revision of the Criminal Code
as to their Wisdom shall appear most proper, and to
pursue the same until the Laws shall present a Scale
of Punishments proportioned to the Turpitude of the
Crimes committed, consonant with the Principles of
the Religion of Christ, and adapted to the advanced
State of Society in our Country - Punishments having
for their Object the Reformation as well as the Correction of the guilty, and which, being in unison with
the best Feelings of Humanity, shall operate as an
effectual Check to the Career of Depravity, by the
Certainty of Prosecution, and of Punishment in all
Cases following Conviction:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Darlington:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Darlington, in the County of Durham, and its Neighbourhood,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships "to adopt such Measures as to them may
appear more peculiarly adapted to render the Penal
Laws at once sufficient for the Prevention of Crime
and reconcileable with the Principles of the Christian
Religion:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Reigate, &c:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Towns of Reigate and Dorking, the Parish of Betchworth
and Liberty of Kingswood, in Surrey, and the Parishes of
Crawley, Ifield, Haugham and Worth, in Sussex, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships
"for a complete Revision of the Criminal Law in this
Country, and the Repeal of those numerous Statutes by
which the Punishment of Death is unwisely enacted:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Jurors, Old Bailey:
Upon reading the Petition of the Persons summoned to
serve as Jurors at the last and other late Commissions of
Oyer and Terminer held at the Old Bailey, in London,
whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their
Lordships "to revise the Criminal Law of the Land with
"a view to mitigate the Severity thereof:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Redruth:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Redruth and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That the
Punishment of Forgery of every Description may be
less than that of Death:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Carlisle:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Carlisle
and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to make such a Revision of the
Penal Laws against Forgery as in their Wisdom may
be deemed most expedient:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Evesham:
Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates, Clergy,
Bankers and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Evesham
and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to take such Measures, for the
Removal of the Evil occasioned by Persons who sustain
Loss by Forgery revolting at shedding Human Blood
for such an Offence, as to their Lordships Wisdom shall
seem best:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Lowestoft:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk, and its Vicinity, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships
immediately to pass a Law abolishing the Punishment
of Death in all Cases of Forgery, and substituting a
Penalty for that Transgression more in accordance
with the Views and Feelings of the Community, and
therefore much more likely to prove efficient and salutary
in its Operation:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
R. Wedgwood:
Upon reading the Petition of Ralph Wedgwood junior,
of Oxford Street, in the County of Middlesex; praying
their Lordships "to take into early Consideration the
Expediency of revising the Criminal Law, and of substituting for the Penalty of Death, in Cases of Offences
against Property unattended by Circumstances of
Atrocity, a Punishment that shall be consonant with
Public Feeling, and the Effect of which will be to
afford additional Protection to Trade, by encouraging
the Public in the Prosecution and just Punishment of
Offenders:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Common Council Men, Norwich:
Upon reading the Petition of the Common Council Men
of the City of Norwich, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will immediately
take into their most serious Consideration, whether the
Punishment of Death may not now, with perfect Safety
to the Interests of the Community, be remitted in all
Cases except Murder, Arson, Burglaries, Highway
Robberies and Offences attended with Violence; and
make such effectual Amelioration in the Laws that
the Penalties for Offences may be in accordance
with strict Justice, worthy of a Christian Country,
adapted to the enlightened Age in which we live, and,
being in unison with Public Feeling, become more
certain of Infliction, by the uniform Co-operation of the
Court, the Prosecutor, Witnesses and Jury:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Tavistock:
Upon reading the Petition of the Bankers, Traders and
other Inhabitants of Tavistock, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That, both
for the better Protection of Property and the invariable
Prosecution and adequate Punishment of the heinous
Offence of Forgery, the Punishment of Death may be
commuted in such Manner as may appear to the
Legislature best adapted to that important End:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Stockton upon Tees.
Upon reading the Petition of the Bankers and other
Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Stockton
upon Tees, in the County of Durham, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to abolish
the Punishment of Death for Forgery in every Case,
and to substitute other Penalties more in accordance
with the improved State of Public Feeling:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Taxes, Ireland, Petitions against Encrease of: (Dungarvan & Abbeyside:)
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants and
Parishioners of Dungarvan and Abbeyside, in the County
of Waterford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to cause a full and minute
Enquiry to be made into the Circumstances connected
with the proposed Encrease of Taxation in Ireland,
which will enable their Lordships to pursue a Course
more judicious and beneficial to the Community, and
avert the manifold Disadvantages which, by passing
this ill-omened Measure, would, it is manifest, be
entailed on the People of Ireland:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Moncoin:
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Parish of Moncoin, in the County of Kilkenny, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed:
Carrigeen.
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Carrigeen, in the County
of Kilkenny, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
severally praying their Lordships "not to sanction the
Imposition of any new Taxes upon Ireland;"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
Calico Printers, Petition of Journeymen of Lancashire, &c. respecting Apprentices.
Upon reading the Petition of the Journeymen Calico
Printers of Lancashire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire
and their Vicinities, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; complaining of their Distress, from want of
Employment, arising from a Practice of the Master
Calico Printers carrying on their Trade by employing a
greater Number of Apprentices than Journeymen; and
praying their Lordships "to redress their Grievances by
such Legislative Enactments as the Wisdom of this
House may devise:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Slavery, Petition from Huddersfield for Abolition of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Huddersfield and its Vicinity, whose Names
are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to
take Steps for effecting the immediate Abolition
of the inhuman System of Slavery, and for placing
the Negro Population under those Restraints only
which are necessary for the Security of the Colonies,
and which will afford the greatest Facilities for improving them in Moral and Religious Knowledge,
and render them useful and industrious Members of
Society; and that Government will specify an early
Period when the Children of the Slaves shall be
free:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Assizes for West Riding of Yorkshire, Petition from Horbury for Removal of, to Wakefield.
Upon reading the Petition of the Merchants, Manufacturers, Tradesmen and others, Inhabitants and Householders of Horbury, in the West Riding of the County
of York, whose Names are thereunto subscribed;
praying their Lordships "to sanction and encourage
a Measure so decidedly advantageous to the Public
as the Removal of the Assizes for the West
Riding of Yorkshire from York to the Town of
Wakefield:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Bankrupt Act Amendment Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act
to explain and amend an Act of the Sixth Year of the
Reign of His present Majesty, for amending the Laws
relating to Bankrupts;"
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon
the said Bill on Thursday next.
Parochial Registers (Scotland) Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for receiving the
Report of the Amendments made by the Committee of
the Whole House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
the better Regulation of Parochial Registers in Scotland, and for the general recording of such Registrations in the Office of The Lord Clerk Register in
Edinburgh;"
Ordered, That the said Report be received Tomorrow.
Meltham Inclosure Bill, Consideration of Amendments put off for 6 Months.
The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to
amend an Act of His late Majesty, for inclosing
Lands in the Manor of Meltham, in the Parish of
Almondbury, in the West Riding of the County of
York," 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 made several Amendments
thereto."
Which Amendments were read by the Clerk as follow;
(vizt.)
"Pr. 1. L. 27. Leave out from ("Twenty") to
("and") in Press 2, Line ult. and insert ("Six")
"Pr. 3. L. 6. Leave out from ("and") to ("And")
in Press 7, Line 30, and insert ("it is therefore expepedient that he should be displaced, and another
Commissioner appointed in his Room")
"Pr. 8. L. 24. Leave out ("the Appointment of")
"L 25. Leave out from ("Rayner") to
("but") in Line 32, and insert ("shall cease to be
a Commissioner for executing the said recited Act of
the Fifty-seventh Year of the Reign of His late
Majesty")
"L. 33 & L. 34. Leave out ("and Joseph
Taylor")
"L. ult. Leave out ("them") and insert
("him")
"Pr. 9. L. 8. After ("appointed") insert ("a")
"L. 10. Leave out from ("Rayner") to
("and") in Line 29, and in Line 29 and in Line 30
leave out ("Commissioner") and insert ("Frederick
Robert Jones")
"Pr. 10. L. 2. After ("appointed") insert ("a")
"L. 11 & L.12. Leave out ("by virtue of this
Act") and insert ("in his Room or Stead")
"L. 15. Leave out ("Two") and insert
("Three")
"L. 18. Leave out from ("Act") to ("appoint") in Press 11, Line 17, and insert ("then and
in every such Case the Lords of the Manor of Meltham,
or the Majority of the Lords of the said Manor, shall
choose and")
"Pr. 11. L. 22. After ("of") insert ("the said Frederick Robert Jones, or of")
"L. 26. Leave out from ("aforesaid") to
("and") in Line 28.
"L. 30. Leave out from ("appointed") to
("shall") in Line 32.
"Pr. 12. L. 7. Leave out from ("Act") to the Second
("And") in Press 13, Line 29, and insert Clauses A.
and B.
"Clause A. And for the Purpose of settling and
determining any Difference or Dispute that may arise
between the said Commissioners touching or concerning any of the Matters or Things to be by them
done and performed in pursuance of the said recited
Acts or this Act; be it further enacted, That Daniel
Tuke of the City of York, Gentleman, shall be and he is
hereby appointed Umpire for the Purposes aforesaid;
and such Umpire is hereby authorized and required,
on the Application of the said Commissioners or either
of them, to hear and determine every such Difference
or Dispute; and the Judgment and Determination of
the said Umpire touching or concerning any Matter
or Thing in difference or dispute between the said
Commissioners shall be deemed and considered to be
the Judgment and Determination of the said Commissioners, and shall be final and conclusive upon the
said Commissioners, and upon all Persons concerned
in the said Division and Allotment, so far as the Judgment and Determination of the said Commissioners is
by the said recited Acts or this Act made final and
conclusive: Provided always, that in case the said
Umpire, or any Umpire to be nominated and appointed
as herein-after mentioned, shall die, or become incapable of acting, or shall refuse or neglect to act
for the Space of Fourteen Days after Application shall
be made to him for the Purpose as aforesaid, then and
in every such Case it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, and they are hereby required, by Writing
under their Hands, to nominate and appoint some
other fit and proper Person (not interested in the said
Division and Inclosure) to be the Umpire for the
Purposes aforesaid; and so from Time to Time as often
as any Person so nominated and appointed Umpire
shall die, or refuse or neglect to act, or become incapable of acting as such Umpire: Provided also, that
in case the said Commissioners shall, for the Space of
One Calendar Month after any such Death, Refusal,
Neglect or Incapacity shall happen or be known, refuse
to nominate and appoint an Umpire, or shall not agree
as to such Appointment, then it shall be lawful for the
Court of General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace for
the West Riding of the County of York, on the Application of any Two or more Proprietors or Persons
interested in the said Lands and Grounds, by an Order
to be made by such Court, forthwith to nominate and
appoint some fit and proper Person, not interested in
the said Division and Inclosure, to be the Umpire for
the Purposes aforesaid."
"Clause B. Provided always, and be it further enacted,
That no Person shall be capable of acting as an Umpire
by virtue of this Act until he shall have taken or made
and subscribed the Oath or Affirmation following;
(that is to say,)
"I, do swear, [or, being one of the People
called Quakers, do solemnly affirm,] That I will faithfully, honestly and impartially, according to the best of
my Skill and Ability, execute and perform the Powers
and Authorities reposed in me as Umpire, by virtue of
an Act passed in the Eleventh Year of the Reign of
King George the Fourth, intituled, "An Act [here set
forth the Title of this Act], according to Equity and
good Conscience, and without Partiality, Favour or
Affection, Prejudice or Malice, to any Person or Persons
whomsoever.
So help me GOD."
"[Or, being one of the People called Quakers, omit the
Words, "So help me GOD."]
"Which Oath or Affirmation it shall be lawful for the
said Commissioners or either of them, or for any Justice
of the Peace for the said West Riding, to administer,
and they or he are and is hereby required to administer
the same; and every such Appointment of a new
Umpire, and also every such Oath or Affirmation, when
so taken or made and subscribed by such Umpire, shall
be annexed to and enrolled and deposited with the
Award of the said Commissioners."
"Pr. 14. L.5. Leave out ("or pretended Execution")
"L. 13. Leave out ("or pretended Execution")
"L.32. Leave out ("Hall") and in the same
Line and in Line 33. leave out ("Wakefield") and
insert ("Warmfield")
"Pr. 15. L.11 & L.12. Leave out ("or pretended
Execution")
"Pr. 17. L.9. After ("shall") insert ("in Trust for
the Purposes of this Act")
"L.22. Leave out from ("be") to ("the")
in Line 30. and insert ("into")
"L. 38. After ("first") insert ("or second")
"L. penult. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners after the passing of this
Act")
"Pr. 18. L.16 & L.17. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 19. L.16. After ("Leeds") insert Clause C.
"Clause C. And be it further enacted, That in case
the said William Rayner and Joseph Taylor, or either
of them, shall refuse or neglect to make out such
Statement or Account as aforesaid, or to lay the same,
together with all Vouchers relating thereto, within the
Period aforesaid, before such Auditor as aforesaid; or
in case such Account shall not truly set forth and
show into whose Hands such Monies have been paid,
and how and in what Manner the same and every Part
thereof have been applied and disposed of; then and in
every such Case, upon Complaint made by such
Auditor, or by any Person or Persons whom he shall
appoint for that Purpose, of any Neglect or Refusal as
aforesaid, to any Two or more Justices of the Peace
for the County, Riding, City, Town Corporate or Place
wherein the said William Rayner or Joseph Taylor shall
reside or be, such Justices may and they are hereby
authorized and required, by Warrant under their Hands
and Seals, to cause the Person so refusing or neglecting
to be brought before them, and upon his appearing, or
having been summoned and not appearing, or not
being to be found, to hear and determine the Matter
in a summary Way, and if, upon the Confession of the
Party or by the Testimony of any credible Witness or
Witnesses upon Oath, (which Oath such Justices are
hereby empowered to administer,) it shall appear to
such Justices that any such Person shall have refused
or wilfully neglected as aforesaid to render or give
such Account, or to produce the Vouchers relating
thereto, or that such Account shall not truly set forth
and show the Matters aforesaid, then and in such Case
such Justices may, if they shall think proper, commit
every such Offender to the Common Gaol or House
of Correction for the County, Riding, City, Town
Corporate or Place where such Offender shall be or
reside, there to remain without Bail or Mainprize for
any Time not exceeding Two Years: Provided always,
that in case the said William Rayner and Joseph
Taylor, or either of them, shall, by reason of the
Imprisonment of the said William Rayner, be prevented
from accounting in manner aforesaid before the said
Auditor within the Period limited by this Act, the said
William Rayner and Joseph Taylor, or either of them,
shall not be subject to the Penalties hereby imposed
for not accounting in manner aforesaid, until after
the Expiration of Two Calendar Months from the
Release of the said William Rayner from his Imprisonment."
"Pr. 19. L.16. Leave out from ("or") to ("their")
in Line 35.
"Pr. 21. L.6. Leave out from ("to") to ("deliver")
in Line 13.
"Pr. 22. L.15. Leave out from ("thereof") to
("thereof") in Line 16. and insert ("into the Hands
of such Banker or Person to be appointed as aforesaid")
"L. 17. After ("said") insert ("Frederick
Robert Jones, or any")
"L.18. After ("Commissioner") insert ("to
be appointed in his Room or Stead as aforesaid")
"L.27. After ("Buckley") insert ("or other
Person or Persons, as the Case may be,")
"Pr. 23. L.1. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 3. Leave out ("his") and insert
("their")
"L. 13. Leave out ("he") and insert
("they")
"L. 19 & L.20. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"L. penult. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr.26. L.23. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 27. L.8 & L.9. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 11. Leave out ("his") and insert
("their")
"L.34 & L.35. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 30. L.30. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L.31. & L.32. Leave out ("his Hand")
and insert ("their respective Hands")
"Pr.31. L.11. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 32. L. 14. Leave out from ("respectively") to
("And") in Line 27.
"Pr.33. L.4. After ("and") insert ("Umpire,
and also so much thereof as relates to the Appointment
of an Umpire in case of Vacancy, and also so much
thereof as relates")
"L. 6. Leave out ("their") and insert
("the") and in the same Line after ("Accounts")
insert ("of the Commissioners")
"L. 13. Leave out from ("repealed") to
("And") in Press 35, Line 3.
"Pr.35. L.5. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 16 & L. 17. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 37. L. 1. Leave out from ("allotted") to
("And") in Line 36.
"Pr. 38. L. 2 & L. 3. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners") and in Line 3, leave
out from the first ("the") to ("shall") in Line 4, and
insert ("Umpire")
"Pr. 39. L. 1. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners,") and in Line 1, and in
Line 2. after ("Advertisements") insert ("and the
Clerk to the said Commissioners shall be paid and
allowed such Sum for his Attendances as the said
Commissioners shall think proper, not exceeding per
Day the Sums allowed to the said Commissioners as
aforesaid, and subject to the Regulations herein-after
contained; and that the said Auditor shall be paid
and allowed such Sum or Sums for his Trouble and
Attendances as the said Commissioners shall think
proper")
"L. 19 & L. 20. Leave out ("Commissioner
or") and insert ("Commissioners and Umpire and")
"L. 22 & L. 23. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners") and in Line 23, leave
out ("his") and insert ("their")
"L. 25. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 26. Leave out ("his") and insert
("their")
"L. 28 & L. 29. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners") and in Line 29, leave
out ("his") and insert ("their")
"L. 33. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 34. Leave out ("his") and insert
("their")
"Pr. 40. L. 7. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 8. Leave out ("himself") and insert
("themselves")
"L. 10. Leave out ("him") and insert
("them") and in the same Line leave out ("he")
and insert ("they")
"L. 15. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 21 & L. 22. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 24. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 28 & L. 29. Leave out ("Commissioner")
and insert ("Commissioners or either of them")
"L. 31. After ("the") insert ("Commissioners or")
"L. 37. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 41. L. 2. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 5. Leave out ("him") and insert
("them") and in the same Line, and in Line 6,
leave out ("Commissioner") and insert ("Commissioners")
L. 11. Leave out ("himself") and insert
("themselves")
"L. 23. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 24. Leave out ("he is") and insert
("they are")
"L. 28. Leave out ("him") and insert
("them")
"L. 29. Leave out ("him") and insert
("them")
"Pr. 42. L. 3. Leave out ("One") and insert
("Two")
"L. 11. Leave out ("him or")
"L. 13 & L. 14. Leave out ("Justice or")
"L. 17. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 34. Leave out ("Justice or")
"Pr. 43. L. 8. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 13. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 21. After ("Manner") insert ("or if
any Person, or any Body Politic, Corporate or Collegiate, shall think himself or herself or themselves
aggrieved by any thing done or omitted to be done by
the Auditor appointed or to be appointed by virtue of
this Act")
"L. 32. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners or such Auditor, as the Case
may be,")
"L. penult. and L. ult. Leave out ("Commissioner") and insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 44. L. 7. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 8. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"Pr. 45. L. 17. After ("Act") insert ("and all the
Costs, Charges and Expences incurred by the said
Joseph Taylor, or any Person interested in the said
Inclosure, in relation to or incidental to the passing of
the said Act")
"L. 20 & L. 21. Leave out ("the Purpose")
and insert ("such Purposes")
"L. 22. Leave out ("Commissioner") and
insert ("Commissioners")
"L. 24. Leave out ("his") and insert
("their")
"Pr. 46. L. 3. After ("altered") insert ("or repealed")
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into
Consideration on this Day Six Months.
Crommelin Harbour Bill, Consideration of Amendments put off for 6 Months.
The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords
Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
establishing and maintaining the Harbour of Port
Crommelin, in the Bay of Cushenden, in the County of
Antrim," 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 made several Amendments thereto."
Which Amendments were read by the Clerk as follow;
(vizt.)
"Pr. 1. L. 18. After ("therewith") insert ("And
whereas the said Lands and Estate of Sleans are situate
within the Barony of Glenarm, of which Edmund
M'Donnell of Glenarm Castle, Esquire, and The Right
Honorable Anne Catherine Countess of Antrim his Wife,
are or claim to be seized in Right of the said Countess,
and the Limits herein-after fixed for the said Harbour
extend into that Barony, and also into the Barony of
Cary, of which The Honorable Mark Robert Kerr,
commonly called Lord Mark Kerr, and Lady Charlotte
his Wife, are or claim to be seised in Right of the said
Lady Charlotte")
"Pr. 2. L. 10. After ("empowered") insert ("with
the Consent of the said Edmund M'Donnell and Anne
Catherine Countess of Antrim his Wife, or the Survivor
of them, or the Heirs or Assigns of the said Countess,
or other the Person or Persons for the Time being
seised of or entitled to the said Barony of Glenarm, and
of the said Lord Mark Kerr and Lady Charlotte his
Wife, or the Survivor of them, or the Heirs or Assigns
of the said Lady Charlotte, or other the Person or Persons for the Time being seised of or entitled to the said
Barony of Cary, to be first signified by some Writing
under their, his or her Hands and Seals or Hand and
Seal")
"L. 12. After ("Proprietors") insert ("with
such Consent as aforesaid")
"Pr. 3. L. 22. Leave out ("Fifteen") and insert
("Ten")
"Pr. 4. L. 14. Leave out from ("before") to ("it")
in Line 16, and insert ("The Vice Treasurer of Ireland
for the Time being, or such other Person as shall be
appointed for that Purpose by him, or by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland")
"Pr. 13. L. 34. After ("Family") insert ("or to any
Boat being under the Burthen of One Ton, when
engaged solely in the Fishery") and also insert Clauses
A. and B.
"Clause A. Provided always, and be it further
enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Proprietor
or Proprietors of the said Harbour of Port Crommelin
for the Time being to receive, for his or their Use or
Benefit, a higher Rate of Interest than at and after the
Rate of Ten Pounds per Centum per Annum on the
whole Sum expended by him or them, and then due
and owing, in obtaining and passing this Act, and in
forming, making and maintaining the said Harbour, and
the several Works thereunto belonging."
"Clause B. And be it further enacted, That the Proprietor or Proprietors of the said Harbour for the Time
being shall, once in each and every Year, transmit to
The Vice Treasurer of Ireland for the Time being, or
to such other Person as the Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland shall appoint, a full, true and
particular Account of the Monies received and expended at the said Harbour, together with all such
Vouchers and Accounts as the said Vice Treasurer or
other Person shall deem necessary, (such Vouchers and
Accounts to be verified in such Manner as he shall
require,) and such Vice Treasurer or Person is hereby
required to investigate and enquire into the same, and
to direct the Appropriation of any Sum which may
remain after Payment of Interest after the aforesaid
Rate of Ten Pounds per Centum per Annum on the
Sum which shall have been expended by the Proprietor
or Proprietors of the said Harbour in obtaining and
passing this Act, and incident thereto, and in making,
forming and maintaining the same, in the Payment
from Time to Time of the Money which shall have been
so expended; and when and so soon as the said Sum
shall have been fully paid off and satisfied, then and
from thenceforth the said Harbour, and the several
Works hereby authorized to be erected and maintained,
and the Rates and Duties hereby authorized to be
raised, levied, collected and paid, shall be and
become vested in the said Vice Treasurer for the
Time being, or in such other Body or Bodies
Politic or Corporate, or Person or Persons as the
said Commissioners of the Treasury for the Time
being shall direct; and the said Vice Treasurer or
other Body or Person shall and he and they is and are
hereby required to reduce the said Rates and Duties
to such an Amount as to him or them shall appear
necessary and sufficient, for preserving and maintaining
the said Harbour and Works, and the other Expences
and Disbursements attendant thereon, and again from
Time to Time to raise and increase the said Rates and
Duties in such Manner as shall appear requisite and
expedient for the Purpose of maintaining and preserving the said Harbour and Works: Provided always,
that when and so soon as the said Harbour and Works,
and the Rates and Duties aforesaid, shall have become
so vested as aforesaid, all the Powers and Authorities
hereby granted to the Proprietor or Proprietors of the
said Harbour for the Time being shall be and become
vested in and be exercised by the said Vice Treasurer,
or Body or Bodies Politic or Corporate, or Person or
Persons, as aforesaid."
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into
Consideration on this Day Six Months.
Duffy v. Orr et al.
The House being informed, "That Patrick Thomas
Duffy, Peter Rorke, Richard Sause and Edward Jones,
some of the Respondents to the Appeal wherein Cornelius Duffy is Appellant, and Robert Orr, and others,
are Respondents, had not put in their Answer to the
said Appeal, though duly served with the Order of this
House for that Purpose:"
And thereupon an Affidavit of William Henry Moore,
of No. 33, Rutland Square West, in the City of Dublin,
Gentleman, of the due Service of the said Order, being
read;
Ordered, That the said Patrick Thomas Duffy, Peter
Rorke, Richard Sause and Edward Jones do put in their
Answer to the said Appeal peremptorily in a Week.
Bridge & Co et al. v. Lady M. Montgomerie & Sir C. Lamb.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cross Appeal wherein Messieurs
Bridge and Company, and others, are Appellants, and
The Right Honorable Lady Mary Montgomerie, and
Sir Charles Lamb Baronet, her Husband, are Respondents:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause,
by Counsel at the Bar, at the same Time with the
Original Appeal, wherein The Right Honorable Lady
Mary Montgomerie, and Sir Charles Lamb Baronet, her
Husband, are Appellants, and Messieurs Rundell and
Company, and others, are Respondents.
Houston & Griffiths v. Hughes et al.
The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Elizabeth Houston and Charlotte Griffiths are Appellants, and Henry
Alwright Hughes, and others, are Respondents:"
It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause,
by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes
after those already appointed.
Rowe v. The King, Plaintiff's Petition for Time for his Case, referred to Appeal Com ee.
Upon reading the Petition of Charles More Ullithorne
of Red Lion Square, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, Agent for Richard Radford Rowe, Plaintiff in a
Writ of Error depending in this House wherein The King
is Defendant; praying their Lordships "to grant to the
said Plaintiff in Error Three Weeks further Time to
lay his printed Cases on the Table of this House:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the
Committee appointed to consider of the Causes in which
Prints of the Appellants and Respondents Cases, now
depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and
Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the
Standing Orders of this House.
Same v. same, Plaintiff's Petition to amend Order for Certiorari, referred to Appeal Com ee.
Upon reading the Petition of Richard Radford Rowe,
Plaintiff in the last-mentioned Cause; praying their
Lordships, "That the Order made by this House on the
18th Day of May last, stating that the Petitioner,
Plaintiff in a Writ of Error brought into this House, with
a Transcript of the Record of the Court of Exchequer
Chamber in Ireland, affirming a Judgment of the Court
of King's Bench in Ireland, wherein Judgment is
entered for The King, Defendant in the said Writ, has
assigned Errors alleging Diminution, and has prayed
His Majesty's Writ of Certiorari may be awarded on
his Behalf, and directing that His Majesty's Writ of
Certiorari be forthwith issued accordingly on behalf of
the Plaintiff, and directed in such Manner as in like
Cases is accustomed, for the more perfect certifying of
the said Record into this House, within Ten Days
next after ensuing the Date of this Order; and
amended on the 11th Day of this instant June, by an
Order on Report from the Appeal Committee, by
omitting the Words "of Exchequer Chamber in Ireland,
affirming a Judgment of the Court," and inserting after
the Word "Ireland" the Words "affirming a Judgment of the Justices of Oyer and Terminer and General
Gaol Delivery for the County of the City of Dublin,"
may be further amended, either by omitting the Words
"Justices of Oyer and Terminer and General Goal
Delivery for the County of the City of Dublin," and
inserting in lieu thereof "said Court of King's Bench,"
or by restoring the original Order omitting the Words
"Exchequer Chamber," and inserting in lieu thereof
the Words "King's Bench," or in such other Manner
as to this House shall seem meet; and that Ten Days
may be allowed to return the Gertiorari; and that if
necessary, the Time for laying the printed Cases on the
Table of this House may be enlarged to the same
Period:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the
Committee appointed to consider of the Causes in which
Prints of the Appellants and Respondents Cases, now
depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and
Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the
Standing Orders of this House.
Galway Town Regulation Bill, Petitions in favor of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Landowners,
Merchants, Traders, Freeholders, Freemen and Inhabitants of the Parish of Menlough, in the County of the
Town of Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:
And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant
and Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the Parish of Rahoon,
in the County of the Town of Galway, whose Names are
thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending
in this House, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of
an Act passed in Ireland in the Fourth Year of the
Reign of King George the First, for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and for strengthening the
Protestant Interest therein, as limits the Franchise
created by the said Act to Protestants only;" and
severally praying their Lordships, "That the same may
pass into a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the
Table.
East Retford Election Bill, Witnesses to attend.
Ordered, That Thomas Worthington Gylby, Edward
Parker, William Golland, John Betson and William Slaney
do attend this House forthwith, in order to their being
examined as Witnesses upon the Second Reading of the
Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament
for the Borough of East Retford."
Capital Punishment (Scotland) Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
amend an Act of the Ninth Year of His present
Majesty, to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland; and
to abridge the Period now required between the pronouncing of Sentence and Execution thereof in Cases
importing a Capital Punishment."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee
upon the said Bill on Thursday next.
Ld. Bloomfield's Claim, Com ee to meet.
Ordered, That the Committee for Privileges to whom
the Petition of Benjamin Baron Bloomfield, praying,
That his Right to vote at the Election of Peers for
Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom may be admitted by their Lordships," stands
referred, do meet to consider further of the said Petition
on Wednesday next.
Insolvent Debtors Bill.
The Order of the Day being read for the House to be
again put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled,
An Act to continue for Two Years, and from thence
to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and
amend, the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in
England;" and for the Lords to be summoned;
The House was accordingly adjourned during Pleasure,
and put into a Committee upon the said Bill.
After some Time, the House was resumed:
And The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and
made several Amendments thereto, which he was
ready to report, when the House will please to receive
the same."
Ordered, That the said Bill, as amended, be printed.
Abolition of Fees on Demise of the Crown Bill:
The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill intituled, "An Act to abolish all Fees
and Stamp Duties chargeable on the Renewal of all
Appointments, Commissions, Grants, Pensions and
Patents consequent on the Demise of the Crown:"
and for the Lords to be summoned;
The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.
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
the former Messengers;
To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the
Lords have agreed to the same, with several Amendments,
to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.
East Retford Election Bill:
The Order of the Day being read for the further Consideration and Second Reading of the Bill, intituled,
"An Act to prevent Bribery and Corruption in the
Election of Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the
Borough of East Retford;" and for the Lords to be
summoned; and for hearing Counsel on the Petition of
the Burgesses of the Borough of East Retford, in the
County of Nottingham, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, praying their Lordships, "That the said Bill
may not pass into a Law;"
Counsel were accordingly called in.
Mr. Adam was heard to observe on the Evidence
adduced in support of the Bill, and to open the Case on
Behalf of the Petitioners against the same.
The Counsel were directed to withdraw.
Ordered, That the further Consideration and Second
Reading of the said Bill be put off 'till To-morrow; and
that the Lords be summoned.
Witnesses to attend on it:
Ordered, That William Newton, John Hornby, William
Wake and William Dennett do attend this House forthwith, in order to their being examined as Witnesses upon
the Second Reading of the last-mentioned Bill.
R. Catcliff discharged from Attendance. Malt & Beer Duty, Account of, delivered.
Ordered, That Robert Catcliff be discharged from further
Attendance on this House upon the last-mentioned Bill.
The House being informed, "That Mr. Tomlins, from
the Treasury, attended;"
He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant
to an Order of the 5th of May last,
"An Account of the Number of Bushels of Malt, and
Number of Barrels of Beer, Porter or other Malt Liquor,
that have paid the Duty in each Year, from the earliest
Period at which the said Return can be made out, and
the Rates of Duty thereon; stating each Year respectively, in the Imperial Measure, with the corresponding Rates of Duty."
And then he withdrew.
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Account do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Account be printed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum
secundum diem instantis Junii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ,
Dominis sic decernentibus.