Die Mercurii, 19° Octobris 1831.
DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Dux Sussex. |
| Ds. Brougham & Vaux, Cancellarius. |
Epus. Cicestrien.
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Ds. Howard of Effingham.
Ds. Stafford.
Ds. Colville of Culross.
Ds. Napier.
Ds. Belhaven & Stenton.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Sundridge & Hamilton.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Montagu.
Ds. Suffield.
Ds. Douglas of Douglas.
Ds. Lyttelton.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Yarborough.
Ds. Farnham.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Tenterden.
Ds. Melros.
Ds. Skelmersdale.
Ds. Fingall.
Ds. Sefton.
Ds. Clements.
Ds. Dover.
Ds. Kenlis.
Ds. Chaworth.
Ds. Dinorben. |
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
March. Westmeath.
March. Bristol.
March. Cleveland.
March. Westminster.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Ilchester.
Comes Charlemont.
Comes Gosford.
Comes Grey.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Falmouth.
Comes Munster.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Camperdown.
Vicecom. Leinster.
Vicecom. Hood.
Vicecom. Melville.
Vicecom. Goderich.
Ds. Wellesley, Senescallus.
Ds. Melbourne, Unus Primariorum Secretariorum. |
The Earl of Shaftesbury sat Speaker by virtue of
a former Commission.
PRAYERS.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed by The Lord Chancellor.
Crown Land Inclosure Bill read 2a:
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose Land
belonging to the Crown, for the Benefit of poor Persons
residing in the Parish in which such Crown Land is
situated."
The King's Consent signified:
The Duke of Richmond acquainted the House, "That
His Majesty, having been informed of the Contents of
the last-mentioned Bill, was pleased to consent (as
far as His Majesty's Interest is concerned) that their
Lordships may proceed therein as they shall think fit."
Standing Orders 26 & 155 dispensed with, & Bill passed:
Then the House (according to Order) proceeded to
take into Consideration the Standing Orders No. 26 and
No. 155, relative to Bills not being read or proceeded in
Twice the same Day, in order to their being dispensed
with upon the last-mentioned Bill.
And Consideration being had thereof accordingly;
Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be dispensed
with upon the said Bill.
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 instanter.
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
directed him to report the same to the House, without
any Amendment."
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable Churchwardens and Overseers to inclose Land
belonging to the Crown, for the Benefit of poor Persons residing in the Parish in which such Crown Land
is situated."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Message to H.C. that the Lords have agreed to it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Giffin Wilson and Mr. Roupell;
To acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the
said Bill, without any Amendment.
Price of Coals, Return of, Ordered.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, "A
Return of the Prices per London Chaldron of Sea-borne
Coals, at the Coal Exchange in London, upon each
Market Day from the 1st of February to the 17th of
October 1831; distinguishing the different Sorts of Coal."
Vestries Bill:
The Order of the Day being read for the Third
Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better
Regulation of Vestries; and for the Appointment of
Auditors of Accounts, in certain Parishes of England
and Wales;" and for the Lords to be summoned;
The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.
Then it was moved, in the Amendment made to the
said Bill in Press 2, Line 2, to leave out ("Fourteenth")
and insert ("First")
The same was agreed to, and Ordered accordingly.
Then the following Amendments were made to the
said Bill:
Pr. 3. L. 10. After ("Sunday") insert ("in the
Month of March")
L. 23. After ("which") insert ("Votes shall be
received on Three successive Days, commencing at
Eight of the Clock in the Forenoon and ending at
Four of the Clock in the Afternoon of each Day, and
the said")
Then it was moved, in the Amendment made by the
Committee to the said Bill in Press 3, Line 25, in
Lines 10 and 11 of the said Amendment, to leave out
("or before")
The same was agreed to, and Ordered accordingly.
Then it was moved, in Line 11 of the said Amendment,
after ("next") to insert ("and the Two following Days")
The same was agreed to, and Ordered accordingly.
Then it was moved to disagree to the Amendment
made on Report to the said Bill in Press 6, Line 4.
The same was agreed to, and Ordered accordingly.
Then the following Amendments were made to the
said Bill:
Pr. 6. L. 4. Leave out ("Two") and insert ("Three")
Pr. 12. L. 3. Leave out ("March") and insert ("May")
Then it was moved, "That the following Amendments
be made to the Clause added on Report to the said
Bill, in Press 25, Line 24:
"L. 3. After ("any") insert ("Parish not being
within or being Part of any")
"L. 4. Leave out ("wherein") and insert ("in
which Parish")
The same were agreed to, and Ordered accordingly.
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.
Bankruptcy Court Bill.
The House (according to Order) proceeded to take
into Consideration the Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to establish a Court
in Bankruptcy."
And the said Amendments, being read Three Times
by the Clerk, were agreed to by the House.
And, A Message was sent to the House of Commons,
by the former Messengers, to acquaint them therewith.
Court of Exchequer, (Scotland,) Account of Business in, Ordered.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, "An
Account of the Number of Causes in the Court of
Exchequer in Scotland, distinguishing undefended
Causes, Causes tried, defended Causes tried, and Causes
compromised without any Trial, for the last Twenty
Years, distinguishing each Year."
Galway Elective Franchise, Petition from Moycullen for Extension of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Roman Catholic
Inhabitants of the Parish of Moycullen, in the County of
Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying,
"That their Lordships will be graciously pleased to
equalize Civil Rights in Galway, by extending to the
Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes the
Elective Franchise in as full and ample a Manner as
the same is now enjoyed by Protestants:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Reform (England) Bill, Petitions from Ulverston & Ringmer in favor of.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of
Ulverston, and the Neighbourhood, in the County of
Lancaster, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking
notice of a Bill lately depending in this House, intituled,
"An Act to amend the Representation of the People in
England and Wales;" and praying their Lordships,
That, by speedily passing the same into a Law, they
will carry into Effect not only the ardent Wishes of
all Classes of People in the United Kingdom, but also
of a very large Majority of the present House of
Commons; and by so doing secure to the Petitioners
a real Representative Commons House of Parliament,
and the Destruction of that corrupting and demoralizing
Elective System now under Consideration by their
Lordships:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the
Hundred of Ringmer, in the County of Sussex, whose
Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the
last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships, "That
a Measure so well calculated to conciliate the Affections of the People and to promote the Public Welfare
may speedily receive from their Lordships that Sanction
which is necessary to its becoming a Law:"
It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the
Table.
Population, Papers respecting, delivered.
The Duke of Richmond (in the Absence of The Lord
Melbourne, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State,) laid before the House, pursuant to an Address to
His Majesty of Wednesday the 5th of this instant October,
"Comparative Account of the Population of Great
Britain, in the Years 1801, 1811, 1821 and 1831; with
the Annual Value of Real Property in the Year 1815:"
And also, "A Statement of the Progress in the
Enquiry regarding the Occupations of Families and
Persons, and the Duration of Life, as required by the
Population Act of 1830."
And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Papers be printed.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum
continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum
diem instantis Octobris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis
sic decernentibus.