Veneris, 13 Martii, 15 Car. IIdi.
Prayers.
Poor Relief.
A BILL for the Explaining and Enlarging an Act
made in the Three-and-fortieth Year of Queen
Elizabeth, for Relief of the Poor, was this Day read
the First time.
Resolved, &c. That the said Bill be read the Second
time on Monday next.
Hackney Coachmen.
A Petition of divers distressed Hackney Coachmen,
and Widows of Coachmen, in and about the Cities of
London and Westminster, and Bills of Mortality, was
this Day read.
Resolved, &c. That the said Petition be committed to
Mr. Hungerford, Sir Cha. Harbord, Sir Wm. Lowther,
Sir Tho. Littleton, Sir Lanc. Lake, Sir Hen. Newton, Sir
John Denham, Mr. Morice, Sir John Duncombe, Sir Tho.
Gower, Mr. Reames, Sir Tho. Allen, Sir John Goodrick,
Sir Rich. Braham, Sir John Birkinhead, Sir Rich. Everard, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Clifford, Mr. Daniell, Sir Roger
Bradshaigh, Sir Phil. Warwick, Lord Richardson, Sir
John Morton, Mr. Birch, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Musgrave:
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's
Chamber, at Two of the Clock: And to send for Persons, Papers, and Records: And to examine the Matter
of the Petition; and to make Report of it to the House.
Loyalist Officers Widows.
Ordered, That the Petition of several Commission
Officers Widows, whose Husbands were slain in the
Service of his Majesty, and his Royal Father, be read
To-morrow Morning.
Seignior's Estate.
A Bill for Sale of Part of the Lands of Richard and
Anthony Seignior, in the County of Derby, was this
Day read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the said Bill be committed to Colonel
Fretchvile, Sir Bain. Throckmorton, Sir Wm. Lowther, Mr.
Knight, Sir Rich. Oatley, Sir John Duncombe, Sir Tho.
Gower, Sir Hen. North, Mr. Hungerford, Sir Cha. Harbord, Mr. Allestry, Sir John Talbot, Colonel Whitley, Mr.
Aldworth, Sir Robert Holt, Mr. Price, Sir Tho. Tomkins,
Sir Tho. Littleton, Mr. Westfaling, Sir Phil. Musgrave,
Mr. Coventry, Mr. Higgons, Sir Tho. Meres, Mr. Clifford, Sir Adrian Scroope, Mr. Crouch, Sir John Cary,
Mr. Roger Vaughan, Mr. Scudamore, Sir Sol. Swale, Mr.
Morice, Sir Edw. Moseley, and all the Members of this
House that serve for the Counties of Derby and Stafford:
And they are to meet in the Exchequer Chamber,
To-morrow at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon: And
to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
Silk-dying.
A Bill to prevent the Abuses in Silk-dying, was this
Day read the First time.
Resolved, &c. That the said Bill be rejected.
Ordered, That the particular Committee appointed to
prevent Incroachments in Trade, do consider of the present Debate touching the Abuses in the heavy Dying of
Silk: And are to receive such Proposals as shall be made
for Remedy thereof; and report the Matter, and their
Opinion thereupon, to the House.
Martial Law.
A Bill to enlarge the Power of the Law Martial, in his
Majesty's Fleet, was this Day read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the said Bill be committed to Mr.
Coventry, Sir Geo. Cartwright, Sir Wm. Compton, Sir John
Duncombe, Mr. Birch, Sir John Goodrick, Sir Cha. Harbord, Mr. Treasurer, Mr. Newport, Sir Robert Atkyns,
Colonel Fretchvile, Mr. Clifford, Sir Tho. Gower, Mr.
Westfaling, Mr. Vaughan, Sir Edw. Walpoole, Mr. Garway, Sir Rowland Berkley, Mr. Pryn, Mr. Scot, Mr.
Knight, Mr. Mountague, Colonel Strangwayes, Mr. Chetwyn, Lord Vaughan, Sir John Birkinhead, Dr. Burwell,
Sir Edm. Peirce, Mr. Jones, Mr. Finch, Sir Bain. Throckmorton, Sir Hen. North, Sir Rich. Oatley, Lord Fanshaw,
Mr. Spencer, Serjeant Charlton, Sir John Newton, Mr.
Higgons, Mr. Roger Vaughan, Sir John Talbot, Colonel
Progers, Serjeant Maynard, Sir Tho. Bludworth, Mr.
Trelawney, Mr. Ernley, Sir Wm. Lewis: And they are
to meet To-morrow, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber: And to send for
Persons, Papers, and Records.
Swearing Members.
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General, Serjeant Charlton, Mr. Mountague, Sir Rich. Temple, Serjeant
Maynard, Sir Robert Atkyns, Mr. Vaughan, or any
Three of them, do withdraw, and peruse the Commission for swearing the Members of this House; and report,
whether the same be still in Force.
Serjeant Maynard report from the said Committee,
That they had perused the said Commission: And that
they were of Opinion, that the same was in being.
Lessees for Lives.
A Bill to make the Lessee prove the Lives in Being,
was this Day read the Second time.
Resolved, &c. That the said Bill be committed to Mr.
Crouch, Sir Edm. Peirce, Sir Rich. Temple, Mr. Mountague, Sir Robert Atkyns, Mr. Solicitor General, Serjeant
Charlton, Sir Cha. Harbord, Sir John Goodrick, Sir Hen.
North, Mr. Pryn, Colonel Strangwayes, Mr. Westfaling,
Mr. Hungerford, Mr. Higgons, Mr. Scowen, Mr. Boscowen, Mr. Trelawney, Sir Clifford Clifton, Lord St. John,
Sir John Talbot, Mr. Seymour, Sir Tho. Tomkins, Mr.
Dowdswell, Mr. Whorwood, Sir Hen. Capell, Sir John Covert, Sir Lanc. Lake, Colonel Windham, Dr. Burwell,
Sir Tho. Meres, Mr. Vaughan, Sir Edw. Walpoole, Sir
Wm. Lowther, Mr. Chetwyn, Sir Tho. Gower, Sir Wm.
Strode, Sir Anth. Cope, Sir Tho. Lee, Mr. Clifford, Sir
Courtney Poole, Sir John Birkinhead, Sir Tho. Strickland,
Mr. Strangwayes, Sir Rich. Oatley, Mr. Birch, Mr. Barnaby, Mr. Daniell, Sir Wm. Lewis, Mr. Elliot, Sir Sol.
Swale, Sir John Newton: And they are to meet on
Monday next, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon,
in the Speaker's Chamber: And to send for Persons,
Papers, and Records.
Guest's Charities.
Ordered, That Sir John Newton, Mr. Talbot, Mr.
Morgan, Mr. Musgrave, Colonel Robinson, Colonel
Whitley, Mr. Barnaby, Sir Metcalfe Robinson, be
added to the Committee to whom the Bill for settling
the charitable Uses of John Guest is committed.
Hemp and Flax.
Ordered, That the Bill for sowing Hemp and Flax be
read the First time To-morrow Morning.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Nine of the Clock.