Die Lunæ, 30 Martii, 15 Car. IIdi.
Prayers.
Leave of Absence.
ORDERED, That Mr. Allestry have the Leave of
this House to go into the Country.
Ordered, That Mr. Seymour have the Leave of this
House to go into the Country.
St. Oswald Hospital.
A Bill for the Regulatian of the Hospital of St. Oswald
in the County of Worcester, was this Day read the First
time.
Resolved, &c. That this Bill be read the Second time
on Wednesday next.
Brewers.
A Petition of the Master, Wardens, and Company,
of Brewers of the City of London, and Places adjacent,
was this Day read.
Another Petition of the Corporation of the Brewers
of the City of Bristoll was delivered in.
Resolved, &c. That both the said Petitions be committed to the Committee of the whole House, appointed
for the Inspection of his Majesty's Revenue: And that
they be impowered to refer the same to the Sub Committee appointed to inspect that Branch of his Majesty's
Revenue, which doth arise by the Excise; with such
Powers and Directions as they shall think necessary.
Hackney Coachmen.
Mr. Hungerford makes report from the Committee
to which the Petition of the Hackney Coachmen was
referred, That the Committee had examined the Matter
of Fact: And that they found the Complaint against the
Officers, viz. the Clerk and the Messenger, to be true:
And that, besides the Rent, payable by the Act of Parliament, there was exacted, by one Wilson the Messenger,
One Shilling a Quarter for Rent of each Coach; and, by
one Read, the Clerk, Ten Shillings, for a Licence to each
Coachman, and Five Shillings yearly for renewing such
Licence; and that Two Shillings and Six-pence was
taken for the Mark on each Coach: But as to the Commissioners, the Committee found no Fault or Abuse: But
that the Committee was of Opinion, That the Exactions
by the Officers were Grievances.
The Question being put, To agree with the Committee, That the exacting One Shilling a Quarter by
Wilson, for Rent, is a Grievance;
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
The Question being put, That the exacting Ten Shillings for a Licence, and Five Shillings per Annum yearly,
for renewing such Licence, by Read, is a Grievance;
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
The Question being put, To agree with the Committee,
That the Taking of Two Shillings and Six-pence, for the
Mark or Figure of each Coach, is a Grievance;
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
Resolved, &c. That it be recommended to Mr. Solicitor General, and Mr. Serjeant Keeling, to take care
that there be a speedy Prosecution in the King's Bench,
or Sessions, against Wilson and Read, for their Abuse
and Exaction on the Hackney Coachmen.
London, &c. Streets.
Resolved, &c. That the Bill for repairing the Highways and Sewers, and for paving, and keeping clean, the
Streets in and about the Cities of London and Westminster;
and for the Regulating and Licensing of Hackney Coachmen; be committed to the Committee to which the
Petition of the Hackney Coachmen was referred: And
that the Committee to which the Bill was formerly committed be discharged thereof: And that these Members
following be added to the Committee; viz. Sir John
Denham, Sir Robert Holt, Sir Robert Atkyns, Sir John
Duncombe, Sir Wm. Lewis, Colonel Windham, Colonel
Phillips, Colonel Leg, Sir Allen Apsley, Sir Courtney Poole,
Mr. Clifford, Sir Wm. Fleetwood, Sir Wm. Lowther, Colonel
Reames, Mr. Crouch, Sir Edm. Peirse, Sir Geo. Probert,
Colonel Sandis, Sir Hen. Wood, Mr. Onslow, Sir John
Holland, Sir Phil. Warwick, Colonel Progers, Sir John
Goodrick, Mr. Westphaling, Sir Edm. Bowyer, Sir Robert
Brooke, Sir Hum. Winch, Sir John Newton, Mr. Graham,
Mr. Wm. Sandis, Mr. Yorke, Sir Rich. Onslow, Sir Robert
Howard, Sir John Brampston, Mr. Coventry, Sir John
Nicholas, and all the Members that serve for the Cities of
London and Westminster, and the County of Middlesex:
And they are to meet on Wednesday next, at Two of the
Clock in the Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber: And
they are to peruse the Act; and to consider of some Means
to impower the Commissioners to gratify such Persons as
shall be employed as Officers in relation to the Hackney
Coaches; and to see whether the Act be defective in
any other Particulars, and wherein; and what Additions
or Amendments are necessary to be made thereto; and
to make Report thereof to the House: And to send for
Persons, Papers, and Records.
Lords desire a Conference.
A Message from the Lords by Sir Thomas Bennet and
Sir Justinian Lewen;
Mr. Speaker, The Lords have commanded us to
desire a present Conference with this House, in the
Painted Chamber, upon the Subject Matter of the last
Conference.
The Messengers being called in; Mr. Speaker does
acquaint them, That the House had agreed to a present
Conference with the Lords, in the Painted Chamber.
Ordered, That the Persons appointed to manage the
last Conference with the Lords do attend this Conference;
and make Report of it to the House.
Mr. Solicitor General reports from the Conference had
with the Lords, That the Lords had concurred with this
House in all their Alterations and Amendments to the
Petition sent down from the Lords to this House.
Lord's Day.
Ordered, That the Committee to which the Bill for
the better Observation of the Lord's Day was committed,
be revived; and do sit in the Speaker's Chamber at Two
of the Clock this Afternoon.
Preventing Popery, &c.
Sir Robert Atkyns reports from the Committee to
which the Bill to prevent the Growth of Popery, and
the Increase of Popish Recusants, was committed, several
Amendments to the Bill: Which he read, with the Coherence, in his Place; and after, delivered the same in
at the Clerk's Table: Which Amendments were read the
First time: And the several Amendments, precedent to
the Amendment to the Eighth Line of the Fifth Folio,
were read the Second time; and, on the Question,
severally agreed to.
The Question being put, To agree to the Amendment
to the Eighth Line of the Fifth Folio;
It was resolved in the Affirmative.
The next Amendment was read the Second time; and,
on the Question, agreed to.
The next Amendment was read the Second time; and,
on the Question, agreed to.
The rest of the Amendments, precedent to the last
Amendment, by way of Addition, were read the Second
time; and, upon the Question, severally agreed to.
The last Amendments, being read the Second time;
Resolved, &c. That these Words, "Judges of Assize,"
be inserted in the Amendment.
Resolved, &c. That the Amendment, with the Addition, be agreed to.
Ordered, That the further Debate upon this Bill be
adjourned till Wednesday Morning next, Ten of the
Clock; and then taken into Consideration.
Mersey, &c. Navigation.
Ordered, That these Persons following be added to the
Committee to which the Bill for making navigable the
Rivers of Mersey and Weaver, was committed; viz.
Sir John Norton, Mr. Law. Hide, Sir John Trot, Mr.
Clifford, Sir Rich. Everard, Colonel Fretchvile, Sir Nich.
Stuart, Sir Hum. Bennett, Sir Tho. Strickland, Mr. Vowell,
Mr. Giles Hungerford, and all the Members of the House
that serve for the Counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Committee of Trade.
Ordered, That the Committee for Trade be revived;
and do sit at Two of the Clock, in the House, Tomorrow in the Afternoon.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Eight of the Clock.