Die Martis, Oct. 2, 18 Car. IIdi.
Prayers.
Committee of Privileges.
ORDERED, That Sir Robert Paston, Sir Charles
Cotterell, Sir John Warre, Sir Charles Harbord, Mr.
St. John, Sir Wm. Strickland, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Walter
Strickland, Mr. Paulett, Lord St. John, Lord Castleton,
Sir Edward Masters, Sir Thom. Crew, Sir Phill. Warwick,
Mr. Fowell, Mr. Sherrard, Colonel Strode, and Sir Jordan
Crosland, be added to the Committee of Elections.
Fire of London.
Ordered, That Sir Maurice Berkley, Mr. Pepis, Sir
Thom. Allen, Mr. Morice, Sir Richard Everard, Mr.
Crouch, Mr. Marvell, Sir Wm. Hickman, Sir Adam
Browne, Serjeant Mainard, be added to the Committee
appointed to inquire into the Causes of the late Fire.
Loyal Officers.
A Paper complaining of Grievances to the indigent
loyal Officers by the General Receivers detaining their
Money, was read.
Ordered, That Charles Grills Esquire, Receiver
General for the County of Cornewall, be sent for in
Custody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy, for his
Misdemeanor, and Abuse, in detaining the Monies payable to the indigent loyal Officers.
Loyal Officers.
Ordered, That Sir George Middleton, Receiver General
for the County of Lancaster, Knight and Baronet, be
sent for in Custody of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy; for his Misdemeanor, and Abuse, in detaining the
Monies payable to the indigent loyal Officers.
Ordered, That Walter Pritchard, and other Executors
of Mr. Wm. Jones, be summoned to attend this House
to give an Account touching the Monies due to the
indigent loyal Officers, received by the Testator Mr.
Jones.
Ordered, That Wm. Palmes, Receiver General for the
County of Rutland, Esquire, be sent for in Custody of
the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy; for his Misdemeanors, and Abuse, in detaining the Monies payable to
the indigent loyal Officers.
Ordered, That Ralph Buckley, Receiver General for
the County of Anglesey, Esquire, be sent for in Custody
of the Serjeant at Arms, or his Deputy; for his Misdemeanor, and Abuse, in detaining the Money payable to
the indigent loyal Officers.
Resolved, &c. That a Committee be appointed to look
into the Act for raising the Monies for the indigent loyal
Officers; and to consider of further Remedies, if the Act
be not already sufficient for recovering the Money in
Arrear, and Damages for the Time it hath been detained:
And that it be referred to Sir Robert Long, Sir Wm.
Doyley, Sir Wm. Smith, Lord Richardson, Mr. Wren,
Colonel Whitley, Mr. Ayres, Sir James Smith, Sir Thom.
Gower, Colonel Windham, Sir Thom. Tomkins, Sir Jo.
Birkenhead, Sir Richard Oatley, Mr. Morice, Sir Robert
Atkins, Mr. Seymour, Mr. Street, Colonel Gilby, Sir Wm.
Hickman, Mr. Scowen, Sir Richard Everard, Sir Jo. Talbot, Mr. Pryn, Sir Anth. Irby, Mr. Coleman; or any Five
of them: And they are to meet on Thursday next, at
Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, in the Star Chamber; and to consider of Expedients, How the Money
due upon Offices may be collected, and paid in; and
also to examine and state the Accompts touching the
Monies payable to the indigent loyal Officers; and to
report the Matter to the House: And to send for Persons, Papers, and Records.
Military Stores.
A Bill for Preservation of his Majesty's Stores of
Powder and Ammunition was read.
The Question being propounded, That the Bill be
read the Second time;
And the Question being put, That the main Question
for reading the Bill the Second time be now put;
The House was divided.
The Noes went out.
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Sir Thom. Strickland, |
For the Noes, |
102. |
| Sir John Goodrick, |
| Sir Thom. Littleton, |
For the Yeas, |
92. |
| Mr. Garaway, |
And so it passed in the Negative.
Ditto.
Resolved, &c. That a Committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a Bill to prevent the Imbezlement of
the Stores of Powder and Ammunition: And that it be
referred to Sir John Duncombe, Sir Wm. Coventry, Sir
Richard Temple, Mr. Henry Coventry, Sir Anth. Irby,
Sir Thom. Littleton, Sir Thomas Gower, Mr. Waller,
Colonel Birch, Mr. Pryn, Mr. Garway, Sir Edm.
Poole, Sir Charles Harbord, Sir Thom. Lee, Mr. Millward, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir Thom. Clifford, Lord
Ancram, Colonel Legg, Colonel Strangwaies, Sir John
Goodrick, Sir Thom. Strickland, Colonel Williams, Sir Geo.
Carteret, Sir Robert Carr: And they are to meet, in the
Speaker's Chamber, on Thursday at Two of the Clock in
the Afternoon: And to send for Persons, Papers, and
Records: And receive Information from the Officers of
the Navy, or any other Persons whom they shall think
necessary.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Sir George Courtop have Leave to go
into the Country.
And then the House adjourned till Thursday
Eight of the Clock in the Morning.