Mercurii, 11 die Decembris; 1° Gulielmi et Mariæ.
Prayers.
JOHN Drye and Gerrard Maysken took the Oaths
at the Table, in order to their Naturalization.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Mr. Vaughan have Leave to go into the
Country for a Fortnight.
Rogerson's Nat.
Mr. Christy reports from the Committee to whom the
Bill for Naturalizing of John Rogerson was referred, That
they had examined the Matters mentioned in the Bill, and
found them to be true; and that therefore they had agreed
to the Bill without any Alteration.
Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed.
Five in Southwark.
A Petition of the poor Sufferers by the Fire, which
happened in September last in the Borough of Southwark,
was read; setting forth, That the Petitioners have not
only lost above Forty substantial Dwelling Houses and
Inns, but also several Thousand Pounds in Goods, Merchandizes, and Wares; yet notwithstanding, now the said
Houses come to be rebuilt, the chief Landlords cruelly
refuse to allow any reasonable Consideration towards the
same; many of the Petitioners having Leases of short
Terms, for which they paid great Fines; and therefore
to lose their Leases, or to take up Money to build, will
consequently bring them and their Families to Ruin: And
whereas, after the great Fire, Two Acts of Parliament
were made, one the Nineteenth, and the other the Twentyninth . . . ., for the determining all Differences between
Landlord and Tenant about Rebuildings; and Commissioners appointed for the same; both which Acts had very
good Effects, preventing many Suits and Delays: And
praying Leave to bring in a Bill to the same Effect, as
the last-mentioned Act for the Borough of Southwarke
was enacted and provided for.
But nothing done thereupon.
London Orphans.
Resolved, That the House do upon Tuesday Morning,
resolve into a Committee of the whole House, to consider
of Ways to raise Monies to satisfy the Debt due to the
Orphans of the City of London.
Supply Bill; Land Tax.
An ingrossed Bill for granting an Aid to their Majesties
of Two Shillings in the Pound, for One Year, was read
the Third time.
An Amendment was proposed to be made in Press
128, Line *, by leaving out "supplying," and instead
thereof inserting "supplied, and to be supplied:" And
The like Amendment in Press *, Line *: And
The like Amendment in Press *, Line *: And
The like Amendment in Press *, Line *: And
The like Amendment in Press *, Line *:
All which were, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House: And the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
An ingrossed Clause, as a Rider, was offered to be made
Part of the Bill, for appropriating the Monies granted by
the said Bill for particular Uses; to appropriate the same
to pay for the Victuals and Stores already provided and to
be provided for the Navy, and for Payment of Seamens
Wages; and shall not be diverted to any other Use.
And the Question being put, That the same be read;
It passed in the Negative.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title
be, An Act for a Grant to their Majesties of Two Shillings in the Pound, for One Year.
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry up the Bill
to the Lords, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.
Committees.
Ordered, That all Committees be revived, to sit this
Afternoon.
Supply Bill; collecting Revenue.
Resolved, That the House do, upon Friday Morning
next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House,
to consider of the Bill for the Continuance of the collecting the Publick Revenue, for One Year, from Christmas next.