Veneris, 4 die Decembris; 3° Gulielmi et Mariæ.
Thames Fishermen.
ORDERED, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill
for the better Regulation and Encouragement of the
Company of Fishermen of the River of Thames, and providing Seamen for their Majesties Fleet, and preventing
Frauds in Concealing of Customs.
Dover Harbour.
Mr. Chadwick, according to Order, presented to the
House a Bill for Repairing of Dover Harbour: And the
same was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Mountague's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for vesting and settling divers Lands in Gloucestershire, in
Trustees, to be sold for the paying the remaining Portions
to the Children of George Mountague, Esquire, deceased,
was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Bankrupts.
Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill for
the better Discovery and more equal Distribution of
Bankrupts Estates.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Miles Cooke and
Sir John Francklyn;
Roberts' Estate.
Mr. Speaker, The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled,
An Act to vest certain Messuages, Lands and Tenements
in Thorpe, Langton, and elsewhere, in the County of Leicester, in Trustees, to be sold for Payment of Debts of
Richard Roberts, Esquire, and for raising Portions for
his Daughters: To which they desire the Concurrence
of this House.
Lord Hatton's Estate.
Also a Bill, intituled, An Act for the settling a Fee
Farm Rent of One hundred Pounds per Annum upon the
Bishop of Ely, and his Successors, to be issuing out of
Hatton Garden in the County of Middlesex, and the Messuages thereupon erected; and for settling and assuring the
same, subject to the said Rent, upon Christopher Lord
Viscount Hatton, his Heirs and Assigns for ever: To
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Amending Highways.
A Bill for the repairing and amending the Highways,
was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Publick Accompts.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Morning
next, at Ten a Clock, take into further Consideration the
Observations delivered in by the Commissioners appointed
for taking the publick Accompts.
Ways and Means.
Then the House, according to the Order of the Day,
resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, to
consider of Ways and Means for raising the Supplies to
be granted to their Majesties for the carrying on a vigorous War against France.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Mr. Solicitor General took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mr. Solicitor General reported from the said Committee, That they had come to several Resolutions; which
they had directed him to report to the House: Which
he read in his Place; and afterwards, delivered the same
in at the Clerk's Table: Where the same were read; and
are as followeth; viz.
Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee,
That, towards the Supplies to be granted to their Majesties for the carrying on a vigorous War against France,
an Assessment of One hundred Thirty-seven thousand Six
hundred Forty-one Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Twopence, by the Month, for Twelve Months, be charged
upon Land, according to the Proportion in the Act made
in the Second Year of their Majesties Reign, for granting
an Aid to their Majésties of the Sum of Sixteen hundred
Fifty-one thousand Seven hundred and Two Pounds
Eighteen Shillings.
Resolved, That the said monthly Assessment do commence from the Twenty-fifth December 1691.
The First of the said Resolutions being read a Second
time;
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, That, towards the Supplies
to be granted to their Majesties for the carrying on a vigorous War against France, an Assessment of One hundred
Thirty-seven thousand Six hundred Forty-one Pounds
Eighteen Shillings and Two-pence by the Month, for
Twelve Months, be charged upon Land, according to
the Proportions in the Act made in the Second Year of
their Majesties Reign, for granting an Aid to their Majesties of the Sum of Sixteen hundred Fifty-one thousand
Seven hundred and Two Pounds Eighteen Shillings.
The Second of the said Resolutions being read a Second time;
Resolved, That the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, That the said monthly
Assessment do commence from the Twenty-fifth Day of
December 1691.
Mr. Solicitor General also acquainted the House, That
he was directed by the Committee to move the House,
That the Committee might have Leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow Morning
at Eleven a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of the
whole House, to consider further of Ways and Means for
raising the Supplies to be granted to their Majesties for
the carrying on a vigorous War against France.
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in pursuant to the said
Resolutions. And it is referred to Sir Tho. Clarges, Sir
Christopher Musgrave, Mr. Attorney General, Sir Edw.
Seymour, Mr. Solicitor General, or any Three of them,
to prepare and bring in the same.
State of the Nation.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Morning next, at Ten a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee
of the whole House, to take into Consideration the State
of the Nation; and nothing to intervene.
Lords desire a Conference.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Miles Cooke and Sir
John Francklyn;
Mr. Speaker, The Lords do desire a Conference with
this House in the Painted Chamber, To-morrow Morning at Eleven a Clock, upon the Subject Matter of the
last Conference.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Army Estimates.
Ordered, That the several Committees to whom the
Estimates of the Charge of the Army for the Year 1692
are referred, be impowered to send for Persons, Papers,
and Records: And that Sir Tho. Bernadiston and Sir
Hugh Owen be added to the said Committee.
Hawkers and Pedlars.
Ordered, That Sir Ja. Rushout, Mr. Rudge, be added
to the Committee to whom the Bill for Suppressing of
Hawkers and Pedlars, is committed.
Aulnage Duty.
Ordered, That Sir Edward Seymour, Mr. Baile, Sir
Fra. Guibons, be added to the Committee to whom the
Bill for transferring the Collection of the Duty of Aulnage
to the Custom-house, and giving a Compensation to the
Crown for the same, is committed.
Committees.
Ordered, That all Committees be revived.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Eight of the Clock.