Sabbati, 14 die Januarii; 4° Gulielmi et Mariæ.
Prayers.
Parker's Estate.
AN ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
to enable Sir Geo. Parker, of Ratton in the County of
Sussex, Baronet, to make a Settlement upon his Marriage,
notwithstanding his Minority, was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And the Title be
agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr. Campion do carry the Bill to the
Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath agreed
to the same, without any Amendments.
Mannock's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for the enabling Sir William Mannock, Baronet, to charge
his Estate for the raising his younger Children Portions,
was read the Second time.
Resolved, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Goldwell,
Sir Tho. Robinson, Sir Tho. Dyke, Sir John Moreton, Sir
Jerv. Elwes, Mr. Lutterell, Mr. Campion, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Tayler, Sir Wm. Honeywood, Mr. Christy, Mr.
Cook, Mr. Waller, Mr. Blowfield, Mr. Bockenham, Mr.
England, Mr. Wilmot, Sir John Dorrell, Mr. Thornhaugh,
Mr. Freeman, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Chetwyn, Mr.
Greenfield, Mr. Davenant, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Slater, Mr.
Dyott, Sir John Bolles, Sir Fr. Guibon, Colonel Deane, and
all the Members that serve for the Counties of Norfolk
and Suffolk: And they are to meet this Afternoon at Four
a Clock, in the Speaker's Chamber. And it is to be an
Instruction to the said Committee, That they do examine
into the Value of the Timber upon the Estate in the Bill
mentioned.
Wake's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to
enable William Wake, Gentleman, and William Wake,
Doctor in Divinity, to make Leases for Lives or Years
within the Manor of Shapwick in the County of Dorsett,
was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And the Title be
agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr. Christy do carry the Bill to the
Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath agreed
to the same, without any Amendments.
Molyneux's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for the rectifying a Mistake in a certain Act of this present
Parliament, passed in the Year 1691, intituled, An Act
to vest certain Lands of William Molyneux, Gentleman,
in Trustees, for raising the Sum of Two thousand Pounds,
for paying the Portions to his younger Brother and Sisters,
pursuant to a Decree in the Court of Chancery, was read
the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And the Title be
agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr. Greenfield do carry the Bill to the
Lords; and acquaint them, That this House hath agreed
to the same, with some Amendments; to which Amendments this House desires their Lordships Concurrence.
Savery's Name.
A Bill to enable Isaac Savery to take upon him the
Surname of Searle, was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Sir St. Andrew St. John have Leave to
go into the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary
Occasions.
Ordered, That Sir Francis Drake have Leave to go
into the Country for a Month, his Lady being very ill.
Clandestine Mortgages.
An ingrossed Bil for preventing Frauds by clandestine
Mortgages, was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title
be, An Act for preventing Frauds by Clandestine Mortgages.
Ordered, That Mr. Waller do carry the Bill to the
Lords; and desire their Concurrence thereunto.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Mr. Stretford have Leave to go into the
Country, upon extraordinary Occasions.
Walthall's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act
to enable Richard Walthall, Esquire, to sell Lands for the
Payment of Portions and Debts, was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Woolen Manufacture.
Ordered, That the Bill for the Encouragement of the
Woolen Manufactures be read the Second time upon
Thursday Morning next: And that afterwards the Report
be made from the Committee to whom the Bill for continuing Part of the Act of Parliament made in the First
Year of their Majesties Reign, for the better preventing
the Exportation of Wool, and encouraging the Woolen
Manufactures, was committed.
Supply Bill; Excise.
Then the House, according to the Order of the Day,
resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, to
consider of the Bill for settling a Fund of Seventy thousand Pounds per Annum, out of the Excise, for paying the
Interest of a Million of Money, to be raised by voluntary
Payments before the Twenty-fourth of June 1693, the
Principal paid in to be sunk, and the Persons paying in the
same to receive, during their Lives, their respective Proportions of the said Seventy thousand Pounds per Annum,
with the Advantage of Survivorship.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Mr. Attorney General took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Mr. Attorney General reports from the said Committee,
That they had made some Progress in the Bill to them
committed; and that they had directed him to move the
House, That they may have Leave to sit again.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Morning
next, at Ten a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of
the whole House, to consider further of the said Bill.
East India Trade.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday Morning next, at Eleven a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of the Bill
for preserving, regulating, and establishing the East India
Trade.
Aulnage Duty.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Morning next, at Ten a Clock, resolve itself into a Committee
of the whole House, to consider of the Bill for transferring
the Collection of the Duty of Aulnage to the Custom-house,
and giving a Recompence to the Crown for the same.
Timber in New Forest.
Ordered, That the Bill for Increase and Preservation
of the Timber within the New Forest, in the County of
Southampton, be read the Second time upon Thursday
Morning next.
Pension List.
Ordered, That the List of the Pensions, formerly presented to the House from the Lords Commissioners of the
Treasury, be read upon Thursday Morning next.
London Orphans.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday Morning
next, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House,
to consider of the Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen
and Commonalty of the City of London, touching the
Debts due to the Orphans of the City.
Committees.
Ordered, That all Committees be revived.
And then the House adjourned till Monday
Morning, Eight a Clock.