DIE Mercurii, 11 Februarii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:
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Epus. Dunel. & D. Crew.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Landaven. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Comes Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Comes Pembroke, Præses.
Dux Newcastle, C. P. S.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Buckingham.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburghe.
March. Kent, Camerarius.
March. Dorchester.
March. Tweeddale.
March. Lothian.
Comes Derby.
Comes Dorsett & Midd'x.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Poulett.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Crafurd.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Wemyss.
Comes Leven.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Stair.
Comes Glasgow.
Comes Play.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Weymouth. |
Ds. d' Berkeley.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Hervey. |
PRAYERS.
Thompson's Bill.
The Lord Steward reported from the Lords Committees, the Bill, intituled, "An Act for making good
to William Thompson Esquire the Benefit intended to
be granted to his Ancestors and their Heirs, by certain Letters Patents of King Charles the Second, in
Lieu of the Castle of Scarborough, and other Things,
by them surrendered to, and now enjoyed by, the
Crown," as fit to pass, without any Amendment.
Hodie 3a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
making good to Wm. Thompson Esquire the Benefit
intended to be granted to his Ancestors and their
Heirs, by certain Letters Patents of King Charles the
Second, in Lieu of the Castle of Scarborough, and
other Things, by them surrendered to, and now
enjoyed by, the Crown."
The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall
pass?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Ordered, That the Commons have Notice, the
Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.
Message from H. C. with a Bill.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir
Francis Masham and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Term in an Act made in the Seventh
Year of His late Majesty, for repairing the Highways
between the City of London and the Town of Harwich, in the County of Essex;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
Rolle & al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Robert Rolle, John
Rolle, Dennis Rolle, Esquires, Grandsons of Sir John
Rolle deceased, and of Dennis Rolle and Charles Rolle
Esquires, Younger Sons of the said Sir John Rolle:
praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable Trustees to
sell some Out Parts of the Petitioners Estates (not in
Jointure) for Payment of Debts and Legacies, and
Younger Children's Portions; and for laying out the
Overplus (if any be) in Lands lying more convenient,
to be settled to the same Uses:
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of
the said Petition shall be, and is hereby, referred to
Mr. Justice Gould and Mr. Baron Bury; who are forthwith to summon all Parties that are to be concerned
in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the
House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the
Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the
Bill, do sign the same.
Woollen Cloths, dressing and dying, Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
encouraging the dressing and dying of Woollen
Cloths within this Kingdom, by laying a Duty upon
Broad Cloth exported White."
Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time
To-morrow, at Eleven a Clock.
Scots Peers, Method of returning, Heads for a Bill to settle.
The Lord Bishop of Salisbury reported the Heads
agreed on Yesterday, in a Committee of the whole
House, upon Consideration of the Method of returning
Peers from the North Part of Great Britain, called
Scotland.
Which were read, and agreed to by the House, as
followeth; (videlicet,)
"Heads for a Bill concerning the Election of the
Peers in Scotland.
"1. When a Parliament of Great Britain shall be
summoned; the Method of summoning the Peers of
that Part of the United Kingdom commonly called
Scotland shall be, by a Proclamation, to be issued
out under the Great Seal of Great Britain, and to be
published at the Market Cross of Edinburgh, and in
all the County Towns of Scotland, for all the Peers
of that Part of the United Kingdom to meet at
Edinburgh, or in any other Place in that Part of the
Island commonly called Scotland, as shall be appointed in the said Proclamation, to elect Sixteen Peers to
sit and vote in the House of Lords, by open Election.
"Here are to follow the Words of the Scottish Act.
"Provided always, that no Peer shall be capable of
having more than Two Proxies at One Time.
"2. The Proclamation to be published Days before the Meeting of the Peers to proceed to such
Election.
"3. All the Peers, who meet upon such Proclamation,
shall, before they proceed to the Election, take the
Oaths, and make the Subscriptions, which are by
Law required of all who sit and vote in the House
of Lords; and that they shall do in the Presence of
the Peers assembled for the Election: Such as are
absent on the Queen's Service, and have taken the
Oaths and made the Subscriptions by Law required,
shall be capable of making Proxies, or sending signed
Lists: Such as live in Scotland, but cannot come to
the Meeting so appointed, shall qualify themselves by
Oath and Subscription in any Sheriff's Court; and the
said Sheriff, or his Deputy, shall return such his Subscription, with an Attestation of his having taken the
Oaths, to the Meeting of the Peers; and such Peer
shall be thereby qualified to make a Proxy, or to send
a signed List: And such of the Peers of Scotland as reside in England shall, upon taking the Oaths and
the Subscriptions required by Law, in the Court of
Chancery, or before the Judges, or the Barons of the
Exchequer, be qualified to make Proxies, or to send
signed Lists.
"Provided, That such Peers of Scotland as are also
Peers of England shall sign their Proxies, or Lists,
by the Title of their Peerage in Scotland.
"4. The Peers shall come to such Meetings with
their ordinary Attendants, according to the Act that
prescribes with what Numbers they may repair to
Court.
"5. At the Meeting of the Peers, they shall all give
in the Names of the Persons named by them to sit
and vote in the House of Lords; and the Clerk of
Register, or Two of the Principal Clerks of the
Session, appointed by him to officiate in his Name,
shall, after the Election is made and examined, certify
the Names of the Sixteen Peers so elected by them,
and sign and attest it in the Presence of the Peers,
which he or they shall return to the Court from
whence the Writ did issue, under the Great Seal of
the United Kingdom.
"6. At this Meeting of the Peers, no other Matters
shall be proposed, or treated of, except only the
Election of the Sixteen Peers, under the Penalty
of
Lords Chief Justices to prepare a Bill upon the Heads.
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Lord Chief
Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench and
the Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas do forthwith prepare a Bill, upon the Heads
agreed to this Day, relating to the returning Peers from
the North Part of Great Britain called Scotland, to the
Parliament of Great Britain, and lay the same before
this House.
Gregg's Papers delivered.
The Earl of Sunderland (by Her Majesty's Command)
laid before this House, the Papers and Examinations
relating to William Gregg, pursuant to the Address of
this House of the Ninth Instant.
Which were immediately sealed up, and referred to
the Consideration of the Lords Committees appointed to
examine the said William Gregg.
Annuities, Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
raising a further Supply to Her Majesty, for the Service
of the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eight,
and other Uses, by Sale of Annuities, charged on a Fund
not exceeding Forty Thousand Pounds per Annum, to
arise by appropriating several Surpluses, and by
granting further Terms in the Duties on Low Wines,
and on Hawkers, Pediars, and Petty Chapmen, the
Stamp Duties, the One Third Subsidy, the Duty on
Sweets, and One of the Branches of Excise, and by
making other Provision in this Act mentioned."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a
Committee of the whole House, To-morrow.
War in Spain.
Then the House (pursuant to Order) was adjourned
during Pleasure, and put into a Committee again, to
proceed further in Consideration of the State of the
Nation, in relation to the War in Spain, and the Papers
relating thereunto.
After some Time, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Herbert reported, "That the Committee of the whole House had made some further Progress in the Matters to them referred; and desired
another Time may be appointed, for the House to be
in a Committee, to proceed therein."
Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in
Parliament assembled, That on Monday next, at Twelve
a Clock, this House shall be put into a Committee again,
to proceed further in Consideration of the State of the
Nation, in relation to the War in Spain, and the Papers
relating thereunto.
Messages from H. C. with Bills.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr.
King and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for settling the Militia of that Part of Great Britain called
Scotland;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir
William Strickland and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain the Act of the last Session of Parliament for the
Ease of Her Majesty's Subjects, in relation to Allowances out of the Duties upon Salt carried Coastwise, and
also an Act of the First Year of Her Majesty's Reign,
in relation to certain Salt Works near the Sea-side,
and Bay of Holyhead, in the County of Anglesey;" to
which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, duodecimum diem instantis Februarii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.