DIE Jovis, 10 Martii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Dunel. & D. Crewe.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Bangor.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Lincoln.
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Ds. Cancellarius.
Ds. Sommers, Præses.
Dux Newcastle, C. P. S.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Buckingham & Normanby.
Dux Hamilton.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburghe.
Dux Dover.
March. Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius.
March. Kent, Camerarius.
March. Dorchester.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorsett & Midd'x.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Essex.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Feversham.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Jersey.
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Comes Poulet.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Bindon.
Comes Crafurd.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Northesk.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Roseberie.
Comes Glasgow.
Comes Play.
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Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Halifax.
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PRAYERS.
Bp. Gloucester takes the Oaths.
This Day Edward Lord Bishop of Gloucester took
the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration,
and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration,
pursuant to the Statutes.
Rosset et al. Nat. Bill.
Then the House proceeded to take into Consideration
the Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill,
intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Lewis de Rosset,
"Peter Brozet, and others."
Which said Amendments were read Thrice, and agreed
to; and Ordered, That the Commons have Notice
thereof.
Hastings' Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Churchill Hastings, an
Infant, by Robert Nettles his Guardian; praying Leave
to bring in a Bill, to vest the Equity of Redemption of
the Manor of Backwell, in the County of Somerset, in
Trustees, to be sold; and the Surplus Money to be disposed of, according to the Directions of the last Will of
Caroletta Hastings, and the Decree and Orders of the
Court of Chancery, set forth in the Petition:
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 the
Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas and the Lord Chief Baron of Her Majesty's Court
of Exchequer; who are forthwith to summon all Parties
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 that may be concerned in the Consequences of
the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the
Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Messages from H. C. with Bills.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr.
Wortley Montagu and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Foreign Protestants;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Colonel Stanley and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for
building a Church, or Chapel, in the Town of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster;" to which they
desire the Concurrence of this House.
A Message from the House of Commons by Sir
Edward Lawrence and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to
enable Anne Crewe (late Offley) Widow, and John
Crewe (late Offley) her Son and Heir Apparent, to
change their Surnames from Offley to Crewe, according to the Settlement of John Crewe Esquire, deceased;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this
House.
Sir James Gray versus D. Hamilton et al.;
After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal
of Sir James Gray Baronet, from a Sentence or Decree of
the Lords of Council of Session in North Britain, on the
Behalf of Charles Earl of Selkirke, and the Affirmance
thereof, the One and Thirtieth of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eight, in Causes between Sir
James Gray, and James Duke of Hamilton, and between
the said Charles Earl of Selkirk, James Duke of Hamilton, Sir James Gray, and Alexander Gawen, touching
the Payment of One Thousand Pounds, and Interest, on
the Bond therein mentioned; and praying, "That the
said Sentence or Decree, and the Affirmation thereof,
may be repealed and set aside:" As also upon the several Answers of James Duke of Hamilton, Charles Earl of
Selkirk, and Alexander Gawen, put in thereunto; and
due Consideration of what was offered thereupon:
Judgement reversed.
It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said
Sentence or Decree, and the Affirmation thereof, complained of in the Petition and Appeal of Sir James Gray,
shall be, and they are hereby, reversed: And it is further
Ordered, That the One Thousand Pounds, and Interest,
secured by the said Bond, be paid to Sir James Gray the
Appellant; and the said James Duke of Hamilton is to
pay to Sir James Gray the One Thousand Pounds, and
Interest thereon, due accordingly; and for so doing,
shall be, and is hereby, indemnified.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris,
undecimum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.