DIE Lunæ, 20 Martii.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
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Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Duresme.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bath & Well.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaphen. |
Ds. Cancellarius.
Comes Godolphin, Thesaurarius.
Ds. Sommers, Præses.
Dux Newcastle, C. P. S.
Dux Devonshire, Senescallus.
Dux Cleveland.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Northumberland.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Schonburg.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Bedford.
Dux Buckingham.
Dux Hamilton.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Dover.
March. Kent, Camerarius.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincolne.
Comes Dorset & Midd'x.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Plimouth.
Comes Portland.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Wharton.
Comes Poulett.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Crafurd.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Wemyss.
Comes Leven.
Comes Northesk.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Roseberie.
Comes Glasgow.
Comes I'lay.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Weymouth. |
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Willughby Br.
Ds. Paget.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Leigh.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Craven.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Stawell.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Lempster.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Hervey.
Ds. Pelham. |
PRAYERS.
Messages from H. C. with Bills.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr.
Farrer and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for
laying certain Duties upon Candles, and certain Rates
upon Monies to be given with Clerks and Apprentices, towards raising Her Majesty's Supply for
the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ten;"
to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir
Thomas Johnson and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act for
making a convenient Dock, or Bason, at Leverpoole,
for the Security of all Ships trading to and from
the said Port of Leverpoole;" to which they desire
the Concurrence of this House.
Liverpool Dock, Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
making a convenient Dock, or Bason, at Leverpoole,
for the Security of all Ships trading to and from
the said Port of Leverpoole."
Message from H. C. with a Bill.
A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr.
Walpoole and others:
Who brought up a Bill, intituled, "An Act to
continue the Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and
Quarters;" to which they desire the Concurrence of
this House.
Mutiny Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
continue the Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and
Quarters."
Emerton's Bill.
After reading, and considering, the Report of the
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and the Lord
Chief Baron of the Exchequer, to whom was referred
the Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Freehold and Copyhold Estate late of
William Emerton Esquire, deceased, in the Parish of
Chevening, in the County of Kent, in Trustees, to be
sold, for the better Support of his Widow, and Advancement of his Two Daughters:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Bill may be
read a Second Time.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
vesting the Freehold and Copyhold Estate late of
William Emerton Esquire, deceased, in the Parish of
Chevening, in the County of Kent, in Trustees, to be
sold, for the better Support of his Widow, and Advancement of his Two Daughters."
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Bill
be committed to the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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Ds. Sommers, Præses.
Dux Ormonde.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux Bolton.
Dux Buckingham.
Dux Hamilton.
Dux Roxburgh.
March. Dorchester.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Rivers.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Winchilsea.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Sussex.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Mar.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Wemyss.
Comes Northeske.
Comes Seafield.
Comes Roseberie.
Comes I'lay.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Weymouth. |
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. Duresme.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Petriburg.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Bath & Well.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Cestr.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Asaph. |
Ds. Delawarr.
Ds. Ferrers.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. North & Grey.
Ds. Chandos.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Howard Esc.
Ds. Mohun.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Rockingham.
Ds. Lexington.
Ds. Berkeley Str.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Ossulstone.
Ds. Dartmouth.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Lempster.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Halifax.
Ds. Gernsey.
Ds. Conway.
Ds. Hervey.
Ds. Pelham. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on
Tuesday the Fourth Day of April next, at Ten
a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings; and to adjourn as they please.
Weekes's Bill.
After reading, and considering, the Report of Mr.
Justice Powell and Mr. Justice Gould, to whom was referred the Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An
Act to enable the Trustees of the last Will and Testament of Thomas Hobbs Doctor in Physic, deceased,
with Abraham Weekes Esquire, to make a Jointure
upon the Wife of the said Abraham Weekes:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Bill may be
read a Second Time.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to
enable the Trustees of the last Will and Testament
of Thomas Hobbs Doctor in Physic, deceased, with
Abraham Weekes Esquire, to make a Jointure upon
the Wife of the said Abraham Weekes."
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Bill
be referred to the same Committee to whom Mr.
Emerton's Bill stands committed.
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
at the same Time and Place.
Court of Justiciary in Scotland, Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
discharging the Attendance of Noblemen, Barons,
and Freeholders, upon the Lords of Justiciary, in
their Circuits, in that Part of Great Britain called
Scotland; and for abolishing the Method of exhibiting
Criminal Informations by the Porteous Roll."
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Bill
be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on
Wednesday next, at Eleven a Clock.
House adjourned to Westm. Hall.
The House (pursuant to the Order of Saturday last)
adjourned into Westminster Hall.
And, being there, the House was resumed.
And the Lord Chancellor declared, "That the Lords
had agreed upon a Question to be put to each Lord,
severally."
Dr. Sacheverel declared Guilty of high Crimes and Misdemeanors:
Then his Lordship put the Question, beginning at
the junior Baron first, as follows:
"Is Doctor Henry Sacheverell guilty of high
Crimes and Misdemeanors, charged upon
him by the Impeachment of the House of
Commons?"
And, having asked every Lord present; and they
having declared "Guilty," or "Not Guilty:"
His Lordship, having cast up the Votes, declared him
Guilty.
Protest against it.
"Dissentient.
"Buckingham.
"Leeds.
"Sussex. Thanet.
"Yarmouth.
"Rochester.
"Nottingham.
"J. Ebor.
"Mar. Craven.
"Lempster.
"Weymouth. Northesk.
"North & Grey.
"Guilford. Northampton.
"Willughby Broke.
"Conway.
"Leigh.
"Abingdon. Anglesey.
"Scarsdale.
"Jersey. Poulett. "Hamilton.
"H. London. Dartmouth.
"Beaufort.
"Gernsey. Denbigh.
"Geo. Bath. & Well. Weston.
"Howard. Ormonde. Say & Seale.
"Berkshire.
"Tho. Roffen. Osborne.
"N. Duresme. Berkeley of Stratton.
"Plimouth.
"W. Cestriens. Stawell.
"Shrewsbury.
"Lexington.
"Scarbrough.
"Chandos.
Dr. Sacheverel at the Bar:
Then the Lord Chancellor commanded, "That Dr.
Sacheverell should come to the Bar;" who, coming
accordingly, kneeled until he was bid to stand up.
Then his Lordship declared to him, "That the Lords
had fully considered of his Case; and had found
him guilty of high Crimes and Misdemeanors,
charged on him by the Impeachment of the House
of Commons."
Desires his Counsel may be heard, as to Two Points:
Then Doctor Sacheverell desired, "That his Counsel might be heard, as to the Matter of Law, to these
Two Points:
1st, That no entire Clause, Sentence, or Expression, contained in either of his Two Sermons or Dedications, is particularly set forth in his Impeachment. And,
2dly, That the Impeachment is, by the Knights,
Citizens, and Burgesses, Commissioners of Shires
and Boroughs, in the Name of themselves and of all
the Commons of Great Britain; but the Articles,
only by the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, in the
Name of themselves and of all the Commons of
Great Britain: Which is neither agreeable to the
Impeachment, nor to the Title of the House of Commons since the happy Union."
Then the House adjourned to the House above.
And the Lords being returned;
The House was resumed.
And the Act made in the Sixth Year of Her present
Majesty, for rendering the Union of the Two Kingdoms more entire and complete, being read; and Consideration had of what was offered by Doctor Sacheverell:
Lords will consider of his Censure.
It is Ordered, That To-morrow, at Eleven a
Clock, this House will take into Consideration what
Censure to pass upon the said Doctor Henry Sacheverell.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad & in diem Martis,
vicesimum primum diem. instantis Martii, hora undecima
Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.
Mercurii, 19 Die Aprilis, 1710, hitherto examined by us,
Rochester.
Ric. Peterbor.
W. Asaph.
Guilford.