House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 28 May 1712

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

'House of Lords Journal Volume 19: 28 May 1712', in Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 19, 1709-1714, (London, 1767-1830) pp. 460-461. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/lords-jrnl/vol19/pp460-461 [accessed 25 April 2024]

DIE Mercurii, 28 Maii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:



Arch. Ebor. Epus. London. Epus. Dunelm. & Ds. Crew. Epus. Sarum. Epus. Petriburg. Epus. Oxon. Epus. Bangor. Epus. Cestrien. Epus. Asaph. Epus. Cicestr. Epus. Meneven.	Ds. Harcourt, Custos Magni Sigilli. Comes Oxford, Thesaurarius. Dux Buckingham, Præses. Dux Shrewsbury, Camerarius. Dux Cleveland. Dux Grafton. Dux Beaufort. Dux Northumberland. Dux Bolton. Dux Devonshire. Dux Marlborough. Dux Rutland. Dux Montagu. Dux Kent. March. Lindsey, Magnus Camerarius. March. Dorchester. Comes Derby. Comes Pembroke. Comes Bridgewater. Comes Northampton. Comes Denbigh. Comes Manchester. Comes Winchilsea. Comes Scarsdale. Comes Clarendon. Comes Cardigan. Comes Anglesey. Comes Carlisle. Comes Sussex. Comes Radnor. Comes Yarmouth. Comes Berkeley. Comes Nottingham. Comes Rochester. Comes Abingdon. Comes Plimouth. Comes Portland. Comes Torrington. Comes Scarbrough. Comes Bradford. Comes Orford. Comes Jersey. Comes Greenwich. Comes Wharton. Comes Godolphin. Comes Cholmondeley. Comes Mar. Comes Eglintoun. Comes Home. Comes Loudoun. Comes Northesk. Comes Roseberie. Comes I'lay. Comes Ferrers. Comes Strafford. Comes Dartmouth. Viscount Say & Seal. Viscount Townshend. Viscount Weymouth. Viscount Hatton. Viscount Kilsyth.	Ds. Delawar. Ds. Fitzwalter. Ds. Willughby Br. Ds. Howard Eff. Ds. Hunsdon. Ds. Compton. Ds. Howard Escr. Ds. Mohun. Ds. Bruce. Ds. Rockingham. Ds. Lexington. Ds. Berkeley. Ds. Cornwallis. Ds. Osborne. Ds. Karteret. Ds. Ossulstone. Ds. Guilford. Ds. Weston. Ds. Herbert. Ds. Haversham. Ds. Sommers. Ds. Halifax. Ds. Gernsey. Ds. Conway. Ds. Cowper. Ds. Blantyre. Ds. Boyle. Ds. Hay. Ds. Montjoy. Ds. Burton. Ds. Mansel. Ds. Middleton. Ds. Trevor. Ds. Masham. Ds. Foley. Ds. Bathurst.

PRAYERS.

Highgate and Barnet Road, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highway, between Highgate Gatehouse, in the County of Middlesex, and Barnet Blockhouse, in the County of Hertford."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Friday next.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Trevanion and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for Relief of George Mathew Esquire, against a Clause in an Act of Parliament passed in Ireland, whereby several Fines and Recoveries, and a Settlement of his late Wife's Estate, are set aside;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Northfleet, Gravesend, &c. Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for enlarging, amending, and maintaining, the Road betwixt Northfleet, Gravesend, and Rochester, in the County of Kent."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Friday next.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Hungerford and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower the Paymaster of the Million Lottery Tickets to pay to Sir William Hodges Baronet the Money due upon Fourteen Tickets in the said Lottery;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Robertson versus Robertson.

The House being moved, on the Behalf of Margaret Robertson Respondent to the Appeal of Alexand'r Robertson, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the said Appeal:"

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday next, at Eleven a Clock.

Motion for Address to the Queen, that the D. of Ormond may act offensively.

The House being moved, "To address Her Majesty, That She would be pleased to send Orders to Her General, to act, in Concert with Her Allies, offensively against France, in order to obtain a safe and honourable Peace;"

And long Debate thereupon:

The Question was put, "That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, That Her Majesty will be pleased to send Orders to Her General, to act, in Concert with Her Allies, offensively against France, in order to obtain a safe and honourable Peace?"

It was Resolved in the Negative.

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Protest against rejecting it.

"Dissentient. (fn. 1)
"Devonshire. Rutland. Bolton.
"Carlisle. Derby.
"T. Wharton. Montagu.
"Orford.
"Godolphin.
"Gi. Sarum. J. Bridgewater.
"Scarbrough. Somers.
"Nottingham. W. Oxon. Rockingham.
"Townshend. Mohun.
"W. Asaph. Haversham.
"Jo. Bangor.
"Dorchester.
"Marlborough.
"Halifax.
"Cowper.
"Herbert.
"Bradford."

Address for Negotiations, &c. in 1709, relating to Preliminaries and Negotiations, &c. at Gertruydenburg.

Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty will be pleased to order an Account of the Negotiations and Transactions relating to the Preliminaries in One Thousand Seven Hundred and Nine, as likewise an Account of the Negotiations and Transactions at Gertrudenberg, to be laid before this House.

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to Her Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.

Adjourn.

Dominus Custos Magni Sigilli declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum nonum diem instantis Maii, hora decima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.