DIE Sabbati, 25 die Decembris.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Sallawey.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Comes Manchester, Speaker.
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Comes Salisbury.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Northumb.
Comes Kent.
Comes Rutland. |
Ds. North.
Ds. Grey.
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. La Warr.
Ds. Howard. |
Thompson's Ordinance to be Rector of Bothell.
An Ordinance was presented to the House, for making John Thompson Clerk to be Rector of Bothell, in the
County of Northumb.; which was read, and Agreed to,
and Ordered to be sent to the House of Commons.
E. of Westmeath and Col. Bern to be exchanged for L Ardes and Col. Jones.
Ordered, That the Petition concerning the Lord
of Ardes be sent down to the House of Commons, with
this Sense; "That this House thinks it fit that Colonel
Jones be writ to, that he shall exchange Colonel Berne
and the Earl of Westmeath for the Lord of Ardes and
Colonel Theophilus Jones, if he can get none else."
Commissioners of the Customs Ordinance:
An Ordinance for declaring the Commissioners of the
Customs, was read, and Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Ordinance to reimburse them Money.
Another Ordinance concerning the Commissioners of
the Customs to reimburse themselves such Monies as they
have disbursed for the Use of the State, was read, and
Agreed to. (Here enter it.)
Pardon for Prisoners on the Northern Circuit.
A Pardon for Prisoners condemned the last Northern
Circuit, was read, and Agreed to; and Ordered to
be sent to the House of Commons for their Concurrence.
Parnacot and Tate, &c.
Ordered, That the Errors between Parnacott and
Tate, and the Errors between Jermyn and Styles, and
the Errors between Whitchcott and Loftus, shall be argued, at this Bar, on Thursday next, by Counsel on both
Sides.
Bonner's Petition.
Upon reading a Letter from the Scotts Commissioners,
in Behalf of John Bonner; and likewise reading the
Petition of the said John Bonner: It is Ordered, That
the Petitioner is referred to the usual Course of the Law,
for his Relief.
Conference about the Ordinance to raise 50,000 l. for Ireland.
Ordered, To have a Conference with the House
of Commons on Monday, to let them know, "That,
considering of the Ordinance for raising Fifty Thousand Pounds for the Affairs, their Lordships find
that the Houses already (fn. *) have passed the Two
Third Parts of Delinquents Estates for Security to the
Army."
Ordinance to appoint Commissioners of the Customs.
"Whereas, by Ordinance of both Houses of Parliament, bearing Date the 16th Day of Dec'r, 1647,
the Payment of a Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage
is ordained to be paid, upon all Goods and Merchandize, to be exported out of, or imported into, this
Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town
of Berwicke, in such Sort as in the said Ordinance is
expressed, the said Payments to continue from the
26th Day of March, 1648, inclusive, unto the 26th
Day of March, which shall be in the Year of our
Lord 1651, inclusive, as by the said Ordinance more
at large appeareth: Now the said Lords and Commons
do ordain and declare, That Samuell Avery and Christopher Packe, Aldermen of the City of London, Richard Bateman, Charles Lloyd, and Walter Boothby,
of London, Merchants, the present Commissioners and
Collectors of the Customs, are, and shall be, Commissioners and Collectors thereof; and, by this Ordinance, they, the said Samuell Avery, Christopher
Packe, Richard Bateman, Charles Lloyd, and Walter
Boothby, and their Deputy and Deputies by them to
be authorized under their Hands and Seals, are enabled to collect and receive, upon Accompt, all such
Sum and Sums of Money, which, from and after the
26th Day of March, 1648, inclusive, shall, by virtue
of the said Ordinance, be payable or paid, for Customs or Subsidies, or otherwise, for or in respect of
Goods or Merchandize exported out of, or imported
into, the Port of London, and all other Ports, in the
Realm of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of
Berwicke, in such Sort as the said Duties of Tonnage
and Poundage have been formerly collected by themselves or the late Commissioners for the Customs,
and in such Manner as by the said Ordinance, and
such other Ordinances, Orders, and Instructions, as
they have already received, or shall hereafter receive,
from both Houses of Parliament, or the Committee
thereof, appointed for regulating the Affairs of the
Navy and Customs, they are or shall be directed or
appointed.
Provided nevertheless, That if, at any Time hereafter, the said Lords and Commons shall first satisfy
and pay unto the said Commissioners for the Customs,
all such Sum and Sums of Money as they the said
Commissioners have already advanced and lent unto
the State upon the Credit of the Customs, or shall
hereafter further advance or lend unto the State for
the Services of the Navy, with Interest, after the
Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum pro Anno, for the
Forbearance thereof, for so long Time as the same
shall be forborn, together with such Allowances as
are or shall be due unto them by an Ordinance of both
Houses of Parliament in that regard already ordained,
or hereafter to be made; that, in such Case, after
due Satisfaction and Payment made as aforesaid, the
said Commissioners shall be removeable from the said
Employment, as the said Lords and Commons shall
think fit."
Ordinance for the Commissioners of the Customs to reimburse themselves Money, which they have advanced, and shall advance, for the Use of the State.
"Whereas Samuell Avery and Christopher Packe, Aldermen of the City of London, Richard Bateman, Charles
Lloyd, and Walter Boothby, Merchants, Commissioners
and Collectors of the Customs, have, at their Entrance
upon the Receipts of the Customs, and since, for the
carrying on the Service of the Navy, advanced to the
State, by Way of Loan, the Sum of Three Score
and Ten Thousand Pounds; Forty Thousand Pounds
whereof they were, by sundry Ordinances of both
Houses of Parliament, enabled to have reimbursed
unto themselves out of the said Receipts at several
Days past; but, by reason that the pressing Necessities
of the Navy could not well bear so great a Defalcation out of the said Receipts without very great Prejudice to the Service, they, the said Commissioners,
at the Desire of the Committee of Parliament for the
Navy and Customs, have hitherto forborn the same:
And whereas the said Commissioners and Collectors,
at the like Desire of the aforesaid Committee, for Supply of the present pressing Necessities of the Navy,
have lately advanced unto the State, by Way of Loan,
the further Sum of Twelve Thousand Pounds, which
Sum of Twelve Thousand Pounds they were, by
Agreement with the said Committee, to reimburse
unto themselves out of the Moiety of the growing Receipts of the Customs: And whereas the Necessity
of the Navy do yet necessarily require that a further
Sum of Thirty Thousand Pounds be speedily provided, for the carrying on the present Service and Affairs
thereof, which said Sum of Thirty Thousand Pounds,
upon Intimation thereof given to the said Commissioners and Collectors by the said Committee, and of
certain Votes passed the House of Commons the Twelfth
Day of October, 1647, in relation to the said Commissioners and Collectors and the said Thirty Thousand Pounds now to be advanced they the said Commissioners. and Collectors have likewise under taken to
provide and advance unto the State, by Way of
Loan, and have already advanced Twenty-two Thousand Pounds in Part thereof: And whereas both
Houses of Parliament, for the better carrying on of
the Service of the Navy for the future, by Ordinance
of both Houses, bearing Date the 16th Day of December, 1647, have ordained and settled the Payment
of Tonnage and Poundage, and all other Duties payable for Customs and Subsidy, upon all Goods and
Merchandize exported out of, or imported into, the
Kingdom of England, Dominion of Wales, and Town
of Berwicke, the same to continue from the Six and
Twentieth Day of March, 1648, inclusive, to the
26th Day of March, 1651, inclusive: Now the said
Lords and Commons, accepting the constant Readiness
of the said Samuell Avery, Christopher Packe, Rich'd
Bateman, Charles Lloyd, and Walter Boothby, to serve
the Public, as a good and acceptable Service to the
State; for the better Encouragement of them the said
Commissioners and Collectors, do ordain and declare;
That it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and Collectors, and the said Commissioners and
Collectors are hereby enabled; by Way of Defalcation, out of the One Moiety of the clear Receipts of
the Customs, as the same shall arise, from and after
the Date of this present Ordinance (Salaries and all
other ordinary Charges and Payments first deducted
out of the Whole), to re-pay unto themselves, as well
the Remainder of the said Twelve Thousand Pounds
by them lately advanced as aforesaid, as the Sum of
Forty Thousand Pounds, Parcel of the aforesaid Sum
of Seventy Thousand Pounds by them formerly advanced and lent unto the State, as is before declared,
with Interest for the Forbearance thereof, after the
Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum pro Anno, for so
long Time as the same hath been, or any Part thereof shall be forborn; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners and Collectors, at the
End of Twelve Months, to be accounted from the
Time of the Lending of the said Thirty Thousand
Pounds now by them advanced, and to be advanced
and lent as aforesaid, likewise to reimburse unto
themselves, by Way of Defalcation, out of the said
Moiety of the said Receipts of the Customs, as the
same shall arise as aforesaid, the said Sum of Thirty
Thousand Pounds, with Interest as aforesaid, for the
Forbearance thereof, for so long Time as the same,
or any Part thereof, shall be forborn, from the said
Time of the Advancing and Lending thereof: And for
the further Security and Encouragement of the said
Commissioners and Collectors, it is likewise Ordained,
by the said Lords and Commons, That the said Commissioners and Collectors shall continue in the said
Employment, and shall not be dismissed or removed
from the same, until they be reimbursed the other
Thirty Thousand Pounds, Remainder of the Sum of
Fifty Thousand Pounds, by them advanced to the
State at their Entrance upon the said Receipts, and
all other Sum and Sums of Money which they have
already advanced, or shall at any Time or Times hereafter further advance or disburse, for the Use of the
Navy, or for carrying on the said Service, with Interest as aforesaid for the Forbearance thereof, and
be likewise paid all such Allowances and Salaries for
the said Service as shall be in Arrear and unpaid at the
Time of such their Dismission and Discharge; and
the said Commissioners and Collectors are hereby enabled and authorized, during the whole Time of their
Employment in the said Service, Quarterly to defaulk
out of the said Receipts, as well the Sum of One
Thousand Pounds, in regard of their Salaries for
their Pains and Personal Attendance on the said Service, as the Interest of the several and respective
Sums of Money before mentioned, as by an Ordinance of the said Lords and Commons, bearing Date
the Tenth Day of March, 1644, are ordained and
appointed to them; all which shall be allowed unto
them upon their Accompts: And as for all Payments
to be made from Time to Time by the said Commissioners and Collectors, or their Deputies, to Merchants
and others, for Customs of Goods exported, which
formerly were imported, according to the Orders annexed to the last Book of Rates, the said Commissioners and Collectors, or their Deputies by their Order
and Appointment, shall issue the said Payments out
of the said Receipts, and be likewise allowed the
same upon their Accompts; and this Ordinance shall
be, as well to the Committee for auditing the Accompts of the Kingdom as to all other Auditors of
Accompts whatsoever, a sufficient Warrant for the
Allowance thereof, from Time to Time, upon the
Accompts to be made by the said Commissioners and
Collectors: Provided nevertheless, That if, at any
Time hereafter, the said Lords and Commons shall
first satisfy and pay unto the Commissioners for the
Customs all such Sum and Sums of Money as they the
said Commissioners have already advanced and lent
unto the State, upon the Credit of the Customs, or
shall hereafter further advance or lend unto the State,
for the Service of the Navy, with Interest after the
Rate of Eight Pounds per Centum pro Anno for the
Forbearance thereof, for so long Time as the same
shall be forborn, together with such Allowances as
are or shall be due unto them by any Ordinance of
both Houses of Parliament in that regard already
ordained, or hereafter to be made; that, in such
Case, after due Satisfaction and Payment made as
aforesaid, the said Commissioners shall be removeable
from the said Employment, as the said Lords and
Commons shall think fit.
Ex'r."
Camb. University may choose another Proctor in Cawdrey's Room.
Ordered and Declared, by the Lords in Parliament
assembled, That this House did not intend, by making
the Order of the Fourth of December, 1647, for discharging Zachary Cawdrey from being Proctor, any
Way to prejudice the Right of the University of Cambridge, or any College therein, in choosing another
Proctor, according to the Statutes of the said University.
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 10 a
Monday Morning next.