DIE Sabbati, 31 die Augusti.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Newcomen.
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Northumb.
Comes Kent.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Denbigh.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Mountague.
Ds. Dacres.
Ds. Willoughby. |
Vanienden's Cause.
Ordered, That Mrs. Vanenden's Cause shall be heard
on Friday Morning next.
Report concerning the Prince Elector's coming to England.
The Earl of Northumb. reported, "That the Committee have met, to consider what is fit to be done
upon the Prince Elector's coming; and they find
the Time is so short, the Prince Elector being so
suddenly come to Greenwich, that they could not have
any Time to send to him; therefore the Opinion of
the Committee is, That a select Committee of both
Houses be appointed, to go and visit him."
Lord Rich, further Liberty.
Ordered, That the Lord Rich shall have Liberty,
from Time to Time, to go to his Father's House, and
within Twenty Miles of the City of London.
Order to protect the Earl of Arundel's Estates, and to send for Delinquents for felling his Timber.
Upon reading the Petition of Wm. Marsh, Servant
to the Earl of Arrundell; and several Affidavits, "That
James Vines, Henry Howell, James Pinfold, and Ric'd
Stamper, have disobeyed the Order of this House, in
cutting down the Woods of the Earl of Arrundell, at
Arrundell, contrary to the said Order:" It is Ordered, That the aforesaid Parties shall be sent for, as Delinquents, to answer their said Contempts; and the Order to be renewed against felling Timber and Woods
there. And whereas it is informed, "That the Committee at Wem doth cut down the Earl of Arrundell's
Wood there, and sell it, for the Assessment for his
Fifth and Twentieth Part:" It is Ordered, That the
said Committee have Notice given them, that the Earl of
Arrundell hath been assessed by this House for his Fifth
and Twentieth Part, therefore he ought not to be assessed elsewhere; and that the Committee do restore such
Monies as they have taken away from the said Earl of
Arrundell; and that, for the future, they forbear to make
any such Assessment upon him; and that they forbear
to cut down any of his Timber or Woods, and take
Order that no Destruction be made of his Goods there.
Duglace to be sent up from Coventry.
Ordered, That Wm. Duglace, imprisoned coming
from Litchfeild, or Ashby ella Zouch, and lately at Coventry, by the Committee there, shall be safely conveyed to
London by them; and both himself and his Business is
referred to the Examination of the Committee that is
appointed to consider of the Business touching the Earl
of Denbighe's Association.
Ordinance for regulating the Office of Excise.
The House was adjourned into a Committee during
Pleasure, to consider of the Instructions concerning regulating the Office of Excise.
And the House being resumed, the said Ordinance
was read the Third Time, and Agreed to.
(Here enter it.)
Message from the H. C. to fit a while.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Wm. Lewis Knight, and others:
To desire that their Lordships would please to sit a
while, for they have some Business of Importance to communicate to their Lordships.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That their Lordships will sit a while, as is desired.
Message from thence, for Committees to wait upon the Prince Elector with a Paper;
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Pierpointe and others:
To let their Lordships know, that the House of Commons thinks it fit that a Committee of both Houses
should repair to the Prince Elector, and acquaint him
with the Contents of the Paper; which he was commanded to desire their Lordships Concurrence therein.
and about defraying his Expences.
2. To acquaint their Lordships, that the House of
Commons have Ordered, That, from the last of August,
the Committee of the Revenue do defray the Charges
of the Electoral Prince, for Fourteen Days; and that
it be referred to the Committee of the Revenue to see
it done accordingly, in such Manner as they shall think fit.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That to the Paper now brought up, their Lordships
will take it into Consideration, and send an Answer by
Messengers of their own.
Lords to attend P. M.
Ordered, That this House shall sit at Four of the
Clock this Afternoon; and that all the Lords shall have
a Command to attend the House at the Hour aforesaid.
Message to the H. C. to sit P. M.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Mr. Dr. Heath:
To let them know, that this House intends to sit at
Four of the Clock this Afternoon, and to desire that
they will sit likewise.
"An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons,
establishing certain Rules and Instructions to
be observed by the Commissioners of Excise,
the Auditors in taking their Accompt, and
others employed about the Collection of the
Excise.
Ordinance to establish Rules and Instructions to be observed by the Officers of Excise.
"1. That the List of the Names and the several
Salaries of the Officers employed in the Receipts of
the Excise, or otherwise, signed by the Committee of
the Excise, or any Five of them, for the Time past,
shall be a sufficient Warrant unto the Auditors, having compared the same with the Receipts of the said
Officer or Officers, to pass and allow thereof, and accordingly to discharge the Commissioners of Excise
for the Time past.
"2. That the Commissioners of Excise shall Quarterly deliver the Auditors, in Writing, a true Copy
of all perfect Entries, Receipts, and Payments, within their several Offices, under the Cognizance and
Limits of the Office of the City of London; the which
Copy the said Auditors shall, according as they shall
find needful, compare, prick over, and examine, with
the Vouchers, perfect Entries, or any other Books
of Accompts within the said several Offices, and, having found the same to agree, shall engross the same in
their Offices, and forthwith discharge the Commissioners of Excise, and every of them, of and from
the same, according to the Form of Discharge hereunto annexed.
"3. That the Commissioners of Excise shall likewise Quarterly deliver the Auditors in Writing a
true Copy of all imperfect Entries, within their several Offices, under the Cognizance and Limits of the
Office of the City of London; which Copy the said
Auditors shall, according as they shall find needful,
compare and examine with their Books; and the said
Commissioners of Excise shall also Quarterly deliver
unto the said Auditors, in Writing, a true Copy of
all imperfect Entries, and of all perfect Entries, Receipts, and Payments, of all and every the other
Officers throughout the Kingdom, to the End the State
may have an Accompt both of Debts which are owing, and the Persons by whom they are due.
"4. That the Commissioners of Excise shall not
stand chargeable for any Debts which have or shall
arise upon any Tickets of Sufferance, which, in Case
of Necessity, and for Accommodation of Trade, they
shall find needful to grant out, until the Weight or
Measure of any exciseable Commodity may be perfected; but, in such Case, the same Debt shall be
only charged by the Auditors upon the Head and
Accompt of the Debtor; provided, that no Ticket
of Sufferance shall be granted to any Person for above
Twenty-eight Days: That the Auditors, in the Course
of their Audits, do, together with every Entry or
Parcel, examine and allow all Tares, Trets, and other
Abatements and Allowances, which the Commissioners
have or shall make upon any exciseable Commodities, without charging the Accompt with any more
than the Sum received upon every Entry or Parcel.
"5. That such Debts as have arisen, and stand in
Arrear, upon the Accompts of Excise, either for Half
Excise of Beer, Ale, or Wine, or for the whole Excise of these or any other Commodities, which are
drawn out of the Returns made upon Search at the
First Settlement of the Office, and were not made
by any Default of the Commissioners of Excise, be
not charged by the Auditors upon the said Commissioners, but set upon the Accompt of the Debtors.
"6. That the Commissioners and the said Auditors
may be the better enabled to go forward in their several Places and Trusts, according to the Directions
herein prescribed, the Commissioners of Excise shall
balance and make up their Books on the 11th of
September next for the Year past, and deliver the Auditors a Copy of the Receipts, Disbursements, Debts,
or Arrears, made and passed during the same Time,
which the Auditors shall with all Expedition examine, compare, and prick over, with the Vouchers,
Entries, and Books of Accompts, in the several Offices; and, having found and made the same to agree,
shall discharge the Commissioners of Excise, and every
of them, for One Year together.
"7. That, although the Income of some Counties in
the Principality of Wales, and in other Places and Parts
of the Kingdom, be assigned by Ordinance of Parliament for Maintenance of the Forces in those Parts, it
shall not be understood as if the Commissioners, Deputies, or any other Receivers of the said Excise, in those
Places, should not still accompt with the Office in London, unto which they shall be Quarterly enjoined, as
other Sub-commissioners: And the Lords and Commons do further Ordain and Declare, That, from henceforth, no Receipt shall be diverted, or any Collection of
Excise be made, within any the Parts of the Kingdom,
but by Commission only from the chief Office in London.
"8. That no Governors and Commanders of any
Towns, Castles, Forts, or Armies, under Service of the
Parliament, shall seize upon any the Receipts of the Excise, or protect any Person or Persons from Payment of
the Excise, upon any Occasion or Pretence whatsoever.
"9. That no Wharsinger, or Keeper of any Wharf,
Crane, or any Porter, or other Officer at the Customhouse, do take up, or let down, or otherwise permit to
be brought on or shipped off his Wharf, any Goods
or Merchandizes whatsoever, but in the Presence of an
Officer of Excise, who to that Purpose shall be appointed to attend at the Custom-house, at all usual
Hours and Times accustomed, and lately settled by
Ordinance of Parliament, concerning Customs."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 4a, post meridiem.
Post meridiem.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Tuckney.
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
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Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Kent.
Comes Bolingbrooke.
L. Viscount Say & Seale. |
Ds. Wharton.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Dacres. |
Paper to be presented to the Prince Elector.
The House was adjourned during Pleasure into a
Committee, to take into Consideration the Message
brought up this Morning from the House of Commons,
concerning the Prince Elector.
The House being resumed, this House agreed to the
Paper, with a small Transposition of Words; which was
to be sent down to the House of Commons, for their
Concurrence therein.
Committee to attend him with it.
Then the House nominated Four Lords, to join with
a proportionable Number of the House of Commons,
to acquaint the Prince Elector with the said Paper; and
to go at the Rising of the House:
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Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Stamford. |
L. Viscount Say & Seale.
Ds. Grey de Warke. |
Message to the H. C. about it.
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by
Sir Edward Leech and Dr. Heath:
To let them know, that this House agrees to what
shall (fn. *) be communicated from both Houses to the
Prince Elector, with a small Alteration, wherein their
Concurrence is desired; and that this House hath nominated a (fn. †) Committee of Four Lords, to wait on the
Prince Elector; and to desire that they would name a
proportionable Number of their House, to join with
the Lords.
The Answer returned was:
Answer.
That the House of Commons agrees to the Alteration
in the Paper to be delivered to the Prince Elector.
Paper to be presented to the Prince Elector.
"That the Parliament did not know of his Electoral
Highness' Arrival, or of any Intention of his coming
into this Kingdom, till Twelve a Clock on Thursday
last.
"That, considering the Conjuncture of Affairs both
at Home and Abroad, the Parliament is much surprized by not being informed and consulted with before his coming over; and doth conceive that the Residence of his Electoral Highness at this Time in
Foreign Parts will be of more Advantage to his own
and the Public Interest.
"The Parliament hath always been most tender of
his Electoral Highness' Affairs, is so, and will be;
and have now sent a Committee of their own to visit
him, and to give Assurance thereof, which they will
ever express in their Actions and faithful Advice."
Adjourn.
House adjourned till 9a, Monday Morning next.