DIE Sabbati, 14 Aprilis.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
fuerunt:
Georgius Princeps Walliœ.
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Cestrien.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Devon, Senescallus.
Dux Bolton, Camerarius.
Dux Somerset.
Dux Richmond.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Shrewsbury.
Dux Bucks & Nor.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Kent.
Dux Kingston.
Dux Newcastle.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Pembroke.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Salisbury.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Northampton.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Berkshire.
Comes Peterborow.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Anglesey.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Berkeley.
Comes Nottingham.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Portland.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Poulet.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Buchan.
Comes Hadinton.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Bute.
Comes Deloraine.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Rockingham.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Halifax.
Viscount Say & Seale.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.
Viscount Lonsdale.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Fitzwalter.
Ds. Willughby Br.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. St. John.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Osborne.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Herbert.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Saunderson.
Ds. Harborough.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Cobham.
Ds. Parker. |
PRAYERS.
Examination about Popping's printing the Trial of the E. of Winton:
The House being informed, "That S. Popping is
taken into Custody, by the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod, pursuant to the Order of this House, for
printing and publishing a Paper, intituled, "An Account of the Earl of Winton's Trial;" but is so ill,
that she is not in a Condition to be brought to the
Bar; and that a Person is attending at the Door,
who can give an Account concerning the printing the
said Paper:"
Whereupon Elizabeth Cape was called in; and examined, upon Oath, at the Bar, touching the said printed Paper.
And being withdrawn;
The following Order was made:
Pemberton and Curl to be attached about it.
Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, do forthwith attach the Bodies of John Pemberton and Edmund Curl, Booksellers in Fleet-Street,
for being concerned in printing and publishing the said
Paper, in Breach of a Standing Order of this House,
and keep them in safe Custody until further Order;
and this shall be a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf.
To Sir William Oldes, Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod attending this House,
his Deputy or Deputies, and every of
them."
Prince of Wales taking the Oaths as Chancellor of Dublin, Bill.
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
to enable his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales
to qualify himself in Great Britain for the legal Enjoyment of the Office of Chancellor of the University of Dublin, in the Kingdom of Ireland."
Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the
Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)
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Dux Richmond.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Kent.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Leicester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Portland.
Comes Scarbrough.
Comes Orford.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Rockingham.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Halifax.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.
Viscount Tadcaster. |
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Hereford.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Lincoln. |
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Howard Eff.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Ashburnham.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Mansel.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Saunderson.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Parker. |
Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet
on Monday next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House
of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.
Cochineal Bill, Merchants to be heard.
Ordered, That such Merchants and Clothiers as
shall think themselves concerned in the Bill, intituled,
"An Act for the free Importation of Cochineal, during
the Time therein limited," may be heard, before the
Committee of the whole House to whom the said Bill
stands committed.
L. Fitzwalter's Privilege:
Complaint being made to the House, and Oath made
at the Bar, "That George Davis, menial Servant to the
Lord Fitzwalter, was this Morning arrested, by Robert Nash a Bailiff, living at The Guy of Warwick, in
Witch-Street, in Breach of the Privilege of this
House:"
Nash to be attached, for arresting Davis, his Servant:
It is Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, do forthwith attach the Body of the said Robert
Nash, and bring him in safe Custody to the Bar of this
House, to answer for his Offence; and this shall be a
sufficient Warrant on that Behalf.
To Sir William Oldes, Gentleman Usher of
the Black Rod attending this House, his
Deputy or Deputies, and every of them.
Plaintiff and Attorney to attend:
Ordered, That Gilbert Lacy Plaintiff in the said
Arrest, and John Boughton the Attorney, do attend this
House on Monday next, to answer the said Complaint.
Davis, the Servant, discharged.
Ordered, That the said George Davis be forthwith
discharged from the Restraint he now lies under; and
this shall be a sufficient Warrant on that Behalf.
Septennial Parliaments, Bill:
Hodie 2a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act
for enlarging the Time of Continuance of Parliaments, appointed by an Act made in the Sixth Year
of the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act for the frequent meeting and calling
of Parliaments."
Then it was proposed, "To commit the Bill."
And after long Debate thereupon; and the Question
being called for:
Strangers in the House to be taken into Custody.
Notice was taken, "That several Persons were in the
House, who had no Right to be there."
They were therefore directed immediately to withdraw.
Which some of them refusing or neglecting to do:
Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher of the Black
Rod attending this House do forthwith take into
Custody all such Persons as are now in the House, who
have no Right to be there.
Septennial Parliaments, Bill committed:
Then the Question was put, "Whether the said Bill
shall be committed?"
It was Resolved in the Affirmative.
Protest against it.
"Dissentient.
"1. Because we conceive that frequent and new Parliaments are required by the fundamental Constitution
of the Kingdom; and the Practice thereof for many
Ages (which manifestly appears by our Records) is a
sufficient Evidence and Proof of this Constitution.
2. Because it is agreed, that the House of Commons must be chosen by the People; and, when so
chosen, they are truly the Representatives of the People: Which they cannot be so properly said to be,
when continued for a longer Time than that for which
they were chosen; for after that Time they are chosen
by the Parliament, and not the People; who are
thereby deprived of the only Remedy which they
have against those who either do not understand, or
through Corruption do wilfully betray, the Trust reposed in them; which Remedy is, to choose better
Men in their Places.
"3. Because the Reasons given for this Bill, we conceive, were not sufficient to induce us to pass it, in
Subversion of so essential a Part of our Constitution.
"1. For as to the Argument, "That this will encourage the Princes and States of Europe to enter
into Alliances with us;" we have not heard any
one Minister assert, "That any one Prince or
State has asked, or so much as insinuated, that
they wished such an Alteration."
"Nor is it reasonable to imagine it; for it cannot
be expected that any Prince or State can rely
upon a People to defend their Liberties and
Interests, who shall be thought to have given
up so great a Part of their own; nor can it be
prudent for them to wish such an Experiment
to be made, after the Experience that Europe
has had of the great Things this Nation has
done for them under the Constitution which is
now to be altered by this Bill.
"But, on the other Hand, they may be deterred
from entering into Measures with us, when
they shall be informed, by the Preamble of
this Bill, "That the Popish Faction is so dangerous, as that it may be destructive to the
Peace and Security of the Government;" and
may apprehend, from this Bill, that the Government is so weak, as to want so extraordinary a Provision for its Safety; which seems
to imply that the Gentlemen of Britain are
not to be trusted or relied upon, and that the
good Affections of the People are restrained
to so small a Number as that of which the
present House of Commons consists.
"2. We conceive, this Bill is so far from preventing
Expences and Corruptions, that it will rather
increase them; for the longer a Parliament is
to last, the more valuable to be purchased is
a Station in it; and the greater also is the
Danger of corrupting the Members of it:
For if ever there should be a Ministry who
shall want a Parliament to skreen them from
the just Resentment of the People, or from
a Discovery of their ill Practices to the King,
who can't otherwise, or so truly, be informed
of them as by a free Parliament, it is so
much the Interest of such a Ministry to influence the Elections (which, by their Authority,
and the Disposal of the Public Money, they
of all others have the best Means of doing),
that, 'tis to be feared, they will be tempted and
not fail to make Use of them; and even when
the Members are chosen, they have greater
Opportunity of inducing very many to comply
with them, than they could have, if not only
the Sessions of Parliament, but the Parliament
itself, were reduced to the ancient and primitive Constitution and Practice of frequent and
new Parliaments; for, as a good Ministry will
neither practise nor need Corruption, so it
cannot be any Lord's Intention to provide for
the Security of a bad one.
"4. We conceive that, whatever Reasons may induce
the Lords to pass this Bill to continue this Parliament
for Seven Years, will be at least as strong, and may
by the Conduct of the Ministry be made much stronger
before the End of Seven Years, for continuing it still
longer; and even to perpetuate it, which would be
an express and absolute Subversion of the Third Estate
of the Realm.
"Poulett.
"Dartmouth. Somerset.
"Salisbury.
"Bingley. "Shrewsbury.
"Nottingham.
"Strafford.
"Anglesey. Berkshire.
"Montjoy.
"Bristol.
"Trevor. Tadcaster.
"Northampton. Abingdon.
"Guilford.
"Aylesford.
Osborne.
"Fran. Cestriens. Mansel. Gower.
"Compton.
"Bathurst.
P. Hereford.
Ashburnham.
"Bruce.
"Fr. Roffen. Weston.
"Foley.
"Willoughby De Broke."
31.
Septennial Parliaments, Bill.
Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for
enlarging the Time of Continuance of Parliaments
appointed by an Act made in the Sixth Year of the
Reign of King William and Queen Mary, intituled,
An Act for the frequent meeting and calling of Parliaments," be committed to a Committee of the whole
House; and that the House be put into a Committee
thereupon on Monday next; and all the Lords to be
summoned to attend the Service of this House upon that
Occasion.
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, decimum sextum diem instantis Aprilis, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.