Veneris, 26 die Januarii;
5° Gulielmi et Mariæ.
Prayers.
Members summoned.
ORDERED, That the Serjeant at Arms attending
this House do go into Westminster-hall, and the several Courts there, and into the Court of Requests; and
require the Attendance of the Members of this House
immediately.
And he went with the Mace accordingly.
And, being returned;
Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms do go into the
Speaker's Chambers, and require all Persons that are not
Members of the House to withdraw: And that he do
lock up the Back-door, and bring the Key, and lay the
same upon the Table.
Speaker's Chambers to be locked.
Ordered, That the Back-door of the Speaker's Chambers be lock'd up, and the Key laid upon the Table,
every Morning at Ten a Clock.
Miscarriages of the Fleet.
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday Morning
next, take into further Consideration the Miscarriages
of the Fleet the last Summer.
Ordered, That the Admirals of the Fleet, who attended
this Day according to Order, do attend this House again
upon Thursday Morning next.
State of the Kingdom.
The House, according to the Order of the Day, resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, to
consider of the State of the Kingdom.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Colonel Granville took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Colonel Granville reported from the said Committee,
That they had come to several Resolutions; which they
had directed him to report to the House, when the House
would please to receive the same.
Resolved, That the said Report be now received.
Colonel Granvill reported the said Resolutions of
the Committee of the whole House: The which he
read in his Place; and afterwards delivered in at the
Clerk's Table: Where the same were read; and are as
followeth; viz.
Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee,
That whoever advised the King, not to give the Royal
Assent to the Act touching free and impartial Proceedings
in Parliament, which was to redress a Grievance, and take
off a Scandal upon the Proceedings of the Commons in
Parliament, is an Enemy to their Majesties, and the
Kingdom.
Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Committee,
That a Representation be made to his Majesty, humbly to
lay before him, how few the Instances have been, in former
Reigns, of denying the Royal Assent to Bills for Redress
of Grievances; and the great Grief of the Commons for
his not having given the Royal Assent to several publick
Bills; and particularly to the Bill, intituled, An Act
touching free and impartial Proceedings in Parliament,
which tended so much to the clearing the Reputation of
this House; after their having so freely voted to supply
the publick Occasions.
The First of the said Resolutions being read a Second
time;
Resolved, That the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, That whoever advised the
King, not to give the Royal Assent to the Act touching
free and impartial Proceedings in Parliament, which was
to redress a Grievance, and take off a Scandal upon the
Proceedings of the Commons in Parliament, is an Enemy
to their Majesties, and the Kingdom.
The Second Resolution being read a Second time;
Resolved, That the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution, That a Representation be
made to his Majesty, humbly to lay before him, how few
the Instances have been, in former Reigns, of denying the
Royal Assent to Bills for Redress of Grievances; and the
great Grief of the Commons for his not having given
the Royal Assent to several publick Bills; and particularly
to the Bill, intituled, An Act touching free and impartial
Proceedings in Parliament, which tended so much to the
clearing the Reputation of this House; after their having
so freely voted to supply the publick Occasions.
Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to prepare,
and draw up, an humble Representation to his Majesty
upon the said Resolutions; and to report the same to
this House.
And it is referred to Colonel Granville, Mr. Gwyn, Sir
Tho. Clarges, Lord Digby, Mr. Boyle, Sir Walter Young,
Mr. Hutchinson, Sir Thom. Dyke, Sir Edward Hussey, Sir
John Knight, Mr. Foley, Mr. Bulkley, Mr. Harley, Sir
Rowland Gwyn, Mr. Sackerley, Mr. Mordant, Sir Robert
Davers, Mr. Palmes, Mr. Goldwell, Mr. Bromley, Mr.
Clark, Mr. S. Smith, Colonel Churchill, Mr. Wharton,
Lord Cutts, Sir Fr. Winington, Lord Elan, Lord
Falkland, Colonel Leveson, Mr. Mountague, Mr. Bowyer,
Sir Wm. Strickland, Sir Jerv. Elwes; or any Five of
them: And they are to meet To-morrow Morning at
Eight a Clock, in the Speaker's Chamber.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow
Morning, Nine a Clock.