Sabbati, 21 die Aprilis;
6° Gulielmi et Mariæ.
Prayers.
Diciplining the Navy.
OREDED, That the Committee, to whom the Bill
for the better Discipline of their Majesties Navy Royal
is committed, be revived; and do sit upon Monday Morning next, Eight a Clock, in the Speaker's Chambers.
The Chaplain.
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to his
Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of his
Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council, That he will
graciously please to conser a Dignity in the Church upon
Mr. Maurice Vaughan, the Chaplain of this House.
Commissioners of Accounts.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Miles Cooke and
Mr. Meredeth:
Mr. Speaker,
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act
for appointing and enabling Commissioners to examine;
take, and state, the publick Accounts of the Kingdom,
without any Amendments.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Supply Bill, Duties on Paper, &c.
An ingrossed Bill for granting to their Majesties several
Duties upon Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, for Four
Years, towards carrying on the War against France, was
read the Third time.
An Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr. 1. L. 16.
to leave out "Four," and insert "Eight:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr. 4.
L. 38. after "Parchment," to insert "or Paper:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr. 6.
L. 24. after "Writ," to insert "except such Original,
on which a Writ of Capias issues:"
And the same was upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr. 7.
L. 9. after "arrested," to leave out "as by the Course
of the several Courts it ought to be done:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr.8.
L.4, after "Equity," to insert "Except the PaperDraughts of Depositions, taken by virtue of any Commission, before they are ingrossed:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr. 8.
L. 17. to leave out "Four," and insert "Eight:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
And the like in Pr. 10. L. 14.
And the like in Pr. 11. L. 5.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, Pr. 14.
L. 7. to leave out "One hundred," and insert "Five:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
And the like in Pr. 14. L. 13.
And the like in Pr. 14. L. 25.
An ingrossed Clause was offered, as a Rider to the Bill,
That the Proclamation for altering the Stamps shall be
sent to the chief Officers of every Market-Town to be by
them published to the Inhabitants.
And the same was twice read; and amended by the House:
And then the same was read the Third time; and, upon
the Question put thereupon, agreed unto by the House to
be made Part of the Bill.
Another ingrossed Clause was offered, as a Rider to the
Bill, That Writs shall contain but One Cause of Action:
And the same was once read; and by Leave of the
House, withdrawn.
Another ingrossed Clause was offered, as a Rider to
the Bill, for making Bonds, Bills, and Notes, assignable.
And the same was twice read:
And the Question being put, That the Clause be read
the Third time;
It passed in the Negative.
Another ingrossed Clause was offered, as a Rider to
the Bill, That the Act shall not extend to charge Bills of
Exchange, Accounts, Bills of Parcels, Bills of Fees, Bills
or Notes, not sealed, for Payment of Money at Sight,
or upon Demand, or at the End of certain Days of
Payment:
And the same was thrice read; and, upon the Question
put thereupon, agreed unto by the House to be made
Part of the Bill.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title
be, An Act for granting to their Majesties several Duties
upon Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, for Four Years,
towards carrying on the War against France.
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Littleton do carry the Bill
to the Lords, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Meredeth and
Mr. Pitt:
Mr. Speaker,
D'Offarell's Nat.
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments, made by
this House, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for naturalizing
Johanna D'Offarell, an Infant, and her Sister, and Two
Brothers: And also,
Building Ships.
To the Bill, intituled, An Act for building good and
desensible Ships, with some Amendments: To which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Supply Bill; Hackney Coach Duty.
Sir Thomas Littleton reported, from the Committee of
the whole House, to whom the Bill for licensing of Hackney and Stage Coaches was committed, the Amendments
made by the Committee to the said Bill; the which he
read in his Place, with the Coherence; and afterwards
delivered in at the Clerk's Table: Where the same were
once read throughout; and then a Second time, one by
one; and, upon the Question severally put thereupon,
some of them agreed, and others disagreed, unto by
the House: And other Amendments were made to the
Bill by the House.
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, with
Blanks, for giving Liberty to a certain Number of
Coaches to ply on Sundays:
And the same was twice read; and the Blanks filled
up; and other Amendments made therein by the House;
and the Clause agreed to be made Part of the Bill.
Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, for
Magistrates to punish Abuses committed by Coachmen:
And the same was twice read; and upon the Question
put thereupon, agreed unto by the House to be made
Part of the Bill.
Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill,
That the Act shall not prejudice the Privilege of the
University of Oxford, in licensing their Stage Coaches,
they paying the Duties of the Act.
And the same was once read.
And the Question being put, That the Clause be read
a Second time;
It passed in the Negative.
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed.
And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning,
Nine a Clock.