Martis, 23 die Aprilis;
7° Gulielmi Tertii.
Prayers.
Answer to Address.
SIR Henry Goodrick acquainted the House, That, according to Order, their Address had been presented
to his Majesty, That he would please to give such effectual Directions, that the Colonels and other Officers, of
the Army employed for the Reduction of Ireland, might
speedily account with, and satisfy their inferior Officers
and Soldiers, as far as they have received Money from his
Majesty: And that his Majesty was pleased to say, That
he had already given Orders, as well in Flanders as in
England, for the doing what is mentioned in the Address;
and that some Officers, who neglected to comply with the
Directions, have been cashiered: However, that he will
repeat those Orders, under the severest Penalties to such
as shall disobey them.
Examination of Sir T. Cook.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Miles Cook and
Sir John Franklyn:
Mr. Speaker,
We are commanded, by the Lords, to acquaint this
House, That the Exchequer-Chamber is prepared for the
Committee of both Houses to meet in, to hear and examine Sir Thomas Cook: And that the Lords do desire this
House will give Order, That Sir Thomas Cook may be in
a Readiness to attend the said Committee there.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Resolved, That the Lords be acquainted, That this
House hath already given Order for Sir Tho. Cooke to be
brought to the said Committee.
And the Messengers were called in again: And Mr.
Speaker acquainted them therewith.
Prohibiting Commerce with France.
An ingrossed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for declaring the Commencement of an Act, intituled,
An Act for continuing the Acts for prohibiting all Trade
and Commerce with France, and for the Encouragement
of Privateers, to be, from the Time that it passed the Royal
Assent; to wit, on the 14th Day of March 1692; was,
according to Order, read a Second time.
Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee
of the whole House.
Prize Claims.
A Petition of Thomas Sands, Peter Paggen, and others,
Merchants, and Proprietors of the Ship called the Young
Prince, was presented to the House, and read; setting
forth, That at the Beginning of the present War the said
Ship was taken by the French, and afterwards retaken by
an English Privateer; and that, by virtue of the Act for
prohibiting all Trade and Commerce with France, and for
the Encouragement of Privateers, the Petitioners were intitled to the Redemption of the said Ship, paying Salvage; which accordingly was decreed, on the 27th of
November last, by the Judges Delegates of the Admiralty,
upon an Appeal brought by the Owners of the said English Privateer: That the Petitioners have been at great
Charges in sitting out the said Ship to Sea; but by a Bill
from the Lords, for declaring the Commencement of the
said Act for Encouragement of Privateers, which is prosecuted by some particular Persons for their own private
Ends, the Petitioners Right to the said Ship is chiefly
aimed at: And praying, That they may be heard, as the
House shall think sit, before the said Bill do pass.
Ordered, That the Examination and Consideration of
the said Petition be referred to the said Committee.
Irish Arrears.
A Petition of Katherine Verhey, Widow of Dirrick
Verhey, late Lieutenant in Major Podewill's Troop, in
the late Baron Rechteren's Regiment, was presented to
the House, and read.
Ordered, That the said Petition be delivered to one of
the Commissioners for taking and stating the publick Accounts, who is a Member of this House.
Committee for examining Sir T. Cooks.
Sir Henry Hobart reported, That the Members who
were appointed Yesterday to inspect the Tickets, and report who are the Twenty-four Members of this House
that are to be of the Committee for the Examination of
Sir Thomas Cooke, had inspected the Tickets accordingly;
and that the said Four-and-Twenty were,
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| Sir John Thompson |
132 |
| Sir Richard Onslow |
114 |
| Mr. Bridges
|
111 |
| Mr. Cha. Mountague |
100 |
| Mr. Boscawen |
100 |
| Sir Tho. Pope Blount
|
96 |
| Mr. Clarke
|
96 |
| Mr. Pelham
|
95 |
| Mr. Comptroller |
94 |
| Mr. Harley
|
92 |
| Sir Walter Young
|
88 |
| Sir Chr. Musgrave
|
87 |
| Mr. Henry Boyle
|
87 |
| Sir Henry Hobart
|
86 |
| Sir Tho. Littleton
|
86 |
| Mr. Hutchinson
|
84 |
| Sir Edw. Abney
|
78 |
| Mr. Chadwick
|
77 |
| Sir Herbert Crofts
|
76 |
| Sir Rowland Gwynn
|
75 |
| Mr. Papillion
|
70 |
| Sir Win. Cooper
|
69 |
| Mr. Brockman
|
69 |
| Mr. Gwyn
|
69 |
Encouragement of Privateers.
The House, according to the Order of the Day, took
into Consideration the Report of the Bill for the better
Encouragement of Privateers.
And the Amendments, made by the Committee, were
a Second time read, one by one; and, upon the Question
severally put thereupon, with some other Amendments,
made by the House, to the said Bill, were agreed unto.
Then the Question being put, That the Bill, with the
Amendments, be ingrossed;
The House divided.
The Yeas go forth.
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| Tellers for the Yeas, |
Sir Jos. Tredenham,
Mr. Tho. Foley junior: |
112. |
| Tellers for the Noes, |
Sir Walter Young,
Sir Isaac Rebow: |
86. |
So it was resolved in the Affirmative.
Examination of Sir T. Cooke.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Miles Cook and
Sir John Franklyn:
Mr. Speaker,
We are commanded to acquaint this House, That the
Lords, who are named of the Committee for hearing and
examining Sir Thomas Cooke, will be in the ExchequerChamber at half an Hour after Twelve a Clock: And
that their Lordships have resolved, That no Lords, but
those who are of that Committee, be there present.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Resolved, That the Members of this House, who are
named of the Committee for hearing and examining Sir
Thomas Cook, do meet the Lords who are of the said
Committee, half an Hour after Twelve a Clock.
Resolved, That no Members of this House, but those
who are of the said Committee be present, at the said
Examination.
Resolved, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to
acquaint them with the said Resolutions.
Ordered, That Mr. Bridges do carry the said Message
to the Lords.
Answer to Address.
Mr. Comptroller acquainted the House, That, according to Order, their Address had been presented to his
Majesty, That his Majesty in his great Wisdom would
please to take care, for the future, that this Kingdom be
put upon an equal Foot and Proportion with the Allies,
in bearing the Charge of the present War: And that his
Majesty was pleased to answer in these Words; viz.
IN this, as in every thing else, I shall always endeavour
to have a due regard to the Interest, and to the Honour,
of this Nation.
Examination of Sir T. Cook.
Then the Committee of this House, for the hearing
and examining Sir Thomas Cook, were called over: And
they went to the Exchequer-Chamber.
Committees.
Ordered, That all Committees be revived.
And then the House, upon the Question put,
adjourned till To-morrow Morning, Nine a Clock.