Sabbati, 11 die Januarii :
7° Gulielmi Tertii.
Prayers.
Duties on Glass, &c.
A PETITION of Peregrine Henzell, John Henzell, Jacob Henzell, and Peregrine Tizack, on behalf of themselves, and the rest of the Glass-makers upon
the North Side of the River Tine, was presented to the
House, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners Ancestors, being the first Makers of broad Glass in England,
did settle upon the River Tyne, where the Petitioners now
carry on the said Art; but now, besides a Duty laid upon
Glass, there being a Duty of 5s. per Chaldron laid upon
all Coals water-borne, by an Act of the last Parliament,
which they are necessitated to use; and several other
Glass-works using no water-borne Coals, they will undersell the Petitioners; so that they must give over their
Employment: And praying, That the said Duty of 5s.
per Chaldron upon Coals, used for making Glass upon
the said River, may be taken off.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be
referred to the Committee appointed to consider of the
Act, made the last Parliament, for granting to his
Majesty certain . . . . . . . . . Glass Wares, Stone and
Earthen Bottles, Coals, and Culm, for carrying on the
War against France; and of the Doubts and Complaints
relating thereunto.
Lady Fane's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for enabling the Lady Katherine Fane to sell the Reversion of certain Fee-farm Rents, given to her by her
Grandfather John Bence Esquire, was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Stoner's Estate.
An ingrossed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for the enabling Thomas Stoner Esquire, Son and Heir of
John Stoner Esquire, deceased, to make a Jointure and
Settlement of his Estate in Marriage, notwithstanding his
Minority, was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
Madely Manor.
Mr. Baldwyn reported from the Committee, to whom
the ingrossed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act for
vesting the Manor of Madely in the County of Salop, in
Trustees, for certain Purposes therein mentioned, was
committed, That they had examined and considered the
same; and directed him to report the same to the House,
without any Amendments: And he delivered the same in,
at the Clerk's Table.
The Bill was read the Third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass.
Ordered, That Mr. Baldwyn do carry the Bill to the
Lords, and acquaint them, That this House hath agreed
to the same, without any Amendment.
Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Mr. Pocklington have Leave to go into
the Country for a Fortnight, upon extraordinary Occasions.
Ordered, That all Motions for Members to have Leave
to go into the Country, be made only between the Hours
of Eleven and One a Clock.
Oaths of Supremacy in Ireland.
An ingrossed Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act
for altering Part of an Act, made in the Third Year of his
present Majesty and the late Queen Mary, intituled, An
Act for the abrogating the Oath of Supremacy in Ireland,
and appointing other Oaths, was read a Second time.
Resolved, That the Bill be committed, upon the Debate
of the House, to Sir Wm. Williams, Mr. Tredenham senior,
Mr. Whitacre, Mr. Molesworth, Mr. Monson, Mr. Attorney-General, Sir Henry Colt, Mr. Roberts, Lord Cornbury, Mr. Lownes, Sir Marm. Wyvell, Sir Harry Hobart,
Lord Ashley, Mr. St. Johns, Mr. Bertie, Mr. Blofeild,
Mr. Frewen, Mr. Harley, Mr. Travers, Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Palmes, Mr. Slater, Mr. Ashby, Sir John Bolles, Mr.
Granvill, Mr. Hedger, Mr. Haveningham, Mr. Foley, Mr.
Phillips, Sir William Blacket, Mr. Moyle, Mr. Vaughan,
Mr. Baldwyn, Mr. Ash, Lord Coningsby, Sir Wm. Ashurst,
Mr. Price, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Jones, Lord Spencer, Mr.
Foley junior: And they are to meet this Afternoon at
Four a Clock, in the Speaker's Chambers.
A Member discharged from custody.
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Barnardiston, in Custody of
the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, for absenting
himself from his Service in Parliament, be discharged out
of Custody, paying his Fees.
Preventing Escapes.
Mr. Brewer, according to Order, presented to the
House a Bill for the preventing Escapes; and better Serity and Relief of Creditors.
The Bill was read the First time.
Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time.
A Member discharged from custody.
Ordered, That Sir Robert Dashwood, in Custody of the
Serjeant at Arms, for absenting himself from his Service
in Parliament, be discharged out of Custody paying his
Fees.
Lords desire a Conference.
A Message from the Lords, by Sir Miles Cooke and Sir
John Franklyn:
Mr. Speaker,
The Lords desire a Conference with this House, this
Morning at Twelve of the Clock, in the Painted Chamber, upon the Subject-matter of the last Conference.
And then the Messengers withdrew.
Resolved, That the House do agree to a Conference
with the Lords, as their Lordships do desire.
And the Messengers were called in again; and Mr.
Speaker acquainted them therewith.
Ordered, That the Managers who managed the last
Conference do manage this Conference.
Wye and Lugg Navigation.
A Petition of several of the Inhabitants of the Town of
Monmouth was presented to the House, and read; setting
forth, That they conceive Trade and Commerce by Navigation, to be advantageous to all Places; and that they
do not oppose the County of Hereford in their Endeavours to make the Rivers Wye and Lugg navigable; (fn. (a))
[so as the Town of Monmouth may not be any way
chargeable therewith.]
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition
be referred to the Committee, to whom the Bill for makeing the Rivers Wye and Lugg, in the County of Hereford,
navigable, is committed.
Encouraging Seamen.
A Petition of the Company of Watermen on the River of Thames was presented to the House, and read;
setting forth, That there is a Bill now depending in this
House, for the Increase and Encouragement of Seamen;
which compels the Petitioners into a publick Register, to
oblige them all to serve his Majesty at Sea, upon Pain to
lose their Liberty of Rowing on the Thames, which is
their only Livelihood: That Seamen are left to a voluntary Register; which will prove such an Inequality and
Hardship to the Petitioners, that it may totally prevent
the future breeding of Watermen: And praying, That
they may be permitted to make a voluntary Register of
themselves in their own Company, to be transmitted to
the general Register.
Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition
be referred to the Committee of the whole House, to
whom the said Bill is committed.
Regulating Elections.
An ingrossed Bill for the preventing Charge and Expences in Elections of Members to serve in Parliament
was, according to the Order of the Day, read the Third
time.
An Amendment was proposed to be made, by leaving
out the last Words, "and shall suffer and undergo such
Pains, Punishments, Penalties, Imprisonments, Censures, Expulsions, and Incapacities, as the:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House.
Another Amendment was proposed to be made, by
inserting "upon such Election:"
And the same was, upon the Question put thereupon,
agreed unto by the House; and the Bill amended at the
Table accordingly.
Resolved, Nemine contradicente, That the Bill do pass:
And that the Title be, An Act for preventing of Charge
and Expence in Elections of Members to serve in Parliament.
Ordered, That Sir William Williams do carry the Bill
to the Lords, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.
Conference with Lords.
Then the Managers appointed went to the Conference.
And, being returned;
Mr. Boyle reported, That the Managers had met the
Lords at the Conference; and that the same was managed
on the Part of the Lords by the Earl of Bridgewater: Who
acquainted them, That this Conference was desired to
keep that good Correspondence, which was so necessary
between the Two Houses; and said, That they were commanded to acquaint this House, That the Lords had
agreed to the Amendment, made by the Commons, to the
Lords Amendment to the Bill for regulating the Coinage,
in the 6th Press, 13. L.: And the Lords desist from all
their other Amendments disagreed to by this House, except the Two following; viz.
Press 11. L. 13. after "shall," add "at any time
find necessary to."
L. 15. leave out "not being less than Four."
On which their Lordships do insist:
For that the Lords do think it of too dangerous
Consequence, if his Majesty should find it necessary, for
the Benefit of the remote Counties, to make use of more
Mints, to oblige him to erect Four: For, since the only
Expedient yet found to prevent Clipping, and false Coining, is to coin all the Money milled, if that Mystery or
Art should be once discovered to false Coiners, which it
is most likely to be, by employing so many Hands as must
be used for Four Mints more; the Mischief of false Coining would be left altogether remediless for the future, and
false Money perpetually made, to the Ruin of the Nation.
That the Earl of Bridgwater said further, That the
Lords hold themselves obliged to take Notice of what
was delivered from the House of Commons, at the Close
of the last Conference, in relation to pecuniary Penalties,
mentioned in the Clauses sent down from their Lordships;
which, the Commons say, ought to have their Commencement only from the House of Commons: Their Lordships
conceive this to be highly derogatory to the Rights of their
House; but since the House of Commons thought fit to
deliver a bare Assertion only, without shewing any Foundation for it, the Lords at present, will content themselves
with as positive a Denial of it.
Supply Bill; Land Tax.
The House, according to the Order of the Day, resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, to
consider further of the Bill for granting to his Majesty
an Aid of Four Shillings in the Pound, for One Year, for
carrying on the War against France.
Mr. Speaker left the Chair.
Sir Tho. Littleton took the Chair of the Committee.
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.
Sir Thomas Littleton acquainted the House, That they
had made a further Progress in the Matter to them
referred.
And then the House adjourned till Monday
Morning, Nine a Clock.