House of Lords Journal Volume 21: March 1721, 1-10

March 1721, 1-10

DIE Jovis, 2^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

E. of Aylesford's Bill.

The Lord Bingley reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the Right Honourable Heneage Earl of Aylesford to sell certain Estates of Leasehold and Inheritance, in the County of Kent, comprised in his Marriage Settlement; and to purchase another Estate, in the County of Leicester, of better Value, to be settled to the same Uses," was committed: "That they had considered of the said Bill, and found the Allegations thereof to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereunto."

Which were read Twice, and agreed to.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be engrossed.

Countess of Denbigh's Nat. Bill.

The Lord Privy Seal reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the Naturalization of Isabella Countess of Denbigh, Wife of William Earl of Denbigh," was committed: "That the Committee had gone through the said Bill; and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Ordered, That the Bill be engrossed.

Paynter's Pet, referred to Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of Robert Paynter Esquire and Elionora his Wife, and Humphry Fowle and Thomas Lambard, Esquires, Trustees in the Marriage Settlement made by the said Robert Paynter; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the said Robert Paynter to sell the Manors of Twydall and East Court, and other Lands and Tenements, in the Parish of Gillingham, in the County of Kent; and to settle other Lands and Tenements, of equal or greater Value, to the same or like Uses:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench and the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

L. Romney & al. Pet referred to Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable Robert Lord Romney Baron of Romney, and Elizabeth Lady Romney his Wife, on Behalf of themselves and the Honourable Robert Marsham and Elizabeth Marsham their Children, being Infants, Dame Elizabeth Shovell Widow, Sir Thomas Daeth Baronet, Sir John Norris Knight, and Edmund Probyn Esquire; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to empower the Petitioner and his Trustees to sell and dispose of the Manors of Winsarthing and Heywood, and Advowson of Winsarthing, and other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in Norfolk; and, with the Money arising by such Sale, to complete the Purchase of the Manor and Advowson of Alington, and other Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, in the County of Kent; and that the Manor and Premises in the said County of Kent may be settled to the same Uses as the said Manors, Advowsons, and Premises, in Norfolk, are limited:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to Mr. Justice Blencowe and Mr. Justice Tracy; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

De Grey & al. Leave for a Bill.

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges to whom the Petition of Thomas De Grey and Elizabeth his Wife, on Behalf of themselves, and of Thomas, William, Elizabeth, and Catherine De Grey, their Children, Infants, was referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Message from H. C. with a Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Cholmondelcy and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better preserving and keeping in Repair the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County of York; and for explaining and making more effectual the several Acts passed for lengthening and repairing the Piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the said County;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Callicoes, to prohibit, Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee again upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Use and Wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes, in Apparel, Household Stuff, Furniture, or otherwise, after the Twentyfifth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-two (except as therein is excepted)."

After some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.

And the Earl of Clarendon reported from the said Committee, "That they had made some further Progress in the said Bill; and that he was directed by the Committee to move, that they may have Leave to sit again."

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee, to proceed further on the said Bill, on Saturday next.

State of Public Credit.

Whereas Saturday next is appointed, for the House to be in a Committee, to take into further Consideration the Causes of the unhappy Turn of Affairs, that has so much affected the Public Credit; and for the Clerks of the South Sea Company, employed in taking in the Money on the Third Subscription, or paying back any Part of it, to attend:

It is Ordered, That the House be put into the said Committee on Tuesday next; and that the said Clerks do then attend.

Mr. Tillard's Inventory of his Estate delivered.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That he had received from the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, pursuant to the Act of Parliament passed this Session, a Duplicate of the Inventory, or Particular, of the Estate of William Tillard Esquire, One of the late Directors of the South Sea Company."

And the Title thereof was read by the Clerk, as follows:

"Inventory of William Tillard, containing the Particulars of all and singular the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Debts, and Personal Estate whatsoever, which I was seised or possessed of, or entitled unto, in my own Right; and which any other Person or Persons was or were seised or possessed of, or in Trust for me, or to or for my Use and Benefit, upon the First Day of June, Anno Domini 1720."

Ordered, That the said Inventory do lie on the Table.

De Grey's Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for discharging certain Estates, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, of and from the Uses and Limitations contained in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas De Grey Esquire; and for settling other Estates, in the said Counties, to the same Uses."

Pakington's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Herbert Perrot Pakington Esquire, only Son of Sir John Pakington Baronet, to acknowledge Fines, and suffer Recoveries, while he is under the Age of One and Twenty Years."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Friday the Seventeenth Day of this Instant March, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, tertium diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 3^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Sir A. Cumming versus Presbytery of Aberdeen.

This Day the joint and several Answer of the Moderator and Presbytery of Aberdcen and Mr. William Abercrombie, Respondents to the Petition and Appeal of Sir Alexander Cumming Baronet:

Visc. Lanesborough versus Ellwood.

Also, the Answer of Eleanor Ellwood, Widow of David Ellwood, deceased, Respondent to the Petition and Appeal of James Lord Viscount Lanesborough of the Kingdom of Ireland, and Lawrence Eustace, were brought in.

L. Bp. Rochester et al. versus Attorney General et al.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester and others are Appellants, and His Majesty's Attorney General and others are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Tuesday the Twentyfirst Day of this Instant March, at Eleven a Clock.

Rye Harbour Bill.

The Duke of Dorset reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better Preservation of the Harbour of Rye, in the County of Sussex," was committed: "That the Committee had gone through the said Bill; and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Sir E. Leighton versus Leighton et al.:

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Sir Edward Leighton Baronet; complaining of a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, of the Twelfth of November last, in a Cause wherein William Leighton Esquire and Dorothy his Wife, John Jones, William Jones, and John Braine, were Plaintiffs, and the Appellant Defendant; and praying, "That the same may be reversed:" As also upon the Answer of the said William Leighton, John Jones, William Jones, and John Braine, put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered by Counsel on either Side in this Cause:

Judgement affirmed, with Costs.

It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition and Appeal be, and is hereby, dismissed this House; and that the Decree therein complained of be, and is hereby, affirmed.

And a Motion being made, and the Question being put, "That the Appellant do pay, or cause to be paid, to the Respondents, the Sum of Forty Pounds, for their Costs in respect of the said Appeal?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Countess of Denbigh, Nat. Bill.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the Naturalization of Isabella Countess of Denbigh, Wife of William Earl of Denbigh."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

E. of Aylesford's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the Right Honourable Heneage Earl of Aylesford to sell certain Estates of Leasehold and Inheritance, in the County of Kent, comprized in his Marriage Settlement; and to purchase another Estate, in the County of Leicester, of better Value, to be settled to the same Uses."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with the Two preceding Bills.

And Messages were severally sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Borret and Mr. Lightboun:

To carry down the said Bills, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Rolfes' Pet. referred to Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of Jonas Rolfe Gentleman and Lucy his Wife; in Behalf of themselves, and of Jonas, Catherine, and Theodocia, their Children, being Infants under the Age of One and Twenty Years; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for Sale of the Manor or Lordship of Burnells, alias Riston, alias Ruston Burnells, and other Premises, in the County of Norfolk, to discharge Incumbrances thereupon; and for other Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. Justice Eyre; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands; and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

L. Carteret, Leave for a Bill:

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges to whom the Petition of John Lord Carteret and Edward Carteret Esquire was referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to vest the Estate of Sir Charles Carteret Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, for Payment of Debts; and settling the Remainder to the same Uses as in his Will."

Flines and Zincke, Nat. Bill.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines and Christian Friederick Zincke," was committed: "That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereunto."

Which were read Twice, and agreed to.

De Grey's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for discharging certain Estates, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, of and from the Uses and Limitations contained in the Marriage Settlement of Thomas De Grey Esquire; and for settling other Estates, in the said Counties, to the same Uses."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Saturday the Eighteenth Day of this Instant March, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati, quartum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Sabbati, 4^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

South Sea Stock, Ingrastment Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Farrar and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the South Sea Company to ingraft Part of their Capital Stock and Fund into the Stock and Fund of the Bank of England, and another Part thereof into the Stock and Fund of the East India Company; and for giving further Time for Payments to be made by the said South Sea Company to the Use of the Public;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time; and ordered to be read a Second Time on Thursday next; and the Lords to be summoned.

L. Parker et al. Pet. referred to Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Parker Baron of Macclesfield Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Sutton Clerk, and Edward Ayres and Sarah his Wife, and of Mathew Hawes and Sarah his Wife, for and on Behalf of themselves, and of Henry Hawes, Mathew Hawes, and Frances Hawes, Infants of tender Years, Children of the said Mathew Hawes and Sarah; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the Petitioners to make several Exchanges of Lands and Tenements, and to perform their several Agreements touching the same:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to Mr. Baron Price and Mr. Justice Eyre; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

University of Oxon to build Radcliff's Library, Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable any Corporations within the University of Oxford, or any other Persons, to sell and convey any Messuages and Ground within the said University, for building a Library, pursuant to the Will of John Radcliffe Doctor in Physic; and for empowering any Colleges in the said University to sell or convey any Ground or Houses to each other, for the Purposes therein mentioned."

Callicoes to prohibit, Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Use and Wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes, in Apparel, Householdstuff, Furniture, or otherwise, after the Twentyfifth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-two (except as therein is excepted)."

After some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.

And the Earl of Clarendon reported from the said Committee, "That they had heard Counsel, and examined Witnesses, on Behalf of the East India Company; and likewise heard some of the Petitioners, in relation to the said Bill; and had also heard Counsel on Behalf of the Petitioners for the Bill, as well as One of the said Petitioners; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Then, a Debate arising on the said Report:

Ordered, That the said Debate be adjourned till Tuesday next; and the Lords to be summoned.

Sir C. Carteret's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to vest the Estate of Sir Charles Carteret Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, for Payment of Debts; and settling the Remainder to the same Uses as in his Will."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Monday the Twentieth Day of this Instant March, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

E. Nottingham et al. Leave for a Bill:

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges to whom the Petition of Daniel Earl of Nottingham, Francis Gwynn and John Conyers Esquires, was referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to vest the Fee and Inheritance of divers Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, of William late Marquis of Halifax, in Trustees, to be sold, together with a Term of Five Hundred Years by him devised to his Executors, in Trust for the better Performance of his Will."

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, sextum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Lunæ, 6^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Lady Lovat et al. Answer to Lord Lovat's Appeal.

This Day the joint and several Answer of the Right Honourable Emelia Lady Dowager of Lovat, the Honourable Mrs. Anne, Katherine, and Margaret Frazers, Daughters to Hugh Lord Lovat deceased, Alexander Mackenzie of Garloch, an Infant, by his Guardians, and others, Real Creditors upon the Estate of Lovat and Hugh Frazer, and Patrick Robertson, Factors appointed on the said Estates, Respondents to the amended Petition and Appeal of Simon Frazer of Baufort, by the Name and Title of Simon Lord Lovat, Appellant, was brought in.

Mr. Eyles's Inventory of his Estate delivered.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That he had received from the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, pursuant to the Act of Parliament passed this Session, a Duplicate of the Inventory or Particular of the Estate of Francis Eyles Esquire, One of the late Directors of the South Sea Company."

And the Title thereof was read by the Clerk, as follows:

"A true and exact Particular and Inventory of all and singular the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, Goods, Chattels, Debts, and Personal Estate whatsoever, which I was seised or possessed of, or entitled to, in my own Right, and which any other Person or Persons was or were seised or possessed of, or in Trust for me, or my Use or Benefit, upon the 1st of June 1720, or at any Time after; with a true Account of what Part thereof is conveyed, aliened, transferred, or otherwise disposed of, to whom, the Time when, and the Consideration."

Ordered, That the said Inventory do lie on the Table.

E Coningesby's Privilege.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees for Privileges, "That the several Persons complained of by the Earl Coningesby, for a Breach of his Lordship's Privilege, attending according to Order, and Fifteen Witnesses on their Behalf also attending, who all came to Town from Herefordshire for this Purpose; the Committee desired the Direction of the House therein."

Lingen et al. Petition to be discharged Attendance.

A Petition of Thomas Lingen Clerk and Edward Witherston Esquire, Two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Hereford, Thomas Rodd Gentleman One of the Attornies of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westm'r, John Unett the Younger Gent. John Williams of Paradice, John Wootton, Walter Wharton Constable of Sutton Freene, and John Williams of Urdimarsh Constable of Wisteston, was presented to the House, and read; praying "to be discharged their further Attendance on the Committee of Privileges, to whom the Complaint of Thomas Earl Coningesby, of a Breach of Privilege committed by the Petitioners, in dispossessing his Lordship of a certain Tenement, within the Manor of Marden, in the said County, and committing some of his Servants and Agents to Hereford Gaol, within the Time of Privilege of Parliament, stands referred; and that the said Earl may pay them their Costs:"

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Matter of the said Complaint, and the Petition, be taken into Consideration on Thursday next; and that the Earl Coningesby may have a Copy of the said Petition, and Notice of this Order.

Chevers et al. versus Geoghegan et al.

After hearing Counsel in Part, upon the Petition and Appeal of Andrew Chevers, John Chevers, and Arthur Geoghegan and Mary his Wife, Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Nicholas Netterville Esquire, deceased, complaining of several Orders, and a Decree, of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland; as also upon the Answer of Terence Geoghegan and John Rogerson Esquire put in thereunto:

It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said Cause be adjourned till To-morrow.

Bridges, Leave for a Bill:

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges to whom the Petition of Harry Bridges, George Bridges, and John Michel, Esquires, was referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Harry Bridges Esquire to sell the Manor of Ilebrewers, in the County of Somerset, for Payment of his Daughter's Portion, and Legacies charged thereupon."

Whitby and Bridlington Piers, Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the better preserving and keeping in Repair the Piers of the Town and Port of Whitby, in the County of York; and for explaining and making more effectual the several Acts passed for lengthening and repairing the Piers of Bridlington, alias Burlington, in the said County."

Clavering's Bill.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable James Clavering Junior Esquire, to make Sale of his Estate at Tanfield, in the County of Durham, freed from the Uses and Trusts in the said James Clavering's Marriage Settlement; and to settle his Estate at Hallbill, in the said County, to the same Uses," was committed: "That they had considered of the said Bill, and found the Allegations thereof to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereunto."

Which were read Twice, and agreed to.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be engrossed.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, septimum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.

Die Jovis, 22^o Februarii, 1721, hitherto examined by us,

Clarendon.
Sussex.
Say & Seale.
Hu. Bristol.

DIE Martis, 7^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Messages from H C. with Bills.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Treby and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Also, a Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Townshend and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for finishing and adorning the new Chapel, called St. George's Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk; and for enlightening the Streets of the said Town; by a Duty or Imposition on Coals, Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and consumed there;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

River Weaver, Bill.

The Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee on the Bill, intituled, "An Act for making the River Weaver navigable, from Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County of Chester," being read:

It is Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee thereupon, on Saturday next, the First Business.

Chevers et al. versus Geoghegan and Rogerson:

After hearing Counsel; as well Yesterday as this Day, upon the Petition and Appeal of Andrew Chevers, John Chevers, Arthur Geoghegan and Mary his Wife, Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Nicholas Netterville Esquire, deceased; complaining of several Orders of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of the Nineteenth of February 1716, the Nineteenth of July and Seventh of December 1717, the Sixth of November and Fourteenth of February 1718, and of a Decree of the Thirtieth of April, and the Enrolment of the same; and of Two other Orders of the said Court, of the Four and Twentieth of November and Ninth of December 1719, in a Cause there depending on an English Bill, wherein the Respondent Terence Geoghegan was Plaintiff, and Nicholas Netterville and the Appellants Andrew Chevers and John Chevers originally were Defendants; to which Bill John Rogerson Esquire, His Majesty's Solicitor General in the said Kingdom, was afterwards made a Defendant; which said Cause was, after the Death of the said Nicholas Netterville, revived against the Appellants Arthur and Mary; and praying, "That the said Orders and Decree, and all Proceedings thereupon, may be reversed, and the Plaintiffs Bill dismissed, with Costs:" As also upon the Answer of Terence Geoghegan and John Rogerson put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered by Counsel on either Side in this Cause:

Decree reversed, with Directions:

Amended per Ordin 23^o Martii, 1720.

It is Ordered and Adjudged, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Decree of the Thirtieth of April 1719 be, and is hereby, reversed, without Prejudice to the precedent Orders complained of by the said Appeal; and that the Appellants be forthwith restored to such Possession of any of the Lands in Question, as hath been taken from them under the Decree of the Thirtieth of April 1719, or any subsequent Order; and that the Respondents pay the Rents and Profits by them received, by Virtue or Colour of the said Decree, or Orders to the Appellants; and that the now Respondent Terence Geoghegan be at Liberty to bring on the Cause regularly in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, according to the Course of that Court; and that thereupon the said Court do proceed to determine as shall be just.

Callicoes to prohibit, Bill.

The Order of the Day, for resuming the adjourned Debate, which arose on Saturday last, upon the Report then made from the Committee of the whole House to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Use and Wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes, in Apparel, Household Stuff, Furniture, or otherwise, after the Twenty-fifth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-two (except as therein is excepted)," was committed; "That the Committee had gone through the said Bill, without any Amendment;" being read:

It is Ordered, That the said Debate be adjourned till To-morrow, the First Business.

Causes put off.

Whereas To-morrow is appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the City of Coventry, are Appellants, and His Majesty's Attorney General and others are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Friday next; and that the other Causes be removed One Cause-day in Course.

State of Public Credit.

The other Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee to take into further Consideration the Causes of the unhappy Turn of Affairs, that has so much affected the Public Credit; and for the Clerks of the South Sea Company employed in taking in the Money on the Third Subscription, or paying back any Part of it, to attend; being read:

It is Ordered, That the House be put into the said Committee To-morrow; and the Lords to be summoned; and that the said Clerks do then attend.

Hornblow et al. complained of by the D. of Bolton, to be brought to the Bar.

A Petition of Thomas Hornblow, John Knight, James Butler, and Richard Bate, in Custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, for pulling down Hedges and Coppices belonging to the Duke of Bolton, and arresting Three of his Grace's Workmen, within the Time of Privilege of Parliament, in Breach of His Grace's Privilege and the Privilege of this House, was presented to the House, and read; expressing their Concern for falling under their Lordships Displeasure; and begging Pardon for the same; and praying to be discharged from their Consinement:

It is Ordered, That the Petitioners be brought to the Bar To-morrow, in order to their Discharge.

L. Parker et al Leave for a Bill:

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges to whom the Petition of the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Parker Baron of Macclesfield Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and others, was referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Parker Baron of Macclesfield Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Sutton Clerk, Edward Ayres and Sarah his Wife, and Mathew Hawes and Sarah his Wife, for and on the Behalf of themselves and of their Infant Children, to make several Exchanges of Lands and Tenements, and to perform their several Agreements touching the same."

Lord Lovat versus Lady Lovat et al.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause upon the amended Petition and Appeal of Simon Lord Lovat, to which Emilia Lady Dowager of Lovat and others are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday the Seven and Twentieth Day of this Instant March, at Eleven a Clock.

Marquis of Halifax's Estate, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to vest the Fee and Inheritance of divers Messuages, Lands, and Hereditaments, of William late Marquis of Halifax, in Trustees, to be sold, together with a Term of Five Hundred Years by him devised to his Executors, in Trust, for the better Performance of his Will."

Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Bill be committed to the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Wednesday the Two and Twentieth Day of this Instant March, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, octavum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 8^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Commissioners forfeited Estates versus D. Erskine.

This Day the Answer of Mr. David Erskine of Dunn, One of the Senators of the College of Justice, Respondent to the Petition and Appeal of the Commissioners and Trustees of the forfeited Estates, was brought in.

E. Coningesby's Letter, desiring his Complaint of a Breach of Privilege may be respited.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That he had received a Letter from the Earl Coningesby in The Tower, which his Lordship desired might be imparted to the House; praying their lordships Indulgence, that the Matter of his Complaint of a Breach of Privilege may be respited, during his present Incapacity to come to the House."

And the said Letter, being read by the Clerk, was ordered to lie on the Table.

Clavering's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable James Clavering Junior Esquire to make Sale of his Estate at Tanfield, in the County of Durham, freed from the Uses and Trusts in the said James Clavering's Marriage Settlement; and to settle his Estate at Hallbill, in the said County, to the same Uses."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Conway:

To carry down the said Bill, and desire their Concurrence thereunto.

Lighthorne Common, enclosing Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Mr. Freman and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enclose the Common Field of Lightborne, and a Common called Lighthorne Musters, in the County of Warwick;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the said Bill, with some Amendments, whereunto they desire their Lordships Concurrence.

Pagett's Bill.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting in Trustees a Moiety of divers Manors and Lands in Essex, belonging to Thomas Pagett Esquire and Mary his Wife, to enable them to convey the same according to Articles for the Sale thereof," was committed: "That they had considered of the said Bill, and found the Allegations thereof to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents; and that the Committee had gone through the said Bill, and made some Amendments thereunto."

Which being read by the Clerk:

His Lordship further reported, "That, the said Bill being for selling Lands in one Place, and buying Lands in another, the Committee had observed, That the Standing Order of this House, of the 16th of February 1705, had not been duly complied with; no Lands having been contracted for, or purchased, in Lieu of those intended to be sold."

And the said Order being read:

It is Ordered, That the said Bill be re-committed to the same Committee; to meet To-morrow Morning; to report to the House the Reasons, if any appear, why the said Bill should pass, without an Agreement actually made for a Purchase of Lands, in Lieu of those intended to be sold, as is directed to be done by the said Standing Order.

Mutiny Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters."

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Saturday next.

Callicoes to prohibit, Bill:

The House (according to Order) resumed the adjourned Debate which arose on Saturday last, upon the Report then made from the Committee of the whole House to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Use and Wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes, in Apparel, Household-stuff, Furniture, or otherwise, after the Twenty-fifth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-two (except as therein is excepted)," was committed: "That the Committee had gone through the said Bill, without any Amendment."

And it being proposed, in the 19th Line of the First Press, "To leave out the Word ["Two"], and insert the Word ["One"]; in order to shorten the Time of the Commencement of the said Bill:"

After Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ["Two"] shall stand Part of the Bill?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Protest against rejecting an Amendment.

"Dissentient.

"1. Because it appears to us very extraordinary, and, as we believe, is unprecedented, that any Bill of this Nature should not take Effect till so long after the passing thereof; and even almost a Year after the Parliament in which it passed must legally determine.

"2. We think the Delay in this Case the more unreasonable, the Miseries of the People proposed to be remedied by this Bill requiring a speedy Redress; and, after the Loss of the like Bill the last Session, deferring the Relief for near Two Years longer, may, we fear, reduce the poor Manufacturers to such Want, as may endanger the public Peace, or else make as many as can turn themselves to other Business, to the Ruin of the Woollen Manufactures of this Kingdom.

"3. We conceive that, till the Bill shall take Place, it will rather encourage, than hinder, the buying of printed Callicoes, which is at present obstructed by the Apprehension of a much nearer and stricter Prohibition; but when it shall be known not to extend to any such Callicoes which shall be made up in Furniture before the Twenty-fifth of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-two, and that the same may be continued in Use till worn out, it cannot but be a great Inducement to the People to furnish themselves therewith.

"4. We do not think it improbable, considering the mighty Influence the great Companies may have on public Affairs, but that Attempts may be made, even before the Provisions of the Act take Place, to repeal it; and we cannot take upon us to determine what the Sense of a new Parliament may be on this Subject.

"5. And we apprehend, the deferring the Remedy of the Mischiefs set forth in the Preamble of the Bill, for so long a Time, may disappoint, in great Mcasure, the Hopes which the People of this Kingdom have so justly entertained, of having an End put to the Difficulties the Woollen Manufactures lie under, in this Session of Parliament.

St. John de Bletsoe.

Litchfield.
Strafford.
Cowper.
Wharton.
Scarsdale.
Uxbridge.
North & Grey.
Hay.
Boyle.
Masham.
Abingdon.
Mansel.
Guilford.
Craven.
Bathurst.
Gower.
Essex.
Aylesford.
Brooke."

State of Public Credit.

The other Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee, to take into further Consideration the Causes of the unhappy Turn of Affairs, that has so much affected the Public Credit; and for the Clerks of the South Sea Company employed in taking in the Money on the Third Subscription, or paying back any Part of it, to attend; being read:

It is Ordered, That the House be put into the said Committee on Tuesday next; and the Lords to be summoned; and that the said Clerks do then attend.

Callicoes to prohibit, Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to preserve and encourage the Woollen and Silk Manufactures of this Kingdom; and for the more effectual employing the Poor, by prohibiting the Use and Wear of all printed, painted, stained, or dyed Callicoes, in Apparel, Household-stuff, Furniture, or otherwise, after the Twenty-fifth Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-two (except as therein is excepted)."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. that the the Lords have agreed to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Conway:

To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, without any Amendment.

L Parker et al. Bill.

Hodic 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Parker Baron of Macclesfield Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, John Sutton Clerk, Edward Ayres and Sarah his Wife, and Mathew Hawes and Sarah his Wife, for and on the Behalf of themselves and of their Infant Children, to make several Exchanges of Lands and Tenements, and to perform their several Agreements touching the same."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Thursday the Three and Twentieth Day of this Instant March, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Sir A. Cumming versus Presbytery of Aberdeen.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein Sir Alexander Cumming Baronet is Appellant, and the Presbytery of Aberdeen and Mr. William Abercrombie are Respondents:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the Nine and Twentieth Day of this Instant March, at Eleven a Clock.

Hornblow et al. discharged.

This Day Thomas Hornblow, John Knight, James Butler, and Richard Bate, in Custody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, for pulling down Hedges and Coppices belonging to the Duke of Bolton, and arresting Three of his Grace's Workmen, within the Time of Privilege of Parliament, in Breach of his Grace's Privilege and the Privilege of this House, were (according to Order) brought to the Bar.

Where they, on their Knees, were reprimanded by the Lord Chancellor, for their said Offences; and discharged, paying their Fees.

University of Oxon to build Radcliffe Library, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable any Corporations within the University of Oxford, or any other Persons, to sell and convey any Messuages and Ground, within the said University, for building a Library, pursuant to the Will of John Radcliffe Doctor in Physic; and for empowering any Colleges in the said University to sell or convey any Ground or Houses to each other, for the Purposes therein mentioned."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Lords Committees beforenamed.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Friday next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Great Yarmouth Chapel, Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for finishing and adorning the new Chapel, called St. George's Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk; and for enlightening the Streets of the said Town; by a Duty or Imposition on Coals, Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and consumed there."

Flines et al. Nat. Bill.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Gilbert de Flines and Christian Friederick Zincke."

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill, with the Amendments, shall pass?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Conway:

To acquaint them, that the Lords have agreed to the said Bill, with some Amendments, whereunto they desire their Concurrence.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, nonum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auror. Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 9^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Pagett's Bill.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting in Trustees a Moiety of divers Manors and Lands in Essex, belonging to Thomas Pogett Esquire and Mary his Wife, to enable them to convey the same, according to Articles for the Sale thereof," was re-committed, in order to report the Reasons, if any appear, why the said Bill should pass, without an Agreement actually made for a Purchase of Lands in Lieu of those intended to be sold, as is directed to be done by the Standing Order of this House:

"That the Committee, upon the said Re-commitment, have considered more particularly the Nature and Circumstances of this Case; and offer to your Lordships the Reasons following:

"That the Estate, intended by the Bill to be sold, is an undivided Estate; which, if sold in Moieties, cannot be sold to so great an Advantage as when sold entire, which is now the Case.

"That the Price, for which this Estate is agreed to be sold, far exceeds any Price that could have been got at any other Time than that at which the Contract was made; by which Contract, a Decree in Chancery, or an Act of Parliament, was agreed to be obtained, and the Conveyances executed, by the Twenty-fifth of June next; in Default whereof, the said Contract is to be void, which would be much to the Prejudice of the Family; whereas the Sale will be greatly to its Advantage; the Price contracted for being far above the Value of the Lands settled, were they now to be sold.

"That there is no Prospect of finding an Estate within the Time limited by the Articles; and had an Estate been bought at the Time of the Sale, the Price would have been so great, as that the Benefit arising to the Family by the said Sale would have been taken away. And in regard it is intended by the Bill, that the Money arising by the said Sale is to be lodged in the Hands of Trustees, who are the Earl of Uxbridge and the Lord Guilford, till a convenient Purchase can be found of an Estate to be settled to the same Uses, as that agreed to be sold:

"The Committee are of Opinion, for the Reasons aforementioned, that it is reasonable the said Bill should pass."

Which Report, being read by the Clerk, was agreed to by the House.

And a Motion being made, "That the Standing Order of this House, for the Reasons mentioned in the said Report, may be dispensed with in this Case."

It is Ordered, That this House will take the said Motion into Consideration To-morrow; and the Lords to be summoned.

Bridges's Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable Harry Bridges Esquire to sell the Manor of Ilebrewers, in the County of Somerset, for Payment of his Daughter's Portion, and Legacies charged thereupon."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Friday the Four and Twentieth Day of this Instant March, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Great Yarmouth Chapel, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for finishing and adorning the new Chapel, called St. George's Chapel, in Great Yarmouth, in the County of Norfolk; and for enlightening the Streets of the said Town, by a Duty or Imposition on Coals, Culm, and Cinders, to be landed and consumed there."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Lords Committees beforenamed.

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet on Monday, next at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

Perry & Ux. Petition referred to Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of Thomas Perry of Colchester in the County of Essex Esquire, and of Anne his Wife; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, to discharge a Settlement of certain Lands and Tenements in the County of Essex, upon the Petitioner and his Heirs, for Payment of Debts, and for other Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. Justice Blencowe; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

E. Dunbarton's Privilege:

Complaint being made to the House, of a Breach of Privilege, committed on the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunbarton, a Peer of Great Britain, by the Under Sheriff of the County of Kent, John Parker, and John Kider, in arresting his Lordship:

And thereupon a Letter from the said Earl to the Lord Belhaven being read:

And one Cornelius Anthony being called in, and examined upon Oath, touching the said Arrest:

Parker & al. to attend, for arresting him.

It is Ordered, That the said Under Sheriff of the County of Kent, John Parker, and John Kider, do attend this House on Saturday next, to answer the said Complaint.

Lingen & al. complained of by E. Coningesby discharged further Attendance.

The House (according to Order) proceeded to take into Consideration the Matter of the Complaint of Thomas Earl Coningesby, of a Breach of Privilege committed by Thomas Lingen Clerk, Edward Witherston Esquire, Thomas Rodd Gentleman, and others, in dispossessing his Lordship of a certain Tenement, within the Manor of Marden, in the County of Hereford, and committing some of his Servants and Agents to Hereford Gaol: As also a Petition of the said Thomas Lingen and others; praying to be discharged their further Attendance, and that the said Earl may pay them their Costs.

And his Lordship's Letter to the Lord Chancellor, desiring the Matter of the said Complaint may be respited, during his Incapacity to attend, being read:

It is Ordered, That the several Petitioners be, and they are hereby, discharged from the Matter of the said Complaint; and they and their Witnesses from all further Attendance touching the same.

South Sea Stock, Ingraftment Bill:

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the South Sea Company to ingraft Part of their Capital Stock and Fund into the Stock and Fund of the Bank of England, and another Part thereof into the Stock and Fund of the East India Company; and for giving further Time for Payments to be made by the said South Sea Company, to the Use of the Public."

After Debate;

The Question was put, "Whether this Bill shall be committed?"

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

Protest against committing it.

"Dissentient.

Uxbridge.
Wharton.
Abingdon.
Cowper.
Warrington.
Bristol.
North & Grey.
Brooke.
Guilford.
Bathurst.
Aylestord.
Anglesey.
Boyle.
Gower.
Essex.
Compton.
Strafford.
Foley.
Mansel."

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill, on Saturday next.

Propositions of the Three Companies to be laid before the House.

Ordered, That a Proposition agreed to in a General Court of the South Sea Company, holden on or about the Second Day of January 1720; and a Proposition agreed to in a General Court of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, holden on or about the Twenty-ninth Day of December 1720; as also a Proposition of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to The East Indies, agreed to in a General Court of that Corporation, holden on or about the Third Day of January 1720, severally recited in the Preamble of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the South Sea Company to ingraft Part of their Capital Stock and Fund into the Stock and Fund of the Bank of England, and another Part thereof into the Stock and Fund of the East India Company; and for giving further Time for Payments to be made by the said South Sea Company, to the Use of the Public," be laid before this House on Saturday next, by Three of the Directors of each of the said Companies respectively.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, decimum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 10^o Martii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Pagett's Bill:

The Order of the Day, for taking into Consideration the Motion made Yesterday, for dispensing with the Standing Order of this House, in relation to Bills for selling Lands in One Place, and buying Lands in another, being read:

Standing Order dispensed with.

It is Ordered, That the said Order be dispensed with in the Case of Mr. Pagett's Bill, for the Reasons mentioned in the Report from the Lords Committees to whom the said Bill was re-committed.

Then the House proceeded to take into Consideration the Amendments made by the Committee to the said Bill.

Which being read, and agreed to; the Bill was ordered to be engrossed, with the said Amendments.

Mayor of Coventry & al. versus Attorney General & al.

After hearing Counsel in Part, upon the Petition and Appeal of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, of the City of Coventry; complaining of a Decree of the High Court of Chancery; as also upon the Answer of Sir Rebert Raymond Knight, His Majesty's Attorney General, and others, put in thereunto:

It is Ordered, That the further Hearing the said Cause be adjourned till To-morrow.

River Weaver navigable, Bill.

Whereas To-morrow is appointed, for the House to be in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for making the River Weaver navigable, from Frodsham Bridge to Winsford Bridge, in the County of Chester:"

It is Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee thereupon, on Monday next.

Mutiny Bill.

Whereas To-morrow is appointed, for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion; and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters:"

It is Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Monday next.

South Sea Company, Ingrafiment Bill.

Whereas To-morrow is appointed, for the House to be in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the South Sea Company to ingraft Part of their Capital Stock and Fund into the Stock and Fund of the Bank of England; and another Part thereof into the Stock and Fund of the East India Company, and for giving further Time for Payments to be made by the said South Sea Company, to the Use of the Public:"

It is Ordered, That the House be put into the said Committee on Monday next; and that the Three Propositions of the said Companies, agreed to in their General Courts, and severally recited in the Preamble of the said Bill, be then laid before this House by Three of the Directors of each of the said Companies respectively.

Causes put off.

Whereas Monday next is appointed, for arguing the Errors assigned upon a Writ of Error depending in this House, wherein John Throckmorton Esquire is Plaintiff, and Joan Church Widow Defendant:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Errors argued, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday next; and that the other Causes be removed One Cause-day in Course.

Commissioners forfeited Estates versus Erskine:

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein the Commissioners and Trustees of the forfeited Estates are Appellants, and Mr. David Erskine of Dun, One of the Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland, is Respondent:"

Hearing appointed.

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday the Third Day of April next, at Eleven a Clock.

Robertson versus Commissioners forfeited Estates:

Whereas a Petition of Appeal of Margaret Robertson Spinster was presented to this House the Twentyfirst of January last; complaining of a Decree of the Commissioners and Trustees of the forfeited Estates in Scotland, of the Tenth of October 1718; and of a Decree of the Lords Delegates of the Three and Twentieth of December last, made on the Behalf of the said Commissioners and Trustees: And whereas, by the Standing Rules of this House, Appellants ought, within Eight Days after any Appeal is received, to enter into a Recognizance to His Majesty, of the Penalty of One Hundred Pounds, conditioned to pay such Costs to the Respondent in such Appeal as this House shall appoint; and the said Margaret Robertson having not entered into such Recognizance:

Appeal dismissed, no Recognizance.

It is therefore Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Petition and Appeal of Margaret Robertson shall be, and is hereby, dismissed this House.

L. Romney & al. Leave for a Bill:

After reading, and considering, the Report of the Judges to whom the Petition of the Right Honourable Robert Lord Romney and Elizabeth Lady Romney his Wife, on Behalf of themselves, and the Honourable Robert Marsham and Elizabeth Marsham their Children, and others, was referred; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

Bill read.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for Sale of Part of the Estate of the Right Honourable Robert Lord Romney, in the County of Norfolk; and for settling other Lands, of greater Value, in the County of Kent, already purchased, to the same Uses.

Duff versus Gordon.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein William Duff of Dipple Esquire is Appellant, and George Gordon of Glastirum Esquire is Respondent."

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Wednesday the Fifth Day of April next, at Eleven a Clock.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati, undecimum diem instantis Martii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.