House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 7 October 1831

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Die Veneris, 7 °Octobris 1831.

DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Dux Cumberland.
Dux Sussex.
Dux Gloucester.
Archiep. Cantuar.
Ds. Brougham
& Vaux,
Cancellarius.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Bath. et Well.
Epus. Lich. et Cov.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bristol.
Epus. Roffen.
Epus. Landaven.
Epus. Oxon.
Epus. Glocestr.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Cicestrien.
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Ds. Wellesley, Senescallus.
Ds. Melbourne, Unus Primariorum
Secretariorum.
Ds. De Ros.
Ds. De Clifford.
Ds. Audley.
Ds. Willoughby de Eresby.
Ds. Dacre.
Ds. Clinton.
Ds. Stourton.
Ds. Willoughby de Broke.
Ds. Howard of Effingham.
Ds. Howard de Walden.
Ds. Petre.
Ds. Saye & Sele.
Ds. Arundell of Wardour.
Ds. Clifton.
Ds. Dormer.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Stafford.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Forbes.
Ds. Saltoun.
Ds. Colville of Culross.
Ds. Napier.
Ds. Belhaven & Stenton.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Hay.
Ds. King.
Ds. Monson.
Ds. Montfort.
Ds. Ponsonby.
Ds. Grantham.
Ds. Boston.
Ds. Holland.
Ds. Vernon.
Ds. Ducie.
Ds. Sundridge & Hamilton.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Dynevor.
Ds. Walsingham.
Ds. Southampton.
Ds. Rodney.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Sherborne.
Ds. Montagu.
Ds. Suffield.
Ds. Kenyon.
Ds. Braybrooke.
Ds. Fisherwick.
Ds. Douglas of Douglas.
Ds. Gage.
Ds. Auckland.
Ds. Lyttelton.
Ds. Mendip.
Ds. Dundas.
Ds. Yarborough.
Ds. Dawnay.
Ds. Rolle.
Ds. Bayning.
Ds. Bolton.
Ds. Northwick.
Ds. Lilford.
Ds. Ribblesdale.
Ds. Carbery.
Ds. Dufferin & Claneboye.
Ds. Dunalley.
Ds. Alvanley.
Ds. Abercromby.
Ds. Redesdale.
Ds. Ellenborough.
Ds. Arden.
Ds. Sheffield.
Ds. Barham.
Ds. Mont Eagle.
Ds. Ponsonby of Imokilly.
Ds. Gardner.
Ds. Manners.
Ds. Lynedoch.
Ds. Meldrum.
Ds. Prudhoe.
Ds. Ker.
Ds. Ormonde.
Ds. Clanbrassill.
Ds. Maryborough.
Ds. Ravensworth.
Ds. Delamere.
Ds. Forester.
Ds. Bexley.
Ds. Penshurst.
Ds. Somerhill.
Ds. Farnborough.
Ds. Wharncliffe.
Ds. Feversham.
Ds. Seaford.
Ds. Lyndhurst.
Ds. Fife.
Ds. Tenterden.
Ds. Plunket.
Ds. Melros.
Ds. Cowley.
Ds. Stuart de Rothesay.
Ds. Rosebery.
Ds. Clanwilliam.
Ds. Skelmersdale.
Ds. Wallace.
Ds. Wynford.
Ds. Kilmarnock.
Ds. Fingall.
Ds. Sefton.
Ds. Clements.
Ds. Rossie.
Ds. Dover.
Ds. Kenlis.
Ds. Chaworth.
Ds. Dunmore.
Ds. Ludlow.
Ds. Howden.
Ds. Panmure.
Ds. Oakley.
Ds. Poltimore.
Ds. Wenlock.
Ds. Mostyn.
Ds. Segrave.
Ds. Templemore.
Ds. Dinorben.
Ds. Cloncurry.
Ds. De Saumarez.
March. Lansdowne, Præses.
Dux Norfolk, Marescallus.
Dux Devonshire, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux Beaufort.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Leeds.
Dux Rutland.
Dux Brandon.
Dux Manchester.
Dux Dorset.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Wellington.
Dux Buckingham & Chandos.
March. Winchester.
March. Queensberry.
March. Salisbury.
March. Bath.
March. Hertford.
March. Bute.
March. Thomond.
March. Exeter.
March. Camden.
March. Anglesey.
March. Cholmondeley.
March. Hastings.
March. Ailesbury.
March. Westmeath.
March. Bristol.
March. Cleveland.
March. Westminster.
Comes Suffolk & Berkshire.
Comes Denbigh.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Winchilsea & Nottingham.
Comes Thanet.
Comes Essex.
Comes Carlisle.
Comes Doncaster.
Comes Shaftesbury.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Plymouth.
Comes Albemarle.
Comes Coventry.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Poulett.
Comes Morton.
Comes Home.
Comes Selkirk.
Comes Oxford & Mortimer.
Comes Dartmouth.
Comes Tankerville.
Comes Aylesford.
Comes Cowper.
Comes Pomfret.
Comes Waldegrave.
Comes Brooke & Warwick.
Comes Guilford.
Comes Cornwallis.
Comes Hardwicke.
Comes Ilchester.
Comes De Lawarr.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Bathurst.
Comes Hillsborough.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Norwich.
Comes Talbot.
Comes Digby.
Comes Beverley.
Comes Mansfield.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Liverpool.
Comes Charlemont.
Comes Mount Cashell.
Comes Longford.
Comes Mayo.
Comes Enniskillen.
Comes Wicklow.
Comes Caledon.
Comes Rosslyn.
Comes Craven.
Comes Onslow.
Comes Romney.
Comes Chichester.
Comes Wilton.
Comes Limerick.
Comes Powis.
Comes Gosford.
Comes Manvers.
Comes Orford.
Comes Grey.
Comes Lonsdale.
Comes Harrowby.
Comes Mulgrave.
Comes Harewood.
Comes Minto.
Comes Verulam.
Comes Brownlow.
Comes St. Germans.
Comes Morley.
Comes Bradford.
Comes Beauchamp.
Comes Glengall.
Comes Eldon.
Comes Falmouth.
Comes Howe.
Comes Vane.
Comes Amherst.
Comes Dudley.
Comes Cawdor.
Comes Munster.
Comes Camperdown.
Comes Lichfield.
Vicecom. Hereford.
Vicecom. Falkland.
Vicecom. Arbuthnott.
Vicecom. Bolingbroke & St. John.
Vicecom. Leinster.
Vicecom. Maynard.
Vicecom. Sydney.
Vicecom. Hood.
Vicecom. Doneraile.
Vicecom. Melville.
Vicecom. Sidmouth.
Vicecom. Lorton.
Vicecom. Gordon.
Vicecom. Granville.
Vicecom. Beresford.
Vicecom. Combermere.
Vicecom. Goderich.

PRAYERS.

The Lord Wynford sat Speaker by virtue of a former Commission.

Cotton Factories Bill, Lords added to Select Comee on.

Ordered, That The Earl of Harewood and The Lord Feversham be added to the Select Committee appointed to enquire into the Expediency or Inexpediency of the Regulations contained in the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices and other young Persons employed in Cotton Factories and in Cotton Mills, and to make further Provisions in lieu thereof."

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed by The Lord Tenterden, who sat Speaker by virtue of a former Commission.

Reform (England) Bill, Petitions in favor of: Malton:

Upon reading the Petition of the Bailiff and Inhabitants of the Borough of Malton, in the North Riding of the County of York, in Public Meeting assembled, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Maidenhead:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Maidenhead, and Freeholders and Occupiers of Land in its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Weem:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Weem, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Killin:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Killin, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Kenmore:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Kenmore, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Fortingal:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Fortingal, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Dull:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Dull, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Ballquhidder:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Parish of Ballquhidder, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Huntingdon:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitant Householders of the Borough of Huntingdon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Eaglesham:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Parish of Eaglesham, in the County of Renfrew, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Procurators, Glasgow:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Dean and Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, incorporated by Royal Charter, under their Common Seal:

Bolingbroke:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Bolingbroke, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Ledbury:

And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Parish of Ledbury and Vicinity, in the County of Hereford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, unanimously agreed to at a Public Meeting; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales;" and severally praying their Lordships, "That the same may pass into a Law:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table.

Hungerford:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Hungerford, in the County of Berks, and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships, "That in order to preserve the Government as by Law established, to give Security to Property, to afford a due Reward to the Labours of the industrious, to restore Tranquillity to the Public Mind, and to prevent National Confusion, they will be pleased to pass the said Bill with as little Delay as possible:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Dukinfield:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Township of Dukinfield, in the County Palatine of Chester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships, "That nothing may retard its Course through the Remainder of its Stages; but that they will be pleased to place the Reform Bill on the Statute Book of England with as much Dispatch as is consistent with sound Policy and a due Regard to the multifarious Rights and Interests therein involved:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Graig, &c:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parishes of Graig, Ullard and Cowerstown, in the County of Kilkenny, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying, "That their Lordships will not disappoint the ardent Wishes of an united People, by giving the Sanction of this House to that Measure so eminently calculated to promote the Peace, Happiness and Prosperity of the British Empire:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Beeralstone:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Beeralstone and the Parish of Beer Ferris, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships "not to suffer the Efficiency of the same to be impaired by specious Alterations, while the Letter of it is preserved; nor to delay it any longer than a due Consideration of its Enactments absolutely requires:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Beccles.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Beccles, in Suffolk, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying their Lordships "to lose not a Day in passing a Measure essential to the Safety of our National Institutions, and, as the Petitioners firmly believe, to the very Stability of the Throne itself:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Agricultural Labourers Employment Bill.

The Lord Kenyon reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for encouraging and facilitating the Employment of Labourers in Agriculture," was committed; "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereto."

Ordered, That the said Bill, as amended, be printed.

Cotton Factories Bill Report from Select Comee:

The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords Committees appointed a Select Committee to enquire into the Expediency or Inexpediency of the Regulations contained in the Bill, intituled, "An Act to repeal the Laws relating to Apprentices and other young Persons employed in Cotton Factories and in Cotton Mills, and to make further Provisions in lieu thereof;" That the Committee had met, and considered the said Bill; and that it appears to the Committee, That it is expedient that the House should proceed in the Consideration of the said Bill."

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

Bill read 2a, & committed.

Then the said Bill was read a Second Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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

TitheSystem, Petition from Wellow for Revision of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Hundred of Wellow, consisting of Thirteen Parishes in the County of Somerset, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; complaining of the Evils resulting from the Operation of the Tithe Laws, and praying their Lordships "for a Commutation of Tithes at a Tenth Part of the Rental; and that if the Tithe Owners are to receive a Tenth of any Improvements, they, in Equity, may bear a Tenth of the Expences thereby incurred:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Yeomanry Corps, (Ireland,) Petition from Raheen for disbanding.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Raheen, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to disband and disarm the Yeomanry of Ireland, who by long Experience have been proved in Cases of Emergency totally insufficient to maintain Tranquillity, and only remarkable for their Cruelty and Cowardice:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Galway Elective Franchise, Petitions for Extension of: Cara Brown, Galway: Nun's Island: Protestant Burgesses, Galway:

Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant Freemen and Inhabitants of the Parish of Cara Brown, Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants residing in the Parish of Nun's Island, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the resident Protestant Burgesses of the Corporation of Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Protestant Freemen, Galway:

Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant Freemen of Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed:

Protestant Merchants, Galway:

And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant Merchants of Galway, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying, "That their Lordships will be graciously pleased to equalize Civil Rights in Galway, by extending to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes the Elective Franchise in as full and ample a Manner as the same is now enjoyed by Protestants:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table.

Protestant, Freemen, Galway.

Upon reading the Petition of the Protestant Freemen of the Corporation of Galway, residing in the Wardenship, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to accord to the Roman Catholic Mercantile and Trading Classes of Galway the same Right of Franchise as is now enjoyed by Protestants:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Etzerodt's Naturalization Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Ellice and others;

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing Christian Etzerodt;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Regulations passed by the Governments of India, delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Preston, from the Court of Directors of The East India Company, attended;"

He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to the Directions of an Act of Parliament,

"Regulations passed by The Governor General in Council of Bengal, The Governor in Council of Fort St. George, and The Governor in Council of Bombay, in the Year 1830."

And then he withdrew.

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;

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

Reform (England) Bill, Petitions from Fordwich & Beverley against.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the ancient Town and Port of Fordwich and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales;" and praying their Lordships "to exercise their undoubted Privilege in its Amendment or Rejection:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Upon reading the Petition of the Gentry, Clergy and Inhabitants of the Town of Beverley, in the County of York, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the last-mentioned Bill, and praying, "That their Lordships will calmly and deliberately weigh the Merits and Demerits of the same, and will not sacrifice their Honor and the Interests of their Country to the Fear of incurring popular Resentment, but, under the ever-watchful Care of Divine Providence, transmit our glorious Constitution unimpaired to the latest Posterity:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Embankments (Ireland) Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower Landed Proprietors in Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers;"

The said Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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

Churches Building Bill.

The House proceeded to take into Consideration the Amendments made by the Commons to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, "An Act to amend the Laws for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes."

And the said Amendments, being read Three Times by the Clerk, were agreed to by the House.

And, A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Trower and Mr. Roupell, to acquaint them therewith.

Baking Trade (Ireland) Bill.

The Earl of Shaftesbury (according to Order) reported the Amendments made by the Committee of the Whole House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to regulate the Baking Trade in Ireland."

And the said Amendments, being read Twice by the Clerk, were agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed.

Customs Management Bill.

Hodie 2a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to repeal so much of an Act for the Management of the Customs as allows certain Fees to be taken by Officers of the Customs, and to make further Regulations in respect thereof."

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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

Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill:

The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for amending and making more effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland;"

The said Bill was accordingly read the Third Time.

Then it was moved "to disagree to Clause (A.) added by the Committee to the said Bill."

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then it was moved, in Press 53, Line 1, after ("Act") to insert the following Clause:

"And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for any Shire or Stewartry to grant to the Tacksman of the Tolls, or Tollgatherer, or other Person situated at any Toll Bar, any Licence to sell any Wine, Ale, Spirituous Liquors or Provisions, unless an Application shall have been previously made to such Justices by the Trustees of the District of Roads within which such Toll Bar shall be situated, recommending that such Tacksman, Tollgatherer or other Person who from Time to Time may be situated at such Toll Bar should be so licensed as aforesaid."

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Then the following Amendments were made to the said Bill:

Pr. 64. L. 10. Leave out ("said Trustees") and insert ("Justices at any stated Meeting, on the Application of the Trustees of such Road")

Pr. 102. L. 6. After ("Road") insert ("Provided always, that such Trestles or Bars shall at all Times be placed in such Manner as not to be more inconvenient to Passengers than may be necessary to prevent Interruption to the Work, or to prevent Carts or Carriages from running in Tracks injurious to the Road")

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 the former Messengers;

To return the said Bill, and acquaint them, That the Lords have agreed to the same, with several Amendments, to which their Lordships desire their Concurrence.

Tithes Composition Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for encouraging and facilitating Compositions for Tithes and other Profits arising and payable to Incumbents of Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales;" and for the Lords to be summoned;

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time on Tuesday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Education, (Ireland,) Petitions from Colerain & Ballynure for continuing Grants for.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Colerain and its Vicinity, County of Londonderry, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "as the Legislators of a Nation professing Christianity, as the Assertors of Civil and Religious Liberty, and as the Friends of suffering Humanity, to disregard the Clamours of the selfish and ignorant against the Education Society of Kildare Place, and guided, not by vain Theories, but well-attested Facts, to persevere in applying the divinely-ordained Remedy for the Distractions of Ireland, by continuing National Support, as heretofore, or more abundantly, to the above-named Society, and to every other which is established for the Promotion of Scriptural Education in that Land and elsewhere under the British Sceptre, that Truth and Peace, and Righteousness and Happiness, may flourish and abound:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Ballynure, in the County of Antrim, Ireland, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to afford, as they have hitherto done, to the Society for promoting the Education of the Poor of Ireland their Countenance and Protection:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed by The Lord Chancellor.

Beer Act, Petition of Clergy of Southampton respecting.

Upon reading the Petition of the officiating Clergy of the Town of Southampton and the adjoining Parishes, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That such Measures may be adopted as may appear to their Lordships the most efficacious in promoting the Morals and Comforts of the Poor, by prohibiting the Consumption of Beer on the Premises where it may be sold as authorized by the Act for permitting the general Sale of Beer by Retail:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Reform (England) Bill, 2d Reading put off for 6 Months:

The Order of the Day being read for resuming the adjourned Debate on the Motion, "That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales," be now read a Second Time;" and on the proposed Amendment, to leave out ("now") and insert ("this Day Six Months"); and for the Lords to be summoned;

It was moved, "That The Lord Wynford be allowed to address the House sitting, on account of Infirmity."

The same was agreed to.

Then the Debate was resumed.

After long Debate,

The Question was put, "Whether the Word ("now") shall stand Part of the Motion?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

Dissent thereon.

DISSENTIENT:

"Vassall Holland.
"Norfolk, E.M.
"Foley.
"Gosford.
"Mulgrave.
"Yarborough.
"Devonshire.
"Albemarle.
"Suffolk & Berkshire.
"Ducie.
"Grey.
"Stafford.
"Sherborne.
"Granville.
"Auckland.
"Vernon.
"Lilford.
"Leinster.
"Chaworth.
"Stourton.
"Dundas.
"Radnor.
"Clements.
"Charlemont.
"Poltimore.
"Kenlis.
"Sundridge.
"Sefton.
"Dawnay.
"Essex.
"Dover.
"Segrave.
"Cawdor.
"Dacre.
"Ilchester.
"Gower.
"Richmond.
"Rosebery.
"Lynedoch.
"King.
"Camperdown.
"Panmure.
"Queensberry.
"Hood.
"Napier.
"Belhaven & Hamilton.
"Howard of Effingham.
"Ponsonby.
"Oakley.
"Fingall.
"Templemore.
"Grafton.
"Augustus Frederick.
"Rossie.
"Cleveland.
"Dinorben.
"Clifton.
"Carlisle.
"Denbigh.
"Barham.
"Abercromby.
"Brandon.
"Mendip.
"Anglesey.
"Plunket.
"Lansdowne.
"Goderich.
"Melbourne.
"Mostyn.
"Hillsborough.
"Howden.
"Suffield.
"Minto.
"Cloncurry.
"Erskine."

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on this Day Six Months.

Harris v. Kemble et al.

Upon reading the Petition of Charles Kemble, John Saltren Willett and John Forbes, Three of the Respondents in a Cause depending in this House, to which Henry Harris is Appellant; praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to appoint an early Day for the further Hearing of this Cause:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati, octavum diem instantis Octobris, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.