House of Lords Journal Volume 21: July 1721, 11-20

July 1721, 11-20

DIE Martis, 11^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Message from H. C. to return Lechmere's Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the Estate late of Anthony Lechmere Esquire, deceased, in Trustees, to be sold, for Payment of Debts;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Nedham's Bill.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of Part of the Estate of Edward Nedham Gentleman, in the County of Leicester, for Payment of Debts charged thereupon; and for other Purposes therein mentioned," 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.

List of Army Debts undetermined, delivered:

The House being informed, "That the Secretary of the late Commissioners for examining and determining the Debts due to the Army attended:"

He was called in; and delivered, at the Bar, pursuant to the Order of this House of Thursday last,

A List of the Demands remaining undetermined by Commissioners for examining and determining the Debts due the Army."

And withdrew.

And the Title of the said List was read.

Signs Manual and Certificates to be laid before the House.

Ordered, That the late Commissioners, appointed to examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army, do lay before this House, a List of all the Signs Manual they have received; expressing what Services they were for, and what Sums they have Certificates for thereupon.

Aislabie and Administrators of Craggs, Petitions against the Bill for Relief of the South Sea Sufferers, considered:

The House (according to Order) resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Petition of John Aislabie Esquire; as also the Petition of Edward Eliot and Elizabeth his Wife, Anne the Wife of John Newsham Esquire, and Margaret the Wife of Samuel Trefusis Esquire, Daughters, Coheirs, and Administrators, of James Craggs late of London Esquire, deceased; praying to be heard, by their Counsel, against the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy Cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament, for the suture; and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed," before any further Proceedings be had thereupon.

After Debate; and reading the several Proceedings out of the Journals of this House, in the Year 1695, upon the Bill relating to Sir Thomas Cooke; as also the Proceedings in the Year 1697, upon the Bill for punishing Charles Duncomb Esquire:

Resolved, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That a Conserence be desired with the House of Commons; to the End that the Grounds upon which the last mentioned Bill proceeded in that House, so far as the same relates to John Aislabie Esquire and James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, may appear the more plainly to their Lordships.

Committee to prepare Heads for a Corference, to know on what Grounds the Bill proceeded in H. C. with respect to them:

The Lords following were appointed a Committee, to prepare what shall be offered at the said Conference; and to report to the House; (videlicet,)

Their Lordships, or any Five of them; to meet immediately, in the Prince's Lodgings near the House of Peers; and to adjourn as they please.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the Lords went to the Committee.

After some Time, the House was resumed.

And the Lord President reported from the said Committee, what they thought proper to be offered to the Commons at the Conference, as follows:

Heads for the Conserence agreed to.

"The Lords having entered upon the Consideration of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy Cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament for the future; and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed;" and having read the same a First and Second Time, and committed it; and the Matters of Fact suggested in the said Bill, as the Ground and Foundation upon which it seems to have proceeded in the House of Commons, so far as the same relates to the said John Aislabie and to the said James Craggs, not appearing sufficiently before the Lords: Their Lordships have desired this Conference, that they may have the Assistance of the Commons, in order to have the State of the said Matters of Fact more fully laid before their Lordships."

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

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, duodecimum diem instantis Julii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 12^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Sidney et al. versus Vaughans.

This Day the Answer of Mary Vaughan Widow, and of Walter Vaughan an Infant, by the said Mary Vaughan his next Friend, Respondents to the Petition and Appeal of the Honourable Joslin Sidney Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife, Francis Dorsett and Emmett his Wife, was brought in.

Message to H C for a Conference on South Sea Sufferers Bill.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Lovibond and Mr. Bennet:

To desire a present Conference with that House, in the Painted Chamber, upon the Subject-matter of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy Cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament, for the future; and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed."

Earl of Rothes' Privilege re-referred.

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees for Privileges, to whom was referred the Matter of the Complaint of a Breach of Privilege, committed by James Cleiland Younger Messenger, in summoning, requiring, and commanding, John Earl of Rothes, Provost or Mayor of the Town of Coupar in Fife, the Twentyfourth of March last, to appear before the Court of Session at Edinburgh, at the Suit of Patrick Crombie and Walter Christieson, late Magistrates of the said Town, and others: "That the Committee, having taken into Consideration the Matter of the Complaint to them referred, have thought proper to direct the Matter, as it appeared to them, to be reported specially to the House; as also the Nature of the Evidence produced to prove the same, as follows:

"The Committee, in the First Place, were informed, That the said Earl of Rothes has, for many Years past, been Annually chosen Provost or Mayor of the said Town of Coupar; and particularly, at the last Annual Election in the Months of September or October last, he was elected Provost, as were likewise the full Number of other Magistrates in that Town, and, with the other Magistrates, continued to exercise their respective Offices of Magistracy, without any Complaint or Interruption, till the Twenty-second of March last;" after which Information, there was delivered in, at the Bar, and read, a Paper in Writing, intituled, "Notorial Copy of the Process pursued before the Lords of Session, at the Instance of Patrick Crombie and Walter Christieson Merchants, and late Baillies of the Town of Coupar, and others, against John Earl of Rothes and others;" in which Paper is contained a Copy of Letters, said to be given under His Majesty's Signet, the Twenty-second of March 1721, and subscribed by Will. Wilson for Mr. James Anderson, written by William Simson his Servant, giving full Power to Messengers, to summon, warn, and charge, John Earl of Rothes and Mr. Charles Leslie his Son, John Bayne One of the present Baillies of the said Town of Coupar, Will. Rigg present Baillie and Counsellor there, and Mr. Horseburgh Sheriff Clerk of Fifc, present Baillie of the said Town, and others, to compere before the Court of Session in Scotland, on the First and Fifteenth Days of June 1721, at the Suit of the said Crombie, Christieson, and others, to hear and see certain Matters, touching the Election of Magistrates for the said Town of Coupar, declared null and void, and the said Earl and other Magistrates discharged from exercising their Offices, and themselves decerned to make Payment of the Damages and Expences sustained, or to be sustained, by the Pursuers.

"There is also contained in the said Paper a Copy of a Summons, said to be executed at the Instance of Patrick Crombie and Walter Christieson Merchants, and late Baillies of Coupar, William Sibbald Son to the deceased David Sibbald late Baillie there, James Dott Clothier and Dyer there, Thomas Davidson Guild Brother there, David Smith late Dean of the Smiths there, and John Anderson late Deacon of the (fn. 1) Wrights of the said Borough, for themselves, and in the Name of the whole Guildry, Trades, and Burgesses, in the said Borough of Coupar, concurring with them against the said Earl of Rothes and his Son, John Bayne, Will. Rigg, and Mr. Horseburgh, and others.

"That there is contained, in the said Copy of the Summons, a Copy of the Execution of the same whereby the said Earl of Rothes and others are charged to answer the said Suit.

"For the Proof of which Summons, this Copy is attested to be true, by Two Notaries and Four Witnesses subscribing; to which is subjoined a Declaration, signed Ja. Elphinston, declaring, "That, in his Presence, being a Justice of Peace, the abovementioned Two Notaries and Four Witnesses did, upon their Oaths, declare, That they had diligently compared the above Copy with the Principal Writings themselves, and deponed the same is a just and true Copy thereof."

"That there appeared, at the Bar, George Lesley and William Caddell Esquire; who, being examined, did attest, upon their Oaths, "They were well acquainted with the Hand-writing of Sir James Elphinston; and verily believed the said Subscription, Ja. Elphinston, to be the Hand-writing of the said Sir James Elphinston."

Which Report being read by the Clerk:

It was moved, "That the Standing Order of this House, of the Eleventh of January 1699, That no Person shall be taken into Custody upon Complaint of a Breach of Privilege, but upon Oath made at the Bar of this House, might be read."

The same was read accordingly.

Ordered, That the Matter of the said Complaint be re-referred to the same Committee.

Commissioners Army Debts, Bill.

Whereas Yesterday was appointed, for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners, to examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army:"

It is Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time To-morrow Morning.

Odell versus Graydon et al.;

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of John Odell Esquire; complaining of several Orders of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of the Third of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and Two, the Twenty-fifth of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty, and the Third of May last, in a Cause wherein Henry Graydon deceased and Grizel his Wife, John Langton and Mary his Wife, were Plaintiffs, and the Appellant and others were Defendants; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, and the Respondents Bill dismissed:" As also upon the Answer of the said Grizel Graydon, John Langton and Mary his Wife, put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in the said Cause:

Orders 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 several Orders therein complained of be, and are hereby, affirmed: And it is further Ordered, That the Appellant do pay, or cause to be paid, to the Respondents, the Sum of Sixty Pounds, for their Costs in respect of the said Appeal.

Nedham's Bill.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for Sale of Part of the Estate of Edward Nedham Gentleman, in the County of Leicester, for Payment of Debts charged thereupon; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."

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. Lovibond and Mr. Bennet:

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

Sidney et al. versus Vaughans.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein the Honourable Joslin Sidney Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife, Francis Dorsett and Emmett his Wife, are Appellants, and Mary Vaughan Widow, and Walter Vaughan an Insant, are Respondents:"

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

Conference on the Bill for Relief of the South Sea Sufferers:

The Messengers sent to the House of Commons, return Answer:

That the Commons agree to a present Conference, as desired.

Managers appointed:

Ordered, That the Lords Committees, who prepared what shall be offered at the Conference, be the Managers of the Conference.

The House being informed, "That the Commons were ready, in the Painted Chamber;" the Managers Names were read.

And the House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the Lords went to the Conference.

Which being ended, the House was resumed.

Conference reported.

And the Lord President reported, "That the Managers had been at the Conference, and delivered to the Commons what they were commanded."

Adjourn.

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

DIE Jovis, 13^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Blake et al. versus Blake.

Upon reading the Petition of Robert Blake Esquire, Respondent to the Appeal of Sibella Appolinea Blake, and Jane Henrietta Barbara Blake, by Elizabeth Blake their Mother and Guardian; praying, "That the said Appellants may be obliged to procure Richard Blake, made a Party to the said Appeal by Order of this House, to put in his Answer thereunto by a short Day; he having neglected to put in his Answer, as required by their Lordships Order of the Sixth of June last; and that, in Default thereof, a Day may be appointed, for hearing the said Cause, on the Merits of the same:"

It is Ordered, That the Appellants do procure the said Richard Blake to put in his Answer to the said Appeal, within a Week.

Lists of Signs Manual and Certificates, delivered.

The House being informed, "That the Secretary of the late Commissioners for examining and determining the Debts due to the Army attended:"

He was called in; and delivered, at the Bar, pursuant to the Order of this House of Tuesday last,

1. "A List of all the Signs Manual, which they and the former Commissioners have received; expressing what Services they were for, and what Sums they have issued Certificates for thereupon."

2. "A List of Certificates issued by the late Commissioners, appointed to take, examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army."

And withdrew.

And the Titles of the said Lists were read.

Commissioners Army Debts, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners, to examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army."

And thereupon the several Lists and Papers, delivered in from the late Commissioners, for examining, stating, and determining, the Debts due to the Army, being read:

It is Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Saturday next.

Captain Coudell, Petition for a Clause in the Bill for stating Army Debts.

A Petition of Captain Mathew Coudell, was presented to the House, and read; setting forth, "That, in the Beginning of the late War, the Petitioner, being in the Enemy's Service, did, upon the Proclamation published by the late Duke Schonburgh (in Pursuance of Her Majesty's Warrant) in Portugal, the Twentyfifth of April 1704, quit the same, and came over to the Allies, on the Terms therein mentioned;" and praying, "That a Clause may be inserted in the Bill now depending, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners, to examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army," to empower the said Commissioners to state and determine the Petitioner's Demands, as to what shall appear to be remaining due to him on Accompt of his Whole and Half Pay, pursuant to the Intent and Meaning of the said Proclamation."

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

South Sea Sufferers, for Relief of, Bill.

The Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy Cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament for the future; and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed;" being read:

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

Adjourn.

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

Die Lunæ, 5^o Martii, 1721, hitherto examined by us,

Clarendon.
Hu. Bristol.
De Lawarr.

DIE Veneris, 14^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Message from H. C. for a Conference on the Bill for Relief of the Sufferers in the South Sea:

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Clayton and others:

To desire a Conference, upon the Subject-matter of the last Conference.

To which the House agreed.

Then the Messengers were called in; and told, "That the Lords do agree to a Conference, as desired; and appoint it presently, in the Painted Chamber."

Ordered, That the Managers of the last Conference be the Managers of this Conference.

The House being informed, "That the Managers for the Commons were ready, in the Painted Chamber:"

The Names of the former Managers for this House were read.

And the House was adjourned during Pleasure; and the Lords went to the Conference.

Which being ended, the House was resumed.

And the Lord President reported, "That the Managers had been at the Conference; which, on the Part of the Commons, was managed by Mr. Clayton and others; who delivered a Paper, to the Effect following; (videlicet,)

Conference reported.

"Your Lordships having desired, at a Conference, That the Commons would acquaint your Lordships with the Matters of Fact upon which the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy-cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament, for the future, and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed," so far as the same relates to the said John Aislabie and to the said James Craggs, was grounded:

"The Commons have commanded us to acquaint your Lordships, That the said Matters of Fact, so suggested in the said Bill, are relative to the Matters of Fact suggested in the former Part of the Preamble of the Bill, and will be explained thereby. And, for your Lordships further Satisfaction, we are commanded by the Commons to acquaint your Lordships, That the Bill, so far as it relates to the said John Aislabie, besides the Notoriety of Facts, was grounded as well upon Proof, as the Confession of Mr. Aislabie.

"As to the Confession of Mr. Aislabie; we are commanded by the Commons to affirm, in their Names, to your Lordships, That Mr. Aislabie did, in his Place, confess, "That, upon the Third and Nineteenth Days of December 1719, £. 22,000. South Sea Stock was bought, by Mr. Robert Knight, late Cashier of the South Sea Company, for him the said Mr. Aislabie:" And Mr. Aislabie delivered in to the Commons, a Paper of the Hand-writing of Mr. Knight, containing Part of an Accompt, in the Words following; (videlicet,)

"We are also commanded to acquaint your Lordships, That the Commons having received Information, "That Mr. Francis Hawes (One of the late Directors of the South Sea Company) had negotiated very large Sums for Mr. Aislabie, and had Dealings for a considerable Time past in South Sea Stock with the said Mr. Aislabie; and that an Accompt thereof was kept in a Book, of which Mr. Aislabie had a Duplicate, which Accompts were continued in that Book till some Time in November last:" The Commons did, on the Seventh Day of March last, order that the said Book should be laid before them the next Morning; at the making of which Order, Mr. Aislabic was present in his Place, and did not object or offer any Thing to the House, that the same could not be complied with. But the next Day, Mr. Aislabic attending, in his Place, to make his Defence to the several Matters objected to him; an Obedience to that Order being required, Mr. Aislabie declared, "That Mr. Hawes, if called in, would tell the House, "That Mr. Hawes, with his own Hands, committed the said Book to the Fire." Upon which, Mr. Hawes, being called in, and examined, said, "That the said Book was, in the Beginning of November last, upon Mr. Aislabie's pressing Instances, delivered up by him to Mr. Aislabie; and the same Book, and also the said Duplicate thereof kept by Mr. Aislabie, were both then burnt together, Part by Mr. Aislabie, and Part by himself at Mr. Aislabie's Instance; and that the Proposal for burning them came from Mr. Aislabie." And Hawes further said, "That he had not any Duplicate or Entry of what was contained in the said Book."

"We are further commanded to acquaint your Lordships, That, upon the Twentieth of January 1719, the Commons resolved, "That their House would, upon the Two and Twentieth of that Month, resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider of that Part of His Majesty's Speech which related to the Public Debts;" which the House did accordingly. And that aftewards, on the Twentyseventh of January, the House again resolved itself into the said Committee: And the Committee did then receive Proposals from the South Sea Company, for paying the Public Debts.

"As for Proof; the several Persons following, (videlicet,) Mr. Robert Surman, Mr. Francis Hawes, Mr. Mathew Wymondesold, Thomas Weddell Esquire, Sir Theodore Janssen, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Wehster, Mr. Robert Knight, Sir John Fellowes, Sir John Blunt, Mr. John Falconbridge, Edmund Waller Esquire, Mr. Edward Gibbon, and Mr. Charles Joye, were examined; and did, in the Opinion of the Commons, make out the Allegations in the said Bill, relating to the said Mr. Aislabie.

"The Commons have also commanded us to acquaint your Lordships, That the said Bill, so far as the same relates to the said James Craggs, besides the Notoriety of Facts, was grounded upon Proof; and that Mr. Robert Surman, Sir John Blunt, Mr. Charles Joye, Mr. Jacob Sawbridge, Sir George Caswall, Mr. James Grammer, Mr. Mathew Wymondesold, and Mr. Thomas Horne, did, in the Opinion of the Commons, make out the Allegations in the said Bill, which relate to the said James Craggs."

Which Report, being read by the Clerk, was ordered to be taken into Consideration To-morrow; and the Lords to be summoned.

Carroll & al. versus Chamberlain & al.:

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Eleanor Carroll and Anthony Carroll, Executors of William Carroll; complaining of a Decree of Dismission made in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, the Third of February last, in a Cause wherein the Appellants were Plaintiffs, and Christopher Chamberlain, Margaret his Wife, and Margaret Coddan, were Defendants; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, and the Defendants compelled to execute a legal Lease of the Premises in Question; or that such Decree may be made as the Lord Chancellor of Ireland ought to have made:" As also upon the Answer of the said Chrislopher Chamberlain, Margaret his Wife, and Margaret Coddan, put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in this Cause:

Decree 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 of Dismission therein complained of be, and is hereby, affirmed: And it is further Ordered, That the Appellants do pay, or cause to be paid, to the Respondents, the Sum of Sixty Pounds, for their Costs in respect of the said Appeal.

Adjourn.

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

DIE Sabbati, 15^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

E. of Coningesby's Privilege:

A Petition of Thomas Earl Coningesby, was presented to the House, and read; complaining of Two most notorious Breaches of the Privilege of this House; one, in relation to scandalous Words against the Petitioner, said to be spoken by William Jenkins; and the other, in procuring a Commission to be issued out of Chancery, the Twenty-seventh of April last, to empower certain Persons to survey, divide, and distinguish, a Farm belonging to the Petitioner.

Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be referred to the Lords Committees for Privileges.

Report of E. of Coningesby's Privilege:

The Earl of Clarendon reported from the Lords Committees for Privileges, to whom the Petition of Thomas Earl Coningesby, complaining of a Breach of his Privilege, and the Privilege of this House, was referred: That the Committee have taken into Consideration the Matter of the said Petition, complaining of a Breach of Privilege committed, since the Petitioner's Consinement, by Thomas Rodd Attorney at Law and others, in serving several of the Petitioner's menial Servants with Rules out of the Court of King's Bench, as also One of his Tenants with an Ejectment by the said Rodd, at the Suit of Thomas Lingen Clerk and others; and likewise that Jonas Cook did, some Time last Month, pull down a Wall, which was a Fence for the Petitioner to a Piece of Pasture-ground in the Petitioner's own Hands, known to be Part of the Demesne Lands of the Manor of Marden, though the said Cook was forbid, at his Peril, to do the same: And that their Lordships, having examined several Witnesses, upon Oath, touching the Matter of this Complaint, are of Opinion, That as to so much thereof as relates to the serving the Petitioner's Servants with the said Rules of Court, was no Breach of the Privilege of this House; and as to such Part of the said Complaint which relates to the delivering an Ejectment to One of the Petitioner's Tenants, the same was likewise no Breach of Privilege; but as to the other Matter of the said Complaint, which relates to the pulling down the Petitioner's Wall by the said Cook, the Committee are of Opinion, That the said Jonas Cook, in pulling down Part of the said Wall, within the Time of Privilege of Parliament, is guilty of a Breach of the Privilege of this House:"

Which Report, being read by the Clerk entire, the Resolutions therein were read a Second Time, and severally agreed to by the House; and the following Order was made:

Cook attached, for pulling down a Wall belonging to him.

"Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Serjeant at Arms attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, do forthwith attach the Body of the said Jonas Cook, for his said Offence, and keep him in sase Custody during the Pleasure of the House; and this shall be a sufficient Warrant on that Behalf.

"To Francis Jephson Esquire, Serjeant at Arms attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, and every of them."

Report of Conference on the Bill for Relief of Sufferers in the South Sea, considered:

The House (according to Order) proceeded to take into Consideration the Report of the Conference had Yesterday with the House of Commons, acquainting their Lordships with the Matters of Fact upon which the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy-cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament for the future, and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed," so far as the same relates to the said John Aislabie and to the said James Craggs, was grounded.

And the same being read by the Clerk, the following Orders were made:

Mr. Aislabie to be heard concerning it:

"Ordered, That John Aislabie Esquire be at Liberty to be heard, by himself, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the beforementioned Bill stands committed, what he has to offer in relation to the said Bill; and that the House be put into a Committee thereupon, on Tuesday next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon; and the Lords to be summoned."

His Witnesses to attend.

"Ordered, That Sir John Fellowes Baronet, Charles Joye Esquire, Richard Houlditch Esquire, Edward Gibbon Esquire, Robert Chester Esquire, John Gore Esquire, Sir Robert Chaplin, Mr. Stephen Child, Robert Surman, Mathew Wymondesold, Thomas Weddell Esquire, Richard Lockwood Esquire, Moses Berangier Esquire, Mr. Samuel Cotton, Francis Hawes Esquire, Mr. Thomas Martin, and Mr. John Huggins, do attend this House on Tuesday next, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on the Behalf of John Aislabie Esquire, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the beforementioned Bill stands committed.

Message to H C. to desire lome of their Members to attend:

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Lightboun:

To desire, "That George Bailic Esquire, Richard Edgcombe Esquire, William Lowndes Esquire, Charles Stanhope Esquire, Henry Kolsall Esquire, William Clayton Esquire, Richard Hampden Esquire, George Delavall, Esquire, Sir Robert Furncse, and Edward Wortley Esquire, Members of that House, may have Leave to attend this House, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on the Behalf of John Aislabie Esquire, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the before mentioned Bill stands committed."

Sir J. Blunt to be brought to the House:

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending the House of Commons, his Deputy or Deputies, do bring Sir John Blunt to this House on Tuesday next, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon.

"To the Serjeant at Arms attending the House of Commons, his Deputy or Deputies, and every of them."

Mr. Aislabie to be brought to the House:

"Ordered, That the Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London, or, in his Absence, the Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant of the same, do bring John Aislabie Esquire to this House, on Tuesday next, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon.

"To the Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London, or in his Absence, to the Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant of the same."

Mr. Waller to be brought to the House:

"Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, do bring Edmund Waller Esquire to this House on Tuesday next, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon.

"To Sir William Sanderson Knight and Baronet, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, and every of them."

Witnesses for the Bill for Relief of Sufterers in the South Sea to attend:

"Ordered, That Mr. Robert Surman, Mr. Francis Hawes, Mr. Mathew Wymondesold, Thomas Weddell Esquire, Sir Theodore Janssen, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Webster, Sir John Fellowes, Mr. John Falconbridge, Mr. Edward Gibbon, and Mr. Charles Joye, do attend this House on Tuesday next, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon, in order to be examined as Witnesses, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the before mentioned Bill stands committed."

Address for Papers.

"Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, That His Majesty will be graciously pleased to cause the proper Officers to lay before this House, the Warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt, to make forth new Exchequer Bills for a Million, dated Twenty-eighth April 1720; the Memorial from the South Sea Company, relating to the issuing of Exchequer Bills, by Way of Loan, to the said Company, Second of June 1720; Constitution of Trustees for circulating Exchequer Bills; The Warran for the Loan of a Million of Exchequer Bills to the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to The South Seas, Fourth of June 1720; the South Sea Company's Security for Re-payment of a Million in Exchequer Bills, to be issued to them by Way of Loan, and the Interest thereof; Warrant for issuing to the Trustees for circulating Exchequer Bills Forty-seven Thousand Two Hundred Seventyfive Pounds, Sixteen Shillings, and a Penny, towards circulating thereof, Seventh June 1720; Lord Halifax's Certificate of Exchequer Bills issued to South Sea Company, Seventh June 1720."

"Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves."

Mr. Craggs' Administrators, to be heard by Counsel:

"Ordered, That Edward Eliot Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife, Anne the Wife of John Newsham Esquire, and Margaret the Wife of Samuel Trefusis Esquire, Daughters, Coheirs, and Administrators, of James Craggs late of London Esquire, deceased, be at Liberty to be heard, by their Counsel, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the before mentioned Bill stands committed, according to the Prayer of their Petition, presented to this House the Tenth Instant."

Mr. Surman's Pet. rejected.

A Petition of Robert Surman, late One of the Clerks in the Treasury-office of the South Sea Company, was presented to the House, and read; praying, "In regard to the Circumstances of the Petitioner's Case (he acting only in Conformity to the Commands of his Master), that the Petitioner may be heard, by himself or Counsel, what he has to offer touching so much of the before mentioned Bill as relates to the Petitioner; or that he may have such other Relief as to their Lordships shall seem meet."

And thereupon the Second Resolution of this House, of the Three and Twentieth of March last, upon the Report from the Committee of the whole House appointed to take into Consideration the Causes of the unhappy Turn of Affairs, that has so much affected the Public Credit, being read:

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.

Commissioners of Army Deb s, Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners, to examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army."

After some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.

And the Earl of Clarendon reported from the said Committee, "That they had gone through the said Bill; and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time on Monday next.

Adjourn.

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

DIE Lunæ, 17^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Papers from the Treasury delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Frecker, from the Treasury, attended:"

He was called in; and delivered, at the Bar, several Papers (by His Majesty's Command), pursuant to their Lordships Address to His Majesty of Saturday last.

And withdrew.

The Titles thereof were read, as follow; (videlicet,)

1. "Copy, Warrant to the Auditor of the Receipt to make forth new Exchequer Bills for One Million, dated 28th April 1720."

2. "Copy of a Memorial from the South Sea Company, relating to the issuing of Exchequer Bills, by Way of Loan, to the said Company, dated the 2d of June 1720."

3. "Copy, Constitution of Trustees for circulating Exchequer Bills."

4. "Copy of a Warrant for the Loan of a Million, in Exchequer Bills, to the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain trading to The South Seas, dated 4th June 1720."

5. "Copy, The South Sea Company's Security for Repayment of a Million in Exchequer Bills, to be issued to them by Way of Loan, and the Interest thereof."

6. "Copy of a Warrant for issuing to the Trustees for circulating Exchequer Bills, Forty-seven Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-five Pounds, Sixteen Shillings, One Penny Three Farthings, towards circulating thereof, dated the Seventh of June 1720."

7. "Copy Lord Halifax's Certificate of Exchequer Bills issued to the South Sea Company, the 7th of June 1720."

Commissioners of Army Debts, Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for appointing Commissioners, to examine, state, and determine, the Debts due to the Army."

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

It was Resolved in the Affirmative.

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

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Lightboun:

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

E. of Clarendon's Privilege:

Whereas, on the Twenty-seventh Day of April last, a Complaint was made to the House, of a Breach of the Privilege of the Earl of Clarendon, committed in Ireland, by Samuel Adams, in causing Walter Bunbury, the said Earl's menial Servant, to be arrested; and thereupon, Proof thereof being then made to the House upon Oath, the said Adams was ordered to be taken into the Custody of the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod attending this House; which said Complaint affecting Two other Persons, the same was reserred to the Lords Committees for Privileges:

The House being this Day informed, by the said Earl, "That he had received Satisfaction in respect of the Matter of the said Complaint:"

Adams discharged.

It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Order of this House, for taking the said Samuel Adams into Custody, as also the other Matter of Complaint referred to the said Committee, be, and the same are hereby, discharged.

Edgworth versus Giffard:

After hearing Counsel, upon the Petition and Appeal of Edward Edgworth Esquire, complaining of Two Orders of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of the Twelfth of July and Twenty-third of February last, in a Cause wherein Thomas Giffard Esquire was Plaintiff, and the Appellant Defendant; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, and the Plaintiff's Bill dismissed, with Costs:" As also upon the Answer of the said Thomas Gifford put in to the said Appeal; and due Consideration had of what was offered on either Side in the said Cause:

The Question was put, "Whether the said Orders complained of in the said Appeal shall be reversed?"

It was Resolved in the Negative.

Orders affirmed.

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 Orders therein complained of be, and are hereby, affirmed.

Mr Aislabic's Witnesses to attend.

Ordered, That Benjamin Parker and John Page do attend this House To-morrow, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on the Behalf of John Aislabie Esquire, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the Bill for Relief of the Sufferers of the South Sea Company stands committed.

Message for Mr. Aislabie's Letter to Wymondefold to be laid before the House.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Lightboun:

To desire, "That a Letter from John Aislabie Esquire to Mr. Wymondesold, dated the First of March 1719, brought before that House, and ordered to lie upon the Table there, may be laid before this House."

Message from H. C. about their Members attending.

The Messengers sent to the House of Commons, to desire, "That that House will give Leave to George Bailie Esquire and others, Members of their House, to attend this House, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on the Behalf of John Aislabie Esquire, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the Bill for Relief of the South Sea Company stands committed," return Answer: "That they have taken their Lordships Message into Consideration; and will send an Answer by Messengers of their own."

Adjourn.

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

DIE Martis, 18^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Lady Blunt's Pet:

A Petition of Dame Susanna Blunt, Wife of Sir John Blunt Baronet, One of the late Directors of the South Sea Company, was presented to the House, and read; setting forth, "That, if the Bill for raising Money out of the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, and Directors of the South Sea Company, should pass into a Law, the Petitioner's Husband will be divested of his whole Estate; whereby he will not only be disabled from performing his Promise of making an Addition to her Fortune, but the Petitioner be deprived of the Possession and Income of her own Estate during her said Husband's Life;" and praying, That their Lordships will take the Petitioner's miserable Case into Consideration, and grant that the Estate she brought her said Husband on Marriage may be vested in Richard Mynshull of The Inner Temple and Abraham Crop of London, Merchant, her present Trustees, for her separate Use and Disposal; or that the Petitioner may be otherwise relieved:"

Rejected.

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be rejected.

South Sea Sufferers, for Reliet of, Bill:

The Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Sub-governor, Deputy-governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy-cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior, Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament for the future, and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed;" and for hearing the said John Aislabie, by himself and Witnesses, before the said Committee; being read:

Report of Conference concerning Aislabie, &c. referred to Committee:

It is Ordered, That the Matters of Fact delivered by the Commons at a Conference, the Fourteenth Instant, upon which the said Bill, so far as the same relates to John Aislabie Esquire and James Craggs Esquire, deceased, was grounded, be referred to the said Committee.

Witnesses sworn:

The House was informed, "That Mr. Robert Surman, Mr. Francis Hawes, Mr. Mathew Wymondesold, Thomas Weddell Esquire, Sir Theodore Janssen, Sir Lambert Blackwell, Mr. Webster, Sir John Fellowes, Sir John Blunt, Mr. John Falconbridge, Edmund Waller Esquire, Mr. Edward Gibbon, Mr. Charles Joye, Richard Houlditch Esquire, Robert Chester Esquire, John Gore Esquire, Sir Robert Chaplin, Mr. Stephen Child, Richard Lockwood Esquire, Moses Berangier Esquire, Mr. Samuel Cotton, Mr. Thomas Martin, Mr. Benjamin Parker, and Mr. John Page, attended (according to Order)."

They were called in; and sworn, in order to be examined as Witnesses before the said Committee.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into the said Committee.

After some Time spent therein, the House was resumed.

And the Earl of Clarendon reported from the said Committee, "That they had made some Progress in the said Bill, and desire Leave to sit again."

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee again upon the said Bill To morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon; and that the Lords be summoned, with Notice of the Time of Meeting.

Witnesses to attend:

Ordered, That the several Witnesses, which were ordered to attend and be brought to the House this Day, do attend and be brought again To-morrow, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon:

Mr. Aislabie remanded:

Ordered, That the Lieutenant of The Tower of London, or, in his Absence, the Deputy Lieutenant of the same, do take back John Aislabie Esquire to the said Tower; and do bring the said John Aislabie to this House To-morrow, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon.

To the Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London; and, in his Absence, to the Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant of the same.

Members of H. C. Leave to attend:

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by the Lord Hinchinbroke and others:

To acquaint this House, "That they have given Leave to George Batlie Esquire, Richard Edgcombe Esquire, William Lowndes Esquire, Charles Stanhope Esquire, Henry Kelsall Esquire, William Clayton Esquire, Richard Hampden Esquire, George Delaval Esquire, Sir Robert Furnese Baronet, and Edward Wortley Esquire, (Members of their House) to attend this House, in order to be examined concerning that Part of the Bill mentioned in their Lordships Message of the Seventeenth Instant, which relates to John Aislabie Esquire, if they think fit."

Members of H. C. desired to attend:

Ordered, That George Boilie, Esquire and the other Members of the House of Commons mentioned in the said Message, be desired to attend this House To-morrow, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on the Behalf of John Aislabie Esquire, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the before mentioned Bill stands committed.

Answer from H. C. relating to Mr. Aislabie's Letter to Wymondesold:

The Messengers sent Yesterday to the House of Commons, to desire, "That a Letter from John Aislabie Esquire to Mr. Wymondesold, dated the First of March 1719, brought before that House, and ordered to lie upon the Table there, may be laid before this House," return Answer: "That there is no such Letter before their House, as is mentioned in their Lordships Message; but that, the House being informed, "That such a Letter was produced to a Committee of their House," they have ordered the Clerk that attended the said Committee to attend their Lordships, with the said Letter."

Clerk of a Committee of H. C to attend, with the Letter.

Ordered, That the Clerk that attended the said Committee do attend this House, with the said Letter, To morrow, at Nine a Clock in the Forenoon.

Sidney & al. versus Vaughans.

Whereas To-morrow is appointed, for hearing the Cause wherein the Honourable Joslin Sidney Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife, Francis Dorsett and Emmett his Wife, are Appellants, and Mary Vaughan Widow and Walter Vaughan an Infant are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Monday next.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, decimum nonum diem instantis Julii, hora decima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 19^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

L. President takes the Oaths.

This Day Henry Lord Carleton Lord President came to the Table; and took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes; his Lordship having first delivered a Certificate of his receiving the Sacrament, to the Truth whereof Witnesses were sworn and examined.

Message from H. C. to return the Bill for explaining the Bankrupt Laws.

A Message from the House of Commons, by the Lord William Pawlet and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for explaining and making more effectual the several Acts concerning Bankrupts;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

South Sea Sufferers, for Reliet of, Bill:

The Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee again upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Subgovernor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy Cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament, for the future; and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed," being read:

Members of H. C. sworn:

The House was informed, "That George Bailic, Richard Edgcombe, William Lowndes, Charles Stanhope, Henry Kelsall, William Clayton, and Richard Hampden, Esquires, Members of the House of Commons, attended."

They were called in; and sworn, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on the Behalf of John Aislabie Esquire, before the said Committee.

Sword-Blade Books and Extracts to be laid before the House:

Ordered, That Turner and Company, commonly called the Sword-Blade Company, do lay before this House, To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, their Books, from Michaelmas 1719 to Christmas 1720; together with an Extract of all the Transactions within that Time with Mr. Aislabie and Mr. Waller, or either of them; and that Jacob Sawbridge and Elias Turner do attend this House To-morrow, at the same Time.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into the said Committee.

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 desire Leave to sit again."

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee again upon the said Bill, To-morrow Morning; and that the Lords be summoned, with Notice.

Then Mr. Aislabie was brought in.

And the Lord Chancellor acquainted him with the Order of this House, for laying before their Lordships the Books belonging to the Sword-Blade Company.

And being asked, "If he desired any Witnesses might be ordered to attend?"

He thereupon expressed his Ignorance of what might be contained in the said Books; and therefore desired the same Witnesses that attended this Day might attend again To-morrow."

And withdrew.

Witnesses to attend:

Ordered, That the several Witnesses which were ordered to attend and to be brought to the House this Day do attend and be brought again To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon; and that such Witnesses as are Members of the House of Commons be desired to attend at the same Time.

Mr. Aislabie remanded.

Ordered, That the Lieutenant of The Tower of London, or, in his Absence, the Deputy Lieutenant of the same, do take back John Aislabie Esquire to the said Tower; and do bring the said John Aislabie to this House To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon.

To the Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London; and, in his Absence, to the Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant of the same.

Middlesex and Hertford Highways, Bill.

A Message from the House of Commons, by Sir Nathaniel Gould and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend the Act of the Twelfth Year of Her late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highway, or Road, from The Stone's-end, in the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, to the furthermost Part of the Northern Road, in the Parish of Endfield, in the same County, next to the Parish of Cheshunt, in the County of Hertford;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Then the said Bill was read the First Time.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum diem instantis Julii, hora decima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 20^o Julii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

Blake versus Blake.

This Day the Answer of Richard Blake Esquire, Respondent to the Petition and Appeal of Stbella Appolinea Bloke and Jane Henrietta Barbara Blake, Infants, by Elizabeth Blake their Mother and Guardian, was brought in.

Sword-Blade Company, Extracts and Books delivered.

The House being informed, "That Elias Turner attended, from the Sword-Blade Company:"

He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to their Lordships Order Yesterday,

"Extracts of all the Transactions of Edmund Waller Esquire, with Messieurs Turner, Caswall, and Company, from Michaelmas 1719 to Christmas 1720; with the original Books of the said Company, out of which the same were extracted."

And withdrew.

And the Titles of the said Extracts and Books were read.

Message from H. C. to return Gwyn's Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for Sale of the Estate late of Richard Gwyn Gentleman, in the County of Brecon, for Payment of Debts; and for the settling of an Estate, in the County of Carmarthen, to certain Purposes therein mentioned;" and to acquaint this House, that they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

South Sea Sufferers, for Relief of, Bill:

The Order of the Day, for the House to be in a Committee again upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising Money, upon the Estates of the late Subgovernor, Deputy Governor, Directors, Cashier, Deputy Cashier, and Accomptant, of the South Sea Company, and of John Aislabie Esquire, and likewise of James Craggs Senior Esquire, deceased, towards making good the great Loss and Damage sustained by the said Company; and for disabling such of the said Persons as are living, to hold any Office or Place of Trust under the Crown, or to sit or vote in Parliament, for the future, and for other Purposes in the said Act expressed," being read:

Ordered, That the Extracts and Books this Day delivered from the Sword-Blade Company be referred to the said Committee.

Then the House was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Commitee upon the said Bill.

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 desire Leave to sit again."

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee again upon the said Bill, To-morrow, at Eleven a Clock in the Forenoon; and that the Lords be summoned, with Notice of the Time of Meeting.

Mr. Cragg's Administrator to be heard by Counsel; and Witnesses to attend:

Ordered, That Edward Eliot and Elizabeth his Wife, Anne the Wife of John Newsham Esquire, and Margaret the Wife of Samuel Trefusis Esquire, Daughters, Coheirs, and Administrators, of James Craggs late of London Esquire, deceased, be at Liberty to be heard, by their Counsel, To-morrow, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the beforementioned Bill stands committed; and that Mr. Robert Surman, Mr. Jacob Sawbridge, and Mr. Thomas Horne, do attend this House To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in order to be examined, as Witnesses on their Behalf, before the said Committee.

Witnesses for the Bill to attend:

Ordered, That the several Persons mentioned, in the Paper delivered by the Commons at the Conference, to have given Evidence relating to the late Mr. Craggs, do attend this House To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon, in order to be examined, as Witnesses, before the Committee of the whole House to whom the before mentioned Bill stands committed.

Sir G. Caswall to be brought to the House.

Ordered, That the Lieutenant of The Tower of London, or, in his Absence, the Deputy Lieutenant of the same, do bring Sir George Caswall to this House To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon.

To the Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London; and, in his Absence, to the Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant of the same.

Sir J Blunt to be brought:

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms attending the House of Commons, his Deputy or Deputies, do bring Sir John Blunt to this House To-morrow, at Ten a Clock in the Forenoon.

To the Serjeant at Arms attending the House of Commons, his Deputy or Deputies, and every of them.

Mr. Aislabie remanded.

Ordered, That the Lieutenant of The Tower of London, or, in his Absence, the Deputy Lieutenant of the same, do take back John Aislabie Esquire to the said Tower; and this shall be a sufficient Warrant on that Behalf.

To the Constable of His Majesty's Tower of London; and, in his Absenee, to the Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant of the same.

Sword-Blade Company, Books re-delivered.

Ordered, That the several Books of the SwordBlade Company, delivered in at the Bar this Day, be re-delivered to the said Company.

Middlesex and Hertford Highways, Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend the Act of the Twelfth Year of Her late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for repairing the Highway, or Road, from The Stone's-end, in the Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex, to the furthermost Part of the Northern Road, in the Parish of Endfield, in the same County, next to the Parish of Cheshunt, in the County of Hertford."

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 next, at Ten a 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, vicesimum primum diem instantis Julii, hora undecima Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.