House of Lords Journal Volume 63: 6 September 1831

Die Martis, 6° Septembris 1831.

DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

D. of Argyll, & Selkrig v. Macalister & Kelso.

The Answer of Alexander Macalister Esquire, of Loup and Torrisdale, and Archibald Kelso Esquire, of Sauchrie, his Factor Loco Tutoris, to the Petition and Appeal of His Grace George William Duke of Argyll, and Charles Selkrig Esquire, Accountant in Edinburgh, Statutory Trustee for the said Duke, was this Day brought in.

Sir M. P. Stewart v. Porterfield.

After hearing Counsel fully in the Cause wherein Sir Michael Porterfield Shaw Stewart Baronet is Appellant, and James Corbet Porterfield Esquire is Respondent:

It is Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Cause be put off sine Die.

Burntisland Whale Fishing Co. et al. v. Trotter et al.

After hearing Counsel for the Appellants in the Cause wherein The Burntisland Whale Fishing Company, and others, are Appellants, and William Trotter Esquire, and others, are Respondents:

It is Ordered, That the further Consideration of the said Cause be put off sine Die.

Bills passed by Commission.

The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House, "That His Majesty had been pleased to issue a Commission to several Lords therein named, for declaring His Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament."

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Then Three of the Lords Commissioners, being in their Robes, and seated on a Form placed between the Throne and the Woolsack, The Lord Chancellor in the Middle, with The Duke of Richmond on his Right Hand, and The Earl of Shaftesbury on his Left; commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to signify to the Commons, "The Lords Commissioners desire their immediate Attendance in this House, to hear the Commission read."

Who being come, with their Speaker;

The Lord Chancellor said,

"My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

"His Majesty, not thinking fit to be personally present here at this Time, has been pleased to cause a Commission to be issued under the Great Seal, and thereby given His Royal Assent to divers Acts which have been agreed upon by both Houses of Parliament, the Titles whereof are particularly mentioned; and by the said Commission hath commanded us to declare and notify His Royal Assent to the said several Acts, in the Presence of you the Lords and Commons assembled for that Purpose: Which Commission you will now hear read."

Then the said Commission was read by the Clerk as follows; (viz ^t.)

"William R.

"William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; To Our right trusty and right well-beloved the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and to Our trusty and well-beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, Greeting: Whereas in Our said Parliament divers and sundry Acts have been agreed and accorded on by you Our loving Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this Our present Parliament assembled, and endorsed by you as hath been accustomed, the Titles and Names of which Acts hereafter do particularly ensue; (that is to say) "An Act to enable His Majesty to grant an Annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate Provision for Her said Royal Highness, and for the honorable Support and Education of Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent:" "An Act to repeal the Duties of Excise and Drawbacks on Candles:" "An Act for transferring the Duties of Receivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Persons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for making other Provisions for the Receipt and Remittance of the said Taxes:" "An Act for better regulating the Poor within the Parish of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick; and for empowering the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building Leases of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies to arise therefrom in the Enlargement or rebuilding of the present Workhouse; and for other Purposes:" "An Act to alter and amend the several Acts for making navigable the River Kennet, in the County of Berks:" "An Act for making and maintaining a Railroad from Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to the Head of the Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the County of Dublin, with Branches to communicate therewith:" "An Act for repairing and improving the Mail Coach Road through the County of Tyrone:" "An Act for more effectually making and repairing certain Roads in the Counties of Fife, Kinross, Perth and Clackmanan:" "An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, to the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and certain Branches communicating therewith; and also for making and repairing additional Branches of Road:" "An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers of the several Acts now in force relating to the new River or Cut from Eau Brink to King's Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called the Eau Brink Cut; and to raise further Funds for carrying the said Acts into Execution:" "An Act to effect a Partition of certain Freehold, Copyhold or Customary and Leasehold Estates in the County of Lincoln, late the Property of The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Banks Baronet, deceased:" "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre otherwise Le Fevre Esquire with Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes:" "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Louisa Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton her now Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned." And albeit the said Acts by you Our said Subjects, the Lords and Commons in this Our present Parliament assembled, are fully agreed and consented unto, yet nevertheless the same are not of Force and Effect in the Law without Our Royal Assent given and put to the said Acts; And for as much as for divers Causes and Considerations We cannot conveniently at this Time be present in Our Royal Person in the Higher House of Our said Parliament, being the accustomed Place for giving Our Royal Assent to such Acts as have been agreed upon by you Our said Subjects, the Lords and Commons, We have therefore caused these Our Letters Patent to be made, and have signed the same, and by the same do give and put Our Royal Assent to the said Acts, and to all Articles, Clauses and Provisions therein contained, and have fully agreed and assented to the said Acts; Willing that the said Acts, and every Article, Clause, Sentence and Provision therein contained, from henceforth shall be of the same Strength, Force and Effect, as if We had been personally present in the said Higher House, and had openly and publicly, in the Presence of you all, assented to the same: And We do by these Presents declare and notify the same Our Royal Assent, as well to you the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons aforesaid, as to all others whom it may concern; Commanding also by these Presents Our well-beloved and faithful Councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Our Chancellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain, to seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and also commanding Our most dear Brothers and faithful Councillors Ernest Duke of Cumberland, Augustus Duke of Sussex, Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; Our most dear Cousin and faithful Councillor William Frederick Duke of Gloucester; The Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Councillor William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, Chancellor of that Part of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain; Our most dear Cousin and Councillor Henry Marquess of Lansdowne, President of Our Council; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillor John George Lord Durham, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our most dear Cousins and Councillors William Spencer Duke of Devonshire, Chamberlain of Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond, George William Frederick Duke of Leeds, William Henry Duke of Portland, Arthur Duke of Wellington, Richard Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Marquess Wellesley, Steward of Our Household; Charles Marquess of Winchester, John Jeffreys Marquess Camden, Henry William Marquess of Anglesey, John Earl of Westmorland, George Earl of Carlisle, Cropley Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury, George Earl of Aberdeen, William Earl Fitzwilliam, George John Earl Spencer, John Earl of Chatham, Henry Earl Bathurst, Charles Earl Grey, John Earl of Eldon, John William Earl of Dudley, William Viscount Melbourne, Robert Viscount Melville, Henry Viscount Sidmouth, Frederick John Viscount Goderich; Our well-beloved and faithful Councillors Henry Richard Lord Holland, William Wyndham Lord Grenville, Edward Lord Ellenborough, Nicholas Lord Bexley, John Singleton Lord Lyndhurst and Charles Lord Tenterden, or any Three or more of them, to declare and notify this Our Royal Assent in Our Absence in the said Higher House, in the Presence of you, the said Lords and Commons of Our Parliament, there to be assembled for that Purpose; and the Clerk of Our Parliaments to endorse the said Acts with such Terms and Words, in Our Name, as is requisite, and hath been accustomed for the same, and also to enrol these Our Letters Patent, and the said Acts, in the Parliament Roll; and these Our Letters Patent shall be to every of them a sufficient Warrant in that Behalf: And finally, We do declare and will, that after this Our Royal Assent given and passed by these Presents, and declared and notified as is aforesaid, then and immediately the said Acts shall be taken, accepted and admitted good, sufficient and perfect Acts of Parliament and Laws, to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes, and to be put in due Execution accordingly, the Continuance or Dissolution of this Our Parliament, or any other Use, Custom, Thing or Things to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent.

"Witness Ourself at Westminster, the Sixth Day of September, in the Second Year of Our Reign.

"By the King Himself, signed with His own Hand.

"Bathurst."

Then The Lord Chancellor said,

"In obedience to His Majesty's Commands, and by virtue of the Commission which has been now read, We do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, that His Majesty hath given His Royal Assent to the several Acts in the Commission mentioned; and the Clerks are required to pass the same in the usual Form and Words."

Then the Clerk Assistant, having received the Money Bill from the Hands of the Speaker, brought it to the Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the Title of that and the other Bills to be passed, severally, as follow; (viz^t.)

1. "An Act to enable His Majesty to grant an Annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate Provision for Her said Royal Highness, and for the honorable Support and Education of Her Royal Highness The Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent."

To this Bill the Royal Assent was pronounced, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (viz^t.)

"Le Roy remercie ses bons Sujets, accepte leur Benevolence, et ainsi le veult."

2. "An Act to repeal the Duties of Excise and Drawbacks on Candles."

3. "An Act for transferring the Duties of Receivers General of the Land and Assessed Taxes to Persons executing the Offices of Inspectors of Taxes, and for making other Provisions for the Receipt and Remittance of the said Taxes."

4. "An Act for better regulating the Poor within the Parish of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick; and for empowering the Guardians of the Poor to grant Building Leases of certain Lands vested in them, or otherwise to sell and dispose of the same, and to apply the Monies to arise therefrom in the Enlargement or rebuilding of the present Workhouse; and for other Purposes."

5. "An Act to alter and amend the several Acts for making navigable the River Kennet, in the County of Berks."

6. "An Act for making and maintaining a Railroad from Westland Row, in the City of Dublin, to the Head of the Western Pier of the Royal Harbour of Kingstown, in the County of Dublin, with Branches to communicate therewith."

7. "An Act for repairing and improving the Mail Coach Road through the County of Tyrone."

8. "An Act for more effectually making and repairing certain Roads in the Counties of Fife, Kinross, Perth and Clackmanan."

9. "An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, to the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and certain Branches communicating therewith; and also for making and repairing additional Branches of Road."

10 "An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers of the several Acts now in force relating to the new River or Cut from Eau Brink to King's Lynn, in the County of Norfolk, called the Eau Brink Cut; and to raise further Funds for carrying the said Acts into Execution."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (viz^t.)

"Le Roy le veult."

11. "An Act to effect a Partition of certain Freehold, Copyhold or Customary and Leasehold Estates in the County of Lincoln, late the Property of The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Banks Baronet, deceased."

12. "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Samuel Le Feuvre otherwise Le Fevre Esquire with Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes."

13. "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Louisa Turton with Thomas Edward Michell Turton her now Husband, and to enable the said Louisa Turton to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (viz^t.)

"Soit fait comme il est desiré."

Then the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Cabbell et al. v. Brock.

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause wherein William Burridge Cabbell, and others, are Appellants, and James Brock is Respondent, which stands appointed for this Day, be put off to Friday next.

Resolutions of The East India Co. granting Salaries, &c. delivered.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Danvers, 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,

"Resolutions of the Court of Directors of The East India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments granting any Salary or Gratuity."

And then he withdrew.

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;

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

Beer Act, Petitions respecting: (Manchester & Salford:)

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Manchester and Salford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of the Act, for permitting the general Sale of Beer by Retail, and praying their Lordships, "That for the future no Licences for the retailing of Beer may be granted without the Consent of Eight of the neighbouring Inhabitants, or Four of the Churchwardens and Magistrates as usual under the old System of licensing:"

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

Leachlade, &c:

Upon reading the Petition of the Magistrates, Clergymen and other Inhabitants of Leachlade, Fairford, and the Villages adjoining, all in the County of Gloucester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to make such an Alteration in the Law permitting the general Sale of Beer by Retail as may bring the Houses already licensed for that Purpose more completely under the Control of the Police, and prevent new Licences from being obtained by improper Persons; also to forbid the Beer sold in such Houses being consumed on the Premises, or at least to have them closed as Places of Resort on Sundays:"

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

Bisley:

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitant Householders of the Parish of Bisley, in the County of Gloucester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to repeal, without Delay, so much of the Act of the Eleventh of King George the Fourth, for allowing the general Sale of Beer by Retail, as permits Retailers of Beer to allow it to be drank at their own Houses:"

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

Birmingham:

Upon reading the Petition of the Clergy, Magistracy, Parochial and other constituted Authorities in Birmingham and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take into their immediate Consideration the Effects of the Measure for permitting the general Sale of Beer by Retail, that the Evils arising from the opening of the Beer Shops may be guarded against, which, as long as their Cause exists, will endanger the Public Peace, destroy all social Order, and eventually ruin the Morals of the rising Generation:"

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

Wallasey.

Upon reading the Petition of the several Persons whose Names are thereunto subscribed, being respectively Inhabitants of the Parish of Wallasey, in the County of Chester; praying their Lordships "to provide such Remedy for obviating the Evil occasioned by the Act for permitting the general Sale of Beer by Retail, either by repealing such Part of the said Act as allows the drinking of Beer upon the Premises where it may be sold, or by such other Ways and Means as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"

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

Beer Act Amendment Bill, Petition of Vicar, &c. of Islington, respecting.

Upon reading the Petition of the Vicar and other Clergy of Islington, in the County of Middlesex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; taking notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend an Act passed in the First Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England;" and praying their Lordships "to cause such Regulation to be enacted in the same as may prohibit entirely the Consumption of Beer in the Beer Houses on the Lord's Day by any but the Members of the Family, as may prohibit Persons from playing at Games or remaining on the Premises on that holy Day, and as may limit the Hours for the Sale of Beer to such Times only as may be absolutely necessary for the Supply of the Poor at their several Meals; that therefore the Beer Houses may be closed on the Lord's Day from Ten o'Clock in the Morning 'till One, from Three o'Clock in the Afternoon 'till Five, and from Six 'till Eight; and that they be shut up for the Night at Nine o'Clock in the Evening on every Lord's Day:"

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

Beer Act Amendment Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into further Consideration the Report of the Amendments made by the Committee of the Whole House to the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend an Act passed in the First Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to permit the general Sale of Beer and Cyder by Retail in England;" and for the Lords to be summoned;

Ordered, That the said Report be taken into further Consideration on Tuesday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

D. of Hamilton v. Aikman.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Alexander Duke of Hamilton and Brandon is Appellant, and George Robertson Aikman Esquire is Respondent, ex-parte, the Respondent not having put in his Answer to the said Appeal, though peremptorily Ordered so to do:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause ex-parte, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed, unless the Respondent puts in his Answer thereto in the mean time.

Sir G. Clerk et al. v. Adam et al.

The House being moved, "That a Day may be appointed for hearing the Cause wherein Sir George Clerk Baronet, and others, are Appellants, and Doctor Walter Adam, and others, are Respondents, ex-parte, the Respondents not having put in their Answer to the said Appeal, though peremptorily Ordered so to do:"

It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause ex-parte, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed, unless the Respondents put in their Answer thereto in the mean time.

E. of Norbury's Claim to vote for Peers for Ireland, referred to Com ee for Privileges.

Upon reading the Petition of Hector John Graham Earl of Norbury, of that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland; setting forth, That John Baron Norbury, the Petitioner's late Father, was, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Ireland, bearing Date the 23d Day of June 1827, advanced, preferred and promoted to the Title, Dignity and Honor of a Viscount of that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, by the Name, Style, and Title of Viscount Glandine of Glandine, in the King's County, and was also advanced, preferred and promoted to the Title, Dignity and Honor of an Earl of that Part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, by the Name, Style and Title of Earl of Norbury, in the County of Tipperary, in that Part of the said United Kingdom, to have, hold and enjoy the Names, Degrees, Titles, Styles, State, Dignities and Honors of Viscount and Earl of that Part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, by the Names, Styles and Titles of Viscount Glandine and Earl of Norbury, unto the said John Baron Norbury for and during the Term of his natural Life; and from and after his Decease, the Petitioner was thereby advanced, preferred and promoted to the State, Degrees, Titles, Styles, Dignities and Honors of a Viscount and Earl of that Part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, by the Names, Styles and Titles of Viscount Glandine and Earl of Norbury, to have, hold and enjoy, from and immediately after the Decease of the said John Baron Norbury, the Names, Degrees, Styles, Titles, States, Dignities and Honors of a Viscount and Earl of that Part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, and by the Names, Styles, and Titles of Viscount Glandine and Earl of Norbury, unto the Petitioner and to the Heirs Male of his Body begotten and to be begotten for ever: That the Petitioner's said Father having died on the 27th Day of July in the Year 1831, the Petitioner is now Viscount Glandine and Earl of Norbury, and claims a Right to vote at the Election of Peers of Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom;" and therefore praying, "That his said Right may be admitted by their Lordships:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Lords Committees for Privileges, to consider and report.

Visct Mountmorres' Claim to vote for Peers for Ireland, referred to Com ee for Privileges.

Upon reading the Petition of Francis Lord Viscount and Baron Mountmorres, of that Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland; setting forth, "That the Petitioner's Father, Hervey late Lord Viscount and Baron Mountmorres, took his Seat in the late Parliament of Ireland on the 7th Day of May 1756, as Baron Mountmorres, and afterwards, viz. on the 11th Day of October 1763, took his Seat as Viscount Mountmorres, and sate and voted therein until his Death in or about the Month of April 1766, when he was succeeded by his eldest Son Hervey the Second Viscount and Baron Mountmorres, who took his Seat in the said Parliament of Ireland on the 4th Day of February 1791, and sate and voted therein, and dying unmarried on or about the 18th Day of August 1797, the Petitioner, as his next Brother and Heir, thereupon succeeded to the Honors of the Peerage above recited, in virtue whereof he claims the Right to vote at Elections of Temporal Peers of Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom; and prays, That such his Right may be admitted and recognized by their Lordships:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Lords Committees for Privileges, to consider and report.

Criminal Laws, Petition of Householders of London for Revision of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitant Householders of the City of London, liable to serve as Jurors, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to take the Criminal Laws into their Consideration, for the Purpose of the Revision and Amendment of the same, by drawing a Distinction between the simple Invasion of the Rights of Property and Crimes of Violence and Blood, and by abolishing the Penalty of Death in all Cases in which the Legislative Power cannot justify, in the Eyes of God and Man, that last and dreadful Alternative, the Extermination of the Offender:"

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

Canadian Revenues Bill read 3a:

The Order of the Day being read for the Third Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend an Act of the Fourteenth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for establishing a Fund towards defraying the Charges of the Administration of Justice and Support of the Civil Government within the Province of Quebec, in America;"

It was moved, "That the said Bill be now read the Third Time."

Which being objected to;

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

DISSENTIENT,

Protest thereupon:

"Because the Bill transfers to the Legislative Councils and Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, by any Act to be by those Legislatures respectively passed, and assented to by His Majesty, the exclusive Appropriation of the Duties levied under Authority of the Act of the 14th George 3, Cap. 88, hitherto applied, by Warrant of the Lords of the Treasury, towards defraying the Expence of the Administration of Justice and the Support of the Civil Government in those Provinces respectively, by Authority of the same Act.

"The House of Assembly of the Province of Lower Canada has up to this Time omitted to make any permanent Provision to defray the Expence of those Charges in that Province; and the Judges and others employed in the Administration of Justice, and the Governor and the Officers of the Civil Government, are left to be provided for by Annual Vote of the Legislative Assembly of the Province.

"These Persons will thus become dependant upon the continued Favour of the Legislative Assembly for the Reward of their Labours and Service; the Administration of Justice within the Province of Lower Canada can no longer be deemed independant; and His Majesty's Subjects will have Justice administered to them by Judges, and will be governed by Officers, situated as above described.

"Wellington."

Then the said Bill was read the Third Time.

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Trower and Mr. Roupell;

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

M. of Bute's Estate Bill, Standing Order 94 dispensed with, & Bill read 2a, & committed.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into Consideration the Standing Order No. 94, directing that no Committee shall sit upon any Private Bill until Ten Days after the Second Reading thereof, in order to be dispensed with upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for effectuating a Partition of Estates belonging to The Most Honorable John Crichton Stuart Marquess of Bute and Earl of Dumfries and The Most Honorable Maria Marchioness of Bute and Countess of Dumfries, and their Trustees, and to The Right Honorable Lady Susan North, and to The Right Honorable Lady Georgina North; and for other Purposes;" and for the Lords to be summoned;

And Consideration being had thereof accordingly:

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be dispensed with on the said Bill.

Then the said Bill was read a Second Time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to the Consideration of the Lords following:

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

Order for Lords to be summoned discharged.

It was moved, "That the Order made Yesterday, "That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Monday next," be now read."

The same was accordingly read by the Clerk.

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.

Lords summoned.

Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Tuesday next.

Plurality of Benefices Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to restrain and regulate the holding of Plurality of Dignities and Benefices by Spiritual Persons," be re-committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next; and that the Lords be summoned.

Pluralities in the Church Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent Pluralities in the Church in all Cases where the Annual Value arising from the different Benefices shall collectively exceed a certain Sum;"

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.

Adjourn.

Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, septimum diem instantis Septembris, horâ decimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.