House of Lords Journal Volume 20: 21 February 1717

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 20, 1714-1717. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.

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DIE Jovis, 21Februarii.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

Arch. Cant.
Arch. Ebor.
Epus. London.
Epus. Winton.
Epus. Lich. & Cov.
Epus. Sarum.
Epus. Carliol.
Epus. Landav.
Epus. Norwic.
Epus. Eliens.
Epus. Gloucestr.
Epus. Asaphen.
Epus. Lincoln.
Epus. Bangor.		 Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, Custos Privati Sigilli.
Dux Kent, Senescallus.
Dux Bolton, Camerarius.
Dux Richmond.
Dux Grafton.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Bucks.
Dux Montagu.
Dux Montrose.
Dux Roxburgh.
Dux Newcastle.
Dux Portland.
March. Annandale.
Comes Lincoln.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Bridgewater.
Comes Westmorland.
Comes Manchester.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Scarsdale.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Cardigan.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Litchfield.
Comes Radnor.
Comes Yarmouth.
Comes Rochester.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Orford.
Comes Jersey.
Comes Grantham.
Comes Greenwich.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Cholmondeley.
Comes Sutherland.
Comes Rothes.
Comes Loudoun.
Comes Orkney.
Comes De Loraine.
Comes I'lay.
Comes Uxbridge.
Comes Carnarvon.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Longueville.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount Castleton.
Viscount St. John.		 Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Colepeper.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Carteret.
Ds. Guilford.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Belhaven.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Trevor.
Ds. Masham.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Harborough.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Cobham.
Ds. Parker.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Onslow.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Cadogan.
Ds. Romney.
Ds. Newburgh.

PRAYERS.

Stoppages in the Streets, Order to prevent.

The House taking Notice, "That there is such an Interruption of Hackney Coaches, Carts, and Drays, in King's Street and the Passages to The Old Palace in Westminster, that the Lords and others are frequently hindered from coming to this House, to the great Inconveniency of the Members of both Houses:"

It is thereupon Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the High Steward of the City of Westminster, or his Deputy, together with the Justices of the Peace for the said City, shall, by their Care and Directions to the Constables and other Officers within the said Limits, take special Order, that no empty Hackney Coaches be suffered to make any Stay, between Whitehall and The Old Palace Yard in Westminster, from Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon until Four of the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and that no Carriages, Drays, or Carts, be permitted to pass through the said Streets and Passages, between the Hours aforesaid, during the Sitting of this Parliament; and herein special Care is to be taken, by the said Deputy Steward, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and all other Officers herein concerned, as the contrary will be answered to this House.

Letters between the Swedish Ministers read:

The Copies of Letters, which passed between Count Gyllenborg, the Barons Gortz, Sparre, and others, relating to a Design of raising a Rebellion in His Majesty's Dominions, to be supported by a Force from Sweden, presented to the House Yesterday by His Majesty's Command, were this Day (according to Order) read.

Address on His Majesty's Speech.

The Duke of Newcastle reported from the Committee appointed to prepare an Address, to be presented to His Majesty, pursuant to the Order Yesterday, "That they had prepared an Address accordingly, as follows:

Most Gracious Sovereign,

"We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg Leave to return Your Majesty our most humble and hearty Thanks, for Your Majesty's most Gracious Speech from the Throne; and to congratulate Your Majesty on Your safe and happy Return to these Your Dominions; and on the prudent Administration of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, under Your Majesty; and the great Care he took of the Peace and Security of the Kingdom, during Your Majesty's Absence.

We are sensible, that the gross Defects and pernicious Consequences of the late Treaty of Utrecht could not have been remedied, but by Your Majesty's unwearied Application for the Good of Your Subjects, and by that just Regard which is paid by Foreign Potentates to Your known Wisdom and Integrity: It is with unspeakable Satisfaction that we see Your Majesty's Endeavours successful in such Conventions, as have already given new Life to our Trade and Credit; and particularly in the Treaty lately concluded with France and The States General. As your Majesty has, by this Treaty, recovered to us, in so great a Measure, those Advantages which might have been expected from a glorious and successful War, and were given up by a treacherous and dishonourable Peace; we beg Leave to congratulate Your Majesty upon an Alliance, which opens to us so fair a Prospect of an undisturbed Succession, an equal Balance of Power, and a flourishing Commerce.

"We return Your Majesty our most humble Thanks, for Your Majesty's Gracious Condescension, in having laid before Your Parliament the Discoveries concerning the intended Invasion; and cannot but regard with the utmost Horror and Indignation the Malice and Ingratitude of those who have encouraged such an Attempt against their King and Country.

"We are sorry to find that Your Majesty's Lenity has been ineffectual, towards the reclaiming a Faction, who have rendered themselves so obnoxious to Your Justice: And we do assure Your Majesty, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, support Your Majesty against the designed Invasion, and all Your Enemies, both at Home and Abroad, in such a Manner, that, by the Blessing of Almighty God, neither the Rashness of the one nor the Wickedness of the other shall be ever able to prevail."

The said Address was read, by the Clerk, entire; and afterwards read, and agreed to, Paragraph by Paragraph.

Ordered, That this be the Address to be presented to His Majesty.

Ordered, That the same be presented to His Majesty by the whole House.

Ordered, That the Lords with White Staves do wait on His Majesty, humbly to know His Majesty's Pleasure, when He will be attended by this House, with the said Address.

Cuningham versus Hamilton.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Cuningham of Enterkine; complaining of an Interlocutor of the Lords of Session in Scotland, on the Eighteenth Day of June 1713, and the Affirmance thereof, made on the Behalf of Katherine Hamilton Lady Enterkine; and praying, "That the said Katherine Hamilton may be ordered to answer, in order to obtain Relief:"

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Katherine Hamilton may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and is hereby required to put in her Answer thereunto, in Writing, on or before Thursday the Twenty-eighth Day of March next.

Moor et al. versus Mattocks et al.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of Boyl Moor, Henry Edgworth and Elizabeth his Wife, Francis Burridge, and John Cary; complaining of an Order made in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, on the 3d of December 1715, in a Cause wherein Thomas Mattocks, Henry Bridges, Richard Healy, and Thomas Amory, were Plaintiffs, and the Appellants Defendants, so far as the said Order relates to the Allowance of the Plaintiffs Exceptions to Mr. Warburton the Master's Report, and the Disallowance of the Appellants Exceptions; and also of several other Orders of the said Court, on the 17th of November 1714, 25th of June and 27th of November 1716; and praying, "That the same may be reversed or rectified:"

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the said Thomas Mattocks, Henry Bridges, Richard Healy, and Thomas Amory, may have a Copy of the said Appeal; and shall and are hereby required to put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Thursday the Twenty-eighth Day of March next; and that the Service of this Order on the Respondents Clerk or Clerks in the said Court shall be deemed good Service, in order thereunto.

Eglesham versus Partis.

Upon reading the Petition of Francis Partis, Respondent to the Appeal of John Eglesham, depending in this House; praying, "That a Day may be appointed, for hearing the Matter thereof:"

It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel, at the Bar, on Tuesday the Fifth Day of March next, at Eleven a Clock.

Adjourn.

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

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