House of Lords Journal Volume 37: May 1786 21-30

May 1786 21-30

DIE Lunæ, 22^o Maii 1786.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

Assheton's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for effecting an Exchange between Rebecca Assheton Widow, and the Right Honourable James Earl of Salisbury, of certain small Parts of their Estates in the County of Herts," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Rich's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of John Rich Gentleman and Elizabeth his Wife, in the Counties of Leicester and Warwick, in Trustees to be sold, and for applying the Money arising therefrom in Payment of Incumbrances under the Direction of the Court of Chancery, and for laying out the Surplus of such Money in the Purchase of other Estates to be settled to the same Uses," was committed.

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Ld. Milton's Estate Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable the surviving Parties to certain Articles of Agreement made previous to the Marriage of the Honourable John Damer, deceased, with the Honourable Ann Seymour Conway (now Ann Damer Widow), to insert in the Settlement to be executed in pursuance of the said Articles, proper Powers for raising the Sum of Forty Thousand Pounds for the Purposes in the said Articles mentioned," was committed.

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Ld. Camelford's Estate Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for rectifying Mistakes in the Marriage Settlement of Lord and Lady Camelford, and for making a further Provision for the younger Children of the said Marriage," was committed.

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Whichcote's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the Estate of Thomas Whichcote Esquire, deceased, in the County of Lincoln, in Trustees for Sale to pay off Incumbrances affecting the same, and for other Purposes therein mentioned," was committed.

Ordered, That the said Bill be engrossed.

Weston upon Trent Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Commons, and Waste Grounds, in the Parish of Westonupon-Trent in the County of Derby," was committed.

Parry's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of Richard Parry Esquire, in the County of Denbigh in North Wales, in Trustees to be sold, and for applying the Monies arising by such Sale in discharging the Incumbrances affecting the same and other Estates of the said Richard Parry, and for substituting and settling another Estate of greater Value in Lieu thereof," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereto."

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

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

Blackfriars Bridge Toll Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for laying a Toll upon all Horses and Carriages passing on a Sunday over Blackfriars Bridge, and for applying the Money to arise thereby towards increasing the Fund for watching, lighting, cleansing, watering, and repairing the said Bridge," was committed: That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Inge's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to empower the Guardians of William Phillips Inge Esquire, and of his Sisters, to make or grant Building and other Leases during their respective Minorities, and also to make Exchanges of intermixed Lands in or near the Town of Birmingham in the County of Warwick."

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.Graves and Mr.Thomson:

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

Courts of Conscience Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Time of the Imprisonment of Debtors imprisoned by Process from Courts instituted for the Recovery of Small Debts; for abolishing the Fees of Gaolers and others in the Cases of such Imprisonment; and for ascertaining the Qualifications of the Commissioners."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

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

Annuities Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for altering the Days of Payment of the Long Annuities and Annuities for Thirty and Twenty-nine Years."

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 the former Messengers:

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

Gibraltar Bounty Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act passed in the Twenty-third Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for authorizing the Treasurer of the Navy to pay to the Garrison and Naval Department at Gibraltar, the like Bounty for destroying certain Spanish Ships of War, as is allowed to the Officers and Men on board any of His Majesty's Ships of War, taking or destroying Ships of War belonging to the Enemy."

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Isle of Man Salt, &c. Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, with respect to the Allowances to be made for Waste on the Exportation of White Salt and Rock Salt to the Isle of Man; for limiting the Quantity of British Refined Sugar to be exported to the Isle of Man; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for encouraging and regulating the Trade and Manufacture of the Isle of Man, and for the more easy Supply of the Inhabitants there with a certain Quantity of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meal, and Flour, authorized by an Act made in this Session to be transported to the said Island," as relates to permitting any Person to import into the Isle of Man Fish from any Place whatever, except from Great Britain, without Payment of any Custom or other Duty whatsoever."

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Selby to Leeds Road Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, so far as relates to the Road from Selby to Leeds in the West Riding of the County of York."

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

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

Bills passed by Commission.

The Earl Bathurst 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 Earl Bathurst in the Middle, with the Archbishop of Canterbury on his Right Hand, and the Lord Sydney 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 Earl Bathurst said,

My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

His Majesty, not thinking sit 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:

GEORGE R.

George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: 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 We have seen and perfectly understood divers and sundry Acts 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 for appointing Commissioners for putting in Execution an Act of this Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six." "An Act to amend and render more effectual the several Laws now in Force for encouraging the Fisheries carried on at Newfoundland and Parts adjacent from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe, and for granting Bounties for a limited Time on certain Terms and Conditions." An Act for authorizing the Lord Chief Baron and remanent Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, out of the unappropriated Money arising from the forfeited and lately annexed Estates in Scotland, to pay a certain Sum to the Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge, for the Purposes and under the Conditions therein mentioned." "An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Coventry Canal Navigation to complete the said Canal to Fradley Heath in the County of Stafford, and for other Purposes therein mentioned." "An Act for widening, enlarging, and cleansing the Streets, Lanes, and other Public Places, and for opening new Streets, Markets, and Passages within the Town of Newcastleupon-Tyne and the Liberties thereof, and for removing and preventing Annoyances therein, and for regulating the Public Markets and Common Stage Waggons, Drays, and Carts carrying Goods for Hire." "An Act to enable His Majesty to licence a Playhouse within the Town and Port of Margate in the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent, under certain Restrictions therein limited." "An Act for providing a proper Workhouse and better regulating the Poor within the Parish of Romford in the Liberty of Havering Atte Bower in the County of Essex." An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending and widening the Road from the North End of Old Malton Gate in the Town and Borough of New Malton, to the Town of Pickering in the County of York." "An Act to continue the Term of Two Acts made in the Thirteenth and Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for repairing the Road between Hockliffe in the County of Bedford and Stoney Stratford in the County of Buckingham." An Act for continuing the Term and altering and enlarging the Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending and widening the Road from the City of York by Grimston Smithy to Kexby Bridge, and from Grimston Smithy aforesaid to a certain Gate at the Upper End of Garraby Hill in the County of York." "An Act for continuing the Term of an Act of the Seventh Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road leading from the Turnpike Road in the Town of Tenterden to and over Bull Green, and to and through the Town of Great Chart to a House known by the Sign of the Castle at the Entrance of the Town of Ashford in the County of Kent, and also the Road leading from Bull Green aforesaid to Hothfield Heath, and also the Road leading from Bull Green aforesaid through High Halden to Dashmanden in the Parish of Biddenden in the said County of Kent." "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Barton Waterside House to Riseham Hedge Corner, and several other Roads in the County of Lincoln therein mentioned;" and for repairing and widening the Road from the Old Bridge in the Town of Brigg in the said County, to Brawby Bar and Bigby Bar in the said Town; and also the Road from the End of the said Turnpike Road at Caistor in the said County of Lincoln, to the South Gate in the said Town of Caistor." "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of Two Acts made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second and the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from Godstone in the County of Surrey to Highgate in the Parish of East Grinstead in the County of Suffex." "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road from Welford Bridge in the County of Northampton, through Husband's Bosworth and Great Wigston to Milston Lane in the Town of Leicester." "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Brimington and Chesterfield in the County of Derby, over the High Moors in the several Places therein mentioned." An Act for continuing the Term and altering the Powers of an Act of the Fifth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair several Roads leading from Kidwelly in the County of Carmarthen, and also several Roads leading from Llandilo in the said County, so far as relates to the Llandilo District of the said Roads, and for amending and keeping in Repair several other Roads in the said County." "An Act for making, repairing, and widening the Road from Heage in the County of Derby through Alfreton to Tibshelf in the same County, and also a Branch from the same Road at or near Shirland Lodge to Higham in the same County." An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts made in the Twelfth and Thirty-first Years of King George the Second, for repairing the Road from Chesterfield in the County of Derby to Worksop in the County of Nottingham, and other Roads therein mentioned, so far as the same relate to the Road from Chesterfield to Worksop." "An Act to effectuate and establish an Exchange between the Right Honourable Henry Frederick Lord Carteret and his Trustees, with the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of the College of the Lady Frances Sydney Sussex, in the University of Cambridge, of the Advowson and Right of Patronage of and to the Rectory of Saint Mary Week, otherwise Week Saint Mary, in the County of Cornwall, for the Advowson and Right of Patronage of and to the Vicarage of Wilshampstead, otherwise Wilstead, in the County of Bedford." "An Act for vesting certain Estates in the County of Nottingham, entailed by the Will of the Right Honourable Henry William Arundell Viscount Gallway, in Trustees to be sold; and for laying out the Money arising therefrom in the Purchase of Estates situate in the West Riding of the County of York, to be settled to the same Uses." An Act for vesting Part of the Estates in the Town and County of Southampton, devised by the Will of Benjamin Barlow, deceased, in Trustees to be sold; and for laying out the Purchase Money in another Estate, to be settled in Lieu thereof, to the same Uses." "An Act for dividing and enclosing a Common and certain other Open Grounds in the Township and Parish of Moor Monkton in the County of the City of York." "An Act for dividing and allotting certain Commonable Grounds or Waste Woodlands in the Township of Atherstone in the County of Warwick." "An Act for dividing, enclosing, and exchanging the Open Fields and other Lands and Grounds within the Parish of Raveley in the County of Huntingdon." "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Common Pastures, Commons, or Waste Grounds, within the Parishes of Sinnington with Marton and Edstone in the North Riding of the County of York." "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons or Waste Lands within the Manor of Aston, otherwise Aston Abbotts, in the County of Salop." And albeit the said Acts by you Our said Subjects the Lords and Commons in this Our present Parliament assembled, are fullyagreed 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 forasmuch 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 Place accustomed to give 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 publickly 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 right trusty and well-beloved Counsellor Edward Lord Thurlow, Our Chancellor of Great Britain, to seal these Our Letters Patent with Our Great Seal of Great Britain; And also, commanding Our most dear Son and Our faithful Counsellor George Prince of Wales; the most Reverend Father in God Our right trusty and wellbeloved Counsellor John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan of all England; Our said Chancellor of Great Britain; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousin and Counsellor Charles Earl Camden, President of Our Council; Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Counsellor Granville Marquis of Stafford, Keeper of Our Privy Seal; Our right trusty and right entirely beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Duke of Chandos, Steward of Our Household; Charles Duke of Richmond; George Duke of Montagu, Master of Our Horse; Our right trusty and right well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors James Earl of Salisbury, Chamberlain of Our Household; Henry Earl Bathurst; William Earl of Mansfield, Our Chief Justice assigned to hold Pleas before Us; Our right trusty and well-beloved Cousins and Counsellors Thomas Viscount Weymouth, Groom of Our Stole; Richard Viscount Howe, First Commissioner of Our Admiralty; and Our right trusty and well-beloved Counsellors Francis Lord Osborne, One of Our principal Secretaries of State, and Thomas Lord Sydney, One other of Our Principal Secretaries of State, 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 the 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 enroll 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 Twenty-second Day of May, in the Twenty-sixth Year of Our Reign.

By the King Himself, signed with His own Hand.

"Yorke."

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."

1. "An Act for appointing Commissioners for putting in Execution an Act of this Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act for granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land Tax to be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

2. "An Act to amend and render more effectual the several Laws now in Force, for encouraging the Fisheries carried on at Newfoundland and Parts adjacent, from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe, and for granting Bounties for a limited Time on certain Terms and Conditions."

3. "An Act for authorizing the Lord Chief Baron and remanent Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, out of the unappropriated Money arising from the forfeited and lately annexed Estates in Scotland, to pay a certain Sum to the Society in Scotland for propagating Christian Knowledge, for the Purposes and under the Conditions therein mentioned."

4. "An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Coventry Canal Navigation, to complete the said Canal to Fradley Heath in the County of Stafford, and for other Purposes therein mentioned."

5. "An Act for widening, enlarging, and cleansing the Streets, Lanes, and other Public Places, and for opening new Streets, Markets, and Passages within the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Liberties thereof; and for removing and preventing Annoyances therein; and for regulating the Public Markets, and Common Stage Waggons, Drays, and Carts carrying Goods for Hire."

6. "An Act to enable His Majesty to licence a Playhouse within the Town and Port of Margate, in the Isle of Thanet, in the County of Kent, under certain Restrictions therein limited."

7. "An Act for providing a proper Workhouse, and better regulating the Poor within the Parish of Romford in the Liberty of Havering Atte Bower in the County of Essex."

8. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending and widening the Road from the North End of Old Malton Gate, in the Town and Borough of New Malton, to the Town of Pickering in the County of York."

9. "An Act to continue the Term of Two Acts made in the Thirteenth and Twenty-seventh Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for repairing the Road between Hockliffe in the County of Bedford, and Stony Stratford in the County of Buckingham."

10. "An Act for continuing the Term and altering and enlarging the Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for amending and widening the Road from the City of York by Grimston Smithy to Kexby Bridge, and from Grimston Smithy aforesaid, to a certain Gate at the Upper End of Garraby Hill, in the County of York."

11. "An Act for continuing the Term of an Act of the Seventh Year of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road leading from the Turnpike Road in the Town of Tenterden, to and over Bull Green, and to and through the Town of Great Chart, to a House known by the Sign of the Castle at the Entrance of the Town of Ashford in the County of Kent, and also the Road leading from Bull Green aforesaid to Hothfield Heath, and also the Road leading from Bull Green aforesaid, through High Halden to Dashmanden in the Parish of Biddenden in the said County of Kent."

12. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for repairing and widening the Road from Barton Waterside House to Riseham Hedge Corner, and several other Roads in the County of Lincoln therein mentioned;" and for repairing and widening the Road from the Old Bridge in the Town of Brigg in the said County to Wrawby Bar and Bigby Bar in the said Town, and also the Road from the End of the said Turnpike Road at Caistor in the said County of Lincoln, to the South Gate in the said Town of Caistor."

13. "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of Two Acts, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, and the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing the Road from Godstone in the County of Surrey, to Highgate in the Parish of East Grinstead in the County of Sussex."

14. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair the Road from Welford Bridge in the County of Northampton, through Husband's Bosworth and Great Wigston, to Milston Lane in the Town of Leicester."

15. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act for repairing and widening the Roads from Brimington and Chesterfield in the County of Derby, over the High Moors, to the several Places therein mentioned."

16."An Act for continuing the Term and altering the Powers of an Act, of the Fifth Year of His present Majesty, for repairing, widening, and keeping in Repair the several Roads leading from Kidwelly in the County of Carmarthen, and also several Roads leading from Llandilo in the said County, so far as relates to the Llandilo District of the said Roads; and for amending and keeping in Repair several other Roads in the said County."

17. "An Act for making, repairing, and widening the Road from Heage in the County of Derby through Alfreton to Tibshelf in the same County, and also a Branch from the same Road at or near Shirland Lodge, to Higham in the same County."

18. "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts, made in the Twelfth and Thirty-first Years of King George the Second, for repairing the Road from Chesterfield in the County of Derby, to Worksop in the County of Nottingham and other Roads therein mentioned, so far as the same relate to the Road from Chesterfield to Worksop."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy le veult."

19. "An Act to effectuate and establish an Exchange between the Right Honourable Henry Frederick Lord Carteret and his Trustees, with the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of the College of the Lady Frances Sidney Sussex in the University of Cambridge, of the Advowson and Right of Patronage of and to the Rectory of Saint Mary Week otherwise Week Saint Mary in the County of Cornwall, for the Advowson and Right of Patronage of and to the Vicarage of Wilshamstead otherwise Wilstead, in the County of Bedford."

20. "An Act for vesting certain Estates in the County of Nottingham, entailed by the Will of the Right Honourable Henry William Arundell Viscount Gallway, in Trustees to be sold, and for laying out the Money arising therefrom, in the Purchase of Estates situate in the West Riding of the County of York, to be settled to the same Uses."

21. "An Act for vesting Part of the Estates in the Town and County of Southampton, devised by the Will of Benjamin Barlow, deceased, in Trustees to be sold, and for laying out the Purchase Money in another Estate, to be settled in Lieu thereof, to the same Uses."

22. "An Act for dividing and enclosing a Common and certain other Open Grounds in the Township and Parish of Moor Monkton, in the County of the City of York."

23. "An Act for dividing and allotting certain Commonable Grounds or Waste Woodlands in the Township of Atherstone in the County of Warwick."

24. "An Act for dividing, enclosing, and exchanging the Open Fields and other Lands and Grounds within the Parish of Raveley in the County of Huntingdon."

25. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Common Pastures, Commons, or Waste Grounds, within the Parishes of Sinnington with Marton and Edstone in the North Riding of the County of York."

26. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons or Waste Lands within the Manor of Aston, otherwise Aston Abbotts, in the County of Salop."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant, in these Words; (videlicet)

"Soit fait comme il est desiré."

Then the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

Little Smeaton, &c. Enclosure Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open Fields, Stinted Pasture, Ings, Commons, Waste Lands, and Grounds, in the Townships of Little Smeaton and Stubbs Walden in the Parish of Womersley in the West Riding of the County of York;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships' Amendments made thereto.

Berwick St. John Enclosure Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and allotting the Open and Common Fields, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds in the Parish of Berwick Saint John in the County of Wilts;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Rolle's Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of Denys Rolle and John Rolle Esquires, in Trustees, upon Trust to sell the same and to purchase Estates contiguous to the principal Estates of the said Denys Rolle and John Rolle, to be settled to the Uses of the Estates vested in Trustees for sale;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

National Debt Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Sums in Commissioners at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt;" and for the Lords to be summoned:

The said Bill was accordingly read a Second Time.

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

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

Public Credit, Motion respecting, on previous Questions negatived.

Moved to resolve, "That it is the Opinion of this House, that it is highly important to the Public Creditors, as well as necessary for the Welfare of this Country, that a lasting Provision be made for the Maintenance of the Public Credit, and that a Plan for the Reduction of the National Debt be rendered absolutely permanent; and, in order effectually to insure the Permanency of such a Plan, that, it is essential, that the Public Faith be fully pledged to Individuals, by an express Compact being entered into between the State and the Creditors of the Public; so that a Breach of such a Compact should be equivalent to an Act of Bankruptcy."

Which being objected to, and a Question stated thereupon;

After Debate,

The previous Question was put, "Whether the said Question shall be now put ?"

It was resolved in the Negative.

National Debt Bill, Message to H. C. respecting.

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Commons, to desire that they would communicate to this House, the Information relating to the State of the Public Income and Expenditure on which they proceeded in passing the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Sums in Commissioners at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt."

Manifests, &c. Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Production of Manifests, and for more effectually preventing fraudulent Practices in obtaining Bounties and Drawbacks, and in the Clandestine re-landing of Goods."

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

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill To-morrow.

Foley's Divorce Bill.

The Duke of Portland presented to the House (pursuant to an Order of Leave on the 10th of this instant May) a Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Honourable Edward Foley with the Right Honourable Lady Ann Coventry his now Wife, and for other Purposes."

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ordered That the said Bill be read a Second Time on Tuesday the 6th Day of June next, and that Notice thereof be affixed on the Doors of this House, and the Lords summoned; and that the said Edward Foley may be heard by his Counsel at the said Second reading, to make out the Truth of the Allegations of the Bill, and that the said Lady Ann Coventry may have a Copy of the Bill, and that Notice be given her of the said Second reading, and that she be at Liberty to be heard by her Counsel what she may have to offer against the said Bill, at the same Time.

Lords summoned.

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

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, vicesimum tertium diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Martis, 23^o Maii 1786.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

Broughton Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Hawke reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Commonable Lands, and Waste Grounds, in the Manor and Parish of Broughton, in the County of Northampton," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee, and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Selby to Leeds Road Bill.

The Lord Hawke also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, so far as relates to the Road from Selby to Leeds, in the West Riding of the County of York," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

E. Cork's Estate Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enabling the Right Honourable Edmund Earl of Cork and Orrery, in the Kingdom of Ireland, and Baron Boyle of Marston in England, to pull down the present Parish Church of Marston Bigott, otherwise Marston Bygood, in the County of Somerset, and for building a new Parish Church there," was committed: That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee, and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereto."

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

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

Stanhope's Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of Walter Stanhope and John Shuttleworth Esquires, in the Counties of York and Derby, in Trustees, to be sold, and for laying out the Purchase Money in other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses; and for enabling the Tenants for Life to grant Building and repairing Leases, and for confirming the Election made between the said Parties respecting the said Estates," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereto."

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

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

Edinburgh Streets Bill.

The Lord Hawke reported from the Lords Committees to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for widening several Streets in the City of Edinburgh; for opening a Communication from Queen Street to Broughton Loan; for enlarging the Burial Ground, and for extending the Royalty of the said City over Part of the Lands of Broughton," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereto."

Which Amendments were read by the Clerk as follow; (videlicet)

"Pr. 19. L. 9. After ("Majesty") insert Clauses (A) and (B).

Clause (A). "And whereas the several Purposes of the said recited Act would be more effectually answered if the said Trustees were empowered to purchase and become possessed of certain Houses and Premises not described in the said Act; be it therefore enacted, that the said Trustees, or any Six or more of them, shall be and are hereby authorised and empowered to purchase and become possessed of such Houses and Grounds as lye between Niddery's Wynd and Dickson's Close, from the High Street to the Cowgate, and such other Houses and Grounds which the said Trustees are not empowered to become possessed of by virtue of the said Act, lying on the South Side of the Cowgate, between Robertson's Close, and the Area adjoining to the South Bridge, now building, and to open Streets and erect Buildings on such Ground in like Manner and according to such Plan as they shall think proper, and that the several Powers and Provisions contained in the said Act shall extend thereto, and be put in Execution for the Purposes aforesaid, as if such Houses and Grounds had been Part of the Premises included in and authorised to be taken, and made use of by the said Act."

(Clause B.) "And whereas it is proper that the said Trustees should be empowered to let, sell, or dispose of by private Contract or otherwise, such Pieces or Parcels of Ground or other Premises which they now have or shall hereafter become possessed of, and shall not make use of for the Purposes of the said recited Act, or this Act: Be it therefore enacted, that the said Trustees, or any Six or more of them, shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to let, sell, or otherwise dispose of by private Contract or in such other Manner as they shall think proper, any such Pieces or Parcels of Ground, or other Premises, which they now are or shall hereafter become possessed of as aforesaid, and shall not make use of in or for any of the Improvements or other Works intended by the said recited Act, or this Act, any Thing in the said Act to the contrary hereof notwithstanding."

And the said Amendments, being read a Second Time, were agreed to by the House.

Pawnbrokers' Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade and Business of Pawnbrokers:"

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

Ecclesiastical Courts Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits in the Ecclesiastical Courts, and for the more easy Recovery of small Tythes:"

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

L. Camelford's Estate Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for rectifying Mistakes in the Marriage Settlement of Lord and Lady Camelford; and for making a further Provision for the younger Children of the said Marriage."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

L. Milton's Estate Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable the surviving Parties to certain Articles of Agreement, made previous to the Marriage of the Honourable John Damer deceased, with the Honourable Ann Seymour Conway, (now Ann Damer Widow,) to insert in the Settlement to be executed in pursuance of the said Articles, proper Powers for raising the Sum of Forty Thousand Pounds, for the Purposes in the said Articles mentioned."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Parry's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of Richard Parry Esquire, in the County of Denbigh, in North Wales, in Trustees, to be sold, and for applying the Monies arising by such Sale in discharging the Incumbrances affecting the same, and other Estates of the said Richard Parry, and for substituting and settling another Estate of greater Value in Lieu thereof."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Rich's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of John Rich Gentleman and Elizabeth his Wife, in the Counties of Leicester and Warwick in Trustees, to be sold, and for applying the Money arising therefrom in Payment of Incumbrances under the Direction of the Court of Chancery, and for laying out the Surplus of such Money in the Purchase of other Estates to be settled to the same Uses."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Assheton's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for effecting an Exchange between Rebecca Assheton Widow, and the Right Honourable James Earl of Salisbury, of certain small Parts of their Estates in the County of Herts."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Messages to H. C. with the Five preceding Bills.

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

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

Gibraltar Bounty Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act passed in the Twenty-third Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for authorising the Treasurer of the Navy to pay to the Garrison and Naval Department at Gibraltar, the like Bounty for destroying certain Spanish Ships of War as is allowed to the Officers and Men on Board any of His Majesty's Ships of War taking or destroying Ships of War belonging to the Enemy."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Isle of Man Salt, &c. Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to explain an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament with respect to the Allowances to be made for Waste, on the Exportation of White Salt and Rock Salt to the Isle of Man; for limiting the Quantity of British refined Sugar, to be exported to the Isle of Man; and for repealing so much of an Act, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for encouraging and regulating the Trade, and Manufacture of the Isle of Man, and for the more easy Supply of the Inhabitants there, with a certain Quantity of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meal, and Flour, authorised by an Act made in this Session, to be transported to the said Island, as relates to permitting any Person to import into the Isle of Man Fish from any Place whatever, except from Great Britain, without Payment of any Custom or other Duty whatsoever."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Weston upon Trent Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Commons, and Waste Grounds, in the Parish of Weston upon Trent, in the County of Derby."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Blackfriar's Bridge Toll Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for laying a Toll upon all Horses and Carriages, passing on a Sunday over Blackfriars Bridge, and for applying the Money to arise thereby, towards increasing the Fund for watching, lighting, cleansing, watering, and repairing the said Bridge."

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 the Four preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

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

Tonbridge Road Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts, passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Tonbridge to Maidstone, and from Wat's Cross to Cowden in the County of Kent, so far as the same relate to the Road from Tonbridge to Maidstone;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Bristol Bridges Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act, made in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for re-building, widening, and enlarging the Bridge over the River Avon, in the City of Bristol, and erecting a temporary Bridge adjoining, and for widening the Streets, Lanes, Ways, and Passages leading thereto; and for building another Bridge over some other Part of the said River, within the said City (if necessary), and for opening proper Ways and Passages thereto; and for making a Way from the Bridge already built, to Temple Street in the said City;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Manifests, &c. Bill.

The House (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Production of Manifests; and for more effectually preventing fraudulent Practices in obtaining Bounties and Drawbacks, and in the Clandestine Re-landing of Goods."

After some Time the House was resumed:

And the Lord Hawke reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.

The House was resumed.

National Debt Bill, Commons Answer to Message respecting.

The Messengers sent to the House of Commons Yesterday to desire, "That they will communicate to this House, the Information relating to the State of the Public Income and Expenditure, on which they proceeded in passing the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Sums in the Commissioners, at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt;" return Answer, "That the Commons will send an Answer by "Messengers of their own."

St. Margaret and St. John's Patrol Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising a competent Sum of Money, to defray the Expence of a proper Number of Watchmen, Patroles, and Beadles within the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City of Westminster;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Exchequer further Loans Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising a further Sum of Money, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Exchequer Loans Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising a certain Sum of Money, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six ;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, vicesimum quartum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 24^o Maii 1786.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

Walker et al. against Fletcher.

After hearing Counsel in Part in the Cause wherein William Walker and others are Appellants, and Mrs. Jane Fletcher otherwise Gordon is Respondent, et è contra:

It is Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said Cause be put off to the next Session of Parliament.

Exchequer Loans Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time To-morrow.

Exchequer further Loans Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising a further Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

Ordered, That the said Bill be read the Third Time To-morrow.

Whichcote's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the Estate of Thomas Whichcote Esquire, deceased, in the County of Lincoln, in Trustees for Sale, to pay off Incumbrances affecting the same, 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. Pepys and Mr. Thomson:

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

St. Margaret and St. John's Patrol Bill:

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising a Competent Sum of Money to defray the Expence of a proper Number of Watchmen, Patroles, and Beadles, within the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City of Westminster."

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

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

Surrey Roads Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for making, widening, and keeping in Repair, certain Roads in the several Parishes of Lambeth, Newington, Saint George Southwark, Bermondsey, and Christchurch, in the County of Surrey, and for watching and lighting the said Roads."

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

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Ship Owners Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Seventh Year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to settle how far Owners of Ships shall be answerable for the Acts of the Masters or Mariners," and for giving a further Relief to the Owners of Ships," be read a Second Time on Tuesday next.

Carlisle Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Matthey White Ridley and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing and keeping in Repair so much of the Road from the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the City of Carlisle, as is within the County of Northumberland;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Huddersfield Enclosure Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds within the Manor of Huddersfield, in the County of York;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Folkestone, &c. small Debts Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of small Debts within the Town and Port of Folkestone, and the Parishes of Folkestone, Cheriton, Newington next Hithe, Stanford, Postling, Lyminge, Elham, Paddlesworth, Acris, Swingfield, and Hawkinge, in the County of Kent;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Three Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Surrey Roads Bill, Petition against.

Upon reading the Petition of several Trustees of the Roads in the County of Surrey, whose Names are thereunto subscribed, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for making, widening, and keeping in Repair, certain Roads in the several Parishes of Lambeth, Newington, Saint George Southwark, Bermonsdey, and Christ-church, in the County of Surrey, and for watching and lighting the said Roads;" and praying, "Their Lordships will not suffer the Clause inserted in the said Act, (for making a new Road from Lambeth Marsh Gate to Blackfriars Road, which at a moderate Computation, as by the Estimate delivered to the Trustees, will amount at least to the Sum of £4,500, and that in Order to light, watch, and repair the same, it will require the Yearly Sum of at least £300,) to stand Part of the Bill, and that they may be heard before the Committee to state their Objections against the same:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Lords Committees, to whom the said Bill stands committed, with Liberty for the Petitioners to be heard before the said Committee, to state their Objections against the said Clause, as desired.

Canwick Enclosure Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, within the Parish of Canwick in the County of the City of Lincoln, and for separating, dividing, and appropriating, an Open Common called Canwick or the South Common adjoining thereto, and for extinguishing certain Rights of Common in and upon the same, and also in and upon the said Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, and for making Compensations in Lieu thereof respectively;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Courts of Conscience Bill.

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

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Time of the Imprisonment of Debtors imprisoned by Process from Courts instituted for the Recovery of Small Debts; for abolishing the Fees of Gaolers and others in the Cases of such Imprisonment; and for ascertaining the Qualifications of the Commissioners;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to their Lordships' Amendments made thereto.

Bamford's Bill.

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable William Bamford Esquire, and the several other Persons therein mentioned, to grant Leases of certain Parts of the settled Estates in the several Counties of Lancaster and Chester, lately of or belonging to Ann Bamford Spinster, deceased, upon the Terms and Restrictions therein mentioned," stands committed, be received To-morrow.

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, vicesimum quintum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Jovis, 25^o Maii 1786.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

Exchequer Loans Bill.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Exchequer further Loans Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising a further Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

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 the Two preceding Bills.

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

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

Stanhope's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of Walter Stanhope and John Shuttleworth Esquires, in the Counties of York and Derby, in Trustees, to be sold or exchanged, and for laying out the Purchase Money of the Estates so to be sold in other Estates to be settled to the same Uses; and for enabling the Tenants for Life to grant building and repairing Leases; and for confirming the Election made between the said Parties respecting the said Estates."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

E. Cork's Estate Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for enabling the Right Honourable Edmund Earl of Cork and Orrery in the Kingdom of Ireland, and Baron Boyle of Marston in England, to pull down the present Parish Church of Marston Bigott otherwise Marston Bygood in the County of Somerset, and for building a new Parish Church there."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

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

Huddersfield Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds within the Manor of Huddersfield in the County of York."

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

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

Folkestone, &c. Small Debts Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town and Port of Folkestone, and the Parishes of Folkestone, Cheriton, Newington next Hithe, Stanford, Postling, Lyminge, Elham, Paddlesworth, Acris, Swingfield, and Hawkinge, in the County of Kent."

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

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Canwick Enclosure Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, within the Parish of Canwick in the County of the City of Lincoln; and for separating, dividing, and appropriating an Open Common called Canwick or the South Common, adjoining thereto; and for extinguishing certain Rights of Common in and upon the same, and also in and upon the said Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands; and for making Compensations in Lieu thereof respectively."

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

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Surrey Roads Bill.

Ordered, That Edward Moore Esquire, Mr. Bryant Barrett, and Mr. Joseph Waring, do attend the Committee appointed to consider of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for making, widening, and keeping in Repair certain Roads in the several Parishes of Lambeth, Newington, Saint George Southwark, Bermondsey, and Christ Church, in the County of Surrey, and for watching and lighting the said Roads," To-morrow.

Carlisle Road Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing and keeping in Repair so much of the Road from the Town of Newcastle-uponTyne to the City of Carlisle as is within the County of Northumberland."

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

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet Tomorrow, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

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

East India Judicature Bill.

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the further Regulation of the Trial of Persons accused of certain Offences committed in the East Indies; for repealing so much of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the East India Company and of the British Possessions in India, and for establishing a Court of Judicature for the more speedy and effectual Trial of Persons accused of Offences committed in the East Indies," as requires the Servants of the East India Company to deliver Inventories of their Estates and Effects; for rendering the Laws more effectual against Persons unlawfully resorting to the East Indies; and for the more easy Proof, in certain Cases, of Deeds and Writings executed in Great Britain or India;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

National Debt Bill, Message from H. C. respecting.

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

To acquaint this House, "That the Commons have taken their Lordships' Message of Tuesday last relating to the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Sums in Commissioners at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt," into Consideration, but conceive that it has not been the Practice of Parliament for either House to desire of the other the Information on which they have proceeded in passing any Bill, except where such Information has related to Facts stated in such Bill as the Ground and Foundation thereof: and that the Commons think this Reason sufficient for not giving at this Time any farther Answer to their Lordships' Message."

The said Message was read by the Clerk.

E. Cowper takes his Seat:

This Day George Earl Cowper sat first in Parliament after the Death of his Father William Earl Cowper; his Lordship having first at the Table taken the Oaths and made and subscribed the Declaration, and also taken and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Pedigree delivered.

Garter King at Arms delivered in at the Table his Lordship's Pedigree, pursuant to the Standing Order.

National Debt Bill.

The Order of the Day for the House to be put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Sums in Commissioners at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt;" and for the Lords to be summoned, being read:

It was moved, "That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill."

Which being objected to;

After Debate,

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

After some Time, the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

East India Judicature Bill.

Hodie 1^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the further Regulation of the Trial of Persons accused of certain Offences committed in the East Indies; for repealing so much of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the East India Company and of the British Possessions in India, and for establishing a Court of Judicature for the more speedy and effectual Trial of Persons accused of Offences committed in the East Indies," as requires the Servants of the East India Company to deliver Inventories of their Estates and Effects; for rendering the Laws more effectual against Persons unlawfully resorting to the East Indies; and for the more easy Proof, in certain Cases, of Deeds and Writings executed in Great Britain or India."

Ordered, That the said Bill be printed.

National Debt Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting certain Sums in Commissioners at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt."

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 the former Messengers:

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

Bamford's Bill.

Ordered, That the Report from the Committee, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable William Bamford Esquire, and the several other Persons therein mentioned, to grant Leases of certain Parts of the settled Estates in the several Counties of Lancaster and Chester, lately of or belonging to Ann Bamford Spinster, deceased, upon the Terms and Restrictions therein mentioned," stands committed, which stands appointed for this Day, be received To-morrow.

Colquhoun against Corbet.

Ordered, That the Hearing of the Cause, wherein John Colquhoun is Appellant, and John Corbet Esquire is Respondent, which stands appointed for To-morrow, be put off to Wednesday next.

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Veneris, vicesimum sextum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Veneris, 26^o Maii 1786.

REX.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure to robe.

The House was resumed.

King present:

His Majesty being seated on the Throne adorned with His Crown and regal Ornaments, and attended by His Officers of State (the Lords being in their Robes) commanded the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to let the Commons know, "It is His Majesty's Pleasure that they attend Him immediately in this House."

Who being come, with their Speaker;

He, after a Speech, in relation to the Money Bills to be passed, delivered them to the Clerk, who brought them to the Table, where the Deputy Clerk of the Crown read the Titles of those, and the other Bills to be passed, severally, as follow; (videlicet)

Bills passed.

1. "An Act for vesting certain Sums in Commissioners at the End of every Quarter of a Year, to be by them applied to the Reduction of the National Debt."

2. "An Act for raising a certain Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

3. "An Act for raising a further Sum of Money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant in these Words; (videlicet)

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

4. "An Act for altering the Days of Payment of the long Annuities, and Annuities for Thirty and Twenty-nine Years."

5. "An Act to explain, amend, and render more effectual an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to explain, amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the Twenty-third Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for authorizing the Treasurer of the Navy to pay to the Garrison and Naval Department at Gibraltar the like Bounty for destroying certain Spanish Ships of War, as is allowed to the Officers and Men on Board any of His Majesty's Ships of War taking or destroying Ships of War belonging to the Enemy."

6. "An Act to explain an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, with respect to the Allowances to be made for Waste on the Exportation of White Salt and Rock Salt to the Isle of Man; for limiting the Quantity of British refined Sugar to be exported to the Isle of Man; and for repealing so much of an Act made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for encouraging and regulating the Trade and Manufacture of the Isle of Man; and for the more easy Supply of the Inhabitants there with a certain Quantity of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Meal, and Flour authorised by an Act made in this Session to be transported to the said Island, as relates to permitting any Person to import into the Isle of Man Fish from any Place whatever except from Great Britain, without Payment of any Custom or other Duty whatsoever."

7. "An Act for regulating the Time of the Imprisonment of Debtors imprisoned by Process from Courts instituted for the Recovery of small Debts; for abolishing the Claim of Fees of Gaolers and others in the Cases of such Imprisonment; and for ascertaining the Qualifications of the Commissioners."

8. "An Act for laying a Toll upon all Horses and Carriages passing on a Sunday over Blackfriar's Bridge, and for applying the Money to arise thereby towards encreasing the Fund for watching, lighting, cleansing, watering, and repairing the said Bridge."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant in these Words; (videlicet)

"Le Roy le veult."

9. "An Act for vesting Part of the settled Estates of Denys Rolle and John Rolle Esquires, in Trustees, upon Trust, to sell the same, and to purchase Estates contiguous to the principal Estates of the said Denys Rolle and John Rolle, to be settled to the Uses of the Estates vested in Trustees for Sale."

10. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Open Fields, Stinted Pasture, Ings, Commons, Waste Lands and Grounds in the Townships of Little Smeaton, and Stubbs Walden in the Parish of Womersley, in the West Riding of the County of York."

11. "An Act for dividing and enclosing the several Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Commons and Waste Grounds in the Parish of Weston upon Trent, in the County of Derby."

To these Bills the Royal Assent was pronounced, severally, by the Clerk Assistant in these Words; (videlicet)

"Soit fait comme il est desiré."

Then His Majesty was pleased to retire;

And the Commons withdrew.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure to unrobe.

The House was resumed.

Newcastle Road Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir John Wrottesley and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road leading from the Bottom of Church Lane in the Town of Newcastle-under-Line, in the County of Stafford, to the Turnpike Road leading from Woor to Chester, near the Town of Namptwich, in the County of Chester; and from Chesterton through Audley and Balterley to Ghorsty Hill;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Newport Paving Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for paving, repairing, cleansing, lighting, and watching the Streets, Lanes, Ways, Passages, and Places within the Borough of Newport, in the Isle of Wight; and for the Removal of present and Prevention of future Encroachments, Nuisances, and Annoyances therein;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Manifests, &c. Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for regulating the production of Manifests; and for more effectually preventing fraudulent Practices in obtaining Bounties and Drawbacks; and in the clandestine Relanding of Goods."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Broughton Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pastures, Commonable Lands and Waste Grounds in the Manor and Parish of Broughton, in the County of Northampton."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Selby to Leeds Road Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, so far as relates to the Road from Selby to Leeds, in the West Riding of the County of York."

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 the Three preceding Bills.

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

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

Edinburgh Streets Bill.

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for widening several Streets in the City of Edinburgh; for opening a Communication from Queen's Street to Broughton Loan; for enlarging the Burial Ground; and for extending the Royalty of the said City over Part of the Lands of Broughton."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Message to H. C. with Amendments to it.

A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

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

Shipton's Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Francis Basset and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Estate late of John Shipton Esquire deceased, in the County of Warwick, in Trustees, to be sold and disposed of for the Payment of his Debts, and certain of the Legacies given by his Will and Codicil, and for laying out the Residue of the Money arising by such Sale, in the Purchase of other Estates to be settled to the Uses, and for the Purposes therein mentioned;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

St. Margaret and St. John's Patrol Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for raising a competent Sum of Money, to defray the Expence of a proper Number of Watchmen, Patroles, and Beadles, within the Parishes of Saint Margaret, and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City of Westminster," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Carlisle Road Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing and keeping in Repair so much of the Road from the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the City of Carlisle, as is within the County of Northumberland," was committed.

Huddersfield Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds, within the Manor of Huddersfield in the County of York," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Canwick Enclosure Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale made the like Report from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, within the Parish of Canwick in the County of the City of Lincoln; and for separating, dividing, and appropriating an Open Common called Canwick, or the South Common adjoining thereto, and for extinguishing certain Rights of Common, in and upon the same, and also in and upon the said Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, and for making Compensations in Lieu thereof respectively," was committed.

Beaumont's Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale also reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Estate comprized in the Settlement made on the Marriage of the Reverend Thomas Beaumont Clerk deceased, in Trustees, to sell the same, and apply the Money to arise by such Sale, in the Purchase of other Lands or Hereditaments, to be settled in like Manner in Lieu thereof," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee, and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made One Amendment thereto."

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

Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendment, be engrossed.

Bamford's Bill.

The Lord Rawdon reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable William Bamford Esquire, and the several other Persons therein mentioned, to grant Leases of certain Parts of the settled Estates, in the several Counties of Lancaster and Chester, lately of or belonging to Ann Bamford Spinster deceased, upon the Terms and Restrictions therein mentioned," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made some Amendments thereto."

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

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

Westminster Sunday Toll Bill.

Ordered, That the Committee to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act, passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for empowering the Commissioners for putting in Execution the several Acts passed for paving, cleansing, and lighting the Squares, Streets, and Lanes within the City and Liberty of Westminster and Parts adjacent, to collect certain Tolls on Sundays upon the several Roads therein mentioned, and apply the same for the Purposes of the said Acts," stands committed, be revived, and meet on Tuesday next.

Pawnbrokers Bill, Petition in Support of.

Upon reading the Petition of the several Persons whose Names are thereunto subscribed, on Behalf of themselves and others, carrying on the Trade and Business of a Pawnbroker, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade and Business of Pawnbrokers;" and praying their Lordships, "To take their Case into Consideration, and that they may be permitted to be heard by themselves or Counsel, on such Day as to their Lordships shall seem meet, in Support of so much at least of the said Bill, asis agreeable to the Act of the Twenty-fourth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, and that they may have such other Relief in the Premises, as the actual Circumstances of their Trade may be found to require, and to their Lordships in their Wisdom and Humanity shall seem meet:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table, till the said Bill be read a Second Time, and that the Petitioners be at Liberty to be then heard by their Counsel, at the Second Reading thereof, in Support of the said Bill.

Ordered, That the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade and Business of Pawnbrokers," which stands appointed for this Day, be put off to Tuesday next.

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Martis, tricesimum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Martis, 30^o Maii 1786.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

Bamford's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to enable William Bamford Esquire, and the several other Persons therein mentioned, to grant Leases of certain Parts of the settled Estates in the several Counties of Lancaster and Chester, lately of or belonging to Ann Bamford Spinster, deceased, upon the Terms and Restrictions therein mentioned."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Beaumont's Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for vesting the Estate comprized in the Settlement made on the Marriage of the Reverend Thomas Beaumont Clerk, deceased, in Trustees, to sell the same, and apply the Money to arise by such Sale in the Purchase of other Lands or Hereditaments, to be settled in like Manner in Lieu thereof."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

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

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

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

St. Margaret and St. John's Patrole Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for raising a competent Sum of Money to defray the Expence of a proper Number of Watchmen, Patroles, and Beadles, within the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, in the City of Westminster."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Carlisle Road Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for more effectually repairing and keeping in Repair, so much of the Road from the Town of Newcastle-uponTyne to the City of Carlisle, as is within the County of Northumberland."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Huddersfield Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds within the Manor of Huddersfield, in the County of York."

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

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Canwick Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and enclosing certain Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, within the Parish of Canwick, in the County of the City of Lincoln, and for separating, dividing, and appropriating an Open Common called Canwick or the South Common adjoining thereto; and for extinguishing certain Rights of Common in and upon the same, and also in and upon the said Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, and Waste Lands, and for making Compensations in Lieu thereof, respectively."

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 the Four preceding Bills.

And Messages were, severally, sent to the House of Commons, by the former Messengers:

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

Folkestone, &c. small Debts Bill.

The Lord Scarsdale reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of small Debts within the Town and Port of Folkestone, and the Parishes of Folkestone, Cheriton, Newington next Hithe, Stanford, Postling, Lyminge, Elham, Paddlesworth, Acris, Swingfield, and Hawkinge, in the County of Kent," was committed: "That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Bristol Bridges Bill, Petition against:

Upon reading the Petition of the Subscribers on Behalf of themselves and others, Inhabitants of and Traders in and to the City of Bristol, and Owners and Occupiers of Houses, Tenements, and Premises there, taking Notice of a Bill depending in this House, intituled, "An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act made in the Thirty-third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, for rebuilding, widening, and enlarging, the Bridge over the River Avon, in the City of Bristol, and erecting a temporary Bridge adjoining, and for widening the Streets, Lanes, Ways, and Passages, leading thereto, and for building another Bridge over some other Part of the said River, within the said City, (if necessary,) and for opening proper Ways and Passages thereto, and for making a Way from the Bridge already built to Temple Street in the said City;" and praying their Lordships, "That they may be heard by themselves or Counsel against the said Bill passing into a Law, or that their Lordships will grant them such other Relief in the Premises as to their Lordships shall seem meet:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table till the said Bill be read a Second Time, and that the Petitioners be at Liberty to be then heard by their Counsel against the said Bill, at the Second Reading thereof, as also Counsel be heard for the said Bill at the same Time if they think fit.

Petition in Support of.

Upon reading the Petition of the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Society of Merchant Vintners of the City of Bristol, under their Common Seal, taking Notice of the last mentioned Bill; and praying their Lordships, "That the said Bill may pass into a Law:"

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

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on the Second Day of Meeting after the Recess at Whitsuntide.

Berwick Enclosure Bill:

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for dividing and allotting the Open and Common Fields, and other Commonable Lands and Grounds in the Parish of Berwick Saint John, in the County of Wilts."

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

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

E. Harrington takes the Oaths.

This Day Charles Earl of Harrington took the Oaths, and made and subscribed the Declaration; and also took and subscribed the Oath of Abjuration, pursuant to the Statutes.

Newcastle Road Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act made in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road leading from the Bottom of Church Lane, in the Town of Newcastle under Line, in the County of Stafford, to the Turnpike Road leading from Woor to Chester, near the Town of Namptwich, in the County of Chester, and from Chesterton through Audley and Balterley to Ghorsty Hill."

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

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on Thursday next, at the usual Time and Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Tonbridge Road Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of Two Acts passed in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His present Majesty, for repairing and widening the Road from Tonbridge to Maidstone, and from Wat's Cross to Cowden, in the County of Kent, so far as the same relate to the Road from Tonbridge to Maidstone."

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

Their Lordships, or any Five of them, to meet on the same Day, at the same Place; and to adjourn as they please.

Ecclesiastical Courts Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent frivolous and vexatious Suits in the Ecclesiastical Courts; and for the more easy Recovery of small Tythes:"

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on the first Day of Meeting, after the Recess at Whitsuntide.

Wasey's Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Harbord Harbord and others:

To return the Bill, intituled, "An Act to re-settle certain Freehold and Copyhold Lands and Hereditaments in the County of Norfolk to the Uses, and Subject to the Powers limited or expressed of and concerning the same by the Settlement made on the Marriage of William John Spearman Wasey Esquire, and Elizabetha Honoria his Wife;" and to acquaint this House, That they have agreed to the same, without any Amendment.

Hemp and Flax Bill.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir George Yonge and others:

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act to continue and render more effectual an Act passed in the Twenty-first Year of His Majesty's Reign, for the Encouragement of the Growth of Hemp and Flax in that Part of Great Britain called England;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Bill was read the First Time.

Ship Owners' Bill.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Seventh Year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to settle how far Owners of Ships shall be answerable for the Acts of the Masters or Mariners;" and for giving a further Relief to the Owners of Ships:"

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a Second Time on the First Day of Meeting after the Recess at Whitsuntide.

East India Judicature Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, intituled, "An Act for the further Regulation of the Trial of Persons accused of certain Offences committed in the East Indies; for repealing so much of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the East India Company, and of the British Possessions in India; and for establishing a Court of Judicature for the more speedy and effectual Trial of Persons accused of Offences committed in the East Indies," as requires the Servants of the East India Company to deliver Inventories of their Estates and Effects, for rendering the Laws more effectual against Persons unlawfully resorting to the East Indies; and for the more easy Proof in certain Cases of Deeds and Writings executed in Great Britain or India;" be read a Second Time on the third Day of Meeting after the Recess at Whitsuntide.

Pawnbrokers' Bill rejected.

The Order of the Day being read for the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act for regulating the Trade and Business of Pawnbrokers;" and for hearing Counsel in Support of the same:

Counsel were accordingly called in.

And the Petition of the several Persons, on Behalf of themselves and others, carrying on the Trade or Business of a Pawnbroker, praying to be heard by Counsel in Support of the said Bill, was read.

Then the said Bill was read a Second Time.

Then Benjamin Bunn, a Pawnbroker, was called in, and being sworn, informed the House, "That he had been in the said Business of a Pawnbroker Twenty-four Years; that he employs in the Management of his said Trade Two Journeymen, an Apprentice, and occasionally one of the Maid Servants of his House: that his Capital employed in his said Trade last July amounted to £.7,297 17s. od. which Sum is about the usual Capital he employs therein." Being asked what Sums he had lent upon Pledge in any one Year, he delivered in the following Particulars, extracted from his Books:

No. of Pledges.

He then informed the House, "That he bought and sold other Goods also, his Profit upon which might amount to £.150 per Annum; that himself and Three Servants are constantly employed from Seven o'Clock in the Morning to Nine at Night, and sometimes till near Ten, in the necessary Attendance upon the said Business; that his Expences in the said Business are about £.396 per Annum; that the Pledges he takes are upon an Average from 150 to 200 per Day, and the gross Amount last Year was 52,000; that each Pledge occupies about Two Minutes in Examination of the Article; depositing it in the Warehouse, delivering the Duplicate, and lending the Money; that since the Statute 24th Geo. III. Duplicates are given for less Sums than formerly, which requires an additional Hand to be kept; that the Average of the Money lent on each Pledge is from 5s. 6d. to 6s. very few indeed above £. 1; that the Persons he deals with are the very inferior Tradesmen and Mechanics, some idle and dissolute Persons, and a great many others who get their Living by selling Fish, Fruit, Cloaths, &c. in the Streets; that Persons of the latter Description usually pledge their Goods on a Monday Morning, take them out again on Saturday Night, and frequently bring them again on the Monday following; that other Pledges in general remain Two or Three Months, and the Average of those un-redeemed is nearly one-fifth of the whole; that before the last Act the Profit upon the Sale of un-redeemed Goods was generally about £. 10 per Cent.; that it is nearly the same now, but not quite so much, though the Goods remain only one Year; that there are between Four Hundred and Five Hundred Pawnbrokers in London and Westminster, whose Capital may be about £. 1,500,000; that the Auction Tax upon the Sale of the un-redeemed Pledges may be about £. 10,000 per Annum; that very often the full Value of the Pledge is advanced upon it; that before the Statute 24th Geo. III. a Person who had pledged a Watch with the Witness for a Guinea, after leaving it Six Months tendered him a Guinea and 6d. to redeem it, which the Witness refused, whereupon a Mr. Ashfield, an Attorney, served him with a Writ at the Suit of the said Person, which the Witness did not compromise under £. 3 or £.4."

Being asked, "Whether, if the Rates of Interest established by the Act now depending should not be allowed, he the Witness would continue in his Trade as a Pawnbroker?" He said, "He should not, he could not do it." Being asked, upon his Cross Examination, "Why the Profit upon the Sale of Goods un-redeemed, which now remain but One Year, is not so great as it was when the Goods used to continue for Two Years?" He said, "He supposed the Difference might arise from the Auction Tax and Commission, though at the same Time there certainly was an Advantage from the Return of the Money so much sooner." Being asked, "If a certain Loss did not ensue upon Goods un-redeemed, where the Money advanced was the full Value of the Pledge?" He answered, "Yes, very often; that he is not regulated by the Money asked, but by the Value of the Pledge, but that he should not hesitate if Twenty Shillings were asked, to lend Twenty Shillings if the Pledge were worth it."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then David Davison, a Pawnbroker, was called in, and being sworn, informed the House, "That he had been in that Business Thirty-six Years; that he deals in other Goods; that in the Year 1784, he lent £.8,095 18s. 4d.; that the Amount of other Goods bought by him was £. 174 2s. 2d.; that the Gross Profit on the Pledges was £. 645 9s. 3d. and on the Sale of unredeemed Goods and the Goods in his Shop, £.165 2s. 7d.; that his gross Expences were £.503 4s. 3d.;

And had a further Profit on Duplicates amounting to £.34 3s. 3d.; that he makes about £.20, and sometimes £. 30 per Cent. Profit on the Goods in his Shop; that the Witness had Seven Actions brought against him before the Act 24th Geo. III.— First, for not delivering up a Silver Waiter, pawned for £. 2 2s. 6d. upon a Tender of only 10½d. for the Loan of the said £. 2 2s. 6d. for Two Years—Second, for not delivering a Table Cloth, pledged for 15s. by the same Person, he refusing to lay down any Thing for the Loan of it; that the Compromise of each of these Actions cost the Witness £.3 13s. 6d. — Third, on refusing to take 1 1/2d. for the Loan of 1s. 6d. upon a Handkerchief for One Year and Nine Months, the Compromise of this also cost £.3 13s. 6d. —Fourth, an Action brought by a Person who had pledged a Suit of Cloaths for 9s. 6d. and who, after laying down 8 1/2d. for the Loan of it, insisted upon receiving 1d. back, which the Witness refused; in this Action the Witness succeeded at the Expence of £.14 for his own Costs, the Defendant not being worth Sixpence—Fifth, an Action by a Woman who had pledged an Apron for 6s. and who refused to pay the Money to redeem it—A like Action by the same Person for refusing to deliver up a Pair of Stays, each of which it cost the Witness £.3 or £.4 to compromise." Being asked, "If there were to be no other Act of Parliament for regulating the Witness's Trade than the Statute 30th Geo. II. he would continue in it?" He said, "No, he should be ruined in a very few Months; that a Pawnbroker could by no Means carry on his Trade and get a living by it; that from Seven and an Half per Cent. to Ten Pounds per Cent. would not pay House-keeping and Taxes; that 1d. might be offered him to redeem a Pledge upon which Eight Shillings or Ten Shillings might be due, and he should be obliged to take it, or be harassed with an Action." Being asked, "Whether he would continue in the Trade if he were not allowed to take an Interest of £.20 per Cent.?" He said, "He would not."

Being cross-examined, he was asked, "Why he continued the Trade, as by the Account delivered in, he did not appear to make above £.12 per Cent.?" He said, "The gross Profit upon his whole Capital, including new Goods, was about £.16 or £.17 per Cent. but that if he were not allowed to charge at the Rate of £.20 per Cent. Interest, his Profit would be proportionably less; that on account of the Action which was brought against him, he should certainly have quitted his Business if the Statute 24th Geo. III. had not been made, and on that Account only." Being asked, "If, exclusive of that Inconvenience, he thought the Profits before the last Act were fair and reasonable?" He said, "He did."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Robert Careless, a Pawnbroker, was called in, who, being sworn, acquainted the House, "That on the 14th December 1785, his Capital was £.4,500 4s. 8½d.

That he deals but little in new Goods; that he keeps a Journeyman and Two Apprentices; that before the Statute 24th Geo. III. he was so alarmed with the Apprehension of Actions being brought against him, that he stopped Trade, but resumed it after the Act passed." Being asked, "Whether if the Regulations of the late Act were not continued, he should continue in the Trade?" He said, "He should not." Being asked his Reasons, he said, "For fear he should experience the Difficulties he was under before the late Act, in being obliged to accept whatever Interest was offered to him, or run the Risk of being harassed by Actions; that it was his own Conduct as well as his Direction to all his Servants, not to refuse any Money that was offered rather than incur the Expence of a Law Suit, consequently if he had continued in the Trade his Profits would have been so reduced that he must have become Insolvent; that the same Consequences would follow if the Act were disdiscontinued, and therefore he should decline the Business."

Being cross examined, he was asked, "If in any one Year he had sustained a Loss?" He said, "His greatest Loss was in the Year 1784, his Profits being only £.620 17s. 1½d. upon a Capital of £. 4,508 10s. 8d." Being asked to explain how that was a Loss? he said, Because the Interest offered was so much less than was due upon the Sums lent." Being asked, "If he was ever a Loser upon his whole Trade?" He answered, "Certainly not."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then Anthony Gardner, a Taylor, was called in, and being examined, acquainted the House, "That he had been in the Habit of dealing with Pawnbrokers for Seventeen Years last past, and should be at a Loss to know what to do without them, inasmuch as upon the Delivery of his Work his Customers are frequently from Home, or bid him call for Payment at a distant Day; that to press too hard for Payment would disoblige them, whilst on the other Hand he must pay his Journeymen regularly every Week; this he is enabled to do by the Assistance of the Pawnbroker, and also to furnish Materials for his Trade without any Obligation and without exposing his Distress; that by going to Market with ready Money he can purchase Goods above £. 20 per Cent. cheaper than he could obtain them on Credit, and is in Time to redeem the Pledge when his Customer pays him, whereas if he were to run in Debt with the Woollen Draper and could not pay at the Day, he should lose his Credit, though upon the Balance of his Trade there should be Money due to him; that he is aware he must now pay £. 20 per Cent. for Money advanced him upon Pledge, and thinks he has no Reason to complain, on the contrary is satisfied the Pawnbroker is beneficial to Thousands as well as himself."

He was directed to withdraw.

Then it was moved, "That the said Bill be rejected."

Which being objected to;

After Debate,

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

Ordered, That the said Bill be rejected.

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Mercurii, tricesimum primum diem instantis Maii, horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.

DIE Mercurii, 31^o Maii 1786.

Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes fuerunt:

PRAYERS.

The Earl Bathurst sat Speaker, by virtue of His Majesty's Commission.

Colquhoun against Corbet.

Counsel (according to Order) were called in to be heard in the Cause wherein John Colquhoun is Appellant, and John Corbet Esquire is Respondent.

And the first Counsel for the Appellant being in Part heard:

The Counsel were directed to withdraw.

Ordered, That the further Hearing of the said Cause be put off till To-morrow.

Battens and Deals Duty Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting to His Majesty an additional Duty upon Battens and Deals imported into Great Britain;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Cheltenham Paving Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for paving the Footways and Passages in the Town of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, and for better cleansing and lighting the said Town, for taking down certain Old Buildings now standing therein, and for removing and preventing other Encroachments, Nuisances, and Annoyances;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Folkestone, &c. small Debts Bill:

Hodie 3^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of small Debts within the Town and Port of Folkestone, and the Parishes of Folkestone, Cheriton, Newington next Hithe, Stanford, Postling, Lyminge, Elham, Paddlesworth, Acris, Swingfield, and Hawkinge, in the County of Kent."

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. Holford and Mr. Graves:

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

Newport Paving Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for paving, repairing, cleansing, lighting, and watching, the Streets, Lanes, Ways, Passages, and Places, within the Borough of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and for the Removal of present and Prevention of future Encroachments, Nuisances, and Annoyances therein."

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

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

Westminster Sunday Toll Bill.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol reported from the Lords Committees, to whom the Bill, intituled, "An Act for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for empowering the Commissioners for putting in Execution the several Acts passed, for paving, cleansing, and lighting, the Squares, Streets, and Lanes, within the City and Liberty of Westminster and Parts adjacent, to collect certain Tolls on Sundays upon the several Roads therein mentioned, and apply the same for the Purposes of the said Acts," was committed: That they had considered the said Bill, and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found to be true; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House, without any Amendment."

Foley's Divorce Bill, Lady A. Foley's Petition to postpone Second Reading.

Upon reading the Petition of the Right Honourable Lady Anne Foley, Wife of the Honourable Edward Foley; setting forth, "That the Petitioner hath been served with an Order of this House, for the Second reading of the Bill, intituled, "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Honourable Edward Foley with the Right Honourable Lady Ann Coventry, his now Wife, and for other Purposes," together with an attested Copy of the said Bill: That a Suit hath been brought by the said Edward Foley in the Consistory Court of London, wherein a Sentence of Divorce has been very lately pronounced by the Judge of the said Court, but from which Sentence the Petitioner hath actually appealed to the Court of Arches, and the Petitioner is advised that until such Suit is finally determined no Proceedings can be had upon the said Bill;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That for the Reasons above stated she may have such Relief in the Premises as to their Lordships, in their great Wisdom, shall seem just:"

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

Hemp and Flax Bill.

Hodie 2^a vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act to continue and render more effectual an Act passed in the Twenty-first Year of His Majesty's Reign, for the Encouragement of the Growth of Hemp and Flax in that Part of Great Britain called England."

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

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill To-morrow.

Whale Fishery Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the further Support and Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on in the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

Stamp Office Land Tax Bill.

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

With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for continuing the Salaries and Profits of the Commissioners, Clerks, and other Officers of the Stamp Office, rateable to the Land Tax in Shire Lane Ward, within the Division of Saint Clement Danes and Saint Mary le Strand, in the Liberty of Westminster, notwithstanding the said Office should be removed into any other Division or Place;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.

The said Two Bills were, severally, read the First Time.

Adjourn.

Comes Bathurst declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Jovis, primum diem Junii, jam prox. sequen. horâ undecimâ Auroræ, Dominis sic decernentibus.